good morning, america. holiday travel nightmare. a blackout at the world's busiest airport sparks chaos and confusion. thousands of passengers suddenly in the dark in atlanta. planes stranded for hours and people forced to sleep on chairs and floors and more than a thousand flights canceled. the rip effect and how it will affect you. president trump and the republicans on the verge of passing that massive reform even with senator john mccain facing that health battle and missing the vote. the president still promising a christmas gift for the middle

abc news exclusive. award winning talk show host tavis smiley fires back after losing sponsors. he's here live speaking out for the first time only on "gma." ♪ and the force is strong with this one. "the last jedi" soaring to an out of this galaxy opening. now, the second largest of all time and it's just getting started. and good morning, america. welcome back from the weekend. also a big welcome to our weekend anchor paula faris. >> thanks, george. great to be here on a monday. >> boy, it was not a happy weekend in atlanta's airport. >> my brother-in-law was one of the million that was stranded. my sister-in-law said he had a hard time calling her. the communications were bad and he was literally and figuratively in the dark and

airport. he's still there. >> 11 hours of chaos. what it's like there. in you see the airport cloudy and foggy. there you see it right there. the planes on the tarmac live. >> adding insult to injury, thousands were stranded in darkness last night wandering through the airport and others stuck on planes on the tarmac for hours forced to walk back to the terminal in the cold and abc's marcus moore is in atlanta with the latest. hi there, marcus. . >> reporter: chaos and frustration as the world's busiest airport goes dark. >> i just want to get home. >> it's a nightmare. we have to go through the tunnels that are pitch black. >> reporter: thousands try to catch sleep wherever they can. >> absurd. people are sleeping on the floor. >> reporter: hundreds of planes stuck on the tarmac is there they said we couldn't flush the

below 20%. >> reporter: the emergency announcements had many fearing terrorism. >> the lights flickered once. that was really scary. >> a couple minutes later it went out again. >> because we don't know the source of the fire we have no way of absolutely knowing that our system may have been tampered with in order to create this kind of chaos and confusion. >> reporter: people using flashlights to shine a path through dark passageways. frozen escalators and airport workers and volunteers trying to help. >> we were carrying old people down the escalators. >> reporter: after 11 hours a thunderous applause. the power finally back. >> it's like there is an end to this hell. >> reporter: the cause a fire in the substation making it difficult to fight the fire with the

this morning lolo jones among those frustrated and stranded many passengers trying to figure out what to do next. >> not only are they not booking us on an early flight but it might be another day we're here. >> reporter: a woman was here since noon sunday and this may not be over yet as they could be impacted through the weekend. >> okay, marcus, thanks very much. brand-new photos coming in of what the underground tunnel looked like. that's what it looked like this morning. we want to get more from the president and ceo of georgia power, paul bowers. mr. bowers, thanks for joining us this morning. any indication now, any sense of how this all got started? >> george, right now we're going through a process of investigating what exactly happened. but right now we do know there was a failure in the switch gear that caused the fire

us from our feeds from this airport. >> do we know if this was set deliberately? >> no, we do not know any of that right now. that's what the investigation is going to go through. but there is dual feeds, two separate redundant feeds to this airport. when that switch gear actually ignited, it created the flames that you saw in the pictures that impacted our cables and the cables coming from two different directions and that's what ultimately caused the outage. >> a lot are wondering, how is it both the main system and the backup system both failed? >> so, you have seven cables that come through this airport. one tunnel and this tunnel is the feed source, if you will, for both directions. that switch gear sits on the bottom of that tunnel, and when it ignited, it burned up that wall where you see the cables

coming through. there's, like i said, seven cable, four coming from one direction, three from another direct, but that is the safeguards that we have. >> i imagine this is a pretty intense investigation. how long will it take? >> right now, we're in -- we have our investigators in the tunnel this morning. it will take the remainder of this week. we will fix that cable this week and have all the service back to normal operations by the end of the week. right now we're feeding from two different directions. george, one of the things that we absolutely know is that, you know, this is an inconvenience. we are apologizing for this occurring and like the mayor said last night, you know, we wanted to make sure that everyone is safe before we entered into that tunnel. but right now our focus is reliability ensuring this doesn't happen again. >> the final question i have from what you know now, any steps you can take to prevent this from happening in the future? >> yeah, that's one of the questions we'll have with the

what else can we do? do we concrete encase the cable or separate it in different areas or not but that's a question we'll have as we talk to the asht. >> mr. bowers, thanks for your time this morning. >> okay, thank you, george. this power outage being felt across the country. abc's gio benitez is tracking it on flights and holiday deliveries. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning. things are just getting going here at atl. we've only heard a few planes take off and land and this is such a big deal. this is the busiest airport in the word. you've been saying it all morning. take a look. every single day about 275,000 passengers fly through on 2,500 arriving and departing flights and yesterday many were stuck and still may be unable to leave for days to come. now, so far airlines have canceled nearly 1,600 flights between supplemenday and today y continue to climb. to make things worse, a dense fog h

the airport stretching all the way to dallas so even if your flight hasn't been canceled you may have trouble getting off the ground. >> that means the ripple effects will be felt all across the country and could affect holiday deliveries as well. >> reporter: so far it's too early to know how big that will be but for delta passengers are going to have a real headache because delta has 60% of its flights coming through this airport every single day. 300 have already been canceled. 900 were canceled yesterday. but for holiday deliveries, u.p.s. and fedex tell us their delivery schedules were not impacted so that's good news. >> thank goodness for that, gio benitez, thanks for that in a whole lot of inconvenience. out west to our big story and the battle against that massive california wildfire. the thomas fire has been burning for two weeks now and it's on track to become the worst wildfire in california's history. so far it's

acres and more than a thousand structures and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate. our senior national correspondent matt gutman is in montecito, california, this morning, where the flames are still raging. >> reporter: good morning. that fire just ripped through here. you can see behind me it is still smoldering in this palatial home. all that is left is dangling roof tiles. now, what is incredible is that firefighters lost the battle but managed to save countless homes here in montecito. one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the entire world and overnight some of the celebrities tweeted their gratitude. rob lowe having some of them over for dinner. oprah tweeting her gratitude but worrying about firefighters fatigue. it's grown over the past couple of days as we approach the holidays to 8500 and

he was hurt on the side of a mountain and had to be taken down on that stretcher and medevacked. he will be okay but as you mentioned this fire continues to grow, and it is likely to become the biggest fire in california history either today or tomorrow, paula. >> you mentioned that firefighter was injured but one firefighter already lost his life and saw a great amount of support for him and his sacrifice over the weekend. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: such a moving procession for engineer iversco iverson. he left behind a pregnant wife and young daughter and you can see that moving through southern california. firefighters and regular folks saluting him standing on those overpasses to pay their respects. now, the santa barbara fire chief says this is the perfect storm. there is wind and single-digit humidity and this fire does not seem to want to relent. paula. >> looks like it's going to go into the new year which i

welcome news. matt gutman reporting from california, thank you. we get the latest on the russia investigation amid new tensions between the trump team and robert mueller. the president was asked if he would fire mueller. >> are you considering firing robert mueller? >> no, i'm not. no, what else? what, are you surprised? >> this comes after one of the president's lawyers claim mueller unlawfully obtained e-mails from the trump transition and mueller dismissing the charge and pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. today more evidence of increasing tension between special counsel bob mueller and attorneys representing the president and his interests. we've learned that mueller's team has requested a series of e-mails sent by trump transition officials this morning, and attorneys for the transition are crying foul and have sent letters to congress alleging the e-mails were illegally provided to mueller. mueller's spokesperson said, when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing

secured either the account owner's concept or appropriate criminal process. the debate comes after trump attorneys last week pushed for the appointment of a second special counsel to look at mueller's team specifically whether there's bias. >> there could be a critical meeting this week in this investigation. >> reporter: that's right. they might be trying to meet to get an assessment of where things stand. some of the white house have suggested that the investigation is nearing its end, especially given that many white house officials have already been interviewed, george. but with the recent guilty plea of michael flynn we have no clear indication that this investigation is anywhere near over. >> okay, pierre, thanks very much. more on this from dan abrams here with me. let's start out with this letter from the trump lawyers complaining about mueller's obtaining these e-mails. >> well, it seems there are two arguments. first of all that the organization that oversees the transitions, the gsa never should have turpined these over in the first place. that argument borders on frivolous because it's interest

>> government documents. >> government documents and clear when you begin the process there is no expectation of privacy and this is a federal criminal probe so i don't think that's a real serious argument. the number two argument is the documents that they did receive involve privileged documents. then they cite all sorts of privileges, one which doesn't make sense this idea that somehow there was a presidential communication privilege. you're talking -- >> he wasn't president. >> he wasn't president yet. the one that's potentially series is attorney/client and what's always very serious. the idea that some documents they obtained should be protected by the attorney/client privilege. they'll have to be very specific about what documents those were. very specific about who the lawyer was, et cetera, and we'll have to see but even if something like that happen, the remedy is you can't use those documents. >> this first step was more a public relations maneuver. >> the idea of going to congress first maybes it feel like a stunt because you're saying, oh, we want to make sure this

yeah, the next time there is a big issue about the presidential transition, we want to just make sure that, you know, that just doesn't make any sense. this was a statement from trump's team to the public saying, we want you to know we think this whole process has been unfair. >> one of the most significant things of the letter is that the trump team only found out about them this week. >> look, that does indicate that they are not doing a great job of staying in contact with people who they probably should be to determine exactly where the investigation is. because we're talking about something that happened months ago that they're only finding out about in the last week. >> final question, this meeting between the trump lawyers and mueller's team if it happens this week, significant? >> i think the only thing that could make it really significant is whether the discussion is does donald trump come in and talk to mueller's team. otherwise it's just a typical conversation between lawyers and i don't think it's that significant. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. paula. >> it is a busy day in

major speech on national security. congress meantime, is preparing tore that big vote on the republican tax bill as early as tomorrow. so let's go to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega for more. good morning to you, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, good morning. you know what, the president said he wanted it on his desk by christmas and looks like he'll get it. let's look at what it would do for so many deductions so many american families claim. it will reuse the amount you can claim on your mortgage by 750,000 and republicans really can't afford to lose many votes on this one. senator john mccain is suffering and -- suffering from that rare form of brain cancer. he is back home in arizona in the wake of treatment so is expected to miss this vote but republicans, two key republican senators did end up flipping their votes froms to yes so looks like it's all but a done deal and calling it

but this nonpartisan congressional tax analyst that says that those who stand to benefit the most, paula, are the rich and big corporations. >> moving on, cecilia, today in washington the president is also going to lay out a new u.s. national security policy. what can we expect? >> reporter: we've been talking about aides. two key headlines. he is expected to call china a strategic competitor and also going to take a break from the obama-era national security policy and president trump wants to make a big deal of it. usually it's not a ceremonial event. this will be a big speech for him. >> cecilia reporting from the white house. than thanks. christmas just a week away and today may be your last chance to ship gifts without breaking the bank and rebecca jarvis here with details. what are the deadlines. >> christmas falls on a monday which means you have the full weekend to s

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happen online your best option is there because you -- if you're a prime member and you can sign up for the membership you've got two-day shipping on december 22nd, saturday, december 23rd, one day and can wait until the last minute christmas eve. >> wow. >> if you need to. >> if you need to. rebecca, thanks very much. >> good thing santa is always on time. we want to go to ginger with more on the fog this morning across the south. >> as if you -- hey there, if you needed more of a challenge in atlanta the visibility still dropping less than a quarter mile and look at dallas, love field. visibility there around a quarter mile. those dense fog advisories stretch all the way in between louisiana, mississippi, alabama too.

tonight: mostly cloudy lows: 38-42 winds: light tuesday: partly sunny & mild highs: 56-62 winds: sw 5-10 showers are gone and skies are clearing. monday will be a partly sunny day with temperatures starting out in the mid to upper 30s and rising later into the mid-50s. tuesday we will turn the page back on the calendar to mid november. temperatures during the and coming up, tavis smiley is here live after accusations of sexual misconduct speaking out for the first time live only on "gma."

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♪ ah, that theme music gives me crills. welcome back to "gma" and "the last jedi" scored big becoming the second biggest opening of all time, right behind its predecessor "the force awakens" taking in a whopping $220 million. >> including you. >> i took my kids to see it. now seeing it through my kids' eyes, my youngest wanted to wear a stormtrooper outfit. >> i will see it. opened above $200 million. also coming up we are taking a look at this pentagon program

we'll have the secret behind this video right here. what the navy commander who spotted it thinks it shows. that chaos at the atlanta airport. 11-hour power shortage. some people forced to sleep on the floor and, of course, the ripple effect still being felt at airports across the country. >> now they're dealing with fog as well. a big change coming to the nfl. jerry richardson plans to sell the carolina panthers as he faces sexual misconduct allegations. diddy said, let's make history. >> how great would it be to see that. that me too plouffement has led to a group of men who left projects amid sexual misconduct projects and tavis smiley is here firing back after accusations of misconduct that led to his suspension from his pbs talk show. first

very latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these days allegations of misconduct alone set in motion a toppling of dominos for men like tavis smiley who says he's not guilty. ♪ he's the award-winning sometimes controversial host known for hard-hitting questions. >> you think that the government assistance that goes to these babies outstrips the billions of dollars generated in this income by the work done by undocumented workers. >> reporter: tavis smiley is hitting back. >> i have never groped, inappropriately exposed myself or coerced any colleague in the workplace ever in my 30-year career. >> reporter: investigate rossly defending himself in this facebook video after bbs indefinitely suspended distribution while investigating allegations smiley engaged in sexual relationships with multiple subordinates. those of those reportedly claim they believe their jobs depended on their

with him and he created a ver l verbally abusive and threatening environment. >> pbs launched this so-called investigation of me without telling me about it. >> reporter: pbs tells abc news following seat of a complaint pbs hired an independent law firm to conduct an investigation and we stand by its integrity. saying that the investigation revealed multiple sexual relationships with subordinates over many years and other acts that together constitute a pattern of conduct inconsistent with our values. walmart said they are troubled by the recent allegations and will be cutting ties with smiley pending the outcome of pbs' investigation. as the fallout continues for the 53-year-old broadcaster, he says pbs rushed to judgment and trampled on a reputation he spent a lifetime trying to establish. >> time for a real conversation in this country about where the lines are, about how men and women can engage each other in the

confirms they are no longer moving forward with tavis smiley's "death of a king" and hey house has told us they put all of smiley's projects on hold pending an internal review of the facts, paula. >> thank you very much for reporting. we want to welcome tavis smiley to the studio. thanks for joining us. first and foremost you deny any wrongdoing. >> absolutely. i have never groped. i have never coerced or exposed myself to anyone inappropriately. there's never been any allegation of that. i celebrate and applaud the women that came out and told the truth and lead us to create healthy workspaces. at the same time i want to make sure we don't lose all proportionality in this because if we do people end up guilty by accusations. >> you admit to having consensual sexual

with subordinates. can you understand how that could be an abuse of power? >> certainly. i understand who people have a vi viewpoint any consensual sexual relationship in the workplace is wrong. i hear that point of view and i respect it but there are other points of view on this. my company, let me be clear, i own my company. pbs distributes it. in our employee handbook while we do not encourage office relationships we don't forbid them either and don't forbid them because i don't know where your heart will lead you or who you will hang out with or date. many met their spouses at work. >> how can you be certain these women didn't feel they would lose their job. >> i never gave any favoritism upward or downward. never promoted anybody -- >> did you ever fire anyone you were in a relationship with. >> first of all i own the company and there is a team that own the company and have never

do anything to anyone -- >> you didn't fire anyone with whom you had a relationship with. any of them you had a relationship with is still on your staff. >> one person is, yes. >> were you ever told by a peer, the subordinate or employer/employee anything you did or said made them feel uncomfortable. >> never. >> sources tell abc news you have been accused of sexually explicit messages and unwelcome banter about women's bees. so what are we talking about. >> i have no idea. i sat -- >> did you ever send lewd text messages. >> no. in a consensual mrelationships e do that but never to an employee. >> you also created a verbally abusive threatening environment. what's your response. >> not true. i have an intense environment. i have a speaker's bureau and book imprint and so

some of the most intense places are in control rooms around this country. that's not for everyone. so it might be that the environment wasn't good for you. these are intense at times and i hate the word brand. i may be the brand, the face but i'm not an inanimate object. when the ball gets dropped on something i have to deal with those. those might be intense but i'm not an angry black man and this notion of a hostile workplace doesn't fit. >> you called the pbs investigation sloppy and upset they didn't tell you that was going on but say you weren't aloud to show they were proof. what kind of proof do you have. >> i think anyone who's been in one can prove it with letter, cards, gifts and certainly photographs. but pbs only agreed to talk to me after weeks of investigation which they didn't tell me about. let's back up for a second. >> are they supposed to tell you they're investigating you? do they have to. >> they never informed me a complaint was alleged. i was never told there was an investigation. i found out about it from former staffers who were

strange questions so i was unaware of it to begin with. but after finding out about it my attorneys contacted the pbs investigators and offered to have me come talk to them. they did this for weeks and refused to talk to me. they were prepared to close this investigation without talking to me only under the threat of lawsuit did they agree to sit down and talk to me and when they did they talked to me for three hour answer never told me who the accusers were, never allowed me to provide information. >> is it important to know who they are. >> it's important to sit in a meeting and at least understand what we're talking about. if we're talking for three hours and all the questions are vague and no specificity, no persons, place, time, hard for three hours to know what you're talking about. >> most of your employees had to sign nondisclosures. they feel threatened. they're scared to come forward and publicly reveal who they are. >> well, i'm not sure i believe that, number one but number two, all i'm saying an investigation for three hours. if i don't know what we're

specificity how can i answer the questions so i answered to the best of my ability but it gets worse than that. when this meeting was over which only happened under the threat of a lawsuit they did not intend nor ever intended to atalk to me or my current staff, didn't talk to my hr person, anyone who thought something happened to them for whatever reason, no complaints were ever filed, number one and, number two, this investigation did not include talking to anyone on my current staff and the minute that three-hour minute was over, within minutes almost within an hour and a half i think pbs acknowledged to us, sent a letter to my attorneys they were using a clause in my contract to no longer distribute my show. 12 minutes thereafter this story posted on "variety." i don't know how you write it, research and get quotes from unnamed sources presumably at pbs and put links in the story and do all that in 12 minutes. something is awry here. >> do you regret anything that you've done? >> other, absolutely. i've made mistakes and written two books about all the mi

i made in my career. i recall once sitting this a conversation with a person would was interested in being a producer on our show, supposed to be a short 30-minute meeting. at the end i said my lord, you're brilliant, smart, gorgeous and i think i'd rather date you than you work for me. i apologized and the situation was resolved. i'm human, not perfect. but it doesn't rise to the level of wrongful termination. >> if they reinstate you, will you go back. >> i don't know. pbs made a huge mistake and teed to correct it but i don't know the answer. >> sounds like you're willing to go pretty far to fight it. >> i'll do anything to protect my reputation. >> tavis smiley, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> back to you. coming up inside the pentagon's ufo program. what the navy commander who spotted this object thinks it could be. the day after chemo might mean a trip back to the doctor's office, just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home,

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we are back with that newly revealed ufo program's pentagon. the government has spent millions investigating. and nick watt has a closer look. >> look at that thing, dude. >> reporter: just one of many alleged sightings investigated by the secret $22 million ufo unit run from the polling. . >> look at that thing. >> it's rotating. >> reporter: a real-life "x-files". >> i've seen things that i cannot deny.

piles describe as a 40-not-long tic tac 100 miles off the california coast. >> i have never seen anything in my life that had the performance, the acceleration, keep in mind this thing had no wings. >> reporter: commander david fravor piloting an f/a-18 on a mission that day in 2004. >> the radar gets jammed. >> no aircraft we know of can fly at those speeds, maneuver like that and looks like that. >> i think it was not from this world. i just know it was really impressive, really fast and i would like to fly it. >> reporter: the pentagon telling abc news the advanced aviation threat identification program ended in the 2012 time frame. it was determined there were other higher priority issues that merited funding. >> so we always joke maybe it was trying to communicate with something under the water. i've seen "star trek"

i don't know if it was alien life but i will say that in an infinite universe with multiple galaxies we know of, that if we're the only planet with life it's a pretty lonely universe. >> reporter: now there are often rational explanations but he hasn't heard one yet and according to sources quoted in "the new york times" the military still listens to soldiers and sailors and airmen, still investigates what might be out there. >> i don't know. that visual, i'm not positive it's not the millennium falcon i saw. "star wars" i saw and it looks like it rotating in the sky. that's my theory. your first look at the first royal christmas card just revealed. can't wait to see it. ristmas tr. [ cheering ] when does the family get here? they're already here! this house is for you! us?!

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people who stay will gravitate north in the coming decades. let's get a check on your weather with vj. veronica: take your time today, get things done, take the dog for a walk. no need to run in from the cold air, it's not that cold this morning. temperatures in the 10 to 15 as we head into the mid-50's, then it gets even milder tomorrow. 61 degrees, still dry, tracking the next chances of seeing rain on saturday. look at the winter solstice, 45 degrees, ironically enough. angela: using new hampshire avenue or egg or road as your alternate route to get around the closure for the water main break of 410 near riggs road. be alert, we have heavy drive times on the capital beltway outer loop traveling from 270 to 95, going to cost 32 minutes. be aware of that delay. making your way northbound, heavy and slow

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more than a thousand flights canceled just as holiday travel gets under way and marcus moore has the story. good morning. >> reporter: george, good morning. the lies are back on here at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport. look at the line at the delta check-in. many of the people we have seen have actually spent the night here at the airport and while the power is back on, this nightmare isn't over for so many travelers. already delta has canceled 300 flights today that come into and out of atlanta. in addition to the 900 that airline canceled on sunday. all as a result of this power outage and people who were here describe scenes of utter chaos and really worry among some people that perhaps this was part of terrorism when those lights and power went out. there was an announcement on the radio warning of an emergency and have seen video of people using flashlights to navigate dark passageways. this was astonishing. at one point there were 100 planes parked on the taxiway at

to be deplanned onto the tarmac itself and with escalators and elevators out people actually carried the elderly and disabled during all this. a fire in a substation actually caused the outage and while the power is back on this morning, we could still see flights impacted through this weekend, george. >> boy, let's hope things get going today. >> we want to move now to a now warning about the possible dangers of cell phones. a new study is raising concerns about the possible risks of radiation and guidelines on how to reduce it and dr. jen ashton is here with details. you got to wonder. we put it next to our ear all the time. we've heard these concerns for a long time. >> it seems like everything old is new again and have been studies that show a possible link between the radio frequency energy emitted with a cell phone and brain tumors, acoustic neuromas, learning problems, low sperm count in men. overal

organization that represents the wireless phone companies is very clear on this, major health organizations are stating and this includes the fda, by the way, that there is no clear scientific evidence to support this risk. >> all right, well, there's that. they're always doing more research. now, the california department of health has recommendations that we can all take to protect ourselves. >> these are really common sense even though we don't have the conclusive scientific evidence these things really -- there's no reason why people shouldn't do that. basically using the hands-free or speakerphone option. don't sleep with your phone next to your head. i'll try to improve on this because it's right on my night table. try to put it across the room. don't keep it in direct contact with your body when walking around with it and this is a surprising one. when you are getting one or two bars, low signal, that's actually when the rf energy emitted is the strongest so try not to use your phone at that time. >> one of those tips was don't sleep with it next to your head. a lot of teens and children do

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♪ welcome back to "gma." welcome from all of us here at the table. welcome to our audience. welcome to everybody here. thanks for coming in this morning and adrienne bankert is back with some "pop news." >> yes, thank you so much. thank you to our audience. okay, prince harry, we've been talking a lot about him because, you know, engaged. #meg #meganmarkle. he is interviewing former president barack obama. the kensington palace sharing this clip as they prepared for their chat. take a look and listen. >> do i need a british accent? >> if you use long pauses between the answers you'll probably get sort of the face. >> let me see the face. oh, okay. i don't want to see that face. >> all right, yeah, having a little fun with each other. i can't really do the british accent yet either. >>

american accent -- ? we have to start with hello. that helps when i do that. >> hello. >> that's all i can say. >> i'm working on it. the conversation is going to be focusing between prince harry and president obama on their shared interest in supporting the next generation of young leaders and will be broadcast on bbc radio on december 27th and released worldwide as a podcast so we will all be tuning in. next up, okay, a little throwback monday. if you were watching the iconic oprah winfrey show you know she found out about a long lost half sister and had a very special guest this weekend because that former surprise sister, now her big half-sister, a huge deal graduated. oprah paid for her college education. bought her a house. and she wrote on instagram my sister pat whois

years ago had one big dream when i met her. to go to college. nati congratulations. so cool she did that for her sister. big family props. serena williams doesn't need help on the court. when it comes to teething she's calling on instagram fans. she posted a 3-month-old alexis olympia writing, teething, aka, the devil, so hard. the 36-year-old says her daughter who has her very own adorable instagram account. how many babies at 3 months old have their own instagram account. chewing on cold towels, mommy's fingers. frozen bagels. >> i tried frozen bagels. >> george is like, that works. >> when social media goes right and you can reach out again get all these other moms' advice. >> what's your teething secret? >> i don't think i have one. we did bagels

>> they say if accounts had to go through teething they'd say forget it. >> we didn't do the old fashioned one, brandy on the gum. we didn't do that. >> you didn't? >> no. >> okay. >> i was going to say things are about to get interesting. >> that's what mom has to do. >> that's what our moms did. >> my mom put or ragel. that's "pop news" for you. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> no problem. 1234r a little cheerio to you. >> cheerio. we want to turn to our new series called raising good men. every day is teams like there are new sexual harassment allegations and what it takes to raise men who will be respectful of women and focus on three different age groups with different takeaways and start with 7 to 10-year-olds and t.j. holmes sat down with a group of them and enlightening interview. >> you learn a lot when you talk

[001:14:58;00] parents watching all these allegations come out and why not. they are asking, i don't want my child to grow up like that so what should i be doing? are there signs i should be looking for and it's clear their opinions about girls are already starting to take shape. >> allegations of sexual harassment. >> suspended. >> forced to apologize. >> reporter: more than two dozen prominent men facing allegations of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct and it prompts the question how do you raise good men. we start with a panel of young boys. what does it mean to be a good man. >> treat people fairly. >> no matter what skin color or gender. >> yeah, to open doors for women, you have to respect. >> we sat down with six students, 7 through 10 at a houston area boys and girls

club, some participants in their the word, respect. what do you think when you hear that. >> well -- in ooh. >> cool. out of the chair on this one. yes. >> respect means you have to behave. >> all right. >> listen to the teacher. >> it means personal space, manners. >> dr. david anderson is a child psychologist at new york's child mind institute. >> when you've got boys this young, it is never too early to start thinking about how you build respect. how you build empathy and a culture of concept. >> he traveled with us to houston and unbeknownst to our young panelists their parents and our expert were secretly watching the interview from an adjoining room. their sons openly sharing with us their views on gender stereotypes. what do you do when someone tells you to man up. >> i become tough. and i feel strong. >> they've gotten some of those messages about being rough and tough and, you know, that girls are frail and those kinds of things. as the boys grow older we want

to give them idea of what it means to be a good person. it's important to be kind for everybody. important to protect everyone. >> but even at this age these young man displaying strong convictions about how they believe they should interact with female peers. how do you show girls you respect them? >> listening to them and buying them flowers. >> say hi to them. >> say hi. >> and by not bumping into them. >> keeping personal space. >> how do you know the boundaries of personal space. >> you got to ask first. >> that's key because it showsance age appropriate understanding of consent and the need to ask for permission. >> when we think about stages of moral development for groups this age, there's a lot of kind of all or nothing thinking. you're either following the rules or you're not. >> someone breaking the rules this group showed no hesitation in reporting misconduct. >> i'll tell my momma. >> i will tell the teacher. >> after 45 minutes it was time to reveal to our young guests

who was interview. >> oh, my goodness. >> oh. >> they just heard everything that just happened. >> come on. >> no. >> please. >> no. >> i was overall pretty proud, did a good job, kid. you never know when you're doing it by yourself if you're doing a good job. >> i don't want to take full credit for how respectful he is because my husband has a lot to do with that as well. there are a lot of types he tells cooper, open the door for your mother and sister. >> whether it's a female parent or male parent it's catching the boys doing the things that you want to make sure they do more of and that takes being there and having those conversations. saying i was really proud of how you acted in that moment. >> with all that's going on in the news a lot of parents were, maybe even single parent, single mothers, how can i raise my child not to end up in that position to be like that? >> the same principles that we're talking about here, teaching boys to respect other people and to take the perspective of other, they will

play into boys' relationships with their parer older and want them thinking about how comfortable anybody in their social environment might be with what's going on. >> it was very interesting to hear, paula. they find a distinction, i treat girls this way. they're the fairer sex but ask them the toughest person they know, momma. the first thing out of their mouth, momma but trying to how to reconcile how is momma the female so tough. >> but i can't bump into that girl in the hallway. >> it was so interesting to hear these kids. >> you did a great job. we want to bring in dave anderson to continue with the conversation. you mentioned the importance of parents and having a positive role model but how do you find good role models and good influencers on your children? >> i think the first point we think about is that just good people are good role models. doesn't festally have to be a male or female. we had coaches and teach evers

and one came up with his barber but looking for anybody who can articulate their values. >> we were trying to figure out, thinking you treat a girl this way, you should make sure you give her these boundaries but the key is not just to teach there is a difference, you need to treat a boy and respect his boundaries and personal space. the you have to treat everybody the same. >> with whatever the rues were coming up with we want to ask them for examples of people that follow that rule and examples who violate that rule so if they see a boy who is tough, great. where do they see women who are tough, they mentioned their mothers and got blank looks by how they became that tough. >> by raising you, son. you say this age group was 7 to 10. offers a unique opportunity and window of influence, so how do we capitalize on that? >> we know that boys this age are learning things in rules so that can be to one parent's advantage in the sense he learns i need to brush my teeth before

bed every time but might be rues that girl, secrets to. that's where we want to bring it back to having conversations openly. for parents to give examples of girls they can tell secrets to and to ask the boys for more specific examples of the kids in their class they can trust and not trust and brings in norflexable thinking. >> it's okay this idea of social shaping. is it wrong for us to talk about chivalry and open the doors for women but he said some of this is social shaping but, again, goes back to the key open the door for a guy. open the door for a person. it's all a matter of general respect. >> right. i mean social shaping can be great in certain ways and teaches us values like being nice and do unto others as you would do, you know, that kind of thing but at the same time we want to look at the rigid rules that might get us into trouble and those are the ones we try to question. >> all right, dr. david anderson, t.j., great job with those little boys. i spoke with middle schoolers and we'll bring that to you tomorrow. send it over to ginger.

>> yes, let's do moment because it's a monday. you need a smile. you know when you have been at the party and getting real tired but still want to party. yeah, 1-year-old steele knows what that feels like. laying there but the balloons don't stop. thank you for sending us that from freeport florida. we feel you this morning. that's how i feel. party over the wemph tonight: mostly cloudy lows: 38-42 winds: light tuesday: partly sunny & mild highs: 56-62 winds: sw 5-10 showers are gone and skies are clearing. monday will be a partly sunny day with temperatures starting out in the mid to upper 30s and rising later into the mid-50s. tuesday we will turn the page back on the calendar to mid november.

temperatures during the afternoon we approach the new year and those we loved and lost and some had a big impact and shaped our culture. >> robin is celebrating their lives and none with a bigger impact than mary tyler moore. >> mary tyler moore was the first funny feminist on network television. >> her smile, her smile, that lit up the entire country. the entire world. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ >> there was a goodness and kindness about her that i related to in myself and oh, my god, i wanted to be mar. >> i would like to know why the last associate producer before me made $50 a week more than i do. >> oh, because he was a man.

[ laughter ] >> i think it was cultural roadblocks because she was a woman. >> i'm doing as good a job as he did. >> better. >> better! >> i feel indebted to mary tyler moore because she said the things that i think a lot of women only thought about but didn't have the courage to say out loud at that time. >> will you shut up, ted? >> she was a very strong lady. a loving lady and talented beyond belief. and i loved her dearly. >> her legacy is a combination of everything that she's ever done in her life that touched our hearts that made us want to turn the world on with our own smiles. [ applause ] >> mary tyler moore obviously influenced oprah winfrey who is

now influencing women and she ee pit mys what we all want to be, world changers. >> i think you could do an entire hour program on just mary. >> funny feminist. another actor who made his mark on tv and music was david cassidy, "the partridge family" was the ultimate teen heartthrob even impressing those on tv as well. take a look. ♪ i think i love you ♪ i think i love you >> on friday nights i would race home from wherever i was. i wouldn't watch our show ♪ ♪ it's the brady bunch >> i would watch "the partridge family." david cassidy was one of the biggest teen idols ever and that feathered perfect, gorgeous shiny hair and he could do it all. he could sing, he could act. he just had that "it" factor. [ applause ] >> you guys are all too young

but that was my friday partridge family." coming up here the year in memoriam. a special collaboration between robin and jimmy kimmel. see more tonight on abc and when we come back t.j. is back with the rock. we'll have what he's saying about fatherhood and taking on the new "jumanji." and the school custodian. he is spreading so much holiday spirit. he's going to perform for us live. your "gma" moment brought to you by the frame from samsung,

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to charity. ♪ welcome back to "gma." we have a real treat to motivate you all this monday morning. take a look at this video. ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ all is c.a.l.m. >> that is wilbert knight. his singing has gone viral. more than 18,000 views already and we're happy to have him here

this morning. he's joining us from stephenville, ohio. some of his big fans right there and why don't you tell us how this all came about. >> mr. robinson. >> how did this all happen, mr. robinson. >> this came about when we featured mr. knight as our staff spotlight on our facebook page doing what he enjoyed doing singing "happy birthday" to one of our staff members. he enjoyed it and wants to spread good will into the world and shared another video to our news anchor and they picked it up and it went viral. >> mr. anything, you have the voice of an angel. i want to ask mrs. gorman, you're the principal there, what do you think it is about his music that connects with so many people. >> it's easy.

i mean he just is just genuine and sin cere and truly when he makes others happy. if you're feeling down he'll sing a couple bars and makes you smile. >> mr. anything, we can already hear you're a great personment how does it feel you've gone well beyond steubenville, ohio. people around the world are seeing your video and hearing you sing. how does that make you feel? >> i'm overwhelmed. i just glad i can touch people's hearts all over the world and bringing peace and love. >> i have to tell you mr. anything does not have social media. he doesn't have any electronic devices. so we kind of had to pull him down into the office to tell him, hey, this is what it means to. >> viral. everyone is talking about you. he was overwhelmed. it was great sdmrul's get more overwhelmed now after we hear you sing. we'd love to hear something for

our entire "gma" audience. ♪ when jesus is my calm is he ♪ ♪ his eye is on the sparrow ♪ and i know he's watching over me ♪ >> wow! mr. knight. mr. knight, thank you for taking us to church and the message you want to send through your message is peace and love. is that your message? >> the message is a positive message that i want to send and i'm hoping i can touch people's heart, joy, love, happiness and all. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. >> thank you. thank you so much. thanks for sharing. [ applause ]

>> you know what it proves. he proves there are no the lives of children. >> absolutely. that was great. we'll move on to one of the hottest movies, dwayne "the rock" johnson stars in "jumanji" and t.j. holmes had a chance to talk about it. he is back with us now. >> you gave me a hard time last week. >> i did. >> this is further evidence i worked when i was in hawaii. >> two pieces out of a week. >> still. between the luaus and mai tais i got in an interview with dwayne "the rock" johnson. we sat down and explained why "jumanji," this movie, he's more anxious about this one than he has any other movie he's put out and why shooting in hawaii was such a special personal experience for him. he looks the same. the bald head, the bod but you've never seen dwayne "the rock" johnson quite like this. >> i don't have my claritin and all i see around here is pollen. >> reporter: he plays an awkward nerdy teenager.

>> we've got "jumanji" and became the avatars we chose. >> reporter: in "jumanji: welcome to the jungle." >> i've never had the privilege of having a movie come out during christmas. and when you have a christmas movie come out i think that you have a responsibility, make sure it's good. >> don't let this new body get your butt whooped. >> ow. >> reporter: it is a new take on the robin williams classic. and its release wraps up another big year for johnson. >> 2016. "forbes," highest paid actor in hollywood you were named. "people" magazine's sexiest man alive in 2016. in 2017, you lost both titles. >> the "people" magazine tight surveillance a title of which i do not relinquish. >> wait a minute. you'll never relinquish the title. it's just your. >> in no uncertain terms and

actually i'm i ever relinquish the title. i am and today will always be the texiest man alive. >> reporter: johnson admits a sense of normalcy in day-to-day can be a challenge. >> keep things simple. movies on the weekend. get good pizza. get some good loving in because she's watching now. get some good brownie points. >> she's lauren hashian and they're set to welcome their second daughter next year and johnson gushes about his 16-year-old daughter simone from his first marriage just named golden globe ambassador and will get to hand out trophies at the annual award show. >> so proud. so proud of simone. >> reporter: she has expressed interest in a career in hollywood. a move he supports but also gives him pause. would you have any concerns about your daughter in hollywood given what we've seen. >> yeah, absolutely, so this is

our community and it's the that i make my business in. and so farrelly the concerns are there. we've had this wfconversation wh her before and circle back around of being so proud of the brave women who stepped forward and created this watershed moment that we're experiencing. do i have concern, i'm her dad and i'm always going to have concerns with, period. >> reporter: they have come full circle. "jumanji" filmed in hawaii where he spent years growing up and it reminds him of how far he's come. >> we were forced to leave because we couldn't pay the rent, i was 13 or 14 and thought i would do anything to make sure we're never in this position. the irony is lost that we're here in hawaii but gives me a strong foundation of gratitude. >> and, george, i said at the top there he lost the title of highest paid actor in hollywood for this year. >> to who? >> he athe second highest paid.

lost it to mark wahlberg but >> he's got a christmas movie coming out. >> and new baby. the announcement made. show this instagram post ands that take their youngest now. little one, jasmine, 2 years old and she's going to have a little sister so he's going to have three girls. >> tease him about running for president. >> i did not tease hip. you do not tease dwayne "the rock" johnson. >> you do go see "jumanji: welcome to the jungle" that hits theaters this wednesday. thank you. coming up, celebrity fitness star helping so many transform. [ applause ] and we'd like you to be part of ours.. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. you pay what we pay. and not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone to get forty-five

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to get you moving, you may have heard of her, kayla itsines. but first a look at how she's using the power of social media to help people around the world. she's a global fitness phenomenon taking the internet by storm creating the world's largest female fitness community. with more than 25 million social media followers she motivates women all over the globe to be stronger, healthier and more confident known for her bbg or bikini body guide and leading those through boot camp around the world she's help women transform their bodies and achieve their best self and now here live to share how you can do it too. [ applause ] all right, everyone please welcome kayla itsines. great to have you. you have a new book called "the bickell body motivation and habits guide." do you have one bit of advice? >> for sure. i think definitely planning, not

just stronger but how we get there to turn our goals into habits. >> i got turned on to you a couple of years ago. if you check her out on instagram, the trance for makes are remarkable. one transformation. erika weiss, this was erika weiss before she started using the bbg. everybody, do you want to see erika weiss today. erika, come on out. [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh, erika, so great to meet you. want to say hi to kayla itsines. you look fantastic. >> thank you. >> i love the network. such a tight community and it's not about getting skinny but strong and fit and you look strong and fit. what was it about kayla itsines and the bbg that worked for you. >> such a strong community and a program that you can truly do anywhere, use body weight

exercises and we can do it in a "gma" studio, everybody so why don't we do that. take us that through a series of three moves. what are we going to do? >> devin and liz will help us do some of the modification that we can do for people who want to do something easier. a jump lunge so keep your feet shoulder length apart so land down with your knee at a 90-degree angle and swap and they'll do something easier. >> i did these last week and i couldn't walk for three days but i got 0 tell you but they tighten, they tighten, lift and tone. >> they're fantastic. the next one people don't like but i love are burpeesome. place our hands on the ground. >> they're awful. jump in, and this is great for

your full body working and -- >> the girls are doing a modification for the people at home. this is sort of a modified way of doing the burpee. the next one we can do is fantastic for arms and core. commandos. not all of these are favorites. my signature moves from bbg. >> how many of these are we doing? >> we should do in the program 10 to 12 reps but for the sake of you, paula. >> 10 to 12 burpees and 10 to 12 of these. >> for three rounds. >> so going from up, up to down, down, to down plank. >> good job. >> thank you, i'm dead. kayla's new book is out tomorrow. nice job, ladies.

coming up, josh groban is performing live. and we are back with josh groban and his whole orchestra. >> they're on my -- >> they follow you. >> they follow me. >> tenth anniversary of your christmas album "noel." you have new songs. >> we recorded four new songs. i can't believe it's ten years ago. it was to have a christmas album that people could take off their shelves every year and we're just so thrilled and thankful to all the fans that helped that happen so, yeah, did a duet with tony bennett and did "happy christmas:war is over" and the song i'll sing today "white christmas." >> you a coffee table book coming out and playing tony danza's son. >> i had to shave my beard off. last time i had a bushy beard and now i'm 15 years ole again, i wish and so, yeah, i'm filming

that every of a combination of the two worlds but having an amazing time and tony is amazing. >> he is a great guy as well. >> how about "white christmas." >> let's do it. >> thanks. [ applause ] ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas just like the ones i used to know ♪ ♪ where the treetops glisten and children listen

to hear sleigh bells in the snow ♪ ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days be merry and bright and may all your christmases be white ♪

♪ i'm dreaming just like the ones i used to know ♪ ♪ where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow ♪ ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days be merry and bright

and may all your christmases be white ♪ ♪ and may all your christmases may all your christmases be white ♪and may all your christmy all your christmases be white ♪y all your christmases be white ♪

♪ [ applause ] "good morning america" is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. [ cheers and applause ] >> josh groban, thank you very much for coming. >> thanks for having me. such a pleasure.

>> the album is called "noel." have a great day, everyone. news from "good morning washington." adrianna: i'm adrianna hopkins. autria: i'm autria godfrey. the power is back on at hartsfield jackson international airport in atlanta, but problems are not done. adrianna: contracted workers could announce they're going on strike at dulles. they want their employees to allow them to join the union. they will announce whether they are striking today at 2:00 p.m. autria: a cloudy and mild start to the day. adrianna: veronica johnson has your forecast. veronica: it is only going to get milder, guys. get ready for temperatures to go up another 10-15 degrees. lower 40's now. temperatures later top out at about 10 degrees above average. 56, d.c.. mid 50's or upper 50's, culpeper, warrenton, fredericksburg.

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