good morning, america. arctic invasion. 2017 closing out with an historic deep freeze causing scary spinouts like this one in minnesota. >> she's going again. she's done. she's done. >> water frozen midsplash next to lake erie and the snow just won't stop. cities already buried and the new winter storm warnings for the holiday weekend. new york city's deadliest fire in a quarter century. the fast-moving flames killing at least 12 and victims screaming for help. 170 firefighters rushing to battle the blaze. the stunned survivors

their homes into the freezing streets. the latest on the investigation this morning. trump's former campaign manager under fire, the singer who is filing charges alleging sexual assault. joy villa joins us live with her story this morning. ♪ and mr. new year's eve is here, ryan seacrest live on "gma" with the big plans for a rockin' eve. mariah carey's big center stage comeback. we're live above times square with the last-minute preparations for that famous crystal ball drop. ♪ >> how nice. we were arguing over who sang that. >> carly rae jepsen. >> ding, ding, ding, it wasn't katy perry. >> i know my deif sdras. >> and pop culture. we' we're gearing up to ring in the new year, i can

is in just a couple of days. >> i'll be on the couch. >> i'll probably be asleep. i usually go to bed around 10:00. i value my sleep a lot. >> a fun night, cold night and hope it will be a safe night and that is why as times square gets ready security is at an all-time high. gio benitez got an exclusive bird's-eye view as the nypd prepares to protect the 1 million people expected to come out to see the ball drop. >> that is commitment consider 1 million still showing up despite frigid temperatures. bitter cold marathon freezing the face and rob marciano is high above times square at the new year's ball tracking the latest on the bitter arctic blast. i have to imagine it's really cold from your van trump junior point. >> it is cold. i mean from your vantage point you could probably see my breath. it's 12 degrees right now. windchill of 2. today is colder tn

colder than the day before that. unnerving trend for sure and we're not alone in new york city. look at the map with all the advisories, if it's not cold, snow, nearly from the entire -- runs the entire length of the canadian border and the cold is the biggest story as far is what is going to be dangerous. right in through the new year. deep freeze, reinforcing surge of cold air and chicago, minus 7, 30 below for a windchill, 10 below in detroit. 5 below in new york city, 13 or 15 below in boston and if we hit 11, that will make it the co coldest new year's eve here since 1962. this crystal ball will be dropping regardless of the weather so just got to prepare for it. >> that deep freeze affecting millions across america. multiple cities registering temperatures at record lows not to mention record snowfall. alex perez is in buffalo, new

1. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, dan. here along lake erie it feels colder. take a look. the ice, the snow building up everywhere. it has been a long, relentless week for millions. overnight, dangerous, slippery roads sending drivers spinning. their cars careening into ditches. >> she's going again. she's done. >> reporter: heavy snowfall causing whiteout conditions, 200 million americans now trapped in a deep freeze. the brutal cold already deadly. two people in chicago killed by hypothermia. >> extreme weather is more than an inconvenience, it remains a serious and potentially life-threatening event. >> reporter: police using fire torches and brute force to open up manhole covers. freezing this fountain in

harbor in maine. >> salt water doesn't freeze too easily so you know it's cold. >> reporter: authorities in illinois say the driver of this convertible spun out and collided with this 18-wheeler splitting the semi truck in half. and in erie, pennsylvania, plows forging a path through 65 plus inches of snow. and no relief in sight. a lot of these areas that are already buried in snow, they're bracing for another foot this weekend. paula. >> incredible there's more snow on the way. alex, thank you. we move to that deadly four-alarm fire claiming at least 12 lives in new york including a 1-year-old child. you're looking live at the scene. this was the worst fire the city has seen in 25 years, more than 170 firefighters responding to the blaze in the bronx and abc's eva pilgrim is at the scene with the latest on the investigation. good morning to you, eva. >> reporter: good morning, paula. those fire victims forced out

many of them without coats, without shoes, firefighters fighting this fire this morning. they are going through the building now doing their search and recovery process. those firefighters got here in three minutes. but for many inside that was not fast enough. 170 firefighters rushing to battle the deadliest fire in new york city in more than 25 years. >> we have a scene here in which 12 people have died and four are fighting for their lives. >> reporter: cpr performed as victim after victim removed on gurneys. >> based on the information we have now, this will rank as one of the worst losses of life to a fire in many, many years. >> reporter: the blaze began at 6:30 p.m. when thick, black smoke swept through the five-story buildingment inside these apartments an apocalyptic scene. parents screaming for help. children crying. so many unable to get out. >> this is the

tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century. >> reporter: the only thing not destroyed, the building's exterior. at least three dead from the same family. >> burned. burned. even little kids on the stretchers burned. it was crazy. >> reporter: in one apartment a mother found in a bathtub clutching her baby. both deceased. >> through the window. >> you came out through the window. >> yeah, there was smoke everywhere already. >> reporter: this resident managed to reach the fire escape leaving his phone and wallet able to grab a blanket. he was better off than many here who were forced to flee their homes with no coat organization shoes and the red cross rushing to provide warmth to the stunned survivors. no word this morning on the cause of this fire. one of the things investigators will be looking at is why this fire grew so quickly. they

possibility that the fire burned into a natural gas line fueling these flames. dan. >> a lot of questions, just a horrifying story, eva. thank you very much. we move on to the tight security in times square where as we mentioned a million people are expected to ring in the new year. abc's gio benitez with that bird's-eye view of how the nypd is preparing for the biggest party of the year. gio, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. times square is empty right now but it's not going to be like this in just a couple of days. a look right now at that high angle camera. more than a million people are going to be here out here in this plaza out here in times square and this massive effort is under way to keep this place safe. this morning, abc news getting a firsthand exclusive look at the nypd's intense security for new year's eve. we met up with the three police chiefs heading up efforts in the air, on the ground and underground. uniquett

shooting in las vegas and the subway bombing changing how police operate. >> each one of them has added a new dimension of preparedness. >> reporter: for the first time police will screen people going into restaurants and hotels in times square. we flew above it with the head of counterterrorists. what are your piloting going to be looking for? >> they'll be able to provide an overwatch for the commanders, decision makers. >> reporter: quickly identifying threats. >> instead of just counting floors there is a system in place to identify where we're on the 22nd floor of the building. >> reporter: more than a million people will come here but police are now closing off a wider perimeter than ever before. because here we're in times square but this is the destination. people are coming from all over. >> right. we actually work with other agencies like amtrak and the long island railroad and we do a lot of coordinated efforts with them. other stations and other

snipers will be stationed on building rooftops keeping a watchful eye also, cameras, 10,000 of them. the police commissioner giving us a rare look. >> from the people from the state police, the fbi, there will be people from amtrak, new jersey transit, from any agency you can think of will be in that operation center that night. >> reporter: and back here live in times square we should tell you all bags and umbrellas will be banned on new year's eve. coming out, just be patient. it'll take time getting in. they are really limiting the entrances here, dan, paula. >> be patient and dress warmly. gio, thank you. >> we want to move to president trump on his busy working vacation in florida talking to "the new york times" about the russia investigation saying it, quote, makes the country look bad and david wright has more for us. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the president is making headlines here with this impromptu interview with "the new york times." they caught up with him at the

here in palm beach and he told them no fewer than 16 times that there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians and on the investigation itself he said, quote, it makes the country look bad, it makes the country look very bad and it puts the country in a very bad position. now, the president has been for the past few months now seeming to undermine the special counsel questioning the integrity of fbi investigators and some were worried that he might be looking for a pretext to fire bob mueller. that appears to be not the case now. the president says that he thinks that bob mueller is a fair guy who will treat him fairly and on the fbi itself, the president said that he is -- that they had always hoped this would be wrapped up by year's end but as the clock ticks closer to new year's, the president says he has no

>> all right, david, thank you so much. interesting, dan, that interview with "the new york times" just casually happened after a round of golf, after he ate lunch. no aides around. casual interview. >> a lot to discuss from that interview so let's bring in political analyst matthew dowd. matthew, good morning to you. the president's allies as you know have been railing against mueller, the special counsel, for weeks. now trump says, however, that he expects to be treated fairly by mueller so how do you reconcile that? >> well, we could probably spend the full two hours of "good morning america" today going through the conflicting statements of donald trump and trying to reconcile them. you can't reconcile it, those two things. i think it's good the president said that we can trust what bob mueller is doing. i'm sure democrats like that he said this but i think donald trump defines that he trusts bob mueller in the way that he says as long as he finds me innant or my family innocent. if he starts getting close to jared kushner or

tune will vastly change. >> another newsmaking comment from the interview, the president conducted the interview hours after sending out a tweet in which he said the chinese had been caught red-handed shipping oil into north korea. trump then told "the times" he'd been soft on china on the issue of trade in hopes of getting their cooperation on north korea. he's now hinting that all may change. do you think this kind of implicit threat is likely to work with china? >> well, it hasn't worked yet, donald trump made a series of threats through the campaign in 2016 and at the beginning of his presidency that -- what he was going to do to china. the problem is china is in a very powerful position and hold a large part of our debt. the united states debt. so they're in a position of strength in the middle of this. i don't the president wants to get in a trade war. i don't think he wants to get in a situation where he pushes back too hard. i don't think those words will change any dynamic of this and still a position where north korea still has to be

countries coming together. >> such a pressing issue among many. we appreciate your analysis. happy new year to you. a family suing alaska airlines after their wheelchair-bound mother tragically fell down an escalator while they say she was supposed to be accompanied by airline personnel. we want to warn you this is disturning. clayton sandell is there. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. that is hard to watch. bernice kekona was supposed to be taking a flight home. up stead she took a nasty fall. her family blaming alaska airlines and a contractor and this morning the airline is fighting back. this is the shocking moment they say that ultimately killed her tumbling down an escalator head first. >> it could be somebody else's grandma, mom, sister that this could happen to who

neglected. >> reporter: in this video you can see kekona's wheelchair, it weighs several hundred pounds on top of her. fellow travelers at the portland international airport scramble to lift it. a call alerting her family she had been rushed to a hospital. >> i yelled on the phone at her what the hell is she doing at the bottom of the escalator. >> reporter: kekona was flying from maui to spokane connecting through portland and alaska airlines was required by law to escort kekona to her next flight but they claim huntleigh, usa, the contract they contract abandoned her. >> after being seated in her wheelchair, they walked away and bernice became confused and pulls up to the escalator thinks she's getting on the elevator. >> reporter: the fall left her bedridden in constant pain for the next three months. she died in september. they are now suing huntleigh, usa and alaska airlines. >> it's not going to bring her back but someone needs to own up

>> reporter: alaska says we're heartbroken by this tragic and disturbing incident saying it appears ms. kekona declined ongoing continues in the terminal and decided to proceed on her own to her connecting flight and when her family booked the reservation they did not check boxes indicating she had any impairments like trouble seeing or hearing. >> i just hope that, you know, we get justice for my grandma. >> reporter: as for that contractor huntleigh, usa, the ceo told me overnight they are investigating the facts of the case along with their lawyers. dan, paula. >> that video is tough. clayton sandell, thank you very much. we want to move to that surprising apology from apple after multiple lawsuits were filed. the tech giant admitting to secretly slowing down older model iphones and matt gutman is in los angeles with more on what apple is calling, a, quote, misunderstanding. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning. turns out consumers weren't just

some of their iphones really were slowing down. apple apologizing to its consumers over that sluggish iphone function claiming its deliberate slowdown of older models was meant to preserve them writing we would never do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any apple product or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades. the company says about a year ago it quietly installed software through updates that would intentionally slow functionality of some phones during peak workloads meaning when you use your phone most. the problem is they didn't clearly tell that to consumers. >> so apple is facing possible class action lawsuits trying to make things up to their customers. how so? >> reporter: they say next week they will start slashing the price of replacement batteries from 79 to 29 bucks and planning to roll out a software update that show consumers when their batteries are on their last legs, often tha

phone to make it work better. >> not sure if that will be enough for some consumers. a lot had that issue and wondering or now realizing that's what was going on with it. from 40 to nothing just like that. >> let's go back to rob who is at the times square ball freezing. hey there, rob. >> poor rob. >> you just got to -- i like to smile through all of this but it can be painful if you're out here too long. layer up and do what you can. a little snow on the way for a pretty good swath of the country. chicago getting a little. pittsburgh, cincinnati. not more than one to three inches but some areas may get three or four.

cold. highs: 32-37 winds: variable 5 mph tonight: cloudy and cold. light snow possible. lows: 20-27 winds: nw 5 mph saturday: cloudy and cold. morning snow. less than 1". icy roads possible. highs: 32-39 winds: se to w 5 mph the cold remains the big weather story. temperatures will continue running 10-20 degrees below average through the extended period. highs today will climb above freezing for the first time since wednesday afternoon. we'll reach the mid 30s this afternoon. clouds will increase this evening, as a clipper approaches from the northwest. light snow is possible late tonight into tomorrow morning. accumulations will be less than an inch, but with road temperatures below freezing, the roads could be icy, so use caution. the best chance for accumulating snow will be north all right, thanks, rob. coming up, freezing temperatures sending drivers into a panic. the important tips you need to know before you get into your car. that's coming up.

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molly: we're waking up to another cold morning in the nation's capital. reaching about 34 degrees. feeling warmer compared to yesterday. still below average. a look at your holiday weekend. tracking snow showers early saturday morning. could see a few slick spots from the metro up towards the mason-dixon line. a cold new year's eve forecast. allie: we're still working with an accident northbound 395 as you work past boundary channel drive. are you going to be ok on 395. even as you leave the capital beltway to ride up toward that point. if you are essential personnel, you are fine. 66, the ride out of gainesville continuing toward the capital beltway fantastic shape i don't see problems for you at the

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invasion. the snow in many places just won't quit. cities already buried and also this morning a 27-year-old suspected boat prowler was caught fleeing from police and sped off a pier in oregon. the man is recovering after being treated for hypothermia. >> we do want to begin with joy villa who has filed a sexual assault complaint against former trump aide corey lewandowski. we're going to talk to ms. villa who wore that make america great again dress to the grammys. there she is standing by by stephanie ramos has her story. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: paula, good morning. that complaint against former trump aide corey lewandowski stemming from an incident that went down here at trump international hotel. this morning, one of president trump's biggest supporters, former crump campaign manager corey lewandowski is facing a police investigation into an allegation of sexual

singer joy villa who wore a make america great again dress to the grammys tweeted this picture saying it was taken in november, seconds before she says lewandowski slapped her rear end not once but twice writing i was shocked and embarrassed by his behavior. lewandowski now a contributor with fox was asked about the allegations. >> i'm not here to speak for joy but speak for me and what i am going to do let the process play forward. >> reporter: overnight new allegations that villa may have done a similar thing to what she is alleging lewandowski did to her. the website the wrap publishing this video of villa at a party. she can be seen here pretending to smack a man once before her hand actually lands on his rear end. he appears to laugh and go back to his conversation but this morning, that man george harris tells abc news he met villa that night for the first time and that slap was not

as for the incident with lewandowski, villa has said all she's asked for is an apology. paula. >> stephanie, now i am here with joy villa. thank you for coming to the studio and sharing your story. we will talk to you about that video we saw in a moment but let's start. you posted a photo on twitter that you say was taken just moments before the alleged incident with corey lewandowski. can you tell us what happened? >> yes, so, you know, i was at a party, it was a private party and it was at the trump hotel and i had met corey lewandowski for the first time, someone introduced me to him, a good friend who is a witness to the incident and we were sort of ushered into a photo together and he was very drunk and after the photo that i posted he smacked my behind really hard and i told him no, stop. that's not okay and i said, i could report you for sexual harassment and i'm looking at him thin

this is inappropriate, like there's witnesses this, is a public space. very safe place. >> and he didn't? >> no, because he said, go ahead. i work in the private sector and he did it even harder. >> you never got an apology and did confront him but this happened right around thanksgiving. why did you wait till now? >> it's a good question. for me the reasons most women don't come forward. i was scared. i thought i don't want to cause any ruckus or create any bad press based around the president. this has nothing to do with him but i'm an avid supporter. corey is a supporter. he has a lot more power than me. >> you didn't want to create a war within the republican party but met with detectives and filed what you thought were going to be sexual harassment complaint but they told you, the detective said this was sexual assault. did that surprise you? >> it did. it really did because i

when i described the incident to the detective she said this qualifies as sex wall assault and no one deserves to be touched when they say no and the person keeps touching them. that's where the assault comes in and i was very much surprised. i mean, i've tried no the to make it a big deal. and really just to say this is what i want to do. i want to report this and i want to move on with my life. >> okay, corey lewandowski told fox business, quote, there is due possess and that he also wants to let the process play forward, so you said you haven't heard from him. what do you want to happen and are you willing to press charges even if that means he faces a criminal investigation? >> i would rather not go there. i really want an apology. >> you would be okay with just an apology. >> it's a hard situation because this is a crime that was committed against me and when i talk to the detectives yesterday was a three-hour, you know, process. it's a very grueling process.

over again. they ask questions and they had to remind i'm not on trial. because you feel like it's such -- it's such a big deal for a woman to come forward and talk about it. >> right. >> but for me really what i -- i want this to be resolved in a manner that all of us can come out feeling good about it. i don't want to keep dragging his name through the mud. >> i want to show the video that is going around right now that shows you playfully slapping another man's behind. his name is george harris. he says it was not consensual and in the video you can say, take it easy, behave. how is what corey different than what you did to george. >> well, for one thing, he didn't say stop or no. and when he said take it easy, i was being stupid. it was at a party in las vegas and i did stop. and if i offended george, you know, i totally apologize and i made it clear i reached out to his best friend and talked it over and said, listen, if

i own up to it. that's wrong and that's what we have to do to make sure we have a safe environment. we have to say i'm sorry. if he had said no i definitely wouldn't have gone and done it again. when he said take it easy, i stopped. it was a joke. >> you're willing to apologize. >> absolutely. >> i've got to ask. you said you're an or interdid supporter of the president. you want people to believe your story but do you believe the women that -- the many women that accused the president of sexual assault and sexual harassment? >> what i want is for justice to be served. you asked if i would press charges or have the crime go further than this, right now there is an investigation. it is a crime and that is something that i had to come to terps with, a crime was committed against me so it is, i do agree with mr. lewandowski it is in the hands of the justice system but for him to say i'm sorry -- >> do you side with the women that have accused the president. >> i can only side with something that has happe

me. >> your own experience. >> this is my own experience. i also want to say that any woman who has had that experience needs to come out and talk about it and needs to file and needs to make sure that the due process does go in because it is at a point your word against theirs. you don't have to go public like i have. it's sort of gone out of proportion sometimes. it distracts from a lot of the other things i'm doing. possible congressional run. >> you said that's still in the cards. >> absolutely. >> as a republican. >> i'm a proud republican. and what corey did has nothing to do with the president. he doesn't work for the president anymore. has nothing to do with the republican party. has nothing to do with his actions and he must take responsibility for that and that is what this is about. if we take responsibility we apologize, we can make our community safer. >> all right, joy villa, thank you so much for sharing your story this morning. we appreciate it. dan. paula, thank you. coming up, what you need to check in your car before you hit the road in this bitter, bitter cold. keep it here.

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back now with a guy who gets my vote for the coolest guy, mr. new year's eve himself, mr. ryan seacrest who will host dick clark's new year's rockin' eve. >> the coldest guy. >> everybody is telling me how to stay warm. i haven't been in this temperature before. >> you're going to feel it. we cannot wait to see what you have up your sleeve. mariah carey is coming back. a little uncertainty. >> it didn't go as planned. did not go as planned. >> you must be so excited. >> listen, i've known her a long time. she is an old friend of ours. new year about new beginnings and she's a legendary iconic artist so we're excited to have her back to do it again. she's going to do a couple of

"hero" right before midnight outside in that cold. >> that will be hard to sing those high notes. >> was this her idea to come back. >> you know, i'm confused as to whose idea it truly was. but it's a good idea. >> just take credit for it. >> it's not my idea. but it's a good idea. i think people are excited to see her back. people love her. she is beloved. >> you put out an all call to your followers when is an appropriate time to take down your christmas tree and she ronalded and said, darling, not until july 4th. will you keep it up until july 4th? >> that's probably too long for me. i like to keep it up at least through the first week of january but mariah is the queen of christmas music and festivities and things like that so i wouldn't doubt she she keeps it up until july 4th. >> dan is making fun of me. okay i'm still listening to christmas music. >> you're asking for me permission. >> yes. >> do we have your permission. >> as long as you don't do it around me,

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like 20 degrees. you step out the door bundle up. we're tracking snow showers overnight tonight into early saturday morning. not amounting to much, about a half inch possible. an inch closer to frederick and cumberland a few slick spots not out of the question. we'll dry out saturday afternoon. your new year's eve forecast, cold. 25 during the day. midnight, feel like temperatures will be in the teens. definitely layer up if you have any of those plans coming up for new year's eve. allie: for your ride into work on 395, we had an accident. right here at seminary road. you can see that the highway truck's still on the scene on the shoulder. travel lanes have been opened for some time. you are ok here. on the northbound side of 395 to the 14th street bridge, this is the beltway at 50, john hanson highway. both the inner and outer loop look fantastic. traffic looks great connecting to college park

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. here comes the new year and it's freezing. temperatures plunging to arctic levels coast to coast. new winter storm warnings now and it could be the coldest new year's eve in years, we're live from the ball drop in times square. deal or no deal. how you can get your resolutions under way at a discount. the best time to buy when it comes to those gym memberships, the new car and that vacation you've been dreaming about. the research busting the myths about greasy food and pickle juice. the one key way to really beat a hangover. dr. ashton breaks it down.

and get ready for janu-arie, the brand-new bachelor is ready to find love. what he's revealing this morning about his journey finding happily ever after and did he really fall in love with not one but two women. >> bachelor nation, i hope you're getting ready for one of the most romantic in bachelor history. >> the countdown to arie starts this morning. ♪ we built this city on rock 'n' roll ♪ >> mr. new year's eve himself mr. ryan seacrest here live kauptsing down to a rockin' eve in times square as he says -- >> good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] just keep playing this song. it's a little flashback to the '90s. >> yes, it is. reminds me of my youth. >> name

>> you are 2 for 2. >> jefferson airplane, the previous -- >> the '80s, not the '90s, one big lovable decade, the '80s and '90s. we want to thank you for being with us on this very chilly morning in new york. it is going to be a cold one out there for mr. new year's eve talking about mr. ryan seacrest his 12th year hosting but i would imagine the coldest one yet. >> he's looking for any suggestions people have for how to stay warm with us. here all morning to talk about the big night. remember what happened when he came on last year. we were hosting. here it is, the video he posted. >> classic. >> he got stuck in an elevator on his way down from the ball to come over here to our studios to talk to us. finally, there you can see a fireman letting him free. he was tweeting about it. last year we got stuck in an elevator on the way to see the times square ball. hopefully no repeats today.

officially in house. >> yes, he is. we're not letting him go. >> never ever. we're not going to let go. we want to go up to the ball where rob marciano has been all morning where the temperatures are in the teens and that's warm. warm when you consider what is going on around the country. rob, will the pain ever end? >> no, not any time soon. i can see my breath. the sun is coming up. this city was built for rock and cold? if we can continue the music and change the lyrics of the elevator is working. the lights are sort of working. not allowed to touch this switch. 12-football, 12,000 waterford crystals. 32,000 l.e.d. lights all lit up on new year's eve. the big freeze is on. not just new york city, chicago, pittsburgh, cincinnati, some of the coldest air we've ever seen on new year's eve. could be the coldest one here since 1962. paula, back to you. >> don't touch it. >> no, don

eve, rob. >> reminds me of my 3-year-old. >> so tempting. >> let's talk about the tight security in tiemdz where a million people are expected to ring in the new year and abc's gio benitez is back where the party will be in two days with the latest. gio, good morning once again. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. on sunday more than a million people will be streaming into times square. as you can imagine security will be intense but never quite this intense. now, take a look at this. we flew above times square with the head of counterterrorism for the nypd. they are going to have choppers in the air on new year's eve looking down on those million people. that is in part why umbrellas will be banned. they don't hide anyone from view, really. now take a look at this. thousands of officers will be on the ground and anyone going into restaurants and hotels will be screened. the las vegas shooting very much on their minds. this as 10,000 cameras watch over new york city. now, come new year's eve police tell me to pack your patience. but that they are certain it's going to b

dan. >> nypd does such a great job. gio, thank you. >> i want to go on record right now and say, hi, tan harris do solemnly swear if we buy a ticket together that you will split the earnings with me. >> absolutely. >> right now? >> yes. >> okay. i swear. >> i know you wouldn't just run off and claim it as your own. >> somebody did that and it's a heartbreaking story. mandy and leslie, two waitresses at an arkansas burger joint, their boss gave them a bunch of scratch-off tickets andscratched off ten tickets at the bar. one turned out to be worth $300,000. this he agreed to split their jackpot but the next day, mandy was a no show for work. hasn't been back since and then leslie saw this, mandy collecting that check with a big smile on her face, leslie says not only did her friend renege but now she has to cover her shift. >> insult to injury. >> that's awful. >> i wonder if there's any reel recourse. can she hire a lawyer and

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welcome back to "gma" on this final friday of 2017. adrienne, we're counting on you to warm us up with "pop news." >> let's get things sizzling. we begin with beyonce slaying it in her husband's video "family feud." ♪ all right, the rapper just released a teaser for it. jay-z with blue ivy and beyonce looking fierce and jay-z's memorable rap, a man that doesn't take care of his family can't be rich. nobody wins. >> i love that. >> the entire video released today at exactly 4:44 p.m. eastern time. >> i love that message. >> i wish i could rap a little but i don't know all the words to that. >> really put it all out there. >> yes, they are. it is a family affair. drew barrymore gracing the cover of this upcoming in

they asked her to duplicate old photos of her recreating looks. there is a young drew barrymore at a beverly hilton mother/daughter fashion show wearing one of her favorite t-shirts and hanging out with mr. t. making the kind of faces only a kid makes. 42 years old, drew barrymore. this double vision issue of "instyle" hits newstands next friday. >> out there for awhile. >> she is a vet and one of the nicest people as well. testimony meghan markle is the future princess everyone is talking about. well technically she is a duchess, i get it. but we can't get enough of her. did you know everyone's favorite royal-to-be was in the running to be the next bond girl. yeah. >> i'm not surprised. >> as in james bond. >> she looks like a bond girl. "the mirror" is reporting she was one of five actresses to star along side daniel craig but

was unattainable when the news broke. everything worked out for her. she'll be all right. >> she will be just fine. >> yes. >> the struggle is not real. not real for her. all right. adrienne. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> that was very enthusiastic. now to our "gma" cover story. that's why we love her. the kind of new year's resolution on everyone's mind saving money and january is the time to do it. becky worley is back joining us from san francisco with all of the secrets to saving in 2018. happy almost new year to you, becky. so the key -- >> we're almost there. >> we are so the key is to get started right after the ball drops. >> that's right. seize the moment. now is the time. all the things we can say about time, so let's start with exercise. gym memberships, early january is the best time to sign up. our partners at dealnews.com say look for at least the first month or two free and if the gym you want to join isn't ad

the manager. price matching is not just for clothes and gadgets. same is true for nutrition and weight loss programs. an example is weight watchers. they have a deal offering half off of their first month, paula. it's a little hidden but that's a great way to jump start your nutrition. >> i love the price matching for gym memberships so it's coal and everybody wants to travel. now is a good time to buy? >> it is. travel pricing is always tricky. but that said, there's a spike in sales on airfare in early january. but then get this, the deals for hotels usually come in the last week of january. so book airfare first and then hotels a few weeks later. >> all right. and cars are discounted right now. is it a good time to buy a car? i'm in the market for a minivan, by the way i. >> when you say right now, for your mini limo, i like to call it the mini limo. >> i'm with us. we're talking this weekend.

manufacturers offer big incentives. j.d. power says incentives are at an all-time high for dealers to move them before the end of the year so haggle with a vengeance if you hit the dealership before new year's. hey, i have an update. i want to add to a recent story we did about shopping on social media. one of the deals we showed you featured pants. we heard from a company called vici that said they belong to them and wanted to tell you about their website. it's vicicollection.com. you can find some of the other great items they have to offer, so check it out. a little glam for your new year's. >> especially if we get our mini limo. i call it the swagger wagon but i think your term is the upgrade. >> i'll go with either one. >> let's send things over to adrienne. get ready, bachelor

arie opening up about looking for love. his painful breakup on "the bachelorette" and the show's most romantic season yet. take a look. the new bachelor isn't so new to bachelor nation. >> he's out. >> the race car driver made his primetime debut falling for emily maynard on "the bachelorette" making it to the final two vying for emily's heart. >> i think i realize that i love you. >> reporter: hoping to find a happily ever after. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: instead left emotionally devastated when she turned him down right at the final moment and confessing now in a new "people" tv interview. >> the last time i was in love with that was with emily. >> reporter: revealing it took much more time than anyone thought to get over the bachelorette. >> when i met emily i knew i had strong feelings and those grew and that was the first time where i knew that i was ready to get married. i wasn't really over her for a

>> reporter: now he's here for the right reasons ready to find love for a number of women vying for roses and his heart. thousands signed up to meet him. >> this could be the start of something amazing and this could be our love story. >> reporter: just days away now. >> bachelor nation, i hope you're getting ready for one of the most romantic seasons in history. >> i'm in a sea of beautiful women and they could possibly get mad at me but i don't care. it's far more important for me to step on someone's toes than to lose the opportunity and walk away and say, pacific northwest what if. >> hi. >> hi. >> what we do know -- >> there's going to be drama. it's part of it. i'm really interested to see what happened on the other side of things because there was some drama and i think i probably only know half the story. >> reporter: and, yes, he does fall in love with not one but two women. >> i didn't know i was capable of

being in love with more than one person but that happened and so the end was really difficult for me. >> things are getting heated. the new issue of people is now on newsstands nationwide and for more video go to the people tv app, "the bachelor" premieres monday night, january 1st at 8 eastern and arie will join us live in times square on tuesday morning. dan, back over to you. >> thanks. as we get ready to kick off 2018 with a big party we have the best cures just in case you get a little too carried away on new year's eve and dr. jen ashton joins us with a look at the latest hangover remedies. doctor, good morning to you. happy early new year's. the cures, what happens to the body when we're hung over? >> well, dan, you know, medically we don't totally understand what causes a hangover but we definitely understand that feeling very unpleasant. the leading theory is

dehydration, electrolyte abnormali abnormalities. low blood sugar, obviously your sleep is disrupted when you take in too much alcohol. all of this adds up to not a good feeling. >> yeah, you just basically described college for me. so if you wake up on january 1st and you realize you have overdone it what is the number one thing to do? >> call me. i will make a house call. number two, hydration, hydration, hydration. there's been some theories that for every 250 milliliters of mixed alcohol that you consume, your body loses a liter of free water. so i can't emphasize this enough, before you go to bed try to drink a liter of water, it will definitely help how you feel the next day, there is no question. >> there are some newer trendier so-called cures out there. can you walk us through which ones may actually do some good. >> i thi

of you. i sent them to you from boston. one is barrage oil or borage oil. star flower, there have been studies it can help if you take it before you go to drink. same thing with korean pear juice, i just like the sound of it. it sounds exotic. probably tastes delicious. >> it's pretty good. >> good, i'm glad and then pickle juice, that's been out there for a long time. are you drinking -- oh, my god. listen, people say it hydrates you well. i think it is nasty. but do whatever works for you. at the end of the day, n nonsteroidals like ibuprofen are really going to help. i will caution people watch asen men anyone, tylenol. that can affect the liver. you don't want to mix that. >> of course the number one cure is to drink in moderation. dr. ashton, thank you very much. >> happy new year. >> you too. robert, over to you. >>

juice. i don't care what it is as long as it's hot and you deliver here. it is so cold out here right now and going to be another ten degrees colder come new year's eve. i told some of the guys here working new year's's even they started to shrink and cower and just, you got to deal with it. look, i say take out your "gma" moment right now. somewhere in new england, this golden retriever -- i think he wanted to go out to retrieve the newspaper and the owner was more than happy to let the dog do that. this is just a classic vision of a very loyal dog bringing in the news into warm doors. cold. highs: 32-37 winds: variable 5 mph tonight: cloudy and cold. light snow possible. lows: 20-27 winds: nw 5 mph saturday: cloudy and cold. morning snow. less than 1". icy roads possible. highs: 32-39 winds: se to w 5 mph the cold remains the big weather story. temperatures will continue running 10-20 degrees below average

period. highs today will climb above freezing for the first time since wednesday afternoon. we'll reach the mid 30s this afternoon. clouds will increase this evening, as a clipper approaches from the northwest. light snow is possible late tonight into tomorrow morning. accumulations will be less than an inch, but with road temperatures below freezing, the roads could be icy, so use caution. the best chance for accumulating and now i have been waiting for this segment all day, starting fresh as we get ready to ring in 2018. one way to do it is get organized around the house. we have melissa garcia. welcome. >> thank you. >> don't people want to shed weight? i want to shed the junk around my house. >> i so hear you. the truth is the average family has $1600 worth of clutter in their home and the best part is if you get rid of it you save 40% on cleaning. those are stats i'm in. >> if anybody has kids clean the house and five minutes later it's a disaster. before we move on to the kitchen let's start with the closet. what can we do. >> for the closet we only wear

closet. if we're honest we can all agree. if you try to figure out what to get rid of, this is the hanger flip tick sneak. all your hangers are facing one way when you wear one piece, you return it to your rack facing the other way so give it three to six months, whatever hasn't flipped, those are the pieces you're thought wearing so you can donate or toss those. >> that's a good way to figure it out. >> folding. if there's only one thing you take away from it, it is this. this has saved my life. >> yes. >> folding. >> you're a huge marie kondo fan. vertical foal something huge. so start with your shirt up. the drawer in the bottom is super dirty and messy which is probably what most of ours looks like. you finish it a third and third and nice and neat and you stack it vertically. >> we were just staying if you have kids this is great. they can see everything and

back in. >> it saves so much time. >> should we make room for this? >> we'll shove it right in. >> you only have to fold them once. >> in the kitchen, i open my cabinets and things fall out. >> so the idea of just using simple bins, 7.99 and grouping items into the bin so everything isn't falling out. the bins really help and the kids can help put stuff away. another great tip here is with these little airtight containers, the one thing i had a problem with, some of them can be 20 bucks and really expensive. we found these at ikea for $2.99 to $3.99. nice and easy and get rid of the bulky packaging. >> and the kids can use it as an instrument. makes me so excited to see clear containers. now you're a mom of three. we both have three children. not together but we have three children. and of this, i have a room full

their projects from school. i don't know if all of you face this. i don't want to get rid of them but they've taken over. >> i totally hear you. you're either the mom that saves everything or throws everything out. >> i do. >> so you want to be somewhere in between. i love this. this is from plum trips. go in there and open up the drawer. >> there is a little surprise if so plum prints is a service you send in your pictures, even actual crafts and artwork. what they do is take pictures and as you can see here is the picture and make this beautiful sort of coffee table book that you can keep. >> i'm going to cry. >> this all has become a coffee table book. >> that gets rid of tons of artwork. >> in the home office we all have one. >> wire central. so a great diy technique get these little commando hooks and stick them along the side of your desk and run the wires through it and you can't see them. >> these are command hook

want. you don't have to keep them on forever and won't damage your desk. another great tip, with your router or modem, pop it into a box like this for 2.99. cut out the back as you can see here, for ventilation and then once you turn it around, you can't see -- looks like a decorative box. >> i just need to give you a hug and feel like i shed a lot of stress. thank you. >> thank you. so cute, right? >> ryan seacrest is here with new year's rockin' eve secrets. amazing. this is so cool. >> how smart is that. >> my gosh. your "gma" moment brought to you by the frame from samsung, the most beautiful tv you've never seen.

larry: good morning, washington. i'm larry smith. adrianna: i'm adrianna hopkins. a homicide investigation in the district. a car with up in flames with a person dead in the trunk. police say they got the call around 7:30 last night after neighbors heard gunshots and a loud explosion. it is unclear how that person died. larry: police are trying to find the person who shot a man and left him to die on the side of i-295. the man was found near route 50. he was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later. police are

if he was pushed out of a moving car. let's get a check of the forecast. molly: thanks, larry. we should feel a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. making it to 34 degrees. not amounting to too much. maybe an inch at the mason-dixon line. half inch or less for the pc metro -- d.c. metro. definitely need to layer up. as we heada change out of 2017. 20 percent chance for another storm on wednesday. allie: we are looking at the interstate today because this is going to be a big travel weekend period. this is the right on 95. we are not stacked up yet. look for the line up around 9:00 or 10:00 as people start to get back in place for new year's eve. the right on the wilson bridge looks fantastic. you can see it is starting to pick up on the inner loop and the outer loop

those hotspots and well-traveled areas. that is your traffic watch. larry: we will get traffic, weather, and news updates anytime with the abc7 news app. adrianna: stay with news channel 8

welcome back to "gma." so happy to have our wonderful audience with us and thank you all for getting in the spirit with those glasses which apparently were -- >> oh, my gosh. freezing, rob. >> take a load of those hands. >> i thought you were ryan seacrest. >> i wish i was. i would be a lot warmer. >> we are two days away from the big rockin' eve bash. who better to get the party started than mr. new year's eve himself. give it up, people, for mr. ryan seacrest. [ cheers and applause ]

>> how are you? >> hi. >> you're back. >> hello. >> how are you? >> good to see you again. >> good to see you. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> i just want to be clear, i am not shaking his hand only because i don't want to be the guy that got ryan seacrest sick. >> you you've been shaking our hands all week, though. >> come on. need i say more? >> marciano -- >> break it down for sdmrus what is he going to experience? >> i was out there for 90 minutes and my mouth is frozen. i can't feel my toes. i don't know how you're going to do it. it'll be -- >> 5 1/2 hours. >> 5 1/2 hour. >> take these. >> what were these? >> body warmers. >> peel and stick. >> they'll work. >> coming out here to new york. >> you said that you have -- you put an all call out there because it's going to be -- what did you

>> windchill could be minus -- look -- the look on your face. >> it's terrifying. >> you put an all call asking people -- you've been soliciting help. what can you do to stay warm? we have ideas. >> i will take any and all. >> present you a gift basket of items to help keep you warm. a gift basket. yes. it's like you're little red riding hood. >> these are warm. these are warm. >> these seem perfect for roaming the streets of times square. >> we got you a bunch of warmers. >> that's good. >> another slipper. >> and this is fashion forward. >> a poncho. >> yes. >> what is had? >> a large blanket. >> or a big -- >> is there something in here. >> i'm going to grandmother's house apparently. you must take the basket as well. >> how we'll drop the ball with all of this

>> let's talk about the show speaking of dropping the ball. >> oh, this mug too. >> he saw the mug. i take is plastic. >> three-quarters the size i am. >> the thing i love about you you are the casey kassim and dick clark of our generation. >> thank you. >> somebody who has been participating in this event for 12 years what is your favorite moment? >> well, there's so many great moments. there's so many unexpected moments. one of which was last year when mariah was on stage and she's coming back to do it again but for me every year that dick clark did this show with me i'd come in, he would be inside. i'd come in about 12:20 a.m. and he would look me in the eye and say something, sometimes make fun of me, sometimes wish colder weather upon me. other types give me a hug. well, dick, i think you're getting your wish this year. >> looking down from heaven. >> arctic weather. >> what is the

was since you were hosting, 2008. >> nothing like this. i've had it pretty easy and, you know, i've lived in southern california for so many years i'm now in new york full time. so i'm getting used to it and kelly ripa would always say to my -- it was warm, wasn't it, rob, seasonably -- unseasonably. >> last year was 44. >> warm until it dropped like that. >> and she would always say it changes overnight and it does. >> i don't know if you ever get used to it. i grew up in the midwest in the coal and now i'm out here. doesn't matter if you came -- >> i came home for christmas and we were away for a week or so and i got back and there was -- the heat was broken in the house and so for the first night we slept with no heat. it's one of the things you don't think about when you live in southern california. check to see if your climate control is working but now i've learned my lesson. >> welcome to new york city. more about the show. any surprises, anything different this year. >> well, i think -- >> besides the red riding cape he'll wear. >> besides m

i think with this show it truly is the largest event that i'm a part of that's televised because of the scale, the size, the different performances and ball dropping, you know, last year we had an unexpected moment with mariah. she's come back. we're so excited about that. >> that's awesome. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think it's going to be an amazing moment with her. we've got nick jonas, jenny mccarthy co-hosting in times square. we've got imagine dragons live in new orleans. lucy hale hosting that and britney spears in las vegas so we're bouncing all over the place with a big show. >> you're also preparing for the return of another hosting gig, "american idol." how excited are you? >> back in march, right, adrienne, adrienne has the dates. >> coming in march. >> march 11st. >> sounds good to me. >> the man who has like 17 jobs. >> i haven't looked past midnight on new year's eve yet but it is so

show is so special to me and i talk to a lot of people around the country, they grew up watching the show. they were born, watched it and waited to be old enough to participate in the auditions and when it went away they were so bummed they couldn't and now it's back and they can so we're excited to relaunch. >> doesn't it make you feel old to hear those. >> i am old. >> no. you're not old. you're perennialally young. look exactly the same as you did a decade ago. >> i don't feel that way. last night i was moaning because my back was hurting. >> it's the cold. >> and you didn't have any heat. >> it's the ice. all right. >> the point to where kids of people who competed on "american idol" will be competing on "american idol" so generational you're getting. >> thanks for making us all feel old. >> exciting it's coming back and looking forward to that. that will be in los angeles so the fun for me is i'll be hosting live with kelly and ryan during the week and flying back on the weekends to do "american idol." >> you're a bus

>> coast to coast, there it is. >> it's going to be freezing for new year's rockin' eve. >> please, come on out and join us. >> make sure everybody stays nice and bundled up. can you do us the honor of helping us this morning with our coat drive? >> yes, absolutely. >> we'll donate. >> we'll donate. >> let's do it. >> in this beautiful box. >> this is the coat. stay warm. thank you all. happy new year. >> put it in the box. >> we are partners with burlington for our 11th annual warm coats and warm hearts coat drive delivering good along with ryan, many of our amazing guests have already donated coats and can you too just bring your gently used coats to your local burlington store and check out how many coats you have donated so far. drum roll. [ drum roll ] >> the total, 105,659. [ applause ] learn more about how you can help. watch ryan's new year's rockin' eve on sunday night starting at 8:00 eastern. >>

>> let's toast to the new year. >> you don't have to toast with your -- >> pickle juice. >> four, three, two, one. >> happy new year! [ cheers and applause ] >> we'll be right back.

we are back now with the man who has been

millennial chad veach including other celebrities with his message of per sseverance with s new book "faith forward future." why do you think your specific message -- you go into these churches and it's filled with young people. why do you think your message and gospel is reaching these young people. >> i was a youth pastor for 15 years so i think i just for a long time was speaking to young people so maybe i still speak their language. so i don't know. i'm a pastor's kid and grew up in church. i think we're just trying to do the best we can of making it rill vapts and making it a message people can understand. >> and making it message. zoe church out in california. you guys have created your own line of skater gear.

>> i think people love to rock what they love. they love to represent that and so i just figure people love church. let's mutt them in church merch. >> yeah, church merch wearing a hoodie and someone can say what's that from? it's from my church. >> a way to start a conversation. let's talk about "faith forward future." moving past hardships and disappointments, something your family experienced firsthand. you have your fourth child on the way with your beautiful wife but your daughter georgia was diagnosed with a rare brain disorder just 4 months old. how did that rock your family? >> i think, you know, you're not aware of anyone else's pain until you have pain. so this was the first time for my family we went through something like that and to have a diagnosis like that, it was our first born. i think it really started for us to make us realize what do we believe in and how are we going to dr. hope against hope and so we made a decision as a family,

it and try and let this little girl be a message of hope, of inspiration rather than just being defined by this diagnosis. >> and you see people wearing that hope and inspiration. like people have -- celebrities have had "g" for georgia tattooed on their arm. that means a lot. >> at a mall in oklahoma city and this group of girls, ten college girls run up to me and say, hey, we got the gtat for your daughter. it's mind blowing to think people are supporting this little girl. it's amazing. >> you write about the need to -- i love this. stop holding on to your history at the expense of your destiny and as we look forward we're talking about new year's's resolutions and looking forward to 2018. what is your number one tip or encouragement to carry into 2018? >> i think so many of us get defined by mistakes and i always think, you know, we plight have made a mistake but we're not a mistake. coming into the new year we have to have the mind-set i can overcome my

obstacle. whatever happened happened. let's move on in 2018. i talk to so many people, i'm so glad 20171 over. the worst year. all right, that's fine but let's make 20189 best year and it starts with our mind-set. >> i love the analogy. it's like the windshield in your car is this big and the rear view mirrors are this small and that's the perspective we should have on our future. >> preach, pastor. preach, pastor. thank you, pastor. we appreciate it and we're wishing good things for your book, "faith forward future: moving past your disappointments, delays and destructive thinking." it is available now. a program we love at abc, disney is kicking off its fifth annual magic of storytelling campaign in a new psa you're seeing far narrated by oprah. a shelfie with a book in front of a bookshelf with the #

book know dags. they'll donate up to a million books and everybody in our audience, you'll all get two books. today: decreasing clouds. cold. highs: 32-37 winds: variable 5 mph tonight: cloudy and cold. light snow possible. lows: 20-27 winds: nw 5 mph saturday: cloudy and cold. morning snow. less than 1". icy roads possible. highs: 32-39 winds: se to w 5 mph the cold remains the big weather story. temperatures will continue running 10-20 degrees below average through the extended period. highs today will climb above freezing for the first time since wednesday afternoon. coming up we're revealing three incredible makeovers for the new year. wait till you see these ♪

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back now with a timely cooking lesson. want to whip up an elegant new year's eve dinner with your friends, i'm not your guy but i met someone who is. meet

reider who runs an exclusive supper club in a private new york city home with limited space, you're lucky to get a reservation. you started this concept in your dorm room in columbia. >> yeah, in college i sort of gave a name to it. i called it pith and invited anybody who wanted to come to share a meal together in an unconventional space. >> now this self-taught cook is coming to teach me how to make some elegant dishes fit for a fegs tiff new year's eve dinner. >> so the first thing we're making is a crispy and pillowy little fehyllo pastry. we're about to pop the pastries into the lg signature oven. i love this because i have two different cooking compartments and has convection and the heating is distributed occupy evenly. all just blown throughout the entire oven

>> next we fancy up celery root soup he's made. >> this smells so good and it 134e8s like winter to me. >> get a load of that. >> we add bourbon maple syrup, parsnip chips. i love it. it warps you up inside. for dessert a homemade gelatin mix to boil a mixture of half and half and sugar before we combine the two and put them in the fridge. >> open the fridge with my foot, the lg signature refrigerator is great because i can move the shelves wherever i want. have a custom chill container where i can store different products at different temperatures. fabulously versatile. >> once it's chilled we finish it off with fresh berries and caramelized apple cider grenida. it's killer, dude. love it. >> that's a holiday hosting session if i ever saw one. >> thank you, rob. now time to reveal our three

i'm here with the lady that just finished working their magic. we have takisha sturdivant-drew and kelli bartlett, the direct of makeup artistry for glam squad. if you want to rock a new look in the new year, what is your advice? >> own the look. be confident. and most of all be comfortable. >> kelli. >> you want to start small with a focus feature. your eyes or lips and that way you can incorporate the change really quickly and not get overwhelmed. >> everybody ready to see the makeovers? first up khloe is about to graduate college. wants a fresh look as she starts her career in the new year. this was chloe before. there we go and now let's see her new look. takisha, what did you do to her hair? >> well, chloe is actually wearing the leona lewis hairtile what i did, i pulled it back into a sexy ponytail and added texture by

curling iron and brushed it out and here she is with lots of texture. >> for makeup we were inspired by naomi campbell's look and did a warm smoky eye using urban decay's naked palette and from laura geller as the highlight gives that modern look. >> how do you feel? >> i love it. it looks great. >> you look like a million bucks. i just dropped my cards. let's move on, ladies. okay, number two, we have erica. erica hasn't been on the dating scene in a couple of years but wants to get out there and get her groove back in 2018. this is erica before. let's see her new look. whoo! [ applause ] i love it. lady, tell us what you did, takisha. >> so erica is wearing a kerry washington hairstyle, lots of texture, fun, modern an i love it because it changed her look. i added some volume to her hair by adding in the tsv hair extensio

in it and pulled it out. >> her makeup. i love the lip. >> this is one of the most requested looks which is a red lip but wanted to make it more modern so used urban decay's lipstick with that metallic finish. >> what do you think? do you love 2018? >> fabulous, baby. >> you got to own it and be confide confident. finally this is jenny. jenny did a full time working mom of two. kudos to you, jenny, by the way, starting a new job and wants to update her look. this is jenny before. and let's see jenny now. [ applause ] tell us what you did. how did you work-related your magic. >> jenny is wearing the ashley graham look so it's basically she has naturally curly hair so i blew it out from wet to dry. and then used the straightener to smooth out her locks and look at this beautiful shine. shake yo

>> shake it. >> oh, yes, beautiful. >> kelli. >> more the makeup we wanted to do something fresh and wanted to incorporate the same product on the lips and the cheeks so we used a beauty penalty. lip contour pencil and filled in the lip and used it on the cheek as well and made cat whisker marks and blended it and she looks amazing. >> jenny, erica and chloe, ladies, go get it in 2018. you look great. wonderful work, ladies.

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we want to say thank you. happy almost new year to everyone and, dan, a surprise for you as we ride into the weekend. >> what is that in "teenage dream." >> oh, yeah, katy perry. >> his favorite song. >> one of my favorite songs. i can't read the teleprompter with these glasses. >> have a great weekend.

>> live, local news from good morning washington. adrianna: good morning, washington. 9:00 and nations capital. the last friday of the year. we are helping you pack your holiday decorations with saving tips, then we are shown you drop dead gorgeous fashion looks at a fraction of the cost for new year's eve. we are shown you how to entertain with ease with simple dishes in 2017. we do have a forensics team checking the scene of a burned-out car with a body inside. neighbors heard gunshots and police are investigating the homicide. larry: let's get a check of the forecast with molly cochran. molly: you can see many cities still in the teens to single-digit. here is a look at the forecast. morning snow showers on saturday. for your new year's eve holiday, temperature of

under mostly sunny skies. as we head into 2018, notice those temperatures staying in the 20's through much of next week. allie: the holiday travel will continue today. i'm going to take you want to 95 entry that ride southbound. give it 30 minutes to an hour across the occoquan. northbound side is free and clear. 395 looks great. if you are heading up through shirlington went to the 14th street bridge. frying pan road, this is a flavor of what it is like to get up to dulles. you are going to be in great shape. that's a look at traffic. back to you. larry: get traffic, weather, and news updates anytime at the abc7 weather app. adrianna: get the lates

>> announcer: it's "live with kelly & ryan." today, "late night's" own jimmy fallon and the lovely and talented jessica alba, plus actor michael weatherly, and kelly and ryan step into the ring for some sumo wrestling, all next on "live." >> ♪ i will survive and be >> announcer: now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. >> ♪ i will move on and you how are you? what's up? what's up, man? how's it going? how are you, bro? hello, hello, hello. what's up? hey. hi.