massive waves. and record december heat. > an abc news exclusive. new fears this morning about how isis can slip into the count. the terror group printing fake passports and the search for more isis terrorists on the loose. a race to stop another major attack right now. runaway train. a packed commuter train speeds with no one at the controls traveling nearly ten minutes blowing through four station stops. new information this morning abouhow it happened and what we're learning about the train operator. under pressure a holiday shipping alert. u.p.s. and fedex under pressure. the new warning overnight as online shipping surges, a record volume of packages right now overwhelming the system. will your holiday gifts make it under the tree in time? and good morning, america. happy friday. two weeks until christmas. i got to tell you i'm feeling

yesterday. >> wow. >> that is important. >> good for you. >> you're lucky because i'm like a third of us, i wait till the last minute. i haven't bought anybody any gifts yet. this year because of the big alert from u.p.s. and fedex. >> they're behind right now. >> christmas in january. >> whoo! >> no, no? all right. we have a lot of in us to get to. we'll begin with some severe weather battering the northwest hit by that tornado and totorrentialownpours triggering mudslides and flooding. the storms moving east a aditi roy is in battleground, washington, wherere dozensf homes were damaged by that twister. good morning to you, aditi. >> reporter: good morning, amy. i'm standing right in the path of that tornado that tore through this town.n. take a lk at the piles and piles of debris on the ground here. the winds were racing up to 10 miles an hour, 36 homes damaged in this town appropriately called battleground. >> wow!

flooding, landslides, power outages and lots of hail, the pacific northwest in weather mayhem. >> a huge boom and like the tree came shooting through the window. >> reporter: this dramatic scene captured in battleground, washington. >> straight up ripped every limb off that tree. >> reporter: watch as a home security camera catches this backyard being ripped apart. this morning, people are cleaning up after a confirmed tornado went rippi up trees and shredding them. zens of homes and structures damaged. this highway shutting down for hours after a landslide e sent boulders onto the ro. >> i don't think anybody thought it would be this bad. >> reporter: two confirmed deaths in the storm. a woman trapped under a falling tree and another who drowned driving through the floodwaters. and in portland, the coastline getting battered. rains buckling roads, trees uprooted.

water, water over the roadway >> reporter: transportation is a mess. a state of emergency has been declared in 13 oregon counties. the storm now headed east. this area expected to see a second round of wet weather over the weekend. amy. >> all right, aditi, thank you. on the move and ginger moving right into the middle of the country? >> it will and will bring severe storms there. let's start withts slapping the coast. with some of the high surf. you could see waves 20 to 30 feet till in some of those northern california coastal areas in oregon but it goes to southern california a as do th wind advisories right through arizona and new mexico a then that storm moves through the rockies tonight and i'm worried about damaging wind and isolated tornado from wichita to just west of dallas on saturday and then it moves east on sunday but i got to tell you out in front of this what will be record highs from likely chicago to new

that if you do me a favor and stick around i'll show you how warm w we get. >> now to the rising tror fear here in america. a new pollhows that almost half the country thinks an attack is very likely to happen inhe next few months, the highanxiety since the days after 9/11 and it is fueling donald trump's surge to the top of the polls. abc's jon karl tracking that story from the white house. good morning. >> rorter: good morning, george. while trump was slammed by critics for his proposal to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the united states his supporters have not wavered. in fact, his standing in the polls is as high as ever, but one of his major rivals is now privately questioning whether he has the judgment to be commander in chief. in new hampshire overnight donald trump brushed off protesters as he received the endorsement of a new england police union. >> we've had a pretty interesting couple of days. we have people talking, i will tell you that. >> reporter: all the controversy and news on terrorism over the past month seems to have given

back ilate october, there were signs he had started to fade, since then he's jumped 13 points in that same poll. but trump's number one rival in iowa, senator ted cruz is touting an endorsement from a key evangelical leader. >> i believe the extraordinary leader that we need for these extraoinary times is u.s. senator ted cruz. >> reporter: cruz has steadily gaed support from social conservatives in iowa, one poll this week showed him leading trump there for the first time. now he's taking on trump behind the scenes, the audio obtained by "the new york times" from a closed door fund-raiser cruz questions if trump and ben carson have the judgment to be president. >> who am i comfortable having their finger on the button? now, that's a question of strength but it's also a question of judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. >> reporter: cruz explained why he's avoided any public

saying he hopes to gain ththeir supporters and escape trump's attacks. >> so my approach much to the frustration of the media has been to bear hug both of them and smother them with love. >> reporter: but even while trump continues to ride high his proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country is unpopular. in a new "wall seet journal"/nbc poll 57% of americans oppose it, only 25% support it and republican primary voters are split on it. less than 40%, george, support it. >> donald trump, we thought he would be going to israel after christmas. now that's been canceled. >> reporter: that's right. he had been scheduled to go to israel and meet with benjamin netanyahu but yesterday trump abruptly canceled that trip, george. the cancellation came after trump said he rejected -- i mean after netanyahu said he rejected ump's comments on muslims. >> trump said he'll visit him when he's president. >> reporter: with characteristic

>> thanks very much. much more sunday on "this week." now to the investigation into the terror couple in san bernardino. the fbi exexpanding s search. authorities now looking in this pond for clues. they believe the killer may have gone there after the massacre and we're also learning more about syed farook's childhood friend enrique marquez and his secret double life abc's matt gutman has been in san bernardino covering the story from the beginning. he joins us now, good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, amy. the fbi tells ushey'll be scouring this lake for days, gives you a sense of how portant this site is to them, it also gives our first hint of where that terrorist couple may have been that black hole of time, the three hours between the shooting rampage and the time they were gunned down by police. this morning, for the first time we're learning the likely whereabouts of that terrorist couple in the hours after they fled this shattered conference room and before the roadside

>> is it possible they were here. >> it's possible they were a at is park. >> reporter: the fbi belves the couple may have come here to dump evidence. perhaps devices with digital data. divers crisscrossing the murky water to salvage even the smallest evidence from the lake bed. the lake just 2 1/2 milefrom the site of that shooting. this as authorities expand their investigative web, federal auorities now saying farook and his neighbor, enrique marquez, who supplied the military-style weapons used in last week's massacre, allegedly began planning but later abandoned a terror plot in 22. >> there had been somerrests immediately adjacent to that right in their area that really caused them to rethink it. >> reporter: those arrests also in 2012 before the founding of isis, four men from riverside, california, the same town farook and marquez lived in. this morning, marquez is still in fbi custody but not under arrest.

for the first time telling us she's heartbroken. and shocked to l learn heron isn't who she thought he was. family members say they never knew the former punk rocker converted to islam or that he married a chechen woman who just emigrated to the u.s. his wife one of two chechen sisters, the other married farook's brother. w, in that merck, the fbi hopes to find some sort of digital data, perhaps a hard drive that could give them an idea of where the terrorist couple planned to attack next, who, if anyone, directed them and critically whether or not they had accomplices either overse or in the u.s. who planned another attack. george. >> yeah, so much to untangle. thanks very much. wee going to turn to that terrifying new alert detailing how isis followers can slilip detected into the u.s. the grououp now hathe ability to make fake passpoports thatook ju like the real thing and brian ross here with this exclusive report. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, george.

on high ert for isis attacks, american authoririties arearning the terror group is now producing its own authentic-looking passports almost impossible to detect. authorities say as isis swept through major syrian cities last year, it was able to seize at least two government passport printing machines similar or smaller than this one used by the british government. >> if isis has been able to acquire legitimate passportsts or machines that could crcreate legitimate passports, this would reprent a major securirity risk to the united states. >> reporter: a homeland security investigation bulletin sent to law enforcement in the last week and obtained by abc news showed examples of suspect passports and said isis may have boxes full of blank passports. the bulletin warned that individuals from syria with passports issued in these isis controlled cities or who had passport blanks may have traveled to the u.s.

testimony. >> thehey are coerned they have the ability, the capability to manufacture fraudulent passports. which is a concern in any setting. >> reporter: several of the fraudulent passports have already been discovered in eurorope, mostotably in the paris attacks when authohorities said one of the suicide bombmbers used this forged syrian passport to come into europe as a refugee. and now this morning in switzerland authorities are searching for as many as six possible isis terrorists, the u.s. provided intelligence to the swiss about a possible attack and americans traveling to switzerland have been warned the threat level especially in geneva has been raised. >> quite specific. >> exactly right. >> thahanks veryuch. >>thank you. now to a different type of terror. this one aboard a runaway commuter train in boston. it left the station with no one at the controls and it barreled through four stations for nearly

that operator has now been placed on leave and abc's linzie janis is in braintree, massachusetts, with that story. good morning, linzie. >> reporter: good morning, amy. during those fewinutes passengers say they didn't know what would happen to them. some worried they'd crash into another train. others trying to stop the train themselves. this morning, a boston train operator is on administrative leave as investigators try to figure out what caused his packed commuter r train torive off without him. >> what happened today is unacceptable. >> reporter: authorities say just after 6 a.m. thursday david vasquez got off his train to deal with a signaling issue. seconds later the train takin off grazing him as it left the station. >> i have a motor person that was operating one of my trains. he's got a lower right leg laceration. i need emts anand fire he. >> reporter: the runaway train traveling nearly six miles blowing through four station stops. >> it was flying.

>> a guy trying to open the doors, he even tried to break one of the windows because he goes, i don't know what's going on. i just want to g get out ohere. >> reporter: passengers on board that train say they started to panic realizing there was no one inside the operator's booth. some tried to get inside. others attempting to pry open n the exit doors. transit crews scmbling to move otr trains off the track and cutting power to the third rail. >> all the lights went off and everything just stopped. >> reporter: the train finally coming to a halt after nine terrifying minutes. investigators say they're now focused on operator error as the cause questioning that operator with 28 years' experience. george. >> hard to imagine thacould happen. linzie, thanks very much. a new headline now about those hohoverboardeveryone is talking about. you see how easy for some of them to catch fire. now airlines are banning passengers from taking them on bod. abc's linsey davis here with that story. good morning, linsey.

category of hot, hot, hot. a lot of people will be unwrapping these gifts for the holidays but getting them home, that might be the problem. it's the toy that is toppi christmas wish lists. the hoverboard, but some of these hot new rides are getting a little too hot. >> holy cow. >> reporter: reports of hoverboards catching fire like these put airlines on high alert during the height of the holiday travel season. big names such as american, united, jetblue and delta are all banning g the two-wheeled like this doesn't happen uin the sky. hoverboards are powered by lithium batteries which have the faa putting on this test showing the potential dangers of lithium batteries in a shipping container, a chain reaction explosion and fire. and while the government mandates 160 watt hours limit aboaoard an airaft many of these must have new items surpass that wattage posing a potential

more hoverboard bans, overstock.com stopping all hoverboard sales thursday saying customer safety is always our top priority. these concerns don't seem to be hurting sales one bit. ebay has said it's selling a hoverboard eve 12 seconds but some parents may be rethinking their purchases right about now. >> wow. >> my twins, that's what they want. their number one -- >> are they going to get it? >> you can't say anything about that right now. >> after reports last week, i don't know .if i want to get them one i better order it now because everybody out there, big alert from fedex and u.p.s. an estimated 1.5 billion packages will be shipped this holiday season and the companies are overwhelmed with more deliveries arriving late. abc's rebecca jarvis is here with that. rebecca. >> hey, michael, good morning. i was going to say you need to get on that t right aw if you're going to get your twins those

seeing growth in online sales up 14% over the holidays already and that means delays for deliveries. 'tis t the seasoto shop online arrive in time to be placed beneath the tree? that's the burning question as bothth u.p.s. d fedex posted lower than expected on time delivery rates in the run-up to christmas. according to ship matrix on time delivery rates for u.p.s. and fedex are both down from this time last year. a primary reason for the delays, a rge in online sales over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. consumers spent an estimated $4.5 billion online on thanksgiving and black friday alone. overwhelming the delivery system reminiscent of christmas 2013 when high volume, insufficient staffing and bad weather created a backlog in deliveries at u.p.s. thousands of packages ordered online tt year failed to arrive before their promised >> i was expecting the gifts to

nothing is going to be under the tree. >> r reporter:hanks, u.p.s., for ruining christmas wrote one consumer. does a promised delivery d date not mean anything to you? #upsfail. could this be another disappointing christmas? it's still early, but experts advise better be safthan sorry. and order early and when possible, have a backup plan in place. that backup plan might be a coupon for the gift sometime in the future. u.p.s. and fedex tell me the vavast majory of packages are arriving on me but the key here is getting things sent early,ven though you can wait until the last minute, this year is going to be the busiest ever for deliveries because there are so many online orders. >> everybody figured out how to do it. >> print it up and wrap it with a bow saying it's coming. maybe i've done that before? yeah. >> actually they won't object as long as they get it they'll be

about the heat. i can pack it up right now and show it to you. look at the warmth. into the 70s to near 80. new york city to 60 and could see record highs breaking them potentially detroit to chicago, saturday, new york, we could do it sunday. lots of this in store. your local weather coming up in 30 seconds. first this morning's weekend getaways brought to you by

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welcome back to "gma." we are tracking that extreme weather from coast to coast. a state of emergency in washington, parts of oregon where a tornado touched down damagiging dozen of homes. rains have been triggering mudslides and heat could set records here in the east.

>> wow. also right now that weather out west may have contributed to the crash of a medical helicopter in california killing all four people on board including the pilot, paramedic, nurse and patient. the ntsb is investigating that cras millions of peopleraveling the next few weeks, if you haven't booked your ticket yet, don't do it today. a new stu finds friday is the worst day to buy airline tickets. prices are about 1%ore than those bought -- >> they've had enough. we're getting out of here. >> have to wai till monday.. nday is the best day to do it. so to my family your tickets coming up monday. how one hero saved two lives in a matter of hours. just a few minutes. we bebegin with the missysterious death of kristin cavallari's brother, michael. michael cavallari's body has been found in utah two weeks after his car was discovered abandoned.

good morning, kayna. >> reporter: yeah, amy, good morning. so, michael cavallari was found dead more tn 700 miles from his home in california. authorities saying this morning he was in a remote area of utah with just the clothes on his back. this morning, mystery shrouding the death of mhael cavallari. the older brother of reality tv star kristin cavallari. the intense search effort taking a tragic turn around 10:30 a.m. thursday when ground crews found the 30-year-old's body in a remote part of grand county, utah, three miles from where he had abandoned this honda cic. >> it was rugged terrain, few scratches and bruises. reporter: this turn nothing a chilling mystery that started with michael's disappearance. two weeks ago authorities telling abc news overnight he was fnd in the same clothing seen in these ailable images taken at a convenience store the morning after thanksgiving. >> the weather may have played a

what his mental state was when he left the car. >> reporter: his remains transported to the medical examiner's office for testing. their focus pinpointing the time and cause of death. this just days after revelations surfaced about michael's arrest four days before he vanished. for making criminalhreats to a woman who alleged he was lingering outside her home wh a shotgun. he was released two days later. >> growing up michael was always a troubled kid compared to kristin who is very business oriented anticipate levelheaded and drama was always folwing him. >> reporter: this morning kristin struggling t to come t terps with her loss sharing a heartfelt tribute to micel on instagram posting this childhood photo of the siblings along with the caption, my heart is in a million pieces. you had such a good heart and will be forever missed. i'm at a loss for words. at this point authorizes do not suspectt foul play but aing that it could be six to eight

and exact time of his death. amy and george. >> all right, kayna, thank you. >> such a strange one. we have the controversy now over bowe bergdahl, the army sergeant who spent five years as a taliban prisoner after abandoning his post is speaking out publicly for the first time about why he left as he faces charges of desertion and a possible court-martial. abc's ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: who can forget that young american soldier blinking in the sun as he's finally brought out of the darkness after five years of captivity. this morning, the voice behind those heart-pounding pictures. >> good grief, i'm in over my head. >> reporter: for the first time publicly sergeant bowe bergdahl describing the nig he walked away from his remote army outpost in afghanistan in 2009. he says shortly after the sun came up, aalf dozen taliban fighters spotted him. >> there i was in the open desert and i'm not about to outrun a bunch of motorcycles so i couldn't do anything.

>> reporter: his account comes from phone conversations with this screenwriter leased as part of the second season of the podcast. he claims he abandoned his fellow soldiers to draw attention to what he calls bad leadership in the army. he says another reason he walked away, to prove he could be like the movie action hero jason bourne. >> yeah, so i had this fantastic idea that i was going to prove to the world that, you know, i was the real thing. >> rorter: critics say the obama administration should never have traded bergdahl who many consider a desertion for guantanamo bay. this morning bergdahl remains on desk duty at a texas army post. the military still deciding if the 29-year-old should face court-martial or if five years in taliban captivity is punishment enough. for "good morning america," ryan

>> okay, ryan, thanks very much. dan abrams here with more. so far the military prosecutors recommended a light sentence. >> like a probable cause hearing or preliminary cause hearing where they've laid out the evidence, the prosecutors are saying, we think he should be charged with something serious like desertion and could face up to life in pris. they have this hearing and the lead military officer overseeing it, it seems, is saying based on everything i've heard i don't think there should be serious charges. but he's not the final word on it. it now goes up to the top general who is ultimaty going to decide should it be anything from no charges at all to the more serious charge of desertion? but this general does tend to listen to the results of this. >> so how does this affect it? 25 hours on tape going public. >> look, i think that the substance of what he said may not be as problematic forim as the fact that he said it. our understanding is that what he said in these interviews is consistent with what he said in other places, that would be the only problem, inconsistent statements.

fundamental question is, is the general who's got enormous diretion to make the decision, does he go to trial or not? is the general going to hear this interview and say, why is he doing this? is the general going to get irritated at the fact that we're watching to determine what's next here and he's doing hours media. >> especially when there's still a lot of anger out there. on the other hand a lot say he's already served five years as a presser o of war. >> in theory that shouldn't be the queson answered but you have to believe the military officialss who are making these decisions are taking into consideration that this is someone who served a lot of time and if they believe him that he di't lititerally go to turn himself over to the enemy, that's going to be i think a critical factor in determining how they move forwrward. >> okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. >> safe to say a lot of people will be watchin this second installment or listening to it of this podcast. coming up next on "gma,"

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we're back now with those charges of racism at the citadel. eight cadets suspended from the military college after photos of them wearing white hoods were posted online. abc's t.j. holmes is here with that story. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, robach. what's wrong with this picture? some will tell you nothing. what'srong with dressing up as ghosts? others say give me a break. and point to this picture as just the latest evidence of insensitivity and racism on the storied citadel campus. this morning, eight cadets at the citadel, a military college in south carolina, are suspended after this photo surfaced on social media showing them lined up in their barracks dressed in similar attire to that of the ku klux klan. the cadetss were reportedly

of a ghosts of christmas past skit but others see reminders of the south's racist past. the hool's minority alumni association calling the pictures disgraceful. >> in the video somebody does say it's not what it looks like, they're ghosts. not white supreme sifts. >> reporter: this 19-year-old says she first saw video of it on snapchat, took a screen shot and posted it on facebook. >> evenf they were supposed to be dressed up as ghosts as soon you realize tt's what you look like, you should have changed outfits or not post it on some sort off sia media in the first place. >> reporter: the university is investigating. the school's president calls the images offensive and disturbing saying they are not consistent with our core values of honor, duty and respect. but many around campus aren't so quick to judge. >> it was clearly a joke but when it's a military schl and you're sort of held to a higher stanrd. >> reporter: the citadel the latest college to make headlines for racism on campus. this november the president at

protested the school's handling of racial incidents. in march two students were expelled at a fraternity kicked off the university of oklahoma campus after this video of a racist chant went viral. and the citadel here, guy, especially, amy, you know this spending the time you did in north carolina, here we go again. several incidents even one in in '86 where thebi investigated because other guys are dressed up white hoods in klan -- >> history at that military institution dating all the way back so especially insensitive. >> how no one stepped in. >> so many opportunities to say, stupid. this is a different generation, freshmen in this picture, y know, guys 18, 19, maybe they insensititivity. >> they'll find out very quickly. the incredible story of the officer who saved not one, but two lives in one day.

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he saved not one, but two lives on the same day. abc's clayton sandell has that story. reporter: in the town of st. george, utah, you can't say there's never a cop around when you need one especially if it's officer matt schuman. >> slow. watch where you're walking. >> reporter: the ten-year veteran was working his post at a middle school wednesday when a 14-year-old girl suddenly becam violently sick. >> she started to seize. i turned her over on her side and my training immediately kicked in at that point. >> reporter: he radios for paramedics and believes t girl's heart has stopped.d. >> i neeeed them here pretty quick. i'm going to go ahead and start cpr. >> reporter: starting cpr to keep her alive. >> i got her breathing again, she's trying to get some air. >> reporter: she's rushed to a hospital b but his day isn't over by a long shot. just a a a few hours later on his way home -- >> dispatch advise there's a child choking. >> reporter: a baby only nine

schuman just a few houses away. >> got her to cry a little bit, whichalmed me because as a parent myself i know if you're crying you're breathing and that was a good sign. >> reporter: schuman is remarkably humble about saving two lives. >> it was just another day on the job. >> reporter: but for being in the right place at the right time twice -- >> good job saving that girl yesterday. >> thanks, man. appreciate it, buddy. >> reporter: a lot consider him a he squared. for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> we all need him to hang out with us. >> what did you d today? >> exactly. >> congratulations to him. when we come back at the top of the hour why you may actually be parking all wrong. the eye-opening alert this morning, wewell, yeah, all right, david kerley liv at the mall to show you the best way to avoid a collision while trying to get those coveted spots.

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holiday shopping alert. the eye opening new story that reveals most of us are parking the wrong wayt the mall. how to be safe before hitting the stores. the holidayay divor hitting paws over the cats and dogs. why mandy moore is asking for spousal support from her rock star ex to take care of all their pets and how she says it's hurting her career. drag me down the force is strong with lupita. one-on-one with robin and what shs very vririeling about her "star wars" right here a we say -- >> good morning, america. >> and daymond john here doing some judging on "gma." >> that's right. three moguls in the making will try to beat that clock live. the pitches that will heat up your morning.

organize your life. >> i need some organization and excited about "star wars" right now. i think we all are especially this super fan actually turningchurning a special "star wars" ice cream and we all get to taste this ahead coming up. >> as fresh as it can be. plus, some tips this morning about dating online and here's one, don't use a flash when tang your profile picture. eyes red, i don't know. we'll tell you more coming up. rundown. >> the big story this morning, fbi divers retning to a lake in southern california searching for potential evidence linked to the san bernardinoshooters. syed farook and his wife as agents try to determine if that couple was planning an even larger attack. farook's friend who bought the rifles used in the rampage remains in fbi custody, but is not under arrest. meanwhile, an urgent warning

they say isis is now producing its own authentic-looking passports using printing machines like this one stolen in syria last year. and since the attacks in san bernardino and paris, donald polls. he brushed off protesters last night as he was endorsed by a police union in new hampshire. but a new poll shows primary voters are divided on trump's proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u.s. with less than 40% supporting that ban. and if you're planning to hit the mall this weekend, there is a new warning about safety in those parking lots. nearly one in every six car accidents in ts country actually occurs in a parking lot. abc's david kerley joins uss with some tips on saving time and a lot of trouble. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, amy. if you're like me this is the way you park in a pararking lot. you nose into a parking spot. well, believe it or not, aaa is telling us we've been parking the wrong way for a long time

'tis thehe season of packed malls and mall parking lots which can be dangerous, cars backing out. aaa says this morning most of us are parking the wrong way, 75% of us pulling into a spot, the problem, we ha to back out and that can be dangerous for pedestrians. every year drivers backing out of a parking space or driveway kill more than 200 people and injure 15,000. so i'm going to try to back into this space. and this you're telling me is the right way. >> this is the right way to park. >> backup cameras and sensors can help drivers but aaa says its tests showed that the technology doesn't alwlways work. in its tests systems fled to detectassing vehicles 30% of the time and passing bicycles 40%. >> understand your car but never let the technology replace you being aafe driver. >> i see somebody right here backing in just like you want them to do. >> it's great. see, we can do at.

you do this all the time. >> well, i do it most of the time i would say. you know, it's just a good idea. >> reporter: of course, this time of year, finding a parking spot can be the challenge. experts say the best tip is to take the first open spot you see. and look near less popular stores or use this mathematician's theory, pick an aisle with at least ten cars on each side and wait. within newspaper minutes, he says, someone will come out and leave. >> this model, it wororks like surefire. >> reporter: so if you find it once again the advice from aaa and we're going to do it right here is to back into this space and you can use this technology, the cameras can be very helul in helping you find the lines and know how far to go back but as aaa said, it's not always the best technology, doesn't always rk perfectly so the advice is drivers need to be alert whenever you're backing into a space like this one. amy. >> that was impressive, david. yes, remember, always like

peoplely some exciting news from one of our cleaguest yahoo. ceo marissa mayer has given birth to identical twin girls. she has said she plans to only take two weeks of maternity leave. she and her husnd ao have a 3-year-o son so mom and twins are doing well and i wish her the best. >> she has a 3-year-old son and only taking two weeks. >> i mean, ginger, sounds like fun? >> i'm going to take a little more than two weeks. >> you do that. >> thing against it. good for her but, yep, i'm gone. >> let's go tomichael. >> ginger, you deserve it. now here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu." a medical game changer. the new concussion test that can help parents and kids everywhere. also, singer mandy moore's divorce dispute over her pets. now she's demanding spousal support. plus, oscar winner lupita nyong'o, one-on-one with our

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welcome back to "gma" and as you know there's so much concern right now about concussions in sports. up to 3.8 million sports-related concussions every single year and now there mayay be a new way to quickly diagnose them. abc's paula farisis here wh that.

athlete, michael, you can attest to this to return to the game after the big hit. the hope is this objective blood test will change the culture and in doing so make sportmuch safer. this morning, a potential breakthrough through diagnosing sports-related concussions. especially for so many parents who are concerned about their children suiting up. >> repetitive head trauma chokes the brain. >> reporter: they're even the subject of will smith's major motion picture "concussion." the cdc reports that nearly 250,000 kids under age 19 were treated in emergency rooms across america for sports-related injuries resulting in a concussssion or traumatic brain injury diagnosis in 2009. >> our brains are developing even up to the age of 18 into the early 20s. those repetitive hits could lead to chronic neurodegenerative changes and it's important they

>> reporter: now medical company quanterix is developing technology that will change the game. >> we are applying rocket science to blood testing. > reporte the company developing machines that will identify a concussion in less than an hour using a simple blood test identifying proteins that show brain trauma. >> so a finger prick could tell you the answer in 20 mens whether that athlete has experienced a concussion. >> reporter: their research is backed by the nfl after winning funding from the league's head health challenge. >> having an objective test could change the culture of the game. >> reporter: the company hopes to have these tests ready as soon as next year and doctors say this technology could make a great impact on spos sidelines. >> this is promising and requires more validity and trials in order to make sure it's actually going to be useful. in the clinical setting, as well as on the sideline. >> reporter: that vision is that one day they will be able to

test on the sideline and determine whether thatlayer should go back in the game and how severe the concussion i and definitely positive signs and a possible breakthrough. >> paula, t thanks very much. dr. richard besser here right now and as paula said a lot more testing to be done on this. also some, you know, concern about parents right now, their kid can have a concucussion a they have no idea. >> it's hard. a rlly young child they'll tell you if they have a hdache or dizzy or blurred vision. but high cool or college athlete they want to get back in that game. having an objective t test has a lot of value. you know, a blood test would be terrific, the science there is really, really too soon to know. >> right now they use a simple test that's effective. >> yeah, the standard tting requires a medical professional but there's a simple eye test that many people are using called the king-devic test. when you have a hard hit to your head you have trouble reading along lines and following text and so they administered this card where you just simply read

across and they compare it to how fast you read them before the season started. and it can be very useful in diagnosing a concussion even if the child doesn't want you -- >> the coach used to look at you to see if you had that glassy look. >> the coa wants you back in there so there's a conflict of interest so having something objective would beuseful. >> you'll take questions allll morning on twitter and facebook. post your questions on "gma's" facebook page. now to michael. thahank you, george. now to that unusual hollywood didivorce battle. singer mandy moore asking for spousa support from ryan adams for their pets. she said caring for their cats and dogs is even hurting her career. abc's mara schiavocampo has the story. >> reporter: fighting like cats and dogs, more like fighting over cats and dogs. it's a hollywood divorce tale with a twist straight out of a movie. mandy moore seeng spousal supportrom ryan adams to take

a total of eight cats and dogs that the couple shared during their marriage that she says she's sfruging to support on a salary she claims is a quarter of adam's. >> it's becoming overwhelming to take care of all the animals. >> reporter: the actress and singer who burst on to the pop music keen in 19 9 999 with this. j.t. >> reporter: appeared in films like "because i said so" married in 2009 after jt a one-month engagement. >> reporter: adams, a singer/songwriter most recently known for his cover of taylor swift's alb "1989"ominated for multie grammy awards. in court documents obtained by "people" magazine moore says although i love our pets it is overwhelming for me to take care of all eight of them all the time. i was even forced to cancel a prior work engagement because m my

to stay with our pets. >> she has a lot she would like to accomplish with her career but she has to stay at home with the animals and she needs his help financially in order to do that. >> reporter: fans of moore are no strange to her love of her fur babies thanks to the many instagram photos. this one of her pooch joanie with the adoring caption, so grateful for her unending love. in addition to support for their pets, moore is also seeking traditional spopousal support since filing for divorcerom adams almost a year ago. for "good morning america," mara schiavocampopo, abc ns, new york. >> all right, thank you, mara. now amy, over to you. >> all right, michael. thank you. it's time now for "sell a shark." i'm here with daymond john from, of course, "shark tank" and we have our three entrepreneurs tting ready for their time trials, very exciting but before we get to that i want to ask you, we all know from watching your show that the first step for an entrepreneur is that

>> absolutely. >> social media is a very powerful tool, as well. explain. >> 100%. you know, back in the days i had to run out in the street and find people. right now yououcan touch the entire world wit certainly media and get proof of concept and get feedback, talk to your customers directly and it's free. >> it's free. that's the best part. a very good tip. we now want to see who is vying for the chance to pitch daymond their revolutionary idea. entering shark stadium, tom medwin inventor of the best morning ever mug. shelby mckee creator of key sock, the first invisible no show knee high socks. >> nice. >> and scott kosmach, inventor of thread stacks, a filing system for your clothes so we want to see how much time you think you need to sell a shark, two entrepreneurs who need the least amount will move on to our pitch-off so write down your number of seconds right now. ready to reveal.

>> 5, 5 and 6. >> oh, so i'm so sorry, we are going to have to ask scott to leave. maybee comback later. in the meantime, now -- >> all right. all right. >> we have tom and shelby. always feel a little bad about that. all right, tom and shelby moving on, tom, are you ready. >> i am ready. >> we'll put five seconds on the clock. i'm making sure you're ready to go. fully get to experience your five seconds. >> so five seconds on the clock. we got it. ready, set, sell a shark. >> the bes morning ever mug keeps coffee hotter for longer and fun surprise function, doughnut warmer. >> yummy, yummy. nice. >> all right. shelby, are you ready to go? >> yes. >> let's put five seconds on the clock for shelby. ready, set, sell a shark. >> these socks are the first no

no blisters,. >> nice. very cool. >> tell me what you thinknk of the pitches. >> both the pitches are great. both the pitches are nice, short and concis i get it. it's a tough one. i have to make a decision right now. >> it is decision time. >> all right. well, i mean i don't think anybody else in the world loves doughnuts more than me, but you know what, that's probably used at home or on the run but that is something that i think every woman needs so i'm going to go right there, that's it. >> nice.. >> shelby, there is your shark trophy. congratulations. >> thank you, thank you. >> absolutely. amazing. >> all right and wee w want to thank our entrepreneurs for joining us. we appreciate it. you did an excellent job and stayed close to time and we want to thank daymond john of course, "shark tank" airs at 00.m. eastern on abc. head right over to ginger. >> look at this group of everybody here. i love they only had five seconds. you guys rocked it. how about we talk about the

it's nice out here, isn'tt this morning. it is gorgeous. happy birthday, by theway, julie. and look where else it was gorgeous. about 15 to 20 degrees above average in wheeling, west virginia, they were golfing enjoying that warmth and south-southwest flow will continue. records potentially o the east coast for this weekend but, look, behind it, the rain and some places heavy rain so wll be talking about that as we go through saturday and sunday in

>> i am loving the signs out here. the five c sisters and you're celebrating your 30th. >> i am. >> you said dirty 30. >> dirty 30 hey. >> is that what you call it? how about we get some "pop" and start popping with michael. >> thank you, ginger. we miss you. come on in here and have a seat. this is "pop news," everybody. let's kick it off with giselle bundchen. a supermodel. actor, producer, good will ambassssador for the united nation and a mother of two. thank goodness that's it because i'm running out of breath. this morning we're seeing her like we've never seen her before. it turns out she's also a musician. >> what? >> in a new chanel commercial -- it's not fair, right? she's giving us ainy taste of her singing and her guita playing tales. let's take a look and listen. oh # >> now that commercial was

coast and she strolled around -- even making a blanket look chic. >> you know what i like. how you said guitar. >> you got to get down with the guitar. >> wow. >> i've actually done karaoke with her. she's actually that talented. >> there is nothing she can't do. >> annoying for the rest of us mere mortals. >> there's one more thing. >> there has to be a tape of that somewhere. >> no, there was no cameras. weade sure. you will not see that on any news outlet. one thing you will see out there right now i is the force is with you this morning and you'll see "star wars" ice cream. now, it's being churned by bicyclcle. churn it by the bicycle in times square. jackie from ample hills creamery pedaling away with more stamina than a stormtrooper. go, jackie and right now we'll all be enjoying the dark side. the name of one of tse limited edition flavors. >> which one is this?

>> it's dark chocolate. ice cream with espresso fudge brownies, coco crisp -- >> both prey good. >> you like the light side. >> the light side. that's marshmallow ice cream with crispy and cocoa clusters. >> i like all of the sides. >> i can't talk and eat this so i feel like i'm at a disadvantage. all of this was dreamt up in a galaxy not soar away actually in brooklyn they camee up with is. if you want to buy your own pint ey're available for sale online and they can ship them to you anywhere in the u.s. >> it's good. >> i like to mix them together. >> i just did that too because sometimes i want a little bit of both sighs. >> a little dark side, a little light side. a medium side. that's what i'm talking about. there's a reasone're listening to "boogie shoes." oh boogie with you >> i think your baby is dancing in there. >> seriously. >> a teenager from wichita, kansas, she's a shoo-in for

this charity goal to collect 2,000 pairs of shoes and kim kardashian was at home late night breast-feeding her baby and she saw the plight of this young lady and she went out on social media. she went out and said help me find amelia flores who is collecting all these shoes for a charity called soles4souls. kim reached out to her and donated 1,000 pair of shoes. >> wow. >> which was alreadydy half the goal of amelia to collect 2,000. we were skyping with amelia right now. amelia, how are you. >> good. ho you are you? >> we're hear you are a big fan of kim and kanye. how did you feel when you found out kim wanted to help you out. did you really believe it was kim kardashian reaching out. >> i believe she was trying to find someone to give the shoes to but i didn't think tre was anyone that could be me. >> well, you know, i'm sure you're flat it is you but you

>> you receive add a thousand shoes from kim andnd kanye and a lot from the community so where are e you storing all these shoes? >> right now they're in my room. >> yeah. >> i have got a big pile of shoes. >> i hope you have a big room to collect 2,000 shoes. initially you set out to collect collect,000 shoes. you already met that goal so next year what's the next deal for shoes. >> well, i'm still collecting shoes through march 1st and now my new goal is 25,000 pairs of shoes. >> wow. >> if i collect -- >> i'm sorry. but congratulations. i'm sorry to cut you off. i didn't mean to do that but 25,000. i'm going to send you some out of my closet. i have plenty i don't wear so i'd be grateful to send those to you. >> i appreciate it. >> thank you very much. congratulations on your goal. soles4sos soles4souls, everybody. >> i'll eat my ice cream. >> thank you.

lupita nyong'o's top secret "star r wars" aracter. >> this is really good. >> isn't it? > oh, yesgood morning i'm sabrina ahmed... it's 8:27 ... sabrina: a transformative education bill passed through the senate and received the president's signature thursday. the "every student succeeds" act overhauls the "no child left behind" education initiative, putting more control back in the hands of states while taking away the

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i've lived long enough to see the same es in different people. >> we are getting so close now, only one more week until "star wars: the force awakens." >> in fact, there's so much

already started lining up to see it. we have this to say, it's going to be a long week. >> a week of good weather. >> there is that. >> right here, yeah. people lining up here, as well and robin recently sat down with one of the movie's stars, oscar star lupita nyong'o. >> lupita nyong'o's role in "star wars: the force awakens" has been kept so under wraps that we barely know what her character looks like. we've had glimpses of her on the poster, we think, and in one of the trailers we think we do know her name maz -- am i getting that correct? is that right? >> thahat's corrt. >> we have heard her voice. take a listen. >> i have lived long enough to see the same eyes in different people. i see your eyes.

>> and we know her eyes. let's hear it for oscar-winning actress lupita nyong'o, everything, joins us back here on "good morning america." thank you. >> i saw you because like the entireilm, so when y see rest of us hanging on >> yes. >> easy. really easy. you just don't say anything. >> we do know your character is a pirate. that's been out there. so that's okay, right? >> uh-huh, uh-huh. different types of powers, do they not? >> hmm. >> by the way your eyes are looking at me right now, we'll take that as a no comment. >> yes, i'll say the eyes are important to this character. >> but were you familiar with the franchise, with the films? >> i was, yeah, i grew up watching "star wars." it came on tv when we weren't in always related with it being time off from school and we only

was growing up, so everyone watched "star wars." really didn't know people who didn't know about "star wars." e, so i hear bause, again, i haven't seen it but what we hear characters and motion capture. tell pple what that is about and was s that libating for you? >> you know, it really was. it was about an opportunity to do something that wasn't limited by my body, especially after doing a film that was so much about my body and so it's an opportunity to play in a different playing field because you get to be a totally y different thing and, yeah, so i would get covered in dots every day and i'd have these cameras on my head with l.e.d. lights shining in my face so i i had like went and so it was really interesting. >> andnd i hear at so many involved with the film, they wanted your input. they wanted the input from the cast. >> yeah.

>> it was a very collaborative process and maz, when i signed on to playay maz, shwas still evolving, and i was excited about the opportunity to be a part of that evolution which was interesting and rewarding. >> we get to see you doing all these e differentypes of roles and it must be, you know, you love your craft and to not be pigeonholed in any way has to really speak to you and what it is that you want to do. >> yeah, i'm really interested in having a career that's diverse and, you know, and experiencing thihings that haven't experienced before and learning new things. i think that's when i'm most engaged with what i'm doing. >> a we have seen that you have been in "eclipsed," a little broadway that's's been of broadway but is coming to broadway in february. >> yes, indeed. >> are you excited about that? >> yes, yes, we just finished our run just this sunday at the public theater and that was such

it's an incredible play that an actress wrote daniya gurira from "walking dead," and d it's abo these liberian women at wartime and it's funny and it's intense and it's a really exciting african story. [ cheers and applause ] >> lupita is so interesting. >> she is. >> she is great and "star wars: the force awakens" opens nationwide next friday. all right, so we move on now because we have gathered all the top experts in the country on dating online. we'rgoing -- >> all of them. >> all of them. we've got it covered and we're going to give you the secrets to finding love. an insider's lesson about what to do and what not to do in the often confusing world of online dating from a new abc news documentary "swiped." >> i think i've been on every dating app known to mankind. >> okcupid. >> mumba. >> tangle. >> how about we. >> of course, everyone t tried tinder at one point. >> tinder. >> tinder. >> and the list goes on. >> we know between 2009 and 2011

met their romantic partner. >> 96% of the decision to swipe right is based on what your photo. you're l like playg a guitar, you're with your dog, you're hiking and showing off that you're active and things you like to do. >> if you use a flash on your photo, you look seven years older than if you don't. >> you really want to have three photos. one photo is you want to have a great head shot you smiling. >> a body shot, no surprises and a wild card like your silly photo. >> i'm molly. i date online. tinder, hinge and mamba, so i'm getting ready to go meet zach, so his first picture is definitely like a professional actor's head shot but every other picture is himim goofing around, which is so my type. >> we do know what people judge somebody by as soon as they meet them, their teeth, their grammar and their self-confidence. >> do you play hockey? >> i used to play hockey. clearly i don'n't have t build a hockey player.

as long as you came out with all of your teeth. >> your teeth say a greaeat deal about your health. your grammar says a great deal about your amount of education and, of course, your self-confidence tells a good al about your emotional stability. >> all right, and that's all on hulu.com. also on hulu be sure check out the golden globe nominated comedy "casual" which follows a fictional brother and sister through their own online dating roller coaster. all right, ginger, are you ready to walk away from me. >> i am ready toalk away. we have to do weather and talk to our new friends. it'so beautiful out here this morning. we'll head into the mid-60s in new york city. now where it is much colder and loving the snow, in the cascades and sierra. mt. hood meadows opens this weekend, actually today and got fresh snow.

you'll get more througugh the weekend. >> i want you >> i want you to know amamy wanted me to push her away. we love each other but i also have great news for this weekend. "mary poppins" is coming back to network tv for the first time in 13 years. that's right. the wonderful world of disney presented by target bringing you "mary poppins." who doesn't love that movie? here's dick van dyke sharing some of his favorite memories of filming it. >> i loved it when we were doing the "i love to laugh" with uncle albert. we were all hanging by wires, of course, 30 feet in the airnd the first day the crew broke for lunch and began to leave. julie and i had to say, excuse us, hello. >> you can watch "mary poppins" saturday night at 8:00, 7:00 central. you love "mary poppins." >> i love "mary poppins." >> i'm telling you, we all love it. all right. how about we move on to our series "baby oh! baby" and prove

lot about this. do i do cloth diapers or do i do disposables? a huge choice and parents are thinking about it too. take a look. in the 1950s, cloth diapers were all the rage, but now they're making a big comeback. calling cloth diapers the latest trend in millennial parenting. >> a lot of new moms love these new clototh diaperbecause they come in brig cololors d te prints and so it's almost just a fashion statement. >> christie and jamie taroni decided to use cloth diapers on their 4-month-old son killian. you're using cloth diapers. i'm sure people say to you that is crazy. >> wdecided to do it b because it's cheaper than using disposable diapers, good for the environment. >> reporter: these might even be helping mother earth. every year in the united states 18 billion disposable diapers end up in landfills. >> this is all his diapers, all in o style. this is the inserts that are all part of the e diaper. >> okay.

clean. >> a after he es, you just throw the whole thing in the hamper. >> and then what i do when it's time to do the laundry, i take the whole bag out and just put the whole thing in the wash. >> reporter: the diapers range in price from 15 to 25 bucks and while that might seem expensive, they can save you money in the long run. >> cloth diapers are incredibly cost efficient. if you use disposable diapers, you're going to end up spending around $2400 per kid. if you use cloth diapers, you end up spending around $600 per kid, and you can use those same cloth diapers with all your other kids, as well. >> and everybody out here wanted to know if it smelled. it didn't. i promise you. we want to thank our sponsor of "baby oh! baby," ddrops, o course, you made all this happen. you can follow along on my pregnancy journey at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! so, cloth, disposable.

coming up, the top ways to be smarter this weekend, the women from the skimm are here. go nowre on "gma." "baby oh! baby" is brought to you by baby ddrops, the sunshine vitamin in just one drop.

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oprah and even the first lady. we have carly zakin and dielle weisberg here to skim the news and be ready for the weekend. i feel cooler just sitting with you. >> we do too. >> such cool, readable, understandable way and one of the headlines that you all begin with and all have been talking about is chipotle. >> yeah, it's been a rough few weeks. you guys have been talking about it a ton. there is an e. coli thing in over 40 restaurants and then this week in boston, the norovirurus with or 100 people. the stock's not been doing well. yesterday the founder and co-ceoeo said, i'm sorry, and, by the way, like we're going to have the best health safety standards for food in the business so investors really like that and it's kind of a game changer for the rest of the fast food industry. >> the power of an apology. >> who knew? >> i know. it works. i'm sorry. sometimes it works. >>ometimes. >> if more peoplple could y that. all right. we're going to cue some music right now.

love again coldplay. do you recognize it? "adventure of a lifetime," it's his now song. some bighanges how we listen to music. spotify. >> yeah, so spotify, the streaming music service that is everywhere, how people are getting their music. coldplay's album came out on spotify today. they actually did a staggered llout so you can get the album out last week but it's on spotify today. and that's because you might have heard taylor swift, not spotify's biggest fan, she and adele did not put their albums on spotify. they think they should be valued more as artists. so spotify has a bit of an swift fans don't want to shake it off. they want her back on and to get there, spotify is rumored to be looking at an experiment of doing this free layer t also their premium layer and you can get premium artists on the premium layer. now it's rumored but i'm hoping it comes true. >> they say did you hear about coldplay. there's a big back story. >> all right. that's good to know. also you all have admitted to me that you didn't go to colleges

football. >> yeah, we didid not. >> i have. >> i know. >> university of georgia, go, dogs, but hacking the heisman trophy part of your newsletter which is hilarious and you have anning crow anymore that's pretty funny. >> it's all about the double d cup so stay with me for a second. you got to know derrick henry, deshaun watson and wait for the "c," christian mccaffrey, so the heisman trophy is the oscars for football. you'll know one of those names tomorrow. remember the double ds. >> i think that's good to remember. you have a skimm pick what you need this weekend. you piqued my interest with this one. >> it is this one. it's an amazing book. it's president obama's favorite book of 2015 which should say something. azon rated it as one of their favorites and it's kind of likike "the affair." the story of a marriage over 30 year they meet and not surprisingly the husband and the wife have very different takes on their marriage. not surprising but interesting to see what happens.

book right now. >> i had a lot of questions about that. >> i'm glad she said that. >> want to dive in on that. >> you guys did the research. let us know. >> yeah? we'll read all about it. >> be sure to ask him that. >> danielle and carly, thank you so much. we appreciate it. all right, coming up next on

dishes on working with chris oscar winner ron howard has a new movie hitting the big screen today, "in the heart of the sea," and i sat down to talk with him all about it. >> find him. >> and ron howard joins us now. this movie is stunning. >> thank you.

watching it back now, i mean you're eited. >> well, it was a big challenge. it was an exciting challenge and it sort of started with the fact that i didn't know that moby dick was inspired by real events but it was really the emotion of the e story anthe twists and turns of the drama of the true story that i think probably inspired me most to want to make it. chris hemsworth, one ofhe stars of the film, he actually brought you the script. >> he did. i like him. he's got a greatork ethic. he's very talented but he brought i allot to it creatively and so i was impressed with that. when he brought me this i felt like he was kind of born to play owen chase. >> so much of the cast had to lose a ton of weht to truly look like emaciated shipwreck survivors. did you join them? >> well, you know, just by the mere fact that you don't want to eat a bagel right in front of them, you sort of -- you know, almost by osmosis you lose a little. i think everybody tuned up. we were going for authencity at every level. the actors knew it and they

that they were a actually aying. >> did i read that you asked your friend tom hanks for some advice with this? >> i did going into it because i had never been around a situation where a big weight loss was demanded. it was part of the character and he had done it for "castaway" and before that "philadelphia." and he had some good advice. >> it works. that's for sure. >> thank you. >> before we go, any plan for another season of "arrested development"? a lot of people want to know. >> mitchell hurwitz, the creator of the show, is working with writers now. netflix is behind it. twentieth century fox is behind it. >> that sounds like a yes. >> well, it's a hopeful because what's happened is the cast has become so frickin', you know, in demand and busy, everybody wants to do it, fans want it, so i'd be sdened if we didn't achieve it. i want to -- i'm the announcer, the narrator, i got to get back to that micrcrophone. >> i like that alriright. ron howard, thks as always for stopping by. >> my pleasure of the a great conversation. >> "in the heart of the sea" is in theaters right now. let'go to ginger. >> oh, and, amy, we are so happy to be partnering with macy's on

that helps to brbring joy children with life-threatening medical conditions and in honor of national believe day, macy's is now offering double donations. it all happens today, $2 instead of $1 to make-a-wish for each letter that santa gets dropped off at a macy's or submitted online. martine reardon, chief marketing ficer from macy's is here to tell us more. national believe day. what is it all about? >> we are so excited about national believe day. it'srobably the pinnacle moment in our believe campaign where macy's and make-a-wish grant almost 50 wishes across america in one single day. and it's wishes from l little children who just really want to have some joy in their life, so eli from alabama, who wants to be a firefighter, and natalie from california, who wants to come to new york to see holiday shopping here and so many more, so it's such a special day for the macy's organization and the make-a-wish organization to grant these wishes and see the joy in all of these children's

part of it, right? >> so easy, just go into any macy's or go online. write your letter. today we give $2. another $1 million today so that macy's can give $2 million to the make-a-wish foundation for this incredible campaign. >> so do it. go find a macy's. put your letter to santa right in this or you can even do it super easy to do. here. >> thank you. >> a reminder that this can happen at any macy's nationwide, by the way.

$2 i what to buy, what to buy. well, what if we told you exactly what the hottest trending must have gifts are everyone is trying to get? pretty good, right? now, what if we told you how to get them for a lot less. that's what we're going to do. now i got your attention. plus time for ugly sweaters. >> holy smokes. >>ext week on "good morning america." hope you have a great >> i thought we got through without that. hope you have a great weekend, everybody. big week next week on "gma." will smith, jennifer lawrence, will ferrell all here live and a baby next week. >> a week left. >> last week of pregnancy. whoo-hoo. >> george is on "this week" on sunday, as well. >> watch for that?

good morning i'm sabrina ahmed... it's 8:56 ... sabrina: preparations are underway for monday's big celebration honoring governor terry branstad. december 14th will mark his seven thousand 640th day of service to the state of iowa, making him the longest-serving governor in american history. two events are planned to mark the occassion, a capitol open house, and formal milestone dinner. sabrina: cyclone fans celebrated last night's victory over in-state rival hawkeyes.. the 83 to 82 win keeps iowa state undefeated so far this season. crowds rushed the court after the final buzzer to celebrate, but in the chaos des

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