good morning america. breaking news in that deadly train derailment. authorities now reveal the amtrak train that flew off the tracks was going 50 miles over the speed limit. >> emergency, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. >> at least three people killed. dozens injured. the investigation and the hero eagle scout who rushed in to help. decision day. republicans just hours away from passing their tax overhaul. president trump closing in on his first major legislative victory. the new report who really wins and who loses? new trouble for the palin family. sarah palin's son now behind bars. accused of severely beating his father todd. sarah palin forced to call 911 blaming medication. what really happened inside the

former vp candidate's home. and severe winds cause this massive stage collapse killing a deejay toppling this structure. debring crashed to the ground with thousands of concertgoers watching in horror. and good morning, america. we want to get right to that breaking news about that deadly train derailment in washington state. look at that scene yesterday. height of rush hour. trainsing over one of the busiest interstates in the northwest and now we know that traveling at 80 an hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. >> yeah it was the inaugural run on that particular track. you've seen the devastation from the exterior. we want to take you inside some of those cabins. these are the pictures from one of the survivors. it is incredible. pictures incredible. crazy to think some survived this after looki those. >> so fortunate, so lucky. here's what we know at this hour. at least three people were

killed. more than 90 injured. 13 cars jumped the tracks first run. and it was the new route for the train and we'll go to abc's clayton sandell on the scene in dupont washington who has more. good morning clayton. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you can see behind me here this is still a very active scene. we want to show you, you can see there is a big crane that's beginning to remove train cars from the overpass at this hour. a major interstate below still shut down as investigators try and figure out this train go off the tracks. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a triumphant day but in an instant amtrak 501's inaugural run on a faster track turned into tragedy. >> a lot of melting and screeching and a lot of just being turned aroueporter: this morning investigators are on the scene trying to determine what the passenger train to hurdle off an overpass. sdmrt train was going at0 -- about 80 miles per hour. >> reporter: in a 30-mile-per-hour zone right? >> that's right. >> reporter: railcars crashing

into vehicles on the interstate below. officials say so far three people from the train were killed. over 100 injured. it was wet, we had downed power line we als downed ery and there's no access t this scene except from climbing up and down this hill trying to get to those victims. >> reporter: amtrak cascades train 501 after crew on board. 7:34 a locomotive and 12 cars careening off both sides of the overpass. >> amtrak 501, emergency, emergency, we are on the ground. >> is there everybody okay? >> i'm sti figuring that out. we got carsrywhere and down onto the highway. >> reporter: the impact caused passengers to fly out of their seats. >> people were flying, you know you're like oh, my god. this is real and start to see the roof kind of peelingit's just like is this ever going to stop? >> it was almostryer shook completely tohe other side of the taken and then back. >> reporter: when dan and across accide scout sprang into >> there was injured people walking all over the placeshock and i was like dude needs to just be

a leader sort of organize onerains had tipped upside down and kind of spilled the passengers out then the train came down on top of them. that's where i was like, whoa this is gnarly and those victims beat up and when they were pinned under the train i grabbed the dude's hand and was like rubbing back and i'm so impressed by you. you're a champion and just talking to him. >> reporter: now, one safety syst might have maence is called positive trol orptc, you can think of autopilot. if the train is going too fast ptc automatically slows you down but officials say even though ptc was installed on these tracks, it had not yet been activated. george. there. clayton, thanks very much. want to bring in chris carnes from the pierce county transit advisory board on that train yesterday and, chris thanks for joining us. you knew it was going fast. you were tweeting about it. >> yes, we were passing traffic as we were going along the highway. >> and you even said you thought you were going around 7 miles an

hour. did you think it was too fast? >> i -- well wead never been -- the no passenger traffic -- travel on this route before sodidn't really have any experience about it. >> so when was the firstt you knew something was wrong? >> so everything seemed to be going fine up until the point where there's this turn where you have to go on an e for ait second we a little -- we felt like we were going into a turn but then we heard -- felt some jittering and the next thing we knew we were flying off the railsn down an embankment. >> there was no slowing down as you head into that curve? >> it -- i don't recall any. >> so you say you went down into an embank many. what kind of fall was that for you? >> for me it was we were just sort of catapulted into the seats in front of us. >> and you look okay right now. you had no injuries.

what about everybody else in the car? >> most -- most of the passengers in our car had only minor injuries. there was one person who in the car in front of us they were catapulted to the front of the car and they were pretty badly injured. they were unconscious but still breathing. >> so you're tilted on this embank many. how did you get out? >> so we -- at first we tried the emergency door but that wouldn't budge because the train car had been crumpled and what we had to do was we pulled out the strap -he string around the emergency window and we kicked that out. >> were people panicked screaming, crying calm? >> no there were -- there were people screaming behind us in behind but there was no way we could access them. >> and what could you see of the cars i they were ahead of thaw went over the overpass? could you see that at all?

>> yeah so the cars that -- we were on the other side so couldn't see the cars that went over the overpass. but what i could see from the window was we had disconnected from the other -- the back portion of the train and i could see that someone had been catapulted from the train onto the ground. >> just ane're glad you're okay chris, thanks for sharing your story this morning. >> thank you. >> paula. >> we want to move to washington. it is decision day on capitol hill for the republicans. $1.5 trillion tax bill. president trump is on the cusp of getting his first major legislative victory and mary bruce is on capitol hill for us with the very latest. good morning to you, mary. >> reporter: good morning, paula. well, the final votes are just hours away. republicans poised for that first major victory, but will it be a win for the american people? republicans and the president insist this bill is aimed at the middle class, but a new analysis shows the long-term benefits will actually go to the rich.

after the first decade the report finds the wealthiest americans would receive a tax cut while 70% of middle income americans would see their taxes go up and the president and his family could stand to benefit personally from tax cuts for the wealthy down from more than 39% to 37% and a provision of this bill aimed at benefiting certain owners of businesses like commercial real estate firms. >> okay so mary we've been hearing the republicans have the vote even without senator john mccain who is recovering from cancer treatment. how confident should he be? >> reporter: there have been protesters trying to convince republicans not to d to no avail. right now have the votes in the senate right now. there's not single republican no vote. there are a handful of moderate republicans in the house who oppose this but that is not enough to block this bill. this tax bill appears to be headed for the president's desk paula. >> all right, mary bruce reporting from capitol hill. thank you very much. george. also breaking this morning the white house calling on north

korea formally blaming kim jong-un for that crippling ransomware attack that affected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world and pierre thomas is in washington with the latest. good morning pierre. >> reporter: good morning rpg. the u.s. is blaming them which paralyzed hundreds of thousands of computers in companies and homes worldwide. in an op-ed release, thomas bossert write, the attack was widespread and cost billions. north korea is directly responsible. it's not the first im george you remember in 2014 the u.s. accused north korea of hacking sony pictures for an un unflattering movie about their dictator. bossert is calling on the international community to improve improve cybersecurity and could see the u.s. look for more sanctions. it is likely to add to the ongoing tension. >> it certainly will. let's talk about earth more with cecilia vega and the editor in chief of "the daily beast."

john avlon. let's pick up where pierre left off, the white house calling for new sanctions directly blaming north korea. quite a contrast from the way the president deals with the russian meddling. >> it's stark. the administration is being tough and but in yesterday's strategic documentteps the issue of russia and his cabinet is hawkish but the president remains fundamentally uncomfortable so the contrast is striking. >> cecilia, no question this is the biggest legislative victory yet for the president. good way for him to end the year. >> reporter: yeah certainly, poised for a big celebration when it happens and tweeting about it this mornin he just put this out. he says the bill's impact to t economy is totally understood and appreciated. quote, biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. enjoy and create many beautiful jobs. spoken like president trump there. but fact checkers agree this isually the biggest tax cut ever passed. he is poised for a big celebration but this is dangerous political territory. there are a lot of polls out

there that show that a number of americans, more than half disagree with this plan george and two-thirds say it will benefit the rich over the middle class. >> yeah let's bring that to john avlon. this is a tax cut. >> right. >> yet it's in some ways more un unpopular than tax increases have been. will it matter a year from now. >> that's unusual. everyone loves a tax cut. tax hikes are hard to get through. the math is upside down. this has been sold as a middle class tax bill and simplification. it is a big political win for republicans and the president but doesn't deliver on those two promises? that's what democrats are hoping for in november in the midterm elections and the russia investigation continues to hang over the president. the white house hoping this week that some of that cloud may be lifted. they've scheduled this meeting between the white house lawyers and special counsel robert mueller's team. >> reporter: yeah and this is a pretty standard meeting from what we understand. the lawyers want to get a sense of where it stands and likely want to know whether president trump himself is under investigation. they've had to -- lawyers have

had to change what they are telling the president and told him it would be done by thanksgiving initially and then christmas and now pushed it back and wrapped early into next year. we know it's expected to go well into 2018. >> is braced for that cecilia? >> that's the question. he has long said this is a witch-hunt. we hear him repeatedly say that they've done nothing wrong here so that certainly is the standard line but, look this is a cloud hanging over this white house. there is absolutely no doubt about that. they cannot shake this and want to focus on tax reform and the agenda going forward but questions are still hitting them hard. >> the white house hoping for a letter of exoneration from the special counsel. that's unlikely to come any time soon and the big question does the special counsel want to talk to the president? >> that is going to be one of the big moments. that's not how it works. you don't get an assurance of a letter of exoneration to allow everything to go forward. the investigation will go forward. the question is whether they'll interview the question is key but this thing is vast and

fast-moving. if the white house needs to calm the president down by promises he's off the hook they will be sorely disappointed. coal in that stocking for christmas. >> thanks very much. we want to move to breaking news overseas. police in the uk have foiled a christmas terror attack making arrests this morning. our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell has the latest from london. ian, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, paula. well, what we're hearing is early this morning police in northern england searched a number of properties in two town, fourd between 22 and 41 arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack. police spokesperson telling abc news it was planned on a venue many connected with christmas celebrations and was foiled at an advanced stage. no ideas on the target or where but know the search is going on in the area coming on the one-year anniversary on the attack on the berlin christmas markets that left 12 dead and somber reminder that the threat of more attacks seems undie

mennished. >>ed that they foiled it. ian, thanks for reporting. michael. back here at home there are new concerns about holiday s millions prepare to hit the road and sky. watching two storm sidsed and what are seeing? >> and, michael, you have to call your parent notice houston. that's where we start our issues this morning. dense fog, you should see, in this image the skyline of houston but can't see anything because visibility is zero and includes tampa, nashville and huge area along the east coast dealing with that and the warm front comes in. a lot. moisture pooling along it and could see strong storms including an isolated tornado and certainly damaging wind and affects atlanta by noontime. dallas is tonight during the drive and then we've got another storm to talk about. this one affecting the west coast first and looks like really heavy winds talking 70 plus-mile-per-hour winds in many so of these advisory areas and then a lot of snow for parts of the northern

it's an overall two to four inches where you're seeing the snow but some spots up to a foot, michael? thank you, en ginger said you should call your mother literally i went back to a teenager. what did i do? you got to let me know that's comeing. >> are you going to call your mom and dad? >> i am. i have to. >> a break at 7:20. >> he's okay ginger. just a little panic. now to atlanta. they are getting things back up and running after that travel nightmare. a power outage bringing the world's busiest airport to a screeching halt for 11 long hours affecting thousands of passengers. many of whom are still feeling the effects and abc's marcus moore is there with the latest. marcus, good morning to you. >> reporter: well paula, good morning to you. the flights are back up and running here at hartsfield-jackson and still see the impacts. absolutely a sea of bags here in the delta baggage claim. it really is an astonishing thing to see row after row of bags covering the airport floor

waiting to be claimed. this is the remnants of that massive power outage that canceled 1500 flights over the past couple of days and also stranded thousands of passengers in the terminals but good thus this morning, the airport is up and running at 100% and so far we've only seen a handful of cancellations and delays as a result of that power outage and this as people try to get to their final destinations and hearing some may not be able to fly out on thursday and when you look around at this suddenly i'm thinking of poke da travel bag isn't a bad idea to find it. >> you always want it to be not so subtle. that is coming your way. thanks for your reporting. we switch gears to a celebration of sorts of one of the greatest basketball players of all time kobe bryant. he was so great, in fact he two jerseys, not one but two retired retiredlyretired

by lat l.a. lakers. you can he have the proud mr. bryant there and that is what he called home court, the house that kobe built and led the lakers to five championships in his legendary 20-year career. a long time to play and his family was with him for the emotional salute and had this message for his fans. so simply said work hard enough and dreams come true. >> does have a great work ethic. >> kareem abdul-jabbar bill russell, jerry west and shaquille o'neal all showed up. >> 20 years, pretty impressive. >> a long time to do anything. >> let's go back to ginger. >> oh, watch this. this is christmas morning wind chills. paula, you got to call your mom and dad and warn them. all right, your local weather in 30 seconds. first though the chilly cities brought to you by burlington.

>> good morning, everybody. a couple light sprinkles and showers up north. that's it. as we take a look outside we have some sunshine in philadelphia beginning to break through the clouds and it's dry in the city and also milder this morning with temperatures in the low 40's. your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a milder afternoon high of 56. breezy and nice. and then on wednesday, we do get cooler, breezy but it's still dry with a high of 45. thursday lots of sun and chilly, 41. friday increasing clouds, 52. probably still dry and spotty rain saturday.

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have been doing that hard for george washington to do that. we begin with new trouble for the palin family. her son track arrested and accused of beating up his father during an argument and sarah palin frantically calling the police and abc's linsey davis is here with the story and, linsey we're hearing a gun was involved. >> a gun, good morning to you, paula. some tense moments at the palin household. this family altercation caused todd to pull out a gun and aim it at his son track but track beat his father so severely he was bleeding with multiple cuts on his head and this morning sarah palin's oldest son is behind bars. police describe a chaotic scene at the family home of the former governor of alaska and 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin. >> you know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull, lipstick. >> reporter: palin's 28-year-old track an army veteran arrested

in wasilla, alaska saturday night on assault and burglary charges. according to court documents obtained by abc news sarah palin called police just after 8:30 p.m. saying her son was freaking out and was on some type of medication. charging documents state track palin went to the house to confront his father todd to get his truck but his father told him not to come in. todd told police he went to the door with a pistol to protect his family. that's when according to the affidavit, track broke a window and went into the house, got his father on the ground and began hitting him on the head. this scene is a far cry from the portrait of the family depicted in the 2010 reality tv show "sarah palin's alaska." >> this summer we're setting aside time to spend with family and friends. >> reporter: this isn't track's first run-in with the law. in 2016 he was arrested for allegedly hitting the mother of his child. those charges later dismissed. at the time sarah palin suggested her son suffered from ptsd after serving in iraq. a stress disorder the u.s.

department of veterans affairs says affected between 11% and 20% of iraq war veterans. >> i can certainly relate with other families who kind of feel these ramifications of some ptsd and some of the woundedness our soldiers do return with. >> reporter: in september of 2014 several family members were allegedly part of a brawl at an anchorage house party after he allegedly attacked another guest who dated his sister willow. no charges filed. >> i heard sarah palin scream out, you know who we are, don't you? it was like we were just on a jerry springer episode. >> reporter: track remains in custody for this latest incident, a judge set bail at $5,000. the case will ultimately go to the grand jury. we reached out to the palins for comment but did not hear back. >> sounds like he just snapped. thanks. the mysterious death of a billionaire couple found hanging

inside their mansion they're calling the death of barry sherman and his wife honey suspicious saying they were both strangled. >> friends and family are in shock. the couple the shermans were philanthropists, their company employs thousands making generic drugs. now police want to know who would want them dead. barry and honey sherman were one of the world's wealthiest couples worth $3.2 billion thanks to their pharmaceutical company. >> we started apotex 14 years ago. >> reporter: known for giving money to charitable caughts. >> we wanted to make sure that future generations would have a place they could call home. >> reporter: but this morning a community in shock. after a real estate agent preparing for an open house reportedly found the pair hanging from a railing near this indoor pool. inside their more than $5 million toronto home.

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back now with meryl streep responding to criticism over her reaction to the harvey weinstein scandal after actress rose mcgowan and alleged victim of weinstein called streep a hypocrite and diane macedo is here with the story. good morning diane. >> good morning. so rose mcgowan is not pulling punches and looks like she's not taking meryl streep's calls either so streep is now speaking out to the press saying while she once called harvey weinstein god, she actually barely knew him. this morning actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on twitter. mcgowan who accused disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein of raping her wrote in a now deleted tweet that streep had happily worked for the pig monster and ridiculed her plan to join an army of actresses wearing black as silent protest. mcgowan tweeted your silence is the problem. i despise your hip pock kri si.

streep responded writing, i wasn't deliberately silent. i didn't know. i don't tacitly approve of rape. i didn't know. i don't like young women being assaulted. i didn't know this was happening. she also said of mcgowan i want to let her know i did not know about weinstein's crimes not in the '90s when he attacked her or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. she worked on several films like "the iron lady" and other films. she even won golden globe for "iron lady" and praised weinstein. >> i just want to thank my agent, kevin and god, harvey weinstein. [ laughter and applause ] the punisher old testament, i guess. >> reporter: but streep later spoke out against weinstein in october calling his behavior inexcusable and the women who spoke up heroes saying she didn't know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues or his inappropriate

coercive acts. this her new statement she adds i don't know where harvey lives nor has he ever been to my house. i have only been to his office once. hw was not a filmmaker. he was often a producer. primarily a marketer of films made by other people but not every actor, actress and director who made films that hw distributed knew he abused women. streep also says she's sorry mccaoer sees her as an adversary writing we are both together with all the women in our business standing in defientsz of the same implacable foe. weinstein has denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. streep said she tried to reach out to mcgowan by phone but still has had no luck in contacting her. >> had isn't the first time mcgowan has gone after her. >> we saw it earlier when meryl streep was quoted as calling this a gargantuan sample of disrespect and mcgowan tweeted back with a few expletives calling it no

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right now with karen rogers. >> matt they call it a plan when they shut down the pennsylvania turnpike. it is as ominous as it seems, creating traffic jams everywhere. turnpike westbound still closed. chopper6 overhead showing us accident. 100 gallons of diesel fuel spilled out all over and there you can see in the daylight hours how that tandem tractor-trailer smashed up against a couple of other vehicles. there's a truck and a car all wedged against the guardrail. those were just three of the vehicles involved with this multi-vehicle accident. still closing the turnpike westbound past bensalem so what you need to do is take route one to street road over here on the map to get back down to 611 to get to the turnpike westbound because of that closure. also seeing eastbound delays as well so that's route one street road 611. we have a few other highways closed like 295 northbound in new jersey. this one also creating a big mess in burlington county, matt. >> thank you karen. taking a live look on sky6, the ben franklin bridge, it still fall, it does not feel like winter is upon us.

here's david. >> almost is, though matt. right now fairly mild to start out. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that there are a couple of sprinkles and showers up by allentown moving in from the west. that may be it for the morning's precipitation though and temperatures are fairly mild. 45 in philadelphia currently. your exclusive accuweather 7-day, today is going to stay on the mild side high of 56. breezy with a mix of clouds and sun. breezy and cooler tomorrow 45 and 41 on thursday as winter arrives late in the morning. then 52 with increasing clouds on friday. as we head into the weekend on saturday spotty rain develops but a high of 61. >> thanks, david. a police chase in burlington county ended in a crash that left three people dead. new jersey state police were chasing chasing an suv at noon yesterday when it crashed into a utility pole in tabernacle township. two men and a young pregnant woman inside the suv were all killed. new jersey state police say they are withholding any further comment pending the outcome of the investigation into the crash. >> ♪♪

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good morning, rhett link. 4 billion views. they are coming up. welcome to all of you this tuesday morning. we have a christmas story for everybody about a little boy who decided to take matters into his own hands to stop the grich from from sg christmas. >> i hope he knows how that story ends that the grinch's heart grows a whole lot. first we want to get the latest on that train derailment out west and back to clayton sandell on the scene in dupont, washington. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: you can probably see behind ofe is still completely shut down. they've now moved yellowocess of lifting those damaged train cars off of the overpass here. three people were killed around 100 injured when that amtrak train careened off the bridge just aftererday. the train was on its inaugural run from seattle to portland with 85 crew and passengers on board. now, investigators the national transportation safety board are here and say they are

looking at speed as a major factor in this crash because the train was going 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. but they do stress they still have a lot of work to do before they can determine the actual cause ofs crash. on will help is they did recover a dat from one of the locomotives and say hopefully provide more pieces to the puzzle paula. >> so much pore to learn about what happened. >> we're going to washington now. big day for president trump and the republicans getting ready to vote on their $1.5 trillion tax cut. looks like it'll passion the house and senate and want to get it signed before christmas. more from mary bruce. >> reporter: well republicans and the president are on the cusp of their first major legislative victory but there are still questions about who really wins and who loses here. republicans and the president insist this bill is aimed at the middle class but a new analysis shows the long-term benefit is likely to go to the rich. after a decade the study finds the wealthiest americans would

receive a tax cut. while 70% of middle income americans would see their taxes go up. the president this morning is up and tweeting touting this as the biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. experts however, says that does not appear to be true but republicans i've talked to insist everyone will benefit from this bill. the voting is expected to get under way in hours and it appears to be headed to the president's desk george. >> thanks very much. michael. all right, now to that little boy, taking matters into his own hands to stop the grinch from stealing christmas. 5-year-old tylon pittman saw the movie and dieded to stop the holiday villain in his tracks by calling 911. take a listen. >> i just want to tell you something. watch for that little grinch because the driven is gonna steal christmas, okay? >> okay do you have any dulls with you. >> ma'am, i'm sorry. this is my playing on the phone. >> no no it's fine. he called in saying that the

grinch was trying to steal his christmas. [ laughter ] >> well the police they took tylon -- they took his alert very seriously and came to his home and heard him out. then they took him to see the grinch in a holding cell. yeah his 911 call saved christmas. everybody, you can thank him. when you see him in the streets. >> thank you for saving christmas. >> yeah all the kids out there very happy. but tylon, thank you very much for doing what you did and we're glad you're on top of it all. >> that 911 operator seemed pretty tickled by it too. >> pretty good response by her. >> yeah. >> she went along with it. thanks michael. we have a holiday toy alert after a battery led to a major apartment fire. and raising good men. paula had a time to sit down and talk to these teens about roy mans and consent. >> it was a fascinating conversation, plus is george clooney returning to tv? we have all the details in "pop news." even if you don't buy one from us. because maybe you're already buying a car somewhere e lse. or maybe you want to shop arou

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[storyteller 1] my favorite holiday meal memory... [storyteller 2] uh, christmas dinner, grandma's house in philadelphia. my sister brings her fiancé over. this guy comes in with a cheesesteak that he eats instead of my grandmother's cooking. [storyteller 3] and everybody's like, we were just laughing, like what are you going to do? i mean, the dog ate the ham. sorry, mom. [storyteller 4] we would eat the entire christmas eve fancy dinner on the floor. [storyteller 5] we discovered that the family recipe is on the back of a condensed milk can. nana's been lying. [storyteller 6] my grandma did not like turkey, until we made the tamales with turkey. so then, that problem was solved. [storyteller 8] so we have turkey, mashed potatoes, curry, and a very confused palette at the end of the night. [storyteller 9] food is...is the way we connect. [vo] every family should get to enjoy holiday meals. that's why wells fargo is collecting donations for local food banks at our 5,900 branches. [storyteller 10] i don't care what anybody says-

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and "pop news." >> i think it's all the love across this table. thank you guys so much. you know we've got "pop news" for you. [ cheers and applause ] enrique iglesias yes, longtime girlfriend anna kournikova welcoming twins over the weekend reported by tmz. no one even knew the notoriously private couple were expecting. they first started dating way back in 2001. congratulations to the new parents. >> congrats twins. >> one for each of them? now a "pop news" exclusive. we have the look -- the very first look at the trailer for disney's "the nutcracker and the four realms." let's take a look. ♪ >> it's christmas eve. time for mystery, expectations. who knows what might happen.

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> whoo! you want to see it don't you? >> when is it out? >> not out until next year december of 2018. it's not a recreation but inspiration from the classic tale from e.t.a. hoffmann and stars keira knightley as the sugar plum fairy and helen mirren and morgan freeman. do that again, michael. >> that was nothing like morgan freeman. >> it was real close. >> nothing like it. >> there is also a special performance by misty copeland in the movie. disney's "the nutcracker and the four realms" opens november 2nd, 2018. >> i can't wait for that. [ applause ] >> they're teasing us getting ready. george clooney is ready to work and political thriller and his publicist confirms he is developing a netflix series about watergate. clooney working with the screenwriter of steven

spielberg's "bridge of spies" on an eight-part series about the political scandal. clooney, of course getting his start on the regular tv who can forget him on "e.r." >> let's just say who can forget him at all? doesn't matter. he unforgettable. >> fiction, nonfiction. >> we're still waiting to get all the details. l be watching. >> i will. a new warning about battery dangers after one ignited an apartment building fire that caused major damage. linzie janis is back with that story and these lithium ion batteries can be found in a lot of popular christmas toys. >> the hidden dangers inside these batteries and cautionary tale for shoppers buying gadgets to put under the tree. we've seen it before. lithium ion batteries bursting into flames like with these hoverboards. >> i know. it's crazy. >> reporter: now investigators say a lithium ion battery inside a children's toy is to blame for

the fire in in indianapolis apartment building sunday. >> engine 43 on the scene of a two-story apartment building. we have spoke showing. >> reporter: no one hurt but officials say the fire that displaced four families and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage was sparked when the battery overheated. igniting this pile of toys being stored in the building's furnace room. >> in this particular case we simply think it got inadvertently turned on and overheated and ran and ran and, unfortunately, this is the end result. >> reporter: authorities say that is what ignited flames at this pennsylvania home. leaving a 3-year-old girl dead. and just last month, the lithium ion battery inside a camera overheated. from this backpack causing panic at the orlando airport. >> the lithium ion battery itself because it can hold so much electrical energy gets hot and catches fire on its own or the lithium ion battery gets hot and a flammable object within the toy, maybe the plastic or

something else will catch on fire. >> reporter: when stores toys or electronics experts say to make sure to keep them away from a heat source or combustibles like clothing or paper and make sure the room is well ventilated. >> one of the things that people really don't like to do is read instructions but it's very important with products like these that the parent read and understange the instructions and any of the tips that are included about where to store them and how to store them safely. >> experts suggest you can remove the batteries from the toys once they're charged and store the items separately also after recharging unplug the charger from the toy and wall socket as an added precaution. >> we turn now to our series "raising good men." paula had a chance to sit down with a group of boys. we'll call them young men between 12 to 16 years old for an important conversation in wake of the me too movement. >> you remember what it was like to be 12 years old. >> yeah trying to forget. >> boys in that age range

starting to have crushes and date but that territory comes with so many questions for both kids and their parents so we're trying to get some answers. >> i'm dawen. i'm 12. >> reporter: they are six boys from the denver area. >> i'm sebastian, i'm 15. >> i'm giovanni and i'm 14. >> reporter: all at a critical age when relationships come to the forefront. we ask what it's like to be a teenage boy. how many of you have crushs? >> i have a girlfriend. >> reporter: their parents watching and listening in but the boys don't know that. >> do your parents know you guys dr. crushes and/or girlfriends? >> yeah. >> no. [ laughter ] >> try to keep it like on the down low. >> exactly. >> keep them out of your business, you know. >> reporter: dr. stephanie dowd a child psychologist from the child mind institute also watching our interview says parents need to make it their business and convey what a healthy relationship looks like right from the start. >> having a healthy romantic relationship requires both

partners to have empathy and see it from the other person's perspective. >> reporter: as the newness of dating sets in for these boys. >> you go places together hold happens in the hallway. >> our school is really close to panera so on fridays we walk to panera and a lot of times we walk together. >> that's where the magic happens is at panera bread. they have good soup and salad. >> that is true. >> reporter: at this age experts say parents should expand that quote, sex talk with boys and create a dialogue about romantic feelings emotions and consent. >> this is specifically how you ask for concept. are you okay with this? does this feel comfortable to you? it's as simple as that. parents just need to model that for their kid. >> what does it mean to have concept? >> both people that are doing something want to be doing it. >> let's say you are in class and notice one of your classmate, a male puts his hand on one of your female classmate's legs and doesn't have permission. is that okay? >> no. >> no. >> if it's sexual harassment you

can't do that. >> when someone tells you to be a man, what does that mean. >> you have to be mature. can't show emotion, just got to be like manly. >> do you feel in order to be a man you have to hide your emotions? >> that's a part of it yes. >> that's part of it. >> yeah definitely. >> and you should be able to show your emotions no matter what and not have people think worse or lesser of you. >> these messages are very rigid for boys and men and they're dangerous. parents have to expand the definition of what it means to be a man. >> you know, your parents weren't in the room but they heard everything you said. >> what? no, they didn't. >> the parents taking to heart the importance of their own behavior. >> when they touched on what it meant if someone said be a man was telling because i think send the wrong message. >> i loved how much they wanted to respect everybody else. >> it was pretty incredible. i got to say i don't think we give these boys enough credit. the moment that stuck out when i

asked what does it mean to be a man. you could tell that you know they want to be able to express themself but because of societal expectations they're not allowed to and can't express their emotions. >> they expressed it well there. very well spoken. >> i want to bring in stephanie dowd. dr. dowd. you were in the piece and we talk all about not having just -- these boys 12 to 16 so starting to have relationships, it's not just about having the sex talk you want to broaden it out, what it means to be a strong relationship. how do you do that? >> the thing to remember is that teens really love to talk about love. so when you're a parent you want to approach your teens with a compassionate curiosity. you want to ask them questions, find out what they think about relationships. ask them questions about what dating is like at your school. how do you know if two people are interested in each other. so get them talking. and then the other thing you want to do is you want to help them distinguish between a healthy, romantic relationship

and an unhigh-techy one and one that's healthy there's mutual respect, compromise and caring between two people. >> this series has generated so much interest on social media. big platform for kids nowadays and here's something we got in on twitter. teach them that each person's body is his or her own, full stop. show him respectful treatment of all every day. social media as i said is big for this group. everybody is on it so as a parent how do you teach your kid how to respect and promote being respectful on social media? >> right, social media is really tough. you know it's important that parents tell their teen that anything they post could be posted anywhere and it could last forever so you want to tell your teen that if you post something, imagine that it could be posted on a billboard in the middle of many times square for everyone to see including their grandmother and so that will get them --

>> shy they got when they heard their parents -- >> it's a way for them to be mindful and aware what they put online could be seen by anyone. the thing to remember also with teens is that they tend to act based on instant gratification and react without thinking. so you want to make sure you tell your teen listen before you post something, pause, think, maybe even walk out of the room and come back and then post what you want to pote. but it's important that when they post they're imagining a person behind the screen that they don't want to just post to a computer. it's actually a person on the other end so you want to really encourage that empathy. >> lasts forever like you said. >> dr. dowd thank you so much and thanks for the guidance. hard to have conversations with boys but i love the advice just about having strong relationship, what a good and bad relationship is. tangible things we can take back to our homes. thank you. we want to send things back to ginger. >> because, paula, it is time

for you >> because paula it's time for your "gma" moment. for this one we go to south bridge massachusetts. to a dog who doesn't want to admit to what he's done wrong. >> bella look at me. [laughter] >> bella, look at me. >> bella is not making eye contact because she ripped up her dog bed and the other dogs in there room were like no, it's not us. they turned to bella and all of a sudden she's turned around. she is not having it she's like no, not me, not me at all. i'm just going to be right over here. that's the big picture. let's go ahead and a get now a little closer to home. >> that dog didn't want to admit to anything. showers up in pottsville pushing toward the lehigh valley and they're falling apart over northern bucks. as we look outside most of us are looking ought clouds a couple sunny breaks. temperatures fairly mild this morning low 40's already in some cases the mid 40's.

and this afternoon we'll go for a high of 56 clouds some sun breezy and pretty mild. tomorrow cooler, 45, still breezy. 41 on thursday as winter arrives officially and then 52 on friday, probably dry after that stretch. "despacito" and -- ♪ despacito ♪ >> that's all we needed, adrienne. her album is coming out. tonight robin is going to take a look back and doing it with friends and we have a sneak peek. ♪ ooh. ooh ♪ >> reporter: 2017 starbucks introduced the unicorn frappuccino but also unicorn makeup and food. >> i'm waiting to are a unicorn car. >> the unicorn phenomenal is here because we don't want to be here so we want to live in our fantasy world.

>> reporter: it was a year of wonder. >> takes a lot of work to look this good. >> reporter: "wonder woman." >> diana prince. >> wonderstruck and the rest of us wondering why they wore glitter and not much else. >> body glitter is back. only because one person wore it and it rubbed oven everyone else. >> reporter: "despacito" became the most watched uber video in history. >> the speed was incredible and i was like people are going to start getting tired of it and it kept on growing and growing. you no he proud mom. you know. oh. ♪ >> reporter: our other big obsession of 2017, fidget spinners. >> you know sometimes you sit up there and just play with this thing. >> what else does it do? >> you know what, it is relaxing. >> still spinning. >> it's intoxicating. >> i think i'm a good investor.

no way i would have figured out fidget spinners. >> like magic. >> i like the fact that people are intrigued with a small device exploiting two or three different things. >> now all of a sudden i want one. can this? [ cheers and applause ] >> very -- it was a good year let's put it that way. been a very good year. >> did they ever have a unicorn fidget spinner? that's my question. no. >> maybe -- >> i stumpedyou. >> i don't know how that would might b dangerous. >> let's forget it. >> stump somebody on "jeopardy." michael, you got to sit down with austin rogers that quirky quirky champ. let's take a look. >> a bartender from new york new york austin rogers. >> reporter: he is this year's "jeopardy" superstar. >> he's got hair he's got chutzpah. >> reporter: he's on a roll. this bartender served up more than $400,000 in winnings and

became a fan favorite on 2017 "jeopardy." who would that be. >> it was me, wasn't it? >> who is austin rogers that is right. that's you, man. not bad work for a few days. >> a couple hours. >> you're like an internet sensation are people like austin. >> yes all the time. all the time. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. what an interesting guy. he's not putting on a show on "jeopardy." that is really him. got a haircut but still recognizable and had a great run. made a lot of money. you can watch "the near 2017" hosted by robin roberts at 9:00 8:00 central right here on abc. and coming up great reads that make great gifts, our audience members the top authors revealing their favorite this season right here on "gma." we'll be right back. your "gma" moment brought to you by the frame from samsung,

the most beautiful tv you've never seen. ♪ ♪ net 1a. >> ♪♪ >> hello everyone. 8:27 on this tuesday december 19th. i'm matt o'donnell. big problems on the pennsylvania turnpike today. let's go to karen rogers. >> yeah, matt, it's been closed for more than two hours. plan x here. on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound closed past bensalem. you see how the turnpike is jammed from bristol 2 miles an

hour route one southbound 4 miles an hour. here's what it looks like when you add a hundred gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the road and an accident involving a tandem tractor-trailer a dump truck and three other vehicles. it's a full-fledged mess on the turnpike westbound shut down past bensalem. you have to take route one to street road to 611 to get around it. it's not our only highway shut down. chopper6 has been busy today. also over 295 right now more breaking news. that jackknifed tractor-trailer completely shutting down 295 northbound past florence-columbus. i was talking to someone on facebook saying even 130 is jammed trying to get around it. you could stick to the turnpike instead matt. it basically runs parallel. i mean you have to stay on the turnpike a little longer but it's moving just fine. >> indeed. thank you, karen. it is going to be warm today. let's go to meteorologist david murphy. >> oh, canada geese not being fooled though. a bunch heading south over the terrace. let's start with storm tracker. a couple sprinkles around allentown heading east falling

apart. temperatures right now mild. 45 degrees. you really feel the difference as you step outside this morning in philadelphia. this afternoon it stays mild with a high of 56. it will get a little breezy a little later this morning and stay that way through the afternoon but pretty nice. tomorrow breezy and cooler 45. down to 41 on thursday as winter officially arrives late in the morning. then friday increasing clouds, e got a pretty good shot at staying dry through those four days. and then 61 degrees very mild on saturday but matt on saturday a couple of spotty showers and maybe some drizzle around and christmas eve clouds with some late day or night time rain. >> thank you david. back to "gma." we're back in about 30. >> ♪♪

♪ candy cane lane ♪ welcome back to "gma," everybody. you see the books right there. we have a great audience. thanks for waking up early on this tuesday morning. and, george you'll kick things off for us. >> it's related to all these books.

could be a great christmas get for anybody. only six days away if you haven't finished your shopping yet and we went to some of the best-selling authors to give us their holiday picks. >> the book i'm giving away this holiday season is "wonder valley" by ivy pochota set in l.a. >> i'm giving this "breaking bread" by martin phillip. not only a beautiful cookbook but memoir of how it's woven through his life. >> i'm giving called "little fires everywhere"? i'm giving out "piecing me together" by renee watson. i hope none of my friends are watching. [ cheers and applause ] >> great choys right there and now it's our turn. we didn't know what to call it. gift exchange. white elephant. >> almost secret santa because we all know now. >> i didn't know what we're getting. >> we don't know what we're getting. >> i'm not showing you. i'm just peeking at it.

>> one is for you? thank you, george. >> you're welcome. >> it's george's new book. >> a box full of money. no it's a book called "sneakers." >> i will be honest. i had good intel you will love it. history of sneakers. i diddant know it like an $80 billion a year business and incredible photos and talked to some of the designers as well. >> what is old is new with these shoes and want to buy air jordans, used to be 100 bucks, now about 2500 bucks. >> which is why i didn't get you some shoes. >> this will be put to great use, thank you. take that out of the box. paula, i'm up next i have something for you. and this -- >> is it a book? >> it's a book. >> okay. it's -- >> it is called "higher is waiting" and it's by tyler perry. everybody knows hip as an incredible actor, producer.

>> autobiography. >> yes and certain way, you know, everyone sees the success he has now but has gone through tough times, the way he grew up but has taken that and has said faith over fear and how he's taken the challenges in life and he's chosen a better path for himself and i think it's an enlightening book and encouraging book and i thought you might like it. >> am i next? i think i have adrienne. >> so excited. i love gifts. i love surprises. >> it's a book. >> i love gifts. >> i do. i do. >> okay "you are free be who you already are." i like the title. >> the author is a friend of mine. adrienne and i are women of faith. we have these conversations a lot but i just want to encourage you i went through a hard time last year i was having panic attacks and i was just filled with a lot of anxiety especially at work and this book really got me through it. mine is completely highlighted. >> don't cry. >> i'm trying not to.

>> i knew her before i read the book and i -- this is such an encouragement to anyone who is feeding into the lie that our worth is determined by what people think of us which can f anxiety so i hope this frees you from any sort of burden or anxiety and this was lifeanging. >> thank you. that's very touching. thank you very much. that's beautiful. [ applause ] well i got -- >> are you going to change my life? we are all world changers but i think this will encourage you in what you already like. >> wow. >> i hope you enjoy it. >> oh, this is -- i've heard such great things about this book. this is a biography of ulysses grant. really fantastic book. >> supposed to be an extreme history lesson nearly a thousand pages of history. >> have fun, george. >> "grant." but the author has written books on hamilton on rockefeller. soy jpmorgan. so he is intense and i think --

>> his book on "hamilton" was the inspiration for "hamilton" on broadway. >> this might be the next play. >> you never know. >> you might star in it. >> or not. >> you might write the play. >> your book is so thick you can't even get the cover on it. can't get the cover of the gift -- >> you can do weights. resistance training and read at the same time. >> i tell you -- i love exchanging books. i think it's just the greatest thing and for everybody out there at home have your kids do it. do it with your kids. i think encouraging everyone to read no matter what it is. it's incredible. >> have them start book clubs with their friends, a kids book clubs. dulls do it. >> while you dive into "grant" i'll be diving into "sneakers." youtube comedy stars rhett and link hanging out in our green room right now getting ready for a crazy taste test and have unique holiday breakfast dishes. we'll be back with the

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back now with some special guests and nothing is off-limits for these two guys some of the biggest entertainers on the internet. more than 17 million tune in to their youtube channels and videos have more than 4 billion views. give it up for the hosts of "good mythical morning." rhett and link. come on out, fellas. how are you doing, man. >> good to see you. >> good morning. >> rhett, good to see you. >> man. [ cheers and applause ] you both look a little shorter on youtube. that's what i'm going to say. but, hey, you guys post everything. you do music videos but do these crazy taste tests. how all this? >> well we've been best friends since first grade and we've always been eating stuff. but then we determined that putting those two things together in a show when the food is really actually working. >> when it maybes link gag that got more clicks and then it just

started feeding on itself and feeding on more thing difficult to feed on. >> if there are kids looking at you, any advice to get into the game? >> don't do it. we don't need the competition. [ laughter ] >> that's good advice. but you know what we'll participate in some of the things that you do and have a little taste test of some recipes that you cooked up. we have our audience members over here. [ applause ] yes. >> and i'm going to sit here in the middle.'s your name? >> michael. >> michael. >> gan and helen. you are brave because these gu made the wrong choice today. >> they're specialists so what do here? what are we going to try. >> 'tis the season to make holiday versions ofifferent things and we have holiday versions of aifferent things but haven't done th breakfast. >> so we'll christmasify and holidayify breakfast. >> okay. i'm ready. >> first t live in l.a. you cannot go to breakfast or

brunch without being handed some avocado toast. but what's the holiday version of that avocado gingerbread. so we have right here and it's -- >> you don't seem like you want to pick yours up. >> i never put those two things together. >> we dink and then we sink it. >> yum. >> i'll be honest with you, that's not bad. >> that's not bad. [ applause ] >> getting in the holiday spirit. you'll get your healthy fats and your gingerbread on. >> tell you what that's truly pretty good.ay. and what do we have up next? this is scrambled eggs -- >> of course. >> but what's on top. >> scrambled egg ises just normal staple of any breakfast but then the staple of the holidays is eggnog so we have eggnogified these scrambled eggs.

[ applause ] and eggnog in there. >> all right. dink and dunk it >> that's close. dink it and sink it. you can dink and dunk it if you want to. >> oh. >> there you go. >> we're bonding over here. >> what do you guys think? >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> i'm going to tell you right now, sagan, don't lie. it's nasty. >> it's not great. it is not good. >> that didn't work. >> it doesn't always work. we test so you don't have to. >> i have a question what's the one thing that you eat that you still to this day makes you cringe when you think about it? >> oh a lot of people eat this congealed blood. they put it in soups and we put it on tack doughs and it's always absolutely horrible. >> on a pizza is not great. >> i'll be honest with you, i'm

getting sick just talking to you. you know what everyone loves this channel. billions of views. i see why. this gingerbread avocado is actually going to become one of my staples for the holiday season. i really like that and appreciate you guys coming on and see rhett and link do one more taste test if you go to our facebook page. that's where you can see it. see more of them on their youtube channel as well. "good mythical morning" is their show. don't miss that and we'll go outside to >> hey now we have ladies from maryland and you're here just. >> just on vacation. >> just on vacation checking out christmas lights. it's a mild day today but let's get a check a little closer to home. >> couple sprinkles and light showers up by allentown ginger, that's about it. your exclusive accuweather 7-day 40's right now, 56 for a high breezy and nice. 45 and cooler tomorrow and then just 41 on thursday before a bounceback heading into the weekend.

leading an incredible food drive that we helped kick off here on "gma" and teaming up with the united way to make more holiday meals possible with a $5 million donation. that's pretty great. so far,52,658 meals have been delivered to local food banks and we've got a story showing how those donations help. for mary anne and her husband benjamin the spirit of giving isn't discuss a holiday tradition but full time labor of love. >> can you carry it yourself. >> reporter: almost seven years ago they launched faith food fridays to help feed the hungry in vallejo, california. >> right now we have 1200 people a week. >> reporter: it's a humbling experience for mary anne who works for wells fargo but once struggled to put food on the table as a single mom. >> i now what it takes to get to a food bank so i keep in my mind as i'm working with the

people that come to get food from us. i'm going to mix spaghetti with. >> reporter: providing boxes of foods to people like linda dupree who to supplement her social security check. >> i count on tem so i can feed my family and myself as well as cook for the people in the street who have no kitchen and have no way to cook. good afternoon, gentlemen. come get yourself some hot food. >> reporter: so wells fargo decided to pay all of that generosity forward giving the buggs this big surprise. >> on these trucks is over 2900 canned goods and nonperishable items and we also have coming later almost 900 pounds of meat as well to be able to help you guys to be able to impact the holidays. thank you. >> thank you. >> no, no, thank you. >> i had no idea this was coming. i'm going to start cry dmg a minute this. is going to go to help so many people in our area.

i just thank you. thank you so much again. those who are always helping me and supporting me. [ applause ] >> if you want to help you can still donate to the food drive through december 30th. just bring nonperishable items to wells fargo branches across the nation and i know all of you are excited. dawn, i know you're pumped because g'eazy and halsey are performing live next so don't go anywhere. [ applause ] ♪ "gma's" season of giving is brought to you by wells fargo. now accepting food donations to make more holiday meals possible. ♪ in the

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>> ♪♪ >> good morning, it's 8:56 on this tuesday december 19th. it has been a rough morning on the pennsylvania turnpike. let's get an update with karen rogers. >> it really has been a rough morning but we have some good news. after hours of the turnpike westbound being shut down, traffic is moving again. we're seeing that 36 miles an hour. you're still jammedes this point westbound past bensalem

with this multi-vehicle accident. the right lane is blocked right now and chopper6 was overhead showing us the scene. there were 100 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled out of here. it's still blocking the ramp from one at well. police and emergency vehicles there. it was a tandem tractor-trailer a dump truck other vehicles involved, just a full-fledged mess on the turnpike westbound but traffic is getting by. i also want to show you this. 295 northbound we have traffic squeezing by just one lane matt. this is in burlington county, 295 northbound with a jackknifed tractor-trailer messing up traffic there. >> all right, thank you, karen. dave murphy has an unusually warm accuweather forecast. david. >> already feeling a lot milder matt as you head out the door. take a look as we're at 46 degrees in philadelphia andin allentown and reading 46 not bad. this afternoon clouds mixing with some sunny breaks, a a high of 56. tomorrow breezy and cooler, just 45. and then winter arrives on thursday and appropriately enough that's the cooler day of the sevenst with of 41. 52 friday with increasing

clouds. saturday and sunday at times spotty rain. sunday holds off probably until late in the day and the night. >> we're working to learn more about the three people who were killed when their vehicle slammed into a utility pole in burlington county. "live with kelly and ryan" next here on 6abc. andy cohen on the show along with kristoff waltz. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great tuesday, requests one. >> -- everyone.

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