tonya informs victoria the deal did not go down because the john rejected her.akes to set victoria off. >> for you to pull that as an excuse -- don't play with me like i'm retarded -- >> the scolding gives tonya a painful opportunity to see the true nature of victoria's character and agenda. >> what's she mad at you for right now? >> i don't know. she never talked to me like that. >> you didn't get money for her. the only thing she cares about is you getting that money. >> she never talked to me like that. >> i just heard it. >> she's exploiting you. she's using you to make money. if she really had connections or a model agency, something like that, investors, she wouldn't have you at the extended stay and all the other hotels that you've been at selling your body. you're a victim in all this. but the thing is we need to get you to see that and understand that. >> the t the underco a call back from tonya's partner ellie. >> she said, i'll be back here in an hour, you want to see me. >> detectives clear out of the room and lie in wait for her companions. agent gl

tonya francisco is live at saint vincent de-paul church, with more.. tonya? >> this is the parish where her mother attended grammar school and her parents or at least her grandparents attended the services. this morning the first and only female mayor will be remembered before being laid to rest. the woman who liked her hats and for coats considered a long-shot when she ran, but things to the blizzard of 1979 she beat the mayor with 72 percent of the vote after the ministry she failed to clear the streets. credited with starting what is now known as the taste of chicago. her tough stance on gun control, overseeing the extension of the blue line to o'hare and allowing the blues brothers to be filmed in the city. also remembered for three weeks during which she lived in the area trying to stem gang violence. also dealing with strikes by the transit union, firefighters and teachers. sometimes confronting them on the picket line. she lost a reelection bid in 1983. she ran out again on the next election cycle a loss in the primary. she faded from the spotlight unt

and tonya and joins us live with the latest. >> good morning. board up crews are here trying to secure the scene. several crashes caught fire. it is so dark it is difficult to see the extent of damage. but six grosz's have either been consumed by the flames or damaged. we have some video taken by a neighbor he tells me around 130 a m they heard some noises in the back of the house and when they looked out they saw flames shooting from the home. another neighbor said his dog was barking and he looked out and saw someone running down the alley. a short time later the dog barked again and he saw the flames. all the neighbors say the fire department was here very quickly. apparently the fire department is only a few blocks from this area. but the cause and the origin of these fires still under investigation by the arson in it. from what we can see, this crash, it's difficult to see but this garage is where it appears the fire originated. it spread to fires on both sides and it crossed over to the alley and affected barrages on the other side of the

tonya francisco is live at a north side polling place with more.. tonya? >> we are in the final stretch. voters will decide who is in and who is out with the contentious governor's race been the one most watched. and in the most attention not only here in the state but around the country. there have been a record number of people taking advantage of early in voting in chicago and cook county. election officials are also reporting a higher number of absentee voters. the candidatesstill have to get their supporters to the polls. this has been the most expensive governor's race in illinois history with both candidates spending $100 million combined mostly on negative political ads. and they say it's still close to call which is why the governor and the republican challenger spent yesterday and we can't crisscrossing the state appearing at rallies and trying to broaden their base. >> a we going to increase the minimum wage? are we going to get jobs for working people? if you are breathing we want you working in illinois. nobody left out. >> we are going to imp

tonya francisco is talking to some at the white palace grill. tonya? what are they saying? >> they are all disgusted. some are embarrassed. some are ready to burn all their bears gear. i was out of the weekend and their discounts. if you want to buy a bears jersey, they are discounted. it is that the loss but what makes it even worse is the loss to the packers. if you weeks ago we thought how bad could it get? they have lost the patriots' 51-23 and we thought that was a low. we thought would go to the by week and it would get better. but then they got even worse. fans were not happy. many were disgusted. saying desperate times call for desperate measures. here is what the fans had to say. >> maybe i should burn up the jacket. i'm just not impressed with the coach. the need to get rid of him. >> what does the team need to do? >> get a new team. that's basically it. a new chicago bears team. >> early on we heard calls for firing j cutler's then firing j trestman. now we hear the general manager needs to be fired. the need to call a family meeting to get this turned around. th

e >> tonya louis lee, spike lee is the host of the online reality at the show queen lee.how's judge breaks it down. >> the queen bee is a reality competition show for female entrepreneurs to launch the big next consumer brand. >> tonya says the show is just as empowering for her. >> it's great that my children see that mom, mom works, too. closed captioning provided by -- what you get is so much more. garnier olia. powered by oil. brilliant color, visibly improved hair. color after color. hair feels healthier looks shinier and grays? gone. garnier olia. >>> it is that that put charlie on the map and in all of our heads. >> yeah. >> and on our car radios non-stop and now on the cover of a magazine. >> this girl, you may not know her name but she's everywhere and everyone heard her song. >> i heard them so much, that fancy song, i like to think it's written about me. >> it's not. ♪ ♪ >> i don't feel like i fit in at all, but i like that. i don't reant to be like everybody else. ♪ >> and that's what we love about this 22-year-old brit whose allw songs sold 14 million copies

an operation is underway to relocate hundreds of rhino from inside the park, tonya page has this report tiling is everything, and steady hands. the shot is good and the stopwatch starts. the less time he is sedated the later, after a few minutes he falls. he is being shot with a tranquilizer in a part of south africa's national park that is close to the border. poachers slipped through the fence at night, he is in a lot of danger here. they are after the horns. which are prized as a status symbol and for their supposed medicinal benefits although there are none. marcus is also taking dna samples to help catch poachers. which before it was difficult to do in a court case. and so that's pretty much groundbreaking -- >> but still, only a fraction of poachers are caught, and convicted, so that's why up to 500 rhinos from poaching hot spots are being moved to safe zones. some will go to a high osecurity area, inside kruger. ores are being sold. >> south africa's ohome that's about went thousand animals and half of them are here in kruger park. but the park is mas.sive, about 20,000 square ki

tonya francisco is live at a k-mart on the north side. tonya? >> i was surprised when we are arrived this morning but there was no one in line get to take advantage of the early morning deals which was a very different story than last year when people started to line up around 3:00 a.m.. kmart has been opening on the holidays for 23 years. if we said it wants, we said it a million times, this is typically the biggest shopping weekend of the year. on land deals, preached black friday sales and of course the traditional deals. according to the national retail federation, 25 million people are expected to shop on thanksgiving which is why opening on the holiday has become a popular strategy among major retailers in recent years. kmart is not the only store open on thanksgiving morning. there will be some open letter this evening. i should tell you their radio shack, the lots, dollar general, family dollar, just a few of the ones we know will be open for thanksgiving. live on the city's north side. back to you. >> a winter storm is snarling travel t

tonya francisco is live at comer children's hospital with more. >> good morning.s you mentioned, there were seven people inside the van when it crashed. five were children under the age of 16. the three of those children were brought here. the two adults went to northwestern. all said to have non life-threatening injuries. by the look of this man that should count their blessings. police said the driver was heading west through the park when she somehow lost control and hit a tree just before midnight. by the time police and paramedics arrived, everyone was out of the man. there may have been the least one infant in the van. a car seat was on the ground besides the vehicle. the van was engulfed in flames destroying the interior, melting the tires. all victims taken to hospital in critical condition that the fire department says the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. no word from the police department whether the driver of the ban will face any charges or even being ticketed for this crash. live in hyde park. back to you. >> the calendar of winter is s

>>thanks tonya. there's more information on our website at "wgntv.com/weblinks. " a taxi flips over during an accident caused by a hit and run driver on lakeshore drive. it happened just before midnight near the oak street curve. police say a grey or silver chevy tahoe rammed a northbound taxi, flipping it onto its roof. the tahoe then hit a jeep, sending it into the concrete road barrier. three of the injured were in serious or critical condition, but none of their injuries are considered life threatening. the driver of the tahoe took off. governor pat quinn official concedes to bruce rauner. quinn refused to concede on election night. he said he wouldn't "throw in the towel" until all the votes were counted. but as more votes were counted yesterday, quinn fell further behind. he now says he's focused on raising the minimum wage before he leaves office. rauner released a statement, thanking quinn for his years of service and his commitment to a smooth transition. two days after the election. the rac

tonya francisco is at state and jackson with the details. >> the morning. did together here at the corner of state and jackson are around 7:00 a.m.. another protest is scheduled for later. the protest that took place here in chicago mostly peaceful. no arrests here. it actually turned out to be an impromptu display. protesters and activists had planned to gather at the if public safety headquarters at 35 and michigan. but after that the protesters took to the streets. >> who street? our streets! >> heading east and then north, they headed over to lakeshore drive shutting down both sides of the drive. while police officers made a largely peaceful track. elsewhere, jesse jackson denounced the grand jury decision calling it is said commentary and not credible, also calling for peaceful protest. >> i urge people to discipline because violence will not solve the problem. it could be a distraction. >> after exiting the drive, protesters headed north to the thompson center were the crash with police who deployed the same tactics they used during the native summit.

tonya francisco is live at the archdiocese headquarters with a preview. good morning to you. >> good morning. the files are about 15,000 pages and will be released on line at 9:00 a.m.. church officials are hoping that it shows that the archdiocese is committed to openness, transparency after years of secrecy. >> they plan to open the books today on 36 priests who they say have sexually abused children. church officials say the new information along with documents released back in january involving 30 other priests cover all those who have substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct with more than 350 minors. all of the priests are reportedly out of ministry and 14 are deceased. but information on to the priests will not be included. that of the new mccormack because it has been sealed like a judge and that of an irreverent whose case is in review with the church. the scandal has rocked the archdiocese and his lead to the $30 million of federal claims. the release comes less than two weeks before cardinal francis george is set to retire. in a statement

tonya francisco is live at the chicago board of elections in the loop with that story. >> chaos is what they said. the last ballot was cast at 315 a n on the city's north side. the board of elections said if you are in line by 7:00, you have the right to vote. the reason it took so long had to do with the fact that there were not enough election judges. also issues with faulty equipment. and what is called the greece. vote in which allowing people to vote on the same day. there were only five spite's for that. wells park was one of them. people waited in line for more than eight hours. at one point the mayor came by to shake hands and the aldermen even bought pizza for those still in line. earlier, the board of elections determined more than 2000 election judges either resigned or did not show up. after receiving a series of phone calls telling them they needed more training or they needed to vote a certain way to be a judge. voters we spoke to say it was chaos. >> they were understaffed. not enough people working. and there were issues with machines. we found many times that either the

tonya page, al jazeera, zambia. >> elections have been delayed for another three years. the parliamentary poll was due to take place this month. the controversial vote divided the country's two political blocks. lebanon has been without a president since may because politicians are in a deadlock over electing a new leader. >>> still ahead on the news hour, the first person to contract ebola outside of west africa speaks for the first time since her recovery. we'll hear from her. >>> and balancing work and study. we look at the efforts to help children in education. >>> and was this french football coach being racist or was he misquoted. details coming up with robin in sports. fires on the airplane... >> they're short changing the engineering process... >> we go undercover on the factory floor... al jazeera investigates broken dreams: the boing 787 on al jazera america one year ago america tonight brought you the story that shocked the nation sex crimes on campus: >> i remember waking up and he was trying to have sex me... >> now we return has anything changed? >> his con

i'm tonya peterson, director of san francisco zoo. i wanted to show you this picture. that picture was taken over a year ago and it reflects one of the greatest moments i have had in my career as a zoo director. the other great moment was a similar incident a year prior, two 2 years prior when i held and fed cassani, cabibi's older brother. and i was trying to change the diaper and just like my own son, there was a bit of a mishap. these are two of my greatest moments, not only because the zoo participated in saving endangered species, but we were able to save two babies who faced the ultimate rejection, that of their mother. in nature's cruel way, both infants had been rejected by their mother, but amazingly nursed by our staff and then transitioned to their andmother, the amazing bow hwang. it is an understatement to say the worst night of my career is the day we lost cabibi forever. it was a tragic incident. since then it's become my mission to ensure this does not happen again. since that day i hired dr. maple. why? when the san francisco issued an animal wellness

. >> standing by for us in jerusalem live is our correspondence, tonya cramer. can you tell us about this and fill lesson about the group behind the attack? >> it is not quite clear. the popular front for the liberation of palestine, it is not clear if they claimed the attack or the two young men were possibly members of this group. this is the problem in the past. usually these are known insiders doing these attack. we have seen today hamas has praised the attack but have not claimed responsibility. it makes it difficult for the security forces to respond. >> israel has promised a very firm response. we have seen police move into the attackers neighborhood. what else might be in store? >> we have seen earlier tonight president nine yahoo! has spoken to the state. he wants to restore law and order. they have decided to start demolishing the homes of the family, and the police presence will be strengthened. we see more checkpoints, a street police think that lloyd, mainly in the arab neighborhoods where they live. >> the violence in jerusalem has entered a new ph

. >> i am tonya page reporting from south africa, the poachers are killing hundreds of rhino every year, so many they are having to move them from high risk areas. to safe zones. >> at the height of the cold war >> we're spies... intercepting messages from embassies, military bases... >> one of the america's closest allies... >> we were not targeting israelis... >> suddenly attacked >> bullet holes... ...just red with blood... >> 34 killed... we had no way to defend ourselves >> high level coverups... never before heard audio... a shocking investigation >> a conscience decision was made to sweep it under the rug... >> the day israel attacked america only on al jazeera america according to the u.n.'s monitoring agency, that's despite a cease fire between government forces and pro russian separatist. the u.s. secretary of state says there will be no oaks tension of a deal. to find a long lasting agreement before the deadline on monday. >> and israel has ordered home demolitions for the two palestinians who attacked and killed worshipers on tuesday. five people were killed as well as the a

russ miller and gary and tonya from the studios and architecture thank you and mr. rob who is the project manager from lamar for this map thank you here's a summer of the block housing data as you can see those are a proportionsal use of over 8 hundred square feet ranging from 8 hundred square feet to two hundred square feet each unit has a 2 car parking garage and each have a biking area within each garage when we have been talking about a major phase what is that the major phase is a process for organizing vertical development under each plan the blocks are submitted and include the architecture design as well as a report on the horizontal performance that describes the performance of the infrastructure and whether or not it is completed as part of the phase it includes the housing data tables that highlights the number of units proposed and the number and location of the affordable units and it includes any other land uses and the vertical and the construction schedule the vertical gaga is on file with the secretasecretary the redevelopment plan and the phase all

enter a friend, tonya menendez, who eventually left a job at goldman sachs to work with burnett in brooklynwas shocking to see the way that people looked at how businesses run and how inefficient it was, i thought, there has got to be an act to that. >> there wasn't. >> instead, brokers sold the list containing the numbers of manufacturers, often for thousands of dollars. >> 5 to $10,000 for any small business and i'm paying $10,000 for maybe my first run of products. >> to give more people access to that information, they built a website, makers row. 50,000 entrepreneurs have signed on along with about 5,000 manufacturers, mostly apparel and furniture makers. the change didn't go over well with at least one broker. >> he came to our office and threatened us to shut down the site because that was livelihood. >> we felt really uncomfortable and it was also really enlightening for us to understand what was going on in the old industry prior to us coming along. >> one reason manufacturers are so hard to find is that many don't have their own websites. >> it is very hard to find a domestic manu

wgn's tonya francisco reports from washington park with the latest. >> despite many witnesses saying they heard an explosion. crews from peoples gas have not shut off the natural gas to buildings on both sides of this collapse and are working with investigators and chicago fire department and other agencies to to determine exactly what happened here. piquancy a lot of the victim's personal belongings. a blunder in the death of. their lives exposed to anybody who walks by the building in the 5800 block of south calumet. >> after you heard the explosion what did you do? >> in the basement apartment next door. just before 7:00 last night. the setting is toward awake but what he says sound like a bomb. follicles on the way to meet my maker. >> this is what the building looked like before the explosion. a newly constructed three story building. now has been reduced to a pile of rubberubble. 70 year-old woman and her dog run the second floor at the time. 51 drove woman was on the third floor. both were talking when they were pulled from the debris. the explosion sent material flying everyw

tonya francisco reports from the marina city towers. greetings from 500 ft. up. to win it much more fierce than what he faced last night. even still he had a perfect successful high-flying daredevil run. >> a selfie right here. >> not one but two world records last night. one for the steepest inclined tight rope walk. >> >> he did not get much sleep less night because of all of the adrenaline. >> i still have adrenaline right now. i feel like walking back across. >> is to approach the city 18 months ago. >> not our fearless mayor. >> city that discovers a skyscraper, he was a way to have the people of the city and the world see it in the way they have never seen it before. >> put the books down, we're going to get a little history right now. >> 50,000 people gathered downtown to watch from the streets in the area high-rises. >> making both skywalks the harness or net. >> what is next for the seventh generation daredevil? >> recreating the walk by his grandfather. >> is the 45 zeroth anniversary. it was filmed live at that point for bbc. i want to what the wire. i

wgn's tonya francisco is in edison park with the latest. >> along night for the gas crews who had to work through the night and this morning to get the heat back on. >> video shot by homeowner shuttle's huge flames shooting from the ground moments after crews working for the chicago department of water ruptured and natural gas line. >> the whole front lawn was up in flames. the fire department was scored in from the house up so it would not catch the house. a was pretty big. forced to shut off the gas to 82 homes while they repair the lines leaving dozens of families without any he on one of the coldest nights of the year. everybody was bundled up. i have a baby is 16 months old. we were read about him. we got a space heater in his room. however that i was worried about the fires and things that happen that way. no one got much sleep last night. crews repaired the line and began the tedious process of going door to door to check meters and restore appliances. >> had to make sure there is absolutely no water left in our pipes. we can get in size and in check the appliances. they have

. >> reporter: we have both tonya and bernard who are here for a television for $200 and we are hopingion, they are helping each other getting the deals out and for those shopping on thanksgiving day other than best by, they are includeing toys-r-us toys-r-us. we are live here in emoryville, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> some of you will have to be out there with the crowds, thank you brian. >>> this is a great story, some nice young kids need some help. they need some financial help, a hail mary so to speak. they just won the state championship and the team does not have the money to make it, which is less than two weeks. they are facing adversity on and off the field, many have lost family members to gun violence over the years. >> it has been about 150 or 11 -- 150 or learn -- 150 or 11 that has been 10 or 11 that has been doing times in prison. they have raised $700 and they need time to travel to florida. the team manager has set up a go fund me account. we have a link and hopefully we can get some there. >> go steelers. >> 646, let's check in to see what is comin

earlier today we spoke with ron and tonya harding, whose son was sexually abused last year by a teacher in kensington. they feel that mcp s is more concerned with damage control van student well-being. >> it was very disturbing to hear that one of the spokespeople said that they were going to the meeting there tonight just to manage the media . with no thought or comment on the child. that is where the children get lost. up at 5:00, hear more from the family, plus why they are attending the meeting tonight. for now, we are live in damascus. see you then. thank you very much. trending now, a new type of space that could make a difference to people with dyslexia. we have a facebook show -- facebook post to show you. this font is right here. the dutch designer says that the design makes words clearer and more enjoyable for people with dyslexia. basscularly the heavier line larger openings. pretty interesting. love from the hawaiian volcano claimed its first house. it took 45 minutes for the flames to burn that house to the ground. people living inside, they fled back in august. motto from

let's talk to another colleague who -- i think she still has the same haircut, tonya breyer. >> goodning, carolin. beyonce, everybody loves her and phillip green got her. they're collaborating in a partnership with active wear. they're not launching it until september/october 2015. but, of course, she was there to help him celebrate the opening of his new flagship shop on fifth avenue. now, phillip has been dreaming about being on fifth avenue since 1979 k when he opened his first ever shop in london. and, of course, the challenges have been huge. and he told me about some of them earlier on in the day. >> we've been pretty -- negotiations, some free time. and just the deals for different reasons haven't happened. and i think i've always said it's got to be the right -- i've got to feel it's right. these are not five-minute transactions. these are tens and tens of millions of dollars of commitment. and this is one location and i want to feel comfortable. it's never been an emergency. but i think it's part of our whole global development. this is a really important landmark moment. so

tonya francisco is live near 65-th and south knox with the latest. we know that the two elderly people who live in that home have been rescued. but unfortunately, the pilot who was chartering that small twin engine plane has not been located. i want to show you a clearer picture of what's happening right now. the chicago fire department is in the process of trying to shore up this 1.5 story frame home so they can begin the process of trying to locate the pilot of the plane. we understand from midway there was only the pilot on the plane, no one else was there at the time of the crash. as for what we know, a run to 40 5:00 a.m. the fire department got a call of a small twin engine plane that crashed into a home. this is the city's southwest side just half a mile from midway airport. the plane had just taken off and was heading to chicago executive airport in wheeling. some have for some reason, that plane went down. we spoke to a neighbor who lives five doors down from where this happened and she described what she heard and saw. >> i heard a small ai

tonya francisco is live outside the marina city towers with more. >> good morning. you are good to stay up last night to watch this and then be out this morning. i need my beauty sleep. but, he made it. it would be a different story obviously if he had not. we are glad for that. the family is definitely happy. and as you mentioned, he did it while sitting to the guinness book world records. he did it faster than he had planned as well. the first walk from of the marina city west tower to the leo burnett building 19 degree angle over the chicago river. that ankle was higher than the 15 degree angle originally publicized. he did that in about six minutes and 51 seconds. then he took an elevator down across the street back up to the tower for a blindfolded walk across to the east tower. that was up more than 500 ft.. that what was done in 1 minute 7 seconds. tens of thousands of people were on the ground and in the office buildings nervously watching because despite the fact he was so high up in the air and the wind whipping around, he had no net and the safety harness

tonya mosley, al jazeera, washington. >> the global death toll from the ebola virus continues to rise. the "world health organization" puts the number of dead at 4,951 out of more than 13.5000 confirmed cases. almost all of those cases are confined to three west african nations. and their neighbors are take nothing chances. we have reports now from ghana. >> if health workers are preparing for a video they hope they will not have to fast they're learning how to treat a patient with bole. it's the first time that such training has taken place. the permanent protective equipment is hot and uncomfortable but it's necessary. >> this treatment can take up to ten patients. there are others being built in the country. the government wants to ape sure people that it is making preparations in vent of the ebola outbreak. but they say that the preparations are not moving fast enough. >> by now we should have to insure that this is all in place. and every health worker should have an idea of how to manage a case. >> the man in charge of this training rejects the accusation. >> you do not treat ev

south africa, more than 1,000 have already been killed by porchers this year, from the national park tonya the operation to save the animals. >> reporter: a pilot herds the rhinos in the open and timing is everything and steady hands, the shot is good and the stop watch starts, the less time sedated the better and after a few minutes he falls. he has been shot with a tranquilizer in a part of south africa crewinger national part close to the border with mozambeake and slip through at night and in a lot of danger here and they are after the horns which are prized in parts of asia as status symbol and from the medicine benefits although there are none. marcus is also taking dna samples to help catch porch eer. >> you can take a piece of the horn and link it to a specific carcus which before was difficult in a court case so that is ground breaking that is being done. >> reporter: only a fraction of porchers are caught and convicted, so that is why up to 500 rhinos from poaching hot spots are being moved to safe zones and some will go to a high security area inside crewinger and others sold to

. >> i'm tonya paige reporting from south africa. poachers are killing hundreds. many are removing them from high-risk areas. >> tonight a remarkable quest sparking imagination. creating history. 700 years ago, from points unknown. relive this epic odyssey. discovery is made. now questions answered. al jazeera presents marco paulo. >>> check this out, neighbours helping neighbours, the shovel brigade, 400 samaritan helping those stuck in snow. buffalo was hit with 7 feet of snow. a flood warning is in effect. temperatures are expected to rise today. the weather around the great lakes is not helping the situation in buffalo. we turn to kevin corriveau. i wish i had neighbours like that. >> that is admirable. that is amazing how people got out there. a lot of people cannot do shovelling. the great lakes - i want to take you to the great lakes where yesterday there was freezing rain. i want to show you what happened where the freezing rain caused problems not just on the highway, the accidents going on, but a detroit airport where a flight slid off the runway. they c

welcome to ambassador kim beazley who is also the former leader of the labour party and tonya who is currently the deputy of the leader party -- labour party and shadow foreign minister so welcome to all of you. it's my pleasure to introduce the session the likes of an australian prime minister, first female prime minister. i am now going to be haunted by that julia. julia gillard on 'my story" and if you haven't seen her book it's wonderful and i highly recommend it. you will get those recommendations also from my colleagues who will vote it up, yes indeed. copies are available afterward and julia you will be sticking around afterward for anybody who wants to talk or get their books signed etc.. i'm not going to dive into the subject of the book. i'm going to leave that to the panelists but i do want to make a personal introduction to julia gillard who i first met a year ago. can you believe it was only a year ago? she joined us as a distinguished fellow here at brookings working primarily on global education issues and we were very honored to have her. i thought well, you know she

. >> i'm tonya from philadelphia. >> psyched to have you and all of you on this tgif friday.. join me. this is a wonderful tradition we have here at "good morning america." te teaming up with macy's to kick off the annual believe campaign. helping grant wishes for some very special little kids. take a look. it's that time of year again, time to believe and time to make dreams come true. all by writing a letter to the big guy himself, santa claus. >> right to the north pole. >> reporter: "gma" is working with macys and make a wish to combine the spirit of the holidays with the fulfillment of wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. between now and december 24th, macy's donates up to $1 million to make a wish for every santa clause dropped off at a believe box at your local meacy's store. and letters online can count towards the donation. in recent years, we have seen the difference those letters and dollars can make. they enarabled 11-year-old katie to bake with cake boss buddy. fulfilling her dream of turning a bad situation into a delicious one. those letters eve

greater, according to one observer, at any other time than the 15th century, and this is where the tonya -- patty herself goes up there -- hearst goes up there with her machine gun and seven-headed snakes. the central intelligence agency that accused the president of commanding squads of lawless assassins. with these traumas -- and this is where you guys come in -- emerge a new sort of american politics. a stark discourse of reckoning. what kind of nation were we, to suffer such humiliations so suddenly, so unceasingly, so unexpectedly? a few pages hence you'll read these words from one expert: for this first time, americans have had at least a partial loss in the fundamental belief of ourselves. we've always believed we were the new men, the new people, the new society, the last best hope on earth, in lincoln's terms. for the first time, we've begun to doubt that. and that was only in february of 1973. by 1976 a presidential year such observations would become so routine that when the nation geared up for a massive celebration of its bicentennial, it was common for editorialists and col

. >> host: tonya, do you favor affirmative action laws?caller: idea but i just wish people were more educated on the fact that a lot of people who are getting the benefits of it do not say that they're getting the benefits of it, and many of them don't even know that because, in my job environment i would say that publicly seven of the 40 people definitely were helped because they were white women, because they're not as even qualified as some of the black men who try to get the same job. >> host: thank you, ma'am trend to i think the caller makes an excellent point. the fact of the matter is that in american lives there and many groups who get all sorts of benefits, sometimes informally sometimes formally. clearly women. what about all these people who get benefits because their parents happen to go to a particular university legacies for instance? what about the benefits that athletes get -- as far as i'm concerned there are probably good reasons for aiding all of these there is a groups. shouldn't be, nobody should be under the delusion

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tonya beneson, and she suggested that i don't drink coffee.exercise while i'm doing the weather. >> cool. >> also, cut back on the carbs until, like, the last four hours. >> okay. >> do a lot of fats and protein. >> okay. >> so, nuts, jerky, things like that. >> a marathon, then. you have to get the protein -- >> that's why it's called rokerthon! #rokerthon. >> should we call you? i mean, text you? >> you could call -- we're going to be doing it in the green room right next door. >> oh, okay. >> so, i'm thinking you guys stop by. >> in our pjs? >> yeah, like a little sleepover. >> okay, sleeping bags -- >> come on! we'll have a little -- >> but you're not sleeping. we are. >> i know, but you guys -- i can tell you weather bedtime stories. >> are there weather bedtime stories? >> there are weather bedtime stories. >> big tornado, dorothy. >> come on, seriously. >> okay, we're going to come. >> okay, you heard tamron. >> we'll meet you there. >> what time -- you assign us the time and we'll come. >> okay, we start wednesday night. >> wednesday n

. >> host: tonya, do you favor affirmative action laws? >> caller: idea but i just wish people were more educated on the fact that a lot of people who are getting the benefits of it do not say that they're getting the benefits of it, and many of them don't even know that because, in my job environment i would say that publicly seven of the 40 people definitely were helped because they were white women, because they're not as even qualified as some of the black men who try to get the same job. >> host: thank you, ma'am trend to i think the caller makes an excellent point. the fact of the matter is that in american lives there and many groups who get all sorts of benefits, sometimes informally, sometimes formally. clearly women. what about all these people who get benefits because their parents happen to go to a particular university, legacies for instance? what about the benefits that athletes get -- as far as i'm concerned there are probably good reasons for aiding all of these there is a groups. shouldn't be, nobody should be under the de