. >> so alabama running back derek henry beats mccaffrey becoming the second crimson tide player to winoining ingram in 2009. henry set an sec rushing record for nearly 2,000 yards while leading the tide to the college football play-offs. so henry finished nearly 300 points ahead of mccaffrey. it's the fourth time since 2009 that a cardinal player has finished runner-up. stanford has not had a player win the award since plunkett in 1970. >>> we don't get to see this matchup very often in college hoops but today, the cal bears hosted saint mary's for the first time since 2004. today the cal bears hosted saint mary's for the first time since 2004. the bears with only two losses on the season looking to stay perfect at home. randy bennett saint mary's squad entered saturday perfect 6-0. the bears led in the first half. but saint mary's 1-point lead under two minutes to play. cal by one. saint mary's joe rayhon drives and scores on the layup giving the lead back to the gaels. 20-second to go, wallace to byrd who fires from long range and cal now up by two. so next possession wallace fouls r

so it was in concord, so it was in alabama, so it was in selma, alabama. each of us must go baa to our homes after this celebration and build on a legacy of the march in 1965. the selma movement is saying today that we all can't do something. so i say to you, don't give up with a great meaning to you. don't get lost in a sea of dispair. stand up for what you believe in. in a fine analysis, we have one people, one family, the human family. we all grew up in the same house, the american house, the war house. we're black. we're white. we are hispanic. asian american, native american. but we're one people. thank you. [ applause ] >> my beloved brothers and sisters. it is a great honor for me to return to my whom state of alabama. to present to you something that is presented to you the president of the united states. we would cross there bridge that one >> if someone had told me that we were crossing this bridge, that one day i would be back here introducing the first african american president, i would have said you're crazy. you're out of your mind. you don'

acres have burned so far. alabama, the same system that brought rain and a tornado to birmingham left floodwaters in its wake. the damager toured today as crews prepare for more flooding. the national weather service has had flood warnings in place for southern alabama in till monday. meteorologist eileen whelan is in the weather center tracking the system that is causing all those problems. eileen: it's a very dynamic weather system. first, some good news coming from dallas. over,rnado threat is now so that's good news, but look at all the heavy rain stretching from oklahoma, missouri, and on the backside of that system heavy snow. weatherhad so many alerts, this looks like a crayola crown exploded. gives an idea of the flash flood threats, the blizzard warnings in effect. that same dynamic system is impacting us. we had some showers earlier, now just a little drizzle and mist, and fog. the visibility ranging from between two and five miles. approaches, system we will be in a very warm sector. we may see some record-

fast forward to today come and there were $.1 million at alabama so alabama so you just see that in ae long period or however long it is, the escalation in his salary i write about that in the book because i think that it's a good example of what has occurred with the coaches southeast -- salaries. >> host: staying on that point for the second view right about the move to the big ten, which i was in the region at the time but more so because of the process, there was a very deviated process i thought we needed more about, collaborate on the comment on that subject. >> it's interesting from any number of perspectives. maryland was interesting at that point in time because they were having what they were beginning to have at least financial issues in the athletic department. they were eliminating i think eight sports, correct me if i'm wrong on that, including the cross-country indoor and outdoor track that broke my heart because when i was a high school track athlete in the mid-60s and late 60s, maryland was one of the go to programs of the country just a terrific track program so that

clemson and oklahoma get set to square off in the first round of the college football playoffs...so are alabama and michigan state....they play right after the orange bowl in the cotton bowl in arlington, texas...they had their media day as well...alabama head coach nick saban explained what it will take to advance to that championship game. 3 3 "you clearly define what the goal is. you clearly define here are the things you can do to accomplish that goal. now the most difficult thing is can we have the discipline to execute it every day. 3 that game right after the orange bowl on thursday. 3 meanwhile in orlando marquise carolina taking on 17th ranked baylor in the russell athletic bowl-johnny jefferson takes off for an 80 yard touchdown the bears would set an all-time bowl game record with 645 rushing yards, yards,baylor goes on to win the russell athletic bowl 49-38 3 jared goff one of the top n-f-l draft prospects this year and you'll see why...he'd throw for 467 yards and six touchdowns.... touchdowns....he had three of his scoring passes in a span of five plays in the second quarter.... a

because of so many wonderful legal minds that spring forth in alabama. i am so honored today to represent the great state of alabama, but i also know that with that comes great responsibility. the responsibility to know that the battle is not over yet. as long as black men and black boys and boys of color are brutally beaten and killed by police, there is work to do. there is so much work to do. and i want you to know that the fight for voting rights is not over yet. i want you to join. be nba, now more than ever, we need you, we need your voice is as we move be on the church to congress, to the front lines to make sure people realize that this renewed assault on voting rights affects all of us. the very integrity of our electoral process is at risk. i am honored to have sponsored a bill called the voting rights advancement act, which not only would restore the voting rights act because, yes, alabama was ground zero for the advancement of the voting rights, but it was also ground zero for the entrenched. i have to tell you, as long as the state of alabama

we speak right now in the areas of red, so into pensacola, into alabama as well. they're probably taking their tornado precautions as we speak. so this is a very strong storm. the threat for tornadoes low pressure diminish as we head into lunchtime. but memphis, st. louis flash flooding, strong straight-line winds a threat from this storm for the rest of the day. even snow from this storm as we head north, chicago into nebraska under winter storm warnings. winter storm watches. so this is a very strong storm it, seems far away right now. that will change in about 24 hours from now. >> yeah, danielle, it is also our first of the season. we've been dealing with very mild temperatures. and now we get this. so it's going to take a little while to get back in the groove of things. we've done winter in new england. but this is the first storm of the season. again early on set of snow, changing to a wintry mix as we get through 6:00 a.m. to changing to rain for most spots. we will still watch out for some slick roads all the way through the lunchtime hour. but it will be

moments before we went on the air we heard of a tornado in the area of the south side of birmingham, alabama. so all of the troubles continue, thomas. it may be a holiday for some but mother nature is working overtime. a post-christmas storm will add to the weather troubles in the south and the southeast. and blizzard conditions are affecting sections of eastern new mexico. now, a severe thunderstorm providing the troubles if -- from texas to oklahoma and into mississippi. and then heavy, flooding rains working through the deep south up through the ohio river valley. portions of the northern plains could see six to ten inches or more of snow from tonight into saturday night. and finally, the northeast, where all of these record-setting temperatures have been, will finally see some winter-like conditions for the first half of next week. the same storm slamming the south will swing up to the northeast and effect interior sections by monday afternoon bringing snow to much of new england and a wintry mix to pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, and rhode island. >> thank you, appreciate it. >>> tonig

so it was in selma, alabama. ck to our st go homes after this celebration and march n a legacy of the of 1965. exists today ment something.all do so i say to you don't give up on saying that has great meaning. don't get lost in a sea of despair. stand up for what you believe. because in the final analysis we are one people, one family, the family. we all live in the same house, house.rican the world house. we are black, we are white, we hispanic, asian american, native american. we are one people. thank you. [applause] my beloved brothers and sisters, it is a great honor for me to return to my home to present to a to introduce to you ut to present to you the president of the united states. we would had told me cross there bridge that one day introducingack here the first african-american president i would have said you are crazy, you are out of your mind. don't know what you are talking about. president barack obama. applause] lovedent obama: you know i you back. life a rare honor in this to follow one of your her

so the closest i've gotten to alabama shakes is a hand shake. so aj, you agreed to hang out with me and dylan. >> i did. >> you watch the take every day, right? >> i do watch you all of the time. i do! i text you and you don't respond after i see you do things on the show. and i'm like, i liked that. that was interesting. >> yes. is it awkward now? >> yeah. -- >> but you did invite me, so thank you. >> dylan and i discussed -- we had a list of men that we wanted on the show. >> alphabetically, you were at the top. >> that usually happens. >> so we didn't even make it j. >> thank you. >> i just found out that we grew up in the same town. in new jersey. >> yeah, he was -- >> what's the town? >> freehold. >> freehold, new jersey and i was right on the border. bruce springsteen. >> ooh. >> that was the rumor. >> really early in the morning, i like this. >> there was a rumor started by >> yeah. >> and it made my story so much cooler. >> and you have two beautiful daughters. >> i do have two daughters. >> so they're amy belle and ava claire. there. >>

the last running back to win the heisman was mark ingram, also an alabama player. so here's one more look at the stats-- an sec record 1 thousand nine hundred and 86 yards. 23 touchdowns and he joins mark ingram as alabama's only runningbacks to win the prestigious award. let's head up to the campus of north dakota state-- aaron bailey quieting with the touchdown pass to brandon smith. panthers up 7 nothing early. ndsu though with an answer-- a one yard run by chase morlock knots this up at 7 a piece. secodn quarter-- northern iowa's defense stepping up big darius anderson on the run-- big gain for the bison but gets stripped-- recovered by uni. the panthers turn that into a field goal and it's 10-7 panthers looking solid. that northern iowa defense really showing up big today. karter shult gets the sack late in the second quarter we go into half 10-7 uni up. we go into half 10-7 uni up. opening kickoff of the second half bruce anderson takes it from the bison three-- appears to get plugged up the middle-- the panthers have him wrapped up-- but he skirts free-- and no

and derrick henry from alabama. jon: so far in duels this season-- the iowa state cyclones are 2-2. they need to find a spark as they open the big 12 schedule against wyoming this afternoon at hilton. we join the action at 133-- wyoming up 4 nothing in team points. earl hall with the take down on garcia-- for two-- he'd win by major decision 14-4... tying the duel at 4. at 149 gabe moreno the take down for two-- he gets a decision over jake elliott for three team points. but wyoming goes back up after a major decision. tanner weatherman now grappling with kyle pope a nice take down there... but this one goes to overtime. weatherman lands the take down for two-- and gets the decision. isu would go on to win 3 of the final four weatherspoon with an 11-5 decision for isu the cyclones take down wyoming 19 to 14 today in front of the home crowd opening with a big 12 win. jordan/2shot nikki: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six. bre: weather adlib: sogginess ensues! rain will be moving in this through the rest of the weekend. temperatures will stay mild in the 40s

alabama with heavy rain. water cascading over this collapsed road. so many now spending this holiday rebuilding homes and coping with heartbreaking loss. >> mark potter reporting. thank you for that. up north strong winds knocking out power to more than a quarter million in michigan and parts of canada. some may not get power back until after the holiday weekend. the weather in new york city was downright balmy. record breaking warmth will continue to grip much of the central and eastern states into the weekend. a different story, though, in the west with that. i-90 closed at snoqualmie pass in washington state due to the danger of avalanches and heavy snow weighing down on trees. bonnie schneider is here with more. so, the west is like the east, the east is like the west. then you got flood watches. >> that's right. we had severe weather yesterday we're monitoring the threat for flooding. in alabama officials advising to stay off the roads. there is so much water. we've seen a lot of rain in georgia, atlanta had a record rainfall just under four inches

caught on camera 3 a still photographer was on scene after a woman took off with an ambulance in alabama. so--how did that happen?well, authorities say they initially got a 9-1-1 call from a woman who felt dizzy.she was put in an ambulance--but at some point during the trip--the woman pulled out a gun--shot it three times in the ambulance--and then took off with the vehicle! vehicle!she didn't get far-- she was taken into custody-- but there's no word on what charges she's facing. 3 3 ted has been talking about how *bad el nia is for us--but it's devastating other parts of the world. world. 3 coming up--we'll tell you about the path of destruction that's led to thousands of people seeking shelter. 3 plus--sports still ahead--and we've got more from our sports team as they, we-e--and you!-- get ready for the big game-- with clemson taking on the sooners. 3 scattered showers will likely start the work week but that is just a sample of the pattern of wet weather heading out way. find out when the heavy rain arrives in your 3 3 there's news tonight out of iraq--intense fighting happening in the

even some thunderstorms, extending all the way even off the map at this point down through alabama and mississippi. so that cold front needs to cross through. when it does, we're actually going to see at least modest drop on the they thermometer. talking significant record warmth, thursday, today, 74 degrees, our expected hype, we have already long since shattered the record, that we actually set just last year, expect another record breaker tomorrow and sunday should also be a record breaking day. meanwhile, here's where we stand right now. pretty decent wind out of there. it is out of the southwest at the moment cents as high as 15, 20 miles per hour, so along with report warmth comes the breeze, the cold front crosses through, the worse of the thunderstorms has since passed but will still she shower, maybe rumble every thunder before it is all said and done. again, the same front brought very nasty storms down south yesterday, as well. nick snow. >> katie, thank you. and those tornados have proven deadly at least nine people have been killed in severe weather across the american south. the storms d

with a lot of lightning working its way through georgia into the carolinas and especially down in alabama. soy on the ground from the system. so unfortunately as the storm moves fairly slowly, we'll look at that flood threat develop throughout much of the southeast today. i want to show you where we have marginal risk of severe weather. watching for the risk of flooding into northern virginia, maryland and delaware. today, isolated to scattered thunderstorms. heavy rain with damaging wind and flooding all possible today because we're looking at a lot of accumulating rain over the the next 24 hours. across tennessee, we'll be looking for lots of rain into the mid-atlantic. and all this nasty weather impacting our travel. we're also ramping up for a big winter storm that's coming in today across the west. this is going to be a big weather maker for other parts of the country throughout this weekend and even into the first part of next week. so i know you're asking me if the weather is calming down for christmas. it's actually ramping up for the weekend. and many people will be traveling this we

make sure these cases get known on a grander scale in addition to our own website so we're working for example with the alabama legislature to have them think about setting up a look into the cases that real a arise during this period in their own jurisdiction and we're trying to do work with other communities and legislatures to really have this work and understood at a policy level. >>> and you mentioned some understanding, broader understanding of what # # is happening on the legal front today and now. what are the parallels or what are the connections? >> well i think we believe that without really understanding the work that we are doing to understand the depth and breath of violence in this earlier period in the 1930s, 54ths 50s, there really isn't a through line between then and now so the reason we're doog the work focused on history but trying to bring it into today is precisely to make that connection so really we can understand what's happening today as a through-line between then and now. >> have you drawn any parallels with some of the we see in the media today? >> we do that really through our ow

baton rouge and is now of course the mbaa president and fast-forward to today 7.1 doing dollars in alabama so you just see that and a decade-long period or however many years it is, 14 of 15 years the escalation and his salary. i read about that in my look because i think it's a good example of what has occurred with coaches salaries particularly in football and basketball probably. >> host: staying on that point my alma mater for a second, you write about the move to the big 10 which i was in the region at the time. i was a only region to opposing it but more so because the process. it was a very abbreviated process and i thought we needed more deliberation but elaborate on your comments on that subject >> guest: yeah well it's interesting from any number of perspectives. you know maryland was interesting at that point in time because they were having or were beginning to have at lease financial issues in the athletic department. they were spinning down the reserve fund that they had. they were eliminating i think they eliminated eight sports and correct me if i'm wrong on that, including th

so it's going to be a problem going forward along the mississippi as well as some rain that's moving into the panhandle of florida, into southern mississippi and alabama. we have flood warnings in georgia and the carolinas. this is a widespread problem, but i want to focus on where we have the river flood stages right now because so many are at major flooding including st. louis. here's a look at the red triangles. these indicate where we have major flooding. it's pretty widespread. as we focus along the mississippi for the immediate threat, this is the latest information, the current stage of the mississippi is 42.26. so we're literally less than 3 inches from the crest. and as expected, around 6:00 tonight. but it's just a few more inches. we're looking at forecast crest for illinois, in chester, illinois, that would be for tomorrow and also as we go southward towards cape g girardeau, going forward into the first week of squan, it will eventually take a while for all of that water to flow into the gulf of mexico. another immediate threat is the southeast. i mentioned we still have rain. luckily it stopped in the st. louis area but still coming down

and it's been battering georgia and alabama with hevheavy rain. and so many spending this holiday rebuilding homes and coping with heart breaking loss. >>> and meanwhile in the north, strong winds knocking out power to a quarter million people in parts of michigan and canada. the latest forecast in about five minutes. >>> in charlotte, north carolina, fire erupted in a mall packed with shoppers on christmas eve and people ran for their lives. blake mccoy has details. >> reporter: gun fire on christmas eve causing chaos at the upscale north lake mall in inletin charlotte >> it sounded like fire crackers for me and i heard people trampling each other. >> reporter: they say it start would an argument around 2:00. an officer working off duty heard gun shots and intervened. when he encountered one of the men with a gun, he opened fire. and she was at children's place with her twins and became separated from them in the chaos. >> people went running. they ran through the store and actually rushed aright through the twins, grabbed the twins and were gone. >> re

alabama. eric? >> kristin, thanks so much. >>> iz rile reportedly takes out one of its most vicious enemies, hezbollahsays an israeli air strike killed -- after blasting a residential building in a -- that killed a policeman, a father and his two children. qatar was freed in a hezbollah prisoner exchange with israel in 2008. >>> now back to the presidential race and hillary clinton's comments about isis at the debate last night. she claimed, quote, we now finally are where we need to be when it comes to fighting isis. she says the u.s. now has hey strategy and we should not send ground troops. democratic congress nam adam shiver says the administration has not done nearly enough. >> the broad outlines of what the president wants to do, the right wynns, it's not going fast enough, the pace is not fast enough. i think we have to look for something to change the dynamic on the ground. for me, that would be in the form of a safe zone or buffer zone or no fly zone. something that can end the refugee flows, something to give space and time to train up forces to take on isis. >> the administration on top of

able to hire three people back that worked in my real-estate office with me, so we are keeping jobs here in dothan, alabama, and, man, that is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. it's the holidays, which means a house full of people, who all want to get online. so hurry and get verizon fios. only fios has the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, for only $79.99 a month online, you get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. plus, with a 2-year agreement, fios gives you $400 back, and all the premium movie channels for a year. so go online or call now for this great offer. get out of the past. get fios. >>> well, we have more on the chip kelly story and it was really the philadelphia sports happening before the end of the year. >> absolutely. you knew something might happen at the end of the season, didn't know this would happen with one game to go. no advanced warning, just a press release issued by the eagles shortly after 7:00 p.m. saying the eagles release head coach chip kelly. the team fired kelly with one game left in the season. the consen

portion of alabama and the florida panhandle, and we have seen several warnings, and then southern alabama, and so much of the rain pushing up through the mid-atlantic, and through place, and also, boston is pick up a couple of inches of snow, and turning into the freezing rain and sleet, and we could see some p power outages there, and it is a messy morning commute in the s boston area, and eventually changing over to rain. all of this is going to be moving out quickly, and we are not expecting it to stick to the ground, because it has been warm lately, and we are not planning on that, but we are planning on the icing concern around oklahoma city, and kansas city and up to chicago and detroit. it is going to be a mess, deb, over to the next day the as we deal with the ice and then of course the freezing rain and as well as the snow in the northeast. >> and all because of the crazy el nino weather front. jennifer gray, thank you so much. we will be going to chicago for a live report, and the mayor on vacation, and the community is angry saying no more police shootings. that is straight ahead. many

and i had a very hard time understanding people on set, and also we shot in montgomery alabama, and the accent was sor: i'm picturing a conversation now between you and them. >> well, the conversation was basically, "what did you say? what did you say?" and after three times i felt so bad asking, i was like, "yeah! ." >> trevor: you're playing lady macbeth in this. for those that don't know the story, lady macbeth is really-- she really is a maniac who inspires her husband to be more of a maniac. >> a maniac, i don't know. she's very manipulative, and she will do anything to reach her goal for sure. >> trevor: like a maniac. you see you-- now every-- or many famous actors, i feel, have been drawn to shakespearean roles. was it the same for you or more the film itself and the director? what is the thing that got you into "macbeth"? >> well, shakespeare for an actor is really, like it's an amazing place to dive in because his writing is so rich. you can give many interpretations of only one sentence. so, yeah it's very rich for an actor. so i loved shakespeare before i was approached. >> trevor: it's a

streets flooded in alabama as storms moved through. >> so i have ef-1 damage confirmed with the tornado. john. southern north dakota also got hit. tonight, hundreds are recovering and trying to pick up the pieces just two days before christmas. >> god is going to show us good in the somehow, someway. you can't see it right now. i will. i promise. ed: much-needed optimism there. these december storms are not five were hurt in tornadoes on christmas day down south in 2012. live in the newsroom tonight, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. phil: new at 11:00, if you have stayed at a hyatt hotel recently, you might want to keep an eye on your credit card statement. the chain confirming tonight it recently found malicious software on the computer system that processes customers payments. this raises the possibility that hackers may have obtained credit card numbers or other sensitive information. hyatt has hired security experts to help investigate. phil:erp in massachusetts, to a former state representative from dartmouth who is doing time. investigators say john george attempted to hide $1 mil

outbreak is likely as we move toward places like memphis into arkansas as well as alabama and mississippi for tornadoes sot a really bizarre pattern and you can blame el nino and the jet stream. let's tack about future weather as we go ahead tonight we're watching out for in fog. tomorrow morning it's foggy but the rain should hold off until midday into the afternoon and evening. but it's going to be moderate to heavy across parts of the area so keep that in mind for your travel plans in the mid atlantic and the northeast it's going to be wet especially tomorrow afternoon and evening. so for tonight, we're looking at mild weather. upper 40s. low and mid 50s and then some patchy fog to start tomorrow morning. but that rainfall is going to be moving especially the afternoon and evening but look at that high of 66 degrees. 75 degrees the high temperature on christmas eve and christmas day it's still going to be pretty warm. 67 degrees the record for christmas day is 68. so that's kind of in jeopardy there's the rainfall chance saturday afternoon and evening. as we start kwanzaa and at the linc it could be a

able to hire three people back that worked in my real-estate office with me, so we are keeping jobs here in dothan, alabama, and, man, that is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. >>>ell, we have more on the chip kelly story and it s really the philadelphia sports happening before the end of the year. >> absolely. y knesomething mht hpen at the end of the season,idn't game to go.ouldappen with one no advced warng, just a press release issued by e eagles shortly after 7:00 p.m. sang theagles rea head coach chikelly. the team fired kelly with one game left in the season. would evaate him at the e scene's end. a 26-21 record in three yea but the team pgresvely has gotten wse and worse after the pyoff appearance llowing the 13 season. kelly given full control of player persoel one year ago. his move, like trading lesean moy for kiko alonso and signing running back demarco worked out. moves have not the eagles' linebker gham a bit surprised but uerstand how the nfl worksnd how it works >> especiallyeing a part of this organition,here we have been winning and it's been a lot of gd seans with the team d traditions of

so far. another hit birmingham, alabama, on friday. >>> a push for a hate crime investigation after a suspicious fire at an islamic center in tracy. it happened early saturday more than, mosque leaders think someone threw a molotov cocktail at the building. they sent us this picture of the damage. they're also calling for local authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime after two radical mosque muslims opened fire earlier this month, some believe there has been a backlash against the muslim community. a mosque was set on fire in southern california. no one was hurt there. and santa clara county, a building was evacuated with an envelope of a suspicious powder was sent with a note. it was determined to be harmless. >>> two east bay hospitals are closed after a kitchen burned. the sapphire started on the elephant bar restaurant in bay street in emeryville. it then spread to the roof and the furniture showroom next door. all customers made it out safely. firefighters are looking into how that kitchen fire started. >> the chp is cracking down on drunk drivers. officers arrested 130 peop

and it's wishes from l little children who just really want to have some joy in their life, so eli from alabama, who wants to be a firefighter, and natalie from california, who wants to come to new york to see holiday shopping here and so many more, so it's such a special day for the macy's organization and the make-a-wish organization to grant these wishes and see the joy in all of these children's part of it, right? >> so easy, just go into any macy's or go online. write your letter. today we give $2. another $1 million today so that macy's can give $2 million to the make-a-wish foundation for this incredible campaign. >> so do it. go find a macy's. put your letter to santa right in this or you can even do it super easy to do. here. >> thank you. >> a reminder that this can happen at any macy's nationwide, by the way. $2 i >>> what to buy, what to buy. well, what if we told you exactly what the hottest trending must have gifts are everyone is trying to get? pretty good, right? now, what if we told you how to get them for a lot less. that's what we're going to do. now i got your attention. plu

do you know the head coach at michigan state, mark dan known joe used to coach under nick alabama head coach so a very small circle and all comes back. you have the heisman trophy winner with derekrick henry from alabama. saban is tight. a competitor. doesn't smile much. he might smile if he beats your michigan state spartans? we'll try to wipe that smile off his face, stage 1, thanks for being here. >> enjoy, dan. >> thank you, i will. >>> and the college football playoff semifinals kick off this afternoon on espn. oklahoma taking on clemson, the orange bowl at 4 p.m. eastern and michigan state and alabama in the cotton bowl at 8:00. sara. >> well, now it's the moment that these american girl fans and all of us have been waiting for including dan harris this morning. we're about to exclusively reveal the 2016 girl of the year, are you guys excited? >> all: yes. >> well, let me tell you first a little bit about her. she loves photography and animals and she discovered a whole new world of adventure when she and her family took a we'll me her. i'll count backwards, are you ready, three, two, one

are favorable for tornadoes and several tornado-worn storms now for the florida panhandle up into alabama. so we're tries to go strong notation on doppler radar, listen to your local forecast and know what to do if you have a warning in your area. this storm really has been on going for a week now. bringing blizzard conditions, ice, as well as the threat for severe weather. so as we get into the evening hours, again, this area shaded in yellow for florida panhandle and up towards alabama and tennessee, you need to be on alert for severe storms. your flood advisories. this is something he need to talk about over a dozen states now flash flood watches and warnings. this area is saturated, meaning no water can get into the lakes or streams or ground. it is run off and therefore we have flash flooding occurring around the st. louis area, high water rescues are taking place. the winter storm part of this anywhere from 12 inches to 18 inches of snow, and we saw historic snow across portions of west texas into new mexico. winter storm warnings for the central u.s. as well as now parts of the northea

and it's wishes from little children who just really want to have some joy in their life so eli from alabama from california who wants to come to new york to see holiday shopping here and so many more, so it's such a special day for the macy's organization and the make-a-wish organization to grant these wishes and see the joy in all of these children's faces. >> it's so easy to become a part of it, right? >> so easy, just go into any macy's or go online. write your letter today we give $2, we are hoping that we can raise another $1 million today so that macy's can give $2 million to the make-a-wish foundation for this incredible campaign. >> so do it. go find a macy's. put your letter to santa in this or do it online. super easy to do. thank you, martine, for being here. reminder had can happen at any macy's nationwide by the way, it just has to happen today so $2 instead of $1. we love it. go to our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! to learn more. and get to writing. we'll be right back, everybody. >>> what to buy, what to buy. what if we told you exactly what the hottest trending m