>> david: rebecca jarvis following the markets for us. rebecca, thanks, as always. >>> we turn tonight to the growing concern over bird flu right here in the u.s. tonight, california, in fact, declaring a state of emergency now, because of the sheer number of cases there. and tonight, the cdc now revealing the first case of severe bird flu in a human here in the u.s. abc's steve osunsami at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: california's state of emergency tonight will give public health officials more resources and people to fight the bird flu virus that spread from animals to humans and made dozens of farm workers sick. this year alone, tens of millions of birds have been killed in america from exposure to the avian virus, and 61 people have already gotten sick. half of them in california. but tonight is the first time authorities are reporting that an american is seriously sick. they're only sharing that the sick patient, now hospitalized, lives in louisiana, is over 65, had underlying medical conditions, and caught the virus from

let's get right to our chief economics correspondent rebecca jarvis live with us tonight. and rebecca, what's driving this? >> reporter: david, it was the message delivered today from fed chair powell. there will be fewer interest rate cuts next year than anticipated. that means borrowing costs, everything from a new mortgage to a car loan to your credit cards, will stay higher for longer, and that is what drove stocks plunging 1,100 points for the dow. the longest losing streak, as you said, since 1974, when ford was president. the fed acknowledging today that getting inflation lower, back to what we would consider normal, has been tricky, it will take longer. the one piece of decent news today is that the cut means your credit card bill will be a little bit lower next year, although it will be just a little bit. david? >> david: rebecca jarvis following the markets for us. thank you. >>> we turn tonight to the growing concern over bird flu right here in the u.s. tonight, california, in fact, declaring a state of emergency now, because of the sheer number of cases there. a

rebecca jarvis is back to tell us what it means for shoppers. c which says $25 billion deal would hurt shoppers by leading to higher prices and hurt workers by lowering wages. kroger and albertson say they need to combine forces to fight off competition from wal-mart, costco and amazon, which really own the grocery game. between them they have 5,000 stores, 7,000 workers. they operate almost everywhere in the u.s. the white house and ftc are praising the ruling. just moments ago albertsons filed a lawsuit to terminate the proposed merger, claiming kroger failed to execute best effort to get the deal done. albertson said it is seeking billions in damages from kroger. michael? >> michael: thank you for that. with two weeks until christmas and chanukah, many people are finalizing their travel plans. rhiannon ally is here with if you need to book your flight now and why. good morning, rhiannon. >> good morning, michael. i have all the answers for you. if you want to save money, you better act. like today. the travel platform tells us today is the las

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rebecca jarvis back with details on that. u.s. the idea is that honda and nissan team up to create one of the largest car companies in the world so they can better compete with rivals like toyota and electric car maker tesla. keep in mind they are japanese automakers but have plants in the u.s., tennessee, mississippi. nissan and honda telling us reports that honda, nissan and phr mc are considering a business integration are not based on an announcement from our company. if there are updates we will inform all stake holders at the appropriate time. robin? >> robin: that is true. okay. thank you very much, rebecca. now we have a gma health alert. a new warning about a popular medication used to treat hot flashes. eva pilgrim has those details for us. eva. >> good morning, robin. the fda adding a box warning on a hormone free pill to treat hot flashes putting its most prominent warning on veozah. the fda issued a warning for a rare risk associated with this medication for a potentially serious liver injury. it is used to treat

rebecca jarvis and her daughter got to go to the show, and they're going to tell us, well, rebecca willus what it was like to be at that final performance. i think her daughter is sleeping. all of that and more on gma. >> ginger, are you one of those black friday shoppers where you try to get it all done in one full sweep? or are you a procrastinator? >> no no no procrastinator. >> and because i don't buy things i'm very into the gifting of experiences and those types of things. and i'm trying to be extremely intentional about each one. this year. so it's taking extra time. >> that's great. and i think experiences that mean so much more. yeah. >> no kidding. and my family, we all kind of get together in a group chat and we'll share. hey, don't get the kids any more toys. we don't need any more toys. these are the sizes. these are the things that we need. and if it comes to experiences, these are the places that we love to go. in terms of like the zoo, things like that are the best we get from my mother in law. >> we got her now to the point where she always does that. she gets us a broa

. >>> our friend rebecca jarvis will be taking her daughter to taylor's final concert tonight.on't tell my daughters that. leave that part out. >> janai: all right. time now for a check of the weather, and somara theodore, a temperature change she says. >> somara: look at this, whit. this is what you were ordering. i got you. take a look. the last 24 hours between yesterday morning and this morning we've seen a 15 to 25 degrees warmer for a lot of the country on the east coast and the central part of the country. now the cold blast is going to settle in though. it's short-lived. places like chicago, 30-degree. east coast, you'll keep it through around midweek. wednesday, 62 degrees in new york city. that cold air impacting places like california, and bringing the santa ana winds into full effect. we have wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, with humidity up to 2%. that's leading to a red flag warning. that's the look at the forecast >> somara: and that's a look at your local forecast. back to you guys. >> whit: thank you for providing the menu so we could choose the temperature

>> our rebecca jarvis sitting down with brian niccol talking about the big changes when you order in. >> all i'm going to have to do is show up order, and then it's basically handed to me within a few seconds. that's right. >> so my hope is we can get you a brewed cup of coffee in less than 30s. >> and plans for a better experience using the app. >> today we just kind of give you an estimate. it will be ready in 3 to 5 minutes. in the future, what will happen is we'll be like, rebecca, your drink will be ready at nine. and then what should happen is your drink is ready to go, instead of it just being made, sitting on the counter waiting for people to come and coming up at 7 a.m. what the ceo says the iconic brand is doing right now to innovate and keep customers coming back with your gma first look. >> i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> all right sports fans, it's game time on disney plus. espn now has its own hub inside of disney plus. if you're a bundle subscriber, you'll get access to thousands of live sports events and special espn plus content. and even if you're not a b

rules when you're surrounded by family that have different ways of doing things. [ laughter ] rebecca jarvisons now so you can focus on fun at your family get together. it's the most wonderful time of the year, but the holidays can also be a balancing act for families. >> expectation setting is step one in having a holiday that's going to live up to. >> rebecca: we asked a clinical psychologist and founder of good inside, your biggest holiday parenting questions. how do you manage rules? because your family has one set of rules and other families have a completely different set. >> let's say you are a family where my kids watch no tv after a certain time. then your kids are with their cousins who are all watching a movie late at night. if i change this rule today, it doesn't mean, ah, that rule is gone forever. i give myself permission to shift things, to make things work over the holiday. >> rebecca: our viewer mom roxanne wants to know how to handle unwanted input from family. >> i'm curious how i should respond to extended family members when they don't agree with my parenting approach? >

becky worley and rebecca jarvis are here. let's begin with becky.eals on gift cards. >> first tip i'm gonna give you, george. don't buy discounted gift cards from an individual on any online market place. they can be cesspools for fraud. instead use a retailer that guarantees the value of the card. i'm talking about apps like gcx and cash card which have a guarantee. right now gcx have a $100 ul ta gift card for $90 and cash card has a $100 starbucks card for that same $10 discount. i've purchased gift cards from both. you do have to tell your gift recipient to use these right away in the guarantee window. let's move over to big name retailers that have deals online. adidas has a $100 gift card at their website for just 75 bucks. bj's.com they have a $50 barnes and noble gift card for just $40. a pro tip. you don't have to be a member. at kroger.com, a cool $100 gift card was just $85. costco has a $100 uber gift card just 74.99. 25% off. that's a good deal. >> george: that is a good deal. rebecca, you really got scammed? >> rebecca: i did get scamm

we say good morning, america, rebecca jarvis right here and rachel scott we brought you from d.c. >>ood to be here and i hope the procrastinator for shoppers because i have a few people to check off of my list. >> we are glad you are counting down to the holidays because if you have not finished your shopping like rachel, we are here to help and where you can find the biggest discounts on the last minute gifts and what you need to know about shipping templates. -- deadlines. >> i will look out for that. plus, two strikes at amazon and starbucks hitting before the holidays. >> we begin, rachel, millions of people waking up to bitter cold temperatures and some parts colder than it has been in two years. meteorologist brittany bell from new york station wabc is here, welcome. it is colder here than minnesota this weekend, which was a shock growing up in minnesota. >> you have to hit snooze and extra time to get out of bed. rebecca, looking at the temperatures 13 degrees, the coldest temperature in two years. not just new york city but wind chills east of the mississippi. it feels like 1