. >> first lieutenant bo farrell wishing notre dame a very merry christmas.grats on the win. >> reporter: when army lieutenant bo farrell wished notre dame's basketball team well monday, a good night became great for his brother matt, the starting point guard, grateful he see bo safe from where matt thought was afghanistan. >> i love you, and i miss you very much. >> reporter: but when it turned out bo was actually in south bend, it became a moment these brothers will remember forever. same thing at widewater elementary school in virginia last week. jackson rescott had an xbox at the top of his wish list. >> i have a bit of christmas magic for you. >> reporter: but santa had a better idea. marine staff sergeant david rescott, deployed overseas the last eight and-a-half months, left his son's jaw hanging open, until he reached for a hug. for the last couple weeks, it's been the season for a battalion of military moms and dads, sons and daughters-- --to pull off the kind of surprise attack-- >> is that why you never called ou back? >> reporter: --no one minds b

. >> reporter: when army lieutenant bo farrell wished notre dame's basketball team well monday, a goodame great for his brother, matt, the starting point guard, grateful to see bo safe from where matt thought was afghanistan. >> i love you, and i miss you very much. ( applause ) >> reporter: but when it turned out bo was actually in south bend-- it became a moment these brothers will remember forever. same thing at white water elementary school in virginia last week. jackson rescott had an x-box at the top of his christmas list. >> i think i have a bit of christmas magic for you. >> okay. >> reporter: but santa had a better idea. marine staff sergeant david rescott, deployed overseas the last eight and a half months, left his son's jaw hanging open. ( laughter ) until he reached for a hug. for the last couple of weeks, 'tis been the season-- >> daddy! >> reporter: ...for a battalion of military moms and dads-- >> daddy! >> reporter: sons and daughters. >> oh! >> reporter: ...to pull off the kind of surprise attack. >> is this why you haven't called me back! >> reporter: ...no one minds

. >>> lieutenant bo farrell wherea good night became great for his brother mac the starting point guard. grateful to see both safe where matt was in afghanistan. >> i miss you very much. >> but when it turned out bo was actually in south bend, it became a moment these brothers will remember forever. same thing at elementary school in virginia last week. jackson rescott had an xbox at the top of his wish list. >> i have a big christmas magic for you. >> but santa had a better idea. marine staff sergeant david rescott deployed over seas the last eight and-a-half months left his son's jo jaw hanging on until he reached for a phone. for the last couple weeks, it's been the season for a battalion of military moms and dads, sons and daughters to pull off the kind of surprise attack. >> you never called me back. >> no one minds being the target of. just this week a couple daughters recording the mannequin challenge at their school in oklahoma had a surprise wait at the end of the line. seeing their dad for the first time in a year. specialist christine rainey surprised her ten year old kayla i

. >> this soldier, lieutenant bo farrell serving in afghanistan sent a heartfault message to his littleember when we would play around as kids, everyone called you squirrel. >> he's about to deliver the ultimate surprise. >> i look forward to being home with you soon. >> watch number 5, matt farrell stunned by his brother's surprise holiday homecoming. the emotional display of brotherly love bringing fans to their feet. >> this is awesome. we don't ask much for christmas anyways, so this is the best present i ever got. >> talk about heartwarming. tonight we send holiday cheer to all our men and women in

. >> reporter: when army lieutenant bo farrell wished notre dame's team well on monday, a good night is brother mack, the starting point guard. great to have bo safe from where matt thought was afghanistan. >> i love you and i miss you very much. >> reporter: but when it turned out bo was actually in south be bend, a moment these brothers will remember forever! same thing at white water elementary school in virginia last week. jackson rescot had an x-box at the top of his list. >> i think i have a bit of christmas magic for you. >> reporter: but santa had a better idea. marine sergeant david prescott deployed over seas the last eight and a half months, left his son's jaw hanging open, until he reached for a hug. for the last couple of weeks, t 'tis has been the season for a battalion of military moms and dads, sons and daughters. >> daddy! >> to pull off the kind of surprise attack. >> is that why you never called me back? >> reporter: no one minds being the targeted. just this week, a couple of daughters recording the mannequin challenge at their school in oklahoma, had a surprise wa

. >> matt farrell received an early christmas present when his brother, bo farrell surprised him afterame on monday. he appeared on the jumbotron with a message. >> i've been watching you tonight. >> as a video concludes he walks out his there in person. >> so he was not expected back until february so he surprised his family. they're actually new jersey native. >> look at the scene from a fireworks market a mark mexico that exploded killing 26 and injuring 70 people. >> it the mexican president sent out his condolences to the family who lost loved ones and washed wishes beauty recovery to those who were injured. we send out our thoughts and prayers to everyone who is affected. >> you are chasing a story of a racist councilwoman. >> a story we first heard about from matt from his new jersey blog involving a former mayor and councilwoman of westhampton new jersey, carolyn chang. she is african-american. this involved a town involved a town committee meeting and some remarks that she made during that meeting that could be taken as races. the five person committee held a meeting on decemb

. >> this soldier, lieutenant bo farrell serving in afghanistan sent a heartfault message to his littlewhen we would play around as kids, everyone called you squirrel. >> he's about to deliver the ultimate surprise. >> i look forward to being home with you soon. >> watch number 5, matt farrell stunned by his brother's surprise holiday homecoming. the emotional display of brotherly love bringing fans to their feet. >> this is awesome. we don't ask much for christmas anyways, so this is the best present i ever got. >> talk about heartwarming. tonight we send holiday cheer to all our men and women in thanks for watching abc news. we're online at abcnews.com and our nightline facebook page. >> welcome to victory for veterans week. each day we're playing our game with some of the heroes who have served our country with honor. sit back and watch them do battle with $1 million on the line. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ welcome to "millionaire." very special week. here on "millionaire." [cheers and applause] all week we are honoring

, serving in afghanistan, delivering a message. >> this is first lieutenant bo farrellg notre dame a very merry christmas. congrats on the win, and go irish. >> but the message was about to get even better. >> you've always followed your hopes and always followed your dreams. i just want you to know how proud i am of you. i love you and miss you very much. >> and then, this -- >> and i look forward to being home with you soon. really, really soon. >> and then bo, who was not via satellite, instead, right there off the court. he walks out through that curtain. it turns out bo had been in the notre dame locker room the entire time. he wasn't expected to come home until february. >> come here, baby. >> no, i didn't know he was -- i thought he was just doing a thing from over there, i thought that's why it was kind of staticky at first. when it zoomed down, i saw the locker room, i was at a loss for words. we don't ask much for christmas, anyway. so, this is the best precept i ever got. >> best present indeed. welcome home, bo, and of course, we're thinking about all of our

. >> when bo farrell wished notre dame's basketball team well monday, a good night became great for hisher matt, the starting point guard. grateful to see beau safe from where matt thought was afghanistan. >> i love you. i miss you very much. >> but when it turned out beau was >> come here! >> great became a moment these brothers will remember forever. same thing at wide water elementary school in virginia last week. jackson rescott had an x box at the top of his list. >> i think i have a bigger christmas magic for you. >> you do? >> but santa had a better idea. marine staff sergeant david rescott deployed overseas the last 8 1/2 months left his son's jaw hanging open. until he reached for a hug. for the last couple of weeks, 'tis been the season for a battalion of military moms and dad. >> daddy! >> sons and daughters. >> daddy! >> ha-ha-ha. >> to pull off the kind of surprise attack -- >> is that why you never called me back? >> no one minds being the target couple of daughters recording the mannequin challenge at their school in oklahoma had a surprise waiting at the end of the line.

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guard was told to look at the scoreboard for a message from his soldier brother, first lieutenant bo farrellit came all the way from afghanistan. after a minute, that's when the real tears started. brother bo came rushing out on the court. it's so sweet. bo wasn't expected home until february. an amazing christmas surprise for that family. thank you for your service, lieutenant. so sweet. i love those stories. >> that's great. >> i feel like we have a surprise coming up. >> we do. behind the curtain over there. ladies and gentlemen -- >> there they are. >> look. not a jacket. i have to -- don't i look good? it's a good length. am i right? do i look -- stand next to brian. >> j crew. >> you both have -- >> pete hilfiger. >> the untuck it shirt. it changed my life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, pete. >> thanks, pete. >> i'll sit next to brian. >> there you go. just sit. >> you know what, is it a flannel? it looks like a plaid -- >> you want to touch me? >> you know what, janice dean, this is a perfect shirt for today. the first day of winter. >> yes. it looks very canadian. it's very a

. >> matt farrell thought he was getting a taped message from his bowe brother bo. >> for us, home isver we're together and i look forward to being home with you soon, really, really soon. >> bo wasn't supposed to come back to work until february. look at this, the two are to hug it out here big-time. there wasn't a dry eye in the house. matt farrell smoke to nbc night news about 2 huge surprise. >> even for my teammates to be there and, you know, my family was there and we had friends there, it was just an unbelievable experience and just a phenomenal moment i'll never forget. >> having two brothers myself, that really warms your heart. >> we'll have more from those two brothers on nbc "nightly news." >> hey, lester. >> looking forward to sharing that story for obvious reasons, after the wrong man is held for the deadly berlin truck attack, the hunt is on for the real terrorist as berlin remains on head. >>> what you should know about a type of heart attack that can strike younger post-partum women when we see you on nbc "nightly news." >>> they're going to be popular gifts this holi

farrell. he and the crowd had just watched the video from his brother bo an army sergeant stationed in afghanistanctually in the arena. and to top it all off, the irish won. >>> it is that time of year where the salvation army hopes you'll drop a little something in their kettle. zeke elliott of the cowboys added his reminder sunday by depositing himself in the huge kettle. and he's also donating $21,000 and the nfl won't scrooge him for his touchdown celebration either. >>> coming up on "this morning," al pacino. even iced tea? especially iced tea. goodbye, sugar. hello, new splenda naturals. to being extremely yellow leading would probably gross me out! my dentist recommended pronamel. it can help protect enamel from acid erosion. pronamel is all about your enamel. ♪ yopantene expert gives you thee? most beautiful hair ever, with our strongest pro-v formula ever. strong is beautiful. >>> well, a musical prodigy will have a big premiere in vienna next week. seth doane has one girl's cinderella story. ♪ >> reporter: at just 11 years old, her talent is unmistakable. but what makes alma deutsche ext

farrell. he and the crowd had just watched the video from he and his brother bo.actually in the arena. and to top it all off, the irish won. >> it is that time of year when the salvation army hopes you'll drop a little something in heir kettle. zeke elliott of the cowboys added his reminder sunday by deti kettle. and he's also donating $21,000 and the nfl won't fine him for his touchdown celebration either. >>> coming up on "this morning," al pacino. all the partners agree? even iced tea? especially iced tea. goodbye, sugar. hello, new splenda naturals. to being extremely yellow leading would probably gross me out! my dentist recommended pronamel. it can help protect enamel from acid erosion. pronamel is all about your enamel. ♪ yopantene expert gives you thee? most beautiful hair ever, with our strongest pro-v formula ever. strong is beautiful. >>> a possible terror attack at a christmas market. investigators are trying to learn about the driver are in a truck crash that -- driver in a truck crash that killed at least 12 people. >>> and a nation of

. >>> notre dame point guard matt farrell was shocked when his brother bo who was supposed to be deployedsurprised him after last night's win. the junior shed tears after he went to hug him on the court. he thought bo was doing a special message from his deployment and had no idea he was there. he told them it was the best christmas present he's ever had. >> look at him bawling. he's got his shirt up in his eyes. brothers. >>> al pacino says there's something different about the honors. ahead the award winning actor talks to charlie rose about his work and how he loved to arch as a child. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ test. test. test. test. test. test. test. what are mommy and daddy like before their dunkin'? they are ridiculous when they first wake up. daddy walks into the walls like he's a bumper car. your dunkin' doesn't make you, you... but it helps. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home. cleaning up pet hair and debris

farrell, speechless after notre dame's win over colgate. it had nothing to do with the victory. instead, he was watching his older brother, bog in afghanistan, delivering a message. >> wishing notre dame a very merry christmas. congrats on the win, and go irish. >> reporter: but the message was about to get even better. >> you've always followed your hopes and always followed your dreams. i just want you to know how proud i am of you. i love you and miss you very much. and i look forward to being home with you really soon. very soon. >> reporter: and then, bo, right there, off the court. he walks out through that curtain. it turns out bo had been in the notre dame locker room the entire time. he wasn't expected to come home until february. >> come here, baby. >> i didn't know he -- i thought he was doing a thing from over there, i thought that was why it was staticy at first. when it zoomed down, i saw the locker room, i wugz at a loss for words. this is the best presence i've ever got. >> best present indeed. welcome home, bo, and of course, we're thinking about all of our men and women in uniform this holiday. thanks for w

matt farrell, a gathered on the notre dame basketball team didn't expect his older brother bo to returno the jumbotron for a message from bo in full military gear. take a look. >> you've always followed your hopes and always followed your dreams. i just want you to know how proud i am of you. i love you and i miss you very much. for us, home is wherever we're together. i look forward to being home with you soon. really. really soon. >> oh, my gosh. i love this so much. that's so sweet. by the way, his grandmother knew about this. their grandmother. and set the whole thing up. >> that's amazing. >> i love that. a great christmas >>> good morning. beautiful view san francisco, all clear skies, sunshine, but it is breezy and it is cool. right now it's only 49 degrees heading up to 57 degrees today. here's what to expect over the next couple of days. with all of that sun it will be warming up into the upper 50s once again. that's about average for this time of year. the rest of the week staying dry and mild with some breezy winds and this weekend we'll be tracking two storms so keep it here

matt farrell, a gathered on the notre dame basketball team didn't expect his older brother bo to return attention to the jumbotron for a message from bo in full military gear. take a look. >> you've always followed your hopes and always followed your dreams. i just want you to know how proud i am of you. i love you and i miss you very much. for us, home is wherever we're together. i look forward to being home with you soon. really. really soon. >> oh, my gosh. i love this so much. that's so sweet. by the way, his grandmother knew about this. their grandmother. and set the whole thing up. >> that's amazing. >> i love that. a great christmas gift. are you teenk uaring up? >>> good morning i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cold start this morning. with sunshine, we'll warm up nicely this afternoon. 37 for philadelphia, middle 30s for the suburbs. lehigh valley, and in new jersey, 38. just a little bit warmer at the shore. upper 30s in delaware today. today is the last day of autumn. tomorrow winter arrives and it turns warmer and stays warmer through the end of the week, and the weekend, to

farrell. but this time he got something a lot more special. matt got a greeting on the jumbotron from his deployed brother bo telling him he couldn't be with himo be home from afghanistan in february, but look at this, matt with tears streaming down his face. greeted on the court by his older brother. the entire family taken by surprise. love seeing that. >> so great. >>> still ahead, a check of the morning's big headlines including what's being called one of the biggest fraud cases since bernie madoff. you got it! what do you think? if you're going to wish, wish big at the lexus december to remember sales event get up to $2500 customer cash on select 2016 and 2017 models for these terms. see your lexus dealer. >>> welcome back. let's turn to business where the dollar made a big comeback after fed chair janet yellen reiterated her confidence in the u.s. job market. cn cnbc's live in london. what's the thinking? can we expect the dollar rally to last awhile? how might it fare as trump prepares to take office? >> many here are saying they don't anticipate that we'll see a reversal in that dollar trend for the time being. we might see a little kn

farrell marshals the troops. but the 21-year-old junior discovered the inspirational power of family and team as the irish celebrated last night's vi jumbotron, matt's older brother bo his childhood hero. a first lieutenant in the third cavalry who he hadn't seen for more than seven months. bo was supposedly live from afghanistan. >> i look forward to being home with you soon. >> reporter: 26-year-old bo was actually in the locker room. when that curtain opened and i saw him and the other players on the court turn around, that was probably the greatest moment of my life. [ applause ] >> reporter: all part of a top-secret homecoming deception, that only a few, including grandma, were in on. >> that week was the longest week of my life. i had to keep, not only everything away from him, but i had to keep everything away from my family. >> reporter: matt could not control his emotions. >> my teammates know about this guy, he's all i talk about. >> reporter: back home in new jersey today, kids again, in a pickup game in the driveway, reunited for the holidays before bo ships out again. >> we're going to have a great christmas. >> reporter: and that's a slam dunk. kevin t

farrell. following his team's 77-62 victory over colgate, he was stunned to see his brother, an army lieutenant who is stationed in afghanistan walking on to the court. bo was supposed to come home in february, but made it in time for the holidays to see his brother play. >>> i'm going to try not to cry. so i'm going give it back to you, brian. >> if i'm crying. >> that's okay. >> very special moment. just in time for the holidays. >> thank you for his service and long delayed return home. >>> nothing is as certain as death and taxes. there will be some changes to one of those thins this year. 2017 tax year will include some likely major policy adjustments. so what is it that you need to have at the top of your mind as you file taxes in the new year? let's bring in dave, ceo of jackson hewitt, the nationwide tax preparation firm. welcome. >> great to be here. >> after donald trump gets elected, every stock in the world went higher except for your competitor, h&r block baurk because people feared there wouldn't be a need it use you, because -- >> what if taxes become something like this? is that a reality? >> i think simplification is in the cards. i don