here's dan harris. >> reporter: it's one of the biggest nights in music. jingle ball.ck of it, rubbing shoulders with stars like taylor swift, farr rel, is elvis duran. he might not be as slick as ryan seacrest or as sell lay shus as howard stern, but he sits astride the number one most popular top 40 morning radio show in america. >> let's say hi to natalie. >> reporter: he is a magnet for the boldest of the boldfaced names. in a morning radio universe where many of the names are shock jocks -- zbls the real mariah was so there. >> the rumor i was so not there. >> reporter: elvis duran shot to fame while breaking that mold entirely. when you think about morning zoo radio, generally, you think of a couple of guys urging women to take their shirts off. >> yes. >> reporter: show your is honed by an openly gay man. your top lieutenants are strong women and you are actually pretty nice to each other. >> one of our rules for the show, the filter we try to pass everything through is, it's a safe place for women to be. when kim kardashian's pictures came out, i came on the ai

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. >> our thanks to dan harris. saek red journeys with bruce feiler airs tuesday on tuesday. >>> finally, the pentagon didn't release any names of service members killed in iraq or afghan stanl. >>> thast all for us. we'll see you back here next week. have a great day. biggest hint yet. >> i'm going to make up my mind in short order >>> and the pilgrimage, wounded american vets go overseas, looking for a miracle. >> announcer: from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos, begins now. >>> good morning. i'm martha raddatz, and we're tracking stories developing on several fronts, including nationwide protests against police brutality. saturday, tens of thousands hit the streets in new york and washington. the mother of michael brown taking part. events were mostly peaceful. although 23 people were arrested in boston. >>> but also, breaking this morning, alarms raised after a mid-air scare involving a russian military jet, a very close call putting a passenger plane at risk, the latest sign of that high-stakes

you've been beautiful and watching you guys smile that's my religion. >> our thanks to dan harris.eys with bruce feiler" airs tuesday on pbs. >>> finally, the pentagon didn't release any names of service members killed in iraq or afghan -- afghanistan. >> that's all for us. we'll see you back here next week. have a great day. >> in the news this sunday, why the father of an 18-year-old man shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri will be in the bay area today. plus the fresh powder having people going to the sierra this weekend. abc7 news at 9:00 is ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ if you're like me, there's nothing you enjoy more than hopping up on a couch, destroying a few pillows and chewing on a good shoe. so this new nest dropcam... is a serious buzzkill. it's always watching so people can keep an eye on me when they're away. and even chime in with their inane reprimands. "henry, off! bad boy!" who's to say who's a bad boy and who's not. seems so subjective if you ask me. nest dropcam. welcome to a more thoughtful home. ♪ ♪

abc's dan harris explains. >> reporter: laura's introduction to alcohol came shockingly early, she saysgrowing up with two hard drinking and often abusive parents. >> i drank alcohol on a daily basis. >> reporter: when she finally got sober, another addiction muscled its way to the fore. food. she reached a max weight of 214 pounds. >> if i was in public, i'd eat a healthy salad and once i got in my car i had a stash. and i'd eat a whole bag of cookies or a whole box of doughnuts. >> reporter: this is an all too common story. recovering addicts turning to food. >> food and drugs activate the same pleasure and reward centers in the brain. there are some individuals who may turn to food in place of drugs or alcohol especially early in recovery because food is comforting. >> reporter: especially foods high in carbs, fat and sugar. one study found oreos were more addictive than cocaine for lab rats. aa literature even encourages people in recovery to have candy on hand. on the logic that while junk food may be unhealthy, it's better than drugs or alcohol. >> what we do now is we have our bo

and finally tonight, we want to welcome the newest member of the "nightline" family, my co-anchor dan harris lovely wife became parents last night with the arrival of their fabulous new son, alexander. congratulations to the harrises. yet another reason to stay up late. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winte. r ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people.

and finally tonight, we want to welcome the newest member of the "nightline" family, my co-anchor dan harrise parents last night with the arrival of their fabulous new son, alexander. congratulations to the harrises. yet another reason to stay up late. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. [dramatic music] ♪ >> yeah! hey! [cheers and applause] welcome to millionaire. all this week, we've got some of the smartest kids in america trying to win themselves some serious cash. this is millionaire whiz kids. [cheers and applause] with an iq of 151, today's returning whiz kid was ranked in the top 0.1% of the prestigious high-iq society mensa. he's only 5 questions away from being the youngest person to win the million on our show. from tucson, arizona, please welcome 14-year-old isaac dabkowski. [cheers and applause] i love that. >> whoo. >> wow. let's just do a little recap here, man. i mean, you just destroyed the last show. $62,600 in your bank. you are just 1 question away from round 2, and when y

. >> our thanks to dan harris. saek red journeys with bruce feiler airs tuesday on tuesday. >>> finally, the pentagon didn't release any names of service members killed in iraq or afghan stanl. >>> thast all for us. we'll see you back here next week. have a great day. biggest hint yet. >> i'm going to make up my mind in short order >>> and the pilgrimage, wounded american vets go overseas, looking for a miracle. >> announcer: from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos, begins now. >>> good morning. i'm martha raddatz, and we're tracking stories developing on

i'm dan harris. the special operations forces were on a dangerous mission, facing an urgent deadline. al qaeda threatening to kill luke somers, a freelance photographer, by today, if their demands were not met. an overnight raid was launched to rescue somers but it went bad. he was executed by his captors. today president obama called it a barbaric murder. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the details of this hair rowing operation. >> reporter: good evening, dan. it was a high risk operation. under full moon and little element of strategic surprise because of an earlier failed rescue attempt ten days ago. u.s. officials decided there was no choice but to try it given the imminent threat. u.s. officials believe that al qaeda had planned to execute 33-year-old luke somers some time after sunup today. >> it was a very dangerous and complicated mission. but like always in these efforts, there's risk. >> reporter: the rescue mission was launched from a u.s. airbase in djibout

get ready to snap fingers and dan harris my coanchor is practicing a falseet owe for you. >> i can'tait to here this falsetto. >> i love the jersey boys. >> and you'rey jersey girl. >> that's lots of jerseys. >> if you head owe out in chest koyrnty and to do shopping today things look good in downing town along 0 bypass business 0 and maybe breakfast at cracker barrel. no problems or delays. we're looking good ben franklin bridge between camden and sent ert city and review of mass transit situation today patco running on motdfied weekday schedule and those trains rolling over the ben a little off and septa regional rails norristown high speed line and frontier and victory divisions all on normal weekday schedule and subways and city buses are also on a modified weekday schedule. karen. >> all right cold out there and bundle up as you head out. this afternoon it's going to be beautiful. 30 right now in martins creek and 30 just in pottstown and sitting at the freezing mark coatsville below that kennett square and st. david's 30 and some of the suburbs in new jersey equally cold. 30 ha

dan harris might want to borrow your necklace. >> no.row her friends but not -- >> that, too. >>> next up, the adorable prince george and all i can say is adorable. the british royal family releasing new photos of the boy who will be king. you got to see these little cheeks. that's paula and i are in love with. >> i just want to grab those cheeks. >> clearly he's capturing hearts around the world. he turned 1 on july 22nd. during their recent trip to the u.s., prince william revealed his son loves to play with his parents' ipad. >> every kid likes the ipad. >> it's like a little baby-sitter. >> my 11-month-old goes after my iphone. like he already knows -- >> does he knows your passwords? >> no. >>> and there's more baby news to tell you about. hayden panettiere is a brand-new mom. the actress and singer welcomed her first child with her husband, to a baby girl. she weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and she was 20 inches long. hayden revealed that she was having a girl when she showed off her baby bump at the emmy awards in august. she c

here's dan harris. >> reporter: eva good morning, we're leading with a broking story u.s.erations inside yemen, a failed rescue attempt for luke somers. what went wrong brian ross will be here from the details. >>> new bombshell from rolling stone magazine, the editor is saying the story about a gang raped victim from the university of virginia may not be true. >>> the hollywood comedy finding itself in the middle of a real life drama. this was the interview produced by sony pictures more details are coming out about the hacking tea studio, could it be revenge for the movie? that's coming up on "g.m.a.," we'll see you soon. >>> "action news" continues at 9:00 here's some of the stories we're working on for you. a deadly hit-and-run in montgomery county, has police looking for two drivers who took off. >>> now for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm eva pilgrim, have a great saturday, we'll see you back here at 9:00. ♪ me and you... ghirardelli squares chocolate... ♪ a little rendezvous savor our luscious filling combined with our slow melting chocolate. ♪ t

♪ wave your hands i put it in the air ♪ ♪ wave your hands i put it in the air ♪ >>> yeah, dan harris,s up in the air. you don't to want see that, ladies and gentlemen. this is beyoncÉ's "7/11." what a year for her, she became the woman with the most grammy nominations in history. we're going to tell you who else wracked up nominations. "gma," hands up in the air like you just don't care. >> i'm not taking the bait on that. not taking the bait. she could sweep this year. critics and people loved it. i think it could be a really good year. and tell you who's nominated coming up in "pop news." and could this movie be the reason that hackers are sending threatening e-mails to workers at a movie studio? what is apparently getting the hackers so upset. tell you about that coming up. >>> but first, the manhunt for a man who shot up a church in florida, murdering his own wife, a neighbor and his pastor. >> police have recovered the suspect's suv and there's a big bounty on his head. linzie janis has the latest on the manhunt. >> good morning. police believe the suspect on the run for the thir

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>> no, that's how dan harris sings. see the dogs barking. thought i might read you a poem first. >> now the costumes, the gestures. she totally nails it. i started video and couldn't stop watching. she even does barbara walters. it's impressive. >>> and a mom from san francisco is going the extra mile this christmas. teaming up with some of santa's helpers to stage sop seriously elaborate setups for her children's we feel on a shelf. not only does the elf keep an eye on who's been naughty or nice, but teaches the kids about music, history and pop culture. with recreations of the beatles' abbey road album cover, a scene from finding nemo, and the a.l.s. ice bucket challenge. this is impressive. >>> and another woman raising the bar upped the office decoration game to a level few of us will reach. transforming her cubicle into a winter wonderland. angela westfield's log cabin workstation has take snow, lights, ornaments, a tree. it's a christmas village in a cubicle. she and her husband love diy projects. it took about 18 hours to build this m

. >> is adorability a word, dan harris?'t know. >> if it's not -- >> if that's wrong, i don't want to be right. >> he doesn't want to be right. okay, i'm going to try to right this ship. >>> and coming up on "good morning america," the wild way that one fan is showing his love for "seinfeld." not that there's anything wrong with it, coming up in "pop news." >>> and coming up, super-sized holiday light displays. when bigger is better, and when it's not. >> that's sara's house. >> no, it is not. >> that is so not my house. i wish it was, though. not. >> that's sara's house. >> i wish. discover card. i just received a text from discover hq? yep. we check every purchase, every day and alert you if anything looks suspicious. nice. i'm looking into some suspicious activity myself. madame that is not a changing table. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card at discover.com [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients. [ aniston ] because beautiful

i can see dan harris rock is those and grabbing on the back of a city bus and rolling down broadway.call that skitching when i was a kid. >> you could do it with snow boots, too, but we just need some snow. not awhole lot of that in the area. 54 degrees in philadelphia. in the 50s across much of the area and rain showers that push northeast. those will be increasing maybe in through tomorrow as this front pushes through. most of the heavy stuff will stay to the south. 40s in pittsburgh and 39 in cincinnati. it's chilly in vegas, 26 it feels like right now. 45 degrees the wind chill in los angeles and 36 degrees in bakersfield. holding out for snow in the mountains and cascades and oregon and washington could see up to a foot or more. they'll get down to salt lake city and colorado. here comes the cold weather. talked about the lack of snow, the mild december. things are about to change as we wrap up the last couple of days of the month. in cheyenne, minus 15. these are actual nighttime lows. minus 9 on tuesday in denver and even chicago finally getting down to the teens. if you're tr

i can see dan harris rock is those and grabbing on the back of a city bus and rolling down broadway.d to call that skitching when i was a kid. >> you could do it with snow boots, too, but we just need some snow. not awhole lot of that in the area. 54 degrees in philadelphia. in the 50s across much of the area and rain showers that push northeast. most of the heavy stuff will stay to the south. 40s in pittsburgh, 37 in detroit and 39 in cincinnati. meanwhile, it's chilly in vagas 26 degrees. 36 degrees in bakers field. mountains and cascades oregon and washington, could see up to a foot or more of snow. some of this will get into salt lake city and colorado where they are having a banner year. we're having a mild december, things are about to change. in cheyanne you get down to 15. dpen very and chicago getting down into the teens. if you're traveling today clear across the mid section of the country. if you're heading to hollywood after the rains this week looking good. that's a check on what's going on across the 50 states, here's what's happening where you live. >> reporter: good m

i'm dan harris in new york. we are tracking breaking news. just nine months after malaysia air flight 370 disappeared, another passenger plane from an airline based in malaysia has vanished in that same part of the world. flight 8501 was in the middle of what was supposed to be a short two-hour flight from the indonesian city of surabaya to singapore when it disappeared from radar. more than 160 people were on board, including children. abc's david kerley is tracking all of this. good morning to you. >> reporter: it will be an agonizing night for families. it is now dark over the java sea where a handful of aircraft looked for this missing jetliner. this is the actual mane missing at this hour. people spent the afternoon looking for any sign of the jetliner which was carrying 161 people, mostly indonesians. flight 8501 took off early saturday morning heading for singapore. 42 minutes into the flight the jet runs into severe weather, thunderstorms and turbulence. the pilot asked to turn and to increase altitude significantly from 32,000 feet t

robert harris to the world. danthe biggest vocab lake just like dan. >> congratulations, dan and bianca. >>> a big difference one person can make. this morning, sharing the story of one woman who saw a need in her community and decided to take action, changing the lives of school kids in her neighborhood. tim tebow is in mount vernon, new york, honoring a holiday hero. >> everybody got it? >> got it. >> everybody got it? >> got it. >> good job. >> reporter: nesta felix has taken her coaching to life in her tiny cramped classroom. she started her after school program new flex on her own dime and her own time. it's grown into a mentoring center, a study hall and a place to learn how to grow up in our world. >> keeping them out of gangs, involvement, the pressure. keeping the females away from teenage pregnancy. >> she teach us leadership. >> reporter: yeah? what has she taught you about leadership? >> we should never be a follower. stand out in a good way. >> reporter: what kind of stuff does she teach ya'll? >> danci

this was specifically for dan harris the "gma" resident cat lover. self-pro game claimclaimed.vailable at fine bookstores everywhere. i have had a lot of cats they didn't like snow. >> apparently they like sleeping in mattresses and frolicking in the snow. >> they don't like baths? nothing? >> they like to sleep. >> food and sleep. two of my favorite things as well. >>> the heatndex is coming up but first, ginger with a check of the weather. >> dan, you can feel the new year's excitement. my ladies from philadelphia. what's your name? >> linda. >> happy birthday to you. and hello to philadelphia this morning. you know we have been having our "gma" best photo contest. we looked at photos and these are the final two. we want you to go to the facebook page and vote for them. why not just share some beauty or some storm you? chicago is the hashtag for that feet from nick. takes great ones with the shelf cloud over the city. and duluth with the fog coming up. thank you to tim for that one. go to our facebook page. we will reveal the big winner tomorrow. who's here for new year's day

and dan harris does the dis-honor roll. that's happening tonight at 9:00 on abc.n board crashed in newark, delaware, hit a light pole in the parking lot of sheen middle school. police say 11 students and the bus driver have what are considered minor injuries. the children have been taken to ai dupont hospital for children. we will continue to update this story on "action news" and 6abc.com. get some video for you as well. map man following the traffic angle. matt. >> matt, to give you a location, it's along route two capital trail near brewster drive there in newark pretty much all off in that school parking lot but with all the emergency activity around, i think you may be better off down on reutter four ogletown stanton road instead of route two capital trail this morning. headed north towards pennsylvania watch out for a crash on 495. approaching rejoin with 95. right lane blocked just 9 miles per hour. use northbound 95 instead. this is 95 here in port richmond sexual abuse taillights passing allegheny avenue. still slow past bridge street into girard. here's

i'm dan harris alongside paula faris. we've got the whole crew, rob marciano, t.j.mes, ryan smith, the usual crew at home with their families enjoying well deserved time off. >> spending it with our extended family. speaking of family, we do have a new addition. dan's first day back to work after the birth of this little guy. alexander robert harris, there he is in his adorable little christmas onesie. >> overcome by the christmas spirit. >> parenthood and fatherhood looks really wonderful on you. >> we're having the best time of our lives. we spent a lot of years wondering whether we would have children and this is really a miracle for us. fantastic. christmas miracle. great to be back with you and great to be back with you, as well. we begin with the post-christmas shopping onslaught. millions of us heading back to the mall today. all about returning those unwanted gifts and hunting for those big post-christmas clearance deals. abc's linzie janis is at a best buy in manhattan. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. it may not have a name like black friday

and dan harris does the dis-honor roll. that's happening tonight at 9:00 on abc.e of mold. fire station 16 has been around for decades. firefighters found mold inside the station. it's been an ongoing issue but it looks to them like it's gotten worse, possibly from the recent rain. the command staff determined it might be unhealthy to be there. >>> get an update on the morning commute. here's leyla gulen. >> take a look at this, a sun-drenched golden gate bridge. a beautiful day coming in from marin to the city. adds we look across the bay bridge, there's some construction with us until 2:00 this afternoon. eastbound side of 480 to treasure road. couple of lanes blocked. might see a few delays if you're headed into the east bay. >> thank you very much. when we come back, me start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. >>> good mo

this was specifically for dan harris the "gma" resident cat lover. self-pro game claimclaimed.bookstores everywhere. i have had a lot of cats they didn't like snow. >> apparently they like sleeping in mattresses and frolicking in the snow. >> they don't like baths? nothing? >> they like to sleep. >> food and sleep. two of my favorite things as well. >>> the heat index is coming up [cheers and applause] >> dan you can feel the new year's excitement. my ladies from philadelphia, what's are name. >> linda. >> linda. happy birthday to you and hello to philadelphia this morning. he knowy you know, we have been having our gal best photo contest the whole year we looked at photos that came in over the last couple weeks and these are the final two. we want you to go to our facebook page and vote for them. why not just share some but tea or some stormy. chicago is the hashtag you use if you like that photo if nick. he takes great ones with that shelf cloud over the city. duluth with the fog coming up. thank to you tim. go to our facebook page. you can vote there. the big one tomorrow, t

dan springer is live traveling with the president. what else did the president say? >> reporter: well, harris, it's kind of big news.nd a lot like president obama was telling the troops yesterday that their mission has been accomplished. the whole reason why the u.s. went to war in afghanistan 13 years ago was because the country was harboring terrorists that attacked us on 9/11. the goal has been to keep that from happening again and yesterday president obama said, well, basically, it's been accomplished. he made the remark as he wet perspective troops -- met with troops at christmas. >> this is an important year. we have been in continuous war now for almost 13 years, over 13 years, and next week we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it's not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again. >> reporter: the president's remarks were well-received by the marines in attendance, many who have had multiple deployments to iraq and afghanistan. >> i know the president has to be getting anariful from critics. >> the critics say the taliban i

of course, harry hopkins is an example that, i won't spend time talking about. i think that the report does raise a number of issues. and, dan, i think that while i accept what you say about trying to dig deeply into the arab/israeli conflict, but i think that the arab/israeli conflict in some ways is unique in this kind of context because of the very deep, domestic political dynamics that are involved. the great deal of energy that has been invested by the united states, and over the time since the '70s, at least in particular, so i think that it's -- it's an important one to look at, but perhaps not the best one to measure these criteria again. so for example, one of the areas that i have been involved with was the democratic republic of congo and the appointment of senator feingold as a special envoy there. if you look at what was happening before that, our policy with respect to the drc was somewhat in disarray. we had very conflicting views within the administration regarding what was the role of rwanda, how do we approach president kagame, what was the right view, and approach. and you had some significant dysfunction,

harris, in that regard. if you take away the registration, registration patent office did, took away rights, that means anybody out there, it doesn't, you have taken away from dan >> there will be more of it. >> we can make our own. >> you can make your own. what have you really accomplished my question. >> devalue what is out there. >> government getting in the way. >> great to get your personal insight on that, joe. showdown on capitol hill over defective airbags after auto partsmaker ignores a deadline to expand a recall nationwide. lawmakers want answer. >> a soap opera producer is now ambassador to hungary, a country that could soon align itself with russia's president vladmir putin. the questions about her experience or lack thereof. whether it is time to end such appointments once and for all. head to "outnumbered overtime," foxnews.com/outnumbered. joe theismann will sit with us. ask him questions, and what topic you liked on the couch today that you want to hear more about. twitter, facebook, jump on live chat, swirling around his former team. mhere's our new trainer! ensure active heart health. heart: i'm going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sod

of course, harry hopkins is an example that, i won't spend time talking about. i think that the report does raise a number of issues. and, dan, i think that while i accept what you say about trying to dig deeply into the arab/israeli conflict, but i think that the arab/israeli conflict in some ways is unique in this kind of context because of the very deep, domestic political dynamics that are involved. the great deal of energy that has been invested by the united states, and over the time since the '70s, at least in particular, so i think that it's -- it's an important one to look at, but perhaps not the best one to measure these criteria again. so for example, one of the areas that i have been involved with was the democratic republic of congo and the appointment of senator feingold as a special envoy there. if you look at what was happening before that, our policy with respect to the drc was somewhat in disarray. we had very conflicting views within the administration regarding what was the role of rwanda, how do we approach president kagame, what was the right view, and approach. and you had some significant dysfunction,