lara, oh, man, with dierks bentley. ucted to give you a hug. >> thank you. > from the one and only robin roberts. i'm just doing my job, dierks. it is a gorgeous day here in nashville and this man flew all night long to be here from his show in orlando. dierks bentley, everybody. now a cma winner. moments ago. we announced it. how did that feel to get one of the first awards. well, the second award. but it hasn't even started and already a winner. >> it's unbelievable. long time fans. get the day off. >> nice way to start the day. you have two more nom napgs for male vocalist and album of the year for "black." does it take away the wards. >> to get one award under the belt, we're singing it with elle king on the stage and that means a lot so share it with all the fans. here since the middle of the night. >> your fans are loyal and know you started here and all began in little bars. >> looking at legends. wolfie's weanary's actually headlining this place, january 21st so very weird to be in the middle of all these -- i pl

>>> good morning, dierks bentley. how about all that energy down in nashville this morning. >> and for good reason. we are excited for tonight's 50th annual cma awards, biggest night. >> and no one more excited than lara with dierks bentley. lara, you have a big "gma" exclusive. crowd. you guys have been fantastic. i was just explaining to them this is a big award right now. this is a "gma" exclusive. we thanks cma so much for letting out hand out two of the awards, the biggest awards, we'll start right now with music video of the year. we're going to find out right now who is going to win that award. "fire away" by chris stapleton, "humble and kind" by tim mcgraw, "record year" by eric church and "somewhere on a beach" by dierks bentley. i actually have the envelope here. this is from detroit even touche. very official and the winner of video of the by chris stapleton. congratulations, chris and we will be also announcing another award later in our broadcast. george, we're right now i want to get back to you guys in

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my little sister, my in-law

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is to present the award for male vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applae ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful sh they've put together. everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i that. i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. th bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my little sister, my in-laws

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is honored to be asked by the cma vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my little si

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. >> and this country girl is honored to be asked by the cma to present the award for male vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a i've cried, and just watching everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my little sister, my in

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my little sister, my in-laws. everybody, i'm telling you, i

. >> dierks bentley included the vocalist of the year and album of the year. the 50th cma award kickoff is right here on abc15 . >>> who will bring up magic in anticipation of fantastic beasts spells and google max not only should you setting from the films that shows you what they look like 90 years ago. the film comes out november 15. johnny depp just signed on for the sequel. >>> we are.org tracking changes in your most accurate forecast as rain chances go up especially in the high country. we having the a chance in the valley too. >>> we are talking about the two officers ambushed this we have the newest information on the search. >>> and a valley family out trick-or-treating got a lot more than a scare in candy. we will tell you why they are now filing a police report. >>> take a look outside. yes, this location next to the mesa riverview is where you can fill up for free today. we are going to details on a free gas -- yes, free coming up >>> happening right now on abc15 we have breaking news in iowa with two officers gunned down while on duty. the search

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is honored to be asked by the cma vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheersby the cma to present the award for male vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheersd by the cma to present the award for male vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching everybody, and the music i grew up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank m

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is honored to be asked by the cma vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is to present the award for male vocalist of the year. and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. up on. and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band and crew, i can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, who's in the audience, and my

. >> dierks bentley. >> eric church. >> tim mcgraw. >> chris stapleton. >> and keith urban. [ cheers and applause ] >> and this country girl is honored to be asked by the cma and it goes to the cma award goes to chris stapleton. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> this is chris stapleton's second win for male vocalist of the year. [ cheers and applause ] ? >> well, if dolly was still back there, i'd give her my time. but tonight has been, i've gotten to be a fan so much tonight. what a wonderful night, what a wonderful show they've put together. i've cried, and just watching everybody, and the music i grew and i want to thank everybody -- i love you too, sir. [ cheers and applause ] and it means so much to get to be a part of country music and country music, they're the best people in the world. country music people, all the fans. and all the people that make it, too. they're wonderful people, and i want everybody at home to know that. i want to thank my manager, all the guys in the band can't do it without them. they bring it every night. i want to thank my wife. i want to thank my mom, wh

. >> we have a concert, dierks bentley. >> thursday day morning we'll give i all of the details from artist, dolly parton. they love dolly parton. >> timeless. so fun to talk to. all right. >>> so all month long we've been working on getting as many shelter dogs rescued as we can. this is what you look forward to. jolene loves her favorite toy, a gumby. can you imagine how she feels when her owner has the boyfriend dress up in a giant gumby costume. so your favorite chew toy and look at joel lean. joel lean literally -- i'm just going to shush and let you enjoy snowfall lean and her favorite toy. >> gumby. >> ah. >> joel lean is a cutie. >> that's a happy pup. >> that is a happy pup and that is the joy of an unconditional love a dog can bring. cannot stress strongly enough all month long we've got some great pups for you to adopt and >> yep, yep, i have a great update. ? jolene jolene jolene ? >> country mood. >> we're both bad. coming up, "dance's" booted couple ryan lochte and cheryl burke are here. halloween showdown in the ballroom. look, they're here. they're here. we'll talk to

. >> we have a concert, dierks bentley. >> the concert tomorrow morning and thursday day morning we'll give you all of the details from the show, fashion the fun. >> congrats to dolly. >> 12 years old and they love dolly parton. >> timeless. so fun to talk to. all right. >>> so all month long we've been working on getting as many shelter dogs rescued as we can. we've got a video now, a sampling of the magic a dog can bring to your life. this isn't a rescue dog but this is what you look forward to. jolene loves her favorite toy, a gumby. can you imagine how she feels when her owner has the boyfriend dress up in a giant gumby costume. so it's like a giant version of your favorite chew toy and loo at jolene. jolene literally -- i'm just going to shush and let you enjoy jolene ander favorite toy. >> gumby. >> ah. >> jolene is a cutie. >> that's a happy pup. >> that is a happy pup and that is the joy of an unconditional love a dog can bring. cannot stress strongly enough all month long we've got some great pups for you to adopt and that's "pop news." >> we'll talk more about that. ? jolene

nashville in the cma with two award winners this morning and two performances, not one, but two from dierks bentley. >> happening tonight in san francisco a celebration that i valued halloween, hundreds are people will take part in the "day of the dead," with the march honoring ancestors and loved ones that passed part of the scene in the district since the 1970's. if you want to take part the procession is at 7:00 on 22nd and bryant street. >> the new. me joy on -- the new emoji is on the way and we will show you what it looks like. >> everyone want whats something you saw on insurance grant for yourself? a new fee tear that could be >> now, time for ask finney on non-service animals, from our ask finney event in fremont. >> when i go into a store and i run into someone who has decided to bring their pet in that is not qualified service animal, because i have allergies and i could actually die. >> great to met you in fremont. a lot of people do not know this, but it is a misdemeanor if someonelies about the dog being a service animal but in is a lot of three way on what is a "service," animal for

♪ ♪ forever and ever ♪ forever and ever ♪ make it end ♪ it's different for girls >> that was dierks bentleyusical event of the year in 2016 "different for girls." you were singing along, actually. i want to note that for the record. >> making fun of me. >> kimberly's gaming news. this is about gambling. we were just in vegas. imagine if this happened. if this happened to me, i would lose it. what happened is this poor lady, she's an unemployed mother of four who grew up in foster care. thought she hit the big $43 million jackpot on the slot machine. it would change her life forever. it said, you are the winner, $43 million. sorry, malfunction. escorted from the casino and offered her a steak dinner. apparently, because they have a disclaimer that said malfunction, the max yimum payo is $64,000. she has a lawyer. she's really bummed out. they could have given her a room for a week or something. >> make that right. they better fix that. >> they're in hiding. we will get back to you on that. >> time for greg's secrets to happiness. you know when you get food? always try to arrive early. do not

answer a whole bunch of questions that would definitely stump chris stirewalt and got to meet dierks bentley. >> can you identify this president? >> harrison. >> who's that? >> lyndon johnson. wilson. van buren. ulysses s. grant. >> what president was ambidexrous? >> james garfield. >> i wish it was me. she's amazing. i love that little girl. >> slightly taller than you. >> juan? >> last night was halloween. great fun walking around manhattan, but back in washington, my grandkids were dressed up in fabulous costumes. here's pepper, wesley and eli. i think the girls are catwoman and batwoman and eli, the grim reaper. that was especially for greg. and here he is, there's the grim reaper. and then we have shots of the girls. pepper and wesley. don't they look determined and fierce? >> they look adorable. >> they take things seriously. >> i trust them. >> they're so cute. >> all right. oh, yeah. this. >> greg's romantic news. >> romance news. >> yeah, exactly. >> all right. i want to roll this tape. this is from china. thank you for that. i get it twice. all right. check this out. this is a guy,

"gma" goes cma and lara is right there in nashville as dierks bentley performs live. >> now, that's a party. >> wednesday, only on -- >> "good morning america." ? >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by mazda. driving matters. [ cheers and applause ] >> toby joins our dog adopt-a-thon. you can get all >> toby. >> toby. have a great tuesday. >> good morning. wisn 12 news time is 8:57. one person is dead and another is hurt after a crash in milwaukee. it happened around 7:00 a.m. near 46th and burleigh. police say a vehicle veered into the path of another vehicle. a 42-year-old woman was killed. a 59-year-old woman was seriously hurt. streets in the area are still blocked by police. >> right now, milwaukee police are investigating a report of child abuse. police officers were called to children's hospital around 12:45 this morning. a three-month-old boy is being treated for serious injuries. police tell wisn 12 news they are still investigating how the child got hurt and where the incident happened. we hope to learn more later today. >> now to weatherwatch 12 and a check on the

." >>> that's dierks bentley and greg singing a duet.ot of people are giving thanks that the election is over. if you are on social media, it may not feel like it's over. it's hard to escape the political storm online. friends or family members who might still be venting about the outcome or others shaming you for backing the president-elect or not. the question is, should you cut back to stay sane or cut some of those people off? time for a post-elect social media cleanse. i know somebody who deleted facebook -- they deleted their facebook account. >> they ripped their face off. this has happened to my sister and her husband. they have good friends that are democrats. my in-laws they never -- what do you call those? sister -- are those in-laws? >> yeah. >> they don't talk politics. the democrats kept talking to them. when trump won, it's like shut up i don't want to hear about it. they don't want to talk about it. they are angry. they call them in the middle of the night screaming at them because they weren't ready for any kind of disag

and dierks bentley is 41. if it's your birthday, happy ? harry's meeting clients from far away.? ? but they only see his wrinkles. ? ? he's gotta play it cool to seal the deal. ? ? better find a way to smooth things over. ? ? if only harry used some bounce, to dry.? kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they're twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. . >>> welcome back. an unusual sea turtle is getting some tlc from the staff of the aquarium. : turtle wash add ashore on cape cod. when vet had one lung and still they expect the turtle to make a full recovery and will release it into warmer florida waters in the spring. wow. >>> well the holidays is a time to be thankful for the ones we have here and the ones protecting us in the military around the world. coming up, how some of the -- some in the southshore were able to send some extra love . >>> well holidays fast approaching some folks on the southshore want to make sure troops serving overseas that someone back home is thinking about them. dozens o

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dierks bentley sergeant killed and another one wounded while searching for a suspect in home invasion friday in the bronx. they say they were trying to process aspect in a car whenen manuel rosales opened fire killing sergeant paul tuozollo as well as a suspect that was killed, the second officer injured, year veteran of the force who was survived by a wife and son.n the police say a man accused of cheating and wallin like a dog for two months is a serial killer, they discovered the body of a man fraud in the form of tom cole up, saturday confirmin it was the boyfriend of the woman kala brown may have also killed and three othersy have not yet found the bodies.ha let me clarify, we have found forr from spartanburg. wewe know of one here on the property and possibly tomorrow, we have now found the other two we have been shown where they are possiblyw located on the property but have not confirmed it, until we find something, th evidence or the body. >> so potentially seven bodies? >> yes >> the 45-year-old todd kohlhep appeared in court friday, his bond denied, investigation is very ac

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dierks bentley, thomas rhett and watching them collide with legends like jackson on the red carpet all of them sharing their favorite moments of the night and their party plans. what a night it has been. >> greatest opening ever in cma history. ? all the love you can ? >> especially when they hand the mike to randy travis and he said, that was righteous. ? return to the cma stage for the first time since his 2013 stroke that brought the house down including cma winner thomas rhett. >> me and garth looked at each other and we both had tears like rolling down our eyes. it was the most like almost spiritual country moment that i ever witnessed. >> reporter: garth took home entertainer of the year proving he deserved that title during this show-stopping duet alongside his wife trisha yearwood. >> >> i came with the most gorgeous one here and leaving with the most gorgeous one here so i already got the win. >> awesome and the fifth -- we're not going to go to bed. >> reporter: nine time host carrie underwood changed clothes ten times to pay homage to 50 years of fashion and took home the tr

lara is right there in nashville as dierks bentley performs live. >> that's a party. >> wednesday, only on -- >> "good morning america." ? >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by mazda. driving matters. >> toby, adopt a dog and get all the details on our website. >> toby. >> toby. >>> live from the station taking action for you, this is abc action news. >>> and good morning everybody. we have a couple of crashes in the clearing stages. these are going to be in the usf area, one here fletcher avenue and bruce b. downs. also here, nebraska and skipper road, a serious crash with injuries. let's check out the bridges starting off with the very top of the sunshine skyway, great out here 9 minutes from toll booth to toll booth. traffic looking good 275 through pinellas county. once you get through the howard franklin president tampa side of the bridge that's where you start to see a slowdown. 9 minutes to get across the howard franklin. the courtney campbell at 14 minutes. >>> looks good out there weather-wise. clear skies, we had a little we'll have a few clouds building this afterno