please welcome ellen pompeo. [ cheers and applause ] hello, ellen.you conscious. because -- and before we get into this, i would like to warn anyone who has not seen the episode of "grey's anatomy" tonight, who might be particularly fond of the show, to maybe plug your ears and close your eyes for like the next, i don't know, nine minutes. [ laughter ] because ellen, something weird happened at the end of the episode tonight. >> it did. >> jimmy: it really did. >> was it so good? >> jimmy: yes, it is great. and i'm going to show what happened tonight. but i want to set it up first because we can't share the whole episode. but on the show, your character, who's working very hard because of covid-19, exhaustion, we presume, collapses in the parking lot. you're laying there. some people start to see you. they try something. it doesn't work. to get you to come back to life. we don't know. and then we go to this mysterious scene. roll the tape. ♪ ♪ >> meredith! >> jimmy: yes, mcdreamy returns, and maybe a mcdream? maybe meredith died? maybe that was the g

this morning, we're one-on-one with ellen pompeo and dr. to everybody out there as well. we're so glad you're with us on this friday morning. >> that's right, and on this morning, we are helping you sleep. take a look at that mattress right there. well, guess what, it's 50% off. tory johnson is here this morning with some incredible "deals & steals," all from small businesses you don't want to miss. >>> looking forward to that, but first though, we have a lot of news to get to, starting with the latest on the coronavirus emergency. numbers soaring across the country with a record of more than 150,000 cases in a single day, and in the past two weeks the number of people hospitalized has nearly doubled with more than 67,000 admissions. >> alex perez in chicago where the mayor issued a stay-at-home advisory urging residents to avoid nonessential travel and cancel traditional thanksgiving plans. good morning again, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning once again, michael. the most alarming part of this new surge is that it's widespread happenin

our guests tomorrow, ellen pompeo and chris stapleton will join us.ined one day he would become america's shiny-headed beacon of mental health. he is back to work on season 19 of his syndicated show. please welcome dr. phil mcgraw! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you for making a house call here tonight. >> hey, listen. glad to be here. glad to see somebody. >> jimmy: yeah. how are you doing? everything all right? >> i'm doing all right, how about yourself? >> jimmy: i'm doing well. last time i saw you was right at the about inning of all the craziness. it was literally the weekend that everything closed down. >> that's right. i think it was the last day of production of shooting "who wants to be a millionaire?" >> jimmy: right, you were a contestant, and i was hosting the show. you were the most thoughtful contestant we've had on all -- by thoughtful, i mean the slowest contestant we've had. [ laughter ] that episode look one month to shoot. >> i don't know why i come here. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't know either. i tell you, it's become

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tonight, ellen pompeo. and chris stapleton. and now, jimmy kimmel! cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. hi, there. thank you very much. i'm jimmy, the host of the show. thank you for watching. we have a lot of dumb stuff going on here tonight. [ laughter ] behind the scenes. but thanks for joining us for day nine of "squattergate," or "reality is starting to peek through the windows of the white house." the president might be going down with the ship but many of the rats are putting their little bathing suits on. amid increasing skepticism that their boss will be able to pull another rabbit out of his maga hat. one reason trump's advisors are so worried he might not be able to win

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>> ellen pompeo. meredith gray, all the time i get it. i'll take it. >> i see it. >> that's a great one. liz, do you have one? do people say you look like one? >> i used to always get anna kendrick. >> that's a good one. people tell me i look like reggie aqui, but with more dead in the eyes. >> okay. so, that's exciting. >> you look like that guy on tv. >> i see only light and fire. i see a fiery reggie. >> i love it. dr. gray, we will see you at >>> here's a look from the east bay hills camera. it's about 53 degrees right now. the winds only about 6 miles per hour. using the back drop to show you how quiet it will be today with temperatures from 2 to 9 degrees warmer than average from 61 in san francisco to santa rosa at 68 degrees today. that's after starting off at about 32 this morning. so that's a 36 degree spread. that's impressive during the winter when we don't get much sunshine. all right. so here's a look at friday. we just came through an extended period, why not look at the weekend. 62 to 69 friday. about 60 to 67 saturday. ab

ellen pompeo joining us on "gma," she's telling us everything about that stunning reunion. plus tory johnson has amazing deals and steals for everyone on your holiday shopping list. it's all ahead on "gma." >> thank you. >> now i have to go home and watch "grey's anatomy." >> the drama. >> always. >>> helping kids cope with covid. doctors say it's really taking a toll on children's mental health. the warning signs that parents should be looking out for. >>> and does covid testing work? tesla's ceo, elon musk, says maybe not. the concern he's raising that is lighting up twitter this morning. >>> as you get your day started, here's a live look outside at 6:20. show me something pretty. and we're getting the red warning light on the left. >> get it all. >> you know what? that red light is the friday the 13th part. >> i'm still here. it's pretty, i'm still here. >> that's covid on the left. the right is the hope. that's the vaccine. >> okay. >> all of 2020 is in this one shot. good morning. still the big move. just more moving. still singing. just more in tune. still the gangs

meredith grey played by ellen pompeo couldn't believe her eyes when she spots her former husband on theta vernoff says derrick shepherd will be appearing in three more episodes. the cast kept in the dark about the return until the day they started shooting. sounds like there could be more surprises ahead. >> will they all be in dream sequences? >> we have to wait and see, dan. >> it's like a "star wars" thing. >> you've been watching that show for years. >> every episode. >> it's like when the ghost of the jedis come back and talk to luke skywalker. >> now you're talking his language. >>> next up, your chance to live in a real bachelor pad. the mansion used as the man location for filming "the bachelor" and "the bachelorette." it's now available for fans to rent on airbnb. the 200-year-old mediterranean style revival mansion has seven bedrooms and can comfortably sleep 13 guests if you're handing out roses. there's the one of the kind pool. these romantic archways featuring canyon mountain views. because of pandemic the latest season is being filmed elsewhere. now it's yours to rent for

featuring oprah's favorite things coming up and tomorrow, we're going to talk to "grey's anatomy" star ellen pompeoe at the cma awards. lara was right there for it all, so let's head back to nashville. a check in again with our golden girl. lara, good morning. >> thank you. >>> this morning, i'm at a brand-new hotel here in nashville called the graduate. i'm up at their white limousine restaurant on the roof, this hotel was scheduled to open smack in the middle of the pandemic, not an easy feat, and one of the reasons country music really wanted to have the cma awards back live albeit with significant safety measures in place to get folks in this industry back to work. on a fun note, it sure was good to see all of our favorite country music stars working it on the red carpet again. ♪ there's a hole in the bottle making ♪ ♪ 10,000 hours or the rest of my life ♪ >> reporter: this year's cma awards still had that fabulous fashion but the tone was distinctly more somber at the socially distant music city center where music and unity took center stage. ♪ when you heard that the cma awards would do this,

. >> tiffany haddish for female movie star of 2020 and ellen pompeo for female tv star.>> continue to wear masks, socially distanced, wash your hands and be kind to one another. >> many more took tvs drama and modern family's if you have a car nabbed comedy. >> accept this award with great timidity and gratitude and with the hope that we can begin to heal as a country and stand together united and proud and in harmony. 's to superstar jennifer lopez was given the people's icon award with the press congratulations from famous friends and her kids. >> make sure that everyone you run into meet you at your worth. >>> entrepreneur and philanthropist, tyler. received the people's champion award. >> i've never seen that side of you. >> they were performances by chloe and halley, and male audience of the year emma justin bieber. >> the show also celebrate a frontline workers showing their stories as the people's heroes of 2020. in hollywood, ashy dvorkin, fox news. >>> pulling the emergency brake on pandemic re-openings in an attempt to combat the recent spike in california's co