george. >> george: you reported on what we saw from the facebook posts of the killer. >> reporter: indeed, george. we were able to review, yesterday, some information and the source walked us through what he posted. it's truly chilling. he's so calm talking about possibly trying to kill his family, and that he was en route to new orleans, and it was very clear he was just cold-blooded in his desire to kill many, many people, george. >> george: okay, pierre. we saw our homeland security expert. thank you for joining us, and let me begin with you here. we are coming off a year, after this new year's day attack coming off a year that was just packed with threats. >> absolutely, george. in the year leading up to the election, state and local law enforcement officials across the country were having to confront increased levels of cyberattack operations, efforts by foreign and domestic forces including the election through bomb threats and other types of disruptive events, threats to public officia

he brings along with him his son george, washington, lafayette, named george washington. and personal secretary auguste levasseur comes with him. they spend first couple of months kind of touring around the northeast. we're coming down to defeat in the fall, lafayette's spent about a third of his entire national right here in the washington, d.c. it's the place that he spent the most of the place that probably the most to him based on the connection people who lived here, especially george washington, and the time that he'd spent in the virginia area during the war, he named him one of his daughters, virginie, how much he loved this area. he returns to alexandria, october 16, 18, 24. he's been here numerous times before, during the revolution and during his 24 visit, he enters city from the north, coming from columbus street, and he does this winding pattern that's about two and a half miles long, 3 hours to complete. we're not those steps today on this, but it ends up gadsby's tavern, which is purple and dark towards bay. so to talk more about lafayette and alexandria, w

george? >> george: thank you, will.um "glad you came" just released. he's going to perform a new song and a classic. my new album is out now. >> all these years still on repeat, blessed to be part of a special record. new album is out now ushering in this new era for me. going on tour as well. >> gio: you're calling it a new era of mario. what do you mean? >> to me, glad you came is welcoming my fans into this new era of r and b and where i am creatively as an artist. i'm about to tour soon. there's a lot of ideas and concepts visually with the music videos i just dropped. i'm excited about it. >> gio: awesome. you have a lot to be excited about. neo, mary j. blige joining you on tour. >> yeah yeah yeah. absolutely. it will be a night of r&b you won't want to miss. this is something i feel hasn't happened in years. gonna be a great night. >> gio: it's gonna be a great night. it's gonna be a great morning on "gma." >> absolutely. >> gio: that tour kicks off january 30th in greensboro, north carolina. right now here's mar

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all right, let's kick this off with george george. i mean, considering all the things we've heard from the trunk, like incoming trump administration, particularly greenland, and that's kind of a rubric for a much more boisterous, a anomalous approach to foreign policy than we've seen. particularly since the new polar moment. i guess you could argue that there is no real difference as just the way it's being framed right now. but, you know, it does kind of harking back to great power politics which really makes of the bike in ministration to say, where's all the real is. we need more real is an american foreign policy. well, this is part of realism. it's not like it, but it is kind of a return to that george going. i agree entirely. and i think of the consequences will probably be um, noteworthy. i'm a trump has always had a sudden hankering, full gray power politics. i think he's, he has looked for as a model. this was the 19th century imperialism, image great powers, acquire new territory, acquire new spheres of influence, so that th

thank you, george.firmation for president-elect trump's nominee for defense secretary, pete hegseth. our senior congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest for us. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning to you. pete hegseth in the hot seat making his case to senators amid allegations against him. there are 12 confirmation hearings alone. but senators tell me this morning's is perhaps the most consequential. this morning pete hegseth kicking off a whirl wind confirm confirmation hearings. he has spent weeks making the rounds on capitol hill, fending off allegations of sexual misconduct, excess drinking on the job and financially mismanaging two veterans organizations, all of which he strongly denies. >> am i a perfect man? no. was i a perfect man? absolutely not. do i regret those things? yes. is it who i am today? no. >> reporter: hegseth was also accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017. he called the encounter consensual, but his attorney said he settled

george? >> george: okay, steve. thanks very much.aking news this morning. two people have been found dead in the landing gear compartment of a jet blue plane. eva pilgrim is back with the very latest on this. good morning, eva. >> good morning again, michael. the investigation is under way after two people were found dead in a jet blue aircraft in ft. lauderdale. they were discovered monday night in the landing gear compartment during a routine post flight inspection. identities of the two men and how they got on the plane still unknown. the aircraft has most recently flown to ft. lauderdale from jfk. jet blue calling it a heartbreaking situation and saying they are working closely with authorities to learn more. tsa is all looking into this incident. this comes just weeks after a body was found in a wheel well of a united flight from chicago to maui on christmas eve. lot of questions this morning. >> robin: okay, eva. thank you. coming up in our gma morning menu, the new study on weight loss drugs, and expert advice if you're consid

george: thank you.al intelligence. many are worried about the technology could affect their income. now one group of content creators is taking a stand to protect themselves and their businesses with the keep it real campaign. >> hey, guys. i'm una. >> reporter: yuna is a full time content creator and entrepreneur. >> add right to the middle. >> rebecca: overthe last decade she's gained an audience of 10 million through her brand feel good foodie with the goal of making healthy cooking easy. >> all of a sudden i thought, this is not just a hobby. >> rebecca: recently she has a new goal partnering with 145 other content creators on the keep it real campaign. launched by the digital media company raptive, the campaign aims to raise awareness about the potential threats of generative ai on the greater economy. >> it does feel like it is being used without our compensation or permission. >> i'm going to show you how to make our chili oil recipe. >> rebecca: caitlin and her family are behind the woks of life

this a george? no, it's not a good enough that the precisely because the united states and then the crabs. well, yeah, but you know, we have really a vital national interest and of, you know, you already accepted that you are a complete a subordinate to us and therefore, you know, you're going to have to do okay. well, we say on a note of subordination, i'm going to jump in here gentlemen, we're going to go to a short break. and after that short break, we'll continue our discussion about some real nice thing with our team. the take a fresh look around. there's a life kaleidoscopic, isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power of tired vision with no real opinions. fixtures designed to simplify will confuse who really wants a better wills. and is it just as a chosen for you? correct, sure, it images presented to this, but can you see through their illusion going underground? can the the if you think about russia, what does your mind to picture the bottom landscapes open up before your eyes? the l

george? >> george: thank you very much. final weekend of the nfl regular season after a wild sunday. will reeve, of course, is here and he's ready for the playoffs. good morning, will. >> will: sure am, george. good morning one and all. great to see you on this monday after the final nfl regular season games. they are done. we are onto the playoffs. matchups are set. we'll touch on those in a moment. first the 272nd and final game of the season had huge implications. the winner of the lions/vikings wins the nfc north and the number one seed in the conference. sorry to rebecca jarvis and vikings fans but the lions magical season rolls on. detroit dominant. four touchdowns. the lions win their franchise record fifth regular season. they have a bye in round one. lots of teams had nothing to play for in their final game. they sat a lot of their starters. like the chiefs. kansas city got blown out by denver, which helped the broncos clinch the final spot in the afc. they're in the playoffs for the first time since 2015. there ar

[applause] >> george stevens jr.presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george stevens jr. born into an entertainment family in los angeles, george stevens jr. found his own purpose as a storyteller. as a young aide in the kennedy administration, he produced hundreds of documentaries that champion freedom and democracy. he then created the american film institute and kennedy center honors, lifting up the arts, an artist at the heart of american culture. in a career spanning seven decades, george's creativity, vision has helped redeem the soul of a nation founded on the power of free expression. [applause] [applause] >> denzel washington. [cheers and applause] the presidential presidential medal of freedom is awarded to denzel washington. denzel washington is consideringed one of the -- considered one of the greatest actors of our time. over four decades of screen and stage, his portrayals of iconic figures and everyday people have earned him two academy awards, two golden globes and a tony award so far. [laughter

george? >> george: okay, matt. thanks very much.n international, the parent company of southern california edison. thanks for joining us this morning, sir. let's begin with what matt was talking about. what can you tell us about any possible connection between your equipment and that eaton fire? >> george, thanks for having me on. let me just start by saying our hearts go out to everybody's that's been impacted. my wife and i have lived in pasadena for almost 37 years so this is home. thank you to the firefighters and first responders and our workers who have been on the job. what we reported in an incident report to our state commission was that we were aware first of a request for media attention. at that point we had not seen any evidence on our system of electrical anomalies, electrical disturbance. typically when there's a spark created by equipment, we will see the electrical anomaly. we haven't seen that. that said, we have not been able to get close to the equipment. as soon as we can get close to it, we'll inspect and be tr

george. as well. i think it so because russian work is the ongoing want and, and therefore, because i think this is going to be the subject of, at least for the 1st 6 months, maybe even the year of the trump administration. i've tried to deal with this uh, ukraine issue that's i think it's going to be very dangerous because i think it's, it's probably will fail. and if these initiative fails, then i think trunk will escalate and try to take risks. you know, that he sees himself as a risk beta and, and that's when it gets good. good, good for. okay. okay. i hope everybody had a good new year because according to my esteem, guess here is going to be the be a pretty gloomy and dreary 2025. anyway, i want to thank my guest in budapest and here in moscow. and of course, i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at our to see you next time. remember prospect the look i did it because that's the deal in the system. really zip leslie? news. yes. and can you email these to your mystical dollars? some of

george. so, well, i think it so because russian work is the ongoing one and, and therefore because i think this is going to be the subject of at least for the 1st 6 months, maybe even the year of the trump administration. i've tried to deal with this uh, ukraine issue that's i think it's going to be very dangerous because i think it's probably will fail. and if these initiative fails, then i think trump will escalate and try to take risks that you know, that he sees himself as a risk beta and, and that's when it gets good. good, good for. okay. okay. i hope everybody had a good new year because according to my esteem guest here is going to be a be a pretty gloomy and dreary 2025. anyway, i want to take my guess in budapest and here in moscow. and of course, i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at our to see you next time. remember, the look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except we're such sh

george stevens jr.. the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to george stevens jr.. born into an entertainment family in los angeles, george stevens jr. found his own purpose as a storyteller. as a young aide in the kennedy administration, he produced hundreds of documentaries that championed freedom and democracy. he then created the american film institute and kennedy center honors, lifting up the arts and artists at the heart of american culture in a career spanning seven decades, george's creativity vision has helped redeem the soul of a nation founded on the power of free expression. denzel washington. the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to denzel washington. denzel washington is considered one of the greatest actors of our time. over four decades on screen and stage, his portrayals of iconic figures and everyday people have earned him wide acclaim. that includes two academy awards, two golden globes and a tony award. so far. the admiration of audiences and peers is only exceeded by that of the countless young people he inspires. with unmatched dignity,

george sent me while we and booty fast . he's a pod counselor at the guy goal, which be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow we crossed to mark's level that he's an international relations and security analyst, right. building cross talk roles and effects. that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate it, mark, i'm going to go to you 1st and i'm going to kind of give to vent a little bit here during 2024. a lot of people we know in the pod cast world in the alternative media world in the world. we're really kind of obsessed with predictions. and well, there's a lot of a gotten a lot of faces the go around here. and so i would really like to avoid in this program to work on predictions because i think it's a useless endeavor. okay? because most people end up being wrong and they don't always admit to it unfortunately. so having said that, i would like to look at developing trends. ok, now we've just talked about what happened in 2024. given that conversation. what happened in 2024? what kind of

george. as well. i think it so because russian work is the ongoing one and, and therefore because i think this is going to be the subject of, at least for the 1st 6 months, maybe even a year of the trump administration. i've tried to deal with this uh, ukraine issue that's i think it's going to be very dangerous because i think it's probably will fail. and if they use initiative sales, then i think trunk will escalate and try to take risks that you know, that he sees himself as a risk beta and and that's when it gets good. good, good for. okay. okay. i hope everybody had a good new year because according to my esteem guest here is going to be a be a pretty gloomy and dreary 2025. anyway, i want to thank my guest in budapest and here in moscow. and of course, and what i think our viewers for watching us here at our to see you next time, remember prospect, the, the take a fresh look around. there's a life kaleidoscopic, isn't just a shifted reality distortion by power to division with no real opinions.

and of course, george comes with his father during the trip. and so he i mean, he's he's been very close friendships with the custis grandchildren. and so he maintains a friendship with them, especially nelly and wash, for the remainder of his life as well. so there there's still the connections there still. descendants of lafayette around and the family is definitely still around. but in terms of like specific details about the about the children, i'm i have a ton off the top of my head thank you. my they've compared my wife and i lived in alexandria many years ago and have since been in fredericksburg. lafayette tours will come in a few weeks. we were blessed to hear elizabeth talk in town. lafayette's here. he's there. so my question again, reflecting maybe since met in fredericksburg, you've seen this tour unwind and fall and bob joseph, former ambassador here in town awhile ago commented that today america benefits from this discussion then and now and you know, you mentioned in fredericksburg, this tour is somewhat of a kick off. we have

george? >> george: we are glad that relief is coming for southern california. thank you, ginger. now confirmation hearing for president-elect trump's pick for defense secretary. pete hegseth was grilled by democrats. republicans appear united in supporting him. senior congressional correspondent rachel scott is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. just weeks ago it appeared pete hegseth had a tough confirmation battle ahead. after that four-hour contentious hearing, republicans are lining up to make it clear they support his nomination despite the allegations against him. this morning republicans seem mostly united around donald trump's embattled pick to lead the pentagon, pete hegseth, after a contentious and at times combative confirmation hearing. >> excuse me, mr. hegseth. would you stop? would you stop? >> reporter: the former fox news host defending himself against allegations of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement arguing he had been a victim of a smear campaign and that he has changed. >>

george? >> george: okay. thank you very much, matt.ncredible story. you keep hearing us describe row after row of homes that were disintegrated by the fire. as we were taking in all that horror yesterday, you can imagine when we saw these four homes remarkably sitting and looking untouched. you have to see why. this morning the eaton fire is still burning through altadena after thrashing this picturesque community. the fire bull dozed entire neighborhoods. but here on lewis avenue, four homes remain intact. the l.a. fire captain, who has lived on this street most of his life, was battling the hearst fire a few miles north. soon as his shift ended he rushed home to try to fight the fire that was threatening his house and his neighbors. >> this is my house. >> ginger: when he got there, two neighbors across the street were fully engulfed and his house was next. >> i didn't have a fire engine. it was just me and my brother, who is is also a firefighter, my son. we were able to get enough hose to go for it. this is my house. >> ginger: the

in los angeles, george stevens jr.pose as a story teller. as a young aide in the kennedy administration, he produced hundreds of documentaries that championed freedom and democracy. he then created the american film institute and kennedy center honors. lifting up the arts and artists at the heart of american culture. in a career spanning seven decades, george's creativity, vision has helped redeem the soul of a nation founded on the power of free expression. [ cheers and applause ]. denzel washington. [ cheers and applause ]. the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to denzel washington. denzel washington is considered one of the greatest actors of our time. over four decades on screen and stage, his portrayals of iconic figures and everyday people have earned him wide acclaim that includes two academy awards, two golden globes, and a tony award so far. [ laughter ]. the admiration of audiences and peers is only exceeded by that of the countless young people he inspires, with unmatched dignity, extraordinary talent