gibson has been constant for us. >> reporter: since his murder, gibson's mother has been opening her home to officers every holiday season and cooking dinner for them. weeks in advance she goes shopping with some officers, needing food to feed 300 to 400 officers. gibson starts cooking three days in advance. >> this sour holiday. this is what makes us happy. and to see them sit down and enjoy the food and walk by and say it's wonderful, that's all we ask. that's all we want from them. it's like having all these sons and daughters, you know? so to have them come eat at mom's house, that's what matters now. >> so she does this, she says -- because she likes to see the police officers come. we do this because we laike to come here. >> reporter: while this is the 19th consecutive year that mrs. gibson prepared the meal, she says that next year will be her last year. it's getting too much for her to handle. several officers say they've heard that from her before and she can't imagine her giving this up. if you want to help out, go to the nbc washington app and we have a link. >> we'll hav

gibson has been constant for us. >> since his murder gibson's mother shirley has been opening her homefficers every holiday season and cooking dinner for them. >> weeks in advance, gibson goes shopping with the help of some officers. she needs enough food to feed 300 to 400 cops. a week before the dinner, dozens of officers come by and help get the house ready and then gibson starts cooking three days in advance. >> this is christmas for me. this is our holiday. this is what makes us happy and to see them sit down and enjoy the food and walk by and say it's wonderful, that's all we ask. that's all we want from them. it's like having -- it's having all these sons and daughters, you know? so have them come eat at mom's house, that's what matters now. >> she does this, she says because she likes to see the police officers and we do this because we like to come here, so -- >> are you tearing up, chief? >> yes. >> while this is the 19th consecutive year that mrs. gibson has prepared this holiday meal, she says that next year will be her last year, that it's just getting too much for her to

secretary gibson and i have had -- long before secretary gibson we've been trying to recruit a physiciano cboc in kansas, in liberal, the southwestern corner of our state, unsuccessful in doing so in years. secretary gibson in an effort to solve that problem, determined in a letter to me in july of this year that that cboc would not count as a facility and veterans receiving care there could have community services. this is the issue we continue to face. in part based upon how you define what a full-time physician is. but also why don't the veterans who live in areas other than liberal get the same kind of standard for whether or not the cboc counts or not? for example, emporia, kansas, in the flint hills of our state. 25,000 kansans. several thousand veterans. it's open one day a week. it counts as a facility. seneca is open one day a month. it counts. in fact, it's now closing seneca cboc so it no longer counts. the reality is that it shouldn't count in the first place if it's open one day a month. is this just confusion in the va or is there a solution so that the veterans who get ben

gibson, for all that you're doing. >> hi, doug. >> hi. you were mad at me today. >> i'm not plaid mad at you. >> it was chillier than i thought it would be. i listen to what you say, every word. >> it was cooler than it was expected to be. just letting you know and that is true. you were fine and you were okay to be mad at me. i understand 100% because i went to 57 and it was 49. >> that's a little different. >> that's a little different and i did say we'd have clouds and the next couple of days we will warm up so no problem. so you will be just fine over the next couple of days as those temperatures will be going up. 47 degrees and 9:00 around 45 degrees at 11:00 around 44. we could see some areas of fog so watch out for that especially overnight into early tomorrow morning, but tomorrow afternoon, no problem. >> 44 in rockford. it was 58 earlier today and they saw the sunshine. the rest of us saw the wedge come in and the cold air wedge that comes in just to the east of the blue ridge and that's what we saw during the day today and that

brian gibson was gunned down 19 years ago by a man who simply wanted to kill a cop. the first christmas after her son was killed was the toughest. >> i didn't know what to do with myself at christmas time if i couldn't cook for him. so i cook and invited the guys from his tour of the 4d to get a takeout plate of brian's favorite foods. >> tomorrow, hundreds of offi r officers will come by for home cooking and to remember one of their own. news4. >>> next at 11:00, they protect our communities from killers. some federal workers say their safety is in jeopardy. >> that's a recipe for disaster. >> what the local i-4 news team found at safety prisonses. >>> getting an overhaul, why the crash tests on your car are about to be out of date. >> we saw temperatures in the >> we saw temperatures in the 50s today and a warming trend here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, we'll never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. so we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per

>> yes, it is. >> deputy secretary sloan gibson and i have had a history on this topic. i'm going to try a fresh face and go at this again. i have had a goal of seeing that the choice act is in my view appropriately implemented. and part of my interest in this certainly comes from the demographics, the geography of kansas. lots of territory, lots of distances. choice can be a significant asset of great value to veterans across our state. and my original complaint with the implementation of the choice act by the department of veterans affairs was this issue of whether it mattered if the cbot provided the service the veteran needed, if it doesn't, does it count as a facility under the choice act. so we've had ongoing discussion. i offered legislation that passed the senate that said if the veteran can't get the service he or she needs at the cboc, it doesn't count. that legislation is pending in the house of representatives. but i was encouraged, perhaps convinced by my colleagues in the house and perhaps here in this committee, that there was another approach, and that wa

secretary gibson and i have had -- long before secretary gibson we've been trying to recruit a physiciano c-bot in kansas liberal part of our state, unsuccessful in doing so in years. >> secretary gibson in an effort to solve that problem, determined in a letter to me in july of this year that that c-bot would no count as a facility and veterans receiving care there could have community services. this is the issue we continue to face. in part based upon how you define what a full-time physician is. but also why don't the veterans who live in areas other than liberal get the same kind of standard as to whether or not the c-bot counts or not? emporia, kansas, in the flint hills of our state. 25,000 kansans. it's open one day a week. it counts as a facility. seneca is opened one day a month. it counts. in fact, it's now closing seneca c-bot so it no longer counts. the reality is that it shouldn't count in the first place if it's open one day a month. is this just confusion in the va or is there a solution so that the veterans who get benefit of out patient services at liberal, it's true reg

shirley gibson plans on feeding as many as 400 police officers today. >> brian gibson grew up in southeast.c. and served as a marine in desert storm and then became a d.c. police officer. 19 years ago he was gunned down by a man who was angry and wanted to kill any police officer he could find. that first christmas after his death brian's mother shirley started cooking christmas dinner for brian's fellow officers as a way to cope with her loss. >> because i didn't know what to do with myself at christmas time. if i couldn't cook for him, so i cooked and invited the guys from his tour up at 4d. >> she starts getting prepared weeks in advance to cook for hundreds of cops. >> it has to do with brian, but she's doing this to remember brian through officers that are still here and through officers that go out every single day and do their job. >> a week before the dinner, dozens of officers come by and help get the house ready and gibson and her friends start being couping three days before the dinner. >> while it's her way of saying thank you to police, she says she gets something else out of

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gibson, says this would not be possible without approval of request of legislative changes. i was trying to look at your testimony to see if you had specific legislation it's cha e changes you're requesting. >> the legislatist changes airport incorporated into the testimony. they are incorporated into the plan document and they've been briefed and discussed with senate staff. >> i would hate to appropriate $421 million for you to develop a system and then it can't ever be implemented because these other legislative changes you say are ining at the great to the changes you're talking about don't happen. i want to give you an example. when secretary gates and secretary shinseki said they were committed to making sure the medical records of these -- of the active duty and the veterans would become integrated and after $1 billion plus, we still don't have it. so that raises, in my mind, some concerns i have about this undertaking and what kind of resources it's really going to take for us to implement. worthy goals, but i think we're going to be working very closely with you all

firefighters responded to the call at 22-01 gibson street just before 10 o'clock. when crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the three story building. officials say food left unattended on the stove in a third floor apartment sparked the fire, which then spread to the attic. smoke and flames damaged 2 units and forced about 20 people from their homes. small plane crash in north central missouri. the missouri state highway patrol responded shortly after nine o'clock sunday night. a 19-40's single-engine plane went down in a field. the county medical examiner says a 40-year-old from missouri i d 38 year old dawn harl of des moines, iowa died at the scene. the n-t-s-b says it's not sure if the plane was trying to land here or was just passing through, but investigators are still gathering information. a simple parking job ended with a car slamming straight through a south florida restaurant and the whole thing was caught on video. instead d stopping in a parking spot, the driviv of a toyota van drove through the miami restaurant's front window and into the restaur

dillon's shot right there is stopped by john gibson. missed on the rebound. gibson with 23 saves.three games this year these teams combined for four goals and three shut outs. the ducks win it 1-0 the final. nba tonight. the cavaliers and the pellicans. there is the king. cleveland down by 13 with less than seven to go. lebron had 37. pellican stump. drew holiday 27 footer sends it to over time where anthony davis had six of his 31. 114-108. now to the 49ers where he has been the right hand man for 15 years. he was thought to be bulletproof in the 49er offices. apparently not. he will be leaving as team president. there are rumors of rifts all over the place and perhaps a clash with the gm. nobody knows for sure. he will remain the team's contract negotiator and handle the salary cap and no longer handling day-to-day operations. the 9ers say he will be involved in other york family businesses including a soccer team in sacramento. >>> the mac championship, northern illinois facing the bowling green falcons. bowling green tail back. 21-0 and bg at the half. this would be his second

here's abc's kendis gibson. >> reporter: i'm on a mission. i need to fly 14,000 miles before the end of this month. >> please stay seated with your seat belt securely fastened. >> reporter: and it won't be easy easy. millions of other travelers will be taking to the skies this holiday season, one of the busiest travel times of the year. so why would i do something so crazy, you might ask. because i need the miles. 14,145 to be exact. to reach the next level stat wuss my airline. so i'm planning what's called a mileage run, flying nonstop for hours, even days on end. >> at the end of the year people mileage run to get that elite status level because january 1 the clock resets. with brian kelly in the swanky virgin atlantic lounge. now, brian is an expert on scoring big travel rewards for small amounts of spending. >> there's two main types of mileage runs. the first is to accrue miles cheaply, redeemable miles that you can use for future flights. the second type of mileage run is with the focus of elite status. so taking flights, even if they'

kendis gibson, abc news, lindale, texas. now a story developing in california. another police shooting caught on camera. the video shows los angeles county sheriff's deputies fatally shooting a man walking away from them they fire repeatedly even after he falls to the ground according to police, 28-year-old nicholas robertson pointed a gun at them and refused to drop it. more than a dozen people gathered to protest this evening outside the gas station where police shot robertson. relatives accuse the officers of using excessive force.. investigators say they will not make any conclusions until they've reviewed every detail. about that terror attack in san bernardino. tashfeen malik was vetted by homeland security. but investigators passed over social media. after the attack they found malik's facebook post critical of moderate muslims. now the new york times reports she also talked openly on social media in support of violent jihad and "wanted to be a part of it" "had they checked out tashfeen malik a little more, maybe she wouldn't have gotten a visa. maybe tho

. >>> kendis gibson's wild adventure and the advice he learned along the way that will help you save big bucks. on flights. >> we're going to start here, though w a scary store out at mall. >> shoppers were, abc's phillip mena is in madison, wisconsin, with more this morning. hi, phillip. >> reporter: good morning. the easttown mall will be opened for business this morning after it was shut down for hours, the mall packed full of holiday shoppers when someone inside started shooting. overnight, a shopper's worst a grounded mall on one of the busiest retail days of the year. >> to come here to go shopping for christmas and then. guns ring out in the middle of the mall. just ridiculous. >> multiple calls. near the boston store and hallmark store in easttowne mall. >> reporter: the chaos sending exits. madison police say, around 3:00 p.m. saturday, a brawl between nearly a dozen people breaking out, causing one person to pull out a handgun opening fire. >> i saw a flood of customers, women, children, just running towards the back. >> one witness saying he was nearby at the moment this m

dillon's shot right there is stopped by john gibson. missed on the rebound. gibson with 23 saves.three games this year these teams combined for four goals and three shut outs. the ducks win it 1-0 the final. nba tonight. the cavaliers and the pellicans. there is the king. cleveland down by 13 with less than seven to go. lebron had 37. pellican stump. drew holiday 27 footer sends it to over time where anthony davis had six of his 31. 114-108. now to the 49ers where he has been the right hand man for 15 years. he was thought to be bulletproof in the 49er offices. apparently not. he will be leaving as team president. there are rumors of rifts all over the place and perhaps a clash with the gm. nobody knows for sure. he will remain the team's contract negotiator and handle the salary cap and no longer handling day-to-day operations. the 9ers say he will be involved in other york family businesses including a soccer team in sacramento. >>> the mac championship, northern illinois facing the bowling green falcons. bowling green tail back. 21-0 and bg at the half. this would be his second

kendis gibson: "this pristine shoreline now an oily mess." brandi hitt: "it's the biggest breakthrough yet sot: "liquid water has been found on mars." cecilia vega: "the pope touching down." nats pope: "in the land of the free." sot: i would have gone anywhere to see the pope." nats: "pray for me" jim avila: "a handshake 5 decades in the making." devin dwyer: "former house speaker dennis hastert accused of a dark past." lana zak: "guilty to a felony banking charge." sot clinton: "i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done." jonathan karl: "an 11 hour hearing" kenneth moton: "about the 2012 attacks on a us diplomatic post in benghazi." nats "aca is here to stay" stephanie ramos: "another big victory for president obama's healthcare law." sot james obergefell: "our love is equal." cecilia vega: "same sex marriage is now the law of that land, but that does not mean everybody is on board." sot: under whose authority? sot kd: under god's authority sot obama: "the united states, has reached a historic understanding with iran.

kendis gibson's wild adventure and the advice he learned along the way that will help you save big bucks. i'm getting ready to go to indianapolis with my family of five tomorrow. >> file this traveling with three under 7 under the do not do this at home, ever. >>> but we're going to start here, though, a scary store out at mall. >> shoppers were shocked. abc's phillip mena is in hi, phillip. >> reporter: paula dan, good morning. the east towne mall will open for business this morning after it was shut down for hours, the mall packed full of holiday shoppers when someone insidede started shooting. overnight, a ahopper's worst nightmare -- gunfire erupting at a crowded mall on one of the busiest retail days of the year. >> i come here to go shopping for christmas and then guns ring out in the middle of the mall. it's just ridiculous. >> multiple calls. near the boston store and hallmark store inside east towne mall. >> reporter: the chaos sending some shoppers running for the exits. madison police say, around 3:00 p.m. saturday, a brawl between nearly a dozen people breaking out, causing o

. >> i'm kendis gibson. it is a busy thursday morning late night news conferences or early morning news conferences were held out in san bernardino as we mentioned. a lot of information coming in. i guess we should get right to it. the breaking news out of san bernardino, california. the search for a motive does continue at this hour after the deadliest mass shooting on u.s. soil since sandy hook. >> at least 14 people were killed and 1 wounded in the bloody rampage at a social services center. >> two suspects are dead a man and woman killed in a fierce gun battle with police after a high speed chase. one identified ass syed farook. brandi hitt leads off coverage live from san bernardino. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are three very active police scenes here in san bernardino at this hour. we are where it all began where the shooting spree started just a few minutes ago, police have now identified both of the suspected gunmen as a young couple. they were both armed with assault rifles and ha

i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. we're going to start with the holiday travel. big story here. and there's actually a warning for millions of americans set to hit the roads today. >> 40 million americans are in the storm zone across a wide swath of the country as severe weather triggers hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays. abc's brandi hitt leading us off. >> reporter: a wet and soggy start to a busy holiday travel week. >> you just have to face it. >> reporter: more than 100 million travelers are expected to hit the road. the most ever. and severe weather isn't helping. fog may have led to chain reaction crashes on interstate 49 in arkansas, killing at least three people. and across parts of the west it's slow going in the snow. so much has fallen in washington state, rescue teams have been searching for missing skier monty busby since saturday. >> oh, my -- >> reporter: dangerous winds are overturning semi trucks in california. and taking down one tree after the next, keeping utility crews working around the clock. >> we have another tree

gibson powering up inside blake griffin goes for the block but cuts gibson across the head.s called it a flagrant two foul automatic injection for griffin -- ejection who was l.a.'s leading scorer it proved costly. bulls win 83-80 at home. >>> in college hoops fourth ranked iowa state needed a huge rally to beat unranked iowa who led for most of the game. this floater lifted the cyclones with the winning hoop. final score 83-82 as state remains unbeaten. >>> connecticut cracks down on gun control in a way that congress refuses to. but first, the dramatic lightning storm lighting up the night sky over sydney, australia, giving residents a pretty spectacular fright show. bill karins will have the forecast here at home. so what's your news? i got a job! i'll be programming at ge. oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, i'll be writing code that helps machines communicate. (interrupting) i just zazzied you. (phone vibrates) look at it! (friends giggle) i can do dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs... you name it. i'm

i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. you really are going to want to stick around for the big news we just learned about steve harvey. it will have some of the >> i'm not surprised, i have to >> by this news? huh. all right. i'm surprised by it. half hour. >> the timing is kind of interesting. we'll get to that later on but we want to get started with the race for president. donald trump trying to explain a controversial comment that he made about hillary clinton. >> yeah, trump says that when hehe used a specific term to describe clinton's democratic primary loss in 2008 he meant that clinton was "beaten badly." clinton's campaign isn't buying the explanation. it's your voice your vote. abc's jonathan karl reports. >> reporter: donald trump's insults were crude and personal. attacking hillary clinton using a vulgar description of the male anatomy. >> she was going to beat obama. i don't know who'd be worse. i don't know. how does it get worse? but she was going to bea she lost. i mean, she lost. >> reporter: he didn't s

kendis gibson's wild adventure and the advice that he learned along the way that could save you big bucks when you hit the skies. i'm getting ready to go to indianapolis with my family of five tomorrow. file this under the information i wish i would have had before i booked those tickets. >> yes, or file the traveling with three children under 7 under the do not do this at home. >> ever. >> ever. >> we're going to start here, though with a scary story at a mall that happened smack in the middle of the holiday rush. >> shoppers were shocked. abc's phillip mena is in madison, wisconsin, with more this morning. hi, phillip. >> reporter: paula, dan, good morning. the east towne mall will open this morning after it had to be the mall filled with holiday shoppers when someone inside started shooting. overnight, a shopper's worst nightmare, gunfire erupting at a crowded mall on one of the busiest retail days of the year. >> i come here to go shopping for christmas, and then guns ring out inside the middle of the mall. it's just ridiculous. >> multiple calls near the boston store and hallmark sto

for "good morning america," kendis gibson, abc news, new york.ing one another's status on various airlineses right now. >> i'm low on status. >> sometimes it's worth it. >> it is? >> yes. >> you get some free pretzels. >> all right, thank you, kendis by the way. >>> coming up on "good morning america" -- more ways to save on holiday shopping. the stores offering you the best last-minute deals when we come back on "good morning america." stick around, everyone. ♪ ♪ the holidays are here. don't forget you can order on target.com and pick up in store the same day. i ordered this today. it's for you. boop! barbie! a new tie! shop target.com. pick up in store. eucerin intensive repair doesn't just moisturize dry skin it intensively repairs it. with a unique triple action formula that exfoliates hydrates and fortifies skin. leaving it looking healthy and radiant. with intensive repair from eucerin. feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work imme

john gibson, larry o'connor, thank you, both, for being here. >> thank you, lou.a good weekend. >> thank you, lou. >> in our online poll 57% of you said you believe we are witnessing the death of political correctness. thanks for being with us. have a great evening. good night from new york. >> another mass shooting. john: isis attacks. what can america do about it? presidential candidates claim they know what to do. >> if i'm elected president, we will defeat radical islamic terrorists. john: but how? some candidates say the threat has already come to america. >> we should never take in refugees, we don't know who these people rebuke we don't know where they're coming fro. john: does it matter if the politicians say radical islam? >> i don't think we're at war with islam. we are at war with violent extremism. john: whatever words we use, it's important we find the right balance between safety and liberty. senator rand paul got our government the stop mass

i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. we'll get started on a serious note because of deadly storms that are crossing the south. >> we're talking at least seven people who have been killed in the violent weather that stretched from arkansas to mississippi. at least 21 reports of tornadoes confirmed and twisters, as well, including this monster wedge tornado in holly springs, mississippi, that killed at least two people including a 7-year-old boy. >> we're just getting a look at some of the devastation in look at that. our coverage begins with phillip mena in memphis. >>> oh, man. >> reporter: this massive tornado touching down in mississippi. the storm dumping half a foot of rain on mobile, alabama. this neighborhood under water. the street looking more like a river. widespread damage across the south as storms move through. in arkansas, 60 mile-per-hour winds uprooting trees. an 18-year-old woman died after a tree crashed into this home. an 18-month-old baby pulled from the wreckage. >> the toddler was transported to a lo

you're not a grinch, kendis gibson. merry christmas to you. >> you're expensive. >> i am expensive. that's the news for this half hour. hour merry christmas, everybody.ding parts of the u.s. leaving millions in danger this christmas eve... good morning las vegas! i'm dayna roselli... and i'm xxx.... the time now is ... let's get to greg bennett with a weather first check, greg? looks like our holiday cold front has gotten a little bit stronger! high temperatures today will be in the mid and upper 50s with partly cloudy into the overnight.

i'm aditi roy in for reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. great to have you back. we were talking with dan a little bit later on about staying up for 50 hours or as us correspondents would call it, any day y at ends with a "y." " >> i know exactly. i know. it's rough, right? even today, i feel like we're trying to beat his record. >> that is true. that is true. that is one of the tests on these hours that many of you folks know about. one of the true tests rights now going on in the middle of the country. the severe weather which is what we're going to start with. upper midwest. snow has been coming down in minneapolis since yesterday afternoon making roads there a mess. >> and thahasnow is heavy and wet and that's not good for tree branchs for power lines. some areas could get up to a foot of snow. abc's rob marciano reports from minneapolis. >> reporter: a white knuckle ride home in the upper midwest. in minneapolis, cars in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. in kansas, tree limbs crashing right through vehicles. this storm coming on

i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm aditi roy here's some of the top headlines we're following. parts of the northern plains and upper midw >>> good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm aditi roy here's some of the top headlines we're following. parts of the northern plains and upper midwest are getting a big dose of snow. some areas of minnesota will see up to a foot before it stops falling today. full details straight ahead. >> the white house announced new anti-terror measures including the appointment of robert mali to fight isis. security will be tightened in the visa waiver program. >> donald trump is on the defensive this morning after failing to win the endorsement of a black minister's group. instead, some of the religious leaders called on trump to address his use of what they called racially charged >>> and toymaker hacked. 5 million vtech customers and their kids exposed. their personal information stolen, names, addresses even birth dates now in the hands of cyberthieves. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, thi

. >> you're not a grinch. gibson. merry christmas to you. >> you're expensive. >> i am expensive. >>> this morning on "world news now," deadly storms tearing a path across the south. >> the tornadoes caught on video sending trucks flying and leaving behind death and destruction. the heart break and the next storm threat for holiday travelers from accuweather. >>> angry protests causing problems at the largest mall in the country. the demonstrations taking over an airport, the frustrations and the arrests. >>> protecting the pope. new york police officers on patrol at the vatican. why these cops were sent overseas in an unprecedented move. >> and cartoon controversy. republican ted cruz and his kids portrayed in a political cartoon. the insulted candidate and how he's fighting back. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> we do say good morning to everyone on this christmas eve. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. >> we begin with those deadly storms in the south. violent weather has cut a wide pa