lara. private first class salvador j. lara distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as the squad leader of a rifle squad with 2d platoon, company l, 180th infantry, 45th infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in aprilia, italy on may 27 and 28, 1944. on the afternoon of the 27th, private first class lara aggressively led his rifle squad in neutralizing multiple enemy strongpoints and in inflicting large numbers of casualties on the enemy. having taken his initial objective, private first class lara noticed that the unit to his right was meeting stiff resistance from a large, well-entrenched enemy force in a deep ditch. private first class lara quickly gathered three men and attacked a wide section of the enemy position, killing four, forcing fifteen others to surrender and causing two enemy mortar crews to abandon their weapons. his fearless and efficient performance enabled both his own unit and the unit to his right to continue

lara, lara, is that you, lara?ike you to take a look at this little gem. here she is. >> wide world of sports. we're talking over 35 years of memories. >> all right. >> nice computer, robin. >> is that a micro wave? >> i think i was playing atari on it. >> ms dos. >> look at you. you look adorable. >> you look the same, by the way. >> just on tuesdays, george. >>> first, though -- >> thanks, lara. that's all coming up. >>> let's get some news from amy. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with the extreme weather ginger has been following. millions of americans facing bitter cold, arctic air, snow, and even tornadoes. reported twisters have touched down from louisiana to florida, damaging homes and uproad r rooting trees. that threat moving into the carolinas this morning. >>> meanwhile, snow that hit the texas panhandle is marching east. as wind chills in the middle of the country dip below zero. ginger's frigid forecast coming up. >>> we expect to hear today from the family of the latest american murdered by isis

lara, lara, is that you lara? >> no, that's indiana spencer. >> sorry, my bad.> nice computer, robin. >> is that a micro wave? >> i think it was an atari. >> you look the same, by the way. >> just on tuesdays, george. >>> first, though -- >> thanks, lar prap. >>> let's get some news from amy. >>> we begin with the extreme weather ginger has been following. millions of americans facing bitter cold, arctic air, snow, and reported tornadoes. twisters reported from louisiana to florida, damaging homes and uprooting trees. >>> meanwhile, snow that hit the texas panhandle is marching east. ginger's frigid forecast coming up. >>> we expect to hear today from the family of the latest american murdered by isis militants in syria. a video confirming peter cakas g kassig's death was released overthe weekend. the video shows landmarks. and also isis members not wearing masks. >>> pope francis announcing his first official visit to the united states. the pope will attend the world meeting of families in philadelphia, a mass i have gathering organized by the church. and he ma

. >> that's as close as you have ever gotten, lara. >> wait until you hear this. >> more? >> this. >> all right, all right, all right. >> that's einstein. the parrot from texas. who has taken to parroting his fellow texas friend, matthew mcconaughey. >> now, when you can get a dog

good morning, ryan. >> good morning, lara.wl and recent rise in fights has so many wondering what's going on. nascar is responding loud and clear. the penalties may be coming. this morning, nascar could decide as early as today if they will issue any penalties on the drivers involved in sunday's bloody brawl seen around the world. crew members and drivers were numerous teams involved in the free-for-all pushing, punching and shoving. according to "the charlotte observer" this nascar official saying the scuffle was over the line. vowing to take further action. >> important thing is to, you know, make the right decision at the end of the day. >> reporter: this crash at the texas 500 making race day look more like fight night. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: with 43-year-old superstar jeff gordon chasing down rival brad keselowski after keselowski's car crashed into him on the race's last lap ending his chance for victory lane. check out keselowski's reaction >> that's just racing. >> like something out of wwe other drivers getting into

i believe we have one from councilmember lara? >> i made notes on questions. specifically through your speech i crossed them off. you covered a lot of areas in a very short time and i really appreciate your comments. >> councilmember kostanian? >> thank you for coming. you mentioned there were a number of people being incarcerated. can you tell me the percentage? >> i don't have the percentage, you mean the number of veterans that make-up the population? i don't have the percentage. but we can give you our e-mail and get back to you. that is another challenge with veterans with legal issues. unfortunately those legal issues result because of symptoms with ptsd. we have numerous cases when the police pull somebody over they have this guy in a uniform in a gun and leaning in a window and it triggers them right back to the conflict. it is very serious. i'm glad that veterans court is up and running and we routinely take veterans out of jail and into our program as an arrangement. a lot of times they don't have a place to go and the va has staff that's dedicated a

. >> reporter: hi, lara. this year. we have more than twice as much snow covering the country than has been typical. it has been dangerous driving for millions of americans and getting stuck or stranded in a situation like this is a very real and life-threatening possibility. it can happen in an instant. >> we aren't going anywhere. >> reporter: you're driving in an unfamiliar area, and suddenly you're lost. or worse, stranded in the snow. >> that truck ain't going nowhere until we get help up here. >> reporter: it happened to four men in oregon on tuesday. their gps sending them the wrong way into rough, secluded country. >> we didn't know how long we were going to be there. >> reporter: the men hunkering down for 18 hours until help finally arrived. >> we want to get out as soon as possible. >> reporter: and in western new york, this women's basketball team stranded for 30 hours after heavy snow brought traffic to a dead stop. >> we made it out. >> reporter: some are not as fortunate. in 2006, james kim and

. >> how about you, lara? >>> all right, thank you, robin. heading to the movie this is weekend, you are going to see trailers. we love the sneak peek about movies coming up. but more and more of us are just sick of them. and abc's t.j. holmes is in the social square with that story. good morning. >> good morning. and this is really simple stuff. a simple concept here. for example, i have 15 seconds right now to preview or at least the story i'm about to show viewers. but can't make the tease too good and give you too much. because i need you to stick around and watch this. >> it will not end here. with every victory this evil will grow. >> reporter: with just around two minutes to grab your attention and get you to the box office -- movie trailers go all out to lure you in. >> i will find him. >> reporter: but this morning it turns out those seemingly never-ending teasers we sit through are backfiring on theaters. a new study revealing they are fed up with trailers. they give away so much of the plot, there's no point seeing the movie. more

lara? george? >> we're here. so obviously it's not us. who isn't here today? yeah, exactly. >> ginger zee. >> oh. >> she's in nashville. it's all right. thank you very much. >>> now to a break in the case of the woman kidnapped in the streets of philadelphia. police releasing new video of a person of interest in the disappearance of the 22-year-old nursing student. mara schiavocampo is in philadelphia with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: robin, good morning. this is the spot where that woman was kidnapped. there are several surveillance cameras in the area. and police say thanks to that video, they are close to a break in the case. this morning, a brand-new lead as authorities desperately search for 22-year-old carlesha freeland-gaither and the man who violently kidnapped her in this chilling surveillance video. overnight, police releasing this video of a person of interest in the case, buying a drink at a convenience store. this, just minutes after he was captured on another video withdrawing cash from her account at a bank in maryland. >> it shows a m

lara, inspired by a cause near and dear to her heart. i'm coming to the big apple. i hope you like pie. >> don't we ever. >> that would be affirmative. you are here this morning. we're all stuffing you are a faces. go down one by one and reveal the amazing pies for all of us. start with robin. >> this is the robin roberts pie. so, robin, one of the things i love about you is your relationship with your family. this pie celebrates that, this is based on your mom's christmas punch, the ginger, lime and strawberries. >> it tastes just like it. it does. it does. it's so good. but it tastes just like my mama's -- >> that's beautiful. >> i'm glad you like it. >> i love it. i love it. >> thank you so much. i'm glad you enjoy it. the george stephanopoulos pie. this is based on your greek heritage. my sister married a greek man, so the greeks are now my people too. this is an adaptation of backlava, and the filling is the white house apple pie recipe that i adapted to salute your political -- your political -- >> she's hitting it all. pass it bac

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i'm with you, lara, i'm a little weird. the rain out in the west.lly as it moves across, snow. buffalo, >> good morning, washington. it better today. 38 degrees when chill of 31. notice some of the clouds of that have pushed in across the region. they are patchy right now, as a cold front entrance our region. we are getting a little warmer today than yesterday. 30 at dulles 36 and winchester. 35 in andrew. 37 in a annapolis. >> a happy 98th birthday to californ georgia in california. let's go inside. >>> time for the heat index. roll some of "horrible bosses." we have seen the movie. it shows what it means to work with someone with zero emotional intelligence. can't wait for the sequel. but if you're good at gauging other people's emotions. if you have high emotional intelligence, you might earn a bigger paycheck. identifying those emotions, reading other people's faces and cues. and those who scored higher were making more money. >> they knew when to and for the raise and when not to. maybe a bad day for the boss. >> how to impress their bosses. ye

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lara. >> thank you so much. >>> and turn now to a cosmic mystery solved.e know a cause that strange streak seen above the sky in chicago monday night. it wasn't a meteor or space junk after all. it was the light in the sky that left an entire city in the dark. but this morning, the fire ball that mystified chicago monday night is a mystery no more. energy drink company red bull revealing it was this high-flying stunt that parked all the commotion on the ground. those sky divers are part of the so-called red bull air force. shooting flares from their shoes in an elaborate promotion in the park. you can see it from the city below. it's not the first time a harmless promotion sparked mass confusion. just last week, san francisco, concerned citizens said there was a southwest airlines flight flanked by a fighter jet. they were shooting a commercial. perhaps the ultimate flying false alarm, this so-called plane crash in chicago. so convincing even the local news reported it. >> it looks like a giant hole in the middle of the street. >> reporter: not realizing i

i just saw lara do quite the run. she jogged over. >> george and i don't even flinch anymore.e're like -- >> she stayed upright. >> i would like to point out, nothing spilled, everybody. >> she stuck the landing yet again. >>> coming up here, the story of a halloween cruise turning into a nightmare. why panicked passengers were forced to evacuate. >>> and "gma" investigates pill lowe's. how often should you be replacing yours? >> today? on his game... morning double bogie. hey, three putt. and starting each day with a delicious bowl of heart healthy kellogg's raisin bran. how's your cereal? sweet! tastes like winning. how would you know what winning tastes like? dave knows it's also a delicious source of fiber and one more step towards a healthy tomorrow. you eat slower than you play. you're in a hurry to lose, huh? oh okay! invest in your heart health, with kellogg's raisin bran no crying today... transferred money from hisy bank of america savings account to his merrill edge retirement account. before he opened his first hot chocolate stand calling winter an "underserved sea

lara is extremely happy about this. come on back. >>> we had a nice crowd. the show. >> yeah. such a big part of everyday culture. in portland it defines who you are. >> can we see some of the recipes? >> yes. >> and this one is really going to blow your mind mac and cheese. >> yeah. >> it's like you know comfort food and it's based on a sketch we did called adult babysitter. an adult needed a babysitter. >> a husband needed a babysitter. you need comfort food when you stay home. >> on a menu they try to make it sound fancy. at the end of the day, it really is just mac and cheese. your version is spiffy. >> a lot of nice restaurants do it. it's a good thing. good comfort food. it's always a nice thing. >> amy wants some. i have to bring some for her. >> i'm waiting here in the wings. >> she's been talking about the mac and cheese all morning. let's go to the next -- next one, what do we have here? brussels sprouts and bacon? >> yeah. >> why is this portland? >> i think because the brussels sprouts are there to help you eat more bacon. >> the big slabs over t

and the letters to his kids, when he returned, he shredded them. >> lara and george?> glad he shredded those letters. >> indeed. >>> thank you so much. i want to get to today's other top stories with amy. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with the big news overnight from president obama's visit to china. the u.s. and china announcing a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. president obama calling it a major milestone. but not everything went so smoothly at a news conference with china's president today. abc's jim avila was there. >> reporter: it was to end with ruffles and flourishes. toast to the landmark global warming agreement, but nearly overshadowed by a diplomatic snafu in front of the world press. >> we have agreed to take a question from the press. >> reporter: after weeks of trying, the u.s. got china to hold an extremely rare closing news conference, with one question from the american press, provocatively choosing the "the new york times," which has been battling with china over censorship and access to ask it. and the "times" reporter p

lara. okay. friday edition, "pop news." >>> indeed. let's bring it home, robin roberts. duchess of cambridge the story of their life. at least for a minute. there's only two, george. i don't know the band that well. it happened at the annual royal variety performance in london. it's a charity benefit. it's a big deal. princess kate, with britain's second-favorite harry. and the lead singer, stiles, comm admitted he had one thing to say after. he didn't know what to say. and he decided to go with congratulations on the bump. >> he didn't say that, really? >> that's bold. >> with his accent, probably sounded better. i'm sure. >> he did. and she was fine with it. he can get away with it. it was a cute moment. and they have now met. there you go. >>> and now change the -- oh, i love this song. come on, robin. ♪ i can't let go ♪ because i love you too much baby ♪ >> thank you. you'll agree that elvis is still the king. and a huge set of his memorabilia owned by his estate is set to hit the auction block in memphis, tennessee. january 28th. why i tell you this? they happen all

southwest, we have a little bit in the way of skirtingt rain showers to the north of culpeper, around larae -- luray. driftay continue to eastward. we have had 0.25 inches at reagan national. we have some sunshine in some places as well. woodbridge, virginia. 65 degrees. we are kind of seeing a little bit of a break in the clouds as well in town, in alexandria, 61 degrees. still overcast skies, but a little bit of that sunshine trying to peek through. off toellite shows us the west we are starting to see some clearing. the bright white are the thicker clouds. we will see some clouds filtering in. maybe a slight chance for a shower. the bulk of the rain is over. temperatures are warming up a bit. 63 in manassas. 55 in gaithersburg. 51 in frederick. the bigger weather story is going to be a surge of some cooler air moving in tomorrow and moving in for the upcoming weekend. is over of the cold air the upper midwest. temperatures are in the 40's. that is the air mass that is going to slide in tomorrow and this weekend. was far as the later chance for showers, this is what i am thinking. you hav

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>> we have a question from councilmember lara. >> thank you for being here. those of you who know my relationship with swords, is exactly what i felt i was going through. when i was in the military, i had trouble getting around for employment. me going to swords, i was a client. they worked with me on my resume and made sure that i took advantage of all of my benefits that made me unique. i was offered a position and since then in five years 5 years i have had a lot of opportunities within the organization and it's unanimously that my superiors would say that i have displayed above reproach and that my relationship within the community has also grown. i really want to thank you for sharing that part of your story and approaching this topic about employment as a way to highlight the veterans with disabilities are just parts of our community and that these special accommodations are no additional accommodations for anyone else particularly with unemployment. >> thank you, any other questions of councilmembers? councilmember senhaux? >> i want to thank you for b

. >> lara. >>> and the so-called tiger terrorizing the paris suburbs. hunting for the big cat that's forced residents to remain inside to stay safe. on the prowl. this is believed to be the tiger that has parisians on high alert. the big cat seen here just outside the city. this paw print left in the mud. police urging residents to stay indoors as crews search on foot. scouring from the skies. even using thermal cameras at night. experts say the animal looks to be about 150 pounds and a year and a half old. it was first spotted in a busy supermarket parking lot, approximately 20 miles outside partly sun paris. and seen 20 miles away from the top tourist destination, disneyland, paris. euro disney, the operator, says there are no tigers in the theme park. and a big cat park nearby telling abc news it's not theirs either. they are not ruling out it's a domesticated tiger. and here in the states, we have had our share of big scares over big cats. >> there was a lion that ran across the street. a big lion. >> reporter: fortunately that lion turned out to be

and right now back to ginger for a final look ant weather. >>> oh, lara.t rainbows to show you, right there from lori, san francisco, too, rainbows all around. we'll be positive bit, by the weekend we're warming up, some of the places that froze, you can cheer for that. it's exciting. places like orlando and chicago will be in the 50s. >> robin, all that weather brought to you by macy's. i'm staying out here. >> great moves as always, ginger. looks like a good time out there. time now for thankful thursday where we honor people making a difference. you are about to meet a mother who's care packages to her marine son have turned into gifts of love for thousands of others in war zones. this is a story about something beautiful. amid the ashes of war where men become brothers and acts of kindness endure. >> your marines, they become your brothers. >> reporter: evan joined the marines at 17. just months later at combat in iraq. a land of chaos and pain. >> poverty, death, destruction. >> reporter: in december, 2006, evan was injured by a roadside bomb but refu

. >>> boy, lara, this next story will stir up controversy. >> absolutely. a new bookmaking shocking claims about the life of jesus christ. according to the lost gospel, jesus married mary magdeline and they had two children. >> reporter: it's the controversy claim at the heart of dan brown's the da vinci code. >> marry magdeline was jesus' wife. >> reporter: a new book agrees. not only did he marry her, they had two children. >> would she destroy faith or would she renew it? >> reporter: in the lost gospel, due out this wednesday, authors argue that the original virgin mary was jesus' wife, not his mother. and that there was an assassination attempt on jesus' life 13 years before he was cruise f crucified. these are allegations bound to be controversial. the writers spent six years writing their book, basing it on an ancient manuscript. translating it into english. >> i don't think that there's any credibility in these claims at all. there is simply no evidence in this text or anywhere else that jesus was married to mary magdeline, much less that they had a

councilmember lara? >> thank you for being able to tie in what plow shares does and thank you for telling a little bit more about your personal story. this topic is one that i'm glad we took an advantage and opportunity to focus this entire meeting, but what i get from all three presentations that this is a conversation that needs to be happening continually. thank you for swords plow shares has a presentation to find ways to reintegrate and bring those fully to integrate into organization. thank you, kevin. >> other councilmembers? >> councilmember senhaux? >> i want to piggy back with her and thank you for being here and when you talk about your job and your experience. when you talked about veterans disability, there seems to be more education in the employers perspective for how they see a veteran so they can be educated to not only accommodate them and not necessarily to out rule them that they can't be part of society and working. i appreciate you are focusing on that aspect which is a barrier, the

on to -- before we get to information item no. 7, we believe we have instruction from councilmember lara? >> good afternoon, in view of veterans day a couple weeks ago and to ensure that veterans are not only recognized but their efforts are appreciated, i thought it would befitting that the council talk about veterans with disabilities and thank you for the introduction early about why the veterans community and disabled community need to have continuing dialogue to ensure they have access to all parties and what is available to them and also the community understand the effort that veterans communities are doing as they return from conflict have more access and policies to ensure they are treated with dignity and respect and the services they earned. >> thank you, councilmember. with that we move to item no. 7. housing for low income chronically homeless veterans presented by leon winston, chief operating officer and housing director at swords to plow shares. >> good afternoon, my name is leo jocelyn. i'm the clinical director for the programs. leon was not able to attend today. what w

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. >>> boy, lara, this next story will stir up controversy. >> absolutely. a lot of people will be talking about this. it's a new book making some shocking claims about the life of jesus christ. according to the lost gospel, jesus married mary magdalene, and they had two children. the authors even say they have evidence to back up their claims. abc's dan harris has our story. >> reporter: it's the controversial claim at the heart of dan brown's "the da vinci code >> mary magdalene was jesus' wife. >> reporter: and this morning, an explosive new interpretation of ancient texts agree, saying jesus christ not only married prostitute mary magdalene, but also had two children with her. >> a living descendent of jesus christ, would she destroy faith or would she renew it. >> reporter: in "the lost gospel," due out this wednesday, authors argue that the original virgin mary was jesus' wife, not his mother. and that there was an assassination attempt on jesus' life 13 years before he was crucified. these are allegations bound to controversial. but also bound to get

>> good morning, my name is lara fish and i am the community organizer here at local two and we represent over 12,000 hotel and restaurant workers in sanmateo, and san francisco counties and i am here to express our support for the retail worker bill of rights, and our solidary, with the retail workers who are forced to work, involuntariary part time hours and forced into erratic schedules and so we know that without this legislation, the workers and many retail outlet cans not participate in their communities or their family and they can't make the doctor's appointments and can't take care of other family members and they can't generally make ends meet or plan a budget, so while the local twos that been able to secure the predictable schedules, there are far too many workers in the city that don't have those same rights, so we think that this, and you know, this group for their support of the bill and urge you all to move forward with it as soon as possible. >> thank you. >> i am going to call a couple more names, martin and michelle lim. >> good morning, my name is tuve, and i am a fami

my question is for you, senator lara. i'm a native los angelesen, i'm very proud of what our state has done. but i'm also an immigration officer with uscis. i would like to ask a question regarding how california is taking into consideration in vetting these individuals as it pertains to national security and public safety concerns. i'm just -- if you could expand a little bit -- >> under which program? >> we'll say, for example, the california driver's license laws, so you had said that you're not collaborating with the federal government, however, there are national security concerns in this country and california is not exempt from that, so if you could expand a little bit on some of the measures that the state is taking for screening and vetting individuals with national security concerns. >> that's a good question. just as the city id, we went through this rule-making process in terms of how do we identify the person and how do we know that that's the actual person that's applying for the license? and so we went thro

my question is for you, senator lara. i am a native los angeles resident. i'm very proud of what our state has done. i'm also an immigration officer with uscis. i'd like to ask a question regarding how california is taking into consideration and vetting these individuals as it pertains to national security and public safety concerns. i'm just -- if you could expand a little bit on -- >> under which -- under which program? >> we could -- we'll say, for example, the california driver's license laws. so you had said that, you know, you're not collaborating with the federal government, however, there are national security concerns in this country and california is not exempt from that. if you could explain the screening and vetting individuals for national security concerns. >> good question. just as the city i.d., we went through this rule making process in terms of how do we identify the person? how do we know that that's the actual person that's applying for the license? so we went through a long rule-making process and -- but we are operating under, you kno