and partly because lizzy seeberg was not alive to testify.e christmas without their oldest child. >> we're here, with our loss of our daughter. it's going to be very hard. >> reporter: for "good morning america," barbara pinto, abc news, northbrook, illinois. >>> joining us now is lizzy seeberg's family, tom seeberg. i can only imagine how hard it is for you to watch that story. i'm very sorry for your loss. >> thank you, george. >> you did say it was important for you to come here and speak out. tell us why. >> it's important from the standpoint, that you have a young lady, lizzy, who does all the right things here. she, as we encourage women to do, she reports this in a timely manner. she's thorough. she's thoughtful about it. and the response that she gets is just inadequate. and the concern we have is that what happens to the next young woman who does this? i think this is a case where these things largely go unreported. or there's a serious underreporting of these incidents because women don't want to go through this. >> you say you feel

if what lizzy said had been investigated immediately after.campus police would go and interview the boy. they didn't go and interview the boy until after she took her own life and then days after that and weeks after that. they had gone and interviewed him after, and if they had gone and got the cell phone records immediately after. we wouldn't have to have layer upon layers and the police and then prosecutor's office. this does not have to be the way it is today. >> susan filan, thank you for coming in. >>> sarah palin is taking her message to the media. why is sarah embracing those that she often mocks the most. ah, it's stinging a little bit more than usual! yeah, you'll get used to it. the longer you keep your high mileage car, the more it pays you back. get castrol gtx high mileage. it helps engines last longer by fighting the main causes of engine failure. i think a dime went up my nose. yeah, it happens. don't change your car. change your oil to castrol gtx high mileage. its more than just oil. it's liquid engineering. i won't. ♪ [ fema

. >> lizzie post, the grand-grand it daughter of emily post along with advice for helping us get through> a little stressful. looking forward to that one. >>> also ahead, could pre-mature wrinkles be a sign of poor health? debunking common myths about how you look, how you feel and how, how you look -- what that says about what's actually going on inside. >> i understood that. >> okay. >> the grammy nominations announced tonight. backstage with the superstars like katy perry and host ll cool j as he get ready for the big show. first, jeff glor is at the newsdesk with another check of the headlines. good morning, jeff. >> harry, so nice to shelter the both of you there. >> isn't he a gentleman? a gentleman at all times. >> really, really sweet. >>> this morning, long-term unemployment benefits run out for 2 million americans. in an effort to extend, the bill failed at midnight when opponents balked. this morning, challenger christmas reports job cuts surged. more than 40,000 lost. highest total in ten months. >>> today white house representatives and a group of lawmakers meet to discuss b

he did leave that on the table, or hand them to lizzie, who is right there by the pillar, or hand them to me. we will make sure that you get notification of that. >> thank you all very much. thank you, peter, thank you, neil. thank you all for coming. >> thank you guys so -- you guys are really all 16 years old? not your 16th birthday? really? you are 5? you are all five? but why do you guys look like you are 16? you all look older than 5. do you think you look older than 5? yes, you kind of do. how old do you think i am? am i, like, 50? am i, like, 100? could i be 100? really? do you think? do you think i am 15 years old? >> yes. [laughter] mayor newsom: do you think i'm 20 years old? 25? that is, like, really, really old, 25. how about 30? that is too old, i know. so it is not your 16th birthday, all of you. but you are in high school, right? you are not? you are in kindergarten? wow. are you guys going to college? >> yes. mayor newsom: all of you are going to college? why are you not going to college? but when you are bigger, you are all going to college, right? yes. if you eat lunc

this morning the ultimate guide to christmas dinner etiquette with etiquette expert lizzi post.ry christmas. >> to you to, russ. >> talk about seating folks. when you talk about who sits where, what do you consider? >> it depends what type of christmas you decide to have. if you have a sitdown dinner where everyone is going to have their own place, you want to think about boy/girl order, still a traditional thing we do a nod to, also know your family, who works best with whom. don't want the two people who are on really opposite ends of the political or religious spectruming to be together, you know, causing that big ruck can cuss. >> sometimes people will show up at dinner with someone you didn't expect. >> right. >> as the host or hostess, automatically do you accept those folks, send them to denny's, what do you do? >> you don't. hi, you can come in, up can't. no, you want to accept them into your home and welcome this, set the extra place at the table. you know, ask your family to hold back a little bit so there is a little extra food to accommodate the extra guests. >> tabl

he did leave that on the table, or hand them to lizzie, who is right there by the pillar, or hand them to me. we will make sure that you get notification of that. >> thank you all very much. thank you, peter, thank you, neil. thank you all for coming.