tonight, country music superstar luke combs will join us. nathaniel rateliff. terrific. we've got new shows this week with gillian anderson, dr. phil, john king from cnn, emmanuel acho, ellen pompeo, and music from ty dolla sign, maren morris, and chris stapleton. please join us for all of that. now that the presidential race is mostly decided, we turn our attention to other competitions of note. on november 22nd, our first guest will host the american music awards here on abc. please welcome taraji p. henson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> in the house! >> jimmy: how are you? welcome. i like your hair. your hair looks great. >> thank you. >> jimmy: is that permanent? >> it's a wig, trade-off, you like it? >> jimmy: i do. >> you want to be peg bundy next halloween? >> jimmy: it is peg bundy, isn't it? welcome, it's good to have you here. hap happy belated birthday, you turned 50 over the summer, i couldn't believe it. >> i think the nurse was drunk. >> jimmy: put the wrong year. i know, whatever you're very youthful. when you were 12 did people

. >> other snubs include bob dylan, the chicks, luke combs, halsey and selena gomez and the killers.er: justin bieber was nominated, but he's still crying foul, taking to social media. he expected his "changes" album to be recognized in r&b, not pop. writing in part, from the chords to the melodies to vocal style, it is undeniably, inmistakenly an r&b album. to be clear, i absolutely love pop music. it just wasn't what i set out to make this time around. it's another good year for female artists. beyonce leading the field with a record-breaking nine nominations. dua lipa and taylor swift both picking up six nods. swift is up to win her third album of the year for "folklore." if taylor swift does win for "folklore," she'll be the first female to win album of the year three times. >> some negatives there when it comes to the weeknd. but some positives as well. beyonce with the most nods overall, received nine nominations in eight categories including both record and song of the year for "black parade". >> she's actually going to compete against herself. take a look at that. compete aga

luke combs. and music from nathaniel rateliff. and now jimmy kimmel!m jimmy. i'm the host, thank you for watching. i tell you what, it took almost the whole four years, but donald trump finally got a massive crowd to cheer him

. >> other big winners last night luke combs won for male vocalist and album of the year and maren morrisvocalist. >>> our washington insider breaks down what we know about president-elect joe biden's chief of staff. >>> searching for a solution. an inside look at johnson & johnson's promising covid-19 vaccine trial. ♪ sfx: turkey gobble sfx: dog bark sfx: bubbles give thanks, no matter how you share it. >>> right now at 5:00, our washington insider breaks down about what we need to know about president-elect joe biden's chief of staff. >>> the growing concerns over president trump cleaning house at the pentagon. >>> searching for a vaccine. the live report on the action bay area hospitals are already taking as they prepare for a potential rollout. >>> plus, trying to serve up solutions to survive. the unique takeout spin some bay area restaurants are planning to offer this thanksgiving as they try to stay afloat amidst the pandemic. "today in the bay" continues right now. >>> a lot of food on the table there. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us.

that is luke combs, big winner last night.y from the artists but also wearing masks and facial shields for moments when the artist was asked to talk to people or press or sing onstage. entertainer of the year, eric church probably said it best, the big win last night was figuring out how to do a version of normal that allowed live music to be played and people to get back to work here in nashville. that is a big win for 2020, he said. >>> for the full list of winners, go to our website, goodmorningamerica.com. that's it from nashville, robin. i'll see y'all soon. did you like that? i said see y'all? >> i know you had -- lara, you're a little anxious. this was your first time traveling on the road from work. so how was it for you? >> you know what, i was so grateful to the cma producers, they took no chances. we were tested, tested again, on the plane i took all the precautions that dr. jen has told us all to take with wipes and gloves and masks and all is well. >> well you come on home. you come on home. >> thanks. >> all righ

. >> reporter: the evening is slated to be packed with live performances by lambert and luke combs alongne >> i can't wait to see the show. >> reporter: a couple of headliners that were due to attend but you will no longer be seeing at the cmas tonight, lee bryce and florida georgia line. ♪ bryce and tyler hubbard of florida georgia line tested positive for covid-19 last week, so both had to drop out of their planned performances. ♪ but as the saying goes the show must go on. charles kelly is filling in for bryce's duet with carly pierce and chris stapleton will perform his hit new song "starting over." ♪ it don't matter to me wherever we are i wanna be ♪ >> reporter: romina puga, abc news. >> coverage begins at 7:30 with on the red carpet. by the way, you can catch tonight's episode of "wheel of fortune" at 7:30 tomorrow. you won't miss any episodes. the 54th annual cma awards begin at 8:00 right here on abc 7 and then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> a reminder, you can get the latest news anytime with our abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization

billboard hot 100 since it came out a few weeks ago could you do something in the style of, like, luke combsitary get the credit they deserve ♪ ♪ you can ear a lot of medal there's even som for the reserves ♪ ♪ most likely to orde the best thing i the restaurant would be hers ♪ ♪ but when it comes to ordering salads she's least likely to ♪ >> jimmy: come on now. thank you, roots thank you so much, abby. thank you for your service let's get another veteran on here. hello. what is your name, and what branch did you serve in. >> hey, jimmy. my name is christian leggett i was a lieutenant in the u.s. navy [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: wow, christian, lieutenant u.s. navy, awesome. thank you again for being here christian, we've all done so many zooms this year if you could zoom with any two celebrities, who would you pick >> oh, wow probably dave chappelle and jack white [ applause ] >> jimmy: wow, that's awesome. could have said me, but it's okay you know what? it doesn't matter, right, because we're kind of zooming now. it doesn't matter. so yeah, i understand. you're being polite. christian

. >> reporter: the evening is slated to be packed with live performances by lambert and luke combs withu hit me like a hurricane >> i can't wait to see the show. ♪ you one of them girls that >> a couple headliner deuce er attend, lee brice and florida georgia line. ♪ ♪ >> brice and tyler hubbard tested positive for covid-19 so both had to drop out of the planned performances. but as the saying goes, the show must go on. charles kelly is filling in for brice's due wt with carly pierc and chris stapleton will perform his new hit song "starting over." >> and coverage for the cma awards starts at 7:30 p.m. with on the red carpet, the award show itself starts at 8:00. enjoy. >>> cool temperatures and king tides. we have a lot to talk about in all otc pain relievers including volthave one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large there's surprising power in this patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. hisamitsu. ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience even better... with humira citrate-free. it has the s

. >> other big winners last night, luke combs won for male vocalist and album of the year.ren morris took home prizes for female vocalists and single of the year. nice to get the music going. very uplifting in a way. >> absolutely. winning that award i'm sure nothing like it. >>> 5:50 for you this morning. nothing like a nice forecast. meteorologist kari hall has a look at what we can expect today and looking like it will be pretty good, kari. >> yeah, but we've had some very chilly temperatures at least for this afternoon. it's going to warm up and be a nice day. here's a look at our highs reaching into the mid 60s and we're going to see those 60s around the bay area today with a lot of sunshine, once again. now, tomorrow we're getting ready for some rain that will be moving in. with this weather system that's just to the north of us and as it moves in, it will bring in mostly some afternoon showers starting in the north and making it into the rest of the bay area going into tomorrow evening. and by tomorrow night, we're seeing a lot of that rain moving into the south bay

we were supposed to see luke combs last month.d of disappointed we didn't get to see that, especially after his night last night. congratulations to him. all right. i would like to see lady gaga, . 48 degrees in the east bay hills. cooler this morning. brighter and a little bit warmer this afternoon. we have that 1 on the storm impact scale for light to moderate showers tomorrow. then some 70s are back in the forecast sunday, monday, tuesday before our next chance of wet weather next wednesday. for today, 55 inhalf moon bay is the cool spot. pretty much everywhere else at 56. we'll be around 60 to 65 possibly 66 degrees in fairfield and morgan hill. 65 in livermore and concord. 64 in san jose. oakland, 63. 62 in san rafael and napa. lows today will be milder but it will remain dry other than some fog and a little mist hanging in the air along the coast and up into the north bay where we'll hve upper 30s while the rest of us are in the lower to middle 40s. here's our storm system. you can see as it comes down from the gulf of alas

luke combs, gillian anderson, taraji p.and we'll have music from ty dolla sign, maren morris, nathaniel rate-liff, and chris stapleton. join us next week. our first guest tonight is an englishman who spent seven seasons riding motorcycles and swallowing bugs on "sons of anarchy." his new movie is called "jungleland" and it premieres tuesday on vod. say hello to charlie hunnam. [ cheers and applause ] who is that? >> this is my kitten that i rescued. she was fast asleep but we woke her up, so i'll put her on the floor so we can concentrate on you. >> jimmy: sorry, kitten. what's her name? >> cleopatra. >> jimmy: yes, like that lady from history. >> yes, right. >> jimmy: see, i know. a lot of cats are named cleo, why is that, i wonder? is it the eyes? >> guess so, yeah. she sort of had a little -- i don't know, we got her and it was just the first name that came to mind. so it stuck. >> jimmy: i heard you're a little under the weather right now. >> i am. i think, thanks to cleo, actually -- it's funny. i'm not sure what i hav

joining the weeknd in club snub this year, halsey, selena gomez, the killerz, luke combs and bob dylans. ♪ >> reporter: and then there's justin bieber, puzzled after scoring three nominations in the pop category for his "changes" album writing, it is undeniably, unmistakably, an r&b album. to be clear i absolutely love pop music. it just wasn't what i set out to make this time around. ♪ but it was another good year for female artists. dominating the top category for a third year in a row. ♪ >> reporter: with beyonce reigning supreme with her record-breaking nine grammy nominations. and speaking of breaking records, taylor swift is back with a vengeance. after being left of the awards show last year, she's got six nominations now, including song of the year. her fifth nomination for that award more than any other female songwriter in grammy history. >> back with a vengeance, indeed. kaylee, thank you so much. speaking of taylor swift coming up in our next half hour we will be talking with taylor swift in a "gma" exclusive. >> she released that movie overnight as well on disney plus. it'

. >> reporter: luke brindle-khym is an investigator who joined the team that rubin and roc nation had bankrolled. he spent months combingocuments, tracking down witnesses. the only witness against meek in his criminal trial was the police officer who arrested him. his name was reggie graham. reggie graham served in philadelphia's narcotics field unit. the investigator tracked down a former undercover officer who had worked with graham for years. >> we worked in the squad together. i talked to him everyday. >> reporter: jeffrey walker wasn't involved with meek mill's case, but remembers graham talking about his arrest. >> i remember sitting at my desk. and it was reggie graham's -- came in the -- he was in the office. we were doing paperwork. and we all talk in there. and reggie graham was talking about a kid named meek mill. i distinctly remember him saying he arrested this kid, he beat this kid, and he ripped a row of braids out of this kid's head. >> reporter: walker says graham was a dirty cop and that he should know because he was one too. >> i participated with reggie in one particular job in 2003 where i watched r