the college football playoff is right around the corner and the clemson tigers have a shot at the natio >>> rochelle: the college tigers have a shot at the national title. the team arrived in miami over the weekend to prepare for its showdown with fourth-ranked oklahoma. quarterback deshaun watson says this year's tiger team is one of a kind. >> we have a lot of play makers, not just one guy you key on, the whole offense you have the key on. i think that's what separates us and makes us this offense pretty special. >> rochelle: abc columbia is your home for clemson college football playoff coverage. our mike gillespie is in miami. watch for his live reports this week as we gear up for the year's eve. >>> rochelle: it's not all business this week at the orange bowl for the tigers. tim hill has more in your sports minute to win it. >> seen i hitting the beach monday taking a break from preparations for the game against oklahoma, a sooners team they beat big last year but you from their running back. >> they are good defense but they have areas where we can expose and, you know, i'm not go

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sad time to be an eagles natio nation. >> 7 years sint eagles last playoff win. >> unbelievable. >> it'sture. torture around here. rich cotight of all people had a playoff win by this point. chip kelly is first eagles' coach since buddy ryan without a playoff victory by third years and with charles in charge eagles have been going backwards for the fourth time in last five seasons eaglels will not go on playoff run. chip kelly blew up the roster and it blew up in his faiingts. the eagles dropped the ball all season long including last night nine drops against redskins and eagles have the most turnovers in nfl since start of 2014. is chip in iping dear of losing job. he says he's not worried about. it he's only worried about fixing it. >> it's the same thing i said a year ago it's unacceptable. if it's not good enough it's not good enough i work as hard as ki and continue to work. i don't think anybody in my situation if they're worry about getting fired they should get fired. losing jordan there's an element. >> yeah, that is omen. how fitting light go out on press conference as lights g

the united natio the u.n. estimates moore than 5,200 have been killed. million children have mall nourished and at least 2.3 million have been forced from their homes. the u.n. says there is credible evidence of war crimes and atrocities on all sides. the saudi-lead coalition appears to be responsible for a disproportionate amount of attacks on civilian areas. >> i have observed the continuation of heavy shelling from the ground and the air in areas with a high concentration of civilians as well as the perpetuation of the civilian infrastructure, in particular hospitals and schools by all parties to the conflict. although a disproportionate amount appear to be the result of air striked carried out by coalition forces. >> kristen saloomey has been following the developments for us. what is the significance of that statement? >> reporter: the united nations has just wrapped up its first round of face-to-face negotiations between the two sides in this conflict, the houthi rebels on the one side, and the saudi-backed government of president hadi on the other

negotiated between the syrian government and the opposition with the help of iran, turkey and the united natio nations. it is happening here and they're being escorted by the international red cross as they head, along with family members, to lebanon, then to turkey to be treated for their wounds. around 300 supporters of the syrian regime are given safe passage to cam as can you say, crossing first into turkey and then lebanon-- to damascus. >> reporter: this is a very significant swap deal that has been underway today in syria. roughly 123 wounded syrian opposition fighters along with their families are being evacuated from the besieged town. along the border here with lebanon. this group was expected to cross through the main border crossing here in lebanon heading to beirut international airport. at the same time there will be 330 shia predominantly two villages in idlib will be swapped here going through turkey. this is a very significant deal that has been underway since late september. the iran jane negotiator negotiated with the main opposition group in turkey to get to the second phas

. >> we're stay iing with a natio. >> in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> is this ax which youly the last game they can play in oakland? >> nobody knows. the one thing we can say for sure is the raiders, the chargers and the rams, they're all going to file relocation papers after the season. that gives them the option of moving or blocking somebody else from moving. they would do the number one, i would say, if you had to rank them one through three. we could see possibly a ram's charger else deal with both of them in los angeles. i'd rank them third in the scenario. when the head of disney gets involved, he brings a lot of credibility to the project. they could push it back for another year. so, like i said, it's a very, very fluid situation. we'll just have to see how it plays out. now, where ever they're playing next season, the great charles woodson will not be in silver and black. so tonight will be his final game in oakland. he's played 18 years in the nfl. two stints for the raiders. he's 38 years old. an instant hall of famer. the word is tonight a wide receiver may retur

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. >>> "gma's football countdown" natio >>> the thing is, none of us en know. we're not even in on this. >> we'd love to tell you >>> alright, our friend ken newman sat here in the '90s. but in his new book, he and his n are writing about t eir complicated relationship and their journey toward acceptance after his son came out. abc's juju chang has their story. >> they still most warn them of their rights. good morning, america. >> reporter: on the outside kevin newman seemed to have it all -- gleaming career, perfect family. but inside, the former "good morning america" anchor was struggling. it all? >> i think what prevents some dads from having that kind of conversation is this idea of being a hero to their kids. but they need to know we fail, we're uncertain but, when they hit that in their lives, they know it's not just them. >> reporter: in "chasing success," newman s sd he neglected the people who needed him most, particularly son alex, who at 17 came out about being gay. >> you were having a midlife crisis and he was having a identity crisis. >> i was s

china sea and its seabed resources which it's clearly not entitled, those are stark violations offent natio t international rules and norms. it's an effort to bully their neighbors and because of those efforts we must now stand firm in support of our pacific basin allies who may be threatened by china's moves. this requires working closely with our regional allies significant to increase our military presence in the region if only to ensure the freedom of navigation for the $5.3 trillion in annual trade that currently passes through those sea lanes. to assist in this effort one initiative would be to deploy our pacific commander to guam and station additional air force and marine corps units in the western pacific and we should increase joint allied western pacific freedom with submarine patrols and amphibious landing exercises. the strong relationship between u.s. and japan which has a considerable defensive military posture of its own is essential to safeguarding the vast pacific waters. we should support our japanese allies as they defend their territorial waters and there are a number o

an take the media natio nationally and we do two thirds to twice the median.e apply one national standard in this particular study. what is happening here, over time, is that, over time, median incomes particularly relative to 1971, have got up. what you need to qualify to be in the middle income household has gone up over time. not ansort of using absolute standard overtime, but seeing one is middle income, as living standards have risen a bit. host: when you look to this trend, what did you find as the primary reason that the middle-class is getting smaller? why are people moving lower and why are people moving higher, in terms of household income? guest: there are a friday of explanations. i think the key want to point out, the fundamental one, is that for most households, it depends on their jobs, their earnings, what is going on in the labor market. generally, what has happened over the big sweep of the last 45 years is there has been greater computerization, advances in technology, and that has affected different workers differently. there are a group of