>> make your final statement. >> where is robin. if he's innocent why do you have to be by his side? why would ywould he bring his children out there and include them in something as horrible as this? >> like i said this should be his last interview. if not i am sure gary would be more than happy to release the fbi reports. >> what does my background have anything to do with her? >> does any one think she is still alive? does any one think she is still alive? >> you think she is still alive? >> no, i don't. i believe she is dead >> good monday morning to you. it's december 5th and i hope you had a fantastic weekend. i'm gretchen carlson. donald trump ready to make his endorsement for president and could it be, drum roll, himself? is he still thinking about jumping into the race? what? the donald here live bright and early this hour. >> herman cain out of the race. who is going to get his support? this morning, we have a good idea of where the cain train is going to pull up. >> it's not a thing of beauty. miss u.s.a. arrested. we'll

>> make your final statement. >> where is robin.'s innocent why do you have to be by his side? why would ywould he bring his children out there and include them in something as horrible as this? >> like i said this should be his last interview. if not i am sure gary would be more than happy to release the fbi reports. >> what does my background have anything to do with her? >> does any one think she is still alive? does any one think she is still alive? >> you think she is still alive? >> no, i don't. i believe she is dead

>> make your final statement. >> where is robin.t why do you have to be by his side? why would ywould he bring his children out there and include them in something as horrible as this? >> like i said this should be his last interview. if not i am sure gary would be more than happy to release the fbi reports. >> what does my background have anything to do with her? >> does any one think she is still alive? does any one think she is still alive? >> you think she is still alive? >> no, i don't. i believe she is dead unfortunately. >> that is it for us. thank you everybody. see you next time. ♪ [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish my day and finish out strong. then when i do try other things, i always find myself going back to advil. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take

. >> what do they think happened to robin.e told gma he was likely a victim of human trafficking. >> where we were it was half hour to drive a boat. >> they want to know -- >> absolutely know. >> reporter: why did he buy travel insurance more than a million dollars worth on both of them. >> in short for his kids. >> i want them to be covered. i can't unselect robin. >> reporter: he claims his lawyer at the time made him call the insurer about the collecting it and wanted a third of the money. he spoke about his suspicious behavior after robin vanished including whether before his arrest he tried to flee the airport. he said robin's mom told him it was okay to go home but he didn't get far. >> the head of the detective said we're arresting you for the murder. >> reporter: robin's family is devastated. her brother wrote this message to robin, i feeled helpless, depressed and angry. the nightmare is waking up and facing another day of reality, i miss you, i love you. i need you. do. >> the two were not drunk when she disappeared

they pay all the overhead for robin hood. they have metrics in the which they go out to agencies, very professional staff, take the measure of an agency for, say, unwed mothers or for abused family members, and they'll say, they come back and say, you know, that one's not going to work, it's knoll not very well -- or it's doing something very important, but we need to go in and help the staff, and they pay for everything. all that is done. now, this is the most generous country in the world. there's no other country in the world that gives money as freely as the united states does for a variety of causes, and no city will ever compare with new york when it comes to raising money. i mean, i do a lot of events at the waldorf, and for sometimes for causes that almost no one knows about, and, you know, it's now routine to raise $1.5, $2 million at a night at the waldorf. one of the things when we first began to have some money in our family and my girls sometimes were even more generous than i wanted them to be -- [laughter] on h

oh, robin? oh, josh? get a -- >> all that weather was brought to you. >> if you're not going to put your heart into it. >> it's only thursday. >> thank you. >> what was i thinking? >>> coming up, paris jackson, as you have never seen her before, revealing the real story of her childhood with her father, michael. ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee. [ inhales deeply ] he's here. i brought you something. [ chuckles ] really? ♪ [ chuckles ] what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup no exclusions. with jcpcash get $10 off when you spend just $25. storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get $10 off with... ...no exclusions. we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. and this time of year, i send out a lot of gifts. sweater for mom, free shipping from brian. i'm brian andrews. i ship the gifts that l

come on, robin. >> try it. >> robin. robin. robin.> oh. >> all right. >> here we go. >> so, the putter is also a big, hot-ticket item. >> exactly. the nike core drum. we have one more. >> this is after -- after he -- >> oh. nice, josh. >> come on. come on. let's hear it. oh. >> can i have the putter again? >> finally, sam, this foam roller is the gift that keeps on giving, as for as real estate. >> you get a personal masseuse in your home. >> i was explaining this yesterday to our boss, the president of abc news. >> yes. >> who wants one of these. who is very proud of me getting on the floor. >> it's another low-low. basically, you just roll this along whatever hurts. >> that's -- the t-band right now. >> to loosen up and stabilize. >> i use one at home. robin does. >> they're great. >> $40. and all those little bumps that you see simulate fingers. >> you just got that, sam. >> did we mention you used to be a teen model? >> did i mention i was a teen model? >> and i also need to mention that it's time for you to do the weather. >> bef

robin, back to you. >> yes, unpopular. but necessary. >>> we're going to turn to josh elliott with the other top top stories developing now. good morning, josh. >> we're going to begin with another partisan standoff in washington. and this one directly affects your paycheck. house republicans have voted to extend the payroll tax cut, protecting americans from a tax increase at year's end. but senators say not so fast. president obama is promising to veto the bill. that's because it also includes a provision to speed up construction of a controversial oil pipeline from canada, to texas, which the white house currently opposes. >>> president obama will be addressing troops, meanwhile, at ft. bragg, north carolina, to mark the end of the war in iraq. he is going to promise veterans the help they need on return. some 5,000 troops are still serving in iraq. but all are due home at month's end. >>> and new developments in the sex abuse scandal involving syracuse university's basketball program. two men claimed assistant coach be

robin, george?ght now. >> there he is. from "modern family." >> oh, no. >> sam, we're out of the shot. get us lower. >> woo hoo. >> no, no, no, no. i'm good. i'm good. >> hand-to-hand combat, never been so darn cute. >> hi-ya. hi-ya. >> smell that. >> you literally walked right into that. >> are you all right? here we go. >> there it is. sam's got it. >> i'm so nervous. ♪ don't stop believing >> you have been sharing the milestones in your lives with us, in a segment that we love. it's called "your three words." >> we're going to take it a little farther today. a lot farther. >> "your three words," live. ♪ ♪ i got the pictures on my phone ♪ ♪ it's going to be a good life it's going to be a good life ♪ ♪ a good, good life [ cheers and applause ] >> people's sexiest man. could have been talking about any of these three guys i'm going to come see. >> how about our cover girl here? cover of "prevention" magazine. >> it ain't this cover. >> a very special moment. >> yes, i do. will you marry me? >> oh, m

come on, robin.killing nursing student michelle le is expected to enter a plea this morning news. giselle esteban was denied a request to replace her attorney during her last appearance more than a month ago. police arrested esteban in september. the search team found michelle le's body 10 days later in a rural area. le disappeared in may. >> morning news commute this friday kind of tough. >> it has been but getting better at the bay bridge toll plaza. not backed up completely to west ground just some of the lanes, some to the end of the parking lot. still seeing slowing southbound through san rafael, traffic slows in novato and 8980 has been a slow ride northbound from -- 880 has been a ride northbound from 238 to the maze, 32 minute ride. >> we'll check in with mike. what happens after the winds die down, right after [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands? gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. yo

robin? >> all right, john. as we've been telling folks, the countdown is on for the debate we will broadcast across the abc networks on saturday. the top republican contenders will be there in iowa, with george and diane. all beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific. >>> now, to the revival of former model lauren scruggs, after she walked into the plane's propeller. speaking her first words since the accident. and ryan owens has the story. >> we're here to get some inside scoop. >> reporter: lauren scruggs used her communications degree to start this online fashion magazine. this morning, she is, once again, communicating. when asked her name, she said lauren. when she saw her parents, she said, i love you. doctors have told her parents the road ahead will be a long one for the 23-year-old. that plane's propeller sliced off her left hand and severely slashed her shoulder and face. she may still lose her left eye. >> we're just praying that that -- her left eye would regain its sight. you know, it's going to

robin?d that's what's most important, that he's safe. >>> going to turn to our legal analyst, dan abrams. you're watching yunji's piece. and thinking what did she win? >> what does a win mean? in the context. it's hard to believe that a court, after listening to the evidence, that she literally takes the child from florida, takes it with her, is found hiding in a closet in arkansas, the child is taken into foster care, that the judge is going to say, okay, here you go. you now have custody. that's very hard to believe. it's more likely that she has some sort of temporary custody, where she's allowed, for example, to bring the child back to florida. something like that. we'll have to see. when it comes to children, it's not a question of how did the parents behave? did what they do was right or wrong? only question is, what is in the best interest of that child? >> that is paramount. and we need to remind people, she hasn't been arrested for anything. >> that's right. and i think she might no

. >> what do they think happen to robin? they said it was likely because of human trafficking. >> where we were, it was half an hour to get to venezuela. >> they want to know if you have anything to do with this? >> absolutely know. >> and why did he buy over a million in travel insurance on both of them. >> if i disappear, i want my kids to be covered and i could not unselect her. >> the lawyers said he called and wanted a third of the money and he had suspicious behavior after robin went missing and they said he tried to leave the airport. he said that robin's mother said it was okay to go home. robin's brother wrote this on facebook -- . >>> he said if he had to do this all over again, he would not go to aruba to start with. >>> a man missing overseas is said to be an al qaeda hostage and that they will only release him if the united states stops air strikingtrokes in afghanistan and pakistan. they said he was not being harmed. he was there working as a consultant in pakistan. >>> a cardiologist is facing more lawsuits. w

come on, robin.is an abc 7 news update. good morning it is 8:27. >>> evidence suggests a driver some occupied d.c. intentionally not down. run them outsidedent happened center and cathy tells us the surveillance shows protesters moving in tryingit was get through a small gap in the crowd. was not charged. considerings parking and fare increases. likely go up by 10 cents and the metro board will next month.osals newschannel able have a report in a couple of minutes. let's check on traffic. >>> we are doing pretty well on and silver spring, much better than usual. this is the beltway at colesville road and over to 270. in springfield 95 northbound as you can head up from a dale city, we are moving smoothly. no problems reported and everything is open all the way down to dumfries. >>> it is up to 37 degrees in the district but still 28 at dulles airport. still this20's especially a few ago. today andunshine will be a couple of clouds with low totful day mid 50's. into the weekend. we're still looking at

robin can do it. >> robin is the best dancer on this team. >> in this chair.this one is also really cute. in fact, only one thing cuter than justin bieber? that's baby bieber. justin brought his 4-year-old sister, jasmine, on stage at a performance in canada on wednesday. melting the heart of the audience with a duet of, what else? "baby." ♪ >> really cute. you note jasmine's bieber-esque hair cut. apparently, she did that to herself. she also cut off her 2-year-old brother's hair. it was a very sweet moment when justin said she looked beautiful with her hair cut. and the audience was swooning. >> biebs may be stealing my move right there. baby snatching works. it's tried and true. >> your move? >> yes. that's now a patented phrase. it's like pulling a josh. >>> up next, leo dicaprio is a blonde guy. it's confirmed. the leading man likes his leading ladies. tall, blonde and being a supermodel doesn't hurt. the latest, victoria's secret supermodel, erin heatherton. josh, you're shaking your head. he has been spending quality time with her while on location in s

robin is in good company. signers of the declaration of independence were thrown in debtor's prison. there's a lot of hostility to this idea among the founding fathers. in 1833, the federal government banned it on a federal level and most american states banned it. one-third of the states allowed debtors to be jailed for not paying their debts. it's a stunning and shocking thing these old laws permitting people to be jailed for this still exist and illinois is one of the places. >> this is a study by the "wall street journal" and found while debtor's prisons are legal across the country, more than a third of u.s. states allow borrowers who can't or won't pay to be jailed. the "wall street journal" reports a number of judges have seen a surge in debt related arrest, warrants and being threatened with arrests in court. is this a sign debtors and judges don't know their rights when it comes to debtors? >> i think there's a lot of ignorance in this area. i've been looking at some cases, including robin's case. a l

hey, was that robin carrying a tiny martin kratt in its beak? nah. nah.'ve got to save martin. ♪ whoa! brown thrasher! ♪ whoa, blue jay! yikes! brown thrasher! ah! blue jay! okay, first things first, i got to fix this thing. now what is he up to? that'll do it. perfect. what? my high-tech engineering fixed with blades of grass? i can't believe it! it worked! second things second. hang on, martin, here i come! pinkie, you're losing your slime. slime flakes. chris, i'm hanging on to a creature clue. the sun's taking the water out of the worm. pinkie's drying up. of course. we've got to get that worm back underground, where it's wet. on my way, martin. uh-oh, i like animals, but not being food for animals. ah! whoa, woo, ooh, ah, whoa! told you i'd get you out of this, pink. uh-oh. that's going to hurt. hang on, bro, i've got your position. ah! uh oh, better slow down this landing. ooh. we made it, pinkie. pinkie? oh no, pinkie's burning up. no, don't dry on me, pinkie. don't dry on me! don't dry! uh-uh, we're not going to lose a worm on my watch. container?

come on, robin.powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >>> 8:27. we are taking a look at temperatures holding 29 in baltimore. 25 up towards york, p.a. and lot of places locked in with the freeze and frost. 32 on the eastern shore. sun coming up will help matters and high pressure is in control and this system passing to the north will pump in a little warmup. that frontal boundary will be a weak passage and bring a brief cool down after the mild after into noon but we stay relatively quiet for the next few days. 5 after the frosty morning and mostly sunny skies. and looking for temperatures overnight back down near 30 to start off the weekend. another look at traffic withburt clay. >> reporter: a pretty good friday morning. no major incidents to report. but we have congestion and i will point you to some of it. this is a look at the beltway at frederick road. traffic is moving well, there actually but other parts of the beltway heavy and slow especially on the

george and robin are off, enjoying some time.as. >> we could just stay on this platform until tomorrow night. >> and you could thaw me out in a couple of days. >> the party does start right here with "gma's" rockin' morning. and look who is here. it's carson kressley. he's made so many of our mornings fun this year. we're going to look at our greatest hits in 2011. carson's coming up in a few minutes. >> carson will show us how to dress like jennifer aniston, maybe. the looks for less, straight ahead. >>> first, let's go in to dan harris, who will give us the top developing stories this morning. >> good morning, everybody. we're going to start with that new poll, just in from iowa this morning in the supertight republican presidential race. this new poll shows that with just four days to go before the caucuses in iowa, mitt romney leading ron paul, by only two points. the biggest news, though, is the slide of newt gingrich. he is now in fifth place behind rick santorum and rick perry. really, a precipitous call for him. one analy

and i have been working so hard and -- >> jimmy: robin as in -- robin thicke is your husband. >> yeah you have a go-to family christmas album that you listen to? >> you know, we are a very soulful family. so james brown, funky christmas. >> jimmy: oh, that's a great one. >> otis redding, you know? >> jimmy: otis redding is good too. what's the james brown i like? ♪ let's make this christmas mean something ♪ you know that song? >> i like -- [ talking over each other ] [ laughter ] you never heard that one? >> questlove: yeah, i heard it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: "mission: impossible - ghost protocol." you're fantastic in the movie. the movie's exciting. >> aw, thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: we saw it imax. >> you did? >> jimmy: which is -- it's insane. it's like going on one of those virtually reality roller coaster rides. 'cause all you can see is the screen 'cause it's a giant screen. first of all, you have a very beautiful face to be on that giant screen. >> really? >> jimmy: my face could -- [ laughter ] my face could never be on a imax, it would shut it down. [ laughter ] but you're on

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magma. >> robin, i can't do this video without you. george? >> may i? >> go for it. >> magma. >> balance. and bring the feet around. >> you're not on three-inch heels right now. >> there he is. to greet "modern family." >> what? >> sam. we're out of the shot. get us over. >> no, no, no, no. i'm good. i'm good. >> hand-to-hand combat never been so darn cute. >> hi-ya. hi-ya. >> smell that. >> you literally walked right into that. >> are you all right? what's going on down there? >> there it is. samta claus. >> i'm so nervous. ♪ don't stop believing >> you have been sharing the milestones in your lives with us in a segment that we love. it's called "your three words." >> we're going to take it a little bit farther today. a lot farther. >> "your three words" live. ♪ ♪ got the pictures on my phone this is going to be a good life ♪ ♪ this is going to be a good life ♪ ♪ good, good life >> going to be revealing "people's" sexiest man. could be talking about any of these guys over here. >> how about our cover girl here? cover of "prevention" m

robin? george? >> maybe a tiny hit of snow up here in time for christmas. >>> we're going to turn to the fallout of the sudden death of north korean dictator, kim jong-il. the fact it took u.s. and south korean intelligence more than two days to learn he had died shows how little we know about the mysterious and dangerous nuclear power. and now that his young son may be controlling the nuclear weapons has experts even more worried. david wright is in seoul, south korea, where forces are on high alert. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. it's been an unsettling 24 hours here. bringing news, not just of the dear leader's death. but also confirmation of a north korean missile test. north and south korea are still technically in a state of war. and that has people on both sides of that heavily fortified border wondering, what's next? from the north, new images of a nation in mourning. today, the state tv announcer struggled to keep her composure. [ speaking foreign language ]

also robin wright, author of "rock the casbah," robin, let me start with you, people are using big wordse massacre and again side to suggest that whole sections of the population are being wiped out even as the inspectors are arriving. are they overstating it or does that seem to be true? >> this has gone on for nine months now. this is something that's not been a short experience and the scope of it gets worse and worse despite the fact the president denies he's ordering any brutality against his own people. we're getting close to the point we can use words like that, when the united nations claims there are at least 5,000 people who have been killed. there are some estimate that is 70,000 syrians have been arrested. some of them who have been released have talked about really brutal torture. the scope of this is now getting really horrendous. >> bob if you have a president who wants to say against a backdrop of pictures like this that nothing's going on, that nothing is wrong, how much faith would you have these inspectors from the arab league will even get to see the right areas? >> t

a post-war iraq with three experts that know the terrain well -- paul bremer, james cartwright and robin wright. >>> i'm joe johns in for candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> the white house has led a very public campaign for the payroll tax cut extension which would save average and working americans $1,000 in higher taxes next year. after weeks of negotiations, a break-through. the senate yesterday voted to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits for just two months. the house still has to act. president obama seems satisfied but he let congress know he is not backing off a full-year extension. >> it would be inexcusable for congress not to further extend this middle-class tax cut for the rest of the year. it should be a formality, and hopefully it is done with as little drama as possible when they get back in january. >> but he made no mention of the keystone xl pipeline compromise. to get republicans onboard, democrats agreed to a provision which says the president must make a decision within 60 days on extending an oil pipeline from canada to texas. the presiden

robin? >> certainly is. all right, abbie.ry much. >> okay, robin, thanks. >>> now, to lindsay lohan. she has grown up in the tabloids. every detail of her personal life exposed to public scrutiny. so much of it brought on herself. now, she's getting more exposure posing for "playboy." she needed the payday. but at what cost? andrea canning has more on the latest chapter in the lindsay lohan saga. >> reporter: right. this is just about the article, though, right? >> maybe a couple of pictures. >> reporter: maybe we'll show you a couple of pg photos. lohan was supposed to show her spread on "the ellen shoe." by friday, the whole spread was on the web, prompting hugh hefner to release the issue ahead of schedule. straddling the iconic bunny on the cover, lindsay lohan opens up to "playboy" and the world. >> inside lindsay lohan's leaked "playboy" spread -- >> reporter: in the ten-page spread that includes mostly nude photos, channeling marilyn monroe, said it's an important thing for me as a woman. sex and sexuality are part of

robin, where are you? >> you do a mean robin. you look good. confusing for our audiences for sure.met oz is much more than a handsome cover boy. as we know from watching him on tv all this time. we're here for your take of the new year's resolutions. let's put the cover back up. can we do that? this is the first time that -- that had to be a fun shoot. >> it was fun. we talked about a lot of things. there was a lot of down time. what do you think about the yellow? >> i like it. they had the swatch going on. >> i'm getting a hard time. from some of my female friends. i like the color. >> it's all about the little things that can add up to big results. >> 28 things you can do throughout the holidays to change your life for the better. i want little nudges. small things you can do. green tea. talk about how valuable it is. you want to lose weight? start the green tea. a lot of folks say, i don't like the way it tastes. there are dozens of kinds. find one that you might like. one has mint, earl gray versions. there's lots of types of green teas. they're made in lots of countries. find

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robin? george? >> you don't want to know. >>> we're going to move to more holiday cheer for the world's hottest royal couple. will and kate. created quite a buzz. they busted a move and brought back memories when they helped kids decorate holiday cookies at a homeless shelter in london. and nick watt is here to tell us about it. >> reporter: dressed down and relaxed. kate in muted mossy ralph lauren. william in -- whatever. but no coat. his mother was patron of this charity, which helps homeless teens get back on track. william visited with his mother when he was a kid. and he's been patron since 2005. the highlights? william asked the teenager if she liked his wedding outfit. your swag was on-point replayed the teen. translation, your outfit was really nice. william got jiggy, calling it the swag dance. >> they lost princess diana. i lost my mom the same age as prince william lost his. and prince william following the legacy of his mother, it's amazing. >> reporter: and kate, making christmas treat

it shows robins with his small plane which is now badly damaged. we will have a report from that crime scene in about 30 minutes. >>> two of its tires blew during take off. fire crews rushed to the scene as a precaution. the fear was that it could catch on fire. 1 #0 passengers were on board, nobody was injured and the flight was on its way to seattle. >>> new this morning, tens of thousands of mourners turned out for the funeral procession of kim jong il. kim jong il's youngest son kim jong un, his father's first, many people along the route sobbed. kim jong il died december 17th from a heart attack, he was 69 years old and tomorrow a national memorial service will be held. >>> they released new details about a case involving a workplace accident that killed a pregnant woman. she was crushed to death by a machine. two years ago federal prosecutors filed charges accusing the company of involuntary man slaughter and labor code violations. yesterday a judge said they could be held criminally responsible. >>> take a look, they are hoping this surveill