ove all. >> whit: abc news streaming. st.rning, i'm stephanie sierra. oakland is temporarily closing two fire stations as the city deals with a growing budget crisis. station 25, located on butters drive and 28 on grass valley road, are being shut down on monday. they will stay closed for six months. the closures will save the city $5 million this fiscal year. chief damon covington says the fire department looked at data analytics and picked these stations for temporary closures because they are not among the city's busiest. the santa cruz wharf is reopening today much sooner than people anticipated. there will be a celebration at 10:00 this morning to welcome visitors back. 20 businesses on the pier have been busy preparing. a portion of that wharf collapsed following strong waves last month, and today a high surf advisory continues. let's check in with elise. >> yes, chef. good morning to you. right on through the overnight hours. it's going to be dangerous at the coast as we look at sfo. you can see the low cloud deck. ple

>> whit: >> whit: good morning, america. monster storm. more than 60 million americans under winter alerts. snow, ice, and severe weather from the plains to the east coast. a blizzard warning in the midwest. spinouts on the roads turned into skating rinks. >> you ready for this? >> whit: how it's affecting road and air travel on this final weekend of the holiday season. >> janai: saying farewell. the six-day state funeral for former president jimmy carter now under way. americans paying their respects. people lining the roads waving flowers and american flags. the tributes ahead this week in washington. >> gio: chilling new details about the suspect in the deadly new year's rampage in new orleans. what we're learning from videos made just before the attack. plus, the fbi's request to the public and the new barriers on bourbon street. >> whit: congestion pricing taking effect overnight in new york city. >> now it's time to get started with this historic change. >> whit: the cost of driving into midtown, how new yorkers feel about it, and wh

whit. >> whit: many millions of americans waiting to see how it all plays out. >>> also this morning, ten days before his inauguration president-elect donald trump has been sentenced but not punished for falsifying business records to hide from voters a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. judge juan merchan handing down an unconditional discharge with no prison time, no fine, no probation calling it the only sentence he could impose without encroaching upon the highest office in the land. trump says he will appeal the case anyway. >> rhiannon: coming up in our "gma morning menu," is it good for you, bad for you? a new study links drinking morning coffee with fewer heart problems. >> whit: also ahead, tory johnson has "deals & steals" to keep you feeling good during the winter. >> gio: and will ganss is here. >>> i'll introduce you to who is being called the happiest person on the internet. it's not me somehow. but i'm also going to share his lesson for others. we will be right back. every generation is known for something. we perfected

whit. >> whit: yeah, bracing for what's to come. matt rivers for us, thank you so much.ires impacting so many communities across southern california wiping out multimillion dollar homes in the pacific palisades and malibu, and now growing questions about water supply issues firefighters had to deal with. abc's jaclyn lee joins us from malibu now. jaclyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. there is destruction everywhere we look. we are currently standing in a shopping center here in malibu where there used to be a bunch of small businesses. but as you can see, they are gone. the only thing standing is a staircase. there is a lot of ash debris and some framing left behind. what you can't see is we are across the street from the pacific ocean, from pacific coast highway, and that place is famous for just the sheer amount of luxury beachfront properties. that is no longer there. it is wiped from the map, and what that shows us is this palisades fire burned so quickly to the south that the only thing stopping it was the pacific ocean. now, this morning we are lea

even with all that, i think the eagles will fly, eagles, fly. >> whit: objectively. >> whit picked theve seven. >> gio: it's a great number. >> we have the vikings versus the rams, now in arizona. who is your pick? >> i'm behind. i have to go with the team no one will pick, the rams. i picked the vikings last week. boy, was i wrong. i'm done with the vikings. >> i like the rams. janai said, whoever herm is picking. >> gio: rams. i'm going with the rams. >> whit: i feel confident. i will extend this lead. you were wrong last time on the vikings. i'm going with the vikings over the rams. >> oh. oh, okay. >> whit: that's right. you see me going. i'm extending this lead. >> give him a win because his 49ers aren't in it. >> whit: there we go. >> that's a different story. we will talk about that later. >> whit: coach is my therapist on that. thank you. >> thank you. >> catch the vikings versus the rams, that's monday night at 8:00 right here on abc. >> whit: coach edwards is coming in studio next week on saturday. that's a lot of fun. he just found out just now. we will be right back with ou

bourbon street is open again, so, let's get back to whit johnson. whit?f the resilience here. a brass band bringing jazz music back to bourbon street, just hours ago, the scene of such horror. a memorial laid for the victims. yellow roses. and, of course, mardi gras beads. this city not letting terror crush the powerful symbols of new orleans, music, togetherness, and compassion. mary? >> mary: new orleans strong. whit, thank you. thank you for watching. i'm mary bruce. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. for david and all of us here, good night. right now. >> real life horror movie screams. >> i mean, you can't you can't think about, you know, on here that everything in the car is hitting, it's getting thrown. >> it's getting thrown up into the air. >> we've had 24 hours now to go through media, to go through phones. >> we're going to keep those again who have lost loved ones in in mine. and we're going to get on to the business of this city and this great country. >> the governor of louisiana, just moments before bourbon street in new orle

bourbon street is open again, so, let's get back to whit johnson. whit?f the resilience here. a brass band bringing jazz music back to bourbon street, just hours ago, the scene of such horror. a memorial laid for the victims. yellow roses. and, of course, mardi gras beads. this city not letting terror crush the powerful symbols of new orleans, music, togetherness, and compassion. mary? >> mary: new orleans strong. whit, thank you. thank you for watching. i'm mary bruce. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. for david and all of us here, good night at six. will san francisco police resume work with the fbi to fight terrorism? there's a new push to rejoin the joint terrorism task force. >> we'll be joined live by abc seven news insider phil matier for his perspective on the attack in new orleans and the local connection to a familiar family. >> wet weather and big waves on the way. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. will time it out for tomorrow. coming up. >> building a better bay area takes time, and after a lot of time, enforcement begins today

>> whit: quad-demic. what people online are calling the rise in flu, covid, rsv and norovirus cases. an emergency medicine physician joins us to review the symptoms and when to head to the hospital. >> janai: nfl matchups. the final weekend of the regular season. ♪ you better get moving ♪ >> janai: and get ready for a blockbuster bonanza. we have what you've been waiting for. >> you want me? come and get me. >> janai: and never want to end. >> i need you to trust me. >> janai: on the big and small screens. >> welcome to the white lotus in thailand. >> janai: your must sees of the new year. >> gio: and we do say good morning, america on this saturday. a good saturday because it's someone's birthday. >> janai: ah, because whit saw "wicked" this week, it is my birthday. thank you for telling america just like you told everybody behind the scenes here. >> whit: i was going to keep it quiet for awhile. >> gio: you have an announcement coming up later in the show. that's a little tease. we're looking forward to

want to go back to whit johnson in new orleans. good morning, whit. >> reporter: hey, george.rime scene here on bourbon street. we've heard officers talking about the possibility that the streets could reopen later today. at least that's the hope, as the city is welcoming tens of thousands of people for the sugar bowl. there's been no official announcement from the city. as investigators are combing through the evidence, they're reviewing this footage showing the driver slowly approaching bourbon and canal street around 3:15 a.m. new year's day. he then takes a sharp turn driving into the sidewalk, plowing into pedestrians. at least 15 people killed, scores injured. authorities say the attacker wore body armor and fired an ar-style rifle out of the truck for three blocks before crashing into a construction vehicle. officers then engaged the suspect, returning fire, killing him. two officers were injured in that process. sources tell abc news the ford f150 truck that he was driving contained multiple homemade pipe bombs packed with nails. on the back of the truck bed a pole wra

whit johnson starts us off from new orleans. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning.here is a spirit of resilience and defiance in this city. we're on bourbon street, which we're standing on, reopened only 36 hours after this attack. you can see they've already placed new metal barricades on the street and sidewalk. all of this as we're learning more about the suspect who police now say acted alone. this morning dramatic new video showing people running for cover as a white f150 truck races down bourbon street taking aim at pedestrians. investigators going through hours of hours of footage and 400 tips from the public to learn what led up to this deadly terror attack on new year's day morning, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more. >> what i can tell you right now is that he was 100% inspired by isis. >> reporter: the fbi revealing a detailed timeline saying 42-year-old shamsud din jabbar drove that rented truck from houston to new orleans on december 31st, about 340 miles, starting at 1:29 a.m. january first, authorities say he began posting multiple videos to f

this is according to whit davis, running to the back. and then we basically went into lockdown for a little bit. then it calmed down, but they wouldn't let us leave. that's again from an eyewitness. this is whit davis from shreveport, louisiana, who said that she was there as this happened earlier this evening. you can see some of these frightening images on your screen of just a tremendous amount of law enforcement presence, again, on canal and bourbon street. again, from whit davis telling cnn when they finally let us out of the club, police waved us where to walk and were telling us to get out of the area fast. i saw a few dead bodies they couldn't even cover up, and tons of people receiving first aid. again, that stands with the information that we were learning. again just in the past. really 30 minutes or so, we learned that at least ten people were killed and dozens more were wounded. we actually have some emergency audio from the emergency officials and the radio sound from the incident. i'm going to play it right now just so our

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. >> whit: >> whit: good morning, america. monster storm.ore than 60 million americans under winter alerts. snow, ice, and severe at

whit. >> thank you.as the fires rip through southern california, new concerns about the city's response and readiness. the monster flames quickly wiping out communities and historic landmarks, fire hydrants running dry and a massive reservoir taken offline for repairs weeks earlier. the governor calling for an investigation. >> reporter: as firefighters race to get the upper hand, new questions about the city's readiness for potential wildfires in los angeles. marcella couldn't believe it when the water turned off as she defended her grandma's home with a garden hose. >> i jumped on the roof, no water pressure, nothing. >> reporter: her own home nearby gone in the blaze. >> black smoke and dust, just really sad. i'm only 24. i was about to make two years, moved out of my parents', and i took pride in that, was very happy there. >> reporter: fire captain brown telling matt gutman that as buildings burned, the sprinkler systems depleted the much-needed water for firefighters. >> as the homes actually do bu

survivor jeremy censky, who was hit by the truck while in his wheelchair, talking to my colleague whit johnson from a hospital bed. >> i really did not know what the hell was going on. i just didn't know. i didn't know that i had been hit by anything. i thought it was an explosion. i mean, i'm alive. everything is good. i just feel bad for the people that didn't make it, man. >> authorities are now trying to determine how jabar was radicalized. >> good evening. i'm chamseddine jabar, property manager. >> the texas native seen here in recent years promoting his real estate business. the fbi seizing three phones and two laptops. >> while we have interviewed many people who know jabar, we still need to talk to others. whether, you know, jabar personally worked with him, served in the military, or saw him in new orleans or texas. we need to talk to you. >> after initially suggesting jabar possibly had help. officials now believe he acted alone. and new details are emerging about the days and moments leading up to the carnage. investigators say jabar rented that ford f-150 truck used in the

united whitting on penalties against their premier league rivals found out how much reports they're drawn as a comp time involving to the primary experience. as rivals are united, it took the lead and the 2nd hall against arsenal analysis. captain bruno for 9. this with the goal, the game looked to be turning arsenals way when united defend the joke with a lot was sent off. just 2 minutes later, i got rid of the school to equalize this will arsenal the. the wayside then had the golden chance to take the lead when they want to penalty. only for martin, the old god to have his spot gig save the stage $11.00 through 19 minutes an extra time. so the result was decided in a shootout. i haven't missed for arsenal. that gave just was there at the the opportunity to school the winning penalty for you know, if we manage the score and then i feel that in that moment we will where able to improve. we the bold but we just sent off was really hard on us and then we suffered altogether defending very well and we the some opportunities from, from us know, the plays were really tired, but i felt um, she'

steve whit kuff devin benefit of the doubt and hostage increase. perhaps president trump will give israel to ban the nuclear facility and idf intends to destroy hamas all together as incoming defense secretary pete hegseth testified yesterday, he supports killing every last member of hamas, incoming national security adviser mike walz repeated and marco rubio testified today that if hamas is there, there'll never be a ceasefire. perhaps, perhaps but knowing what we think we know, hamas will remain in power in gaza. israel's military presence will end in gaza. not goods. i always thought we just unleash the idf against all the middle east tariffs and that we'd all be grateful to israel for not only saving their freedom and saving freedom in the middle east, but frankly saving all western freedom and judiah christian culture and thereby saving america as well. but putting handcuffs back on idf will stop them from destroying terrorism and stop them from saving freedom in the middle east and america. thank you for coming back on. larry: you're a member

for this weekend to push for hostage and cease-fire deal in gaza before trump is sworn into office whitgh meeting with benjamin netanyahu reported telling him trump wants to see a deal within days. it comes as netanyahu dispatches top negotiators to qatar this week with negotiations ongoing. ♪ ♪ the three new orleans police officers who shottage kilted the new year's day terror attack suspect getting honored during yesterday's wild card playoff game in houston between the texans and l.a. chargers. new orleans police sergeant nigel along with christian byer and jacobi jordan recognized as first responders of the game by the team for their bravery and the face of danger. as for the game itself texans crushing chargers -- thanks to some dominant defense. >> throw, intercepted -- eric murray. pick six touchdown, texans. only three three interceptions all year long and justin herbert threw four giving houston 32-12 vein advancing to the divisional round ravens proving to be too much for the steelers winning the game 28-14 sending pittsburgh packing. playoffs continue today in the nfc green b

. >> bret: one of the newsiest envoy steve whit cough came up and the president called up imhim up toalk. >> i'm leaving tomorrow back to go doha. i think we have had some really greats progress by 9 inaugural we will have good things to announce. >> if those hostages aren't back, i don't want to hurt your negotiation if they are not back by the time i get into office all hell will break out in the middle east. >> bret: to wit cough's point they do see a lot of progress we have seen that before. as we say goodbye to the 39th president on who ronald reagan's inauguration received the 52 americans in iran. it? >> does feel history doesn't repeat but it does rhyme. it does feel something like that. this is a president who likes to get w's quickly and this is -- this whole debate about what a legislative package looks like. is it worth it to wait for one big package or to get a win right out of the gate? this would be something you could see that regardless of what the ultimate result is, i have no doubt that the president-elect will find a way to say that it is a success. >> bret: witkof

. >> whit: suspect's past. what we're learning about the man accused in the deadly

idea that people were running around new orleans endangering the e suspect's home in houston, texas, whit> well, they would do that as a matter of course. it's unclear whether there are other people there. whether they're just doing a search, but they're going to run down every potential place where this person had any ties and of course, his entire digital footprint. so they want to learn everything about him and what he was doing and who he was communicating with. what he was saying online on social media. or other places. and getting a warrant and searching his residence would be one of the first things they would do. >> when we talk about potential ties to isis, the question that we're asking, of course, because the suspect did have an isis flag in the back of his truck. we heard earlier from director brennan talking about that could be final, it could be in the form of encouragement. what are law enforcement officials telling you about the way in which they're proouing those ties? >> they're looking at the digital footprint. they're going to look and see who is this person communicat

i'm gonna tell whit about that. check out the best friends animal society shelter website, please.king about that. i'm so glad that you shared it. yes. all right. gina rodriguez on the new season of will trent. when we come back. >> tomorrow will be a delicious competition. good morning america. two of america's favorite bagel shops going head to head, soft and delicious in the gma bagel battle. plus, keke palmer live reuniting with michael. tomorrow on gma 2025. >> bring it, bring it, bring it. >> january mornings on gma. >> it is time to start strong in 2025. >> let's do it, people. >> how you feel. how you look. being happy. really happy. the secrets and tips you want. you need to. living your best mornings this january on gma. >> come on, start strong. >> come on, start strong. you're going to own 2025. and we can't wait to help. >> let's do it. >> people start strong with gma. start strong. >> come on start strong. finish with this donald trump on the steps of the capitol. >> historic taking the oath of office for the second time inauguration day. america turns first to abc ne