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Calling the oscar winner a sexual predator and now spaceys latest movie is dropping the star. And reshooting his scenes with a different actor as many of these hollywood scandals turn into criminal investigations. And hand in hand, countrys biggest stars coming together after a difficult year. Keith urban debuting a powerful new song and garth brooks does it again. Entertainer of the year goes to garth brooks. Taking home top honors. Everybody, garth brooks here, good morning, america. I want to run with you hold my hand such a great way, how they opened that show last night. It was a terrific night at the cma awards. Garth brooks entertainer of the year again for the second year in a row. Hes also making headlines for another reason. He was lipsyncing on stage. He wasnt feeling well and he owned up to lipsyncing. Yeah, twitter took notice. But hes explaining why he made what he called the gametime call. A lot more coming up. We want to get to that arctic blast sparking Winter Weather warnings, record lows are now in the forecast and abcs linzie janis is in minneapolis where the temperatures are dropping. Good morning, linzie. Reporter good morning, michael. Winters first big freeze is here in the midwest and headed towards the northeast, weve got snow flurries in the air. The thermometer says 0 but feels like 6 and feels like tomorrow will drop to zero. Ive been standing out here for a few moments and my fingers are in pain. There are winter storm warnings in effect across the midwest today. Some areas could see up to a foot of lakeeffect snow. Brace yourselves, its headed your way. Michael. Im braced. I dont care how much you think youre ready for it, you never are ready for it. And were going to go over to ginger. Ginger, how cold is it going to get . These numbers are painful. Lets start with the images that come from that same cold front. This was fargo and dozens of accidents, thankfully on that school bus no children were there when it spun out but i wanted to just point you toward those numbers. Ill go ahead and have that arctic blast on the map. The pinks and purples hate to see. The feels like, right, these are windchill, minneapolis, 7. Up in northern minnesota, well below zero. But then by tomorrow morning, a place like chicago will see falling temperatures, enough so that it only feels like 10. Detroit, 12, and then its saturday morning when the cold, the core or the focus of that air gets right to the northeast. The windchills will be in the teens. Even raleigh and asheville, 21 and 24 respectively, all in the deep freeze. I have much for coming up in just a couple of moments. You act like youre surprised. Its the below 20 that got me, 19. I think everybody at home felt the same way. Also this morning, President Trump making headline nsz china. Changing his tone touting 250 billion in business deals and now saying he does not blame china for taking advantage of the United States in the past after repeatedly slapping the country as we know on the campaign trail. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega is in beijing with more. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, robin, good morning. You remember President Trump went after china repeatedly during the campaign trail. China was his punching bag but today, right here in the heart of the city with president xi standing by his side, it was nothing but praise. This morning, the chinese didnt just roll out the red carpet for President Trump. They pulled out all the stops. A military band playing the national anthem. Cannons firing. Flags waving, jumping children. More jumping children. And in return, President Trump lavishing praise on chinas xi jinping. Youre a very special man. Reporter repeatedly. My feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one as we said, theres great chemistry. Reporter and today in beijing, he won over the chinese with this major reversal on trade. I dont blame china. [ applause ] after all who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china great credit. [ applause ] reporter an american president on chinese soil, praising xi while bashing his predecessors. In actuality i do blame past administrations for allowing this outofcontrol trade deficit to take place and to grow. Reporter how quickly things change. This was candidate trump on the campaign trail. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country. Theyre getting away with murder. Reporter we tried to ask. Do you still believe china is raping the United States, mr. President . Reporter but in this communist country where press freedoms are limited, no answers. Now, the top item on the agenda for these two leaders, of course, north korea. Today i asked secretary of state Rex Tillerson what this conversation about north korea was like behind closed doors. He told me President Trump used flattery for president xi and said, quote, you are a very strong man and you can solve this for me. Tillerson said that, while there are areas of disagreement between china and the u. S. , north korea is not one of them, george. I guess that flattery works both ways. Okay, e sill ya, thanks very much. Back here at home republicans in congress pushing hard for their tax bill but running into real questions about how much the bill will cost, whether middle class families will really benefit over time. Mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Well, after the democratic sweep in the elections earlier this week, republicans know they need a win here. They have to pass tax reform. Republicans are promising relief to middle class americans but according to one new analysis while taxes on average would go down initially, in ten years one in four americans would end up paying more taxes than they do now and this morning, were learning more about what this bill really costs. The Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analysis is in and this is 200 billion over budget. Surpassing that limit required if they want to pass this bill with just republican support. In total this bill raises the deficit 1. 7 trillion. Yeah, a real math problem right there. And one of the ways were looking to solve it bring the Obamacare Repeal back and could complicate things. Reporter complicate things, indeed, george. To help save costs some are floating of getting rid of the Obamacare Mandate that all americans have insurance. That could help save more than 300 billion but it could also leave 13 million more americans uninsured over the next decade. Bringing that debate back. The senate will introduce theirs today and that could be different from what the house is doing. Reporter while House Republicans scramble to pass this by thanksgiving the senate will release their own version. These two bills are expected to differ significantly and that creates a real political dilemma. Look, ultimately any difference also have to be worked out and republicans are up against their own ticking clock here if they want to get all of this done by the end of the year. Which means could push into next year. Thanks very much. Now to a revealing new interview with joe biden. The former Vice President opening up about his decision not to run into 2016 and where things stand one year after President Trumps victory. He sat down with oprah. Our chief National Correspondent tom llamas with an exclusive first look. Boy, biden really feeding speculation about whether hell run in 2020. Wait till you hear this interview. George, good morning. Were only one year into the Trump Presidency and former Vice President joe biden is a name that keeps coming up to take on the president in 2020. Now in a new interview, an excerpt obtained by the daily mirror, we learned he didnt run in 2016 because he feared Hillary Clinton backers would stop at nothing to take him down. I came back and said reporter this morning, gma with exclusive clips from Oprah Winfreys interview with joe biden. In the candid sitdown biden sounding more and more like someone who may still want to run. I have a regret that i am not president because i think theres so much opportunity. I think america is so incredibly well positioned. Reporter biden explaining to oprah why he didnt run in 2016. Oprah, no woman or man should announce theyre running for president unless they can answer two questions. Yeah. One, do they truly believe theyre the most qualified person for that moment. I believed i was. But was i prepared to be able to give my whole heart, my whole soul and all my intention to the endeavor . And i knew i wasnt. Reporter at the time the biden family was reeling from a loss of their son beau who died of brain cancer. At the age of 46. Biden says he hasnt made a decision yet about 2020 but on wednesday, he came out hard against President Trump. Did any one of you ever think that you would see folks coming out from under rocks and out of the feels with torches carrying swastikas and then have those who were protesting compared as the moral equivalent to those people . Folks, this is eating at the fabric of this country. Reporter biden and President Trump have tangled before. I wish i was in high school and could take him behind the gym. Thats what i wish. I dream of that. Biden. You know what you do with biden, you go like this and hed fall over. Just tough guy, mr. Tough guy. Reporter right now biden says challenges are what drive him. I wanted to be that person who was no matter what happened just got back up. Now, many of the revelations about 2016 and bidens choices are in his new book out next week, oprahs interview airs sunday on own. Boy, and he really is not closing the door on 2020. Thats right. I spoke with someone trying to get him to run in 2016 and this person is convinced he wants to run in 2020 but when i brought up his age, 74, this person said no doubt that will be a factor. When hes running on the campaign trail hes going to be 76, 77. Vanity fair had a great line about this, said if 40 is the new 30 for joe biden 80 is the new 60. Hes in pretty good shape. Thanks very much. Now to a massive manhunt under way in tennessee for three inmates who escaped from jail one facing homicide charges and now on the states most wanted list. Abcs Steve Osunsami is in lafayette, tennessee, where the town is on edge. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. This is a rural area and people who live here believe that the three men who escaped from this county jail behind me are probably hiding in the woods. Authorities have canine units, u. S. Marshals even helicopters in the air searching for them. They believe that they could be anywhere in this area but tell us that they made their escape by pulling a speaker out of a wall and then crawling through that wall and then running out of the back of the jail. Two of the men are in for theft and drug charges, but one of them, 20yearold dylan ferguson, the youngest is considered the most dangerous. He is accused of murder and was put on the states most wanted list. One thing Authorities Point out is that the largest of these guys, six feet tall, 160 pounds, small enough to fit through a speaker hole. Oh, my goodness. All right, steve, thank you very much. We keep hearing so much about these jail breaks. Pulling a speaker out, wow. Now to new concerns about airport safety as an expected 28. 5 Million People are getting ready to fly for thanksgiving. Alarming results from undercover tests show checkpoints fail to uncover threats. More than half the time. David kerley is at reagan airport with more. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning. You mentioned more than half the time its actually worse than that. We got a tip that the fail rate was around 80 and a source familiar with this classified report says, thats in the ballpark. Now, this comes two years after the fail rate for tsa and some of these tests was 95 . Now, the tests and the teams, including secretaries and administrative workers, try to sneak components for bombs, guns and weapons through security. This is an effort to stress the system because terrorists still believe attacking u. S. Aviation and the system is the crown jewel for them. And for many u. S. Officials the threat of laptop bombs or other weapons remains extremely high right now. These new results are alarming for members of congress from both parties. They were briefed on this latest classified test yesterday, one of them called it very disturbing, another alarming. One member, michael, told the head of tsa your administration, your agency is broken, michael. Very strong words and, david, what is Congress Want to have happen to fix the gap in security at checkpoints and no pun intended. A couple of moments ago we showed you brandnew scanners which actually see your bags in a 3d form. Theyre testing those machines right now in a couple of cities, phoenix and boston, but the members of Congress Want to see this deployed. They say money is the problem which is being diverted away from tsa. Michael. All right, thank you, david. Can we talk about that big night last night . Were you watching . I know we both were watching. From the beginning to the end. Its just always such a special night. Were talking about the cma awards. Thats countrys biggest night and the biggest stars. They did not shy away from the headlines taking on more than just music paying a special beautiful tribute to recent to the victims of recent tragedies including, yes, the Las Vegas Massacre that happened during a Country Music festival. Lara is still there in nashville. It was such i have chills just reliving it again. Powerful moment there, good morning, lara. Every moment, robin. It was Country Musics biggest night as you said, the stars were out in force here in nashville and not just to celebrate but to also honor and remember. Brad paisley and Carrie Underwood bringing just the right tone in their tenth outing as hosts for a cmas that was about so much more than just the music. Hold my hand reporter from the starstudded opening number. Hold my hand calling for you reporter to the moving tribute honoring those killed at the Country Music festival in las vegas. He who are weary come home reporter the 51st annual Country Music awards was packed with emotion. This has been a year marked by tragedy. This years show is dedicated to all those weve lost and to all of those who are still healing. The feeling today given everything that the Country Music community as gone through of late. It feels regular. Can i say that because in our Country Music community this is what we do. If we have tragedy, the light shines through and just proud of these guys. Reporter while there were many somber moments. The cma has given us some guidelines with specific topics to avoid. Reporter hosts Carrie Underwood and brad paisley didnt shy away from the laughter or the politics. And in this their tenth year hosting Country Musics biggest night its fun to watch for sure till little rocket man starts a nuclear war and then maybe next time hell think before he tweets [ laughter and applause ] reporter keith urban taking center stage with his new single female. The song making headlines after one of its writers revealing it was written in response to mounting allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, an inspiration, urban said, he wasnt aware of when he recorded the song. Female when i heard the song i knew nothing about its backstory and i dont think that is needed for the song. I think there is the song for me was far more celebratory than anything else so thats what really moved me. Reporter but the cmas was also a celebration with showstopping performances. Where did they all go reporter crossovers. I wish i could go back to playing reporter and big winners. Garth brooks. Reporter and taking home the biggest award of the night, garth brooks, the entertainer of the year nailing the sentiment of the night. I love you, guys. Were a family. Reporter garth called it christmas for Country Music. It really was and, guys, check this moment out from backstage. We showed the band Little Big Town and the video taylor swift had just posted of herself hearing she had won song of the year for writing better man. Total shock. She had to miss the ceremony but dont worry, taylor, Little Big Town celebrated for you. Back to you. Nobody does that like her. Lets get right to ginger. Cold cities brought to you by walgreens. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Scatters showers possible today and tomorrow as a mild and moist flow dominates our forecast. Now, it will dry up up for weekend and more storms are coming next week. Temperatures today a little more sunshine means mid to upper 60s. We veal low 60s along the coast and near 60 around clear lake and ukiah. Tonight about 58 degrees, coming up, new trouble for kevin spacey replaced in his new film as a former news anchor comes forward tearing up as she claims the actor sexually assaulted her teenage son. Should spacey now be facing criminal charges . 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More of that slowing all the way up the peninsula and brake lights as well in the east bay, southbound 680 through walnut creek heavy towards 24. Natasha . The transition to scattered showers has commenced. As you can see by the blobs of green out there. Let me put them into motion. You can see the moist flow coming out of the south. That will be with us through tomorrow evening, so is the chance of scattered showers. You can see the best chance starts to move up into the north bay as we head towards the afternoon and evening hours. And then overnight, that chance will slide back down and take over the rest of our neighborhood so, tomorrows morning commute could be just as wet as this morning. And so will mondays morning commute. Duly noted. Thank you, mike. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our free abc7 news app. This is Google Home Mini. Its got the Google Assistant in it, so its super helpful. Watch this hey google, good morning. 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Also right now, millions from the midwest to the northeast are bracing for a major arctic blast that could bring record low temperatures, up to a foot of snow. And the neighbor accused of attacking senator rand paul will appear in court charged with misdemeanor fourth Degree Assault as we learn more about senator pauls condition. He says hes actually got six broken ribs, excess fluid around his lungs, pretty serious. Now to new allegations and fallout for kevin spacey. A former tv anchor coming forward tearfully claiming the actor sexually assaulted her then18yearold son last year. Authorities are looking into the case as many of hollywoods scandals now turn into criminal investigations and, amy, i know you have the latest. Thats right. This morning after weeks of allegations against a growing number of stars and hollywood power players, the Sexual Harassment scandals rocking hollywood now potentially turning criminal. Police confirming this morning they are investigating reports of misconduct or even rape on the part of at least three hollywood heavyweights including a new bombshell accusation against house of cards Actor Kevin Spacey. Emotional words from a former boston tv anchor who alleges her son was sexually assaulted by kevin spacey. First, i just want to let you know im here not as a journalist today but as a mom. In july 2016, Actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted my son. Reporter Heather Unruh claiming the actor bought her son drink after drink at a nantucket bar and groped him calling the oscar winner a sexual predator and criminal. Spacey stuck his hand inside my sons pants and grabbed his genitals. This was completely unexpected. And my sons efforts to shift his body to remove spaceys hand were only momentarily successful. The violation continued. My son panicked. He froze. A concerned woman quickly came to my very shaken sons side and asked if he was okay. Obviously, she had seen something and she knew that he was not. She told him to run. And he did. He ran as fast as he could. Reporter she says he woke up his sister and together they called their mom. Nothing could have prepared my son for how that Sexual Assault would make him feel as a man. It harmed him and it cannot be undone. Reporter unruh says her son did not report the incident out of embarrassment and fear but has since changed his mind. Cape cods District Attorney confirming to abc news an individual has provided information to the Nantucket Police regarding an allegation of an indecent assault and battery. The statute of limitations in massachusetts for both civil and criminal prosecution will allow this young man to move forward. Reporter Sony Pictures confirms spacey is being removed from the j. Paul getty drama all the money in the world. And replaced with 87yearold christopher plummer. The star the latest in a series of celebrities who are under criminal investigation for sexual misconduct. The lapd confirming a report has been filed against gossip girl star ed westwick. Completely understand. Reporter on facebook, Kristina Cohen writing westwick raped her saying she was paralyzed. Terrified. I couldnt speak. It was a nightmare. Westwick responding to the allegations tweeting, i do not know this woman. I have never forced myself in any manner on any woman. I certainly have never committed rape. We cant talk about this. Reporter and this morning, actor terry crews taking action after writing on twitter he was groped at a Hollywood Party last year. Tmz capturing crews leaving the lapd hollywood divisions office. Why did you decide to file the Police Report today . Oh, because, you know, people have to be held accountable. Kevin spacey telling abc news through a spokesperson he is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment and this morning, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein who now stands accused by more than 70 women of sexual misconduct, including some claims of rape, possibly illegal jeopardy as well. The nypd telling abc news they believe the manhattan d. A. Plans to present evidence before a grand jury which is not yet been convened yet and the manhattan d. A. Telling abc news they dont comment on investigations or time lines this person but weinsteins spokesperson saying we do not believe an indictment of mr. Weinstein is imminent. No criminal charges are warranted. So, amy, lets bring in dan abrams and larry hackett. We use the phrase sexual misconduct, its going so beyond that seeing more and more victims, theyre pursuing criminal charges but havent seen any actual arrests now. Do you think that will change . Yeah, i mean if youre Harvey Weinstein right now, you have to be very nervous based on the pressure that the new York Police Department is putting on the d. A. To file charges here. But i think part of the reason youre seeing so many more potential criminal cases, criminal investigations is statute of limitations meaning people arent now talking about things that happened in the 70s and the 80s. Theyre talking about things that happened last year. Two years ago, six months ago. No statute of limitations problems either in criminal or civil. And so as a result, youve got a much more active situation when it comes to these investigations and not the excuse of saying, sorry, theres nothing we can do. And speaking to that obviously in addition to the reports about kevin spacey and ed westwick. Were now hearing from people like corey feldman, terry crews, saying this happened to them. The dam has broken. It really has broken. Wondering whether the weinstein situation would change things, its obvious it has, a combination of people seeing the activity of that weinstein perpetrated upon people and saying that happened to me, thats a crime, im going to the officials number one. Number two, the degree of courage theyre being given others are coming forward. I think, though, this is just the beginning. Just because its been a month or six weeks doesnt mean that people have necessarily screwed up enough courage to come forward. It takes some people a lot of time and you saw that yesterday in boston. I think theres going to be more and more as people get that sense of proportion and that sense of courage to come forward. The court of Public Opinion is one thing. A courtroom is another. How do you go about proving these allegations . Corroborating evidence. Meaning these cases, people love to say, oh, its just a he said she said or he said he said. Not true. Very often what you have is potentially corroborating evidence. What are those things, emails and texts from the time, friends who were there when it happened or immediately thereafter. So anything you have that can back up the account becomes very important in a courtroom because particularly, when youre talking about some of the older allegations, a d. A. Will want to say, all right, how can we prove this, i believe you but how are we going to be able to prove this and that sort of corroborating evidence becomes critical. And, larry, lets talk about how the Entertainment Industry moves forward. We know that this sort of thing happens in every industry but in the Entertainment Industry the rules are looser. You dont have a corporate structure. How do they figure it out and make things better . I think some the people there, whether its leaders at studios or people with great influence will have to come forward and say we need to change the culture. You pointed out something that is right. When you watch an awards show it looks like theyre all friends, its basically a town full of freelancers who get together for different projects here and there. There is no hr department. There is no one to complain to. There is no central bureaucracy that handles hollywood and thats why these things are allowed to fester and go on. Somebody needs to figure out how to do it. Its starting to affect the industry and how people perceive this town. Unless they do that its going to continue and be bad for everybody. Awards season is coming up. Those shows the last thing on their minds. Youre right about that. Thank you. George. Thank you. Coming up, new video showing the moments before that plane crash that killed baseball great roy halladay. Were going to tell you what witnesses are saying now. For my joint pain. Ngs now . Watch me. Think id give up showing these guys how its done . Please. 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What the [ bleep ]. Reporter this new video obtained by tmz sports shows former baseball star roy halladay flying his plane just moments before he fatally crashed into the ocean. What the [ bleep ], dude. Reporter bystanders calling 911 and rushing to the crash site to help. Were pretty sure were going towards him. He just crashed. Reporter the 40yearolds aircraft destroyed. Recovered in four feet of water. This morning the ntsb investigating interviewing witnesses and examining the planes two data recorders. The ntsb believes halladay did not make a mayday call but witnesses tell tmz the retired pitcher would regularly posted photos and videos of himself online was flying the aircraft aggressively all week. A lot of witnesses have said that the plane was maneuvering at low altitude. Certainly i saw a steep bank angle thats unusual. But what he was trying to do we still dont know. Land on the water or just skim it . I grew up around airplanes. Reporter its been described as a sports car or jet ski with wings. The Company Advertising that an amateur could learn to fly it in less than 30 hours. The a5 is really a good airplane. Adequately powered and sleek airplane. But like any airplane it has to be handled carefully. Reporter the model has been involved in two crashes in the late eight months including one accident which killed its chief designer and another of the companys employees. The ntsb finding the likely cause of that lowflying crash to be pilot error. Last month icon revising its guidelines to fly the plane at least 300 feet above water. Halladay received his pilots license four years ago racking up more than 700 hours of flying experience. The ntsb says that this investigation could take more than a year and icon says it will do whatever it can to support the investigation. Guys. Such a shame. That video is chilling. Still a big loss. Coming up, we have the moment that sparked a big debate at the cma awards. 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How could you lipsync, another saying garth brooks lipsyncing not what entertainer of the year should do. Garth, though, immediately responding to the complaints, taking it head on telling reporters backstage this. My voice is not there and you want to rep Country Music as best you can. There you have it. Garth taking it head on explaining his decision to use a track, then it was a kiss for his wife trish and the two said they would head out to celebrate at taco bell. I guess, michael, this could have been garthgate but it was not garthgate because garth himself took it on headon. You know what, for those of us who have seen him, he gives so much of himself whenever he performs. You brought up a good point. He was a bad lipsyncer because he never does it. The guy can really sing. We all know that. You have to cut people slack when you have a tired voice. You cant perform at your best all the time. Exactly. He still showed up. He still showed up. Yeah, he did. 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And the faith hill fashion moment that sent the internet into overdrive. The biggest stars on the red carpet and backstage with lara. Just gaze into my eyes and everything will be okay. Yes, darling. All the best moments. Look whos saying it. Its luke on the red carpet at the cmas and good morning, america. Bff luke. Yeah, good morning, luke. Good morning, america. Welcome back this thursday morning. What a night at the cmas. Lara was there backstage and she caught up with the big winners. All the stars, tim mcgraw, faith hill revealing the advice they give each other. Lara is going to reveal that. So sara haines is here for lara with pop news and so what has rihanna and amal clooney teaming up . Well tell you in pop news. Interesting colabbo there. Before we get to that we want to get to the Winter Weather across the country sparking weather alerts. Linzie janis is in minnesota with the latest. Good morning, linzie. Reporter good morning, michael. Winters first big freeze is here in the midwest and headed towards the northeast. Weve got snow flurries in the air. The therm me ter says its about 20, but with the independent it feels like 4. And by tomorrow morning, that feels like will drop to around zero. And the cold air feels especially brutal because just two weeks ago it was in the 60s here, now weve got winter storm warnings in effect across the midwest. Some areas could even see up to a foot of lakeeffect snow. Michael. All right, linzie, well, get inside and warm up. Early for that snow. Well talk about President Trumps trip to asia right now. Sorry about that. Look at that a group of children jumping. Enjoyed it when they saw him when he landed in beijing. He was talking trade with china and says he doesnt blame them for taking advantage of the u. S. In the past. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega traveling with the president in beijing, cecilia, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning to you again, george. After all that talk of china anticampaign trail, a major shift here this morning. It was right here in beijing just a few hours ago, President Trump, take a listen. I dont blame china. [ applause ] after all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china great credit. Reporter just last year on the campaign trail candidate trump said china was raping the u. S. In unfair trade deals, now today it wasnt all business, chinas president xi jinping rolled out the red carpet for the president and the first lady. A full military welcome. Next stop vietnam. President trump had told reporters in vietnam we would meet with russias vladimir putin. Well, today secretary of state Rex Tillerson told us that meeting is not yet officially on the books, george. Okay, cecilia vega, thanks very much. Were going to turn to puerto rico. Two months two months after Hurricane Maria devastated the aisle, fema is now offering to airlift the victims from puerto rico here to the u. S. Mainland. The agency is working on agreements with both new york and florida to help survivors relocate for a few months while the island is being rebuilt. Still more than half of the island is without power and well be live and ill be reporting live from puerto rico on monday. Youll be ill be in houston. In your hometown. Because were just talking and rob is going to be in the florida keys. Im leaving tomorrow morning. Wont be here. Going to the Virgin Islands. No one talks about the Virgin Islands. And irma really hit the islands hard and maria came after irma so we are going to just take a time and go to texas, go to florida, go to puerto rico, go to the Virgin Islands and let people know whats happening there in the recovery efforts. A lot of recovery yet to go. Yes, still. Okay. 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The alisters were Just Announced to host alongside donatella versace, the power trio have attended in the past and will join forces with anna in win tour in new york on may 7th for the event. First when they announced it i thought it was already time. That year flew by. This years theme, heavenly bodies fashion and the catholic imagination. Rolls off the tongue, doesnt it . We cant wait to see what theyll be wearing. Heavenly bodies i followed. The catholic imagination i was like hmmmmm. Maybe there will be a skirt check on the red carpet. I dont know what that means. Neither do i. Taylor swift won song of the year at the cmas for better man written for little big down. Oh, my gosh. [ applause ] and here she is reacting to her big win and i think she taylor swift. Oh im glad to see she still gets excited, by the way. Tonight abc is airing an exclusive standalone i feel like we didnt get the full reaction. We only saw the look . We need a little more than that, taylor. But tonights standalone special during scandal its taylors World Premiere performance of her new song new years day and heres a sneak peek. Tonight, the World Premiere performance of a new song by taylor swift on the in tgit. Wow. Yeah, just enough to tune in. Were looking forward to tonight. Watch scandal at 9 00 p. M. , 8 00 central right here on abc and this is maybe the cutest story ive ever done, you guys. An adorable little set of best friends, good luck trying to tell them apart. Lets see these twins. They arent twins, 4yearold gia and zuri of miami have been inseparable since they met at school two years ago. Their birthdays are two days apart. But they celebrate it together this year and share a very special bond. Some the girls challenged their twindom base on their skin color and the best buds dug in their heels saying you dont know anything. Were twins because we have the same birthday and the same soul. Ah. Theres hope yet. Hope. Hope. How cute is that . I know. I love that they think theyre pulling it off. You cant tell us apart, right . That is so cute. Thats very cute. That was, thank you. Innocence. Now to the moment you did not see at the cma awards. Lara was on the red carpet looking smashing. There was faith and her man. And she was with all the biggest stars and winners. She joins us now from nashville. Hey there, lara. Hello, robin. Such a fun night. I love the cmas. I love this crowd. And so much to celebrate here in the Country Music capital. The stars, well, they did just that, letting down their hair, their beards and kicking up those cowboy boots. Its countrys biggest night. Faith hill, miranda lambert, cohost Carrie Underwood all rocking the red carpet. This is nashvilles night to just kind of let loose, in fact, we kind of use the whole week as an excuse to let loose. Reporter you never know when someone might just break into song. Will you sing me one line of it . Got a girl from the south side got braids in her hair first time i saw her walk bout fell out of my chair reporter and the first couple giving each other advice on their upcoming performance. Do you have any advice for faith about performing tonight and vice a versa . Oh, my god. I cant advise her. Shes a way better artist than i am. Shes the rock for our family on everything. Do you have advice for this nervous young man . No, hes no, just have fun. Have fun, baby. There you go. There you go. Just gaze into my eyes. Yes, darling. Reporter luke bryan revealing he still gets a little stage fright before heading out there. Do you still get nervous . Yeah, you cant do the day that i just nonchalantly walk out there and perform, you know, like, oh, its just the cmas, the day that im that cool about it, then i need to retire. Promised after all the light moments on the red carpet it was an emotional evening for the closeknit country community. Tonight were going to do what families do, come together, pray together, cry together and sing together too. What does tonight mean given everything that Country Music community has been through . I think were all hugging each other a lot tighter and really grateful for the closeknit community that we have in this genre. Reporter another tribute to star troy gentry who died suddenly two months ago in a helicopter crash. Do you feel like troy was looking down . Oh, he was there, man. He was there. Im telling you right now. Hes just there because he was always there. Really special moment. Well, thank you very, very much. Love you, brother. Reporter of course, Glen Campbell was honored. I see that you have the award. I would like to present you you guys, such an honor for me to actually announce glens award this morning on Good Morning America. That was amazing. We saved the envelope for you. Thank you so much. Inside there. There it is. So great. Glen campbell. Thank you. We will always treasure that. Im glad. Seriously. Thank you. Im glad. Well always treasure his music. Reporter backstage long after the awards had been handed out there was nonstop celebration. Favorite moment of the night . The opening. Amazing grace at the top. You cannot say the same thing. I cant . Im changing the rues. Im stuck. That was mine. All right. Faith hills thigh. And the moment that lit up social media during the cmas, faith hill in this dress showing a little leg. Oh, my god. Holy cow. In the red dress. I couldnt stop staring. I literally couldnt concentrate. This years entertainer of the year, garth brooks enjoying the moment. A little birdie told me its your sixth. Entertainer, yes, maam, i thought you were asking about yes, maam. How will you two celebrate the evening . Two word, taco bell. Thats where we were a year ago tonight when we won will you go . We have to. Try the chalupa, people. Absolutely, why not. So, guys, lets get back to faith hill and tim mcgraw. What a moment that duet. People said they felt like voyeurs watching them sing that beautiful duet, the song the rest of our life but as we alluded to it wasnt just the singing or chemistry that had people talking, it was the leg. It now has its own twitter account of course. In fact one person wrote and i quote what were watching is actually a trio, tim mcgraw, faith hill and faith hills right leg. That explains it. How much fun did you have last night, lara . Robin, you know this Community Just comes together in the biggest way. I love Country Music. We had a blast. I hate to i hate to leave but its time to head back to you guys. Thanks for making us feel we were right there with you. Safe travels back home, lara. Thank you. Thank you. [ applause ] and one of my favorite nights, ive never shied away from that. Its all about unity. Thats what they emphasize. They dont get political. They made fun of it but unity and tyler perry a presenter got a big ovation when he said we have more in common than not so why dont we just celebrate those many similarities we have instead of the few differences. Very great community. Nothing like almost the watch pank. Not pink, pank. Pank. Everybody is always invited to that show. I love that about the country awards. Great night. Well move on now and take a closer look at the new Amazon Service that delivers inside your home even when youre not home. Customers tried it out and becky worley is in San Francisco with what were hearing about how it works. Hey, becky. Reporter good morning, george. So far were looking at a selfselecting trial of whos trying this amazon key service, the folks who fear security issues, they havent signed up but for those who choose convenience over privacy, this is an experiment in progress. Thanks. This is the optimal way to receive a package. This, less optimal. Why . Porch pirates. Thieves who steal packages from your doorstep. It happened to jennifer henrynovich. It feels a little bit like invasion of privacy. It feels like a robbery. Reporter it led her to test out amazon key, the new unlock the front door and put the package right in your house delivery service. It just rolled out for prime members in 37 cities. You need some special equipment, a wifi connected lock. And this amazon camera connected to the cloud. Does that make you feel uncomfortable at all its recording in your home . It is only recording in your home when the delivery is going on. Reporter once installed you just get a notification on your phone that the driver is coming. Reporter then live video of the delivery. Did it feel weird someone was walking into your house . You know, a little bit but at the same time not really because it was so fast. Reporter when a delivery happens during our visit there it is. Pushes it in and relocks the lock. Reporter while jennifer is all in i love it. 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Anothwell have another abc7 ne update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news. Com. Welcome back to gma, welcome back to gma, everybody. And what a great audience we have with us this morning. Thank you, guys, for coming in. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate it. And we also have a very special guest were about to talk to. Isnt that right, george . I think were going to see her. Remember april the giraffe . Yes. Yeah, we all watched it. There they are. Remember, we all watched it for so long. Thats her little boy. Remember we watched her for 65 days on youtube. Thats right. Everywhere and were going to meet her now along shes in harpersville, new york, with the park owner jordan patch. Hey, jordan, good to see you again. How are they doing . Well. Good morning. Were doing great. Very good. So tajiri is six and a half motnhs old and hes already pretty tall. He was born at 59 and were already approaching about 10 feet in height. Wow. So, jordan, has anything surprised you thats happened in the last 6 1 2 months. Absolutely, the fact that everything has gone so smooth has been a surprise. From the hundreds of thousands of visitors weve seen and even just his progress in growth has been remarkably easy and textbook which is a blessing. How involved has april been . How engaged has she been with her little baby boy . Well, shes been an amazing mother. Shes obviously very in tune to him and protective of him, but shes also allowed him to take on that independent trait he has that definitely comes from his father. How soon, jordan, are we from hearing about another pregnancy . I feel like we just got this one over with so lets give it a break but i have to ask. Well, i cannot confirm nor deny the possibility of another pregnancy. Wow i think you just did. I think you just did. [ applause ] so, jordan, with that being said, if it is going to happen, will we be able to see it online . Are we ready for another giraffe cam, world . You tell me. Yes. [ applause ] why not. Yeah, all right. Ah. Jordan, seems like every time we do one of these live shots with you, theyre always hungry. Youre always like feeding them. Do they always have that appetite . Robin, conveniently its always breakfast time when were on air. That must be it. Tajiri is a little shy. Look. Theyre very curious animals so i dont know if youve seen this. Everything else so hes not making it easy this morning. Thats a good boy. The breakfast of champions. Beautiful. Jordan, youre always so good to us. Yes. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you, thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Such a nice guy. He is such a nice guy. Cannot confirm or deny. That means hes confirmed it. Im going to confirm this. We have a great guest to bring out. Actress, producer, director and one of our favorite tv doctors shes here to 700th episode of greys anatomy. Please welcome ellen pompeo. [ applause ] the greatest the greatest the greatest hi. Mwah. Look at you. You look beautiful. Ready to deliver on set . Nice to see you. [ cheers and applause ] hi. Mwah. Great to see you. Hi, everybody. Hi, everybody. Hi. [ cheers and applause ] we have so many people in here. So excited to see you. Oh, my goodness. What a production i mean i think i make tv every day for a living. This is really no joke, this live show every day. This crew is amazing. The crew behind the scenes, arent they, the way they get things in and out with the sets. Congratulations on the 300th episode. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] everyone here cannot wait. For tonights show. Everyone is a little curious. Are we going to see any blasts from greys past. I think i can say it because it was in the promo. Its an homage to the original cast in the form of lookalikes. Oh. And when i first read the script i was you know, a little i dont know. I felt some type of way about it because i have an affection for those people and i thought we cant certainly recreate them or copy them and i was like, i dont know if im into the idea but when i saw the actors come on set, then i felt a whole other type of way and got nostalgic and i think its amazing. I hope everybody likes it. We worked really hard on it. When you see the promo, i felt the same way. Im not george. How have you have to see the promo for it all to make sense. Shonda likes to keep things under wraps. How difficult has it been through all these episodes not to let the beans spill on certain aspects . I mean, 300 episodes, i think were doing okay. [ laughter ] never happened . Have secrets never been spilled . Yeah. Oh, i mean, no, yeah, i think weve got the fear of god in all of us. Yeah. But it seems like you guys still have a great time. When i was on set, you guys have a great time on set. Youre sick of each other yet . 300th episode. Listen, if your whole life you dream to be an actor and you get there and you get this show and, you know, if were not having fun every day at work, what are we doing it for . Whats the point . You know. [ applause ] so youre an actor, but youve been playing a doctor 14 seasons. Yes. You ever catch yourself practicing without a license . In all the time. [ laughter ] more psychiatry, i diagnose everybody and tell everybody whats wrong with them. Oh my goodness . What happens when you go to a doctor and the doctor is like, well, ellen no, no, no. I got this. I got this. I dont have time to see doctors. I work too much. [ laughter ] you know, ellen, your character has inspired so many people. So many people especially women to become doctors, to go into other aspects of medicine and here a little tribute to you. Okay. Take a look. Ellen, thank you so much. You helped inspire me to become a doctor and to become the strong and independent woman in this traditionally male dominant field. I think that the women of greys anatomy are like modernday superheroes. I played a nurse on greys anatomy for 14 years now. It was such an inspiration to be on set. I looked into being a real nurse and, yeah, i went ahead and got my masters degree in nursing and here i am. Ive been watching greys anatomy since i was 15 years old. I knew that i wanted to be a surgeon and now im going to medical School Next Year and just continuing to pursue my dream to be a doctor and to be like meredith grey. Oh. [ applause ] hey, you guys. You know im emotional. I mean, thats you know, how so first of all, to play a doctor, you realize how precious life is and how lucky we are just to be living and breathing and our heart beating every day. Then to have that on top of it is really moving and i dont know how thank you. I dont know how i couldnt be thrilled every day just to get the opportunity to touch people the way we touch them is really a blessing. Thank you all for supporting us. Thank you. We want to celebrate you a little more. So, guys, bring it out. Its not just the 300th episode. Oh, i hate cake. Its your 10th wedding anniversary and tomorrow is your birthday [ cheers and applause ] whoo. Its so pretty . Not a birthday without a cake. No, 23rd birthday is a big one, so, yeah. Im excited. Congratulations on so many different fronts and thank you for the joy that you have brought into our homes these many years. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] and you have a big day ahead of you because you know what, its a day of greys on abc leading up to the 300th episode tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central, ellen, thank you so much. Congratulations to you. Everyone from greys anatomy and coming up next mel gibson will be here with us live. Well be right back. Were back on Good Morning America and just two weeks from thanksgiving and that means all eyes are on the lookout for the best black friday bargains so sour sponsor walmart is giving us the exclusive first look at some of the savings that theyre featuring in their black friday circular. Thats right. You get it first. Starting with the Google Home Mini, we have it right next to me marked down to 29 bucks only for black friday. If you love movies you get popular favorites, wonder woman, cars 3. 5 and if you always wanted a drone the pro mark shadow drone, 99 bucks all day on thanksgiving online. Find all of that and if our studio audience would like to get a little head start on black friday you are all going home with 100 gift cards to walmart. Yeah. [ applause ] 100 bucks for everybody. Good morning. We veal a mixture of sunshine and showers all throughout the day and mild temperatures mainly in the mild 60s. My accuweather sevenday forecast, this weekends dryge all right. Weekends dryge michael, well have to include mel gibson in that 100 gift card too. Hes in the studio. He gets one. Thats right. And thank you, ginger. Youre right. Mel gibson is here. Twotime oscar winning director, actor and producer. Hes gone from a cop in Lethal Weapon to a Freedom Fighter in braveheart now making us laugh in a new movie daddys home 2. Welcome, mr. Gibson. How are you doing . Im good. How are you . I am doing great. Daddys home 2, you play Mark Wahlbergs father. I tell you, couldnt have been cast any better. Yeah. But variety characterized your character as a grandpa from hell. Yeah, yeah, i guess, you know, some of them are diabolically possessed. Not really me, though. Hes the macho dude. Im actually more accustomed to recipes. You know, im not adverse to a pedicure. And speaking of kids and the father, a grandfather youre a father nine times. Nine, yeah. What kind of father are what would your kids describe you as . Im a regular dad. When i see them up in the attic, a little dog kibble. Theyre fine. No, but it gets better and better. I think you learn as you go and theres no such thing as a perfect parent. It doesnt matter how good you think you are or how well you actually do youre always going to kind of mess it up a little bit and your children will generally remind you of that later on. Without a doubt. Youre 100 . I can speak from experience. You play marks dad. John lithgow plays wills father. What cracks up first on set . Its very difficult particularly when mark and will get going. These two just start this kind of they have mercurial brains and start these riffs on some little subject you cant even believe the minutia of the places they get to. Completely off the wall and it was very difficult actually to keep a straight face and sometimes i was just breaking up and like id ruin the take, you know. Were going to take a look at a clip and from this this is when the two granddads, you guys meet for the first time. Oh. All right. Daddys home 2. Daddy mwah. Oh, dad. This guy is raising your kids half the time. He hasnt seen his dad in a really long time. Its only been since thanksgiving, but it feels like forever. It does. Four weeks . Its been a few years for us. What should we do . You want me to take my pants off . [ applause ] and how does it feel for you because last time you were here we talked about hacksaw ridge which you directed. Phenomenal film and now youre back into comedy. Nice to have a change of pace and its good to not have to deal with the responsibility of like, you know, the logistics of directing a film and sort of a serious film like that too. So its it was good to lay back, let another director do the whole thing and just kind of show up and be a good soldier for a change, you know. Theres a Christmas Song in the movie and theres a dance scene. Yeah. You kind of get your groove on. Sure. But mark said when they stopped the music and said cut you kept going. Yeah, well, im old. You know. [ laughter ] i dont know. Its Throwback Thursday and youve done so many great movies. Throwback thursday if well take a look is that why im here . But this is another i love this one too. What women want and this is a dance scene right there. [ applause ] and you had some moves so im curious how many takes did it take you to knock that out . Oh, just one take but i did it 18 times in the one take. But it looks good. Its fitting and we heard you wore pantyhose in that movie. Oh, yeah. You say you didnt mind that because of theater school. No, you run around in tights for three years, you know. And the engineering students think theres something wrong with you but if you dont mind getting hit with objects and projecti projectiles, its all right. The first Lethal Weapon came out 30 years ago. Wow, 30 years. 30 years. [ applause ] woo. You know, people considered this a christmas movie. Yeah. Did that surprise you . The backdrop, yeah, christmas, but it was released in march. Yeah, interesting, yeah. Was there a fifth one coming on the way . I went to see dan the other night doing a theater production in l. A. Of a play he was like made great 17 years ago. He repriced it. Went to see him with donner, the director of those old movies so we got to talking so yeah, maybe. There we go. A little hint. It might be on the way. Yeah. Well, thank you for coming, man. Always great to see you. We got to say daddys home 2 hits theaters tomorrow. Make sure you check it out. Mel gibson, everybody. When we come back taking your kids favorite toys, slime, and turning it into the ultimate holiday decoration. Nicole farb giving us a preview. Hi leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. A personalized Financial Strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. Hi guys aw yeah see how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Time now for our gma holiday makeoff and its great to have diy expert nicole farb shes partnering with our sponsor michaels. Theyre inviting everyone to decorate an ornament with customized slime. You heard me at the make break event from 1 00 to 3 00 p. M. This saturday and michaels will provide the supplies and slime for free so welcome. Thank you. You always bring us such fun things to do. I love it. I love it. And christmas is the best. Christmas is the best and were seeing decorations everywhere not just here but people are popping out the music . Were ready. I was going to say how do you get a kid excited for christmas, but its more specifically how do you get them excited about decorating the house with you . You put their favorite thing ever into an ornament, slime. Thats what weve done, it look at this stuff. You can see this. Touch it. Look. You can stretch it. Its amazing, right . Its for all age, people. Mom and dad, you know youve seen this at home. Its time to oh that was amazing. Slime ball play. Slimeoff. Theres a throwdown. Okay, so you put this inside the ornaments, right . We do then well decorate them. You decorate the ornaments on the outside . Right. Now, we want to do a little makeoff challenge. Michael, you, ginger, all of you have 30 seconds to personalize ginger, stop playing sorry. I know. To personalize your slime ornament and start a 30second timer. Are you ready . Yeah. Okay, quick tips, stickers, go. Stickers here. I think im just judging. You judging . Go. Come on, michael. Wait. Is this glue . Oh, yeah. Look how good that is. Wow all eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [ buzzer ] lets see. Lets see those ornaments. We need to hear if we have a winner. I panicked. I bailed. Is there not glue in this . I thought it was glue. I really messed this one up. Thats a gorgeous snowman. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. I think michael wins. This is his first time. Michael, congratulations [ cheers and applause ] he can put that ornament right next to his hall of fame ring. Thank you so much. Thank you. For our big makeoff. Dont forget to go to your local michaels and decorate an ornament with customized slime from 1 00 to 3 00 accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isnt a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president , then what has our government become . Im tom steyer, and like you, im a citizen who knows its up to us to do something. Its why im funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less. 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Im Jessica Castro from abc7 mornings. Lets check in with mike nicco. Mike, its been raining quite a lot. It sure has. Right now its mainly across the south bay and from oakland up into the north bay. Its going to stay scattered but its going to be with us all throughout the day and into tomorrow. This low will stay to or north, keeping the heaviest rain in the pacific northwest. For us well get another chance sunday night into monday. Both storms 1, light on our storm impact scale. The wet weather has caused numerous accidents, b. A. R. T. Tenminute systemwide delays due to the wet track. A nightmare southbound 101 through san rafael, traffic backed into novato because of earlier probles. Well be back at 11 00 for the abc7 midday news. Our reporting continuies on our news app and abc7news. Com. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, from the series murder on the orient express, kenneth branagh. And the greys anatomy stars star ellen pompeo. Plus, from the new movie wonder , daveed diggs all next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan good morning [cheers and applause]