Congratulations. Royal christmas. Spending the holiday with the queen. A fiance first. Something Kate Middleton didnt get to do. It didnt happen for camilla. It didnt happen for diana. It didnt happen for kate. The preparations as she gets ready to join the royal family. Hey, good morning. Merry Christmas Eve. Paula is off. Very happy to have our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce in town for the holiday. Thank you for being here. Great to be here. Thank you for having me. As you said, its t minus one day until christmas. And this morning, were tracking the weather, the travel, including santas travel, and the lastminute shopping deals. Lets start with the weather. Its really nasty in some places. Look at this shot of shoppers trudging through the snow. This is in omaha, nebraska. In boston, icecoved cars. Check out this guy. I know it looks like my window is closed. But in fact. Its just icy. Oh, man. Thats great video. But the weather situation is no joke. We have one storm that just moved out. Two new ones on the way. And then a big arctic blast that will swoop in after that. Lets kick things off with rob, who is covering it all. Hey, guys, the images are certainly fun. It gets us in the spirit of christmas. Talking about getting through it. Driving where you need to go or air travel is no joke. Yesterday, this ice storm across parts of interior new england. Got pretty nasty. Along the coast. Eastern gloucester getting it as well. Boston saw some ice. And it was really, really tough going. Look at the advisories from maine back through the northwest. We have a series of storms coming in. Were just Getting Started with this bad weather. Heavy snow and ice. Blasting cities from coast to coast this morning. As a pair of winter storms walloped the country. Millions facing treacherous driving conditions this Christmas Eve. The roads are starting to get slick. So i gotta be careful. Theyre starting to freeze over. Reporter snow slamming colorado overnight. Parts of i70 forced to shut down for a time. Shelters opening to stranded drivers. Winter weather alerts issued across the country. 22 states from washington to maine in or expecting hazardous weather. In pennsylvania, slick conditions causing multiple accidents. Drivers sliding off the road. Cars stalling due to the freezing weather. The traffic slow. The ice. Thats what makes me nervous. Reporter travelers in ohio warned of black ice. Overnight, cars swerving on the roads. Snow squalls causing low visibility. Theyre coming down a lot heavier than it was earlier. Reporter in wyoming, whiteout conditions on the roadways there. This suv practically disappearing in the blizzard. Icy conditions also causing drivers to put on their hazards has they slip and slide across the roadways. After dealing with tough driving conditions, many might get that White Christmas after all. With system number one now moving east of the east coast. Cold air is in place for system number two. A White Christmas developing here today. Enough snow to cover the roadways, if not the sidewalks, too, and the grassy areas. Midnight mass maybe an issue from pittsburgh up through cleveland and buffalo. Snow there. A coastal low develops tonight through tomorrow morning. This will keep it more of a rain, snow, sleet mix. Along the i95 corridor. Places inland. North and west of i95. Were looking at a fairly significant snowfall. Interior new england. Could see in some cases, eight, ten inches. Maybe a foot of snow. It looks like it will stick around. Look at the cold air diving down. 5 degrees for a wind chill in the arctic air. More on this later in the program. Dan, mary, back to you. A busy weekend in the Weather Department. Thank you, robert. The other big prechristmas story is the lastminute shopping. Yeah, theres no question. Its definitely crunch time. Many stores are still open right now to help. Abcs Erielle Reshef joins us from seacaucus, new jersey. With the options still out there for procrastinators. Reporter good morning, mary and dan. Stores like this one has been open all through the night and plan to stay open. Like toys r us. Like kohls. Until this evening to get you to the finish line. On this Christmas Eve morning, the final push to get the presents under the tree. Im still doing last minute. Would you believe it . I thought i would stop. Reporter procrastinators, dont panic. Theres still at least one online option. Amazon offering sameday deliveries in some cities for prime customers if you order by 9 30 a. M. Today. Everything you see in here is ran by technology and made as efficient as possible. Thats how were able to get items at peoples doorsteps in about an hour or two. Reporter a village of unlikely elves. Spreading the lastminute christmas cheer. U. P. S. Is using marketers and accountants and other professionals to help with holiday shipments. For fedex, a shortlived setback on supersaturday. Turbulent weather temporarily grounding its planes at the shipping hub in memphis. They tell us systems are running well. They expect to make deliveries on time. I was working until last friday nonstop. I rested since then. Decided to come out and get everyones present now. Reporter as for the 6 of Holiday Shoppers hitting the stores today, theres still time to score deep discounts. Turn to the apparel stores. A lot of the sale items are discounted up to 50 . So youre not only getting a discount, but youre also getting a sale on that discount. Reporter if you cant get to a store, amazon music unlimited is giving new subscribers three months for 99 cents. And experts tell me nearly 200 billion in gift returns were processed last year. If you are waiting, maybe gift cards are an option. Mary, damp . Or a convenience store. Get some koozies. They make great stocking stuffers. Or that. To politics now. This Holiday Weekend is bringing no respite for the president. Two stories brewing on this Christmas Eve. The first involves the president taking aim at the Deputy Director of the fbi on twitter. The second, a report in the New York Times that the president made derogatory comments about immigrants in the oval office. Kenneth moton joins us from maralago, florida. Kenneth, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan and mary. White house officials spent the first full day of the president s vacation tackling these allegations they call outrageous. This morning, the white house fighting back claims President Trump allegedly made derogatory comments in the oval office about immigrants. The most sacred duty of government is to protect the lives of its citizens. And that includes securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws. Reporter the New York Times reports trump stormed into the oval office in june, enraged by numbers of immigrants showing how many had received visas to enter the United States since he took office the time says one source in the room and another that was briefed later said that 15,000 immigrants from haiti all have aids. Last year, candidate trump pledged support to haitianamericans. I want to be the greatest champion. I will be your champion, whether you vote for me or not. Reporter trump also reportedly said once 40,000 nigerian immigrants had seen the u. S. , they would never go back to their huts in africa. Trump widely criticized for comments about other immigrants in the past. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. Were going to get the bad ones out. Were throwing them out of the country. Reporter tempers flared in the meeting of top officials, including secretary of state Rex Tillerson and then Homeland Security chief john kelly. Several people said they did not recall the president using those words. And did not think he had. White House Press SecretarySarah Sanders strongly denied that trump made the remarks. Saying in a statement its both sad and telling the New York Times would print the lies of their anonymous sources. Trump silent on the report. But he fired up twitter to attack fbi Deputy Director andrew mccabe, who is reportedly requiring in march. The president tweeting that mccabe is rushing to get full benefits. Trump has accused mccabe of bias after his wifes campaign received money from a Hillary Clinton ally. Mccabe consulted at the time with the Bureau Officials about the contributions. Some gop lawmakers also alleging antitrump bias. Mccabe spent hours on the hill being grilled by congressional committees. For more on the political news, lets bring in chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl, in washington, where hell host this week. Jon, great to see you. Good to see you. Merry christmas, dan. Yes, merry early christmas. Lets talk about the attacks on mccabe. Do you see them as a way of discrediting Law Enforcement officials before any charges are or are not brought by Robert Mueller . As you know, the president i believe he said it to you, that he has no plans to fire mueller. Theres this rising antimueller chorus on the right. There sure is. I dont think this is part of a larger strategy. The president s own legal team has tried to discourage him from making these kind of attacks on the fbi and on the special counsel. I think the president is simply angry about all of this. He he in his view, the entire investigation, including the special counsel investigation, is a witch hunt. If he wanted to run from his gut, he probably would fire the special counsel. But hes been advised against it strongly not just by his legal team but by virtually every republican leader in congress. Lets talk about the story in the New York Times. About the president s alleged derogatory comments about immigrants. Somewhat the likely effect of this . Does it rile up those that are already against him . While supporters just dismiss it as more fake news . The white house is adamantly denying it. You heard what kenneth reported. Others in the meeting, including secretary tillerson, chief of staff john kelly, h. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser. All deny that the president used these words. One thing for sure, mary. Is that the sentiment here, that there are too many immigrants coming into the country from countries like afghanistan and nigeria. That sentiment nobody is denying that the president believes that. That he believes that immigration is still out of control. Jon karl. Always great to have your analysis. Appreciate it. Once again good to see mary bruce up there, by the way. Whats going on . I got a little lost. Merry christmas to both of you. Our gain. Thank you, jon. Again, merry christmas. Coming up on this week jon will talk to one of the president s most prominent republican critics. The outgoing senator jeff flake of arizona. And i sit down with congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. Both politicians are retiring next year and giving their unfiltered take on President Trump and the gop. Lets check the rest of the days headlines. And as always, we get it over to dr. Ron claiborne. Whats happening . Dr. Dan harris, thank you. Mary. Adrienne, robert. Ronald. Good morning to you. In seattle, a federal judge lifted parts of trumps a travel ban. Ordering the government to process applications from certain refugees to enter the u. S. It comes after the American Civil Liberties union and Jewish Service says the current ban prevents people from reuniting with family already legally living in the u. S. In pennsylvania, the fbi and local authorities are trying to figure out why a 51yearold native of egypt went on a shooting spree, targeting Police Officers in and around harrisburg friday. Theyre calling it a terror attack. Elmofti was fatally shot by police. In ohio, fourteens could face homicide charges after throwing a sandbag off of an overpass. That driver struck died saturday from injuries. Near toledo in a hospital where he was being treated. The four boys just 13 and 14 years old will face a judge next week. In los angeles, the bomb squad responded to a suspicious package addressed to treasury secretary steve mnuchin. The package was in a neighbors driveway with a label on it saying it was from the american people. After a twohour investigation, it was determined that the package was filled with manure. In miami, panic at a mall as Holiday Shoppers run for cover after some people thought they heard gunshots. The Aventura Mall was placed on lockdown. Then it was evacuated. This morning, police say there is no evidence that shots were fired. They dont know what actually caused that panic. The mall set to reopen this morning for holiday shopping. Finally, michael sidemeon, a senior from new yorks Success Academy high school. Had his heart set on attending Tufts University in medford, massachusetts. Watch as he finds out he got accepted. [ cheers and applause ] keep watching. Check it out. Right . He was prepared. He was already wearing a tshirt from his future alma mater. Class of 22. Congratulations. Remember the days you got the fat envelopes and thin envelopes. I guess you find this out online. Big day for him. Thats all of our christmas made right there. Watching that. We have to watch that all day. Thank you, ron. Lets talk about something a little less pleasant when it comes to the holidays. A health risk. Travel, parties, visits with the family. A perfect storm for getting sick. Flu cases are climbing. Yeah, check this out. Heres the latest map from the cdc showing the levels of flulike activity across the country. Abcs chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton joins us now with more on how to protect yourself. So, dr. Ashton, what do we need to know about staying healthy and virusfree . Listen, mary and dan, these are the three viruses i want to put on everyones radar during the holiday season. Common cold virus. Influenza. And norovirus, the socalled stomach flu. That is a bad actor. Hits hard and fast. Will keep you in the bathroom for 12 to 24 hours. It can be difficult to tell the difference between the common cold and the flu. So take a look at these symptoms. With the flu in general, we tend to see high temperatures, severe headaches. Body aches. Coughs. We tend to think of those as symptoms that go full body and below the neck. The common cold, generally no temperature. Sore throat. Congestion, coughing, sneezing. Symptoms above the neck. Lets drill down on the flu for a second. What do we know about how bad this flu season is and how effective the vaccine may be . Its not looking good. The cdc puts out cases every week. We report them with about a one to twoweek delay. As you saw on the map, 12 states in the country reporting widespread flu activity. We expect that. We did not expect the flu vaccine that looks like it is only 10 effective. It is well matched. But something probably happened in the manufacturing process thats just not making it effective. I want to emphasize to people, 10 is not good. But its better than 0 . Okay, then remind us. What are the best ways to protect ourselves . Hand hygiene. We say it all the time. Its so important. Wash your hands. If you can still get a flu vaccine, get one. Theyre still available. If you get sick, even though it is so hard during the holiday season, please stay home. Its not only better for you. But better for the people around you. And do what we do in the hospital at the nurses station. Clean those surfaces with disinfectant wipes. You want to touch all the hot spots. The phones. The doorknobs. The handles. Keep everything nice and clean. Dr. Ashton. Always weighing in with useful advice. We appreciate it. Merry christmas to you, dr. Ashton. You, too, guys. As we have mentioned, this is a busy weekend in the Weather Department for a whole lot of reasons. Lets get it back to rob. I could use Hand Sanitizer being on this end of the desk. Oh. Wow. Wow. Oh, i did it again. Oh. Brutal. Show you some videos. Getting some purel. One of my favorite spots. Spent six years in portland. Made my trip to meadows and timberline. They got some fresh snow. 110 inches so far this year. So its a good spot and their production team, the last two years, crushing it with the videos. Hey, just up the road. Chris mall mountain. The base of mt. Ranier. You have 119 inches so far. So youre doing well. Snow coming in, potentially to the lower valleys. Portland, seattle. These are areas that dont get White Christmas very often. Seattle, if they get it, first time in nine years. A slight chance today. Portland may have a better chance even though typically they have a lesser chance. If you l. Good morning, our quiet weather pattern continues. Heres the view but well have more cloud cover around today. So it will be cool to start out. A possible sprinkle throughout the day but sunnier skies return tomorrow for christmas day. Temperatures will be milder and no spare the air tomorrow, but today the poor air quality continues for pretty much everywhere except the South Central bay and santa clara valleyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyey dr. J. Says use this stuff ey liberally in order to keep the colds away. Oh. Ooh. The bromance continues. The bromance continues. The love. It ends. Rob and ron, i guarantee you youre going to be on the list. Good list, right . Not the naughty list. Because santas coming to town santa claus is coming to town oh, yeah. We just spoke with captain scott miller from the north American Aerospace defense command, also known as norad. Tracking santa and the reindeers global trek. We are so excited to see you guys. You have to tell us exactly how fast santas sleigh is moving. Some people say it moves at the speed of light. It certainly moves very quickly. Back in the day, you would field phone calls from kids. How can they reach out now . The best way, frankly, is through the norad track Santa Operations Center website. Which is www. Noradsanta. Org. Thats noradsanta. Org. And of course, were also on facebook. Were on twitter. So if kids parents can help them, theres plenty of ways to stay with norad all day as we track santa as he makes his journey around the world. Journey around the world. But of course, all the kids here in the u. S. Want to know when we can expect him to arrive in the states. What exactly is santas path or track . We can confirm norad radars and satellites have confirmed that santa and his reindeer and sleigh left the north pole. Theyre currently making their journey westward. They start at the international dateline. And, they work their way slowly around the world. I know that the number one question that kids have is, when is santa going to be at my house . And the best answer for that is, that we know santa arrives sometime between 9 00 p. M. And midnight. And so, if he has gotten to their town, and its between 9 00 p. M. And midnight and theyre not asleep yet, hell move on to another house. But, as long as theyre asleep, then santa will go ahead and deliver his presents. Thank you so much, captain scott miller. We appreciate you and merry christmas. Merry christmas and happy holidays to you. Very cool to with able to talk to him earlier this morning. Kids can track santa using alexa. Which is free with your amazon account. A grownup will have to verify it. 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Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. Ask your doctor about victoza®. Good morning, im im last day of the curb side drive in San Francisco. Volunteers will be collecting hams, grocery, clothes and toiletries. You can donate from 9 00 a. M. Until 1 00 p. M. On golden gate avenue. An entire lane of golden gate avenue is closed to traffic to allow people to easily drop off donations. Turning to weather now in the bay area forecast and meteorologist lisa argen. Starting with plenty of cloud cover. Temperatures are cool in the 40s. A more midu 40s towards san jose. 46 on the coast. Plenty of clouds for you as well. A few 30s in the north bay with 39 by the delta. Mid50s with a mostly cloudy sky and a look ahead sunnier hey, welcome back to gma on this christma hey, welcome back to gma on this Christmas Eve. Happening right now, heavy snow and ice blasting cities from coast to coast this morning, as a pair of winter storms make their way across america. Hazardous conditions on the roads. Visibility in some spots down to zero. Drivers slipping and sliding on the streets. Two dozen states under Winter Weather alerts. Also, contaminated makeup. The accessory store claires is pulling some childrens makeup kits off its shelves after reports that some the products tested positive for asbestos. They say its precautionary. Countdown to christmas. The sun rising in bethlehem on this Christmas Eve. As christians around the world are preparing to begin their celebrations commemorating the birth of jesus. Coming up right here, Meghan Markles first royal christmas. How shes spending christmas how shes spending Christmas Eve ahead of the big day tomorrow as she gets to know her future inlaws. Probably not nerveracking. No, not at all. Im sure shes fine. The shakeup at the miss america organization. Top officers turning in resignations after reports of crude emails sent about past winners. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has more from our los angeles bureau. Marci, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan and mary. Major changes at the pageant after outrage and demands from former winners who now say this is just the beginning. Miss america, the stage is yours reporter this morning, calls for more changes at the miss america organization. As the man at the center of the pageant scandal steps down. Hi, im sam haskell. Reporter ceo sam haskell resigning after leaked emails from 2014 show sexist, crude, and demeaning comments about contestants and winners. Including miss america 1998 kate shindle and miss america 2013 mallory hagan. Miss new york. Reporter belittled in the emails about her love life and weight. Its been a pretty awesome day. Reporter hagan celebrating his resignation on twitter after what the now former ceo said emails were conveniently edited. The pageant chairman and another board member stepped down too, along with josh randle. He said over two months before my employment began, i inappropriately responded to an email sent to my personal account about a former miss america. I apologize to mallory for my lapse in judgment. The fallout coming after a petition signed by more than 50 former miss americas demanded reds nations from organization leaders. Right now, there is an opportunity for a graceful transition. Reporter calling for a thorough housecleaning at the organization. Its time for something new. You know, lets just take a mulligan and and let a new group of people step in and lead us into the future. Reporter and haskell said in a statement his character was being attacked daily which impaired his judgment when responding to inappropriate emails sent to him. His resignation is effective immediately. While randal and the chairman stay on to help with the transition. Mary . Dan . Mary, thank you very much. As we said, its a busy weekend in the Weather Department. Lets check the weather. A fair amount of ice and other stuff north of here yesterday. Stuff. Thats a meteorological term. Stuff. 101, baby. You gotta learn the terms. A young man goes out and checks on the ice. Doesnt have skates on. Maybe he could use them. Oh, easy. Easy. All right. Come on. This is kind of fun. No concussions. Put a helmet on if youre going to do that. He made it back okay. Now there may be snow falling on top of the ice in some of the northeast. Here it is. At noon, chicago may see a dusting. Getting into columbus. Cleveland. Detroit. Maybe pittsburgh and buffalo also. You notice right along the coastline, from new york to boston. It will be mostly rain and a mix. Might see some flakes mixing in in the morning. Substantial accumulations. Ski country could see a foot. A nice layer of powder on top of what you have gotten the last couple of days. Here comes the cold air. Whats in place is not nearly as cold as what is going to be coming. On sunday and stus. Tomorrow morning, wind chills of 5 degrees expected in chicago. Tuesday morning, minus 14. Teens and single numbers across parts of the northeast. Here are the christmas cities, with the dancing elf. Christmas, florida. Santa, idaho, 24. Evergreen, colorado, 33 degrees. North pole, alaska, 8 degrees. What is missing from that elf . Good morning, were featuring a lot of cloud cover today. 30s and 40s to start. 50s throughout the afternoon. In fact, it will feel cool. Sunnier skies and milder temperatures throughout the week. This Weather Report is brought to you by kay jewelers. For all of you procrastinators out there. Nothing says i love you like something shiny in the stocking. Lastminute shiny is fine. What was the deal with no nose . Some elves dont need a nose. There were budget cuts in the Graphics Department . Times are tough. Times are tough. Coming up on gma, meeting the future inlaws. What is on the schedule as Meghan Markle prepares for her first royal christmas . 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What has she got ahead of her . Reporter well, good morning to you guys. I can tell you that the christmas celebrations with the royal inlaws are now in full swing. Prince harry and Meghan Markle leaving their home here at kesington palace and heading to the queens sprawling sandringham estate. And in keeping with tradition, theyll open presents tonight on Christmas Eve. Congratulations. Reporter prince harry and his bridetobe Meghan Markle putting on a dazzling display. Releasing their official engagement photos just in time for the holidays. If you cant get enough of this glamorous couple, fear not. Were about to see them again. Its a big deal that the queen has agreed for Meghan Markle to be the first royal fiancee to be at a christmas lunch table. It didnt happen for camilla. It didnt happen for diana. It didnt happen for kate. Reporter meghan will be making history. The first fiancee ever to celebrate christmas with the queen. Seen here last week with prince harry on the way to the queens annual christmas lunch with more than 50 members of the extended royal family. For meghan this is a moment to actually see how the royal family works. This is more of a traditional way the royal family do things. Its important, i think, going forward, that she understands the way that the queen operates these things. Reporter the queen and Prince Philip have already kicked off festivities, traveling by train to her christmas retreat at sandringham before the younger royals arrive today. Prince harry and meghan are expected to stay with the duke and duchess of cambridge, and of course Prince George and princess charlotte. The family will be enjoying three actionpacked days, including a black tie dinner, a 300yard walk to a Christmas Service at the 16th century church, and a walkabout, meeting all of those wellwishers. Well be watching all of the holiday festivities for you as meghan is welcomed to the royal fold. Hopefully, well find out if little Prince George did get that police car that was on his christmas list that Prince William had to deliver to santa. I know you want to know, right . I love the story about Meghan Markle. Shes incredible. What a great addition and a modernizing force for that family. Lama, thank you. Youre a great addition, as always, to the show. Coming up on gma, some quick, doable tips for handling holiday stress. How to bounce back in our weekend download. Followed by pop news. It always boosts resiliency. Oh, yes. This holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. State farm. La vie est belle leclat the new fragrance lancome now available at macys, your fragrance destination. The toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. If you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. Help stop the journey of gum disease. Try parodontax toothpaste. When a achoo alls. 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Putting labels on how you feel actually downsizes the fight or flight response that we have. It helps you stay in control. Just, im angry. I feel like a 5yearold around my family. Helps you to stay conscious. Knowing what youre feeling can minimize the chances of those feelings owning you. You talk about smells and bells. What do you mean . Sounds and smells are very primitive. They go straight into your lymphatic system. They cool down the hot response we have in stress. Cinnamon. Mint. Peppermint. Nutmeg. Vanilla. Those things have a an interaction. They change the pattern of activity in your brains. You can lean into the sounds and the smells at the holidays. Just be conscious of those things when you feel yourself getting upset. We all eat a lot of sugar in the holidays. You say theres way to take the edge offer what sugar can do for you. Sugar will put you on an upanddown roller coaster. It will make it harder not to Say Something youll regret. So mix that sugar. Mix nuts or cheese, some protein to balance out those swings. Bonnie st. John. Appreciate it. If you want more, check out the 10 happier podcast. Up next, pop news. Pop news. Pod dast. Up next, pop news. A trip back to the dthe doctors office, mean just for a shot. But why go back there, when you can stay home, with Neulasta Onpro . Strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. In a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17 to 1 , a 94 decrease. Applied the day of chemo, Neulasta Onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day, so you can stay home. Neulasta is for certain Cancer Patients receiving strong chemotherapy. Do not take neulasta if youre allergic to neulasta or Neupogen Filgrastim . Ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, kidney injuries, and capillary leak syndrome have occurred. 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Now dont be frightened, seven days in the future is a glorious place. After all you had two good hair days in a row. Perfect. Right out of bed. And this car you reserved on carmax. Com is still being held for you, for free. Pretty sweet. Or as we like to say from seven days in the future. Ah. We still say pretty sweet. Its basically the same. Im excited. I have a pavlovian response every time that techo music comes on. Oh, yeah. Me, too. Were starting off things with an angel gets its wings. An angel gets its wings. And saras got a new baby girl. Somebody who sat in this chair. You know her well. Sara haines welcoming in this beautiful bundle of joy. Sandra grace. Weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces with her husband, max. Shes named after saras mother. Sara used to present pop news right here on weekend gma. She recently came back to cohost the show for a weekend. She had announced her pregnancy the view back in june. She said she looked forward to a little girl since she grew up with two sisters and a brother, as well. The couples first child alec is 20 months old. Two babies at once. Once again, a big congratulations, sara and max. I have to say. She looks beautiful in that hospital bed. Im not that brave. I give you super duper uber kudos for allowing somebody in your maternity room with that camera. Well, sara will have to do quick photo shopping on her Christmas Cards to add the new baby. Well, heres a look at our favorite celebrity cards. Kevin hart turned his Christmas Card into a movie poster. Giving his family starring roles. He recently welcomed a new baby, kenzo. Mark wahlberg used this shot for the Christmas Card. No sign of snow there. Some people are mentioning marks dad bod. I think it looks amazing. Hes still very much in shape. Thats all we can say. We want to be appropriate. I think he looks great. Its mark wahlberg. He can do no wrong. Yeah, he can do no wrong. Speaking of another dad, steph curry and family put their dogs front and center. And Holly Robinson peete had their family recreate the card from ten years ago. Take a real close look. They have the same outfits on. And the baby is now a teenager. Jennifer garner. Shes all about christmas. Youre going to like this one. It involves pets. On instagram, sharing books with birdie. With her golden retriever on her lap with the book elves and the shoemaker. Listen to this. Who do you think the boss might be . Can you guess . Foreshadowing. Thank you. The boss. Maybe santa. She is speaking to the dog like its her baby. Its really very cute. That is one chill dog. The dog was falling asleep. Yes. What im going to do when my kid stops talking to me. Which may happen soon. No, its not going to happen. Very, very sweet. Jennifer was interested in the big audience getting back into it. Birdie was sleepy. Lets roll ahead and talk about our food. A sweet ending. Doughnut plant in new york is known for ripple doughnuts. A doughnut in a doughnut in a doughnut. I like to call it the turducken of doughnuts. Its a gingerbread, surrounded by a mint chocolate pudding doughnut, within a White Chocolate red velvet doughnut. You have to tell me what you think, rob. You can break it up, too, if you dont like to do it together. Mint chocolate pudding . Its amazing. Is there any way to get this delivered intravenously . Thats no fun. Dan doesnt eat sweets anymore. Were going to help him out. Before we go. A quick christmas salute to amazing people here in new york city. There they are. Some of the people who work at a hospice where i volunteer. Theyre employed by the visiting Nurse Service of new york. Their job is extremely challenging. They embody the Christmas Spirit every day of the year. Shoutout, as well, to one of the residents there. Ronny getter. Hes become a great fan and a great friend. Im a fan of his. Hes taught me an enormous amount about life and how to live it. Give me a lesson. Give me a lesson. We have a few more seconds. Hes right there every day. The biggest thing that keeps him alive is having great friends in his life. Speaking of great friends, love all of you guys. Merry christmas. Thank you, everybody, for watching. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Good morning, happening today thousands of people will be served a special lunch for the holidays. Its being hosted by the Memorial Church in San Francisco. The house of prime rib donated 3700 pounds of meat pr the day along with salad, mashed potatoes and dessert. Its until 1 30 at the church. There are morning celebrations in the sanctuary and the first one starts at 9 00 this morning. Also happening today the Bay Area Rescue Mission in richmond will serve a hot meal to those in need. The organization aims to fight homelessness. It provides nearly 1. 5 million meals a year, shelter and job and life skills training. The rescue mission plan s s to serve 10,000 Christmas Meals that include ham, veggies and hundreds of pies. Lets get a check of the forecast now from our meteorologist lisa argen. Lots of clouds out there, but a pretty start. 44 right now and looking for a high of 57. 42 in gill roy. Emeriville it will be a cloudy day. Temperatures cool in the north bay with 40s for santa rosa. 44 in concorde. Livermore waking up to 42 degrees. Were warmer right now, but by the afternoon, were going to e see not only a spare the air alert but temperatures in a narrow range. Well break out of this tomorrow. But as for today, look for 55 over in oakland, San Francisco and 56 in napa. 57 in san jose. And the accuweather sevenday forecast including christmas sunnier and mild with low 60s around the bay. And as we look into the week ahead, the last week of the year, sunnier and milder. Maybe extra clouds by next weekend. Thank you for joining us. This week is next. This week, with George Stephanopoulos starts right now. Ending the year with a bang. Keeping my promise. Im signing it before christmas. A big win for the president on taxes. His first major legislative victory. We are making America Great again. You havent heard that, have you . And a rare moment of unity for republicans. Today we are giving the people of this country their money back. The president says the tax cuts will be rocket fuel for the economy. And help the middle class. But who really benefits . And will the new law help or hurt his party in 2018 . Plus, we talk to two of trumps biggest republican critics. I rise today to say, enough