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Globes. And breaking news about Serena Williams and her secret Health Battle. What the tennis superstar and new mom is revealing first on gma this morning. And good morning, america. What a devastating scene in Southern California right now. Lets look at those pictures. There you see the destruction, fires then floods in those neighborhoods causing so much destruction, search and rescue operations are under way for some survivors, it is a difficult situation. Very devastating. Before and after pictures show just how serious the damage is. The roads and highways, you see there, completely caked with thick mud, cars and homes completely destroyed. So here is what we know right now. At least 13 people are dead, 20 injured. Many are missing and most of montecito is without power on drinkable water. Our Senior National correspondent matt gutman is on the ground, has the latest for us. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. So much concern right now for those two dozen peeople still believed to be missing. Im going to tell you why hope is dimming for them. Inside this house, there is about eight feet of this, and it has the consistency of mixed concrete. We have been here for over 24 thou hours. Hard to wrap your head around the scale of this. Trees and boulders the size of trucks obliterating peoples houses in the middle of the night while so many were sleeping. This morning, that first glimpse from the sky, multimillion dollar mansions swallowed whole by that sea of mud and giant boulders. In some places it was so deep, only the chimneys poked through. And now a desperate search for the two dozen missing in debris flows biblical in scope, so violent it ripped homes from their foundations and left gas fires burning well into the night. The only words i can think of to describe what it looked like it looked like a world war i battlefield. Reporter the coast guard rushing to rescue a family of five. Rescuers carefully placed the mother and baby in a basket and lift a child up to the roof away from the churning sludge. They even managed to save the family dog. The view from the air showing mud and debris besieging roadways, chunks of homes heaved downriver and ensnared by those eucalyptus trees. We couldnt get out in time basically is what happened. We were digging trenches around the house and then the floods came and then the fire started last night. Reporter crews on the ground using dogs to sniff out the dead and the living including 14yearold Lauren Canton miraculously pulled from a pile of rubble coated in mud but alive. Shes now recovering in a hospital. But her father and brother are believed to be missing. Overnight, we walked through a wasteland that just a day earlier had been one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in america home to oprah, ellen and gigi hadid. Oprah posting this video of a blazing gas fire seen from her backyard writing, what a day. Praying for our community in santa barbara. None of the boulders that you see here in this field of boulders was here 12 hours ago. They have literally submerged entire homes. You can see the chimney poking through. It was there we found robert riskein. There is no one searching now. I know they searched the houses but i dont get the sense that anyone looked downstream. Reporter light was fading as was his hope of finding his mother. Weve been searching and calling and just hope that shes it was fast and shes not hurting. Reporter the violence of those triggering an exodus. Youre going to follow my treads. You got six to eight, 12 inches of mud out there. Reporter hundreds would evacuate going south, not an option because the 101 freeway was hacked up by those debris flows. A 30mile section still closed. Now were already starting to see First Responders congress regreat this morning, and we see them making rounds. The concern is the violence of this debris flow was so powerful that the victims got swept downstream. Officials are saying it will take weeks, maybe months to dig out of this, and they havent even begun started to make a Damage Assessment here, robin. My gosh, matt. Just seeing those pictures. Thank you. The rain has stopped but the worst may not be over. There are new concerns about flooding as all that water overwhelmed systems that were put in place to protect neighborhoods. Kayna whitworth is seeing the consequences firsthand in burbank this morning. Good morning, kayna. Reporter we sure are michael. Good morning to you. These cars were pushed down the road because this mud and water was so powerful. If you take a look here, there was mud up to the windows of this car, and if you walk with me, there is another one. There is a white vehicle over here behind this tree completely mangled, unrecognizable. Now residents in this area are under a mandatory Evacuation Order. There has been a gasline rupture in this neighborhood, and firefighters dont want us to go any further, but if we take you high above with our drone, you can see the runoff, and the mud and water busting through those gates right there. We spoke with a homeowner who told us he got the Evacuation Order and just five minutes later, he had a 6foot wall of water rushing down the road. Debris basins are designed to stop sediment in these storms, unlike a dam. They are not designed to hold back water, so that has everybody in this area very concerned, michael. Thank you so much, kayna. George . That area is so vulnerable right now. Were going to move on to washington and major developments on immigration in the fate of the d. R. E. A. M. Ers, those 800,000 young people who were brought here as children by undocumented parents. Overnight a judge blocked President Trumps plan to roll back protections for the d. R. E. A. M. Ers, a decision that came on the heels of that extraordinary scene at the white house when President Trump invited cameras in to watch him negotiate a deal. I feel having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital because this should be a bipartisan bill. This should be a bill of love, truly should be a bill of love and we can do that. But it also has to be a bill where were able to secure our borders. Reporter new phrase, bill of love. Lets break it down with our chief White House Correspondent jon karl and senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce. Jon, let me begin with you. You were in that room yesterday when the president called the audible to have the cameras come in. Trying to push them to come to a deal then you have this new twist overnight the judge blocking the president s plan on the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Reporter right, and, george, that judges decision looks like good news for the d. R. E. A. M. Ers. The president s plan to phase it out by march 5th is in question but there is a potential downside here, george. Nothing forces congress to act like a looming deadline. That march 5th deadline was why you saw this meeting happen here at the white house yesterday. With that deadline now temporarily at least in question, it may relieve some of the pressure on congress to act now. Mary, we also saw yesterday some of the perils of negotiating on Live Television. Want to show the president answering a question from democratic senator Dianne Feinstein of california. What about a clean daca bill now with a commitment that we go into a comprehensive Immigration Reform procedure like we did back when kennedy was here . I have no problem. I think thats basically what dick is saying. Were going to come out with daca and do daca then we can start immediately y on the phas two which would be comprehensive. Would you be agreeable to that. Yeah, i would like to mr. President , you need to be clear. I think what senator feinstein is asking what we talk about daca we dont want to be back here two years later. You have to have security. As the secretary would tell you. I think thats what she is saying. Mary, you see the republicans kind of alarmed there when the president seemed to give the democratic senator Dianne Feinstein exactly what she wanted, of course, the devil is in the details but i know theres some optimism on capitol hill that they actually can come to agreement left to their own devices. Reporter yeah, the president there surprising many when he dat one point seem to decide more with the democrats there, and the president insisting his wall has to be part of any deal here, but a lot of this may come down to what exactly a wl looks like. As you heard there, republicans want any deal to protect d. R. E. A. M. Ers to broader Border Security while democrats say lets tackle d. R. E. A. M. Ers first and then move on to those broader reforms, the bottom line, george, is that this morning there is still no deal. Though there is some progress and the president has put all of this in Congress Court and says ultimately hell sign whatever lawmakers here can agree to. Yeah, the president did back away from that idea of a nationwide 2,000mile wall. On another subject steve bannon, the fallout from fire and fury continues, that book. He has now been let go from breitbart, which was really his last perch after leaving the white house. Reporter it was. When bannon left the white house he suggested that he would be even more influential, more powerful as an outside advocate for trumps priorities. But the president has made it clear to all of his allies inside and outside of the white house that they have to make a choice, its either him or its steve bannon. They have chosen the president , bannon now will have a very hard time having influence losing that perch. Youve got a bannon type candidate in the form of joe arpaio out in arizona pardoned by President Trump out there making a real challenge in that senate race. Reporter this is a huge shakeup in what is becoming a very crowded Arizona Senate race. Joe arpaio is a lightning rod of a figure known for his hard line stance on immigration, once convicted for defying a court order to stop racial profiling, President Trump did make that controversial move to pardon him but the white house now is not commenting on his move to enter this race if a lot going on in d. C. , mary and jon, thanks very much. A lot indeed. The political world is still buzzing about the prospect of Oprah Winfrey running for president. Oprah 2020 took off on twitter after her inspiring speech at the Golden Globes and now President Trump is weighing in on the challenge. Lets get the latest from our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega on that. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning to you. That is the big question this morning. Will she . Wont she . A possible oprah now, oprahs longtime friend gayle says she is considering she is intrigued but does not believe at this point shes considering a run. Oprah winfrey versus President Trump . He has a prediction. Yeah, oprah would be a lot of fun. I dont think shes going to run. I know her very well. Reporter they do go way back. In 1988 oprah asked if hed ever run for president. I just dont think i really have the inclination to do it. I love what im doing. I really like it. Also it doesnt pay as well. Reporter and about a decade later he named his possible vp pick. Oprah, i love oprah. Oprah would always be my first choice. Reporter white house aides seemed less excited about the prospect. Having been on the campaign of a political outsider, what advice would you give a political outsider like oprah who seems intrigued about the idea of running . I wont focus on anyones campaign other than President Trumps reelection. Is she qualified . Look, i disagree very much on her policies. Is she a successful individual . Absolutely. But in terms of where she stands on a number of positions, i would find a lot of problems with that. Reporter press secretary Sarah Sanders didnt specify which policies, but oprah has championed stronger background checks on gun purchases and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Its possible to both enforce our laws and at the same time embrace the words on the statue of liberty that have welcomed generations of huddled masses to our shores. Reporter she donated more than 100,000 to democratic causes and candidates. Barack obama. Reporter and endorsed barack obama and hillary clinton. Do you like democracy or do you want a demagogue . Reporter as for her own foray into politics a few months ago she made it clear. There will be no running of office for any kind for me. Reporter it didnt take long. Late night is already have been a fold day with this one. Stephen colbert asked, does she even need to run . Or just call it one of her favorite things and move right in . All right, cecilia, thank you. Michael. Thank you, robin. To you to new concerns about the flu which could soon reach epidemic levels. Experts are very concerned about the strain thats spreading this year and abcs gio benitez has the latest. Reporter this morning, Emergency Rooms across the nation filling up. The rate of flu hospitalizations doubling in just one week according to the cdc. In one of the worst seasons in recent history. Sending americans like paul paris to the doctor with symptoms like high fever, severe chills and muscle aches. I felt so incredibly cold like to my bones. Reporter the cdc says this years dominant strain h3n2 is known to be especially dangerous making its victims much sicker much more quickly than other types of flu. Historically its been associated with higher instance of mortality, both in the ered Elderly Population and in the young population. Reporter some Public Health officials fear this is just the beginning. California already hit especially hard with 124 deaths across san diego and los angeles counties alone. In terms of where we go from here, there is a little bit of unpredictability in flu activity. Reporter and were live now here at mt. Sinai hospital in new york. One thing theyre doing here for very sick patients admitted to the hospital, they might want to go ahead and do a dna test to see what kind of flu they have. So i want to show you this. This is one of those dna tests. Its a nose swab and it gives them the result in about an hour, michael. All right. Thank you very much for that, gio, and for more, we will be joined by dr. Daniel b. Jernigan from the Influenza Division of the cdc. Thanks for joining us. You say the cdc hates this strain of the flu. Why is it so bad and i guess the other question why is there such a big surge of it right now . Yeah, theres a couple things here. At cdc we monitor influenza very closely, and what were seeing is this year, the influenza season started earlier, and seems to be peaking right about now, so thats about a month earlier than it normally would be peaking and so lots of cases happening in lots of states all at the same time and so thats what i think people are feeling right now. Were getting a lot of questions from our viewers and most of the questions end up like this at the end, is it true that the shot is only about 10 effective this year and if that is true, why is that . Well, i think we need to take a step back and say this year the cases were seeing like you mentioned are due to h3n2 which is a virus that whenever it shows up, it causes lots of disease, lots of hospitalizations, lots of cases and lots of deaths and we know that the influenza vaccine is the best way to prevent influenza, but in this season, it is not as effective as it is for the other viruss that circulate, so 10 is a very low estimate that came out of australia over their season last summer. The same kind of virus that we had last year was around 30 , 33 effective for the h3 component, and its actually more effective for the other parts of vaccine they are trying to prevent the other flus that are circulating. So even though it doesnt prevent the flu it could make it a little bit less severe if someone were to get the flu and why is this strain, why is there such a big surge of it right now this year . Well, theres a lot of reasons for that. It may be that some of the weather has something to do with it. The virus was able to start circulating in time so that when folks went home for thanksgiving or they went home for christmas they were able to transmit it to the folks that theyre with and because of that its able to circulate quickly, but we know this particular virus does cause more cases and it can be more severe. All right, dr. Jernigan, thank you very much for that. Robin. All right. Thank you, michael. Lets get down to ginger and looking at that picture behind you is Something Else. And this is the snowy part of the system. You had the mudslides and debris flows, but in big bear, they had their first natural snow. Outside las vegas, you get a little elevation, and the same. The roads did not look good, and this morning early in flagstaff, between 4 to 7 inches of snow, so this storm is on the move, and its making its way through the rockies today. Eventually into the plains. If you have any travel interest, denver into chicago over the next couple of days, keep in mind, the flow will fall over parts of nebraska and minnesota, and eventually make their way over to the ohio river valley and far western pennsylvania and new york. Local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the rainy cities brought to you by carmax. Good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Here are your accuweather highlights. Crowds and the chance of light rain return today. The storms 1, light on our storm impact scale. Lingering clouds and patchy fog tonight. More fog the next couple nights but brighter and warmer amps to follow. 56 in the north bay to about 60 down in the south bay today. Back in the 40s tonight except for san francisco, about 50. My accuweather sevenday forecast, a slight chance of rain in coming up, james franco facing that firestorm. What the actor said overnight about Sexual Misconduct allegations. And tom brady like youve never seen him before. 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We are seeing some areas of slow including the east shore freeway and coming out of the Central Valley up and over the Altamont Pass and a couple of problem spots out there. Northbound 101 just after highway 85, apparently six vehicles involved in an accident. Its pushed off to side. Chp said originally it was north 485, but it is on northbound 101 so expect theys towards Mountain View. Heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you were off to a dry start this morning, but there is a weak system i am tracking. Well bring some areas of drizzle, sprinkles, even light rain. Rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch. 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Pretty unusual meeting on Live Television and overnight a judge blocked his plan to roll back protections for d. R. E. A. M. Ers and we have some brandnew images of kate middleton. There they are. Just in. She is of course, expecting a baby. Attending an important event for kids to celebrate her 36th birthday. Well have more on that coming up. We begin this half hour with that firestorm for james franco, the golden globe winning actor responding to Sexual Misconduct allegations overnight. Abcs diane macedo is here with those details. Good morning, diane. Reporter good morning to you, robin. So after winning a best actor award at the Golden Globes, the actor is now facing several allegations, and he says whats on twitter is inaccurate, but he also says alleged victims should continue to speak out. The week started with james franco wearing a times up pin receiving the top prize for his film disaster artist at the Golden Globes. You all taught me to be a better director, a more responsible person. Thank you. Reporter but overnight the 39yearold found himself in the hot seat facing questions about Sexual Misconduct accusations. I cant i cant the way i live my life, i cant live if theres restitution to be made. I will make it. So, if ive done something wrong, i will fix it. I have to. I mean, i think thats how that works. I dont know what else i dont know what to do. Reporter violet paley says he once forced her into a sexual act and tried to hit on her underage friend and alleged franco called to apologize for his behavior. A series of tweets from the actress ally sheedy during the globes ceremony raised eyebrows. Sheedy who starred in a play with franco in 2014 tweeted, why is james franco allowed in . She followed up an hour after that writing, james franco just won. Please never ask me why i left the tv film business. She later deleted the tweets and hasnt released a comment but franco responded to her on the late show. First of all, i have no idea what i did to ally sheedy. I directed her in a play off broadway. I had nothing but a great time with her, total respect for her. I have no idea why she was upset. She took the tweet down. I dont know. I cant speak for her. I dont know. Reporter in 2014 franco was accused of trying to pick up a 17yearold girl on instagram. He admitted he used bad judgment in contacting her and said he learned his lesson. And franco was due to participate in a New York Times event today. That has since been canceled but this whole thing comes amid another controversy, usa today reports that after the money all the money in the world replaced disgraced Actor Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer reports that Mark Wahlberg was paid 1. 5 million to reshoot his scenes while Michelle Williams who was nominated for a golden globe for her role in the film was paid less than 1,000. Thats less than 1 of what wahlberg was paid for reshooting those scene, robin. I believe she has more screen time than he does, joining us now media expert and managing editor of 10ten media. Larry hackett. We called you overnight and said get in here, man. Theres so much to talk about. Already hollywood is under the microscope then well start with Mark Wahlberg. Not faulting him at all. Maybe his reps and the producers and all that, but with hollywood under the microscope right now how does the industry dig themselves out of this . They go case by case and issue by issue and hopefully with each one learn to institute things. Ive said before on the show what makes hollywood different than lets say working for abc or a network or publishing house, sit a collection of freelance projects over and over again. So when people have issues, lets say you have an issue with the pay on the movie, the movie is done. Theres no hr on all the money in the world that still exists so what you have to do is deal with the press and the fallout. You know and make an answer there and im sure, for example, i would not be surprised if Mark Wahlberg gives a lot to charity. Once he finds out whats going on. But going forward, you fix things ahead of time. Ensure baseline on salaries. You have some kind of transparency. Youll never have all of it. Some actors will be paid more than others. Thats the way hollywood works. Already in this movie the kevin spacey the reason they had to reshoot it was because of kevin spacey and his allegations, so you would think they would be diligent and kind of you would have thought so and ridley scott said he thought all the actors werent paid anything. In the case of Michelle Williams she was awoke enough to say i cannot get paid that were reshooting because somebody sexually harassed somebody else. That would be inappropriate. I would think Mark Wahlbergs people thought theres a pay day here and they said get him the money. Reiterate that because some people will say, get upset with Mark Wahlberg and its like, its the reps and the producers and everybody else involved. He turned up for work. He probably didnt know this was going on. All right, james franco. You know, again, there are these stories and allegations back to 2014 as you said in the taped piece where he was flirting with a 17yearold. I think whats going to happen with franco or where this goes today, a, hes going to be up for an oscar nomination. Will he get it . B, if he does, whats going to happen at the Oscar Nominations . A corollary to this, you remember this. Casey after fleck who won the oscar faced accusations as well, and two lawsuits were settled. I foresee and have foreseen for months now there is going to be protests about him being at the oscars. It is tradition if you win an oscar one year, the next year you present. Whats changed from last year to this year people are going to say thats not going to happen. I think there will be tremendous pressure on the academy whether for affleck or franco. A lot has changed. And a lot will continue to change. Larry, thank you so much. Michael. Thank you, robin. Now a rare look behind the scenes at the life of tom brady. The patriots quarterback, well, he is the star of a new documentary series called tom vs. Time and paula faris has more. Good morning to you, paula. Good morning to you, michael. Hello, everyone, and this is access never expected from tom brady who is an ultra private person. In this docuseries were getting a rare glimpse into his personal life but its all coming at the same time as reports of strife in his professional life. If youre going to compete against me, you better be willing to give up your life because im giving up mine. Reporter in the upcoming tom vs. Time docuseries airing on facebook watch, the fivetime super bowl winning quarterback for the new England Patriots invites fans behind the scenes of his life off of the gridiron. You dont want to make sacrifices for your sport, but, when you have a family, you do. Reporter in the newly released trailer, viewers see tom brady playing with his kids interacting with fans, even working out alongside his glamorous supermodel wife, gisele, but while the 40yearold quarterback would prefer to be focusing on the playoffs, its an explosive espn report detailing an alleged power struggle between tom brady, his coach Bill Belichick and Team Owner Robert Kraft thats making headlines. Detailing reported clashes over bradys longtime trainer Alex Guerreros role in the organization. Everyone has different truth based on their perspective. Reporter brady speaking out in a radio interview on tuesday defending his relationship with his longtime coach. Coach belichick has been such a great coach and mentor and i certainly could never accomplish anything in a sport without, you know, everything that hes taught me. Reporter okay, so what are the patriots saying about the espn report . Well, brady, belichick and kraft issued this joint statement refuting it saying, quote, for the past 18 years the three of us have enjoyed a very good and productive working relationship. In recent days there have been multiple media reports that have speculated theories that are unsubstantiated, highly exaggerated or flat out inaccurate. A rare statement from the three of them. Back to this espn report there is a sense this could be the end of the holy trinity, brady, belichick and kraft. As long as theyre winning i think they have a chance to stick together. I dont see im pretty sure they havent always gotten along. This series, im a part of the religion of sports with gotham and tom and i have had a chance to see some of it. For somebody who thinks he knows tom brady, im like, wow. Its amazing. Made me appreciate beating him even more in the super bowl. Oh hes gonna remember that one. Whoa because when you see it youll be like, man, this guy works hard so hes never beaten in any professional or personal way. Dont try to clean it up. Dont take the broom out of my hand. Let me clean it up. It really is something to see behind the scenes with tom brady and his wife and access is something you never see. I was surprised he allowed to do it. A sixpart series that will air after the patriots season which could end in february, first sunday. Could be in another super bowl, who knows. Thank you. That was awesome. Now, robin has me feeling bad. No. No. No. Patriots fans, i love you. Congrats on your five super bowls. I love how you enjoy your victory. Coming up here, amys oneonone with Tonya Harding. The moment that brought her to tears only on gma. Harding. The moment that brought her to tears only on gma. But when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. 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For Tonya Harding, theres one jump thats synonymous with her name and gave her the edge over her competition. What is a triple axel . It is a jump that takes off in the forward position on a left forward leg. That forward edge takeoff is very intimidating. Lifting up into the air. You probably twirl three times. Which, of course, just adds more time in the air, more time to have trouble, more mistakes. Coming down on one leg in a check position that can stop a rotation that comes down with 420 pounds of pressure on one foot. Whatever made you think you could do that . What makes people think i cant . Reporter after perfecting the triple axle in practice, tonya took it to competition and hit the ice in minneapolis for the 1991 u. S. Championships. Now the question is whether she will become the First American to attempt and complete a triple axel jump. Good god. We all look at each other. She did it. My god, she did it. The crowd is going crazy and shes pumping her fists in the air. She knows shes done it and its that exclamation point. Terrific. It was like, bam, i was like yes i watched that footage a thousand times and it just every time it makes me grin like no one can do that. Its just not something people can do. Reporter with the triple axel tonya secured her place in the history books and was now ready for the olympics. Its something that still brings here to tears. Tell me what you were thinking. Holy [ bleep ]. I just did it. Nobody else did it. Nobody helped me land that triple axel right there in that moment. You made history. I did. I did. We wall know what followed though. That was the attack on Nancy Kerrigan and hardings lifetime ban from u. S. Figure skating for hindering prosecution after that attack, but the triumph of that jump remains and margot robby told us the triple axel is so difficult when they were filming the movie even the two professional skating doubles who worked on that film, i, tonya, could not do it and had to be recreated instead with computers. So coming up tomorrow well see harding back on the ice for the first time in decades and she is something to watch. I bet. Really looking forward to that. Its such a great interview. Truth and lies the Tonya Harding story airs tomorrow night at 9 00 eastern right here on abc. Coming up, a big change to flying. Are we about to see the end of reclining seats . Say it aint so. On some planes. I just said it. I didnt do it. I just said it. Im too big for that. I need room. Are we about to see the end of reclining seats. Say it aint so. On some planes. I just said it. I didnt do it. We need room. I asked my doctor. He told me about noninsulin victoza®. 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I put caution on your activity planner. Temperatures today about 56 to 60 degrees. The storms a 1 on our storm impact scale, and it couldnt be much lighter. Temperatures will be pretty warm by saturday and sunday with a lot of sunshine. Sue . Headed to the san mateo bridge where the caltrans sign continues to say high winds on bridge. Its blocked by the other sign. If you look closely, you can see traffic is heavy across the span there. We continue to have a problem northbound 101 near highway 85 with a lane of traffic blocked. In fact, northbound 101 all the way from south san jose up towards Mountain View just jammed. Sue, thank you. Coming up, tennis superstar Serena Williams talks about her struggles after giving birth. That is next on fgma. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our n who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. 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More than half of American Parents say they might do the same. The experts weigh in on discipline this morning. And we cant wait for this guest. Hes commuting right to times square. Patrick wilson joins us live. And hes here to say good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] nice to see patrick. Good morning, america. We hope youre well this wednesday morning. Hump day. Halfway home. We have really personal revelations coming from Serena Williams. The tennis champ as you know, she is incredibly strong. In vogue she is sharing how challenging childbirth was and she suffered serious complications. Thankfully, shes doing okay, and her baby girl as well. Dr. Ashton is here with important information. Were happy shes sharing that. I think its going to help a lot of people. First we want to get to that race to find survivors of that deadly mudslide in california. Matt gutman is on the ground in montecito with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, michael. Residents are fleeing, and you can hear the helicopters in the fly. First responders are pouring in. Basically every creek bed in this area exploded with this kind of concretelike mud, and boulders is size of trucks. There is concern for those two dozen people believed to be missing. The mud is eight feet deep, and you can see the roof of that house, but only get a sense of the scale here from the sky. Check out these multimillion dollar mansions swept off their foundations, swallowed by that sea of mud and boulders. So many of them destroyed, and some of them even still smoldering from gas fires. This family of five plucked from the debris by the coast guard. You can see the mother and her daughter being lifted in the basket. They even got the family dog out. Now rescuers will make a second round through here. You can see that orange x on the wall there, but the concern is that the force was so violent it swept victims downstream. Officials are saying it could be weeks before they can dig out here, and still no power, no water. No electricity here. Michael. All right. Thank you, matt. Those images are just jawdropping. So unbelievable. They really have. Now to new fears about the flu that could soon reach epidemic levels. Abcs gio benitez is at mt. Sinai hospital here in new york. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, robin, good morning to you. We are inside the pediatric er at mt. Sinai. They are very concerned about how this flu affects the most vulnerable, the children. But in all age groups in the entire Er Department theyre seeing more than 20 patients per day coming in with the flu. Thats a big number. Its just this hospital, but were seeing it mirrored across the country. Now, at issue right now there is a very dangerous strain of the flu going around. The cdc says its the h3n2. It makes people very sick very quickly. Its harder to treat for sure and two years ago, when we saw the same strain, we saw about 40 Million People get sick, about a Million People, nearly a Million People, went to the hospital because of it, and i want to show you this because here at this hospital for very sick patients who are already hospitalized here, what theyre doing is that theyre doing a dna test and its going to find out exactly what strain you have, just in about an hour. Its called a nose dna test so they can do that right here for very sick patients, robin. Gio, thanks so much. We learned so much with your interview the first half hour. With the cdc. Coming up, Serena Williams, the tennis superstars Health Battle revealing the serious complications she faced after childbirth. Dr. Ashton is here. And Kelly Clarkson talking about parenting, says shes not above spanking her children sparking quite a debate. We talk to a parenting expert about that. Lara, what else do you have upstairs . Hi, guys. Look who is here. 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Thank you, thank you so much. As i told you, rob, im just enjoying the joy. I know you are. There is your boy. Hes a handsome devil. And a great guy. Great guy. Ah, thank you, guys, even went to a penn state when hes an ohio state fan. Youll return the honors. I have. I have. Thats true love. Thank you guys. Cheer, thanks. I love life. Very excited. Well do the cake. Are we allowed to do this on the air . Its apple juice, guys. Oh. It is sparkling cider. It is apple juice. Darn it. All right. Let me focus. Time for pop news. Okay. Margot robbie in the news again revealing she is taking her career in a new direction, emphasis on the last word there. She is on the new issue of elle magazine saying, i spent the last ten years on a film set and realized if i am pouring my heart and soul into a film, i want to be one of those voices in the conversation making the decisions, absolutely and amen. Good for her. [ applause ] the golden globe nominated actress also revealed in a unique way she intends to start blowing off steam fire twirling. What . I know. Thats not an every day sport. Its a talent she wants to learn after she saw it on a beach in the philippines and she learned how to skate quite well so i have no doubt that we will see her fire twirling in no time. The new issue of elle magazines hits newsstands january 16th. Thank you elle forgiving us that exclusive. [ applause ] also, in pop news this morning, another strong woman, Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown set to become a super sleuth. The emmy nominated young actress will star and produce in a new feature film series about Sherlock Holmes younger sister enola based on the enola holmes mystery books written a decade ago. In the books her brother sherlock tries to ship other off to boarding school. No go sherlock. Enola runs away, huhuh. She ends up solving mysterious cases despite her brothers doubting her all the way. Go, girl power. [ applause ] yeah, i like that. I love shes producing it as well. Absolutely. Getting into the game early. Fantastic. Can you feel it, robin . As oprah said you know what she said. Speaking of oprah thank you so much. Thank you so much. Lets talk rose. Lets talk pasta. Lets talk oprah. Need i say more . I mean that sounds like the best possible combination and best diet. None other than oprah telling us we can have both of those things every day and still lose weight. Thanks to the new Freestyle Program i am not a spokesperson. I just believe in rose and pasta. This program sounds amazing on Weight Watchers. Oprah posted mouthwatering samples of what shes eating so for breakfast has toast with avocado and a poached egg. For lunch she has spaghetti with shrimp and then she has a little kale popcorn for a snack and for dinner, miso cod and good old glass of rose. Pretty sensible diet. All that and shes already lost 40 pounds. That is what we call oprah living your best life. [ applause ] thats pop news. On this beautiful day. It is a beautiful day. Congratulations again, lara spencer. Thank you, robin. Well deserved. Thank you. You noticed when i came out here that i had been crying. You were consoling me in the hallway because something i want to share with you. No, its all great news. Its great news. You know how much i love my family and my sister sallyann. Well, she is an icon in new orleans. Has been on the morning show there for so long and she made announcement that the family has been prepared for. She made announcement that she is going to be retiring in february. Heres what she had to say. Will be my last day at wwl tv. Its hard to leave and it wasnt easy for me to make this decision, but ive thought about it and i prayed about it and its right. I know this is the right time for me to start the next chapter of my life. [ cheers and applause ] its like she was talking right to you. I know. Shes been on the air for 40 years there. Shes the reason im doing what im doing and these are tears of joy. They really are but she is such an icon. Started a mentoring program and shes done so much for the community. I really am happy. [ laughter ] i really am happy. You really are happy but its a big deal. Is she excited for what comes next . Shes so excited, guys. Shes your big sis. Shes at peace. Shes very excited about that next chapter and, you know, oh, by the way and part of this is that the reason im here doing gma, the reason im here living is because she was my bone marrow donor and she has spent a lot of time. [ applause ] and hearing her voice, i just im just so proud of her when shes at peace. She gets a chance to say, hey, im going off to my next chapter and on her terms and i think thats a great thing and shell conquer it. But really cute. My mom and dad would have to flip between the two of us in the morning. Yeah. Thats a good problem. Thank you for sharing. Oh, your engagement, sallyanns retirement. Apple cider. To sally ann. Want me to introduce this piece . You know me so well. You know i cant do this right now. Serena williams is opening up to vogue magazine about her medical ordeal after giving birth and suffered serious complications and we have the first look at her story. Reporter when she gave birth to olympia it seemed like the natural conclusion to an easy pregnancy. I felt you kick yesterday. That was amazing. Just another day in the neighborhood reporter but this morning, in the february issue of vogue, the queen of the courts is revealing the dramatic story behind the birth of her daughter and life as a new mom. Williams saying she had to deliver baby olympia by emergency csection in september saying the moment her new daughter was laid on her chest was an amazing feeling and then everything went bad. After feeling short of breath, a ct scan revealed that williams had a pulmonary embolism and other blood clots which set off coughing fits that burst her csection incision. She then had to have additional surgery to correct and prevent more clots from forming. The whole time williams and her nowhusband keeping her condition private even as they shared quick glimpses of their new baby girl online. So were leaving the hospital after we had a lot of complications but look who we got. We got a baby girl. Reporter williams says after arriving home she was bedridden for six weeks. And making the adjustment to being a mom. The 36yearold saying, no one talks about the low moments, the pressure you feel, the incredible letdown every time you hear the baby cry. I have broken down i dont know how many times. Why do i feel so sad when i have a beautiful baby . The emotions are insane. Wait a minute reporter but now williams says shes almost back at full strength showing off her moves in this new video for vogue. Embracing life as a new wife and mom. And hoping to return to compete in march. [ applause ] how about those moves . How about those moves . Dr. Jen ashton is here to talk about this. Csection, people really need to understand the seriousness when you have this procedure. This is not a manicure or haircut. One of the most common surgeries done in this country, and the vast majority of time to be clear. Everything goes smoothly, but fe depending on whether its an emergency or crash section whether its routine, whether its elective depending on the hospital, the stage in pregnancy, there can be complication rates, data has shown as high as 30 and i want to be clear, these can be very minor complications or these can be major or lifethreatening and when you take a look at this list of complications, bleeding which can be in terms some cases hemorrhage, infection, both in the uterus and in the skin incision, damage to internal organs like the bladder, bowel, blood clots in the leg, torso. Or the lung. Rare risk of anaesthesia complications. Rare risk of fecal complications. But these things do happen and they can happen to an elite athlete. They can happen to an everyday woman regardless of the doctor or anything else. We saw in the setup piece she has had issues blood clotting. How could that possibly have been a factor. Lets do a little deeper dive on a pulmonary embolus. Certain risk factors that we know about, being pregnant is a major risk factor, having pelvic surgery, being immobilized. Someone with a past history is at greater risk in the future. And i want to show you exactly whats going on there. If you imagine this as your blood vessel, the veins in your torso, if this blood clot dislodges and travels to the heart, the lungs, it can range from a minor issue with breathing or it can be fatal. Because this actually clogs up the blood vessels in the lung and the heart cant beat against that. The blood cant get observation oxygenation. Then you require blood thinning medications and that can cause complications if given in the immediate postoperative period. Plumbing. You mentioned about elite athlete. Doesnt matter. Being a momma is not easy. I said it before. Pregnancy and childbirth are athletic events. That doesnt mean an elite athlete can breathe through. I have delivered over 1,500 babies. Its rare that i see a mother that goes through it without any kind of challenge. Again, does she have other resources that that other people do . Yes. But it is difficult, and you have to be patient with yourself. Its wonderful that shes being so revealing in this issue. Absolutely. And when we saw her moves, did you see her busting those moves . Yep. Shes going to be back on the court before we know it. Were glad she and her baby are doing well. Thank you, jen. The february issue of vogue hits newsstands next tuesday, january 16th. Michael and amy. All right, thank you, robin. To a parenting debate making a lot of headlines. Singer Kelly Clarkson revealed she finds, quote, nothing wrong with a spanking to discipline her children, and this is causing quite a reaction online, amy. Yes, it has. Kelly says she knows spanking is a tricky issue but says she feels, quote, fine about it. Take a look. Reporter fresh off her appearance at the Golden Globes, Kelly Clarkson is still delighting her fans with stories of who she met that night. This cheek has been caressed by meryl streep. Another amazing moment tonight was that i got to meet steve carell. Love so soft reporter but this morning the love so soft singer is making headlines for her not so soft stance when it comes to spanking. Im not above a spanking which people arent necessarily into. I mean i dont mean hitting her hard, i just mean a spanking. Reporter during a radio interview with 98. 9 the buzz in rochester, clarkson spoke candidly about how she disciplines her kids, and that shes not above spanking when dealing with temper tantrums thrown by her 3yearold daughter river rose. I warn her, hi, im going to spank you on your bottom if you dont stop right now. This is ridiculous. Honestly its really helped. Now she doesnt really do that kind of stuff. Reporter while a 2016 gallup poll shows over half of American Parents approve of spanking the American Academy of pediatrics does not recommend any physical punishments saying it teaches aggressive behavior and can become ineffective if done often. For younger children aap advises appropriate timeouts. Clarkson who is also mother to 1yearold son remy says shes well aware of the line. Im a wellrounded individual with a lot of character. So i think theres a fine line obviously. I believe in spanking. So you might catch me spanking my child at the zoo. Reporter clarkson did say she is especially mindful of spanking her children when outside her home or around others and says, quote, my parents spanked me and im fine. I got it too. Hand raised . Hand raised if youve been spanked. I know ive been spanked and for more on this, lets bring psychiatrist dr. Gail saltz. Clarkson says shes not hitting her hard. Is there a spectrum when there comes to spanking . Physically there is a spectrum. If youre hitting hard to harm, thats abuse. Light spanking is it not considered abuse in this country. So in that sense, yes. But no in the sense that any spanking is actually been shown to be not as effective as other forms of discipline in the long haul. Maybe in the moment but not in the long haul and also shown to correlate with longterm aggressive behaviors in a kid that was spanked and Even Mental Health issues. It makes sense because its a lot harder and requires a lot more patience to put someone in a timeout especially if youre out in public and busy and trying to rectify bad behavior in the moment so it makes sense but earlier this morning i want to say this, we surveyed our audience and this is really interesting. Asking if its okay to spank your kids, 20 said it was never okay. 78 said it was sometimes okay. You thoughts on that . So, look, i dont want to judge Kelly Clarkson or any other mom. It is the hardest job and discipline is one of the hardest pars of it. However, it does seem to be a cultural issue in the sense that we have all this new data that says its not effective and not good for you but it does seem to be that if you were spanked, you think its fine. Why . Because we need to believe our parents did the right thing for us and because were good people so we do tend to employ the same techniques and spank our kids. But new data should show us just as it does with other Health Issues like cancer, hey, there is something that maybe needs to change because, in fact, its not working and its not good for us. So what do you recommend for discipline as our children grow and get older . The most important thing is consistency, but overall with negative reinforcement it should be nonphysical, it should be Something Like a timeout or taking something away of value to that child so if its a young child maybe its a toy. If its an older child, maybe its a phone. Its a phone. Exactly. But being consistent about that but more important, human beings like all mammals respond to positive reinforcement more so so consistently positively reinforcing behaviors you want to see. So they did they said thank you or please, oh, great, that was terrific. You know, giving them attention, maybe its a treat. But a positive thing. Attention because what kids want most of all is attention. When the attention is negative as in spanking theyre going to repeat those negative behaviors. Makes sense. Dr. Saltz, thank you very much. My pleasure. Over to ginger. Time for your gma moment. Anybody else sad when the Christmas Tree has to come down . Tommy in clawson, michigan, is so sad that the Christmas Tree and ornaments have to come down. Look at that little face. You know what, tommy, a lot of us get sad on that day. He starts hugging the ornaments. One of the sweetest videos weve seen. Send your gma moment to my good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Here are your accuweather highlights. Crowds and the chance of light rain return today. The storms 1, light on our storm impact scale. Lingering clouds and patchy fog tonight. More fog the next couple nights but brighter and warmer amps to follow. 56 in the north bay to about 60 down in the south bay today. Back in the 40s tonight except for san francisco, about 50. My accuweather sevenday forecast, a slight chance of rain in coming up, Patrick Wilson is coming up, Patrick Wilson is here live and plus shark tanks kevin oleary. So dont go anywhere. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ] g ma 830 good morning. Its 8 27. Im reggie aqui. Governor jerry brown is introducing his final state budget proposal. It will be the first that includes anticipated revenue from marijuana sales taxes. Its expected to include shoring up Health Care Services and combatting Climate Change and have a surplus of there are 7. 5 billion. Wish we had a little more surplus on the roads. Yeah. Its just crawling along the san mateo bridge. High winds are still advised there, just bumper to bumper. It is about a 40minute drive to get over towards the peninsula. Still have some trouble spots in san jose. We have northbound 280 near 7th street. Five vehicles involved, still a lane of traffic blocked there. An suv versus a motorcycle in the macarthur maze westbound 80 to southbound 880. Hey. Good morning. We have a weak system. I have it as a 1, light on our storm impact scale, because of areas of light rain, less than a tenth of an inch, most not reaching the ground. Well put caution on your commute planner because ran tom rain could get to you over the next say ten hours or so. Mike, thank you. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news. Com. Welcome back to gma and as you can see we have an incredible audience with us on this hump day, wednesday morning. [ applause ] thank you guys for being here and for us this morning and get a chance to celebrate. He has the biggest. Excited. Really excited. I love that. You know, our audience get to see some of the magic, get to see how the sausage is made. Magic is one word for it. We call it controlled chaos perhaps. Yes. It is what goes on when the cameras arent rolling for you at home but now we want to give everyone a chance to see and this morning at 3 00 a. M. We launched something called this is gma that gives us an inside look turning the cameras around to showcase our wonderful, amazing, incredible staff. You see wonderful, amazing staff and they start cheering loudly for themselves. Great job, staff. Especially fonsi. They work around the clock to make all of what you see possible. The thisisgma one of the top on twitter. [ applause ] kind of like were doing this to ourselves. Make shoe you tune in tomorrow to see how it comes together. Were tracking a few. Heres one of our live studio producer, jilian and our hair and makeup team who is getting camera ready next and ilana. Where is ilana . Shes in the control room with our director lily. Go, lily. Got to make sure all the right moments make air in the morning. And the gma social media gurus, tony, our booker eric. The briefing Patrick Wilson and theres a reason why theyre doing that. Why is that . Because Patrick Wilson is going to come on out right now. [ applause ] come on out here. Come on out. [ cheers and applause ] good to see you. How are you . Good. Good to see you. Hello. [ applause ] welcome back. Hi. Were they briefing you . Giving you the you were focused. Listen, we have a job to do. Very important. Gets you in the mood when sitting at this desk . My dad and brother are tv anchors so i feel like a little kid. Where i would sit at the desk. Cute. Were glad youre sitting at the desk. Thank you. Before we talk about your movie well talk about something trendy talking about havent the scenes at gma is trending. Another thing trending for you, how many jabs do we have in the house. How many people named jack . Oh, my gosh. So loud. All right, jack. Youre enough jack screaming for a lot of jacks. Your name is one of the most popular names in 2017. Way to go, jack. For pets. He knew it all along. Yeah, for pets. That was the thing. [ laughter ] and its according to pe petsathome. Com. You know what name topped the list in across species as the most popular . George. Well, of course. You make a fine chihuahua. I hear i make a fine reptile is what i said. Youre reptilian type of guy, george. Yes. Thats what it said, horses and snakes. The top five names, though, horses and snakes . [ laughter ] lara is enjoying it. Lara, lara, dont even say a word. Let that slide. Yes. So, patrick, you have two dogs. What are their names. I have so many animals im running a farm. I have two dogs, two guinea pigs, my dogs are louise and mabel. Our guinea pigs are wallace and kevin. Wallace and kevin. Why wallace and kevin. Good morning, go to school, have a great day. He named wallace and kevin. We have a bunch of fish and i forget their napes. Who named the dogs . The dogs were my wife named louise and then, yeah, then i forget who named mabel. One of them. We like old timy napes. Speak of family affairs, you posted pictures that we loved. Got to show these. These are of a family karaoke session. Its actually you and me but and, no. I believe we have these pictures, yes, no, control room . There you go. This looks series. That is serious. Our brooklyn friends and some family. Karaoke is a big deal with us and my friend jason. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why is my favorite gladiator right there . That is tvs own scott foley. [ applause ] he is my brotherinlaw. Wow. He is my brotherinlaw. Our wives are sisters. Oh, really . Yes. I mean, talk about a family. Seeing a family cant get any better look sfwhg what is your go to karaoke song. Depends on the mood. I like tom jones delilah. Tom jones can really always a crowd pleaser. You got to go for it. You and your brother, you have a band called the wilson band. Wilson band. The anchorman. Hes the guitarist, the Eddie Van Halen of our group. Were half there we are. Doing half our set is old van halen tunes and so we do it for charity. We got an event february 10th actually in st. Petersburg. Everything we do is for charity. This one is for st. Petes fire and raised a ton of money for First Responders, for vets, everything we can do is, you know, just for charity and for the good of the community. [ applause ] yeah. You ready to see the new movie with liam neeson . Just let some go. Whoever you want. How do i know theyll be safe . The hostages . Someone i need to protect. Look, if youre worried about someones safety send them out with me. Not yet. Seven years we were partners you always had my back. Let someone else have yours for once. [ cheers and applause ] so good in trying to help him. Yes. But its very suspenseful. It is, it is. It starts out as hitchcockian and things happen on a train and then it becomes a liam neeson action movie. Its awesome. Hes one of the greatest guys. You know him and hes so funny and so such a skilled actor anyway but then he can fight. Can he ever so its super fun. Hes a great guy. Also you just wrapped shooting aquaman. I did, yes, yes. I almost brought my doll that you gave me last year. Yes. I still have my figurine, my ocean master figurine that you gave me. Are there any crazy like stunts or anything in the movie. So many. Its really james and that team pushed the boundaries as far as anybody has ever taken it with all the wire work and the green screen and its huge and will be so much fun. Its going to be a blast. Comes out next christmas. You know what, maybe we could do some kind of Charity Event and have you and your band of brothers come here and sing and raise some money. Id like that. Well do that. Good man. I love that. Also i want indicate to see this movie. Im a big fan of these type of thing, the commuter is going to roll into theaters on friday, make sure you check out Patrick Wilson, everybody. Coming up shark tanks kevin oleary and in our green room hes getting ready to give his biggest financial tips, the mistakes people make. And always leave you wanting will fileven more. Wonder beacause one day just isnt enough. Here, there is magic for days. At home. Ld generate your own energy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. We are back with a sneak peek at the brandnew season of our digital show food forecast. I love this and put so much heart and soul in it. We take an indepth look at how the weather and climate have a huge impact on the food that we eat every day. Like the orange juice that you might be having with your breakfast right now. Since those epic freezes in the 80s, the enemy of the florida orange is now a tiny bug. Theyre pretty small. Hopefully if i find one i can point it out. Yeah. Reporter Citrus Greening also known as yellen dragon disease isnt just a problem in the u. S. , its been mutilating crops in china, india and south africa for more than a century. This is happening all over the state of florida. Yes, it is. Its having a major impact and we have a lot of growers are having to make decisions daily. Will they be able to stay in business. Theyve got it too. Reporter a Third Generation citrus farmer scott youngs groves have been ravaged by the disease. I went from 400 acres down to less than 100. Its just dead. Its just dead. Reporter the university of father has discovered a physical barrier, a form of citrus security. This is screen house. Yes, it limits the size of the insect that can move through it. We all are working on it really hard. Reporter and they have to. Citrus is key to floridas economy. Making the state 8. 6 billion each year. Were close to some solutions. Theres no Silver Bullet as i see it out there. Its just a matter of time. Nature theres always something to deal with here. Its part of agriculture. So, robin, you saw the dead trees and the oranges falling then irma comes through, takes people that had 50 loss and cuts it by half again. This has been a horrible year for oranges. So glad youre doing this again. You should see how she lights up. You are so passionate about it. What is it about it. Its the climate, the weather part but then its also the food we eat. What we put in our body. So important and so youll learn not only what to look for, the labels to look for, what it all means but i like to get that, you know, it helps every Single Person and its super nerdy. She is like that. You can watch the entire first and Second Season food forecast, the best many show ever. Abcnews. Com foodforecast or on the abc news app. Okay. Yes, good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Your accuweather 12hour day planner, random rain today and some drizzle and temperatures starting in the 40s but ending up in the mid to all that weather brought to you by tate farm. Have you met jack over there . No. I got to meet jack. I got stuff to do. Jack, ill be there but to lara. So many new years resolutions focused on getting finances in order but where do we begin . Gmas partnering with our sponsor anyone da for our simply a bet iryou series and sh morning shark tanks kevin oleary is kind enough to join us to share his top financial tips for 2018. First though lets take a look at this incredible success story. My name is Robbie Cabral founder of benji lock. Reporter robby making a splash on abcs shark tank with the first rechargeable padlock that uses Fingerprint Technology to keep your valuables safe. I come to the tank extremely humble seeking 200,000 for 10 of my company. Reporter the inventor sharing his struggles with the sharks. The day they laid me off, my daughter was born. I said, man, im just going to try to push it for my family for my friends. Reporter it was at the gym robby had a stroke of genius. People get frustrated with combination, lose their keys and just the size of the fingertips was the winner here. Reporter on shark tank, he took Kevin Olearys 200,000 offer for a 15 stake. My heart is telling me to go with mr. Wonderful. Reporter that partnership taking him from rags to riches. His awardwinning lock now licensed and about to hit the shelves. You are amazing. [ applause ] all right, so kevin is here and were going to break down your tips. Forget the tips, i dont vuf to invest. You always have a way to save 10 . Something youre spending you dont need. Look at the crap in your closet. Always a way to make 10 . Fair enough, right so heres what well do. Three audience members and theyll answer our questions, theyll give us their best guess. Your best guess and kevin will let you know if youre wrong or right. Three really important tips. Here we go. Question number one, what is the most common financial mistake people make . Number one, not invests, number two, not having an emergency tundz and number three, not paying off debts. I know my answer. Which was your answer, guys . Not paying off debts. Not paying off debts. Debt, 100 right. Pay your debts off. I like all three. I would have said all of the above. You have to get out of debt first. You cant save money while paying interest to somebody else. Next question, how often should you calculate expense, 90 days, 0 days or every 365 days . Your best guess, audience, ready . We have 90 days is right. 90 days is right. Why . You see your personality emerge in 90 days and find out what youre spending money on. 30 is too quick is this way too quick. I would have done 30. Im out. Final question, what percent of your income should you save . 25 , 10 or 5 . Our audience members, your answer is. Absolutely right. Of course, you want to save as much as you can. Minimum 10. Minimum 10. Minimum 10. You can do it in in a Perfect World give us something aspirational if we could really reach for the tars to save a certain amount this year. Listen to. The average salary in america is 52,000 if you save 10 in your 20s by the time you will a 65 you will have 1. 2 million in the bank. You can do it. Thats why we call him mr. Wonderful, everybody. This is no joke. Great simple tips. I need to say this. Thanks so much to our sponsor splenda offering the chance to win 5,000 for you to start saving to help you achieve your resolutions, heres what we want you to do. Go to goodmorningamerica. Com sweep stakes to enter and to help you start saving plane da is giving everyone right here a gift card for a month supply of coffee. Every little bit helps. [ applause ] thank you, splenda. Thank you mr. Wonderful. We love shark tank. Great job, you guys and we will be right back. Dont go anywhere. Good morning america. That was great. Gmas simply a better you is brought to you by splenda naturals. Were back with rooster mcconaughey and Wayne Butch Gilliam starring in a new show rooster butch. Selfmade millionaires who put entrepreneurs to the test before they agreed to invest. Thanks, tv show, movies. These entrepreneurs got this idea what business should be. Theyre prepared to give this power point presentation. We want to let them know this aint business as usual. [ applause ] business as usual is right. And i was just looking. Looked like you brought your whole family. We have to. I mean, you know, cant leave them home by themself. There they are right there. Like 20 people here. How did you get them to fit down the line like that . [ laughter ] who is in charge . We dont even know. They told us where they wanted to sit. We just didnt what they wanted. Thats the way they do us. I love this show. I love this show. The reason i love it because you two youre investing your own money into these companies. So what do you look for before you invest the money before you say yes to this entrepreneur who comes to you for some help . This is butch has always been about the people, always, always, and he like he says, tell them, butch. Well, you know, oftentypes people ask us the same question, exactly what are you looking for in this entrepreneur and rooster and i are kind of were not Spring Chickens anymore so were looking for someone that, well, youre not a spring chicken. I am. Anyway, were looking for someone that reminds us of ourselves at an earlier time in our lives. The thing is you just dont say heres your investment. You make people work for it and make them do crazy things. Whats the craziest you have ever done to someone before you invested with them. Youll see it tonight. I think we might have gone overboard a little bit. Its overboard for you a little bit. Yeah, i wouldnt have done what the guy did. I mean, you know we got to get these people relaxed. You just might see us take a guy up in a helicopter, 10,000 feet, throw him out of it. Let him get his mind cleared on the way down and when he hits the ground, we pick him up and have a talk with him, find out what hes all about. Hes only thinking about one thing going down and thats am i going to be alive . [ laughter ] thats a mindclearing experience. I tell you right now, itll clear Something Else up too. No, actually it can mess some stuff up. And, butch, you have a brother, 16 years younger than you matthew mcconaughey. Yeah, thats him. [ applause ] so i know there he is right there. Im sure you probably baby sat him growing up. And i want to know, are you good at his catchphrase . All right, all right, all right. No, matt damon does it better than me. He practicing steadily, butch has one he always uses. Already, already, already. [ applause ] take it away. I mean, i cant top that. No, you cant stop that. Im excited. My brother likes him better than me anyway. Dont feel bad. My brother likes everybody better than me. Rooster butch there are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you and before we go we have a special announcement from the one and only taylor swift revealing on her app the swift life and you can see the first look at her new video for her song end game that is starring her, future and ed sheeran right here tomorrow. Only on gma. We got an exclusive right here. All right. This is gma. [ cheers and applause ] there are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you one hero was on a mission to save snack time. Watch babybel in the great snack rescue. You want a piece of me . Good, im delicious. Creamy, delicious, 100 real cheese. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger. Good morning. Its 8 59. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. No, its not raining. In most areas, no, its not, youre right, reggie, even though were seeing some radar returns. Its only reaching the top of our mountains. Theres the possibility it could reach our neighborhoods so i put caution on your activity planner in case some of the rains get to you. Temperatures today 56 to about 60 degrees. My accuweather sevenday forecast, theres no other storm oh than the one thats today, and its light. We have some mass transit problems. B. A. R. T. Out the embarcardero center is experiencing delays due to earlier medical emergency and the sfo dailey city directions. Train number 225 caltrain northbound struck an unoccupied tow truck at broadway burling game, so there are northbound delays with caltrain. Time for live with kelly ryan. Well be back at 11 00 a. M. For abc7 midday news. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, film and Television Star taraji p. Henson. And from the hit drama the americans, matthew rhys. And we continue our janyouary with spices to keep you healthy. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan hello, how are you . Whats up