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Outgoing congresswoman katie hill blasting what she calls a double standard in her fiery final speech as she resigns. Her message about revenge porn amid allegations of an improper relationship with a staffer. 911 lawsuit. Hes stabbing my sister . A young woman under attack calls for help four times but no police were sent. Was the emergency software to blame . Grand canyon close call. The young woman taking a photo of her mom when she nearly slips off the edge. Its time whoo and mariahs calling it. Goodbye, halloween. Hello Holiday Shopping. The huge sales Just Launched overnight on toys, tvs and more and why you have less time to shop than you think this year. I dont need to hang my stocking good morning, america. Have you finished your halloween candy yet . Its time for christmas. You were saying you were ready to Start Playing Christmas Music this weekend. I didnt quite say that. Its here faster than i thought. Mariahs song climbs to the charts every time this year and she posted that video saying, now that halloween is over, its time for christmas. And here we go, for millions, it certainly felt like it while they were trick or treating. Snow blanketing parts of the midwest. We are going to begin with that new wildfire threat in the west. The maria fire exploding in size overnight, scorching 5,000 acres, forcing thousands of families to evacuate. Matt gutman is on the front lines there in ventura county, california with the very latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter this fire has exploded in size overnight. You can see it consuming that brush behind me. I want you to see this valley below us, the entirety is up in flames. All those flames are moving towards homes down in the valley. That is the major concern, structure protection this morning. This brush fire exploding overnight, going from sparks to over 8,000 acres in about six hours. The socalled maria fire threatening 2,000 structures as it races up these hills. Its speed prompting officials to call for the mandatory evacuation of over 7,500 people in the middle of the night. I looked over and the house i heard the explosion of either propane tanks or something going off and then it was it was just gone, you know, fast. Tell them to get going. Reporter First Responders and homeowners taking to their rooftops to fight the fire trying to beat back the walls of flames. The fire already destroying at least two homes. This one engulfed in minutes. The last gasps of that extreme santa ana wind event this week again fanning these flames. There have been more than ten fires in Southern California just this week. The heat you can feel. Reporter we witnessed firsthand how quickly fires like these can gain ground. Its come down this hill in just a matter of seconds. Reporter watching as the inferno galloped onto this highway. Wow, the intensity of that is enormous. The heat is overwhelming. Reporter planes dropping fire retardant to try to stop the progress. Its still raining phoschek. You can see im getting splattered right now with that red mist. Reporter winds supercharging fires, sending them racing right past the firefighters. And throughout, we have been keeping safe. You can see theres a fire truck right there. Always in the presence of firefighters, but the concern is that these winds will continue throughout the day, and continue to burn through this brush which is so absolutely dry. You can tell all this stuff is just kindling for fires like this. No word on the number of homes damaged but we expect this not to be stopped any time soon. Our thanks to matt gutman and were going to turn now to the east where wind is the real danger. Take a look at this home in the philadelphia area. The roof completely ripped off overnight and were going to go to rob marciano who is tracking all the latest. Boy, it was a rough halloween for so many people and were getting this fresh video out of delaware, county pennsylvania outside of philadelphia. This home completely destroyed. Someone was injured here, unfortunately. Dangerous weather across that area. Here in queens, a lot of damage from trees and we had one 9yearold girl that was hurt by a tree limb that fell on her. Governor cuomo is heading to the storm zone upstate. This has hit much of the country, a huge swath of high impact weather. Millions of americans slammed with wicked weather this halloween. Intense storms moving from the midwest through the east coast. Accumulating snow, flooding rains and damaging winds slamming 45 million americans. Whipping rains lashing west virginia, winds gusting there over 60 Miles Per Hour. This is kind of scary. Reporter branches snapping littering the streets, bringing down power lines and blocking roads up and down the east coast. Power knocked out to over 600,000. Heavy rain in missouri leaving this park buried underwater. Roads flooded in pennsylvania. Cars stuck blocking intersections, stalled in the high waters. Intense winds completely uprooting trees, crushing cars in allentown. Those vicious winds pushing trickortreaters around the just outside syracuse. In new york city, the roof ripped off this store. In brooklyn, a whole neighborhood losing power. This massive tree toppling onto a house, crushing the cars on the street. Milwaukee seeing their snowiest halloween ever. Some parts of wisconsin blanketed by more than a half a foot of snow but the snow couldnt scare away these trickortreaters. Kids bundled up to collect their candy drudging through three inches of slushy snow in metro chicago. The third coldest halloween on record in chicago. There is seriously cold air behind this. The cold front is pushing off the east coast. Wind alerts from up from North Carolina all the way through new england. Its new york state getting the highest impact with these winds. That low center is adjust across the lakes there. The to be topography of new york city is pretty unique, the western part of it is pretty flat. We have the lakes and winds get cranking across there. High Wind Warnings posted for parts of western new york, buffalo up through rochester, winds could be 50, 60, 65 Miles Per Hour. Big waves there, will cross utica. Rome, new york, albany, the capital district, youll see high winds as well. These will rip across parts of the adirondacks with advisories that stretch down to new york city as well. Not just the wind, the cold air and with the wind certainly we have got windchills. 18 degrees in chicago, but it feels like 26 degrees in atlanta. Very much winterlike. Thanks very much. Were going to go to washington now where the impeachment showdown has entered a few phase. It was a Party Line Vote and our brand new poll reflects that divide, a country split down the middle. 49 in favor of removing President Trump, 47 opposed. The president s Approval Rating stable but low at 38 and one possible red flag for trump his job approval among republicans now at an alltime low of 74 down from an alltime high of 87 in july. One big question, what impact will this new public phase of the impeachment investigation have on Public Opinion after that house vote to set the rules for the inquiry. Our Senior National correspondent terry moran is on capitol hill. Terry, President Trump now the fourth president in American History to face this kind of inquiry. Reporter thats right, george. He joins andrew johnson, Richard Nixon and bill clinton and he doesnt like it. President trump has called impeachment a dirty, filthy, disgusting word, so this is a historic step but as you point out, its one that was taken almost entirely along partisan lines. With the bang of that gavel, the impeachment of President Trump has moved into a new phase. All but two House Democrats voting to formally approve the impeachment inquiry setting the stage and the rules for open hearings. When we move into open session, both parties will have an equal opportunity to question any witnesses that are called. Reporter for weeks, republicans demanded a full house vote on impeachment and they got it but afterwards they still cried foul calling the new process unfair. If the chair says they dont like the witness, the witnesses dont come forward. They allow the president to have Legal Counsel in the room unless the chair decides that they dont want the president s Legal Counsel in the room. Reporter overnight speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, defended the process. You would have thought that the republicans would all vote for it because it gave them more rights than we ever received in any of the other impeachment proceedings. Reporter President Trump slammed the vote claiming again he did nothing wrong on the phone call with ukraines president that sparked the inquiry. When you know the line is crowded with people listening, intelligence agencies, military people, theyre all listening. Would i Say Something inappropriate . Im supposed to be a they even say a very smart person, right . I dont think i would be a i dont think i would be doing that. Reporter several witnesses testified they were alarmed by what the president said and one witness who was listening, colonel alexander vindman, a decorated combat veteran, he was so concerned he alerted his superior. The president s republican allies vowing theyll keep defending him. Will you all go on the record and say that the president did nothing inappropriate . Very clear yes. Yes. Reporter so with this impeachment inquiry vote, it moves to a new phase. This is a new chapter but its pretty clear from that, george, politics in washington hasnt changed at this time. Boy, no question about that. You compare it to bill clintons impeachment 20 years ago, president clintons Approval Rating at the time was higher than President Trumps. The big question now what impact will these public hearings have . Reporter well, evidence will matter. Theres no question the polls do show that the public wants to hear more, but these are different times, hyper partisan times, and right now the battle lines are formed and they are solid and unmoving. Certainly seem to be. Okay, terry, thanks very much. Michael. Thank you, george. The president is also making headlines overnight with a surprise announcement saying hes moving. The born and bred new yorker is breaking up with his home state, officially declaring himself a florida resident now, claiming he was treated very badly by political leaders in new york. Gio benitez is outside his home at trump tower with more. Good morning to you, gio. Reporter hey, michael, good morning. Yeah, hes called the big apple home for decades. His penthouse apartment right here at trump tower, the tleep floors, but this morning the president says hes headed to florida. Overnight President Trump leaving new york city behind changing his primary residence from manhattan where his name is emblazoned on skyscrapers to palm beach, florida, home to his maralago resort. We encourage other states to follow floridas example. Theyve done a great job right here. Reporter the president tweeting, i pay millions of dollars in city, state and local taxes each year. I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse. But for now, thats impossible to confirm since he still refuses to release his tax returns. His new home state also happens to be a swing state. It was just this june when the president launched his 2020 Reelection Campaign in florida. I stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the United States. Reporter until now donald trump and new york city have gone hand in hand. Born in queens, trump has been a pop culture staple in his hometown, becoming a tabloid celebrity. The people i get along with as i walk down the street, the taxicab drivers are yelling and construction workers, i seem to do well with those folks. Reporter befriending then mayor Rudy Giuliani and popping up on the big screen in movies set in the city. Down the hall and to the left. Reporter but now decades later [ crowd chanting ] reporter many new yorkers seem to have turned on the man once simply known as the donald. Overnight, new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeting, good riddance. Its not like he paid taxes here anyway. Hes all yours, florida. And while were just learning about this now, records obtained by abc news actually show that the president officially made this change about four weeks ago. Cecilia. Yeah, gio, also worth noting theres no inheritance tax or income tax in florida either. Okay, thank you. We turn to the latest on isis in the wake of the death of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. The terror group is naming a new leader, and this morning, audio recordings now show isis is issuing a new threat, warning americans not to be happy or arrogant. Our senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell is there with more. Good morning, ian. Reporter yeah, good morning, cecilia. Thats right. Overnight a new isis leader was announced just days after Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi blew himself up as a Delta Force Commando has closed in. In a newly released audio message isis for the first time acknowledging al baghdadis death, and naming a new leader, Abu Ibrahim Al hashimi al quraishi. Although little is known about him, that is unlikely to be his actual birth name. Later in that same message the group threatening the United States and warning dont be too happy or arrogant, insulting the u. S. As the joke of nations. While u. S. Military commanders say the fight against isis is far from over, they insist theyre ready for whatever comes next. I can tell you that underscores the threat weve heard overnight, isis attacks in two different areas here in iraq. George. Tense time, okay, ian, thank you very much. New developments in the search for a missing alabama teen, Aniah Blanchard. Police now say they believe the stepdaughter of a ufc fighter may be the victim of foul play, and Steve Osunsami has the latest. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, george. Friends of the missing student say they saw her the night she disappeared say nothing appeared wrong. Several state and federal authorities are now involved in the search. In alabama, the search for this missing College Student has taken a turn. This Morning Police are saying that theres new evidence that Aniah Blanchard could be in serious danger. From a statement overnight evidence from within her vehicle recovered in montgomery was examined by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and it has now determined she was harmed and is considered to be a victim of foul play. Blanchard is the 19yearold stepdaughter of ufc heavyweight walt harris. She was last seen more than a week ago Late Wednesday night. Authorities are sharing this Surveillance Video from a Convenience Store where she is seen on camera moments before she vanished. Shes seen making a purchase before getting into her black suv. The governor of alabama is helping with the search offering a 5,000 reward for any information in the case. Ufc president dana white is also helping, announcing in a video posted online to help find aniah im contributing an additional 25,000 to alabama governor kay iveys 5,000 reward. Reporter family and friends of the young woman are struggling with this and begging anyone who can help to do so. If somebody out there knows anything or knows the whereabouts of my daughter, please, please, please, i beg you to let someone know. Reporter blanchards family says that her debit card was last used at 11 30 p. M. The night she vanished. George. Okay, steve, thanks very much. We hope she will be okay. We sure do. Were going to switch gears now to a big homecoming celebration for the new world series champions. The Washington Nationals returned to the Nations Capital last night and are gearing up for a huge parade. T. J. Holmes is here with the details. Good morning, t. J. Reporter there have been a lot of cool images from the world series. Let me show you one of the coolest when this plane pulled up last night in d. C. At dulles getting off that plane first is the first baseman for the Washington Nationals ryan zimmerman. There he is. He is the very first player drafted by the nationals in 2005. Hes played all 15 seasons with that team. Wow. He got that honor of coming out. They got back to the ballpark. Cigars in the mouth holding up the trophy but this is cool for d. C. , a baseball championship for them now and, yes, they are going to have a big parade tomorrow at 2 00. Get ready. Theyll close some streets and well see something were not used to seeing in d. C. , gridlock. So this is the parade route but its going to be at 2 00. The town is not actually theyve seen championships recently, the capitals won the stanley cup in 2018. The mystics just won the championship and then the redskins forget about the redskins. Ah, thats cold blooded. Man. But they havent seen a baseball championship since 1924 in d. C. So this is going to be a wonderful event for that town to celebrate. Big party. Oh, yeah, its party time. Thank you, t. J. We are following a lot of other stories this morning, including that searing message from outgoing congresswoman katie hill about double standards and revenge porn, stepping down today accused of an inappropriate relationship. And the 911 lawsuit. The woman who says she called for help four times during a Home Invasion and police did not show up. But first lets head back over to rob. Update on the california situation again with the santa ana winds, on the tail end of this but the maria fire exploding overnight. The winds arent terribly strong today but theyre still dry, still have red flag warnings with relative humidity at dangerous levels. Tomorrow we bring the onshore winds in and after this we dont see a large santa ana wind for some time. Everyone is happy around here this friday. Its friday. Well be right back. Ell be right back. At kohls. 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A onetwo punch of weather after snow in the midwest and severe storms in the northeast. A new cold front is moving in along with dangerous winds, this while out west the new maria wildfire is exploding in size. Also this morning, children in chicago are finally heading back to school today after missing 11 days of class because of a teachers strike. They were able to strike a deal on class size and staffing. And take a look at this one. A close call caught on camera. A 20yearold and her mother exploring the grand canyon when the daughter stepped back to take a photo. She nearly fell over the edge. Thankfully she was okay. But there have been, we know know we have been talking about this here, close calls for more Safety Measures along those edges there. And some good news for you. Get ready to change your clocks. Daylight saving time starts this sunday at 2 00 a. M. Time to fall back and the most important thing to tell you, you get another hour of sleep. Yes. Excellent. We will definitely take that. Right now were going to turn to the fiery farewell from congresswoman katie hill. In the face of an ethics investigation into her relation with a staffer, the california democrat is resigning today with a blast of what she calls a double standard in washington. Linsey davis is here with the story. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, george. Hills last speech to the house was a heartfelt apology, solemn promise to fight the cyber exploitation of women and fiery rebuke of the double standards faced by females by male public officials. Her overriding message, while she is stepping down, she will not be silenced. Democratic representative katie hill once a rising star in the Democratic Party addressing the floor of the house in an emotional final speech after giving up her congressional seat amid an ethics scandal. Apologizing to her supporters but also exposing what she calls a double standard. I wanted to show young people, queer people, working people, imperfect people that they belong here because this is the peoples house. I fell short of that and im sorry. Reporter the 32yearolds resignation comes less than a year after she took office amid allegations she engaged in an improper relationship with one over her congressional staffers which house rules forbid. Rumors of the allegations began as nude photos of hill were leaked online. Hill who was in the midst of a nasty divorce has accused her husband, kenny heslep, of leaking the photos in an act of revenge porn. Heslep hasnt commented publicly but his father tells abc news as far as he knows his son had no role in distributing the photos and his father also spoke to buzzfeed news, telling the outlet that his son claimed his computer was hacked shortly before those photos were published online. I no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. Im leaving because i didnt want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used by shameless operatives for the dirtiest gutter politics that ive ever seen. Reporter while hill denies engaging in an improper affair while in congress, she does admit to a sexual relationship with a Campaign Staffer before being sworn into office. She says in part shes leaving because of a deep abuse of power and a double standard in washington. We have an entire culture that has to change and we see it in stark clarity today. The forces of revenge by a bitter, jealous man cyberexploitation and sexual shaming have combined to push a young woman out of power and say that she doesnt belong here. Reporter hill has since vowed to battle revenge porn and recently hired powerhouse new york attorney, carrie goldberg, the revenge porn warrior to determine who should be prosecuted for the published photos. In her last act in congress she voted to move forward on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. So the fight goes on to create the change that every woman and girl in in country deserves. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi said that shes sad hill is leaving and praised her as an Outstanding Young public servant. Pelosi also added its shameful shes been exposed to public humiliation by way of cyberexploitation and went on to caution everyone that they may also be subjected to that so to be careful, george. Okay, thanks very much. Lets bring in our senior legal analyst sunny hostin for more on this. We saw the former congresswoman hires a lawyer, wants Legal Recourse against those who leaked the pictures. Does she have options . She does have some options. 46 states and d. C. , they have banned this sort of revenge porn and but the problem is, who do you prosecute . Do you prosecute the person that uploaded it . Do you prosecute the companies that published it like red state, like daily mail . How do you prosecute a publication . Thats more of a civil penalty. And then how do you go about it . Where was it uploaded . When did she find out about it . There is no federal revenge porn law. There have been efforts to pass that, but it doesnt exist. Theres this patchwork of state laws and thats a little bit difficult. The law is often very slow to catch up with technology, unfortunately. And adding to the difficulty in this, its really now a case of he said she said, between hill and her husband . How difficult does that make this to prove . I think its not as difficult as some people think because again, theres sort of a technology trail so to speak, but her husbands father is saying, no, he didnt upload it. Hes saying his computer was hacked which is often the defense here, but i think that part of the is rather its going to be a little easier than people think. What about the bigger issue of whether katie hill is a victim of a double standard in washington . Yeah, i think there are two different issues. Theres sort of the revenge porn issue which i think we can all agree is wrong. You dont do that if theres this picture taken, you dont disseminate it to the public, a picture taken privately whether consensual or nonconsensual. And theres the issue of having a consensual relationship with someone when you were running for Public Office or a relationship with someone while you were in office. So i think those are two separate issues. And those questions about resignation and when people decide to leave office, theyre political in the end, not legal. Exactly, i think. Thanks very much. Thank you. We turn to an urgent 911 call for help that never arrived. A utah woman is suing saying despite four calls to 911, a dispatcher never sent police while she and her sister were facing a Home Invasion. Now theyre blaming the emergency Software System and amy is here with more on this story. Good morning, amy. Reporter yeah. Good morning, guys. This is disturbing and frankly pretty scary. Breann lasley says the Emergency Response system that should have rushed to send her help ended up nearly costing her her life. Hes stabbing my sister help. Reporter Breann Lasley and her sister were terrified when an exconvict broke into their arm and began to attack them. I could see his left hand strangling my sister up against the wall, but her head had just gone through from him kickin her down the stairs. He beat us both. Reporter the women say they called 911 four times while trying to fight off the attacker. Help us help us, please. What do you want . Hello . Ill give you anything you want. What do you want . Hello . Reporter lasley says despite the calls being recorded, police were never dispatched to the home. It was just this feeling of hopelessness. There was nothing i could do. Reporter this morning lasley says shes suing utah emergency dispatch company, priority dispatch for gross negligence claiming the Company Created a technological monster. Stop it. Stop it, please. Reporter according to the suit police were never dispatched to the home because the companys emergency Software System requires 911 dispatchers to ask a series of scripted prompts and questions before sending police to the scene. But to be able to call 911 and not have help sent is terrible. Its not just a disservice to the community and puts the community at risk. It literally put my life in danger. Reporter the nightmare only ended after an officer at a nearby home heard one of the sisters cries for help, entering the home and shooting the assailant. The additional trauma of not being able to trust a 911 call in that type of situation has been lifealtering. Its completely changed my life and added so much trauma and difficulty to the entire situation. Reporter in a statement priority dispatch corp, the company that makes the 911 software used by dispatchers, says we all recognize this is an unfortunate situation. At the same time our system does not dispatch Police Officers, nor can it. From our review of the 911 calls, it is apparent our system was never used. Now, priority dispatch also added that if the call had proceeded to the point that proqa would have been used, it would have recommended an officer be dispatched to the scene. But Breann Lasley maintains that despite her and her sister doing all the right things they absolutely could have lost their lives and when you hear those phone calls and someone is stabbing me, its kind it blows your mind to think an officer wouldnt be called when someone hears that immediately. Plea for help, yeah. Its crazy. An infuriating story. Thank you. We will switch gears. Coming up, now that halloween is over, the Holiday Shopping is under way. Why you have less time than you might actually think. Oooooh. For all the seasons greeters. Its so good, its so good. Its so good. For all the thanksgivers. Its so good for the gingerbread architects. 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Back now with Holiday Shopping season starting earlier than ever this year, as in today, because this year there are fewer days between thanksgiving and christmas, and Rebecca Jarvis is here. We promise not to hurt the messenger. Youre about to tell us there are already big discounts out there. Reporter im afraid so, guys. Good morning, nice to see you. This year there are just 22 days between cyber monday and christmas. Thats six fewer shopping days than in 2018 which means retailers are cutting prices to get you excited and spending now. Goodbye, halloween. Hello, Holiday Shopping. Retailers are kickstarting the Holiday Season with huge deals in one of the shortest shopping seasons in years. We should start shopping now because a lot of the deals we would technically see during black friday are starting to happen now. Reporter overnight, amazon and walmart launching big sales, giving shoppers some new tricks to treat themselves to some sweet savings. At walmart as part of their early deals drop you can score some sweet discounts on electronics and toys like this vizio 50inch 4k tv. Almost 170 off. And this tricked out power wheels ride for your toddler, 25 off. Amazon looking to lure shoppers with savings including everything on Mariah Careys musthave Shopping List and regularly dropping deep discounts on these designer watches now up to 70 off. With Holiday Shopping officially in full swing, experts project spending online to hit an alltime high this year of 143. 7 billion over the holidays, but with all these dueling deals, how can you be sure youre getting the best bang for your buck . Make sure that youre using some sort of app or list in order to keep yourself organized. Reporter on black friday, shoppers will see the deepest discounts on appliances and sporting goods. December 1st youll see the best deals on toys and computers. Cyber monday offers the picturesque deal for those looking to upgrade and for savvy shoppers searching for electronics youll have to wait until after christmas. Thank you. Well, Adobe Analytics is forecasting consumers will spend upwards of 1 billion every single day online in november. I can tell you that for the most part it does pay to wait until that thanksgiving week when some of the best deals go live and, guys, you can always put it in your cart now, hold out, let it wait. Let it simmer, and sometimes youll even get a discount sent to you over email or online because you have got something in your cart. The retailers know it and want to get you spending money. This requires you to be organized. Im not there yet. Yeah. Not my strong suit. A billion dollars every day in november. Yes, and december. All right, rebecca, thank you. Always amazed. Thank you so much for that. Coming up, we have our play of the day. Freak out reak out freak out gether here. 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Blasting millions, the powerful storm bringing dangerous winds and a deep chill to the northeast and the new wildfire exploding overnight forcing thousands to evacuate. The new warning about measles and the longterm damage it can cause your immune system. Dr. Ashton is here live. The eyeopening investigation into the popular website mylife now facing lawsuits and complaints about its reputation score. How much do you know about your online identity and can it hurt you . She works hard for the money living the dream. Secrets from the couple who retired at 40 with kids. How they saved over 2 million in just eight years and how you can start seriously saving with the fire method this morning. Its time. Whoo plus, we are counting down to christmas and so is mariah carey. 54 days till santa claus comes to town and the superstar singer is climbing the charts with her classic again. I only wanna be with you we only wanna be with hootie the blowfish. 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We begin with the bee gees. Staying alive and headed to the big screen. Were happy to report theres a movie in the works about the famous falsettos. The Production Team behind Bohemian Rhapsody which was amazing will be taking on the story of the brothers who sang some of our favorite hits of all time like stayin alive, night fever and how deep is your love. We do have a casting suggestion with we know a few guys here who might be perfect. [ cheers and applause ] look at that. No, no. The chest hair was distracting. Chest hair was the only thing i could see as each one of you ran into me backstage. I texted michael. I said i just saw gio with a patch of chest hair i cant see. Like a full rug. It was fun. I dont think you have time in your schedule for a movie right now. I know i would have been number one on that list. Maybe next time. But were still talking halloween. Its so much fun and a lot of the celebrities are too. We rounded up some of our favorite looks starting with kevin hart who decided to troll his best friend dwayne the rock johnson recreating this timeless photo . The fan if i pack. The fanny pack. The chain, the turtleneck. So much in one picture. So he posted it to instagram writing this is the rock responding, the confident gaze kills me. Another halloween winner, Jennifer Garner earlier gave a commence the speech at her alma mater where she gave this sage advice to the graduates. When it comes to halloween costumes, go funny over sexy. Why would you dress like a flirty nurse when you could be a mailbox . [ cheers and applause ] winnino truer words. She made sure to deliver on that. Finally mariah carey channeled an 0s rocker for halloween. Once the clock struck midnight it was time to celebrate her favorite time of the year. Santa. Hoe, hoe, hoe. Its time whoo [ cheers and applause ] has officially declared the start to the Holiday Season and the people agree. Her song all i want for christmas is you has made its return to the itunes top 100 charts climbing back to the chart. That little song right there is the Christmas Gift that keeps on giving for kraey. One 69 most popular songs of all time and mariah has made over 60 million in royalties. Just from that one song. She has so many hits on that one song. 60 million. Move that up to july 4th now. Further we can go, we can bang up those zeros. I have a joke for you. What do you do if youre a dog and you get locked outside . Ring the doorbell, duh. Heres a dog. Check out this lab chica. She found herself outside at 2 00 a. M. She literally rang the little nest doorbell. And it was sad because i was like how did she get lock the out. I guess her owner literally forgot about her. It happens. How did she get so smart . Shes a brilliant dog. It must be well, she looks a little like a chihuahua but a chihuahua could never reach that bell. You know i have a bias. Yes, die. Thats pop news. Thats pop news. Landing. Thank you, michael. Thank you, sara. We move to our gma cover story. Gma investigates a website called mylife. For Many Americans its one of the top hits that comes up when you google your name and advertises about threats online to your identity. Good morning. Mylife. Com says it has more than 300 million public pages with information they say on almost everyone in america. But now were learning it also has tens of thousands of complaints from consumers in the u. S. So this morning, gma investigates. Search for your name online and a top hit may lead you to this page. Mylife. Com. A site that says it gathers data from public sources to create biographical reports. It may include everything from your address to criminal history. That data then used to generate a reputation score. A Bad Reputation could hurt you personally and professionally. Reporter my life ads seem to suggest a poor score could cost you a job. Did you ever send out your resume and never hear back. Reporter the ftc and Better Business bureau say combined theyve received nearly 30,000 consumer complaints. They see a potential criminal record file and theyre alarmed by it. Reporter the bbb investigating it after consumers complained that certain information about them was wrong and that the only way to fix it seemed to be to pay my life. There have been consumers that have had bad information. They cant fix it and their represent takes are being harmed. Reporter the company now battling at least four lawsuits. I actually googled my name. When you looked at this information, what did you find . It said i had a criminal and arrest records which i dont. Reporter john is part of a proposed class action complaint. To have me be essentially blackmailed forward to fix that misinformation is just horrible. Reporter its not the first time the company has faced legal trouble. In 2015 without admitting wrongdoing mylife agreeing to a Court Judgment in california paying more than a Million Dollars in fines and refunds. They advertise that for free people could find out who was searching for them online. It wasnt free. Reporter now some consumers are complaining about a different my life service. That reputation score product. We wanted to try the site for ourselves. Our abc news producer taking a look at her profile. 2. 98 out of 5. Court records found. Reporter to access her full report and see what records theyre referring to, she buys a sevenday trial membership. After she pays im already at 3. 68. Reporter her score getting an instant boost but she doesnt see a detailed report. We have heard that from other consumers. They see alerts and then they pay money and their score automatically increases. Reporter weeks later her trial has rolled over to a paid subscription but that report is still nowhere to be found. Cant find that. Reporter shes concerned because it says that she has a criminal and court record. So she calls my life. After 30 minutes on the phone the company is unable to produce the report and offers her a refund. My life later telling abc news her report not generating was a rare glitch which has since been fixed. We checked and it was now there. And when we check someone elses page, there was no glitch. Their report populating immediately and appearing to be accurate. But our producer questions the accuracy of her report. My life still says she has a criminal and court record. But when she clicks it says she actually doesnt have that record. Good news. Reporter but now more confusion just below. A civil court record she doesnt recognize and neither the courts website nor the court clerk could find anything. My life telling abc that item in her report originates from the courts and they cannot account for what the new york civil courts report. They say our producer can post a comment saying that this record is not correct. Bonel says he hopes his lawsuit will lead to changes. What do you hope happens next . It has to be free for you to be able to update that information and ensure that that information is accurate. My life says it does not comment on pending litigation but a spokesperson there says publicly available information can have errors and much of the information on their site can be corrected for free like your religion and income but not your criminal history. So can you eliminate your profile. The company says you can remove that profile for free on the website but you have to send them a photo of your i. D. Cant stress this enough. Follow up. Gio, thanks very much. We turn to a couple proving that early retirement is indeed possible and they are not alone. More and more people are joining whats called the Fire Movement. Rebecca jarvis is back with all of the details and, rebecca, this couple were about to see retired at, listen to this, 40 and they have children . Yeah, this sounds great, cecilia. Right . Youre about to meet this family. They made the conscious decision to dramatically and radically change their lives so they could be financially independent and retire early. We are financially independent and have retired early. Reporter meet the Browning Family from San Francisco, california. Christina, amman and their two kids. Christina and amman are already retired at just 40 years old. I was making 9 ,000 a year and christina was making about 70,000 a year. Reporter now living their retirement dream in port gal. How did they make it happen . Theyre part of the Fire Movement which stands for Financial Independence retire early. Your money works for you instead of the other way around. Theres more to life than just sitting in my cubicle. When he told me that it was like, okay, ive never heard of this. This sounds so bizarre but it was like, maybe we can do this. Reporter the brownings were able to save more than 2 million in just eight years by investing 70 of their income. Flipping fixer uppers, trading in their expensive bmw for a used minivan and earning thousands more as drivers for uber and lyft. Theyve been sharing their journey along the way with over 100,000 followers on youtube and instagram. We just thought this would be a pretty fun project to do. Share our story, share our journey and reach people and tell them theres this alternative to working these long hours. Reporter now they spend their days eating breakfast as a family, walking their daughters to school. Traveling and learning portuguese. Anyone that has a plan in place can do this. All right. We have so many questions. So lets say youve piqued someones interest. Dramatic sacrifice. You have to dramatically reduce how much money youre spending in order to retire early. Pay off all of your debts. If you have any debts thats going to eat into your savings. That wont help you then theres the extreme savings component. Youll be setting aside to prepare for this between 40 and 60 of your earnings and you have to get to a point in order to do fire successfully you have to get to a point where youve saved 25 times the amount that you plan to spend annually. Wow. Its a lot of money. That is a lot of money and takes a lot of planning. You say there are really important caveats you have to consider in this. The brownings did this successfully. Part of it they moved to part gal where the cost of living is dramatically lower than where they were living before. If youre planning on retiring in a city like nashville that 5 types your annual spend something going to be 657,000 whereas new york, you need over a Million Dollars saved to even consider this and i would say to people, Health Care Costs are the thing you cant plan for and thats something people should prepare for in the future whether theyre retiring at 40 or 65. I hear portugal is lovely this time of year. Oh, yes. Thank you. This was fun. Read for about f. I. R. E. On our website. Lets head over to ginger who is in my neck of the woods in washington, d. C. This morning. Youre going to give us a sneak peek of the National Childrens museum before it opens. Hey, ginger. [ applause ] thank you, cecilia. We actually are at the reimagined National Childrens museum that opens in a couple of weeks during the Holiday Season. Right mind me you can see the kids throwing the pitches to be like the Washington Nationals but theyre learning too because this is the engineering games and playroom where were not only learning the engineering of a pitch but send the cars down. This is on the go go with these girls learning about speed, grade and how they can change that all. In this room you also have basketball thats teaching you about air pressure and how that can actually make a basket. So much to learn and it is time now for a snack food swap. So many snacks claim to be healthy alternatives to our favorite junk foods but a new article in the wall street journal reveals that many of them arent actually that much better for you so weve got registered dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner here to show us some healthier options. Now, first up well start with something im sure a lot like. Who likes potato chips . A lot of people love potato chips. Exactly. But now weve been told a lot of other supposedly healthier alternatives like cauliflower chips. You look at the stats here. 160 calories, its got about 10 grams of fat, 150 calorie, 9 grams of fat. Very similar, so heres the deal. Even though there might be a little bit extra nutrition youre still looking at a package snack. Had isnt like youre gobbling up real fruits and vegetables so i have a better idea. You have a more natural option. Ooh is right. I got the real swap for you. Theyre hungry. You ready for the reveal . Reveal. Here we go. Okay. All right. With in this is just roasting Sweet Potatoes in your oven. All youre looking at is Sweet Potatoes and oil and youll save calories and fat but youll get good, fresh simple nutrition . Wow, thats really good. I like that. I can do that at home actually. I do do that one. Heres a little weakness i got. Chocolate chip cookie. We got a yeah back there. There are so many organic options but are the ingredients in those organic options any healthier. Oh, boy, no. Oh, boy. Heres what weve got so weve got stats that are very similar and when you read the ingredients which can so important youll see they both have refined white flour. So even though its organic, yeah, youre not getting any extra nutrition for that so ive got a better idea for us. What is the swap . Swap it, baby. Here you go. So this is what you could make at home. This is a little chocolate chip bite with rolled oats that is a whole grain. A little bit of honey. A little bit of flaxseed. A little bit of nut butter. No baking. You just roll them up and this is like a little bite and getting Real Nutrition with ingredients just from your kitchen. I would try that but i got to keep on talking. It looks a little thick. Another great option. Yes. Here is a breakfast staple. Cereal. Cereal. [ applause ] but we do know that its loaded with sugar. Yes. First of all but some brands say they have protein in the cereal. Does that make it any better. Nope. Come on. So lets look at this. This is like 100, 110 calorie, nine grams of sugar. You get these vergaras with protein. This is zero grams of added sugar. 16 grams of protein but its all processed ingredients so the swap, you ready for the swap . This is overnight oats you just soak, yes. And instead of all the fruity fake flavors real fruit sweetening it up with nut butter, yeah. You cant beat it. Thank you so much for that advice. And make sure you can try all these things at home, everybody. Stay right there because well be right back. [ applause ] good morning, everyone. Im kumasi aaron of abc7 mornings. We want to tell you that there is a backup on the bay bridge when an offduty officer witnessed a cartocar shooting. And that has forced some closures. Over to jobina. Yes, the eastbound 80 with the backup on the bridge and the backup is bad right now. We are looking at 7 Miles Per Hour, and 6 Miles Per Hour on the bridge at this moment. You see the red line extending on the match and looks like a 38 minute drive across the bay bridge from San Francisco. This is a live look from the toll plaza and all of the lanes are moving at this point, but the impact has also extended to mass transit here. So capital corridor, and the eastbound buses from San Francisco, expect delays. And the Treasure Island route, expect delays and east bay transit riders expect delays. We build spaces for curious travelers. We create the things that we want to exist in the world. We want people to feel like they spent time with family. Im damon. And im marcus. And were airbnb hosts. Now, your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. The sun is up, but we are at our coldest part of the morning up in the north bay, and still freezing in nevada and san rafa rafael, and the frost warning continues until 8 00. Looking at the temperatures. Some 80s inland and upper 70s around announcer welcome back to gma live from times square. Hold my hand hold my hand now hold my hand ill take you to the Promised Land hold my hand but i wanna love you, the best that, the best that i can [ cheers and applause ] welcome back to gma. Boy, after hearing that hold may hand, george. Im going to love you both the best that i can. Thats hootie the blowfish and that was earlier this morning and they are gearing up for their big performance, but for now it is time to reveal the winner of the first ever disney and points of light volunteer family of the year. We recently met five incredibly deserving families who are giving back to their communities in huge ways all over the country. Trying to make the world a better place. Will reeve and a very special guest are outside the winners house somewhere in america right now and, will, how is it going there . Michael, were doing well. The moment is almost here. Im with my pal, mickey. We are right outside the winning familys house. Theyre just through this door. They dont know were here. Were going to surprise them but before we do that lets take a look at all of our incredible finalists. From coast to coast our families stand out for their generous hearts and volunteerism. The orlandos outside San Francisco took in seven siblings first fostering then adopting them. Our kids really have identified the fact that were not to take anything for granted so now they are doing something so that other kids can get something. Take this stuff into the closet. Reporter the kids chipping in, they now help other families find clothing for their foster children. Ones girls. Reporter with this clothing closet. Foster children often have nothing except the clothes on their back. In ohio darlene bell and her family volunteer doing equine therapy at dreams on horseback in columbus. They use the power and beauty of these horses to help veterans who struggle with ptsd. What are you going to tell him. Walk on. Reporter they also help children with autism like young maddie here. Her teachers have said she has tremendous selfcontrol in school now that she didnt have before. Hello. Were from georgia. Reporter also helping others with autism luke and his family. Their support means the world to other families. Theyve helped us to see that these children are not disabled but differently abled. Reporter helping seems to be a gift in both directions. For us service just comes from an overflowing grateful heart. We have loved every minute of it. Reporter in florida, outside miami, the napolas love volunteering so much they recruit other. Feel free to sign up. Everything they do is with a pure agenda and pure heart and all they really want to do is make the world a better place. Reporter helping others seems natural to them. I really couldnt believe how someone could be homeless and i wanted to do anything i could to like try to help them. Reporter it was a simple moment in time that got the aguirres of mcallen, texas, into volunteering. Nice to meet you. Reporter young emily had seen a homeless person. Five years later emilys meals delivers 40 meals a day to the home also of mcallen. Were homeless but not hopeless. Exactly. Exactly. Homeless but not hopeless. Theres always hope. All right, come on over here. Time to meet our winners. Im going to knock. They probably recognize you more. So you go first. Lets meet our 2019 volunteer family of the year. Hopefully theyll open up. Where are they . Come on out. Oh, mickey mouse. Its the 2019 family of the year, the aguirre family from mcallen, texas. Hi. Its good morning america. We have surprises in store for you guys. If you will follow me and my pal mickey weve got a great morning ahead. Good morning. Come this way. Weve got friend, weve got classmates. Weve got everyone here for you, the aguirres from mcallen, texas, the winners of our 2019 volunteer come on over here. Come hang out. Can you just join me right on here. Yeah. All right. Guys, lets gather in close, come on. Dont stand under the tree. Come join me. Where is emily . Were here for you and your family but this really started with you and emilys meals five years ago. Whats it like to see all this . Its so like, oh, my gosh. Its so exciting. How are you feeling . Im really like shaking and yeah, exhilarated. Disney partnered with points of light, a nonprofit for this contest and you guys are the winner but we also wanted to thank the Juan Diego Academy who nominated your family with a 10,000 check. [ applause ] super exciting but before and in addition to that we have a big surprise for you guys. Im going to go to the secret check here. 10,000 from disney. [ applause ] oh. Now, this is natalye paquin, the president and ceo of points of light and i want to know why is it so important to your organization for families to volunteer together . Well, first of all, congratulations to the aguirre family and to all of the families for their hard work. At points of light we know that every action matters and when families volunteer together it strengthens family and it strengthens their connection to their community. So well said. Absolutely. Now, rick and coni, are you feeling good. Unbelievable. Is this morning a surprise . Yeah, this is eye big surprise. We have one more surprise for you. You might be wondering why mickey is here and stephen lim is an ambassador from disney for Walt Disney World. You might wonder why theyre here. Guys, where is the aguirre family going on family volunteer day . All disneyland. All right. Now, im all out of surprises. I have nothing left but maybe you guys have something more going on back in new york, michael. [ applause ] we got to say thats a great job, will. And great job, mickey, as always and its so good to see families, deserving families being congratulated and honored and the aguirre family, just want to thank them for truly making a difference in their community and we love this series so much, in fact, well show you the other four finalists, okay, and the chairman of disney park, bob chapek was so impressed, disney is giving each of your organizations 5,000 so that you can keep making the world a better place. [ applause ] but thats not all. Bob decided he wanted to bring all of you to Walt Disney World to celebrate family volunteer day so pack your bags, youre going to disney world, everybody. [ applause ] but we want to thank, you know, it starts in the local communities and these families that take time to volunteer, inspire so many others and really does change the world for the better, one community at a time. Thank you to all the families out there, congratulations to th and coming up, gma helps you get the job. 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Im on the edge of flory back now on gma and the new York City Marathon is just two days away and amy and our gma and abc producers, they are fast on their feet and theyre putting their skills to the test this sunday. Heres katie, jay, taron, mike, josh and joshs mother miriam and lets hear it for our abc marathoners, everybody. [ applause ] and, amy, i see after we finish the show youre always in your gear getting ready to go run and talking about this marathon for quite a while now. Your first marathon. My thirst marathon. Why, why, why. First of all ive done three half marathons but this week was the week of my diagnosis six years ago and so when i found out that the more thon was falling on the week of my canceriversay, what a better way to celebrate than push myself more than i thought i could, 26. 2 miles. On the anniversary of your diagnosis which is amazing. I mean youve really been to watch you every day, such an inspiration. Any other firsttime marathoners here. Why is this your first why did you decide to run . Gosh, michael, i mean its a once in a lifetime experience if you get the chance to run and you can physically do it. You have to. Its been fun training. Weve been training together so its been super fun. Im right in the car next to you watching you. In order to run its that time, you got to carb load, right . So were going to help you guys out. Wheel on out the carb loading bagels, everybody. Come on out. Here is andrew, im curious, your first marathon. My first. Did she convince you to do it. We kind of convinced each other. She said you wont do it. I said im gonna. I didnt believe him. He showed up. She played the guilt card. Dont fall for that. Guilty to trach out the garbage, not run a marathon. Glad youre doing it together. Thank you both for joining us to support your daughter, cheer her on. I love your name across the shirt. Thank you. Well take all the cheering we can get, right . Yes, we will. Well be rooting for everybody but we got to send you guys out in the proper way which is the cow bell that they do at the marathon so ring the cow bell. Get running. Get out of here. Lets go. Well stay with you. Were going to stay here and watch them run and throw it over to george. Good luck to amy and our whole team. Now its time forour get the job series. November is people time to go job hunting especially in trades like the Construction Industry where job growth and higher wages are projected. Rebecca jarvis back with the details. Hey, rebecca. Thats right. Not only are there many job openings but starting wages are frequently higher and they require fewer barriers to entry. Looking for a career that is in demand . Look no further than the trades. There are 7. 3 to 7. 4 million Jobs Available right now. Threequarters roughly do not require a fouryear degree. Television personality and author mike rowe knows all about the trades from his work on dirty jobs. Get ready to get dirty. Were not probably gobsmacked by the miracles of construction of our infrastructure. As a result were not looking at those opportunities as the opportunities they truly are. Reporter john is a second year masonry student. He chose the trades over a fouryear degree. I just couldnt picture myself sitting in a classroom for long periods of the day but i could see myself being out in the sun working with my hands. Reporter his classroom is outdoors building a house. Its hard work and at the end of the day i can Steven Spielberg step back and look at the literal wall i built. Reporter according to pew research there are millions of Jobs Available but not enough skilled workers to fill them in most states. This is causing companies and states to offer incentives. Masonry instructor chad humble has seen this firsthand. On average when a student graduates from stevens they start their job at about anywhere between 18 to 22 an hour. Usually will have a medical plan, dental, vision, 401 k plan. Reporter and theres good news for construction. The bureau of labor statistics projects a faster than average employment growth through 2026. Right now the best opportunities in this country as far as i can tell for somebody who wants to enter the workforce with some training but without a ton of debt are the trades. No doubt about it. Good stuff. Well, its important to look for accredited schools. Do you that with the department of education and ask what are your completion rate, what percent of students get a job at graduation and, george, finally how much debt do students graduate with . That will help you choose the right school for you. A lot of good advice, thanks very much. Back to ginger in d. C. , National Childr childrens museum. Yes, and, george, i dont know if you knew this, washington, d. C. Was the only big city with a National Childrens museum that did not have an emphasis on s. T. E. M. Im standing in front of a green screen and honored to be a consultant on one of the first of its kind here in the United States, lets turn and see it. Weather world where i get to do what everybody wants me to do. Thats create and control the weather. I can make lightning. Help me out. We can really change everything. Kids can get in this exhibit and create the weather and then learn all about what it means to their atmosphere. This is in combination with noaa. Look at those. This is my favorite. Ready for this. This is very like frozen. I can put myself in ice. Put yourself in ice then break out. Yes so cool. And then come on over here because when youre done with this you become a Climate Action hero. You guys feel ready to take on coming up on gma, hootie the blowfish. Im just going to stay here and make weather. Stay with us. Hold my hand annoepidemic fueled by juul use with their kidfriendly flavors. San francisco voters stopped the sale of flavored ecigarettes. But then juul, backed by big tobacco, wrote prop c to weaken ecigarette protections. The San Francisco chronicle reports prop c is an audacious overreach, threatening to overturn the ban on flavored products approved by voters. Prop c means more kids vaping. Thats a dangerous idea. Vote no on juul. No on big tobacco. No on prop c. We are back now with hootie the blowfish. Today they are releasing their first album in almost 15 years, imperfect circle. Here is their brandnew single hold on. [ applause ] only heartbeak on the 6 00 news they ought to call it the 6 00 blues seems like this whole world is going wrong there aint no kind of love song but we gotta hold on we gotta hold on there aint nothing that a little love cant get us through we gotta hold on when it feels like hope is gone there is a remedy for you and me we gotta hold on to each other, yeah people say, just let it go thats just the way it is dont you know but i dont see how it can do any harm to keep reaching out with open arms now we gotta hold on we gotta hold on there aint nothing that a little love cant get us through we gotta hold on when it feels like hope is gone there is a remedy for you and me we gotta hold on to each other, yeah oh, yeah, to each other now, now everybody, everybody, understands, hold on Everybody Needs a helping hand yeah now everybody, yeah, everybody they understand hold on Everybody Needs a helping hand we gotta hold on we gotta hold on there aint nothing that a little love cant get us through we gotta hold on when it feels like hope is gone there is a remedy for you and me we gotta hold on to each other yeah now to each other now there aint nothing there aint nothing we got to hold on we got to hold on we got to hold on, yeah, now [ cheers and applause ] gmas Concert Series vo the flock blindly flying south for the winter. 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And now, save 1,000 on the new sleep number 360 special Edition Smart bed, now only 1,799. Only for a limited time. We have a huge thanks to hootie the blowfish for being here this morning. I cant believe its been nearly 15 years since your last album. Why this time . Why now . The 25th anniversary and just the fact that it was time for us to do it again. We feet it was the right time. Its the right time, guy, right . We had a good time. Thank you. Were glad you guys were here. We want to wish everybody a great weekend. Were going to keep rocking out here. Have a great weekend. Good morning, bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc7 mornings. Good morning. Im kumasi aaron here with abc7 mornings. Here is mike nicco with our forecast. Thanks, kumasi. We still have a little bit longer on the freeze warning. And temperatures other than gurnville, we are all above freezing except for lake b berriessa. And it is going to be warmer this weekend. Jobina. We are checking back in on the bay bridge because we saw a huge incident of an officer witnessing a car shooting at another car and they ended up closing down the lanes and that was 8 18 this morning, but residual delays. 880, speeds down to 18 Miles Per Hour, and 22 Miles Per Hour in some spots, but there is also a motorcycle crash as well ryan its live with kelly and ryan today, twotime Academy Award winner emma thompson. And whether youre running in the big race or not, check out nutrition and exercise tips. Plus, a performance by singersongwriter ingrid michaelson. All next on live. And now, here we come. Kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] ryan how are you