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Flames right in the middle of a crowded mall. Holy cow. What you need to know before you put one under your tree. And good morning, america. Boy, that was a scary moment, a mall in suburban seattle. Lets take another look. You see the hoverboard go up in flames right there. Not the first time this has happened. Meanwhile, these are selling on ebay every 12 seconds one hoverboard sells. A big alert coming up. Well have that ahead. We begin with donald trump. Many continuing to lash out against him. His own party. Want to take a look at some of the Republican Leaders who have denounced the plan. The gop frontrunner sitting down with Barbara Walters for an exclusive on camera interview and abcs tom llamas starts us off. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Donald trump says to make make america safe again. But theres now bipartisan outrage to his plan. Leaders here and abroad saying trump has gone too far. This morning, donald trump pushing forward with his call to ban muslims from coming to america. Are you a bigot . Not at all. Probably the least of anybody youve ever met. Reporter in an exclusive on camera interview with Barbara Walters, trump explains the idea for the ban is a direct result from the attacks on the World Trade Center and last weeks shooting in San Bernardino. There are people that have tremendously bad intentions. We have to be tough. We have to be smart and we have to be vigilant. Reporter but does that mean being unamerican . Thats the way the plan is being described by the white house. What donald trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president. Reporter Republican Leaders on capitol hill. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly its not what this country stands for. Frontrunner Hillary Clinton seizing the moment trying to put all the gop candidates under the trump tent. They are all driving the exact narrative that jihadists want to advance. That we are at war, not with barbarists, violent murders but with an entire religion. This is a grave mistake. Reporter but trumps fellow candidates are blasting him, as well. What he proposed was not well thought out, it was impulsive. He didnt think it through. It violates the constitution and places a religious test and isnt the best way to do it. You know how to make America Great again, tell donald trump to go to hell. Reporter the chairman of the National Republican committee saying we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our american values. Trump says hes the frontrunner for a reason. His supporters know exactly what he stands for. I like what he had to say about the muslims. We got to get control. Thats i just think its going to be good for the safety of the usa. And the worst thing thats ever happened to isis, the people in my party fully understand that. Theyre running against me. For the most part they have no poll numbers. Im leading by a lot. They get it trying to get publicity for themselves. Reporter now leaders from all over the world condemning trump including france and the uk. Indicate niche shah, france. We want to show you. It is graphic. One of Donald Trumps Hometown Newspapers the New York Daily News and shows trump with a large sword, his victim, the statue of liberty. The message, trump has declared his own personal jihad on american values. George and robin. He is stirring up so much emotion right now. Want to bring in matthew dowd our political analyst served as Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush and we heard josh earnest say this disqualifies donald trump from the presidency. For the nomination . I dont obviously his voters dont think if you look at the polls in the last few days hes expanding his lead in places like New Hampshire and nationally in the course of this. I think donald trump has a better read on the republican electorate and what connects with them emotionally and what they want to hear than any of in the gop field and i think especially in the short term this only solidifies his support in the course of this primary. The question is can he expand beyond about a third of the vote . Thats an open question but right now donald trump is the guy to beat in the republican primary. You also saw that chorus from the republican establishment taking him on yesterday but trump is holding a real threat over that establishment. The polls show that if he runs as an independent, about 68 of his followers would vote for him as an independent. Yeah, absolutely. I think what this benefits donald trump for two reasons, george, is first of all when the Mainstream Media and republican gains in the polls among his voters and among potential voters in the primary but i think the idea that he can keep an option out there open and to run as an independent i think empowers him in the course of this. The interesting thing, george, is the guy most likely to not run as an independent in the course of this race is donald trump because right now donald trump is the favorite to win the gop nomination. So the question actually goes to will other candidates run in the course of this as an independent . Thats one of the questions but what does the republican establishment do in the meantime . You saw Hillary Clinton try to tar every candidate with the trump brush so how do they sort of immunize themselves against getting that infection . I think thats a real i mean i think thats a real problem. Anybody in the course of this, any gop nominee in the course of this will be affected by this heated rhetoric and the problems that its creating. I think thats a big problem for the republicans but right now donald trump is the big dog in the race. Matthew dowd, thanks very much. All right, george, we move on Afghan Soldiers in the United States for training missing this morning. This comes, of course, with tensions running high and abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Military and Law Enforcement officials are searching for an Afghan Air Force lieutenant and Master Sergeant who have been missing from an air force base in georgia for two days. The two were part of a u. S. Military Training Program and were scheduled to graduate next week. The military tells us there is no evidence that they are a threat and some think they may be seeking asylum which was the case last year. At the time three Afghan Military personnel disappeared from massachusetts and were later found trying to get into canada and sent back home. We dont know why these two trainees in georgia went missing. Its a bit of a mystery but authorities do want to find them. Robin. All right, pierre, thank you. Again, no evidence of them being a threat but do want to find them. Everyone so scared right now. The latest on the bernardino massacre. Focus on enrique marquez, the childhood friend and neighbor who bout the rifles the killers used and made some ominous comments to friends weeks before the attacks. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross is tracking the case. Brian, the hunt for possible accomplices is pretty intense right now. Thats true. This morning the fbi, thats a big issue particularly because Authorities Say syed farook as long as four years ago was trying to hide the fact that he had that friend buy him two highpowered assault rifles. Its one of the many pieces of evidence of how long and well this terror attack was planned. Authorities have now put the mother of syed farook, rafia, on the u. S. Terror watch list. Days after the father, syed sr. , was put on the list. She has not spoken publicly about her son but Authorities Say she was put on the list to make sure she does not try to leave the country. All this as officials continue to investigate who may have helped the terror couple in their attack. But as a new photo emerged from inside that conference room, moments before the attack, the presentation of the employee of the year award, Authorities Say syed farook and Tashfeen Malik had plenty of help getting their money and their guns all lined up. Authorities say 24yearold enrique marquez, a punk rock fan, convert to islam and close friend of farook has admitted he bought the guns for farook and did so Officials Say because farook did not want his name to be on file in connection with such serious weapons. That was almost four years ago. Mrs. Marquez reporter marquezs mother would not talk about the investigation but on a Facebook Post the night of the attack marquez wrote im very sorry, guys. It was a pleasure. The next day he checked himself into a mental facility. Friends believe he may have known something about the plot in advance. He says something along the lines of theres a lot of muslims in our own backyard just and we didnt think nothing of it. Reporter Law Enforcement officials tell abc news this morning that even though farook and his wife tried to destroy their cell phones and computers, authorities have now recovered some information including images of other targets the couple might have been planning to attack. Robin. Brian, thank you. For more lets bring in former fbi special agent brad garrett and pick up on what brian was saying about other possible attack points. Where do investigators go from there. The real key are there other players and are they about to launch an attack . If you think about it, if hes had these weapons for three to four years, that means hes been thinking about this for a period of time. The big concern, is there an attack they cant stop yet. Having those guns for that amount of time and apparently going to Great Lengths to hide the ownership. Exactly. Goes to mindset. Goes to he was thinking about doing something years ago but for whatever reason it culminated last week. Marquez, people want to know, could have aided both of them. I think its likely only because to pull off an attack planned for maybe a long time you have to get help. Shoot, build pipe bombs, et cetera. Investigators really want to get at the root of what inspired them or who inspired them. Exactly because that may lead you to other people. Is there an anwar awlaki type person that inspired them out well move on to the problem of antimuslim attacks on the rise since last weeks massacre and there are concerns Donald Trumps comments could incite more violence. Matt gutman is in San Bernardino with that part of the story. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george. A week after the attacks in that Conference Building behind me, muslim groups are saying they are now the targets of increasing intimidation and threats saying its even changing the way some people go out, the way they dress. Even the way they pray. Spike in antiislamic incidents since 9 11 and not just rhetoric. In philadelphia Surveillance Video of a pigs head thrown at a mosque. The fbi now investigating. Threatening voice mails left at a mosque in st. Louis. Come my way and ill [ bleep ] you all. Cut your [ bleep ] off. Reporter in dallas, i hope you get sprayed with pigs blood, okay. You are just [ bleep ]. Reporter this palm beach florida mosque vandalized, windows smashed all triggering fear. You feel scared as an american about whats happening in our country but then at the very same time youre afraid for your own life because of, you know, what people are doing in retaliation. Reporter the council on americanislamic relations saying the spike follows both the San Bernardino rampage and Donald Trumps calls for a ban on muslim immigration. And here in San Bernardino, intimidation. The mosque syed farook attended threatened the night after the rampage and mosque attendance is down. You had been really confronted. I mean he was really passionate. He was really angry. Reporter some are changing their behavior. In a group i wouldnt go alone. I would take two or three guys with me. Reporter and even changing their dress. Amongst the women dont wear hijab anymore. Take it off. Reporter and the detective who said he would take a bullet before the evacuees is speaking out about that moment. Admitting he was also scared but knew people were counting on him. I meant what i said. I said it for them just to kind of calm down and relax, that we were going to do everything we can to get them out of that building safely. Reporter of course, among the people that hero officers ferried out of that building were muslimamericans. Give you a sense of how enmeshed the community is when we arrived at that mosque we saw a sheriffs deputy coming out. He had actually been praying there. Robin. Something to keep in mind, matt. To new problems for chipotle. At least 80 College Students in boston fell sick after eating at one of the restaurants. This comes after that e. Coli outbreak that sickened dozens across the country and abcs linsey davis is there outside of chipotle in boston. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, robin. This chipotle location remains closed this morning. The Boston Health department has said that this is not another outbreak of e. Coli but likely norovirus. Now, this all started with an email that went out to Boston College athletes, do not eat at chipotle. This morning, another blow to the popular fast food chain chipotle. Boston college saying 80 of its students sickened after eating at this restaurant in boston this weekend. Including half of the Basketball Team. Some of them like couldnt get out of bed. Reporter Health Officials in boston say the cause is likely norovirus, a highly contagious virus with symptoms including one of our friends said when she walked out, there were like ten people in the waiting room all buckets just throwing up. Reporter this isnt the first concern like this for the loved burrito hot spot. Earlier this year 52 people fell ill to an e. Coli outbreak and the restaurant closed several stores to discard ingredients before reopening. Chipotle telling abc news we do not have any evidence to suggest this incident is related to the previous e. Coli incident. But the chains latest problems mean more bad news for investors. Chipotles stock, once among the hottest around, plummeting more than 20 since last year. So heres the thing, a chipotle employee was sick while working a shift here late last week but the Boston Health Department Says that its still working definitively to determine the source of the norovirus and, robin, good news here the Boston College Basketball Team is expected to play as usual tonight. That is good news, linsey, all right, thank you. Top stories starting with the latest on the paris terror attack. Thats right. In fact, a Major Development in that attack investigation, french officials have identified a third gunman who blew himself up at the bataclan theatre as a 23yearold french citizen who reportedly traveled to syria in 2013 with his brother. Breaking news from afghanistan. At least 37 people have been killed after taliban fighters attacked the airport in kandahar in the southern part of that country. Dozens of others have been injured and there are reports that hostages have been taken. More details as we get them. Back here in this country growing concern about a possible health risk in southern california. Experts claim this infrared video shows a cloud of methane lingering over the neighborhood of porter ranch, gas showing up as a purple color leaking from a natural gas plant for weeks forcing hundreds from their home and the city is suing the gas company. In milwaukee and it was all caught on police camera, officers body camera. Shots were fired in a home where two people were being held. Police say as officers moved in, one suspect in the basement then took his own life, another suspect fled. But was later arrested. The hostages thankfully were not injured. And the man who helped start a Company Famous for its rugged jackets and outdoor gear has died of hypothermia. North face cofounder Douglas Tompkins death followed a kayaking accident in patagonia, he was 72. A hightech face peel may have uncovered a secret hidden by the mona lisas famous grin. A french scientist said he used multispectral Light Technology to look through every layer of paint applied by Leonardo Da Vinci and claims he has uncovered three paintings beneath mona lisa each showing historian calls the development jaw dropping. The critics are saying those other paintings were earlier drafts but the man who spent a decade on this said they are different women with different expressions looking in different directions. They look kind of the same there. Well, this guy says it. I know. Really all of a sudden youre expert. According to my untrained eye. Ginger, pineapple express. Like the original photoshop for photos. That pipeline of moisture that originates around the waters of hawaii and transports it right to the Pacific Northwest has been pouring on them and look at what the result has been. Landslides over highway 30, covering the highway. Some folks out of moisture are going to have plenty of moisture. The flood watch down into ridges of the sierra. Yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this just put on a lotion and it smells so good. Coming up, hoverboards flying offer the shelves but that big National Warning this morning, are they hot but are they too hot . Josh duggars wife anna speaking out opening up about the first time after that scandal. An exclusive on gma. E after that scandal. An exclusive on gma. 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Muslims from lebanon were pioneers in early industry arriving in the late 1800s. The mother mosque in northwest cedar rapids was the first building built specifically as a mosque in all of north america. Local muslims worry comments like trumps would encourage people to target members of that faith. They point to a severed pigs head thrown against the door of a mosque in philadelphia monday night as proof its already happening. And now heres your first alert forecast. Plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to rise. While next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday today mostly sunny high 4753 winds w 515 alo 49 dbq 49 iow 50tonight partly cloudy low 3541 winds s 515 alo 39 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow winds w 1525 like us baby we were born to run our stage manager angie is very happy right now. Welcome back. The boss, Bruce Springsteen in concert. Tickets for his concert next year already on sale on some websites for thousands of dollars. Well hook you up, angie, dont worry but now the new York Attorney general is saying, beware, some of those tickets may not even exist yet. The new investigation. You got to be careful how we hook angie up. A lot more coming up. Donald trump is defending his plan to ban muslims from coming to america even as Republican Leaders and his president ial rivals denounce it, this morning, some American Cities and some countries want to ban him. Planned Parenthood Shooter robert dear in court this afternoon facing first degree murder charges for killing three also this morning, something called screen deafness. Does it seem sometimes people dont hear you if theyre like texting or talking . Well talk about that coming up. Right now ginger, i was trying to throw to you. Ginger. Oh. Hi. This is what i do over here. Just an example of screen deafness. Well get into this very real phenomenon coming up. Its when i get home every day. Hello, im here. Ginger took one for the team. We dont have to do that on the couch in the speed feed. Im on the radar. Thank you, ging. We begin with the latest on the murder of a prominent florida doctor known for her appearances on local television. Newly released documents show Police Believe her husband may have been involved in a plot to have her killed. Abcs linzie janis is here with the story. Good morning, linzie. Reporter right now mark sievers is living in the home a judge just ruled that hell keep custody of their two children, all this despite these allegations he hired a hit man to kill her. This morning, mark sievers is a free man with custody of his two young daughters, even though Police Believe he was behind the murder of their mother, dr. Teresa sievers. In court this week the department of children and families arguing the girls are in impending danger. But the judge disagreeing and rejecting a motion to remove them. The victims sister telling abc news in a statement that she has been cut off from her two nieces and that the girls were coached by their father to turn against her. This comes just days after the release of police documents including an affidavit alleging sievers orchestrated a plot to physician. This is not new age. Reporter neighbors say they had been living in fear ever bludgeoned to death inside the family home in june. Theres still a killer on the loose. I live right beside him. I feel that im in danger. Reporter within weeks of the Murder Police arresting Curtis Wainwright and Jimmy Ray Rogers of missouri accusing them of driving to florida to carry out the murder. But according to those newly released documents Police Allege mark sievers and his old friend wright were involved in the initial planning of the murder saying they communicated in code words and on burner cell phones and that sievers was going to pay wright out of the 4. 4 million in Life Insurance policies he had on his wife. Police also alleging the sievers marriage was on the rocks with evidence of affairs on both sides. The Sheriffs Office tells abc news they know more than what is in those documents and are still working the case. Legal experts say theyre likely taking their time in charging sievers to make sure they have enough evidence. George. Trouble for a former miss kansas, the beauty queen and Outdoor Channel host theresa vail could face up to a year in jail for illegally killing a bear. Story. Reporter theresa vail is no stranger to controversy. The former miss kansas was the first miss america contestant to openly display tattoos. And she had to choose a new skill for the talent competition when they wouldnt let her shoot a bow. But this morning its a bear hunt in alaska that has vail in hot water. The star of the joao door channel show limitless with theresa vail faces charges for accident accidentally killing a bear and allegedly trying to cover it up. During a legal hunt, police say vail had permission to shoot one bear but dentally killed a second one, then tried to falsify whats called a locking tag to make it appear the second bear kill was legal. When a guide or assistant guide is involved its important they operate well within the boundaries of the law. It undermines the organization. Michael renfro was one of the guides on the hunt and also has been charged. If i could do it over i would do it differently. There was no personal gain to myself or my business. The only gain was hopefully she wouldnt lose her career. Reporter the outdoor chapel says the hunt in question never aired and they are committed to ethical hunting. Vail says she followed poor advice and allowed the second bear to be improperly tagged adding that she reported the incident and has fully cooperated with authorities. I am deeply sorry for my mistakes. Arraignment is set for next week. For good morning america, neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. Our thanks to neal. To you to the duggar family speaking out since being rocked by a series of scandals. Including anna whose husband josh is at the center of it all all part of a new tlc special and abcs Mara Schiavocampo has the exclusive look. Been pretty crazy for my family. Reporter this morning new revelations about how the duggar family is coping in the wake of josh duggars scandals over sexual molestation and infidelity. I cried a lot of tears. Reporter early this year 27yearold josh, the oldest of jim bob and micheles 19 kids acknowledging allegations he molested five girls when he was a teenager including four of his sisters. In the wake of the shocking news, tlc canceled their popular show. For months the family presented a united front, sisters jessa and jill two of those who had been molested defending their brother on fox news. I do want to speak up in his defense, against people who are calling him a child molester or a pedophile. Reporter but then another bombshell. Josh duggar admitting to cheating on his wife after his revealed during the adultery websites hacking. Now for the first time several family members are speaking out and tlcs new threepart special jill and jessa counting on. Youre angry and hurt and like all of those emotions all mixed together. Reporter the sisters saying they wished they had known the full story before defending josh publicly. It wasnt right for him to let us speak our words without haveing the full knowledge of what he was hiding. Reporter the special also features candid interviews with josh duggars wife anna speaking out for the First Time Since her husband admitted cheating on her. Im going to wake up and everything is going to be okay and this really this cant be true. Reporter the show follows jill and jessa on the next chapters in their lives, jill moving to central america. Jessa starting a family of her own. Theres still a lot of exciting milestones ahead. Reporter one family determined to move forward from a painful past. We will come out of this fire, so to speak, stronger. As a family unit. Reporter the First Episode of the threepart special jill and jessa counting on airs sunday on tlc. 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Stunning the other shoppers. What just happened and why did that happen . You know, for no apparent reason it just exploded. Reporter this just the latest in a string of incidents where some of the hottest gifts this Holiday Season are ending up engulfed in smoke. This one caught fire while someone was riding it. Ma, its catching on fire. Reporter tamara bought one of them for her son. She said they were charging it when they heard two explosions. If someone was in the room they would have been hurt. Reporter jessica horn says the one she bought was charging before it destroyed part of her louisiana home. Both wheels it was like a firework. I seen sparks just flying and before i could yell, the house is on fire, it just the middle part of the board that would go in between your feet just, poof. Reporter authorities are investigating the cause but now the National Association of state fire marshals is issuing an advisory saying these incidents are not unique occurrences and that consumers need to do their homework. If you buy these devices make sure that theyve been tested so be cautious about maybe purchasing them over the internet, purchasing them directly from overseas. Reporter all right, a lot of one here. This is a swag way. One of the reputable manufacturers. That is key. Get one from a reputable manufacturer out here. They should cost from 400 to 1700 bucks. A lot on the internet thats how you know reputable by price. You know by price but there are u. S. Manufacturers based here that give warranties of one and two years, many you find online dont have a name brand at all coming from overseas. He cost you 100 bucks, 150 bucks, you should know something is up. That bargain is a big red flag. A lot are turning to that because its the Holiday Season. A lot of manufacturers are sold out. Its not a bargain if your christmas these goes on fire. Therein lies the issue. Thanks, t. J. Kate middletons big tribute to Princess Diana coming up. Next on gma, something called screen deafness, does it really exist . I say yes. You may have trouble hearing when youre on your phone looking at texts. Its coming up in our speed feed. Mastering irresistibly smooth. The lindor truffle. From the lindt master chocolatiers. Hard outer shell. Smooth, luscious center. Unwrap. Unwind. With the lindor truffle from the lindt master chocolatiers. You owned your car for four years, you named it brad. You loved brad. And then you totaled him. You two had been through everything together. Two boyfriends, three jobs. Then Liberty Mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. If you sign up for better car replacement , well pay for a car thats a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. I have a Resident Named joyce, and she kept complaining about all her aches and pains. And i said come to class, lets start walking together and i said and i bet you money youll be able to do that senior walk. That day i said ok its me and you girl, me and you i said if you need to stop, theres a bench well just hang out in the shade. She said absolutely not we are going to finish this race and we were the last ones in, but you know what . So we talked about screen deafness when you literally does that happen to you guys. Yes. There is a medical reason for this. We want you to look at a brain scan doing a computer puzzle. Theyre not hearing a sound despite having tones pumped in their ears. The red wave you see there shows how high it registers sound when not engaged and then this green line shows what we hear when how it drops considerably when were concentrating on something more complicated. The reason is, guy, that a persons sense of vision and hearing are located in a shared and limited region of the brain called the association cortex. Your brain has to choose, it cant multitask. Doing both things or getting stimulated both ways it has to pick which one is more valuable. Can women do it better than men, though. I think they can. Of course, they can. There you go. Heres another great improve this tip from lowes. From everybody youre smelling it lemon slices to eliminate unwanted odors. To see more go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo a medley of cinnamon, ginger and rich cloves with two sweet ristretto shots and velvety steamed whole milk. All together in perfect harmony. Introducing the holiday spice flat white only at starbucks for the season. Americans. We try to live healthy. But many of us dont know there are nutrients that can help support our metabolism. 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Advanced Environmental Testing and Abatement Incorporated says it works every day to make sure they are safely disposing of the mineral at construction sites. Asbestos can cause Serious Health problems if its inhaled. The workers create a containment area at the construction site that only the Asbestos Removal crew carefully seals the asbestos material inside a bag or container and disposes of it. Were told the goal is to make sure the air is all clear by the time theyre done, so no one is exposed. And now heres your first alert forecast. Plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to rise. While next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday today mostly sunny high 4753 iow 50tonight partly cloudy low 3541 winds s 515 alo 39 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow partly sunny, mild high 5258 winds w 1525 alo 53 dbq 53 iow 56tomorrow wind good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. , and we have the latest on Kim Kardashians Health Crisis during her pregnancy complicating the birth of little saint. Her potentially lifethreatening condition that so many other women could suffer from. Dr. Ashton explains the risk factors live. And Breakthrough New Technology that could be the end of popping pills for pain. The simple patch that could be the relief for headaches and back pains. Kate wearing Princess Dianas favorite tiara for a flittering reception. The latest picture and how kate is following in dianas footsteps right now. Only here live weve got the cold weather tricks to warm up your winter. From a frostfree windshield to making sure your hands are never say all good morning, america. Cant wait to see those cold weather tricks. Our audience could use some of those hand warmers. Right about now it is feeling like december today. Because it is december Time Magazine Just Announced their person of the year and it is the german chancellor Angela Merkel right there. She beat out the leader of isis and donald trump, and right here this morning, were revealing peoples most intriguing list for 2015 only on gma. Thats exciting. A holl edition of improve this this . Were counting down to christmas with a deck the halls challenge. Our diy elves sara haines and rob marciano going headtohead. Rob building a candy cane out of pipes and sara will try to make a mini Christmas Tree out of traffic cones. Ready, guys . Ready, yes. Three, two, one. Oh, my gosh. Oh, were starting. Okay. Theyre going to have a little time to get that done. Right now were going to get the news. Amy has the morning rundown. Good morning, everyone. The big story this morning donald trump standing his ground despite new fallout from his proposal to ban muslims from entering the u. S. Trump telling Barbara Walters, he does not regret his proposal and he says he is not a bigot. Despite the firestorm, a new poll from New Hampshire showing trump enjoying his biggest lead starting to hit him in the wallet. A retailer in the United Arab Emirates is pulling trump Branded Products from its stores and in london more than 100,000 people have already signed a petition to stop trump from entering the uk which means Parliament May actually have to debate the issue. The investigation into the San Bernardino massacre is now focusing on the childhood friend who bought the rifles used by the killers. Authorities say enrique marquez, a convert to islam, has admitted to prevent a paper trail suggesting farook may have been planning this massacre for years. And friends believe marquez may have known something about the plot in advance, as well. In medical news, the painkiller ibuprofen may be soon available in a patch. Researchers say the patch could relief for up to 12 hours and they say it would be ideal for muscle. It could take two years, however, to hit the market. For music fans, questions are being raised about tickets being sold for Bruce Springsteens upcoming tour, and abcs reena ninan has the details. You cant start a fire reporter whether its the allure of dancing in the dark with the boss or recapturing those glory days. In the wink of a young girls eye reporter millions are willing to journey to thunder road and beyond for tickets to Bruce Springsteens just tickets already on sale for as much as 6,000 on sites like stubhub, Ticket Network and vivid seats. Even for those willing to take the pricey plug, the new York Attorney general says this morning be warned. Find yourself going down down down reporter thats because these tickets dont actually exist yet. Posted by scalpers trying to lure in devoted fans to tempt them to pay a premium, but turns out even scalpers cant buy tickets until they actually go on sale december 11th. The attorney general alleges they take those regularly priced tickets then try to pass them off as premium tickets to the early buyers pocketing the difference in cost. Reporter adele has also lent her star power to the fight saying on her website the resale of tickets will not be tolerated. For good morning america, reena ninan, abc news, new york. All right, reena, thank you for that warning. And as we just heard george say, Time Magazine named german chancellor Angela Merkel its person of the year. Tested this year like few other leaders addressing everything from the economy to europes refugee crisis. And finally, how about a lesson in text message etiquette . Well, it turns out ending your text with a period is a real nono. A new Study Confirms most people think that the period at the end of a text makes you look insincere and possibly even rude. Leave it off, they say, or better yet, end it with an exclamation point. Ooh. Heres the study that shows, okay, so youve got the word fine. So someone asks you to do something, if you have a period it would be like fine. If you had an exclamation, thats fine. No, fine is always bad. Fine is always bad. Fine on a text you know its not fine. Its not fine. Its never fine. I use exclamation points all the time. Yeah. Do i know you . I thought we were down on that. Were not supposed now i guess who knows. Sorry. Just wait around. Everything comes back around. Right . Fine, amy. Fine, george. Fine. All right, fine. Ill do the morning menu. Heres whats coming up on good morning america, Kim Kardashians pregnancy Health Crisis, the condition so many could be suffering from. Dr. Jennifer ashton is with us live to talk about that. And a new headline about adhd and your kids. Whats behind the spike in diagnoses . And kate following in Princess Dianas footsteps wearing her favorite tiara for the First Time Ever and we have a brandnew picture. Trying to deck robs halls. Help me, lara. Its our christmas challenge. Can you say it with me, improve this improve this . America in times square. Hey, girl, i got you. I got you. Youre good at this stuff. Our clients have relied on us to bring our best thinking to their investments so in a variety of market conditions. In our experience. Call a t. Rowe price retirement specialist or your advisor. 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Reporter placenta accreta occurs when the placenta and its blood vessels grow too deeply into the uterine wall and remain there. For her first pregnancy the placenta had to be removed by the doctors hands writing in her blog in november, it was the most painful experience of my life. Hopefully this is something the doctor can fix and we can just move on from this kind of complicated chapter. Reporter before the birth kim expressed her fear of reliving the same experience writing, theres not a whole lot i can do to prevent it so my anxiety is a little high leading up to the delivery. Kim knew this was going to be painful delivery process and she expressed those fears, accepted them and at the end of the day knew it would be all right because as a source tells us she is now overwhelmed but incredibly excited to bring home that baby boy. Reporter kim now hoping her experience will help others saying, all you can do is be hopeful, get the best information out there and just be prepared. So here with me now is abcs chief Womens Health correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton, so what do we know about placenta accreta . So lets start with the normal placenta which, by the way, is a fetal organ that provides the nutrients and normally sits inside the uterine cavity and comes out without too much difficulty after delivery. When you have accreta or increta or percreta these are major abnormals in the way the placenta and the blood supply which is massive attaches to the wall of the uterus and in the case of accreta, it can get deeper into the wall. Increta into the muscle and percreta through the uterus and so this is potentially a catastrophic ob complication. Wow. How common is it . Its only about 1 in 2500 pregnancies but when there are 4 million births every year, youre talking some significant numbers. Not an exaggeration to say its potentialally lifethreatening. Its potentially lifethreatening. When we detach it its not painful if you have an epidural but it can be very dramatic so we have a situation here where we are all hands on deck. This is not a home birth scenario. This is not a midwife delivery scenario. This is an in the operating room with units of blood available, anesthesiologists there, potentially Surgical Equipment in trays that arent there for a normal birth because we want to have everything in a row so that if the worst Case Scenario happens, we can remove the placenta. Im thinking your advice would you if you hear you have this, you need to be in a setting that is safe. Oh, absolutely. You need a couple of themes, trust your obstetrician, ask questions. Youre never going to ask a question thats stupid and, again, you have to consider the risks versus the benefits because there are two lives at stake. So true. So true. Two lives at stake. Dr. Jen ashton will be answering your questions, so post them, please, on her twitter account or our facebook page, george. Lara, thanks. Another headline about health for a lot of families, pretty startling new study for parents with slightly older kids. The number of children diagnosed with adhd is soaring, up 43 in less than a decade. Dr. Rich besser is here with more on this. So do more kids have adhd or just more getting diagnosed . I mean, thats the big question. When they looked across every group, young children, tweens, teens, boys, girls, they saw the numbers going up. The study wasnt designed to figure out why it is going up but theres a number of thoughts. First is in girls were recognizing they may not be hyperactive but they may still have adhd. Also teensan have this. We used to think it was only something in very young children. More children with health insurance, so theyre getting then in school for special services, sometimes they need to have this label. So, whats the tipoff for parents between just regular unruly restless behavior and adhd . Yeah, i mean, its normal to not focus and to be out of control. The question is, is it to the point where its affecting your life in school, your life at home, your ability to make friends . And so theres three behaviors we really look at. The first is inattention, a child who is constantly daydreaming. They cant focus. The second is hyperactivity jumping out of the chair and then impulsivity, they cant stop to think. Theyll jump out in the street and interrupt every other child. If those things are really a problem, you really need to take care of that. What do you do . See your doctor and theyll do an evaluation. It doesnt mean they have adhd. Theyll give the childs teacher a questionnaire and do a full evaluation to see if theres a need for therapy. In the right child with getting this diagnosis and treatment, it helps selfesteem and can do a lot. Youll take questions on morning, as well. I will. To amy. Now to duchess kate paying tribute to her late motherinlaw, Princess Diana. Kate wearing her favorite tiara at the royals biggest bash of the year, and abcs lama hasan has the story. Reporter overnight kate turning heads in Princess Dianas favorite diamond and pearl tiara aptly named the cambridge lovers knot tiara, the duchess wearing it for the First Time Ever at the queens diplomatic reception. Im sure she was very proud to be wearing a gift that the queen gave what would have been her motherinlaw on her wedding day. Reporter noble nod to the motherinlaw she never got to meet, and suddenly showing how she is following in dianas footsteps. Not only is kate wearing dianas Engagement Ring it was my way of making sure my mother didnt miss out on today and the excitement and the fact that were going to spend the rest of our lives together. Reporter their fashion style cut from the same cloth. The hats, the coats, the elegant generation in similar outfits. Its difficult for kate to be compared to diana, but its also very flattering, and she does have that same empathy, especially with children. Reporter on the charitable front william and kate taking on the mantel and supporting charities that were close to dianas heart. And harry is in on it too maintaining his mothers legacy with his Charity Center and working with her land mine charity. She played a huge part in my life and harrys growing up in how we saw things and how we experienced things. Reporter in a touching tribute to his mother choosing diana as one of princess charlottes middle names, and on the home front, just as diana tried to do, this couple are raising their children with little fuss and keeping them out of the public eye as much as possible. And ive got breaking news for you this morning. Kate has a new much shorter hairdo chopping off four inches and, yeah, if youre guessing, she still looks good, amy. Always. It doesnt really matter, lama. Thank you so much. Robin, over to you. All right, amy. Its that time of year again. People magazine out with its best of 2015 issue, the magazine is celebrating the years 25 most intriguing people and peoples executive editor kate coyne is here with a preview. How do you come up with. The editors discuss it as a group but the list is almost selfselecting because these are the people that it would be a glaring omission for any of them to not be on this list. The kind of year that amy schumer has had, for instance, i mean it kind of makes it a nobrainer. I love to read the letters you all get how you put that in the issue and that can kind of tell you who is really absolutely. What put amy schumer on the cover . What a tremendous year. I mean, to write and star in a hit movie that has made billions of dollars worldwide, an hbo the flip side, the activism that shes now embracing in terms of ending gun violence just shows that shes just so incredibly talented, so multifaceted as a performer. Theres really nothing not to love there. Multifaceted. That is the word for her. Taraji p. Henson, finally, finally cookie, shes getting her due. She is getting her due. And, you know, the thing about taraji, people dont seem to recognize, you know, shes an oscar nominee. This is a woman thats been working very hard for a very long time. She is not an overnight Success Story and so the sort of success shes having now is so deserved, so due to her and, you know, shes just the most fun thing to watch on television. It doesnt get better. And she was fun to dress up as cookie for halloween. Exactly. No pictures. We dont need best halloween costume. I tell you what. Really was. Leah remini, she was here in the studio and has been labeled as a rebel. Word is probably a troublemaker which is what she herself calls her book. Incredible moxie really to stand up to scientology and not just scientology but to name the names she did in her book. To go ahead and discuss tom cruise, to discuss david miscavige, to really get into the nuts and bolts of scientology and her own shortcomings. One of the names she names the most is her own and discussed what she did, what she did to other people in the name of scientology. Right. Incredibly nervy move. Very bold. Very bold. Very bold. Someone that is an International Phenomenon and were just finding out about her here, the star of quantico on abc, by the way, miss chopra. Priyanka chopra. So beautiful. So beautiful. Talented too. And, you know, we are to just be realizing. Oldschool movie star she is in the sense of her glamour and her beauty and her talent. Shes been internationally famous for quite some time now so its great to see her translating over here now. Right, and also great to see misty copeland. She is getting a lot of love this year and rightfully so. Rightfully so. That under armour ad, its so great it was not just a gimmick or a quick little blip but really the beginning of the entire world sitting up and taking notice at misty. Amy was excited and got tickets to hamilton. Ive seen it twice. The man behind it is just incredible. Hes an incredible, incredible talent, and i think all you need to know about hamilton, people are obsessed with a broadway soundtrack. I cant remember the last time that happened. People are listening to the soundtrack even if they havent seen the show and there is a decent chance many of them havent because you cant get a ticket. Linmanuel miranda. So deserved and one of the composers for star wars. For star wars. Hes not going anywhere. Before we go, the heroes, the train heroes. The american heroes. We got to get to them. Anthony, alek and spencer. Especially the times that were living in right now, things can sometimes seem so troubling and you look to them and its hope and its courage in the face of darkness. Wonderful to have you here and youre wearing Melissa Mccarthy. I love that. I am wearing Melissa Mccarthy pants. Can everyone just, please, these are from the Melissa Mccarthy collection and all sizes. Way to go, kate. All right. Peoples best of 2015 issue hits newsstands on friday. Lets go outside now to ginger. All right, robin. I want to introduce everybody on this beautiful wednesday morning to ginger j. , she said ginger z. Im ginger j. You dont meet many gingers that arent horses or dogs. Right . Like humans. Exactly. Very nice to meet you. How about we look at the forecast. We were talking about wisconsin, Lake Superior last year, Lake Superior this year, mild, and its staying that way. Yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may and one more introduction. This is jenna from georgia. And shes going to help us toss in to lara for pop. Thanks, jenna from georgia and other ginger. We begin with a pop news investigation. If a grueling workout leaves you thirsty for more than water, well, youre not alone. A study from Pennsylvania State university, thank you very much. Alma mater. Found that people who exercise a lot actually consume more alcohol than their less active peers. They also drink more on days this is apparently because exercise and alcohol both stimulate the brains reward system. It also explains why this video has gone so viral. And i just want to say to the scientists, you really didnt need to spend money on this study. You could have just studied my tennis team. Really, do tell. A little glass of vino after a winning match never hurt anybody. Also in pop news this morning they love this video apparently. Wait. You cannot cut youre cutting part two. Okay. For pop news today im going to finish with this video. Its actually quite appropriate. Go ahead, roll it. Its yeah. Ah. You guys, thats exactly how i feel today. Hes back. No, its really he needs to go on that treadmill. Come on. Its not its not his fault or her fault. Its not his or her fault. They might be overfeeding her a little bit. You know what, after a tough workout, a cocktail never hurts. Its true, robin. Just ask the brain trust for my alma mater, penn state university. I dont know how much time we have left. Do we have time for another . Now i understand that we have time to give you another bit of news. News in pop news. This now theyre saying i dont have time. George, will you please do give this girl a glass of wine. After this. What a day. Lara is being punked today. Ah. A fugitive who faces federal weapons charges in iowa is back in the country after more than a month in cuba. The us marshals say Shawn Wegmann is wanted on federal firearms charges in iowa. Investigators say in late october, he stole a boat in key west, florida, and used it to travel to havana. Thats when cuban Border Guards arrested him. The cuban government recently returned him to the us, making him the first fugitive the government has returned since relations formally thawed between the 2 countries. Students at Dubuque Senior High School are improving their spanish skills with donated computers. Chad and Laura Chandlee donated the laptops, along with a mobile charging cart, at the beginning of the school year. Students use them for Interactive Games and activities that help them memorize spanish words and phrases. Teachers say the dubuque School District would not have been able to afford the computers without the donation. And now heres your first alert plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to rise. While next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday today mostly sunny high 4753 winds w 515 alo 49 dbq 49 iow 50tonight partly cloudy welcome back to gma. Getting a little chilly here in times square. Robin, you got sim i ways to stay warm and a nice ride over there. Yeah, but some of the car is missing, i just noticed that. But winter is coming and theres a hack for that. Simple shortcuts for things to make life easier, sara, youll help us out with this. Today were going to give you some tips and tricks to deal with Winter Weather which is sadly right around the corner. And its already hitting some of the country but first weve got wayne johnson, now, you cover everything from food to crafts on waynes weekend blog. I do. Today youve got help with our windshield. Absolutely. I hate in the morning when you go downstairs and its iced over and you cant get it open. Cant find the tool you used to use and use your credit card. Got a really simple solution. Can i help you with that. Things, squeegee, vinegar, water and a squeeze bottle. Three parts vinegar, one part water and squeeze it on there and squish it on there and take your squeegee up and down, back and forth just like that in the morning theres no ice on your windshield. Do you do it like the morning morning, the night before. If you dont, in the morning you can do it as well youre doing a good job. In the morning you can do it to get the ice thats on there. Apparently i do windows. I do do windows. A little streak . This is really good. Now were here with one of our favorite, you and todd have been united before on an apple hack. I know. Todd like manly man. We wanted to give you the guy with the ax. Oh, great. Rancher and orchard owner and today youll show us something with chopping wood about the manliest thing i can think of. Its a really great idea. You explain why you have a theres nothing like a roaring fire. Splitting wood is a hassle and not so much the splitting the wood but it goes flying everywhere when youre splitting it. Oldtimer hack a lot of folks dont know about, wrap a cord of chain and bungee strap around it to hold everything in place. You want to put your chain and bungee strap snug and low remember that, low. Ill swing away. Back up. Whoa, whoa, whoa. First split on the far side. Oh, boy. Oh, my. Look at that. Its like going to 7eleven and buying a bundle of wood. This is what happens. Now that youre all done pick then done. Pull the chain off and can you do that with any wood not that i want to encourage people to cut trees down. Yeah. Because otherwise if you didnt have that it would fly you hit it one time, that one goes that way, you spend more time chasing than splitting. It speeds it up. 12 pieces of wood in 12 seconds. You got some more wood to cut. Ill get busy. Well get a fire going. How are you. Now we are here with marisa lynch. You are an author of new dress a day. Ill show you how to make the easiest hand warmers. Which ginger can use. Im freezing all the time. So easy to keep you warm. You use oven bags which you might have left over from thanksgiving and take uncooked rice or beans and fill your oven bag with either or, not both. Whatever you have in your pantry or do a little mix, up to you. You can mix them. Totally mix. You put them in your bag then youll package up your bag just kind of fold it over like so. Oh, way shgs, wait. Toss them into a sock. Fun of it. Your sock, folds over the edge like so. Youve got your hand warmer. Toss in the microwave, 45 seconds and stays warm for 15 minutes. You can reuse them . Thats beauty of it. Cheaper than just you dont want to use dirty socks. You put it on your body. Put them anywhere. Yeah. Friendly. You go through these like you can reuse them, throw them in the microwave. 45 seconds. Then you keep it with you in your pocket. Thank you so much. All right, guys. Thank you. Hack reporter. Lets get back inside to george who is keeping piece and warm. Best way to storm warm is stay inside counting down to star wars right now. The force Awakens Opens all over the world in just nine days. And abcs Chris Connelly sat down with one of the new stars, oscar isaac and what hfrd told him about flying in space. It happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. From studying on set for director j. J. Abrams star wars the force awakens, as poe dameron, ace xwing pilot for the resistance. I saw a blueprint on my desk on the table. It listed everything that had been used, every button that had been used in the previous six flips in an xwing so i knew what did what and which ones were free for me to imagine anything with. So its an incredible amount of detail that goes into this universe. You might need this. Reporter asked Harrison Ford to share with him any fly guy insights. Offered to even take me up with him but he did say, i was just making it up and its in space so the rules dont really apply to piloting so, you know, youve got some room to make it up but i think ill make it up then get a blueprint of exactly what i have to touch. Which one is it here. Reporter even though sill prepared him for the shake and rattle that the role required. They take just the cockpit they move that thing around all over the place. So the first time i was on there i was yelling and doing my thing and i got so sick because i was so hot and it was moving around, hi to stop and say, hole on, guy, i need to swallow my lunch for a second. Reporter acclaimed for his work as an spiring folk singer in inside lew win davis he served up a swinging duet on twitter with his the force awakens costar daisy ridley to baby its cold outside this evening has been so she has an amazing voice and sings opera a little bit. She has a beautiful voice. Reporter daisy and the rest of the production even got to know oscars uncle guillermo a star wars obsessive if well, i just was saying, you know, this is my uncle. He was the one that indoctrinated us in star wars. So then when it came to set i introduced him to j. J. And j. J. Said youre the uncle. Want to be in the movie . He hence told me. Oh, my god, yes, yes, they put him in the back in the scene between adam and i and when the trailer first came out i got a little picture where he had kind of circled this blur in the back and hes like, thats me reporter now oscar is looking forward to bringing his uncle and the rest of his relatives to the premiere of star wars the force awakens. Im thrilled that im going to get to see it with that kind of energy in the room. Reporter for good morning america, Chris Connelly, abc news, los angeles. And we are getting close. Star wars the force Awakens Opens nationwide on friday, december 18th. Lets go back sought jied to ginger. Im standing in a line of texans theyre all from the dallas area. We be talking about a storm affecting the plains here eventually but the storm this morning unfortunate news out of portland, oregon, i learned it tree into that home killed a woman so we will be having updates on that and that consistent storm coming in again tonight into tomorrow. So watch it move and it drops youre going home saturday you may rung into some of those storms. Heavy rain in the gulf and more know on the back side of that that would make it into the northern plains, northern great lakes. Thats a look atplan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in all that weather brought to you by sprint. 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It was the Witching Hour when the girls say the wishing hour arrives at midnight. I think it comes when im the only one left awake, like always, like now. And that is where our story hurry up, sara. Hurry up, rob. They just have a few seconds left to wrap up their amazing creations. But while theyre wrapping that up were going to give you a new edition of improve this sponsored by lowes decking the hall and i spy diy Jenni Radosevich is here with popular projects to help you spruce up your home in time for the holidays. Talk about this fireplace. I love the idea of putting a fireplace in the house. Insped of spending all that money to actually put in a chimney you can create this faux fireplace all over pinterest and a bunch of different ways to create it. This one we got the surround mantel from the Hardware Store. Actually sell these premade or you can use a vintage one. I seem them awe the time at flea markets and pull them out of old houses and you can buy them for next to nothing. Great way to recycle. Adds character to a home. Just because you dont have fl flue doesnt mean you cant create the look. We customized this, refinished wood in the front or brick or air stone is so light and you just adhere it. Even if you dont like your current fireplace you could do in. Faux stone. I dont know if its made out of. Air. Thats one great look. What youve done is taken that and painted it white. But this i thought was a great idea so she took logs and cut them to two inches and glued them on a piece of plywood to create storage. If you did put it in front of a fireplace, you can use that to store or i love that. I think its a very cool idea. Or candles this there or chalk and look really good. You have some other projects here. I really like the send irblock as a present. Looks great. Look at that i dont know if you have any of these hanging around your garage or on so good for outside. It wont move so you can spray you can put a little stripe on it or a bow and a cute project to do with kids. How it looks when its done. There you go. Just wanted to make sure we were seeing it. I mean it could not be easier, just happens to be a great shape to use indoor. Tell us about the wreath. Along the lines of what sara and rob were doing who we should check on pretty soon. This is simply sara, come on in. Yours is done. I feel like i brought a piece of art home to my mom and put it next to the picasso. Beautiful, sara. Nice job. How did these guys do . Sara had to take her ornaments and pylon cones you can get at the Hardware Store and spray painted it and hot glued on all these ornaments and same thing for the wreath up here. How did sara do . A plus. A plus. Was it easy . Im really not crafty at all and although i could probably do better than this, it was super meditative. Zone out and glue on ornaments. So, sara, did you deck robs halls . Thats what we want to know. Did she beat rob marciano . Rob rocked my christmas world. He put lights in these. I got the drill out. It wasnt that easy and much better with power which we dont have out here. Chevy chase moment. All taking stuff you can find watt your local Hardware Store. Pvc piping and spray printed it which creates the turn. This is ribbon then rob went the distance and actually drilled holes in it to create lights. Got to use power tools. Highfive to both of you. Love you guys. Jenni, always great ideas. We love your blog, check out more on our website goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo coming up next on gma, babyface performing live. Countdown to chri babyface has set a musicians goal to make people feel good. about to do that for us right now. They dont trust me to be over there by you. 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Tomorrow on abcs good morning america. Hit it, hit it. Oh. Ooh. Yeah. Do the stanky face. Thank you, thank you, one and all. Take care. Several Washington City departments are sharing cramped quarters. And Council Members cant agree on a way to move forward, leaving city hall, workers without a space solution. One option would mean building a new fire station near the existing building. But Council Members would need a referendum to make that happen. The second option would move city hall to an old library building. But some officials are worried that renovation could have hidden costs. The Council Hopes to decide which option to pursue after the first of the year. People in North Liberty will be able to keep carrying their weapons on cityowned property. North liberty city leaders will not vote on the issue. Nearly 20 people spoke at a meeting, mostly opposing the proposed ban. The discussion came up when some on the Library Board questioned the citys policy on guns in cityowned buildings. North liberty city leaders also discussed a possible gun ban in 2013, but the Council Voted against the proposal. And now heres your first alert forecast. Plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continues to look like mainly rain in the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm s. A widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to rise. While next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday today high 4753 winds w 515 alo 49 dbq 49 low 3541 winds s 515 alo 39 dbq 37 iow 39tomorrow partly sunny, mild high 5258 winds w 1525 alo 53 dbq 53 iow 56tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3440 winds sw 515 alo 34 dbq 34 iow 36 youre watching kcrgtv9. Now,