No hovboard accident. You see that t y wipe out in times square, that was me. So i cant wait for these tips youve got. We want to get right to that Severe Weather battering the middle of the country. Youre looking live at dallas, texas, where tornadoes left at least 11 dead there. In missouri, this morning, a state of emergency. Heavy rains leading to dangerous flash flooding. This drone video showing small creeks now spilling over their banks. Leaving everything under water. More than a dozen deaths. 11 states under a winter storm warning. Four states under a a rnado threat t ts morning. This huge system is stretching from new mexico and texas up to ohio its now moving east. Our extreme weather team covering every angle for us. Rob marciano is in st. Louis for us this morning. Good morning, rob. Its been raining all weekend long. Anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain falalng. We got another 1 to 3 inches coming. For the st. Louis area. The river behind me continuing to fill up. To what is now becoming a record year for rainfall. Overnight, a state of emergency in the heartland, as Severe Weather pounds the region. History heavy rains producing flash floods and at least 15 people are dead. In tennessee, the river surging to the highest its been in 11 years. This is probably the worst t flooding that i have ever witnesesd. Its very devastating. Reporter a state of emergency declared in missouri after rampant floodwaters engulfed homes. Swept away rvs and shut down majojohighways. Its the worst i think anybody has seen. Reporter overnight st. Louis sandbaggers preparing for more. Our neighbors are totally under water. Were out here doing the right thing. Tiny neighborhood creeks morpng into dangerous bobies of water. This is normally 12 feet wide, right now its probably every bit of 200 feet wide. Reporter in illinois, this flooded creek claiming the lives of three adults and two children when their car was swept away. We wish it would havent have happened especially on a holiday weekend. Reporter and if the situation isnt bad enough the temperatures are hovering right around 40 degrees. So, its a cold, miserable rain and missouri is not alone. Take a look at this 14 states under a flash floowatch, as this system pushes off to the north and the east. Severe weather component as well. Look at this, snow on the backside of this. Tornado watch out now for new orleans and parts of mississippi. Severe weather will move off to the east. A huge multifaceted storm, david. Just getting under way now across the nations heartland. All right, rob, watching it the deadly tornadoes tearing through texas, at least 11 People Killed in the dallas area this weekend. Hundreds of homes and building simply destroyed. Abcs matt gutman is on the scene this morning with much more for us. Reporter good morning, david. A sense of the devastation here, this goes on house after house. Over a 40mile stretch here in north texas, mixing things like christmas stockings and cars. Were not talking about homes that are flimsily built. Were talklkg about places made out of brick and mortar. Overnight, that tornado spewing out debris. This, after string of tornadoes scarred a 40mile swath of texas this weekend. Police saying at least 11 were killed here in tas. Just total disbelief. Everything on the backside of my house was on the froro side of can see the path the storm gouged, a football field lane reduced to splinters. With the tornado bearing down, these people ducked into a freezer at chilis. This storm blowing out transformers. In the pitch black, the lightning illuminating the ef4 tornado. On interstate 30, some motorists had nowhere to hide. Eight people were killed there. In daylight, we drove through those devastated neighborhoods. The scope of the destruction in these e ighborhoods is absolutely astounding. It nearly toppled rowletts water tower. 400 homes damaged there. As far as the roof, erything is gone. Reporter she was saved when she and five family members crowded in their bathroom. Very grateful were alive. Of rowlett overnight, he said no ones even talking about the cleanup right now. Clearing these mounds of debris and hazards from the roadways so people can come back and get their belongings. He said it could be months, years before they can rebubud these commununies. Amy. This system bringing heavy rain and wind for some, snow for palm trees in texas coated in snow. The flurries and ice are hitting oklahoma. Abs Clayton Sandell ishere now. Reporr good morning, amy, you can see the problem here in oklahoma, power lines have been snapped in half overnight. Thanks to those high winds that have been blasting through this area and also this heavy ice as cocoed the power lines here. In fact, 60,000 customers are without power this morning. You can see what its done to the tree branches in this area. Thick ice coating everything. Here dangerous this morning, a thick layer of ice on the roadways and highways. I want to show you how thick it is, its about an inch where we are which means this area has been turned into one giant ice rink. Clayton, thank you very much. We hope the people stay off those roads this holiday week. Incredible how thick that ice is. Severe weather causing headaches for travelers trying to get home now after the holidays. Thousands of flights delays and abcs linzie janis live this morning in laguardia airport. Reporter the weather having a big impact on air travel, already this morning, more than 690 Flights Canceled across the country. Now that c ces on top of 1700 cancellations and 6,000 delays on sunday. One of the busiest travel days of Holiday Season. The worsthit airports this morning, chicago ohare, midway. And dallas is still bad after affected on sunday. The coast getting hit as well. L. A. And San Francisco had a rough day sunday. Millions of travelers now hoping today will be much smoother in the northeast. Linzie, thanks so much. Youll have so much more on e travel impact tonight on world news. The other news this monday morning, and to chicago now, another Deadly Police shooting in a city already on edg grandmother. Police saying her death was an accident and abcs a ax perez is in chicago. The families of victims demanding answers. From if the Chicago Police department. They were killed saturday after police were called to this house for a domestic disturbance. We got two people shot. Shots fired by the police. Just to confirm. Yes, they were. With a bat. Loved ones say 55yearold jones who lives on the ground floor was opening the door for police when she was caught in a spray of police bullets. Upon their ararval, they were c cfronted by a combative individual. Reporter police say that jones was accidentally killed and extending condolences. She should not have to open the door and bee shotown by a police officer. Reporter legriers mother said her legriers mother said her 19yearold son had Mental Health issues but was dreaming of a brighter future. He cared about people. Eporter chicago mayay rahm emanuel has been under pressure to make sweeping changes in an incredible tense chicago. Since last month. The first step in that journey is my step. And im sorry. Reporter he is now calling cases. The officers involved are off the streets and on desk duty. As a Police Review board investigate th shooting. Amy. Abcs alex x rez in chicago. And to the race for the white house. Donald trump taking aim at bill and Hillary Clinton. The republican frontrunner accusing the fororr president of sexism. Abcs mama bruce has more now from washington. Good morning, mary. Reporter after a few quiet days, the campaign trailils now roaring back into full swing this morning. The first primaries are still five weeks away. It seems donald trump is already looking ahead to a battle with Hillary Clinton. Donald trump ended his christmas ceasefire with a flurry of tweets and this new attack on Hillary Clinton. Shes playing that womans card left and right. And women are more upset about it than anybody else. Including most men. Reporter trump intensifying his war of words with the democratic frontrunner. Sexual misconduct. And infidelity. Tweeting Hillary Clinton has announced that shes is letting her husband out to campaign. I think that donald trump or any candidataton the other side of the aisle would raise bill clinton as somehow a negative to their peril. Reporter but trump told abcs this week hes being backed by a movement. People are angry. They are angry. Im not tapping into the anger and some people are saying im doing that. And im not doing it intentionally. Reporter trump also taking aim at the Republican National committee. Blastingnghe Virginia State party over the reqeqrement that they say theyre republican. A move he says can scare off first time voters. Trump tweeting strghten out the Republican Party of virginia before it is too late. Stupid rnc. Now, these latest tweets reflect trumps distrust of the gop leadersh and raise a big independent run. He said hell be loyal as long as hes treated fairly. Amy. More now on this with abc political analyst matthew dowd whos in austin, texas, this morning. Good morning to you matthew. Good morning, amy. Obviously going after hilly and bill works for donald trump leading into the primaries, but is this a strategy that will be effective going beyond that . Well, as you said, amy, it works the one person most hated by republicans is Hillary Clinton. So, anything he does against her is helpful to him. To me its like a scrambling quarterback who might have shortterm success. In the endl their needs may go out. And donald trump is going to face some real problems if he wins the gop nomination in the general elecon. Matt, this goes both ways. Clinton going after trump as well. Any down side for her doing that . It helps her going after he is the most hated political figure among democrats. It helps her there in the primaries. In the end just likehdonald trump i think she creates a problem for the general elections. Where independent voters dont like this back and forth. So each of them, it helps them in the primary but hurts them overall in the general election. Trump has been the dominant figure in the republican race for 2015, looking forward to 2016, who do you think can change that . Well, youre right, amy, he has been the dominant figure hes led ever since hes got into this race. I think e only person who ca brbrg down donald trump is donald trumpmp it has to be selfinflicting wounds. And up to this point he seems to have shot himself in the foot five or six different time e t hasnt slowed down. The only other thing is, if he finishes second in the iowa caucus to ted cruz, we dont know what happens if he loses for the first time thats something that we havent seen donald d ump face. All right, tt dowd, thank you so much. 2016 will be very interesting. The other top stories this morning. Big news out of iraq the military there said its recaptured the city of ramadi from isis fighters. This is a major victory, if true, for the iraqi forces who have been waging a fierce battle in recent days. Theyre now trying to defuse traps and explosives across the city. Ramadi is considered a crucial step toward recapturing mosul. Iraqs second largest city. Baba in this country, fifis at two muslim houses of worship are being called intentional. The fire bombing of a mosque near sacramento is being investigated as a possible hate crime. And a mosque in houston, a fire there. In los angeles firefighters said they could have this wildfire fully contained by tomorrow. The concern nonois rain will trigger mudslides. A man in san diego, fell off a cliff in a scenic overlook, phone. Witnesses say he was trying to take a picture when he walked over the edge. He did not survive. And look at these images the aftermath of a Train Derailment a remote area of australia. The trtrn was carrying sulfuric acid which could cause severe burns. Heavy rains making it difficult for officials there to access this site. Millions of americans have been suffering at the airports during the holidays. Check out what happened to a Business Traveler named Larry Hendricks at the airport in atlanta. He was the 100 millionth passenger. There was a News Conference with the mayor. They gave him a car and free roundtrip tickets to anywhere in the world. Its like e acid trip. But heres the kicker, all the hoopla forced him to miss his connecting flight. Tough stuff. Hes accted all the gifts. However, hes now going to sue no, i made that up. Of the way. Or drive the new car. Thanks, dan. Well turn now to that wild boat chase caught on camera. Lasted 20 hohos. More than 300 miles. Alleged thieves taking on the coast guard on a nearly day long pursuit before they were caught. Reporter this morning, three suspspts in custody after leading authorities on a 20hour boat chase across the gulf of mexico. They werent going to quit. And neither were we. Reporter the wild hunt beginning thursday morning when these men n legedly stole a speedboat in florida, they said the thieves defeating several antitheft devices. The pursuit spanning over 300 miles, trying to ram a sheriffs boat at one point in the chase. Authorities saying the scene was something out of a james bond movie. Luckily enough, we were able e to get out of the way right at the last minute. We had to pull our boat out of the way wrehey were going to come over the top. Reporter the coast guard deploying three aircrafts to the authorities finally apprehending them early christmas morning. Just 70 miles off the cuban coast. Well go the extra mile, in this c ce, we had to go an e era 340 miles. Reporter local Authorities Say boat theft is a local concern in the aa. Deputies investigating an organized boat theft t ng nearby at the timimof the incidentnt for good mornrng america, reena ninan, abc news, new york. All right, reena, thanks so much. Back to meteorologist rob marciano whos in the thick of this. A holiday thats been tough for so many. Not a good day for travel. Not all weekend long. In the st. Louis area the rain has been coming down. Exacerbating things. I70 shut down in both directionsns that doesnt include the snow and the ice thats falling further to the west of here. Winter storm warnings across states north. As it makes its wayo the north d east. Of peoria. Icy situation as we go through tuesday afternoon and chicago as well. 6 to 12 inches of snowfall potentially across parts of the western great lakes and some of this moisture nosing into the northeast, which is going to see some ice north of the i95 corridor. Thats quick check of your national forecast. Heavy snow and sleet will be moving across the area today. Combine this with strong, gusty wind and we are flat out in the midst of a ststng winter storm. Snow totals are generally going to be in the 912 range in many areas with drifts of several feet. Tral will be very dangerous as the day goes on, especially in rural areas and strong wind creating the lowest visibility. Y. His system will wrap up by midevening, with slowly falling temperatures into tuesday. Given the fresh snow in the area, well likely wind up seeing some pretty cold air as well with single digit lows by the enenof the week. 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Snow and ice hitting the c cter of the country along with tornadoes and flooding, taking 43 lives since Holiday Travel began. Also right now, those storms causing widpread Holiday Travels over the holidays. 150000 Flights Canceled, 6,000 flights delayed. Snow in the forecast could mean so, od luck today if youre traveling. Plus, one of the victiti of that deadly shooting shown live on tv said shes almost ready to return to work. Vicki gardner, we wish her well. Also this morning, the beatles back in the news, giving everybody a special Christmas Gift, by streaming their music online. Streamed 50 millionimes in the past 488 hours. S. What was top on the list . Youll be surprised sflp. Hard to pick the favorite we lead off this halfhour with Peyton Manning, one of the greatest and of course the most popular Football Players of all time. Hes fighting back, blalsing the report accusing him of using a bann Human Growth Hormone to help him recover from a potential careerending neck injury. He said its not true. Abcs ryan smith. Reporter Peyton Manning made one of the most stunning coveries in nfl history. The year the very next season. Now, a documentary alleges he receivedanned substances during that recovery and the star denying it. Alga jazeera making allegations about Peyton Manning, sending shock waves through the nfl. The dark sidehows charles, claimed a farm soois at the geyer institute, the se institute that helped rehab him the supersrsr in 2011 after he broke his neck playing for the indianapolis colts. Allhe t te we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs, like a growth hormone, florida. Nevernder Peyton Mannings name. Reporter over the weekend,d, Peyton Manning sacking those complete trash, gar gage. Reporter and furious of claims leveled at his wife. That 2011 injury, so serious, many claimed it would end mannings career. His reemergence the stuff of legends. Its a joke. Reporter the institute slamming sly, saying he was nothing more than athreemonth unpaid intern in 201313 when mannnng wasnt beingtreated. Now sly said he made it all up to test the reporter and recanting in a video posted online. The statements on any recordings and communinitions that ja zeer ya plan to air are absolutely false. Reporter firm will in his corner ares mannings teams. His current team the Denver Broncos saying we do not find this story credible. Working at the institute in 2011, they added that sly fabricated this whole thing for reasons they cant fathom and he wasnt there when manning was being treated. Lets get to dan abrams here withs on a monday. Peyton manning said its complete trash. Can he sue . He certainly could sue. I dont think he will, heres why, even if its false, hell have to show as a legal matter that there was quote, reckless disregard for the truth by al jazeera. That means, because hes public figure hell have to show that al jazeera knew or should have known it was false. Thats a much tougher legal standard. Also when youre talng about defamation, if he sues, a lot of other s sff of his personal life end upcoming in, where there any damages, et cetera . In the end, i dont think hes going to do that. In the meantime of the video story, how big of a deal is that . Yeah, that could help his lawsuit, i mean, he sues and he says its false and they should have known it was false because he would argue, a little bit of investigating, a little pushing of this guy and you, too, would have been able to determine this was lse. That would be a very important factor. If he doesnt go after the folks reporting the story can he go after the guy initially behind it . He sure could, that would be a much easier lawsuit. I would think if hes going to sue he would susu al jazeera, hell say, theyre the ones who were irresponsible for putting this on the air. All right, dan abrams on the big peyeyn manningeadline this morning. Now to a christmas murder mystery. After a young couple was found shot to death in a suv in maine. Reporter this morning, Police Investigating a christmas murder mystery in maine. The officers once they arrived found a vehicle, and nz of that vehicle, found two deceased individuals. Reporter police say the bodies of 35yearold Eric Williams and his girlfriend, 26yearold bonnie were discovered in this suv, parked on a remote dirt road. Just really feeling horrible for their families. Reporter Police Say One of the victims called 911 early freday morning. When oicers arrived, they discovered that suvlesshan a mile from the couples home, the victims in the front seat. Dead, from gunshot wounds. Shock. Disgust. Scary. Reporter authorities are now searching for information on the mysterious double homicide and are hoping to hear from anyone christmas eve, leading to their deaths. Anyone who saw or observed anything contact state police. Reporter families hoping for answs and closure for their loved one and amamang person. Very outgoing. Reporter the suv has been found and towed for evidence. They have set up a goo fund me page for funeral expenses. Such a terrible news. Right around the holiday and incredibly sad. We hope they get some answers. Coming up next here on gogo morning america the hoverboard fails trending big with falls like these. How to stay safe on the s soters der their Christmas Trees all right the beatles are streaming. The surprising classic this morning that has everybody rocking. Can you gss the number one its the walmart clearance event. Starting now, youll find all kinds of low prices. On select apparel, christmas d\cor, and t ts. But hurry before these low clearance prices float away. And with fever, aches, and chills, mom knows s needs a big solution an antiviral. 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Even tweeting this warning devices from flights. I didnt think i would get injured that badly. Reporter he documented his first hoverboard ride. He fls twice. They have received dozens of reports of injuries and is expecting that number to grow. Experts urge everyone toear spin. Get a helmet. Reporter for good morning new york. Joining us now is the ceo and founderf the hoverboard company company. They have some tips on how to ride these safely. What you should be wearing before you get on. Always have a helmet when youre gliding. Wear elbow and wrist guards. Some tips on what to do your glide nee to calibrated in order for it to work properly. So, how you test that is, you want to lift the wheel up and just press your hand with the foot pad if the wheel is spinning and not spinning its calibrated. Tims on getting on safely. Not too much toe and too much heel. You want the widest stance possible. And getting off . To get off, what y y do it looks so easy. Its not intuitive for you to step back. People step forward. When youre riding it, what are your tips for safety . Have a safe posture, look straight ahead and dont look down. Thank you so much. Hopefully, everyone can stay sasa safefe coming u u next, wellll find out what your favorite beatles was the biggest hit thats next. Its the walmart clearance event. Starting now, youll find all kinds of low prices. On select apparel, christmas d\cor, and toys. But hurry before these low clclrance prices float a ay. At chilis, lunch combos come with your choice of soup or salad and a side of homestyle fries. Order from over 15 different lunch combos for just 6, 7, or 8 bucks. Cue it. She only does it during the commercial break. Thank you for doing that, amy. She dropped the ball. Sorry. And their Christmas Gift for so many of us, releasing so many of theirir songs online. Which song is getting the most play . Take a look. Come together right now over me r rorter finally, we can all come together. Let it be let it be reporter and let it stream. On christmas eve, for the first time ever, the beatles legendary catalogue, 224 songs across 13 studio albums were added to nine streaming services, including spotify, applpl music and google play. She loves you reporter and we love them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here comes the sun repepter in thehe first 48 over 50 million times. 65 of beatles beboppers on spotify were under the age of 34. Looking at the streaming totals, come together is the worlds favorite by the fab four. Followed byy let it be and my personal favorite, hey jude. Hey jude your personal favorite. You slipped that right in there. I love hey jude. Youre checking yournotes. We have a couple of favorites. I love i want to hold your hand. I like long and windy road. For me, its dear we have a baby around the house wheels on the bus. S. We have been playing some beatles. The wheels have come off the bus. 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And then your only concern will be how to spend the cash. Welcome back to Good Morning America. Along the banks of the Missouri River where were covering the flooding situation here the st. Louis area. Meanwhile cold not only here but across the st. Look at the amounts, bigtime snow there. Good morning america is the bright side of car buying. `t3n 24 a`n 1 tt2w`t3n 24 bm`n tt4w`t3n 24 dzlq ,p4 tt4w`t3n 24 enlq \tt tt4w`t3n 24 gzl es, good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. M. Deadly storms pounding the heartland. Tornadoes ripping through arkansas, snowstorms slamming the midwest. Now, new travel nightmares for everyone trying to get home from the holidays madonnas fight for her son the pop star embroiled in a custody battle with her ex. Her son refusing to come home for christmas. The hidddd dangers in your howed to lers are getting their hands on pills in ways parents never expected. Katies got one open. Dr. Besser breaking down the risks. And the billiondollar blockbuster, star wars the force awakens slamming records at warp speed. And were kicking off the new year with a bang, buzzfeed is here to help you throw an amazing bashshn a budget as we say all good morning, america. And good morning, everyone, you are looking at the Football Team from Choate Rosemary hall, yeah, as we look forward to tonights monday night football game. Peyton mannings Denver Broncos taking on the cincinnati bengals. Squares. Check this out. Look at that, left and right. 70 pounds he dropped. His way of working out made all the difference for her and his moer. Deb roberts is here to break it down. Speaking of new w ars, if youre throwing a party to welcome in 2016, we have the tips on how to throw the ultimate bash at a bargain. Our friends from buzzfeed here to show us how to raise a glass to the new year without breaking theback. But first, lets raise a glass to dan harris. Thank you, guys. Big story this morning, the killer storms delaying travel across the south and the midwest this morning. At least 15 people have died in the historic flooding in the midsouth and mississippi valley. More than 10 inches of rain falling in arkansas and missouri, whihi has declared a state of emergency. Near dallas, theyre just now beginning to assess the damage after powerful tornadoes left at least 11 people dead, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and abcs matt gutman is right there. Matt, good morning to you. The scope of the damage here, these mounds of debris go on house after house. Over a 40mile stretch in north texas. That tornado packing 200 miles an hour winds. Destroying houses made out of brick and more or th 11 People Killed in that storm. Five of them killed along i30. The storm descending in the dark. They had nowhere totrun or hide. That tornado illuminated only by the flashes lightning inside. The transformers it was exploding. From the air, you can see that 100yardwide scar that the tornado left in the earth here in texas. Cars and trailers tossed like toys. I spoke a a lice chief here, he said that theyre not even talking about cleaning up, theyre talking about gging oul, getting rid of this debris and hazards so people can come and get their things. He said it could be months, maybe e en years, before they rebuild these communities. A long road ahead of them. Matt gutman, thank ycu. Meanwhile, for millions of americans today, snow and ice the big problele. In new mexico and oklahoma, blizzard conditions trapped drivers with drifts up to 10 feet high. That storm now stretches all of the way to wisconsin. Rob marcianos full forecast coming up shortly. The other big story which appears to be a major defeat for isis. Iraqi Government Forces sai they have now recaptureded the strategic city of ramadi. Chicagos mayor is demanding a review of how police handle calls after two people were shot and killed this weekend, including a 55yearold grandmother and mentally disturbed teenager. Police acknowleded the shooting of the woman was a mistake. The teenager had allegedly threatened his father with a bat. Some good news this s rning about childhood asthma, a new study finds that dropping off. A british couple is celebrating a special christmas delivery, they are the proud owners of a cloned puppy. He is the first puppy produced from the dna of a dog deceasas for more than fifi days. The owners said they were griefstricken when their boxer died in june. They spent 100,000 to college clone him. And finally, the man known as the clown prince of basketball has died, Meadowlark Lemon was the star for the Harlem Globetrotters for more than two decades. Impressing eveveone with his behind the back shots. Playing more than 16,000 games before he retired in 1978, he was a costar on several tv shows and was later inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame. He was a ao a fulltime minister. Meadowlark lemon was 83 years old. To boston gardenneeing the Harlem Globetrotters seeing whatever team they played. Giant smis. Tnks. Lets head it over to sara with the morning menu. Lets take a look at whats ahead. Madonnas legal battle. Her son says he wants to live with her ex. But the Material Girl is fighting back. And the hidden dangers in your home, the pill boxes that could be a surprising risk for your kids. Dr. Besser is here what you need to know. And this mans amazing weight loss story, how he flipped the switchchnd changed his life for good. How about some football right here in times square. Oh, come on, come on. Come on Good Morning Americas morning menu is brought to you by centrum. He Nations Capital to support an important cause that can change the way you live for years totoome. 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Reportete shes currently embroiled in a custody battle with her exhusband guy ritchie over 15yearold rocco, hes apparently living with his father in england and reportedly doesnt want to return to live with his mother in new yk. But last wednesday, madonna asked a new york city judge to order his return from london. Its a little unclear what is going on. But it may be a case of a teenager growing up and having some rebellious spirit. Recently, madonna said he really embodies the rebel heart. Hes growingng up. Its hard to raise a teenager. Its hard under the microscope. Reporter madonna photographed leaving court last week. After the judge ordered the teen to return to the u. S. The teen will reportedly get his own courttpointed attorney, which might allolohim to make a request to live with his father since september, madonna has been super busy on h htour. But hes joined her on tour. Hes been helping out backstage. Reporter madonna and ritchie divorced in 2008. Ending their sevenyear marriage. C news has reached o o both to madonna and ritchie and neither has responded. And lets bring back abc news legal analyst dan abrams. And dan, rocco is a child. But hes 15 years old. Does his opinion matter when the court hears this . It absolutely doesmatter. But he doesnt have the final say. He cant say i want to stay with dad and heets to stay with dad. He has to come home and have this litigated in new york court. What will happen is, hell be assigned an attorney, called a guardian who represents the to live with dad, hell tell his lawyer i want to live with dad, here are the reasons. Hell list the reasons. Then, in all likelihood, if they agree these are good reasons, they would then recommend to the court, this is what my opinion is as representative of the child is in this case. When youre talking about someone whos 1515 getting close 16, that could have a lot of sway on the court. Remember, this kid is in school. There are a lot of issues here. And you say likely thth will take place in new york, any chance that guy ritchie could have this heard in britain, over in the uk . He could try but, because thehe child is still considered a new york resident, i think almost certainly the british courts would say, theyre dealing with this in new york. Rutherfords case, t ty sent the kids to monaco and sort of invited the monaco court to take over. You dont have anything like that here. Certainly, you would have a new york court resolving it. But its certainly possible if rocco feels strongly about it. That could have a big impact. It should be very quick. All right, dan, thanks so much. Now to a warning for parents this morning about the hidden risks of pill boxes for your children. As so many travel to visit grandparents this Holiday Season, little ones could find their way into medicine thats not in a childresistant bottle. This is eye opening this morning and take a look at what dr. Besser heard. Reporter its a sound no little kid should bebeaking. Icking open a pill b b. Childresistant caps are designed to help keep kids under five from getting into medications. 2012, more than 64,000 children under 5, went to a poisoning and in many cases, the medicine belonged to a parent or grand parent. With the help of a montclare Childrens Hospital in manhattan, we got some little kids together to see if they could open medication containers, childresistant and not. How do you open these . Yeah, im not going to tell you. Reporter but getting into weekly pill organizers, which are meant to be easily opened by elderly is a different story. 3yearold margo opened this pill box in nine seconds. Okay, you got that one open. That one opened up, gabriella . Yes. Reporter let me see. You wantt to try another one. Reporter experts say the eyecatching bottles look like toys. Use them for storage for toys or for arts and crafts. When they see that, theyre curious and they put things in their mouth. Reporter while 3 out of our 5 little kids broke into those boxes in under 15 seconds. Even faster. If you get it open, just tell me. Keegan got one open. Kakae got one open. Daddy let me do this. 4yearold kai got into a childresistant bottle. Every 4yearold in our group opened the pill organizer ss in under 4 seconds. Parents were shocked. I was surprised that he could open this up. I definitely thought maybe we should makaksure that pill box goes on a higher shelf at her grandparents place. Reporter but the kids catch on fast. If you find somethinlike this at home, who shohod you tell right away . Your mommy. Reporter thats right, your mommy or your daddy. No, you dont take it out of their r om. Dont touch. Reporter dont touch. For Good Morning America, dr. York. Wow, thats eye opening. Little more on this morning, the most dangerous pills kids get their hands on are pain relievers and keep p high up on the shelel so they cant t ach. With small kids, im passed that. Its a scary thing. The new year is just days away and were helpingou jumpstart your 2016 wqth the number one new years resolution r so many yep, losing weight. A Political Insider whos helped win elections is now revealing how he also won the battle of the bulge in his new book fatburning m mhine. And abcs Deborah Roberts is here with more on his story. Good morning, deborah. Reporter you may be wondering what a political straragist knows about lososg weight. Well, it turns out that he knows plenty after he put his help of personal trainers and learned to finally switch the flip to get healthy. For years, michael steered political campajgns. Like for bill and Hillary Clinton. But while his caer was expanding so was his waistline. You were on the campaign trails, what, eating junk. Yeah, i was 245 pounds. I said thats enough. I thought,ow would i solve the problem . Use the same research and analytical techniques. Speak to doctors, trainers reporter after dropping nearly 70 pounds, hes now sharing his secrets in a new book called become a fatburning machche. He says the first step was learning he was a fat storer, not a fat burner. Gaining weight around the middle. Your markers, your cholesterol and glucose will tell you right away. Reporter then he discovered as he says how to flip the switch. Flip the switch means eating the right combinations of food that your body can process and reporter focusing on meals with lean meats and leafy veggies. The e g moment came when he learned about miracle intervals. My coach taught me these, if i was jogging, jog a little faster foror little longer and then take it easy. I was getting the benefits not from accelerating but when i was slowed down. Reporter he showed e how it all worked. I would think the harder you work out the more weigig youre going g lose. Deborah, its the opposite. You need to work out a really even pace and speed it up from time to time to teach your body how to burn fat. If we want to speeeeup a little bibi again, youre beating me. You boil it down to why this is different. This is different because were combining a highoctane foods that are designed to burn and miracle intervals that are going to teach your body how to reporter including someone in his innermost circle. Deborah, the hardest candidate i ever worked with was my mom. Getting her on the plan. Mom has lost 61 pounds in less than 9 months and im so proud of her. Mike says his mom like 63 of americans believe that she was a fatstoring machine, her success began whwh she added a lot of fatburning foods like egg whites and roasted veggies, leafy vegetables, and then she began slow exercising, walking even swimming and began losing weight. The key is to do the nutrition part first and then slowly add in that exercise. Not so much that youre starving. You looked great on that rowing machine there. But i was starving afterwards and he was feeling pretty good. Deborah, thank you. Fatburning machine is available tomorrow. Rerepes on our website, goodmorningameriri. Com on yahoo . And, now, lets head out to rob in st. Louis. Good morning, again, amy, the cold rains contie along here the Missouri River. Which continues to rise and will do so for the next couple of days. We obviously have a Severe Weather threat with this system as well, new tornado out there. Also looking at flooding, 14 states under a Flash Flood Watch in some cases for the next couple days. Atlanta, youll get a second round on wednesday. Could see 3, 4, 5 inches of rainfall there. Some icing this morning in chicago, eventually turning to rain. Some winteheavy snow and sleet will be moving across the area todada combine this with strong, gusty wiwi and we are flat out in the midst of a strong winter storm. Snow totals are generally going to be in the 912 range in many areas with drifts of several feet. Travel will be very dangerous as the day goes on, especially in n ral areas wiwi the falling snow lowest visibility. This system will wrap up by midevening, with slowly falling temperatures into tuesday. Given the fresh snow in the area, well likely wind up seeing some prprty cold air as well with single digit lows by the end of the week. Stay safe heavy snow and sleet wil the rains forecast to eventually end here later on tonight. Until then, its cold and wet. A nic cup of hot cocoa will go nice witita little pop news right now. Back to you guys in new york. Come back soon, rob. Oh, no. Hes always in a warmer outfit. Next time we come to him hes going to be wearing a suit of armor. Roros m mic is playing, too. Here it is. Because we cant get enough of it. Star wars the force awakens took a hyperspace route to a billiondollar mark in box office. Fastererhan any other movie. E. It vaporized the standing Holiday Box Office and best second weekend ever for a movie. Some secrets of the film are leaking out. Dont worry, no spoilers here, people. Some cameos that i missed. Let menow if you saw any of these. You dont see him butut you hear comedian bill hader. British actor simon pegg plays an alien. Okay, wouldnt have known that. Ewan mcgregor voiced obiwan kekebi. And daniel craig was a stormtrooper. I thought that was revealed. I never saw that. I didnt, either. He was in a key scene, actually. Better than sean connerys. I saw theovie no. That was a collion of two you know, the thing is, you hit that billiondollar mark. Been im going again. Ill take everybody for the second time. From star wars royalty to just royalty. An embarrassing dad. Prince william and prince harry getting very candid about what their father Prince Charles is really like in a new documentary. The princes say their dad has a tendency to laugh at all the wrong times. Which i think makes him super ol. Charles also has such poor penmanship that the brothers dont know if theyre being scolded or congratulated in a letter. Hes grateful for them because he can take care of them when theyre older. Lets be honest come on. I love when the royals scold, they write letters. You know when youre in trouble in the haynes household. And finally, what did you get your grandma for christmas . Well, im sure it doesnt trying Virtual Reality for the first time. Take a look. [ laughterer is she watching did she have eggnog . Shes watching a roller coaster, but how amazing is grandmother marie, the pipes on that woman are still fresh and very youthful. Shes holding on to someones hand. Im glad they sat her down. If you put those goggles on, you can fall over. Safer than the hoverboard. I thought she was watching Good Morning America. Just wanting to make sure. David, were good but not that good. Pop news with sara. Coming up here, we have a moving and emotional story of a father son relationship grew up his son came out. And a performance from on your feet. To you by planet fitness, home let your body feel the heat let your body feel the heat dont you worry youre looking at a special performance of Gloria Estefans dance classic on your feet, its from her new smash hit broadway musical. Well have much h re. Isnt it beautiful out here . It is beautiful. Its nice and refreshing. Youre wearing a coat, however. David and i are trying to be tough. All right. Sara is going to show us how to celebrate the newewear in its almost time to ring in 2016 and weve got the secret to throwing a bash to remember without breaking the bank. Here t thelp us plan an amazazg new years party for 15 people under 75 our friends from buzzfeed. Were starting right off with some yummy, delicious food. With ththfood, right, so these are pizza pops and cake pops champagne cake pops. Theyre so pretty. They are. No utensils necessary. The cake pops are just cake dipped in chocolate. Sprinkled in edible glitter. Its super easy, you can make them with your kids. You do have to have champagne. But if you want a cheaper party, you can ask yoyo friends to byob. Always ask your friends to byob, okay. Lets see how much those ring up to. Because were going to keep a running total. Okay, so far, not bad. Not bad at all. Okay, and weve still got some food going on. Its a champag cheese dip. Youre keeping thatathampagne theme. Happy new year. You can use beer if you want to, its just three ingredients, two kinds of cheese, you make it in your slow cooker. You can do it ahead of time. You can serve it right in there, too. Okay, this stays in. Lets see the price for this. Youre literally making my m nu one item at a time. Its not bad. And only three ingredients in that one. Super easy. Now, we have to drink. Absolutely. Heres a r rlly great way to make your drinks e en more fun, glitter ice cubes. Using the same edible glitter. Beautiful. This is so cool. This is so incredible. More sparkly than regular glitter. You can get it in a cake store, baking supply store, and you make ice cubes like regular, sprinkle the glitter up top. You want it to be clear, boil then make the ice and youre promising me we can eat this . Absolutely, i promise. Will it be on your tongue . Yes, but its new yeas. So, how much is this . Lets see. I feel like im on family feud. Sorry, okay. We got to decorate ourselves asasell. Papay hats, a new years must. You let guests fill them up. Out. Theyre e rfect conversation starters. And then they cut them out, tie them on with ribbon. A fun wayo feel festive. Also something that you can get the kids in on. What is our price for these hats . Okay, wow, that was almost as much as my champagne cake pops. Got everything our glitter, our pops, our dip, our pizza pops, our hats. Weweeed to make sure we said we would d ay under 75 and thehe total is 70. 99. Ladies, this is fo 15 people. Wow, party is all fun and games until that went off. Thank you to our friends at buzzfeed. You can get these recipes on our website. Now, were going to send it back to roromarciano in st. Louis. Happy new year. Happy new year to you guys, celebrate in style and inside if you can do it. Its time for Good Morning Americas football countdown, righghnow, where tonight the broncos take on the broncos at Mile High Stadium for monday night football on espn. Mike greenberg and mike golic of espn radio, of coujse, have a take on the game. To beat. Heres the forecast for the game itself, looking at cold weather with temperatures right around 19 degrees, so the snow will be well off towards the east. The action starts toght at 8 15 on espn. Tune in to see who the unsung area today. Combine this with strong, gusty wind and we are flat out in the midst of a strong winter storm. Snowowotals are generally going to be in the 912 range in many areas with drifts of several feet. Travel will be very dangerous as the day goes on, especially in rural areas with the falling s. Ow they would be playing in a dome here in st. Louis for sure as the rain continues to come down. Amy, back up to you. Rob, thanks so much. Joy is taking on the box office with superstars Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and the one and only robt de niro, he plays a divorced dad who moves i got to speak with him about it all. Youre going to tell me how to be divorced. Im a provider. I have my own business. I help joy with the mortgage. What do you do . You sing all night, you get repeatedly fired from campbells soup. Okay, im going to divide the basement. This isnt the proper way to be divorced. D. Im about to be late for work. So, please, try not to fight in front of the children. Were happy to have twotime oscar winner Robert De Niro here with us this morning. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. So, this time, yoyowork more closely wiwi jennifer lawawnces character in that youre her father. She said about you, working opposite you is like driving an aston martin. Shes being very nice. Car what would she be . Thats a good question. A very nice car. This is your third time working with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper and the magic is just truly there. How was this different if at all from the other two films . The other two, Silver Linings was what it was. And american hustle, i wanted to do it to be a part of the group again. You can meld those things more easily than just working with somebody they know they work and you see them. And the formula is clearly working. David said he enjoys giving you a part where youre a man in love. He also has a temper. He always thinks hes in love. My character thinks hes a romantic, but hes also hes not so sure at times. He suspects he might be the same type. It takes one to know one. Ththg. There are s se newcomers to the film. Among them, isabella rossellini. You were a witness in her wedding to martin skorsese. One of the best men at thei wedding. That was 35 years ago. We did a little digging we found d ur featured film debeb. Do you know what film it was . The wedding party. It was a french movie. Lets take a look. I dont know if youll see me, i was an extra. Youre right there, youre right behind her shoulder. See . Are you smoking a cigarette . I never seen that. Youre saying, you have never seen it. Thats your featured film debut. I was going to ask you what you were thinking . But you probably have no idea. No. I was an extra. Id like to get that clip so i can look at it again. You steal the scene actually over her shoulder, i think. Thank you so much for being with us. Robert, always a pleasurur thank you. And joy is in theaters now. Coming up the moving story of a father and son and the revelation that brought them closer together. Well be right back. Gmas football countdown natio the thing is, none of us en know. Were not even in on this. Wed love to tell you alright, our friend ken newman sat here in the 90s. But in his new book, he and his n are writing about t eir complicated relationship and their journey toward acceptance after his son came out. Abcs juju chang has their story. They still most warn them of their rights. Good morning, america. Reporter on the outside kevin newman seemed to have it all gleaming career, perfect family. But inside, the former Good Morning America anchor was struggling. It all . I think what prevents some dads from having that kind of conversation is this idea of being a hero to their kids. But they need to know we fail, were uncertain but, when they hit that in their lives, they know its not just them. Reporter in chasing success, newman s sd he neglected the people who needed him most, particularly son alex, who at 17 came out about being gay. You were having a midlife crisis and he was having a identity crisis. I was struggling with my identity in american television. Alex was starting to struggle with his own identity as a teenager. Reporter in their new book, all out, they chronicle their journey of acceptancf of one another but also of themselves. Your parents accepted you, and yet even you talk about feelings of feeling suicidal. What my father would do. I had these moments of proof while i was growing up that he disapproved of the lifestyle. I was scared that the unconditional love had my entire life was at risk. For me, it was realizing over time that i was homophobic and i cod always accept my son. But i didnt always accept h frfrnds and social settitis. And that to me, as a semismart man was disturbing and disappointing. Itit a very dangerous transition, fraught with anger, confusion, but most of all, the fear of rejection. Reporter it took reporting onnother familys gay son for a canadian documentary for newman to understand his own son. An evolution perfectly captured by this spontaneous photo with alexs boyfriend. Ten years of wondering was over. I have a dream as a father out there that is frightened by their childs sexuality, they want to lolo their child. Eyre confused. Theyre uncertain and insecure. I hope that this book in that mans hands allows him to feel sasa to open the conversation with their child. Reporter for Good Morning America, juju chang, abc news, toronto, canada. Really brave. Great to see kevin again and alex looks just like his dad. Doesnt he . Yes, he does. A great family story. When we come back here, get on your feet. The performance right after the hey this hoday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellulasized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the m mdle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular d get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Seventime grammy winner Gloria Estefan and her husband emilio are turning the beat around on broadway with the sizzling musical about their lives. Youre about to see why. I spoke with the superstar couple and we have a very special performance from them. What was it like watching a your life in form of a it was surreal. They actually they pulled me into the story. So, its almost like im watching someone elses story. Some momomts hit home. Other than that, its party. Youre in the audience almost every night, what is the reaction from the audience . Were hiding. Were hiding. Because what happenenwould disrupt the show. Last night a guy in front of me, he was crying. I gave him a kleenex. Dont hide now. Heres the cast of on your feet. Show. Take it away, guys. At night rhythm is going to get you when you turn off all the lights theres no place you can hide oh no the rhythm is going to get you rhythm is going to get you no clue of whats happening to you through the rhythm but before this night is through the rhythm everybody gather round now letetour body feel the heat let your body feel the heat dont you worry if you cant dance shake your body shake your body shake your body turn the beat around turn it upsidedown love to hear it love to hear it love to hear it note makes me want to momo my body turn the beat around love to hear it love to hear it get up and dance open up your eyes then you realize here i stand with my everlasting love need you by side always be my bride youll never be denied everlasting love get on your feet get up and make it happen get on your feet david in the morning. David at night. David all day. Its been a ainteresting year. David were just happy youre right here. Oh, thanks. These guys are the best. Well do it again tomorrow before we go, we want to show you that grandmother who was so excited shes watchchg david muir. Shes trying out Virtual Reality for the first time and hopefully not the last. Well have what shes having. Yeah. See you tomorrow. Well h he what shes having. See you tomorrow. Announcer its live with kelly michael. Today, s sr of the blacklist, james spader. And from the series downton abbey, elizabeth mcgovern. Plus a performance from the legendary sisier songwriter carly simon. Also, tune in for your chance to win a luxurious tropical vacation, all next on live. [captioning made possible by [music playing]