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Life. And the search under way at this hour. Go go high in the sky. The College Students going head to head for a recordbreaking battle of cornhole. Who will win one of the most popular games as the schools get ready for the huge football playoffs . Go big or go home good morning, america. Great to have world news tonight anchor david muir with us once again. Great to count down to the new year with you, amy. Always a pleasure. And we have breaking news to begin with on good morning america. That manhunt for the wealthy teen, ethan couch, on the run with his mom after allegedly violating probation for a deadly drunk driving accident. Hes transformed his look there and now detained in mexico. Well have the latest coming up. But also breaking this morning, the weather. And we want to get to that rough morning for millions of americans now. Preparing for a messy commute this morning. These are pictures from our affiliate wcvb in boston this morning. What a mess. The midwest, as well, reeling from that deadly flash flooding and rob is in missouri right now. This whole system moving eastward, as well. Hey, good morning, david. Yes, the storm may have moved on. The rivers continue the rise, including the mississippi and its tributaries. This is the town of kimswick. They brought in heavy equipment and dozens of volunteers to try to protect their town later this week. Blizzard conditions, combining with record rainfall and floods, claiming dozens of lives as the Deadly Midwest storm barrels towards the northeast this morning. In missouri four visiting soldiers stationed at a local military base dead after their car swept away in this flooded roadway. Dozens of volunteers are now scrambling to fill sandbags and shore up levees as the Mississippi River is expected to crest higher than it has in 22 years. Never really been faced with it being so fast. The waters come up really fast. Reporter water rescues across the midwest. Water rescue. School bus occupied by at least 18. Reporter overnight in illinois, this school bus carrying a Girls High School Basketball Team skidded off the road and into floodwaters. 18yearold Brianna George was on that bus. Oh, yeah. We were scared. Some people were crying. Reporter in oklahoma residents panicked as the Illinois River crest three times higher than its previous high in the 1950s. Ive lived here for 30 years and never before seen anything like this. Reporter while in texas the cleanup from those monster tornadoes giving way to ice and sleet. A very springlike tornado outbreak and a very springlike flood happening across the middle of the country. Tremendous amounts of rainfall for the month of december, nearly unheard of. The bulls eye over missouri. A lot of this funneling down the Missouri River and into the Mississippi River valley. Flood warnings ongoing, really. Several rivers expected to crest not for several days. Flood watches in place for the southeast. A lot of rain here yesterday now a wintry mix across parts of new england. Amy . Rob, thank you. That monster winter storm system is on the move as you just heard from rob, snow and ice causing major problems for millions of americans hitting the road this morning. 20 states now under winter storm alerts. Abcs linzie janis is in boston which just last winter got that recordbreaking amount of snow. Linzie, good morning. Reporter good morning, amy. This winter has finally arrived. The boston area getting up to three inches of snow overnight. But the real issue is this freezing rain that you see. Its hitting the ground. Creating ice on the roadways. Were just outside of boston at the massachusetts turnpike. Drivers are being asked to proceed with extreme caution. The concern is because this is the first snowstorm of the season, it may catch people offguard. Boston had its snowiest winter ever last year. 110. 6 inches in total. A lot of people not ready to go through that again. David and amy . All right, linzie, thanks. Drive safely with the team. We move on to breaking news overnight, mexican authorities, as you mentioned, detaining wealthy 18yearold ethan couch. Known as the affluenza teen after a fatal drunk driving accident. The texas teenager and his mother were on the run for weeks, after he allegedly violated probation. They were both taken into custody near Puerto Vallarta. Abcs matt gutman has the latest. From ft. Worth, texas, this morning. Reporter good morning, david. We learned that authorities are now in the process of bringing ethan couch back here. U. S. Marshals alerted mexican authorities that he was in Puerto Vallarta. Ethan couch famously blond apparently dyeing his hair and goatee black. Overnight, a threeweeklong International Manhunt for ethan couch coming to an end in mexico, with this booking photo. Abc news confirming the 18yearold and his mother tonya were detained at about 6 00 p. M. In the popular resort town of Puerto Vallarta. The blond teens hair and goatee now dyed black, his shirt open. His hands appear to be cuffed behind his back. The mother, who authorities tell us refused to sit still to be photographed, apparently also changing her look. Cutting her hair. Mother and son are now being transported to guadalajara as the Legal Process to fly them back to the u. S. Begins. Affluenza. Too rich for jail. Reporter couch was just 16 when he killed four people drunk driving in 2013. He pled guilty but was sentenced to only probation after his legal team argued he suffered from affluenza. An unrecognized condition caused by his spoiled upbringing that apparently prevented him from knowing right from wrong. I have never seen a case that sparked such outrage that sparked such emotion from people. Four totally innocent people were taken away in a second by the irresponsible actions of this juvenile. Reporter that video posted earlier this month to twitter shows couch at party near a beer pong table. The sheriff believes that is what caused couch, who is not supposed to drink according to his probation, to skip his next probation meeting and flee. But i think it was the trigger that sent him running once that video surfaced. Reporter the u. S. Marshals and fbi joined the hunt for couch last week amid worries the parolee would flee the country and change his appearance. He is not the kind of person who rehabilitates, who learns his lesson. Reporter after his conviction, couch never spent a single night in prison. That is likely to change. But because he is still considered a juvenile mere in texas and is only suspect ofd a single probation violation, its unlikely hell spend much time behind bars here. David . Matt, thanks so much. We want to bring in dan abrams this morning. Dan, always great to have you with us. If he was on the run because of these social media videos, which Authorities Say he was, doesnt this make this a lot worse for him now . Sure. It doesnt help at all that hes seems to be trying to escape. But as an escape effort, you go to Puerto Vallarta over christmas when everyone there are american tourists . I mean, i think theres this image that, oh, you can go to mexico and you can escape justice. If you go to mexico, theyre going to send you back. If you go to mexico, you have to hide in mexico. You cant go to Puerto Vallarta and hope that youre not going to get caught there. So, he is in more legal trouble than he was. But i think smatd right. That youre talking about Still Limited amount of time behind bars because theyre still going to have to prove that he violated the probation in the sense that he was drinking. Just being at the party where people are drinking isnt going to be enough to put him behind bars. But the fact that he left, and if they can prove that he was trying to escape, that could do it. All right, so dont go to Puerto Vallarta. Thats the lesson here. In the meantime, the mother, how much does she face in terms of punishment if she did help him run . If the goal was, if the intent was for her to help him evade justice she could be facing the criminal justice system, as well. So theyre now both facing the possibility of being in jeopardy because of this. But, again, theyre going to have to prove that they werent just on vacation, but that this was an intentional effort to evade justice. Vacations over. Yep. Dan abrams, thanks. Now to cleveland, a city on edge this morning after a grand jury decided thought to indict the two Police Officers involved in that shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. Rices family saying they are saddened but not surprised by the grand jurys decision. Abcs t. J. Holmes has the latest. Reporter marches in cleveland overnight. No justice. No peace. Reporter in new york city as well. Justice for all tamir rice. Reporter after a grand jury refused monday to indict two officers in the shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. The death of tamir rice was an absolute tragedy. It was horrible, unfortunate and regrettable. But it was not, by the law that binds us, a crime. Reporter the shooting captured on Surveillance Video was a perfect storm of human error according to the prosecutor. Rice was shot by rookie officer Timothy Loehmann outside a Cleveland Rec Center in november of 2014. The officer and his training partner Frank Garmback were responding to a report of someone with a gun. And mistook rices toy gun for a real one. To any observer its difficult to distinguish between the real and fake gun. Reporter the shooting shook cleveland. Whose streets . All our streets. Reporter tamirs mother made clear in an earlier interview with George Stephanopoulos what she hoped the outcome of the investigation would be. Im looking for a conviction. For both of the officers. Reporter but the rice family lawyer claims the prosecutor sabotaged the grand jury case. You dont believe this grand jury got a clear picture, they were essentially steered in a particular direction. Absolutely no question that the prosecutor orchestrated an effort to exonerate these officers. Reporter a protest is scheduled for here in cleveland this afternoon. Meanwhile, the officers are still on are you stricted duty. A review is going on by the city and the department of justice. Meanwhile, the family is now pursuing a civil suit. David . T. J. Holmes in cleveland for us, thanks. We turn now to the race for the white house, your voice, your vote. Donald trump on the attack targeting bill and hillary clinton, also republican rival Chris Christie under attack. Hes seeing a new surge in New Hampshire. And abcs mary bruce has the latest for us. Reporter this morning donald trump taking aim at a new target, Chris Christie. Blasting the new jersey governor overnight in New Hampshire where christie is surging. Suggesting he knew about the lane closings at the center of the bridgegate scandal. Theyre closing the biggest bridge in the united states, the most traveled on bridge, one of them in the world. And most traveled on in the united states. Youre doing that and youre not telling the governor and youre with him all the time. Reporter fresh attacks after the New Hampshire union leader endorsed christie and recently described trump as the grownup bully biff in the back to the future movies. You have a very dishonest newspaper up here. Reporter this, as trump ramps up his attacks against clinton. She says, oh, wed love to run against trump. Its her worst nightmare. Reporter they used to be friendly. The clintons attending trumps wedding in 2005 but now trump is slamming both clintons as the former president gets ready to campaign for his wife. Trump tweeting, if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with his terrible record of women abuse while playing the womens card on me, shes wrong. Trump previously said bill clintons infidelity was not an issue. Look at the trouble bill clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant. And they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. Reporter the frontrunners latest feud started when trump used a vulgar word to describe clintons loss to obama in 2008. A crass term hes defending. Can i say the word . Obama i wont say it. By the way, that word, thats a common word in new york. And it means to be beaten badly. Reporter now clinton will be back on the campaign trail later today in New Hampshire. And her Campaign Says she will not be bullied or distracted by these attacks against her, or hur husband. David . Mary bruce in washington, mary, thanks so much. Its not even 2016 yet. But so much more to come. Much more to come. Probably today. Lets get to weekend gma anchor dan harris with the other top stories this morning. Starting with a new Terror Threat as we approach the holiday. Thats right. Good morning, everybody. Police in belgium arrested two people suspected of plotting an end of the year attack in brussels. They allegedly had isis propaganda and military style equipment but no weapons or explosives. Belgium raised its Terror Threat level. Authorities say the arrests are not connected to the recent attacks in paris. A security scare during president obamas vacation in hawaii. A drone was spotted flying near the president s motorcade. The secret service tracked down the man flying the drone who said he wasnt aware the motorcade was nearby. No charges will be filed. A big loss in the world of music this morning. The man known as the godfather of heavy metal has died. The ace of spades the ace of spades thats motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister singing, ace of spades. He was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. Lemmy, as he was known, was 70 years old. An overtime thriller on monday night football. The broncos made this field goal and bengals got their last chance but a. J. Mccarron fumbled the snap. This win earns the broncos a spot in the playoffs. And finally, one way to make the most of an outrageous delay at the airport. This is danny roderick. Because of weather, he was stuck at ohare parent in chicago for 50 hours, all the while a diamond ring was burning a hole in his pocket. So since he couldnt get to phoenix to propose to his girlfriend, he texted her a picture of the ring. In her response she used the term omg twice which he took to me, yes. And danny says henceforth all sensitive communication in his marriage will be conduct via text, which marriage counselors everywhere say is a brilliant idea. Really have to think it through except when it auto corrects you. When im planning a boys trip to vegas, just send a text. Yolo. It wont be omg, though. It will be something else. Itll be get home now. Thanks, dan. Thank you, dan. To the very latest in those explosive accusations involving superstar quarterback Peyton Manning. The nfl saying its reviewing the report alleging he used performanceenhancing drugs to stage one of the greatest football comebacks ever. He fiercely denies it and is considering suing. Abcs ryan smith has the very latest. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, amy. As dan said, the Denver Broncos playoffbound last night. But without their iconic star. Hes been sidelined for the past few weeks with a foot injury. His teammates have his back, one saying he believed manning 100 but the controversy continues as al jazeera is releasing more information about that rehab facility. This morning, Peyton Manning weathering the storm of controversy. Peyton manning missing a sixth game tonight with his foot injury. Reporter the super bowl winner slamming accusations made in the al Jazeera Documentary the dark side showing charles sly, said to be a pharmacist at the Guyer Institute, where manning received treatment for a debilitating neck injury in 2011 talking to an undercover athlete about sending the star growth hormones. All the time, we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs. A growth hormone, everywhere, florida. Never be under peytons name. Always be under her name. Its completely fabricated. Complete trash, garbage. Reporter the Guyer Institute saying sly was nothing more than a threemonth unpaid intern in 2013 when manning wasnt being treated. Al jazeera refuting that claim releasing this phone call allegedly made to guyer nearly one month ago. I need to do an employment verification on a gentleman called charles sly. Yes. Hes a pharmacist and i believe he did a rotation with you. Is that right . Do you know him . Yes, uhhuh. Could you possibly give me the precise dates . The start date we have where we signed for him was 10 17 of 11. Reporter the nfl telling abc news on monday, we are reviewing the matter. We are in the steroids era in sports. The nfl is well aware of whats going on. And the nfl should look into this. Reporter the performanceenhancing drug hgh banned by the nfl known for its restorative effects. It is claimed it helps promote lean body mass, reduce the accumulation of fat that people get when they get older, and supposedly makes you feel younger. Reporter sly saying he made it all up to test the reporter recanting online. Statements on any recordings or communications that al jazeera plans to air are absolutely false and incorrect. Reporter al jazeera standing by their report, while star players are standing by Peyton Manning. His brother, giants star quarterback eli manning, saying the accusations seem very odd and dont make much sense. While his friend, tom brady, saying you hate to see your good friends go through anything like this. And he should know. Hes faced a lot of controversy this past year. It is odd. So many questions still, thank you. Back out to rob in missouri, with the latest on the Winter Weather hitting the midwest and northeast. Rob, are you ever coming home . That, my friend, is often up to mother nature. Which has brought us colder air here. We have had snow across the st. Louis area. The bulk of the action is across the northeast. Its been a slick go this morning with sleet, freezing rain, boston back through albany. Heavy snow across the northeast. Thats a quick check on the national outlook. First, your tuesday trivia, brought to you by macys. Good tuesday or. I am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. Unlimited sunshine. But, coolerthanaverage. Light rain across the north bay tomorrow. We. End 2015 and begin 2016 dry. Narrow temperature range at 51 to 54 and tonight is the best chance of frost in the south bay and peninsula inaround. Late rain is moving into the north bay tomorrow morning. My sevenday forecast shows our best chance until next a cold morning here south of st. Louis. Temperatures around the freezing mark. Brutal conditions. The folks here are tough. And theyll keep working. David . Amy . A real trouper for the holidays. A Country Singer gone missing caught in a massive storm on a hunting trip. His boat found capsized overnight and the search under way right now. And then a Home Invasion outbreak. The single mother who says she was targeted three times with attempted breakins. The terrifying items found in the suspects bags just outside her house. Use. Thwith aches, chills,g. And fever, theres no such thing as a little flu. And it needs a big solution an antiviral. So when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up the ante with antiviral tamiflu. 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Welcome back. Check out livermore. A little bit of a concern with freezing fog. Less than a quarter mile visibility with a lot of moisture in the air and the air is below freezing. That means the water will freeze on contact, especially elevated surfaces. We are in the low 30s except for napa, 29. San francisco, 42. So grab a heavy coat this morning. Well have total sunshine today as temperatures are in the low to mid50s. Reggie . Mike, thank you. Coming up on gma, the Home Invasion that has a highprofile community on edge right now. One persons atlanta home has been targeted by burglars welcome back to gma. Youre looking at boston where a wintry weather mix is leading to treacherous commutes for so many this morning. More than a dozen states now under a winter storm warning, be careful out there. For those wondering if winter would ever arrive. Its here. Its here. Right now the manhunt for wealthy teen ethan couch coming to a close this morning. Authorizes finding the texas teen and his mother in mexico after they allegedly went on the run following a probation violation for a deadly drunk driving accident. Take a look at this. This morning, more than 100 skiers and snowboarders up in canada, trapped on a brokendown chair lift. Yikes. They rappelled 30 feet down to the ground after being stranded in midair for a couple of hours. Good news, nobody was hurt there. Also this morning, an incredible survival story. How one teen fought for his life alone in the woods missing for nearly 30 hours. Police finally spotting him 50 miles from home. How he survived in singledigit temperatures. That incredible story coming up in just a bit. Cant wait for that. First this half hour a search under way right now for Country Singer Craig Strickland who went missing after going duck hunting in the middle of that oklahoma storm. David wright is here this morning with much more for us. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, david. Strickland is the frontman for a popular country band, backroad anthem. He and his buddy went on a christmas weekend duck hunt that went terribly wrong. And now the friend has turned up dead. And strickland is still missing. The sun goes down the hands go up and the beer comes out reporter as the lead singer of the country band backroad anthem, Craig Strickland plays to packed houses. But this morning, friends and family fear for the 29yearolds life after he and a friend, 22yearold chase moreland set out near tulsa, oklahoma, to do some duck hunting. In an area besieged by record rainfall and flooding. Morelands body turned up overnight. Authorities discovered their boat capsized, but no sign of strickland. Just hours before the two set out, moreland sent out this ominous sounding tweet. In case we dont come back, Craig Strickland and i are going right through winter storm goliath to kill ducks in oklahoma. Strickland, who recently married a 2014 miss usa contestant, miss arkansas helen wisner, retweeted the message. The duo were last spotted two hours after they set out. The band is asking its fans to pray for stricklands safe return, posting on the facebook page, the power of prayer is huge. Prayersforcraig. Stricklands family posted this to the bands facebook page. We cant even stand to think about it. We are devastated. Only god and time can put us back together. Your heart goes out to his family especially his wife, theyre newlyweds. Authorities discovered morelands body late yesterday, but had to suspend the search because the weather was so bad. They plan to resume searching for strickland today. The band has a new years gig scheduled for little rock, not looking good. That last message is haunting. Very much. All right, david, thanks. To another terrible tragedy. This one at a ymca pool, a College Student on the dartmouth swim team drowning in front of his family after attempting a risky feat underwater. Reena ninan is here with more on that. Good morning, reena. Reporter amy, good morning. Its a growing concern, swimmers pushing themselves to the max holding their breath for too long with little or no rest in between. And then passing out underwater and drowning. A day at the pool during a family holiday ended in tragedy monday for 21yearold dartmouth Swim Team Member tate ramsden. Cardiac arrest at the ymca. Cpr in progress. Reporter the ivy League Swimmer pulled from the pool at a sarasota ymca after relatives noticed he wasnt moving under water. According to a Police Report ramsden had already been swimming some 4,000 yards before trying to do four laps across the pool without coming up for air. A dangerous way to train for endurance, putting even the most experienced swimmers at risk. For a potentially deadly condition called a Shallow Water blackout. Essentially fainting after holding their breath underwater for too long. Our gio benitez learned that even the best swimmers should set limits. How long is too long to hold your breath underwater . We usually say 30 seconds is about the limit. Reporter Olympic Super swimmer Michael Phelps warning of the dangers in this psa. If Shallow Water blackout occurs, its often fatal. Reporter at least seven Shallow Water blackout related deaths have been documented across the country. Ramsdens heartbroken family telling abc news overnight his capacity for love for his family and friends was his great gift. And we truly cherished every moment we shared together. And this morning medical examiners are determining exactly how tate ramsden drowned. As his family now plans a Memorial Service in his hometown of nashville. With a typical drowning they say six to eight minutes before theres brain damage. Possibly death. With this type of drowning 2 1 2 minutes. The lack of oxygen, the impact of that. Thank you. Now to a holiday scare for a single mom socialite barely escaping a frightening Home Invasion while she and her children were there. She says its just the latest in a string of breakin attempts on her house, including one caught on surveillance camera. And Mara Schiavocampo has the latest. Reporter atlanta taste maker Dani Danielle rollins is used to entertaining guests in her home. Here comes the tequila. Reporter but this morning shes recovering from a brush with some very unwelcome holiday visitors. The door handle started moving, and i heard male voices. Reporter rollins, a single mother, was home with her children and her own mother, the evening after christmas, in the upscale Atlanta Neighborhood of buckhead, when she heard men trying to break into her home. Her Armed Security guard chased them off. And Police Quickly responded, discovering bags dropped by the suspects as they fled. And a potentially terrifying Home Invasion plan. There was helicopters with searchlights and dogs and i think i knew at that moment that it had to be something really bad in the backpack to warrant that type of, you know, measures. Reporter and it was. According to police, the bags containing a loaded ruger, lots of ammunition, binoculars, duct tape, pepper spray, and rubber gloves. This isnt the first attempted breakin at rollins home. She says shes been targeted three times in the last month including this incident caught on Surveillance Video in early december. Seemingly part of an outbreak of Home Invasions in this picturesque community, just months earlier a neighbor robbed inside her home and held at gunpoint for more than 90 minutes. Its still kind of settling in. It choked me up and it scared me to death. Reporter for good morning america, Mara Schiavocampo, abc news, new york. Mara, thank you. Coming up on gma, the facebook hoax promising millions to millions. 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How bout a donut . Im hot blooded. Im hot blooded whether its 30years old or 30days old, carmax will appraise it in as little as 30 minutes. And then your only concern will be how to spend the cash. Rad. We all know what they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But that didnt stop a hoax on facebook from spreading like wildfire which began shortly after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced they were giving a huge chunk of their facebook shares away. Abcs gio benitez is here to set the record straight for us this morning. Good morning, gio. So were not getting the money . Reporter not getting the money, david. Not getting the money. Amy, good morning to you. This latest one even mentions gma to make you think its real. But this morning were told a seemingly innocent hoax could have dangerous intentions. This morning, a wild rumor spreading on facebook, crediting gma as the source, Mark Zuckerberg is going to give away 4. 5 million of his Facebook Stock to people like you and me. All you have to do is copy and paste this to your page. This is not a hoax. Its on good morning america. The problem is, it is a hoax. Heres what we actually reported. Mark zuckerberg promising to give away 99 of his shares of the company to charity. Reporter the phony status update going viral. Facebook quickly responding. While priscilla and marks pledge to give money to improve the world is real, not everything you read on the internet is. And theyre not giving it away randomly. The hoax just one of thousands of hoaxes and scams taking over social media. I just won 250,000. Yes reporter kris white says someone wrote to her about winning 250 grand in a Facebook Powerball lottery, telling her shed get her winnings if she sent in 750 for taxes. Sucker, i guess, i believed it. Reporter the zuckerberg hoax doesnt ask for cash, but experts think it could be used to find easy targets for i. D. Theft. So youre saying, even if someone suspect necessarily asking for money, theyre trying to see if youre going to fall for this. Exactly. Reporter and then steal your identity. Yeah, its like a trap, just trying to pull you in. Reporter overnight facebook telling abc news, it has an abusefighting team using automated and manual systems to help spot suspicious activity. But you can spot them yourself, too. If you look at it carefully, theres spelling errors and grammatical errors throughout. Thats usually a sign its coming internationally. Reporter if you want to see if a post is legit, look for this blue checkmark. The verified badge next to a companys name. And just about every social media site has a way to report suspicious activity. Sometimes as a link on the post itself, but Facebook Says if you see your friends sharing hoaxes, just let them know its not real and share that info with the rest of your friends. Just dont believe everything you read online. Yeah, some great tips there, gio, thank you. This is no hoax coming up how cell phone customers can cash in big. Why sprint and verizon are paying back millions this morning. And you may get a piece of it. This is real. We promise. Also ahead, youre 50 miles from home in singledigit temperatures. Incredible. How this 14yearold boy miraculously survived the wilderness for 30 hours alone. His harrowing tale coming up next on good morning america. Istarting now, youll find all kinds of low prices. On select apparel, christmas decor, and toys. But hurry before these low clearance prices float away. Walmart. Were trying to have a discussion here, dan. We can keep it going. Well turn to that incredibly brave teenager alive this morning after spending nearly 30 hours lost in the frigid utah wilderness. Surviving singledigit temperatures, rescued just minutes before the search became a body recovery mission. But now hes opening up to abcs Kayna Whitworth with his incredible survival story. Reporter this morning, a 14yearold boy alive against all odds. I really thought i should have been dead. Reporter just released from the hospital Brayden Neilson sharing his astonishing tale of survival after spending nearly 30 hours in the utah wilderness. I started popping off shots out of my shotgun, probably shot about 25 rounds. And i started crying and freaking out. Reporter neilson and a friend set out Early Saturday Morning on a hunting trip. But the friends were separated and neilson was lost. Using his cell phone to call 911, even sending this text message to his brother, saying, im fine, eric. I love you so much. I went from, kind of in my own mind to i cant bury him. Reporter all alone, brayden kept walking covering some 11 miles of frigid earth. I could see cops but i couldnt get to them. They couldnt see me. I was yelling as loud as i could. Theyve got a big group of searchers. Theyre going to start a big massive search for him. Reporter nine hours passing before seven and rescue crews spotted brayden, some 50 miles from home. Hypothermic and hallucinating but alive. I saw two pairs of headlights, i started walking to them. I think god led me that whole way through that all the way through there. And i think he found me some help. Reporter this morning, the neilsons thankful for their very own holiday miracle. I tell you what, i dont take a lot of things for granted anymore. Reporter for good morning america, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Grateful for their miracle. Oh, yes. When we come back here this morning, the dramatic onair scare for a pregnant cnn anchor who passed out while the cameras were still rolling. We were grateful to hear her condition is just fine. But well tell you what happened as the cameras were rolling. When we come back. Coming up jump start your 2016, brought to you by planet fitness, home of the judgmentfree zone. By planet fitness, home of the judgmentfree zone. Coughing. Sniffling. And wishing you could stay in bed all day. When your cold is this bad. You need new theraflu expressmax. Theraflu expressmax combines. Maximum strength medicines available without a prescription. To fight your worst cold and flu symptoms. So you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. New theraflu expressmax. The power to feel better. Tm istarting now, youll find all kinds of low prices. On select apparel, christmas decor, and toys. But hurry before these low clearance prices float away. Walmart. How else do you think he gets around so fast . Take the reins this holiday and get the mercedesbenz youve always wanted during the winter event. Hurry, offers end january 4th came out today thousands of people to run the race for retirement. So we asked them. Are you completely prepared for retirement . Okay, mostly prepared . Could you save 1 more of your income . It doesnt sound like much, but saving an additional 1 now, could make a big difference over time. Im going to be even better about saving. You can do it, it helps in the long run. Prudential bring your challenges welcome back to gma. From the banks of the Mississippi River. As they continue to prepare for this flood. Meanwhile, the colder air in place in the southwest. Burbank, minus 31 wind chile. Single numbers expected in denver. Chicago getting down into the teens. Starting the to feel like announcer sleep train thanks all those who helped make a difference last year for thousands of local foster kids. Thank you for helping foster kids. Thank you for the school supplies. Thank you for the new shoes. Thank you, secret santa. And thank you for donating money. Announcer your generosity proves that while not everyone can be a foster parent, anyone can help a foster child. Thank you. Thank you. Gracias por su ayuda. [baby coos] thank you. Good morning america is brought to you by mercedes, the best or nothing. Good morning, im reggie akey. Did you want to stay under the covers . Cant blame you. Mike nicco has your bay area forecast. It is frosty and cold in many areas, including san ramon and napa at 29. San francisco is in the 40s, and thats 42 degrees. As we head into the afternoon hours, total sunshine, 51 to 54 degrees. Heres my accuweather sevenday forecast. Light rain is possible in the north bay tomorrow morning. The rest of us just some clouds and a little sprinkle or two possible. Its going to be a dry ending and a dry beginning to this year and starting next year. A lot of us are doing that, staying in bed or at home. Because we have a super light commute out there. 11 minutes from golden gate field to the mcarthur maze. No meters lights this morning. And we have the slow traffic behind this seal, the elephant seal spotted on highway 37. Expect delays from vallejo. Reggie . Leave the seal alone, thank you. Coming up on gma two of the weight loss winners. People half the size of you tell us how they lost a combined total of 300 pounds. Then well reveal the bad habits that pac [male announcer] what we like to call the now. Its a wonderful place where the conversation flows. In the now, the sun always shines, even when its raining. You might even meet friendly locals with long shaggy hair. And find yourself lost in music in the middle of the day. Jump into the now. Jump into ireland. Visit ireland. Com to find out more. Good morning america. Its 8 00 a. M. Has your phone company been ripping you off . Are you headed for a piece of the 150 million payout . You have until thursday to phone it in. Why so much money is being returned and how to figure out if youre owed. Bad news for the obama administration. The on air scare, a cnn anchor passing out on live supplies slurring her speech and gasping for air. Put a turnaround in what shes saying happened and how she and her baby are doing this morning. A Record Number of Christmas Gift returns could mean incredible bargains for you, 19 billion in presents going back to the store. How to find the best deals and discounts. Go big or go home all that and Trisha Yearwood sharing her comfort food recipes that will help you keep away the cold as we say good morning, america. Go big or go home and good morning, america. Great tuesday right here and we have the ultimate inspirational makeover this morning. Take a look at these two struggling with their weight. Guess what, now they are half their size. Youve got to stick around for this. And look at the pyramid of unHealthy Eating as the experts call it all part of their bad habits. They kicked it to the curb and they lost half their size and theyre going to make, well, quite an entrance here in just a moment. Cannot wait for that. Then as we count down to the new year and new years rockin eve right here in times square, if you want to break for vegas and celebrate the new year like the boys in the hangover. Who doesnt want a tiger in their bathroom. Not me, amy. Were going to show you how to party like the wolfpack and where to go. But party safely, hopefully. Party safely. Yeah. No one wants to lose a tooth. Were going to go over to dan harris with the morning rundown. How not to get punched in the face by mike tyson. But we start here with the big story, the texas teenager famous for his affluenza defense at his drunk driving trial has been captured in mexico. He and his mom have been detained in Puerto Vallarta, each having changed their hairstyles during three weeks on the run. Ethan couch was wanted on a possible parole violation after he was seen on video partying. He avoided jail time as you may remember after a deadly drunk driving crash because his lawyers claimed his upbringing in a wealthy family made him unable to distinguish right from wrong. Winter has finally arrived in the northeast with ice and snow blanketing parts of new york and new england. Some areas of massachusetts could see up to 5 inches of snow and thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled in chicago and other parts of the midwest. Power outages reported from oklahoma to michigan. Meanwhile, theres more flooding ahead in the midwest. Stretches of the Mississippi River are expected to crest at their highest level in more than 20 years. Overseas two people have been arrested in belgium accused of planning an attack in brussels before the end of the year. They allegedly had isis propaganda and militarystyle equipment but no weapons or explosives. A consumer alert for millions of wireless customers, a deadline is looming if you have verizon or sprint. Time running out to collect a big refund and abcs Rebecca Jarvis has details. Reporter this morning its the call to action you dont want to miss. Switch to sprint and save 50 . Its good to have americas most reliable network. Reporter if you are or were a verizon or sprint customer over the last five years, a piece of a 158 million payout could be waiting for you. But only until thursday. Both carriers paying back customers after the government fined them for allegedly making hundreds of millions of dollars by cramming bills with bogus unauthorized charges ranging from 99 cents to 14 each like 9. 99 a month for Premium Services like celebrity gossip and flirting tips. Its really nice to see the government finally start cracking down on them. Reporter with the deadline to file a verizon or sprint refund claim just days away, customers should visit www. Cfpbsettlementverizon. Com and sprintrefundpsms. Com. The first step is really going back to all your monthly bills and checking out, are there they weird charges . Reporter verizon says the settlement reflects its continued focus on putting customers first. Sprint says we continue our proactive work to protect customers. For good morning america, Rebecca Jarvis, abc news, new york. Rebecca, thank you. And finally here just when you thought they had run out of bizarre world records, check it out. This is apparent ly the largest ever round of cornhole often played at College Football tailgate parties. Cheerleaders from Michigan State and alabama took turns tossing giant bean bags from the window of a blimp 200 feet above a giant board set up in florida. Things got a little dicey on the ground when one of the mascots threw a bean bag at a rival cheerleader. A fight broke out there. The schools play thursday night in the College Football playoff on espn, and when it comes time for looking for jobs this is going to be a very important experience for those young scholars. Who here has played cornhole . A show of hands . Nope. Apparently we missed out on an important part of the american experience. Were you asking us to raise or have you played cornhole . No, but you raised your hand. You have . You didnt tell us that. Yes, i did. She did. You werent listening. Exactly. Selective listening. All right. Cornhole. Sara, how about you . I was raising my hand. Thats why were friends, hello and now lets take a look at whats ahead on the gma morning menu. On air scare for a cnn anchor. What caused her to pass out live in front of the cameras. Also, what happens to all those unwanted holiday gifts. Christmas rejects turned super savings. Well tell you where to find them. Plus, sofia and joe and one big celebration, how the newlyweds celebrated his birthday all coming up right here on gma in times square. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by new centrum vitamints, a multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. Mintz. Ts. A multivitamin you enjoy like a mintz. A multivitamin you enjoy like a mintz. I am never getting married. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life, state farm is there. Cant afford to let heartburn get in the way . Try nexium 24hr, now the 1 selling brand for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection with the new leader in frequent heartburn. Thats nexium level protection. To twhat a good dealing looks like. No. Seriously . Well give it a 6 for composition. Scary. Wow, what about just putting a fair, no haggle price on the window . Not zany enough . Sometimes the best deals are pretty plain to see. 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It was a frightening tv moment seen around the world on monday, cnn anchor poppy harlow reporting live when all of a sudden her words start to slur. Quite a quite a turnaround in reporter then heavy breathing as you can hear her gasp for air. With no explanation, the show cuts to commercial break leaving worried viewers to take to social media. Did anyone just see and hear what happened on cnn live . For all of you on twitter who are asking if im okay, thank you so much. I got a little hot and i passed out for a moment. I am fine. Reporter harlow who is pregnant says she saw a doctor right after the incident writing on twitter, update from the hospital, our little girl due this spring is doing just fine. Was a scare but we are both okay. Thank you all so much. Dr. Jennifer wu does not treat harlow but says dizziness and fainting are not uncommon during pregnancy. Its normal for the Blood Pressure to drop during the middle of the pregnancy. With this lower Blood Pressure any changes like dehydration or low blood sugar can add to feeling of faintness or dizziness. This isnt the first time a reporter has struggled with words on air. As the league investigates, excuse me, guys, losing my breath. Espn reports that arod he wants to make sure it happened to our own paula faris in 2013 thanks to gestational asthma. Also because of a baby on board. But lets go hit reporter and in 2011, News Reporter serene branson made National Headlines after she lost the ability to speak coherently. Turned out she was suffering from a migraine aura. Very heavy, heavy rotation tonight reporter the result of a serious form of headache. Now, thankfully harlow was sitting down when she fainted. Doctors say a much bigger concern is if youre standing because a bad fall can be very dangerous for a pregnant woman and the baby. This is very real. I feel out of breath all the time and its just a side effect of pregnancy. Yeah, youre both have you ever had that happen . Ive never had that but ive had the shoredness of breath. Yes. Feels like ive run up a flight of stairs. And youve done nothing. Were glad poppy is okay. It was concerning to watch that moment but glad shes okay and has been checked out by the doctor. And the baby is on the way. Baby is on the way. Baby girl as we just heard in that report. Amy, over to you. It is a question many of us will face after the holidays, what to do with unwanted presents. Turns out there are companies that actually resell used or refurbished goods in bulk and can mean incredible bargains for you, a story we first saw in the wall street journal. Take a look. Im sure this is a good gift. Okay. Dig in there, tear it up. A flashlight . Weve all been there, unwrapping that unwanted Christmas Gift that we know well be rushing to the store to return but where do all those returns go . Many end up at places like this, shorewood liquidators where products from popular retailers like amazon and home depot are returned. We process store returns. We check the items to make sure theyre complete. If they need any parts we do repair of tools and electronics in our facilities then we resell the items online. Reporter this Holiday Season alone over 19 billion worth of gifts are expected to be returned. This is a major industry. Its called the recommerce industry. These are wholesalers and liquidators who are swooping in and picking up truckloads full of stuff that youve returned that retailers dont know what to do with. Reporter Companies Like these breathing new life into those gifts you didnt want. All right, lets bring in consumer expert lisa lee freeman. Lisa, thanks for being with us. Youre welcome. I think a lot of us think when we return something it just goes right back up on the shelf but thats not usually the case. Not at all. Retailers are getting returns by the boatload especially during the holidays and a lot of you have this doesnt come back in mint condition because of the problem of wardrobing, people buying things, wearing them and returning them and stores are not allowed to put back on shelves things that are used. They cannot sell them as new. How can we find those refurbished goods or, you know, resold goods . Where do we find them online . Ebay can a huge reseller of returned and refurbished goods. Best buy unloads a lot of its electronics there. I got a new tv last week someone used for a week. Thats awesome. Also amazon has something called Amazon Warehouse deals. Also walmart sells refurbs. Searsoutlet. Com sells them and theres a website called secondipitk which buys all this stuff from the retailers. And discounts are huge. I got 50 off the tv because it was in someone elses home for a week. Absolutely. You can get huge discounts talking about 80 or more. A couple of examples that we found, for example, was a tfal 12piece set, it was 60 off retail. I couldnt find it any cheaper online anywhere. Another product we found were monster headphones, we found them, they were 80 off at secondipity. And i couldnt find them any cheaper anywhere else. These goods are just as good as new ones . Yeah, absolutely, especially if you look for the words, manufacturer refurb. That means the manufacturer tested it, refurbed it and stand behind it. Its a great thing to look for. Huge, huge savings. Lisa lee, thank you so much. Youre welcome. All right, david over to you. Love those ideas. Were going to get a jumpstart on 2016. Three days away from the new year and one of the most popular things is getting into shape in the new year. Youre about to meet two people who did that but much more, losing half their body weight. Theyre featured in People Magazines half their size and a quick look at how they did it. At her heaviest, Heather Patterson weighed 257 pounds. Right after i got married i was in a pretty severe car wreck, was bedridden for a few weeks and then on crutches and i just turned to food for comfort and then i had children and my weight, i just kept putting that weight on. Slowly over the years went from overweight to obese to morbidly obese. Reporter her inspiration to change coming from a photo on facebook. This photo came up on facebook that i was tagged in. When i saw that photo, it was just it really was the straw that broke the camels back. It was the realization that not only did i physically feel bad, that is what i looked like to the world. And i was ready to make a change. Reporter Austin Shifflett began gaining weight when he was just a teen. I was a recluse, i was in my room, video games, soda, junk food, i didnt like school because i got picked on. I was really depressed and they put mow on an antidepressant which one of the gownsides of it was potential weight gain and it spiraled out of control and i didnt want to go out in public, no family events or nothing like that. Reporter one day he reached a turning point when visiting a friend. He was trying to gain weight so weighed himself multiple times a day. You know what, im going to weigh myself. See where i am. I thought i would be around 250. The scale said 324. I left his house immediately because i was so upset and went and told my grandmas id like to start a diet program. Reporter two stories of hard work, determination and perseverance leading to extraordinary results. Theyre about to show us all right now. All right, but before we see what austin and heather look like, i want to bring in charlotte triggs, Senior Editor of People Magazine. First of all what inspired you about these two stories in particular . These are people that face struggles that a lot of americans do. They struggled with their weight for years and really only once they saw this huge number on the scale did they take action and they did it with normal methods, just Healthy Eating and working out and this is something that really everybody can be inspired by and take away the tips to use themselves. An incredible selfmotivation. I want to show everyone the door at home because this is the before picture right here. Austin and heather and lets open the door and welcome the new year. Look at them now. Thats incredible. Come on over. You look fantastic. Congratulations. Thank you. Incredible story. Hey, good to see you, austin. First of all, lets go over the numbers. The numbers really are something. You lost how much weight, heather . About 127 pounds so thats right, 257. You lost 127 to bring you to 130. That is incredible and, austin, the numbers on you, 324 pounds, youre now at 158. Yes, sir. You lost 166 pounds. Yeah. So what was it for you . You were with a friend. You both decided to weigh yourselves. He was always trying to gain weight and i hadnt weighed for a very long time. I got on the scale and i was about 80 pounds heavier than i thought so that kind of like hit rock bottom. Heather, for you it was an image on facebook seeing yourself looking bad. Yes, i think everyone has that dreaded moment when they get tagged on facebook and dont know whats going to show up. This popped up. I realized thats what i looked like to everybody and i was tired of feeling bad and looking like that and i was ready to make a hang. It crystallized it for you. Some of the bad habits. It looks good though to me. You can tell i love dairy. Show us what you did to change that. Well, i turned my life around and my eating habits. These are a lot of the things i eat. Instead of a gallon of ice cream every two or three days, ill have greek yogurt and put blueberries on them. Spinach with egg whites for extra protein and good fiber and bulking it up and its what i love to eat. Austin, show us how you turned your diet around. There go the burgers. I want the burgers. Yeah, the burgers are great but now i just drink a lot of water. No more sodas and these atkins shakes, i just drink them a lot. Before and after workouts and even as a meal replacement. Theyre really good. A lot is selfmotivation and you guys stand here as proof that we can do it in the new year. Thank you both for coming on. No problem. Showing us the new yous. Impressive, right, guys . Peoples half their size issue on newsstands nationwide. Tomorrow, more tips from People Magazine from them about losing half their size. First to rob in missouri. Reporter we are in kimmswick along the banks of the Mississippi River. The heavy equipment is out as they will add another couple of feet to this manmade levee. It looks like it will crest friday morning. The cold air is in place, the moisture from this storm making it wreaking havoc across new england, sleet and snow and freezing rain will turn to rain mostly i think about this afternoon. Just the next few hours will be very dicey from boston back to albany and then heavy snow across parts of maine. Good tuesday or. I am meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. Unlimited sunshine. But, coolerthanaverage. Light rain across the north bay tomorrow. We. End 2015 and begin 2016 dry. Narrow temperature range at 51 to 54 and tonight is the best chance of frost in the south bay and peninsula inaround. Late rain is moving into the north bay tomorrow morning. My sevenday forecast shows our best chance until next ive offered to help, but they wont let me run the heavy equipment, guys, so it looks like im filling more sandbags later today. Back to you in new york. I can only imagine why. Hes always willing, though. Always willing. Time for pop news. It is time for some pop and were starting out with some major hotness. Modern family star Sofia Vergara took to instagram overnight to wish her hot Hubby Joe Manganiello a happy birthday. She wrote, happy birthday to the husband i always dreamed of and probably so many other women can see that, as well. A photo of them dancing at their wedding. They kept the birthday celebrating low key for a dinner with two. I always make the joke they could sit there and stare at each other for the rest of their lives and would be a happy marriage. Happiness. I mean, and theres a brandnew force awakening on the internet this morning in the form of a shirtless photo of Young Harrison ford. Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes shared this picture on facebook. It was the day ford finished building his Recording Studio back in 1970. Star wars fans might remember ford actually landed his role as han solo after running into george lucas while doing some carpentry work for francis ford coppola. Theres a lot of like awesome moments in that. Ford helped lucas run some lines and the rest, as they say, is history. Can you imagine . Can you catch your breath over there. Our floor director is fanning herself at Harrison Ford. I mean, Harrison Ford doing carpentry, that just got hotter. Do you ever use a hammer and nails, david . Sara. [ laughter ] well save that for the commercial break. I wanted to see if we could up the david muir factor on set today. And now the couple behind this viral sensation singing all the hottest songs of 2015 in just 3 and a half minces known as husband the duo. Husband and wife team michael and Carissa Alvarado have their racked up more than 4 million views on youtube with their hit medley and theyre joining us for a special pop news popin from hawaii. Hi, michael and carissa. Hey there. Hey. Good morning. Good morning. Now, it was a huge year in music. How did you condense all this down into such a short amount of time . You know, it was really tough for us to pick and choose which songs we wanted to put in this 3. 5 minutes amount of time but we just googled the bestselling songs of the year and we kind of chose from that and kind of listened to our followers and what they wanted to hear. We would love to hear you perform for us if youre willing. Nobody can drag me down sure. Yeah, well play a little bit of the snippet for you guys. All right. One, two. Nobody can drag me down nobody nobody nobody can drag me down note youre too sexy beautiful and everybody wants a taste thats right thats right i still get yellous give it to me im worth it baby im worth it we got bad blood baby now we got bad blood wow. Yay. [ applause ] thank you, guys, so much. Clearly the theme of pop news was super talented couples who could do look at each all day or just play. Thats beautiful. I could listen to them all day. Youll be hearing from taylor swifts lawyer. To add you to the album. Saving dan over here. Dont dampen my pop. Okay . Sorry. Im zipped for the rest of pop. I promise. All right, fantastic pop news. Thank you so we can all look at our spouses and think what can you do . How inadequate are we. Im going to get my tool belt for you. Thank you. Country superstar Kenny Chesney coming up next. Jumpstart your 2016 brought to you by planet fitness. Home of the judgmentfree zone. Good morning, im natasha duvest. We are on elephant seal watch this morning. Shes 500 pounds and believed to be pregnant. Right now shes swimming near searport road. The animal tried to cross highway 37 yesterday over and over again. The Marine Mammal center thinks shes trying to get to dry fields on the other side in order to give birth. Chp is monitoring her trying to avoid danger if she makes her way back onto the road. Heres an update on the commute. Are we Holiday Light, sue . We are. Speaking of the sealion story, shes causing a backup on highway 37 as folks slow to look at her. But look at this, at 8 29 in the morning, this is the bay bridge toll plaza. Very light indeed. We have one pothole on southbound 880 thats causing a couple flat tires off to the side. Thank you so much. Appreciate it, sue. Meteorologist mike nicco is good morning, thank you for sticking around to check out the freezing cold temperatures in livermore, napa, santa rosa. The rest of us are in the 30s. Check out the sunshine well have this afternoon. The temperatures will be 51 to 54 degrees. An increase in clouds, still frost likely inland east bay and the south bay. The north bay is on a green christmas welcome back to gma. Im happy to report david did find his tool belt and will be wearing that later in the broadcast. Stay tuned for that. Some things never die. Its around. Just wait for it. We have a lot more coming up this half hour as well including country star Trisha Yearwood who cannot only sing up a storm, she can cook one up too. Her best comfort food recipes just moments away. First a very special oneonone with another country star. Cant wait for her visit but in the meantime, Country Singer Kenny Chesney is a great friend of gma. Headlined our summer Concert Series and taken us behind the scenes on the road and this morning hes telling abcs Rebecca Jarvis about his latest collaboration. Lets go. Because you only get the more music we have in our life the better everything is. Reality reporter to Country Music superstar Kenny Chesney his fans are everything. So is music. I have so much music on my computer i could hit shuffle and it wouldnt repeat a song for three weeks. Music, its the last real thing we got. Reporter joining pharrell, drake and taylor swift and their apple music bandwagon. In the recent ad we get a behindthescenes look at his preparing for a massachusetts concert. Drink it up the fact that i can take my fans by the hand and drag them along with me is pretty exciting. Reporter to apple hed be bringing along his diehard fans, the no shoes nation. But did you know kenny has a marketing degree . I got a degree in business and here i am writing songs to are a living and trying to be a rock star. Which i love. Reporter i think youre succeeding. Its a little more than just trying. How does apple music fit into the whole business of Kenny Chesney . Because i love music and my fans love music and we can share that together like we have is beautiful. I want to drink it up Kenny Chesney is an institution. Reporter head of content Larry Jackson picked up the phone and called kenny. Im just happy that he liked the idea and he trusted in us. I remember what inspired me. Like the first time i heard willie. So unique and special to him. Hes incredible, i love him. But somewhere along the way we all forgot how much music can really party. Reporter huge win for apple. Major. Reporter huge win for ken in i. I dont want to be the one to say that but were happy to work with him. Hes amazing. The more accessible music can be in everyones life it makes their life better. Reporter for good morning america, Rebecca Jarvis, abc news, los angeles. If youve ever seen him perform he is incredible. Theres a reason why hes so successful. What hes doing now. Kenny chesneys new spread the love tour kicks off in april. The perfect time for an on location vacation if youre headed to las vegas this new years and you want to party like Bradley Cooper and costars in the hang over we have spots you have to visit. What happened in vegas turned out to be a blockbuster hit for the stars of 2009s the hang over. I added two more guys to my wolfpack. Reporter they head to vegas for the Bachelor Party to end all parties proving what happens in vegas stays in vegas. After a night of hard partying, they run into one small problem. We lost doug. Reporter and if youre headed to las vegas this winter and want to party like these rock stars, weve picked out the top spots for you to visit. First up, Caesars Palace. This isnt the real Caesars Palace is it. Reporter when Todd Phillips and the screenwriters and the producers thought about the concept of this movie they, of course, wanted to set it at an iconic location like Caesars Palace so right now im descending the onyx stairwell of the hangover suite set up for a mass party. Reporter if youre feeling lucky head down to the hangover slot machines. As you walk around virtually every casino in the world youll see hangover on slot machines. Reporter head to the gift shop where manageover problem beal ya abounds after your might have mass partying head down to the pool where the guys tried to piece their night together and while its unlikely youll see the cast members in the flesh, you can settle for the next best thing at Madame Tussauds hangover visit. We wanted to create the most memorable scenes. Reporter youll be able to recreate a classic scene in real life. The wedding chapel is memorable. People will be able to get married there. Reporter whether you want to hit the jackpot or say i do, the hang over experience is sure to be a vacation to remember. Or not. Depending on what happens. Or create your own too. Thats always fun. One of the most epic movies ever, dan just said i watched it on a plane recently. It totally holds up. Speaking of movies have you seen joy . Its fantastic. Isabella rossellini plays trudy, a wealthy widow who meets robert de another rethrough a singles ad. I talked to her about what challenges women face in hollywood and this where they go on their first date. Why dont you come with your entire family on my boat . Bring the children, bring the gland grandchildren. Sailboat, 55 feet. That is big, yeah, i would love to. Bring some nice food, something to drink. But not red wine because it might stain the teak wood deck. Its very precious. Okay, understood, no red wine. Isabella rossellini joins us this morning. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, thank you for having me. I love Robert De Niro calls the pairing of you two unexpected. Youve known him personally for 30 years. What was it like working with him professionally. It was a delight, of course, when i first heard that i was hired to do the film i was a little bit intimidated because he has such an enormous reputation and, yes, he was the witness at my wedding with Martin Scorsese so weve known each other for a long time. But hes very benevolent on the set. It was lovely to work with him. You obviously got to work a joy being played by jennifer lawrence. Everyone says she has no filter but in a good way. What was your experience like. Shes extraordinary. I mean, she is a woman of incredible intelligence, very quick and one of the funniest persons ive ever been around, incredible sense of humor. I have tremendous admiration for her. There has been a lot of talk recently and long overdue about ageism and sexism in hollywood. Yes. How would you describe the movie industry for a 60yearold woman like yourself . Well, i havent worked for six years, so to finally have gotten not because you didnt want to. No, not because i didnt want to but, of course, when you dont work for six years i created my own shows, i took a monologue on the road that ive written, you know, you try to create your own work. Yes, there is less work, of course, i had a very big career as a model and im not modeling anymore so ageism, it definitely is something that exists and i have experienced. Isabella rossellini, the movie is fantastic. You were great. More rows for women in their 60s. Thank you. Thank you very much. She was such a pleasure to speak with. Joy in theaters now. She is fantastic and very, very funny so i encourage everybody to see it. Rob, we have to head back out to you in missouri for tough weather youve been dealing with over the past couple of days as so many have. Its dry. The bad news, its cold but getting out here and theyve got the front loader and the backhoes and santa built up this levee because the river will come up to my shoulders it looks like. The recordbreaking warm across the southeast. The cold finally infiltrating the northeast but look at these numbers, recordbreaking in orlando, 85 degrees, norfolk, almost 80 degrees today so thats some chilly stuff. Across the rest of the country looking at thunderstorms across the south, chilly from denver to dallas. And across the Southern California also chilly and some ra good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco after a frosty start we have total sunshine and temperatures are below average. 51 to 54 degrees. My sevenday forecast shows a little bit of light rain in the north bay tomorrow otherwise dry all the way through sara, this levee looks very strong but could use a bit of a ladys touch so come on down and help out. I think you have the weather under control. I like the warm studio thing but hurry home. Critics say power hits on all cylinders, the number one most patched starz original series ever and executive produced by rapper 50 cent joining us now are two of the pourhouse actors behind us. Should i call you joseph sikora. That would be great. Joseph and naturi naughton, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you. As i understand this, youre the massive kingpins friend, drug kingpin. Or the massive kingpin himself. Its arguable. You are the wife. I am the wife of the drug dealer ghost and our characters are like brother and sister but both danger us in our own right. What can fans expect. That we build on the previous two seasons, we have a huge amount of passionate fans but its spreading and the word is spreading so get on it now so youre not the last one to know. Fans need to know that tasha and tommy will expect Amazing Things because every character has a frustrating to fight for. A lot of action. A lot of momentum. A lot of craziness and drama, everybody may not make it. I only watch if you bring the crazy. We bring the crazy. Curtis jackson, aka 50 cent is the executive producer but part of it. Whats it like for him to be the boss. Ive always loved and admired 50 cent as an rapper, artist, businessman and mogul but working with him we have a seen, tasha and sacanaan. Its a little scary, intimidating. Im holding this glock every bit as intense what do you call him . 50. He just says, yes. We have all different names for him. What do you call him. Fift. This is our ninth season of the warm coats and warm hearts coat drive with burlington and kids fashion delivering. So far weve collected over 95,712 coats and were about to have more so you guys, thank you so much for coming to donate with us. Go ahead. Drop them in. The number just went up. If any of you watching now want to donate a gently worn coat go to any burlington store, coats will be distributed free of charge to those in need in your community and when you donate, take a picture and tell us why you donated, include the gi giveacoat. Your picture might end up on good morning america. Thank you so much for being here. Theres plenty of room in there. Follow their lied. Happy holidays. Coming up country superstar Trisha Yearwood. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. We are back now with some delicious recipes for your holiday week. Country superstar Trisha Yearwood recently stopped by to share the secrets behind some of her favorite foods. The holidays are in full swing which means a lot of people are craving comfort food so look who we have here, platinum selling multiple grammy Award Winning Country Singer and bestselling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood here with some Delicious Party recipes all featured on her show trishas kitchen. We have a great clip from your southern kitchen heading into its seventh season by the way. Yes. Youre talking about reba about life on the road and coming home. Lets take a look. Do you cook on the road . Do you have like a bus that you stay in . I used to think i was going to cook on the road and i had a kitchen in the bus and ended up i think i made a fried bologna sandwich. I will have to say on this tour with garth we have a wonderful catering crew and theyve been making my recipes out of the book so its cool. So i get to eat my cooking without having cook it or having to clean it up which is awesome . Nothing wrong with a fried bologna sandwich. Every now and hen. We have a chilly casserole. This is a cornbread chilli casserole and i have ground beef, lean ground beef and onions i browned here. Pretty simple to put together. Chicken stock in, salsa, some corn, a salsa you buy at the grocery store. Make it easy. This is canned corn, sweet corn drained. Perfect. A little bit of cumin. A little bit of salt. Some chilli powder and mix it all together and press it into the bottom of a man. This is the cornbread. I love my homemade cornbread but this did a store bought cornbread mix and add milk to it and top that and bake it at 350 for about 45 minutes in oh, my god, that is so good. Put a list cheese and sour cream on top. Thats that. It doesnt need it. Its fantastic. That is so good and blackeyed pea dip. Ill definitely serve this at new years. A lot of people think they dont like blackeyed peas. I used to bury them in the mashed potatoes for my husband. You puree them. So good. If you dont think you like black eyed peas, try the dip. Onions in there. Jalapeno. Oh, yeah, im getting that kick. That is amazing. And then this is a woman after my own heart talking dessert youre like cookies. Yeah. Show me what you got here. Everybodys got an easy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. This one is just a, again, a super easy, i use dark chocolate chips. Little healthier. I use selfrising flour so you dont have to think if you dont cook you dont have to think about mixing the flour and baking them. I have a list crippkrip cris them. And brown sugar. Everybody is hungry here, i can tell. Feed us ill be eating more. This is just a little many haveling. This is fantastic. You can get these recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo trish slas southern kitchen is on the food network. Happy new year. Coming up next r b superstar we are back now with r b grammy winner r. Kelly has a new cd out called the buffet and recently stopped by gma for a very special performance of his latest single Backyard Party and a variety of his classic hits. Are you ready . I say are you ready . Somebody make some noise. Everyones happy yeah finally its the weekend hey all the hard work is behind me yeah and i just invited all my friends im about to throw something on the grill on the grill get together and play some cards yeah a couple of drinks somethings smoking no ones got hating in their hearts whoa Backyard Party a Backyard Party well just have it a Backyard Party well just have a Backyard Party show them how you feel. I feel light i feel like whoa yeah. Feel like yeah i feel like whoa ladies and gentlemen, make some noise. Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce now im not trying to be rude but hey pretty girl im feeling used the way you do things you do reminds me of my lexus cool thats why im in your grill trying to get you to a hotel you pus be i football coach the way you got me playing the field so let me give you that running her hands through nye fro bouncing on 24s why they saying on the radio its the remix to ignition hot and fresh out the kitchen momma rolling that body got every man in here wishing sipping on coke and rum im so like so what im drunk its the freakin weekend im about to have me some fun my mind is telling me no but my body, my bodys telling me yes baby i dont want to hurt nobody but there is something that i must confess ok, weheres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. Is that coffee . Yea, its nespresso. I want in. Youre ready. Get ready to experience a cup above. Is that coffee . Nespresso. What else . The wait is over. The playoff is here. The College Football playoff semifinals oklahoma clemson at 4 00. And look what we found, the aforementioned promised davids tool belt. In my office. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what else we found, check out this video. Amy playing a little cornhole. It has actually happened. Proof it happened. I told you. Im a cornhole master. Give me that tool belt. Got some pictures to hang in my office. Can you help me out. I report to you. Well see you tonight. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Good morning to you. Im natasha duvest. Mike nicco has our chilly bay area forecast. Good morning. Thankfully the sun is up and were not really worried about freezing fog as much as we were in livermore, even though its a quarter mile and 31 degrees. Temperatures today, 51 to 54. You need the sunglasses. Light rain is possible in the north bay tomorrow. Maybe sprinkles across the rest of the bay. Sue . Predicting Holiday Light for pretty much the rest of the week. Take a look at the bay bridge right now. A couple cars heading into san francisco. And our big spider friend is back just hanging out. Boy he looks huge there. All right, we do have a delay on highway 37 due to the elephant seal that is swimming in the waterway here between 37 and 121. Very slow out of vallejo towards novato with a 40minute delay. Natasha . A spider and elephseal, so much going on today. Live with kelly and michael is next. Join us for the announcer its live with kelly and michael today, lives viewers choice end of the year show. And now here are your emmywinning hosts kelly ripa and michael strahan. [cheering and applause] coldplay if weve only got this life youll get me through oh if weve only got this life. Kelly whoo coldplay then this adventure is more than i kelly thank you thank you. Thats so nice. Yes. Thank you hi hello. Hi. You guys are nice. Youre just nice, thats all. Welcome,