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Secret evidence, and who he believes was involved. Do you feel you know who killed Jonbenet Ramsey . Only on gma this morning. All i want for christmas is you and just nine days till christmas. A holiday decorating danger. The new warning from the government about those popular laser lights. Taking over homes across the country. I wont even wish for snow and we do say good morning, america. And we do have a busy friday morning for you. That big chill spreading from california to maine now. It is cold out there and, robin, lets take a look at rochester, minnesota, this morning at the new snowstorm moving in, and lets take a live look at hamburg, new york. Definitely a wall of ice. Whoa. And it is cold out there this morning. Our team is standing by for all the latest on that. First the breaking news about russian interference in our election. The fbi now investigating Vladimir Putin, and as president obama promises to retaliate, the russian president continues to deny he ordered it. Our tsa correspondent brian ross is here with the details. Good morning, brian. Good morning, george. President obama is now vowing retaliation against the russians for the cyberattack stirring the president ial election as the kremlin demands the u. S. Put up or shut up, present any evidence it has that implicates them. Reporter president obama this morning says he confronted Vladimir Putin about the hacking during the global summit in china this past september, and the president told npr radio, the u. S. Is now prepared to retaliate. I think there is no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections, that we need to take action, and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publicized, and some of it may not be. But mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this because i spoke to him directly about it. Reporter putin in japan this morning did not address the issue. But u. S. Officials say they now have solid evidence that putin personally ordered and directed the brazen cyberattack. Thats not something they say lightly. Thats something they say when they do have a smoking gun. Reporter and now Officials Say the onetime kgb colonel and master spy will actually be one of the targets of the fbi investigation into the hacking. Regardless of who is responsible, what we need to show is that there is no free pass, and that we can hold people accountable. Reporter from his skyscraper office in new york, president elect trump has continued to defend russia and putin as he did during and since the campaign. Could also be lots of other people. It could also be someone on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. Reporter but even fellow republicans are now warning the russian hacking could jeopardize the confirmation of trumps choice to be secretary of state. Exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson who has been an unabashed admirer of Vladimir Putin. Trump still has not acknowledged the russians are behind the hacking, but in a tweet message just this morning, he said, are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that the head of the dnc illegally gave hillary the questions to the debate . George. For the First Time Since the election were hearing from Hillary Clinton about this, as well, about putin. Thats right. She spoke overnight to donors in new york city at the plaza hotel saying she believes putin had a grudge against her because of comments she made about russian parliamentary elections when she was secretary of state, although we also know the russians targeted both democrats and republicans. They were just more successful with the democrats. And hearing more from president obama at that press conference at 2 15. President elect trump taking his thank you tour to pennsylvania where he called out the white house on its response to those russian hacking allegations. Abcs mary bruce joins us now from the white house with more. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning. Well, robin, for weeks theyve been cooperating, but now president elect trump is taking aim directly at the white house and its getting kind of ugly. The source of the feud, those allegations that russia may have tried to help trump win the election. Overnight, president elect trump back on the road and going after white house spokesman, josh earnest. Trump speaking to supporters in hershey, pennsylvania, tearing into earnest over his comments on russias alleged interference in the election. Benefitting trumps campaign. But mr. Trump obviously knew that russia was engaged in malicious cyberactivity that was helping him and hurting secretary Clintons Campaign. Reporter a comment thats not sitting well with the president elect who doubts u. S. Intelligence that russia was involved. Although this foolish guy, josh earnest i dont know if he is talking to president obama. You know, having the right press secretary is so important. Because he is so bad the way he delivers a message. Reporter Hillary Clinton meanwhile, also on a thank you tour of sorts, hosting the likes of designer vera wang, vogue editor anna wintour and Harvey Weinstein at that party at the plaza hotel. Attendees telling ab news clinton was proud to stand up to Vladimir Putin as secretary of state. Now, Clintons Campaign chairman john podesta is out with a scathing oped in the washington post, taking aim at the fbi, saying the agency is deeply broken. He wants the Obama Administration to declassify that intelligence on whether russia tried to sway the election for trump. Robin. All right, mary, thanks very much. Looks a little cold in d. C. A little bit cold. A little bit cold everywhere. Much more than 100 million are facing Winter Weather alerts and right to ginger. Those alerts spread from california to maine. 38 states are involved in this, michael, and just to give you some perspective, the Chicago Bears play on sunday. Could be their coldest game ever at home. Thats going to be cold. But we go ahead and start in a very cold place this morning, just south of buffalo, new york, where Winter Weather advisories are popping up for the next storm, and our gio benitez is right there. Reporter ginger, good morning to you. Look at this. Im standing on a sheet of ice. This is what some of the roads were like. Thats why they had to shut them down. Its just too dangerous. And just check this out. We have a wall of icicles here. It is just that cold here and across this country. Overnight, icy roads and blinding snow creating hazardous driving conditions as bonechilling temperatures sweep across this country. A bit nippy out here. So cold here. Reporter Winter Weather alerts posted coast to coast in 38 states. In oregon, everything coated in layers of ice from trees to outdoor lights to the roads. In western pennsylvania, nearly 60 vehicles crashing into each other, shutting down part of this interstate. The Winter Weather is making driving nearly impossible. My car wasnt going to make it. I dont have a lot of tread on my tires. Reporter dozens just giving up altogether abandoning their cars. It was a little too slick, too dangerous. We pulled off and walked up the hill. Reporter but even walking in this bitter cold is difficult. The wind is killing me right now. Its like thats probably the worst part about it. Reporter in the northeast, wind gusts reaching close to 70 Miles Per Hour making it feel much colder than it actually is. Im afraid that ill, like, break into pieces from, like, the cold. Reporter and its really no surprise that all of the water from this lake is just freezing up like this. The windchill right now, ginger, zero degrees here. Zero. That does not feel good, and its not even safe to be out there for long periods of time. We dont want you to do that, and we want to warn you about this because a lot of folks are hitting the roads, starting to get to airplane to make holiday travel. That low is already producing snow in parts of the northern plains. Look at this as it moves through, could see up to ten inches, maybe madison, wisconsin there. Six plus in parts of michigan. This is going to affect you tonight through tomorrow morning. I focus on the northeast. A lot of airports will be busy tonight into tomorrow and this is going to be mostly tomorrow. Looks like 1 to 3 inches new york city, back up into the Higher Elevations in new england. You could see more than a half foot, and then this is what i was talking about for that bears game. Check that out. Whoa. Yes. Sunday morning, the windchill there, 23 below. Look at minneapolis. Nearly 50 below for the windchill. Michael is just shaking his head. No, you know what, in green bay, we did a minus 20 something, never again. If i could have walked in and said, just play this one without me, i would have. It was cold. Theyll do it in chicago on sunday. Has a great name. Frozen tundra. Well, its funny to me they say when the weather gets that bad, ginger, what do they say . Stay inside. Take your animals in. Football players, play. Give us a game. Wow. Thats cold. This hit home for you. Memories. Okay. Well move on to the serious story. The latest now on dylann roof, convicted yesterday on 33 charges for murdering nine people in an africanamerican church. Roof could now face the death penalty, and Steve Osunsami has been covering the trial in charleston, south carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning, to you, george. This morning, dylann roof is a convicted murderer and the headline in the local paper is one that many wanted to see. Justice was delivered. And he heads to the sentencing phase of this trial, which begins in this white house behind me in january. Hate was on trial and it lost. Guilty 33 times. 22yearold dylann roof will pay for the nine lives he stole in the basement of this historic black church. Felecia sanders escaped with her life, but watched roof execute her aunt and son. She says shes upset roof wouldnt even look at her on the witness stand. That goes to show you how cold and callous he is. You slaughtered nine people, and you sit there and dont even look. Reporter prosecutors told jurors that his hate for black people was overwhelming. In this fbi confession, they say he laughed nine times. What kind of gun did you use . [ laughs ] a glock. 45. Reporter the government showed jurors this video roof recorded himself, practicing with the same gun he used at the church. Look closely at the phone book. They say thats how he shot his victims standing over them and shooting till they died. We first met reverend Sharon Risher after the killings. And her aunt was murdered in cold blood. She tells us this morning, that even if roof doesnt get the death penalty, hell have to answer to nine angels. If not, then he will spend the rest of his life with those nine angels coming to him every night, talking about jesus. Thats right. Reporter one of those family members told us it took everything in his power not to leap across the courtroom and put his hands on roof. Roof has decided to represent himself in the next phase of this trial. The judge however, is giving him until january 3rd to change his mind. George. Oh, man. Okay, steve. Thanks very much. Now lets go to amy with other stories. Starting with that standoff in seattle. Thats right. It was a tense scene overnight in mt. Vernon, washington, north of seattle where a Police Officer was shot in the head while responding to a domestic disturbance. The suspect barricaded himself in the home. That standoff lasted seven hours, until police fired gas canisters to take him into custody. The officer who was shot is in serious but stable condition. Also new overnight, an explosion destroying a home near chicago. A man and his daughter suffered serious burns jew till utility workers were going door to door at the time, evacuating people because of a reported gas leak. And overseas, the evacuation of civilians from eastern aleppo has been suspended. Syrian state tv claims rebel fighters shattered a ceasefire deal by attacking a convoy. An estimated 8,000 people are trapped in aleppo following this weeks takeover by serious forces aligned with russia. Russian officials are now claiming that all women and children have been evacuated, but the activists on the ground dispute that and worry more fighting is about to begin. Well, authorities in 20 states are suing several drugmakers claiming they manipulated the price of two popular generic drugs. The Drug Companies including mylan and Teva Pharmaceuticals are accused of scheming to fix prices on a diabetes medication and an antibiotic, but they deny those allegations. Parts of corpus christi, texas, is being allowed to use part of its tap water. Most residents are being warned not to use it for any purpose until further notice. Most residents are being wowarne the water. Even boiling it will not make it safe so you got to go with the bottled water there. And an up close view this morning of a rocket launched by nasa from the underside of a plane over the atlantic. The rocket was carrying eight mini satellites that will circle the earth to measure surface winds at the center of hurricanes. Football players at the university of minnesota are threatening to boycott their upcoming bowl game. They are protesting the schools indefinite suspension of ten of their teammates accused in a case of alleged sexual assault. No criminal evidence was found and no charges were ever filed. And finally, tom brady has launched a Scavenger Hunt for his slippers. The patriots quarterback has hidden three pairs of his uggs around boston. Used uggs. Used i was about to go there. He said they might smell. That might get you to find them. He has been putting clues on social media, and at least he autographed the slippers there. And, of course, brady has been a spokesperson for uggs. One fan, though, get this. In the quest to find his uggs, a fan has already been injured apparently they lost a tooth trying to find them. I dont know the story behind it. He deserves a new pair. But a tooth was lost. He needs a new pair if he went through all that, not a used pair. Agreed. Agreed. All right, guys. We are going to celebrate because he would want us to do that. We are celebrating the life of a Sports Broadcasting legend who was recently inducted into the Sports Broadcasting hall of fame. This was just on tuesday. My dear friend, craig sager. He died after a very brave battle with leukemia. He will be remembered for his sports knowledge, his good humor and as you can see, for that style of his. Jason paul from the clippers. At least for tonight the indianapolis 500. Reporter craig sager called himself a kid from illinois who grew up on the chicago cubs and made sports his lifes work, and the legendary sports broadcaster spent over 40 years making that work shine. I thought you were the good humor ice cream man. Thats a nice suit you got on there. Take this and burn it. Reporter he was just as vibrant as those technicolor suits he loved to wear. Sager didnt let a 2014 leukemia diagnosis dampen his spirit. His huge presence missed on the sidelines while he fought the disease. Craig, we miss you. Reporter but sager returned. This is the first time ive enjoyed doing this ridiculous interview were required to do and its because youre here. Reporter and after 26 nba seasons, he finally worked his very first nba finals game this past june. How in the hell you going 30 plus years without getting a finals game . That dont make no sense, but im happy to see you, man. Reporter just weeks after that, he was honored with the jimmy v. Award for perseverance at the espys. If ive learned anything through all of this, its that each and every day is a canvas that needs to be painted. Reporter overnight, an outpouring of memories across the sports community. Players past and present from lebron james to kobe bryant and his tnt colleagues. We lost a brother and a friend. There will never be another craig sager. Reporter one of the most touching tributes from his son craig jr. Tweeting, we packed a lifetime and then some into these 28 years together. Sager reminding us to always live a brilliant life, one full of color and sometimes dotted with floral prints and plaid. Sager strong. I will live my life full of love and full of fun. Its the only way i know how. And he did just that. He didnt wait to be diagnosed to embrace life and the wonderful tributes, he was loved by everyone. Even the players. Absolutely. And did you see it . The milwaukee bucks, what they did. This is a tribute to him to craig last night, so and he was supposed to be there tuesday with all of us going into the hall of fame, and we were told that he was watching us, and we hope he was, because as amy knows, she was there. It was just filled with love. It was, it was beautiful. What an inspiration just hearing his story and how he lived. Yeah, michael, you pointed out how that swap for him to work the finals. They worked out the swap so he could work his first nba final, and you could see the love from the players with him, and the fans looked for him at the game. He was as popular and as wanted at these games as the players. He was hard to miss. That was a great tribute to him. And were thinking of his wife and his five beautiful children. Yeah. Absolutely. Okay. Now lets go back to ginger. You got more snow in the northeast. Yeah, wanted to time it out. We want everybody to be safe. As they make their travels. My parents are trying to come from michigan. I said, you got to get out sooner. Look at this. Tonight, 9 00 p. M. Made its way into chicago and west michigan. Look at some of the roads that will be impacted as you go through saturday very early morning, it starts to snow along the coast. And then snow will change to rain. And thats what i wanted to show you. Even if you get 1 to 3 inches, it will rain on top of it. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the weekend getaways brought to you by petco. Love how in the break were still talking about craig and those outfits. Yeah. Coming up, that abc news exclusive. 20 years after the murder of Jonbenet Ramsey, one juror speaking out. Why he says there should have been a trial. And the new warning ash Christmas Lights. These lasers could be dangerous. Plus, the best way to stay warm in this bitter cold. We have a live demo coming up. Coming up. Cold. We have a live demo coming up. Eat up, buddy. Youll get it this time. Yeah ok not too quick dont let go until i say so. I got you. Start strong with the Lasting Energy of 100 youre doing it whole grain quaker oats. And off you go. To being extremely yellow leading would probably gross me out my dentist recommended pronamel. It can help protect enamel from acid erosion. Pronamel is all about your enamel. Its time to givekohls the perfect pjs for Christmas Morning so stay warm in plaid be cozy in fleece and jump for joy. Its your last Super Saturday to shop save a little more with an extra 15 off and earn a little more with kohls cash so you can give a little more. Kohls. It is 7 23, good morning, im reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. Were going to bring in alexis smith with the latest on a Traffic Alert on the san mateo bridge. Over to sky 7, flying over the san mateo bridge right now, on the west bound side so the heavier side of traffic, just past the toll plaza and it sounded serious. You could see this double trailer dump truck and there is a sedan in front of it and it sounded like the sedan was wedged underneath it and doesnt look like it has a ton of damage. They are pushed off to the shoulder but you are backed up to industrial. And quickly want to mention our earlier b. A. R. T. Issues, were down to a 20 minute delay systemwide due to the switching problem and the problem resolves sometime ago and just the residual delays. Lets start with those temperatures. That is the big difference this morning. Up to 15 degree cooler. That and the fact that it is dry outside. So watch out for the wind chill. You need to dress warmer. Lets talk about those winds. They are gusting to 23 at hayward, 30 at sfo. 8 only in san jose to 18 in oakland and 15 in concord but they will pick up around the 20 to 30 mileperhour in the afternoon. In the mountains we are at 27 to 50 Miles Per Hour. Temperatures warming up into the low to mid50s and it wont feel that way with the breezes. And there is a rogue storm possible near the coast. Frosty conditions the next couple of mornings but calmer in the afternoon. I think you have rogue on the brain. Coming up on gma, the most gripping cold case and for the first time a grand juror who saw the evidence in the Jonbenet Ramsey case and i used to ask if you could hear me now with verizon. Not anymore. I switched to sprint because their Network Reliability is now within 1 of verizon. And they save you 50 on most current at t, tmobile, and verizon rates. Why is this one twice as much . This one right here has 1 more needles. Why pay twice as much for only a 1 difference . Well take this one. Can you hear that . vo dont let a 1 difference cost you twice as much. Happy holidays to you and your family. For people with hearing loss, switch to sprint today. Visit sprintrelay. Com if the empire has this kind of power, what chance do we have . What chance do we have . The question is what choice. Felicity jones, rogue one, new star wars movie out its officially out today but there are a lot of screenings last night. A lot of fans rushed into the theaters. Could be one of the biggest openings this year, and well hear from one of the sdars coming up in our next hour. It was the top trend on twitter. A lot of good reviews coming in. Also right now, president obama is vowing to retaliate against russia for interfering in the election. Sources tell abc news the fbi is investigating russian president Vladimir Putin and later today president obama will give his final news conference. Were going to carry it as a special report this afternoon. All right. Lets take a live look again. At hamburg, new york. That wall of ice. More than 100 Million People facing Winter Weather alerts this morning. Lifethreatening cold and snow moving in. Thousands of flights, you see, already canceled or delayed in the past 24 hours. Man, every time i see that ice, i get the chills. And also this morning, you may have seen laser lights like these around your neighborhood. They look pretty and they are a very popular holiday decoration, but theres a new warning about how they can be dangerous. We have more on that coming up as well. They look great, but the pilots are talking about them. First that abc news exclusive. 20 years after Jonbenet Ramseys murder a grand juror in the case is speaking out about secret evidence and testimony and, amy, was it revealed what was going on behind the closed door . He did indeed, and the mystery surrounding the beauty queens death remains unsolved, but back in 1998, boulder Law Enforcement thought he had a case and they presented it in secrecy to a grand jury. One of the only people to hear all that evidence is talking for the first time. Reporter after all that c conjecture about kidnappers and intruders, the the only people in the hot seat are jonbenets parents, john and patsy ramsey. At the Justice Center prosecutor alex hunter presents the case to the panel of eight women and four men. No one is talking about whats going on in the courtroom, and we dont expect a lot of information to come out in the next few weeks. Reporter grand jury proceedings in colorado and elsewhere are secret. The penalties for revealing testimony or evidence can be severe, even jail time. In spite that have threat nearly two decades later one member of that jury has agreed to talk to 20 20. Given the probable repercussions, we agreed to alter his voice and show his face in shadow. Before you were a grand juror, what did you know about the Jonbenet Ramsey case . Very little. I saw that there was a little girl dressed up in a sexual persona and it disgusted me. I turned off the tv. Reporter he grappled with it and took a trip to the ramsey home walking down those basement stairs to see the cellar crime scene for themselves. In the basement, where she was found, it was a very eerie feeling. It was like somebody had been killed here. Reporter they were told to indict only if they found probable cause. In other words, only if it was found more likely than not, if the ramseys had killed their own daughter. Was there enough evidence to indict john and patsy ramsey . Of a crime . Based upon the evidence that was presented, i believe thats correct. Reporter but if the case went to trial, did he believe that the ramseys would be convicted . No. Based on the evidence you were presented, do you feel you know who killed Jonbenet Ramsey . I highly suspect i do. Reporter now, the grand jury handed up an indictment, accusing john and patsy ramsey, not of murder, but of child abuse, finding they allowed jonbenet to be placed in a situation which resulted in her death, and of course, the prosecutor decided not to pursue that indictment. Lets talk to dan abrams about that right now. Usually you think of prosecutors sort of molding the grand jury in the image they want them to be but were hearing, we wanted to do it, he didnt. Only the prosecution presenting evidence to a grand jury, right. There is no defense attorney there. So typically what happens is the prosecutor will present the evidence in the hope of getting an indictment, and in almost all cases, they get it. But in this case, they claimed that they tried to present the entirety of the case to the grand jury to let them decide. The problem was that the grand jury did not as amy points out come back with an indictment for murder. But instead this kind of compromise child abuse indictment. I think that this prosecution, this team was very divided within the boulder d. A. s office about whether to move forward and in the end, alex hunter did not feel he would get a conviction. We hear this grand juror say he thinks he knew who did it. He clearly believes it was patsy or john ramsey. I mean, thats who the evidence was presented against in the grand jury. So but again, lets remember. A, this was a long time ago before theres been new information about dna evidence, et cetera, and, b, there was no defense there. The lead prosecutor who was presenting this case to the grand jury was one of the prosecutors who believed that the ramseys, or at least patsy ramsey should be indicted. Important to keep that in mind this was not a juror in the typical way we think of jurors who heard all the evidence, heard both sides and came to a conclusion. This is a grand juror who heard only the prosecutions side and decides now that this person thinks that he knows who did it. Just incredible were getting new information 20 years out. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Dan, thank you very much. And all of you can see the full interview on 20 20 at 10 00 eastern right here on abc. Now to another murder mystery, the latest on the jogging murder mystery here in new york. Authorities say they now have a profile of the person responsible for killing for the killing. Abcs linsey davis has a new development. Reporter this morning new York Police Say they are closer than ever to identifying the person responsible for Karina Vetranos murder. Were still getting tips. Were still vetting those as they come in. Reporter 30yearold vetrano is seen here in this Surveillance Video obtained by crime watch daily, jogging into a queens park in august just moments before her murder. Police are now releasing this new profile of the suspect. Likely a male who may have frequented or lived in the park prior to the assault and was a familiar face to others, adding the assailant may have had scratches to his hands, arms, neck or face and changed his level of alcohol, drug or tobacco use, following the murder, along with changing his appearance afterwards. Profiles are based on experience and what you find at the scene. Its also very common for people who commit sexual assaults in parks to have frequented and or lived in the parks. Reporter this case is also prompting prosecutors to appeal to new york state for authorization for a new kind of dna testing. We also have touch dna from her neck. We have dna from her fingernails. That was all from the same person. Reporter familial dna testing brought into the search for the killer by matching those dna samples with a suspects potential relatives already in the system. Something that the victims father is pushing for as well. It will find a relative of the killer. A brother or a father or a son, and this person that they locate must be a criminal. Reporter her father says he returns daily to the jogging path where his daughters life ended so brutally. I go back there daily. Sometimes two or three times a day. Its actually a Peaceful Place for me. I can think when im there. Reporter he also says he goes there in the hopes that the person responsible for her murder comes back. For Good Morning America, linsey davis, abc news new york. All right. Michael, whats coming up on the big board . Coming up, nba fans are calling foul over lebron james because he took a rest day. Why the superstar didnt show up for a recent game. Is this fair to the fans . Bruce bowen is here for that. 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Espns bruce bowen is joining us with more on that. Bruce, tell us what happened. Well, here you have a situation where a kid went to a game because he wanted to see lebron james, and the Cleveland Cavaliers decided it was best for kyrie irving, kevin love and lebron to take the night off. Now, this is casual in the nba. This happens when you are competing for a championship. What i want the world to know is that lebron james is not a hired help. He is an elite athlete and because he is an elite athlete, he has drawn a lot of admirers. Now, if the team chooses to say, you know what . Were more concerned with having him healthy through june as compared to january, then you have to respect that because its truly about the rest. The nba has 81 regular season games and if you go into the playoffs, go into the finals thats over 100 games played. The body, the body needs its rest at different times. But you saw one of the signs said, Michael Jordan would have been here. And Michael Jordan pretty much played every game of every season and a lot looking back at the history of some of these players. And you played for coach popovich, one of the greatest coaches in the nba and let tim duncan rest in his career. What do you think . Do you take issue and think its fair for the fans . I dont take issue with it. I think its more of a parental thing. Now let me get on that Michael Jordan thing, michael strahan. When Michael Jordan, there were times when they were making those runs for the championships, he wasnt playing a lot of the fourth quarters so he was getting rest. And there were times where he understood that he would play, but he only played limited minutes. Now with gregg popovich, you talk about a man who understood what was really important. Is it important to have the best record or to be on fire during the course of the regular season and then lose in the first round . Absolutely not. He took it upon himself because he has a job, and in order to do his job, he needs to do things his way. His way is allowing guys to get rest during the regular course of the season, so you can have not one, not two, but five championships in this great city of san antonio there, michael strahan. How do you really feel . Its kind of unclear to me right now. I tell you what, i wish football coaches would have done that. I could have got some rest. Didnt work that way with 16game seasons. The Biggest Issue is you have some former players, michael, saying these things, oh, they shouldnt do that to the fans. You know what . If you lose, you lose. And this is what i say. Its a parental issue. This shouldnt be that lebron james ruined the kids christmas. What are the parents doing there . Thats my issue. When i was a kid i wanted to see the jackson 5 at astro world and my grandfather said you could sit here and sulk or ride a roller coaster. I went and rode a roller coaster. Jackson five came into it somehow. I dont know where, but were going to get away from that, and were going to talk about the big freeze thats happening outsds outside with temperatures dropping across the country. Were looking at the best ways to stay warm outside, and ginger is outside with that. What do you have, ginger . Any time its real hot or cold we pull this baby out. This is a thermal or infrared gun. The laser kind of gives you an idea of how cold or warm it is and lined up my favorite people here at gma. Thats meteorologist max golembo, and he has the least on and loves the cold. We wanted him to look that way. So when you take that off, obviously youre allowing a ton of heat you can see his hands and his face and head, doug in the middle there, hes got just a regular jacket. Hes looking good but his hands losing a lot and you can see on his face. My favorite, samantha. She does not like the cold and we put her all bundled up and layered. And the three layers are that inner layer, three at least, that insulating kind of moisture wicking and insulating one and the one that will get rid of the rain or snow. Looks like you lose a lot of heat out of your nose like rudolph the red nose jacket. Is it better to have a big jacket or is it better to go with that layering . And the layering works every time. And you can see that from doug here. He even loses some, and you can see around his armpit. Obviously, around his neck. Covering up and having those layers is going to help you, and some coats are better than others. You can give max back his coat. I feel terrible. Thank you, ginger. You can see even with, that it doesnt do enough, and with that, its perfect way to stay warm. The idea of it would be always if youre unsure, layer up and you can always take it off. If you dont have it with you, you cant put it on. So obvious. An obvious thing to say but you got to do it. Bruce, youre in texas. How do you stay warm . If it gets cold, you just turn on the heat. Thats all you got to do here because it doesnt get cold here. We got people turning on fireplaces at 55 degrees. Come on, people. Thats not cold. I knew wed get no nonsense there. Ginger, bruce, thank you. Coming up in just two minutes. That new warning 4 about those laser light holiday decorations. Not good for pilots. Jay knows how to keep nice shorts, dad. G. This is what the pros wear. Uhhh. Thats why he starts his day with those two scoops in heart healthy kelloggs raisin bran. Ready to eat my dust . Too bad i already filled up on raisins. Kelloggs raisin bran. Deliciously heart healthy. I get to hang out with big shots like her, whoa and them and i, megazord, get to tell you that you can find all of the hottest movie heroes at toysrus. Buy one get one 40 off power rangers, star wars, disney moana, and more toysrus. Awwwesome hey reens presents, a holiday mini miracle. Hey this is for you. Did you really . 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So they are going to push it along the east bay shoreline in places like el sear oato, albany and emeryville and oakland and that may drift toward San Francisco. But for the most part it is going to hover over that area. Winds will get faster over the next couple of hours. Excuse me, again. So hopefully they will get this under control before the winds fan those flames as they get up to around 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour in the next couple of hours. As far as air kwaumquality, ver isolated. If you are over the water and taking a ferry, you may run into the thick smoke. Go inside the ferry until it passes you by. The winds is an issue and the cooler temperatures help. How is it affecting traffic, alexis . Sky 7, ive been watching these guys for 20 minutes now. They were on the way to Something Else when they spotted this black smoke. So obviously this is easy to spot from the air. We have richmond parkway, one lane is blocked and we had a wider view and it looked like all vehicles are being held there for a moment. This is to the west of richmond parkway at west gertrude and we have one lane blocked. Just stick to 80. Traffic isnt that bad this morning. The side roads, this one in particular, is really slow and the main highways arent as bad as they typically are. Were seeing friday light traffic and as we zoom out, they are taking up a lane to douse the flames and i think it will get worse before it gets better. They have a lot of vehicles right there. This is not looking like a great situation. Let me correct what i said. Alexis smith is right, the tight shot, i couldnt see the fire response and now i can see they are actively trying to put this out from the other angle. So, again, were over here in San Francisco and we could see the smoke that is now coming over and so this is seen from miles away at this point. So well keep our eye on this and for traffic and from weather angles and well have another update in about 20 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news. Com. Again, this is near richmond parkway and gertrude avenue. Well see you in just a few minutes. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Winter wallop. Dangerous coal and snow from coast to coast causing accidents and road closures and Flight Cancellations across the country. 38 states facing alerts right now plus the new storm pounding the west. Gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas oneonone with michael speaking out for the first time about being harassed and bullied online. Ive been there and you can overcome this. I did. Were going to hear how shes fighting back. Just nine days till christmas. The last rush for Holiday Shopping and the final countdown to get Free Shipping. What you need to know to save big money and the huge deals youll hear about first only on gma. And gma goes rogue. Star wars rogue one storming into theaters overnight and we are talking with one of the movies biggest stars and were here to say all good morning, america. [ applause ] welcome back to gma and take a look around right here, the death star behind us, we are going rogue today. The force is strong as you can see. Our studio transforming for the new star wars movie out, rogue one out nationwide today. [ applause ] yeah, weve got stormtroopers here as you saw, a little scary and our control room is being taken over. Just ahead well hear from one of the stars of the movie riz ahmed. He is fantastic. Look at them. They do not play. Oh. I was trying to get them to smile, not happening. On top of that we have so much more going on in times square and have Patrick Wilson. Hes here with us and we have a big performance by lukas graham. [ cheers and applause ] a lot coming up this friday morning. Got to get news as well. To amy for the morning rundown. The big story president obama vowing to take action after that bombshell revelation that russian president Vladimir Putin personally ordered a Hacking Campaign aimed at influencing the u. S. President ial election. Moscow is demanding proof of that claim by u. S. Intelligence officials. President obama told npr that the u. S. Will respond. I think there is no doubt that when any Foreign Government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publicized. Some of it may not be. Hillary clinton reacted overnight claiming putin was motivated by a longtime grudge against her. Donald trump tweeted about the hack this morning but only to link it to Hillary Clinton getting debate questions ahead of time. Well, president elect trump has nominated attorney David Friedman to serve as ambassador to israel. He supports israeli settlements in dispewed territories and opposing the establishment of a palestinian homeland. The socalled twostate solution. There are new concerns about the humanitarian disaster in aleppo. The evacuation of syrians has been halted after reports that rebel fighters attacked a convoy. Thousands are still trapped in that city and there are fears that more fighting could soon erupt. Back here in this country travel delays are possible across the midwest and the northeast today as heavy winds usher in some of the coldest air in years, 38 states are now under Winter Weather alerts in some parts of upstate new york seeing up to two feet of snow. One foot possible from minnesota into wisconsin and some folks in the upper midwest could see windchill temperatures of 40 degrees below zero this weekend. Well, former basketball star lamar odom is speaking out more than a year after he nearly died of a Drug Overdose at a brothel in nevada. Odom is now in rehab but before checking himself in he sat down for an upcoming episode of the doctors opening up about his ongoing battle with substance abuse, his brush with death and his marriage to khloe kardashian. I wasnt in a good place mentally. My wife and i at the time were going through some things and i was in a dark place so i guess they say everything happen force a reason so i guess the reason is im here. The doctor that conducted that interview says he entered rehab on his own and the show is not planning to air it until he gets out of rehab. Finally if the photo online of a giant teddy bear abandoned at the airport in los angeles tugged at your heart string, guess what, you were had. Tsa agents said the ninefoot bear had been left behind because it was too big for a carryon. That much is true but it was not abandoned about i a child. In fact the whole thing was apparently staged about i a youtube prankster but the tsa says its a good reminder to use common sense when considering what to carry on to your flight. Dont bring a teddy bear the size of a trash can. Note to self. Arent you surprised sometimes by the amount of stuff that people bring . People try to bringy yeah. Got to do it. Got to do pop news. Pop news time. Tgif, right . Tgif. Well begin with a little Woody Harrelson news. Hes taking one night in his life from 15 years ago and turning it into the first ever live cinema movie. The project called lost in london chronicles the time harrelson accidentally broke an ashtray in the back of a london taxi that set off a series of events that landed him in jail. Im sure there were quite a series of events that landed him in jail. The project written, directed and starring harrelson shot live in the exact moment it appears on screen, 100minutelong film shot with one camera. One continuous take. 14 different locations, carried out by a 30person cast including owen wilson and willie nelson. I think it sounds really cool. If he can pull this off, itll be really fun to watch. Either way i think we knew what he was using that ashtray for. George, george. Very open about it. Yes, yes. Im thinking the broken ashtray wasnt the problem. Anyway that is going to debut on january 19th. I actually really cannot wait to see it. For better or worse its going to be really interesting. Also in pop news this morning, have any of you guys in the audience or at home ever used a Single Cup Coffee makery theyre like changing our lives. You dont have to waste and just push a button. Ail cup of coffee. Having some right now or am i because get ready, get ready for the keurig of wine. [ applause ] it will aerate your vino and quickly cool it to the perfect drinking temperature for your red, for your pinot noir or what and took four years for me or inventors to make and available only in france or singapore. Road trip. The great thing about pop news we get to see your passions. Refrigerator with wine this week. The crazy thing, to bring that up, the audience goes wild. Its 5 00 somewhere. [ applause ] finally in pop news, you dont have to spend big oh, no, no, no. Today is National Ugly christmas sweater day, you guys. [ applause ] we almost forgot. You know, usually the adjectives ugly and expensive dont go together very well but on the beautiful another adjective ginger zee. Modeling and by on you mean i wouldnt put it on. I know id spill on it. Also apparently rather snug. This is the worlds most expensive ugly christmas sweater. What do you think . Just guess. 1500 bucks. 2500. 30,000. In no, come on. 30,000. Why . Well, because santa is riding a unicorn. Where he obviously santa is on a unicorn. This is created by the tipsy elves and swarovski. This took i mean every single crystal is hand sewn on this sweater. It is 24,000 crystals. It took them 52 hours to hand make. It is actually available for purchase on the tipsy elves website. I think youd be tipsy to order it get my shoulder work in. Bring out will and lane. Theyre wearing what most of us think of as ugly christmas sweaters because you dont need to spend 30,000. You can go to a thrift store. Party on the front. Lane is going with the classic that looks like it came out of my mom carolyns closet. We want you guys to send us pictures of you your favorite christmas sweaters because next week its on. The ugly sweater showdown. Ginger is the champion two years running. Not happening again this year. No. Come back out here. Merry christmas, will. Merry christmas. Thanks to all. Holiday shopping alert. One of the final days for Free Shipping and becky worley has great deals. 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Shes the threetime olympic Gold Medalist shooting to stardom in london and returning to the mats for the rio summer games as a member of the final five. Womens gymnastics team. Double layout. But for 20yearold Gabby Douglas the price of fame has not always been golden. 70 of young people age 18 to 24 experience online bullying. Uhhuh. Which seems like such a high number. Tell us about your own experience with that. My first real experience was this past olympics in rio and i got the brunt of it and i was like caught off guard. I was like, wait, whats going on. I wasnt on social media because of olympic trials. When i placed seventh and only top five and picked me. I got a lot of flack for that and started googling myself which i probably shouldnt have done and so many things about me and im like, really. Like oh, my gosh. I was so hurt because people brought up, you know, my past and, you know, all the things that i did wrong and i was like, really . Why are people making such a big deal about it and it was just like lies and i was very hurt. I want to congratulate you, though. Thank you. Because you didnt just take it but doing something about it. Exactly. Youre now the first change ambassador for hack harassment which is about reducing online harassment. What inspired you to get involved with that. Was it your past experiences. Yeah, when i got back from rio i didnt want to just keep talking about it and hashing it out but wanted to do something about it and sat down with, you know, a couple and its part of lady gagas born this Way Foundation and ive seen a lot of things that shes done and also inspired to do the same things and ill go to campus, sit down with these kid, be personal, be real. Ive been there and you can overcome this. I overcame this and you can do it. 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[ applause ] you know, its hard to believe that were closing in on a new year and when you look back at 2016 there were so many fascinating stories and people and i had a chance to spend time with many of them. Its part of my game changer special coming up next week. Heres a little bit of a preview. You have to be electric, fearless, sensational if you want to be one of the amazing few who changed our world this year. You are a game changer. And wednesday night, Robin Roberts with these agents of change. Oh inspiring change, historic change, unbelievable change. Change that means so much for so many. Shes a plus size model. Shes a model. It means a lot. So nice to meet you. You think you know these Game Changers. Hey, king james, what makes you a game changer. It was like, wow. You think winning goal was the biggest Game Changing event for Michael Phelps this year. That could not have been easy to do. How about becoming a dad . Hey. Hey. I swear i didnt do anything. Get this, theres one amazing game changer robin will reveal only in this special. So who is it . Wednesday. How do you tell kanye, thanks, man, but im going to stay definitely not easy telling kanye. Look who is changing the world. If you cant have a little fun along the way. Welcome to my life, guys. Do you hear the crowd . Its the Robin Roberts event special you cant miss. It doesnt get any better than this. Game changers 10 00, 9 00 central on abc. Wow. [ applause ] it was so much fun, guys. Going all across the country and meeting them and each and every one of them when you look at how like linmanuel miranda, he changed broadway and how we so many young people are excited about learning more about our history, chance the rapper who was just nominated for seven grammys gives his music away for free, the first streaming artist like that. That is Game Changing and Michael Phelps. What did you do to that baby . No. Like im watching all of that and im thinking shes going to get somebody to cry in one of these interview, not the baby. That hurt my heart to see boomer cry like that. As soon as i give him back to daddy, stopped just like that. Dont take it personal. Im excited about sharing this and dr. Mona who got to the root of whats going on in flint, michigan, with the water crisis, they and a whole lot more. Game changers wednesday night at 10 00, 9 00 central on abc and very excited about Patrick Wilson, Patrick Wilson is coming up here live next on gma. Happy friday. There he is. Hi there, im Natasha Zouves from abc 7 mornings. You have to take a look at your screen. We are tracking this breaking news in richmond. A large fire is rapidly burning at an auto yard. This is near richmond and west gertrude. A live look from our emeryville camera. Contra costa has issued a shelter in place. And lets get over to alexis smith with how this is impacting traffic. We do have a closure of richmond parkway, a full closure between pittsburg and gertrude. And if you are not familiar with this area richmond parkway is a main road to get to the Richmond San Rafael bridge. It will save you time instead of staying on 80 that entire time. That is fully closed. Surface streets are looking jammed but westbound 80 is not looking bad. I highly recommend sticking to westbound 80 and connecting that to 580. And im having folks sending me tweets saying they are seeing black plumes of smoke from far away and mike, we are talking about the wind today. How is that impacting this. It is an issue, absolutely. Winds gusting 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour and higher up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Were looking from i think that is the south beach camera back across over and what you are going to see is all of the smoke heading toward kensington, afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. [ applause ] yes, yes, yes, we are here at gma in times square, and we have a great audience as usual and you know who else is here, were all excited, Patrick Wilson. Come on out and join us at the table. [ applause ] hey, man. How are you . Good to see you. How are you doing . Hello, how are you . Good to see you. Hello, sir. Quick hello. Great to see you again. Long time. I have to say my hellos. Happy to have you. Welcome. There we go. Did you hear the audience singing . I did. I liked it. I want to hear some more lyrics. Yeah, you might do that. Its the season now. Yeah. Christmas carol time. Everybody thinks they know youre ready to go. Lets go. This man can sing. Well test everybodys knowledge. Everybody thinks they know the lyrics, but do you really . Ready to try. Christmas songs. Well start easy. Frosty the snowman. Lets go. Was a happy jolly jolly happy soul with a corn cob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal you got it right there. That right there, tom, you have to give her credit. She knew all the words. Yes, yes. [ applause ] down to the village wow. Way to how do you know all the words . A little singoff. The second verse . No. Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand running here and there all around the square saying catch me if you can wow [ applause ] impressive for you too. Okay. Okay. Holly jolly christmas, best time of the year. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas its the best time of the year oh good golly have a holly jolly and have a cup of cheer nobody knows. That was a lot of mumbling. Walk down the street say hello to friends you know and everyone you meet there we go [ applause ] we love that. I love it. All the faces. All the mumbling who really dont know it. Theres a nice undertone. Okay, last one, i dont want a lot for christmas. Theres just one thing i need. I dont want a lot for christmas there is just one thing i need [ laughter ] dum dee dum. Christmas tree anybody . Robin, didnt you say this is your Favorite Song . The first line. Got a winner over there. Make my wish come true baby all i want for christmas is you all right. No one knows christmas carols. First of all, congratulations to you all. Beautiful, beautiful. Thanks. [ applause ] lovely. That being said, i have had the pleasure of hearing this man sing. I was there, Barbra Streisand in brooklyn at the concert. Yes. You did a duet with her. Yes. How did that all come about . They asked me to sing on her recording, which is what were doing right there, and then, you know, i was secretly hoping, not so secretly hoping that if she went on tour, that they would ask us to sing or ask me to sing so sang both songs at the Barclay Center and sang with her last week and sang with her in miami, and they recorded it for netflix. What is that like to sing with Barbra Streisand . Its unbelievable. It really is. I mean, its a dream come true but i will say this, what is amazing about it is when you get up there, everything went away. Everything went away because of who she is when youre performing with her. I never felt Everything Else around it was crazy and daunting, and then you get up there and youre just like, no, no, were just singing. Makes you feel that way. And she just makes you calms you down, so it was unusually calm to me. Loved it. Its like looking at these people every day. No one else is as long as we dont sing. If you sing, were in a little trouble. Besides impressive musical theater which you have but also youre a veteran of the scary movie, and our own amy robach makes me go to these with her, insidious, the conjuring. Are you a scary movie buff . Not really. I mean, my thing is if its a good movie, its a good movie. I dont care about the genre. I dont see every scary movie that comes along. For me the great ones that can transcend the genre, you know, i think of the shining, poltergeist, that meant something to me and thats what we set out to do with the conjuring now series. We have two. I know. I just see it. You know what i loved about it, im not a lover of scary movies but amy makes me go and my pitch is that mariah carey note. The second one was better than the first. It keeps getting better. You dont want to rehash the same jokes, the same scares, you know, thats always the trouble with the sequel and so luckily we just kept pushing forward. We had a director in james wan who wants to just keep reinventing his own genres. Never to sleep again. Thats the goal. And were very excited about your new one, the hollow point. You play a sheriff in new mexico investigating a crime. Lets take a little look right here. Its been a good five months figuring out smuggling routes up in indian ridge. Kept on hearing about peculiarities and such, catapults and back alley breast implants, even heard about a submarine once somebody took the time to build by hand in their garage. Wow. [ applause ] that was great. Thanks. How many bowls of cereal did you go through for that scene . A few bowls of cereal. Thats funny. Those are always the things that you walk away with like why did i choose to eat cereal. Like two hours later youre just like it keeps going because you were cast as orm, the ocean master in the new aquaman. Were you an aquaman fan growing up . No, i mean it wasnt that i loved aquaman but there wasnt any movies about it, any movies of any real significance so reached a point where we can match the technology with the artistic desires. To communicate with all the underwater creatures. Well, i dont do that. Ill leave that to aquaman. What youve done, though, youre an action figure, yeah. There you are. There you go. Thank you. I dont have one. Comic book. A little bit of everything. I do have this. We come bearing gifts. tis the season. This is when they redid it. We wont even make you sing. And a quick congratulations before we go. You joined george and myself as one of peoples sexiest men alive. In my age. They didnt want to offend me. That is why i got in. They were wrapping up but notice he found time for that. Lara, right . I got to cut away but lets talk about being sexy. Thank you, patrick. Thanks for coming in. My pleasure. In theaters and on demand right now. Well be right back and hear from one of rogue o this tuesday were talking all things 2016 from the years obsessions. Alec baldwin should win an oscar. To celebrity romance. Ooh. And the split. Tuesday night its Robin Roberts with the year and wednesday you have to be Pretty Amazing to make this list. Like wow. Its robin with the amazing Game Changers of 2016. Oh. I didnt do anything. The Robin Roberts special Game Changers. Two incredible nights. One gamechanging year. Come along. Youre going to love this. [ cheers and applause ] and we are back now with our macys annual believe campaign bringing to children with lifethreatening medical conditions, well, macys is going to donate 1 up to 1 million to makeawish for every stamped letter to staepts clause that you drop off at a macys believe box or submit online. Now, take a look at this makeawish come true. Hands up. Reporter avery dixon has always been a tiny tumbler. She has been a monkey since the day she was born. Reporter but her career in cartwheels was sidelined when she was diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which is a cancer that affects white blood cells. I didnt feel good. I never wanted to get out of bed. We did the 2 1 2 years of treatment. She went into a year of remission this july. And the trumpets they go [ bell rings ] reporter now thanks to makeawish i was counting down the days. Reporter her big dream competing for gold is coming true starting with a little video surprise from olympic medalist and idol laurie hernandez. I even got you your own leotard to practice in. Go big or go home go go reporter avery arrived to her exclusive competition red carpet ready with her adoring fans. 7yearold avery. Reporter and her routine earning all perfect scores securing first place. Thank you, macys and makeawish. Let it shine you can make a wish come true. Just dont forget to drop off a letter at your local mac good morning, im meteorologist mike nicco. It is going to be a breezy one today but a chilly, dry breeze that will keep our temperatures in low to mid50s and our windchill in the 40s. My accuweather sevenday forecast, our valleys are orecast, our valleys are can you feel it . The force is with us. The highly anticipated rogue one finally in theaters. I got to sit down with one of the actors, riz ahmed, to talk about his secret talent. Take a look. Whats your call sign, pilot . Uh. We have to go. Its, um say something. Come on. Rogue, rogue one. What is it like . I cant even imagine being a part of the star wars story and family. Its pretty surreal. Because obviously i grew up kind of watching these movies. Your character is named bodhi rook. Thats right. He works for the empire, so he goes through this kind of realization where he kind of thinks just because im an average joe doesnt mean i cant make a difference. Absolutely. Is this the original darth vader mask . My boy, darth. Do you deal with darth vader in the movie . Who can say. Well, im going to try to get you to give away something. Its a game of chess rather than an interview. On top of all the acting i also didnt realize you are a rapper. I am, yeah. Turn it around like no no hands up recently i started a band called the sweatshop boys. I like that. My background back in the day was in freestyle rap where people make fun of you. The thing i wouldnt engage in with you because i do positive freestyle rap. Yeah, exactly. I would never say negative. The sweatshop boys album is kind of about identity, about not fitting in. You know. Sounds a little like your character in star wars. Yeah, exactly. And while riz wouldnt give away any of the secrets i cant comment on anything. Let me see your identification. You dont need to see his identification. We dont need to see his identification. Reporter he did try some jedi mind tricks on me. Oh, this could get interesting. Right. See, i just jedi mind read what youre thinking. And am i right . Yeah. Oh, america, youre going to die. [ cheers and applause ] good. Its really good. Rogue one a star wars story in theaters now and everyone in our audience is getting not one, but two tickets to see it at imax 3d courtesy of our friends at imax. Pretty good, george. Yes, pretty good. Happy audience right here right now. Were going to take a little bit of a serious turn right now and our first look at a new special coming this spring marking the 25th anniversary of the riots in los angeles that followed the acquittal of the officers who beat rodney king. We should tell you that some of the footage is graphic. We have talked about the anger generated by the not guilty verdicts of the four officers accused in the rodney king beating, and i dare say there is anger now on the part of 16 deaths have been associated with the use of police choke holds. 12 of the victims were black. These photos chronicle the events of march 22nd. I started accepting he wasnt going to come back so i just had asked god to take care of him. The los angeles Olympic Games opened tonight. There is enormous prestige which comes to any city which hosts the olympics. It was the first black mayor and made everybody happy that he got a chance in this world. Operation hammer was a free ticket to go out there and do overly Aggressive Police work. Mercy, lord. Had i aint never seen anything like this. Killed from a bullet to her head was 27yearold karen toshima. Only folks who go through that know what its like. We are determined to take back the streets. Police in los angeles have begun an investigation into why some of their own men severely beat a man they had just pulled over. They treated this man that night like an animal. Black and brown people are being beat up, shot, choked to death by Police Forces all over this country. Jurors watched the graphic videotape of a korean grocer fatally shooting 15yearold latasha harlans. Sentenced to five years probation. Got away with murder. In california today the final arguments of the brutality trial of four los angeles Police Officers. Nobody thought it was going to be the verdict that happened. It is a Shocking Development in simi valley. You burn in hell. We did cause the problem at 71st and norman. Get that riot gear. Hit me. It was a movement. I was part of a movement, a black movement. Korean merchants said they were fed up and the next thing i know three were holding guns and just started firing. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] i mean, it was just one of those days, compassion wasnt handed out to other races. I think god told me to go save that mans life. What ive told you here today you have never heard. Nobodys told it. Nobodys dared to tell it. The thing is, it doesnt seem like hes really dead. Like it couldnt be happening to us. We have to get ourselves together, you know, unity, empowerment. These are old words, old terms. Theyve been passed on. Theyre not just cliches, you know what im saying, so we have to get ourselves together. Ive never known no one with quite your style im going crazy, thinking baby this may be my chance its going to be like this all night long what would you say to me give the gift of garth. Baby lets lay down and dance garth brooks the ultimate collection. 10 cds just 25. 49 when you use the target cartwheel app. Only at target. Baby lets lay down and dance we are here with lukas graham. They just scored three grammy nominations for their hit 7 years, and now theyre performing youre not there from their selftitled album. Take it away. Lukas graham, everybody. This is a song i wrote to my father, and after becoming a father myself, this song is a little more special. I only got you in my stories and you know i tell them right i remember you and i when im awake at night so give it up for fallen glory i never got to say goodbye i wish i could ask for just a bit more time with every step i take you used to lead the way now im terrified to face it on my own youre not there to celebrate the man that you made youre not there to share in my success and mistakes is it fair youll never know the person ill be youre not there with me though i know that youre not there i still write you all these songs its like you got the right to know whats going on as i struggle to remember how you used to look and sound at times i still think i can spot you in the crowd with every step i take you used to lead the way and now im terrified to face it on my own youre not there to celebrate the man that you made youre not there to share in my success and mistakes is it fair youll never know the person ill be youre not there with me time can heal your wounds if youre strong and standing tall ive been doing all of that it didnt help at all they say youll grow older and itll get better still yes i will but no it wont they dont get it cause youre not there to celebrate the man that you made youre not there to share in my success and mistakes is it fair youll never know the person ill be youre not there with me youre not there there there youre not there youre not there there there youre not there terrified to face it on my own [ applause ] thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. Gmas fall Concert Series lift up your head and keep moving or let the paranoia haunt you . Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my feefifofum i keep my heart undone the strong in me, i still smile. Agine a world where the holidays are about joy again. Where days are filled with magic instead of madness. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods, weve imagined the holidays this way for decades. Its why we never have crazy sales. Never make you clip coupons. And always have amazing prices on popular brands and thoughtful gifts. Its time to bring back the holidays with t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. Thanks again to lukas graham. I know you were trying to get us to sing, but well leave that to you. Looks like were ready for a little barber shop thing. Youre ready. Five seconds left. Ready, one, two, three. Come on, wake up come on, why ya sleepin . Come on what time is it . Its go time. Come on. Lets go, lets go, lets go. 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And richmond parkway is closed between gertrude and pittsburg pd and you saw when sky 7 was on the wider shot. Only the fire crews are on this street. [cheering and applauding] announcer its live with kelly today from the film a monster calls, liam neeson and host of americas got talent, holiday spectacular, nick cannon. Plus from the series pitch, Mark Consuelos joins kelly at the cohost desk. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Mark Consuelos [cheering and applauding] [cheering and applauding]