Close all of its schools causing chaos stranding 650,000 kids. The clues this morning, why investigators knew it was a hoax and the war of words as other cities say it was a huge ovoverreacti. Dropping the mic. What . Oh, thats the robber. The local reporter who helped crack the case and catch a bank robber. Ah, this is live tv, folks. How he got much more than just the story. And Something Like that, good morning, america. The main event lighting up the strip in las vegas last night. 1400 people packing the Venetian Hotel and casino last night. Donald trump said it felt more like the academy award. Likes having the gold around. He took tough hits from jeb bush, the most lively performance yet fromovernor bush, thbig question, did it did anything change . You saw ted cruz and marco rubio go at it, as well, and were going to talk about this with bill oreilly who is standing by with his analysis. There he is right there. Well begin, though, with abcs cecilia vega. She is in las vegas for all the action. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, george, good morning to you. Im still outside the venetian low tell. All eyes inside that hall last night on donald trump, the focus was on national security, but donald trumpmp says head the best debate so far. The gloves were off almost as soon as the opening bell rang. Run for president. Youre a tough guy, jeb. We need to have a leader that is real tough. Youll never be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency. Im at 42 and youre at 3. Doesnt matter. Reporter it was donald trump versus jeb bush on how to fight isis. With jebs attitude we will never be great again. That i can tell you. Reporter and on that proposal thats controversial to ban muslims. Donald trump is great at the oneliners but hes a chaos president. Jeb doesnt really believe im unhinged. He said that very simplyly because he has failed in this campaign. Its been a total disaster. Nobody cares. Reporter there was donald trump versus rand paul. S donald trump a serus candidate . The reason i ask this reporter but the biggest grudge match at all. He has a wonderful temper. Reporter trump versus the texas senator infringing on his s frontrunner standings in the poll never happenened. Instead, it was ted cruz versus marco rubio, both vying to be the partys alternative to the brash billionaire in the lead. Does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people in this country illegally now. Senator cruz. I have never supported legalization. Do you rule it out . I have never suppord legalization and i dont intend to. Because you know reporter some like dr. Ben carson struggling to break out of the pack. But the fact of the matter is, look and see what ive done. And that speaks volumes about over. Mr. Trump, did jeb bush have it out for you tonight . No, he has to do what he has to do. I fully understand. Hes having a hard time and he wants to get his numbers up. Reporter well, jeb bush thoughhe had a good night too. This is the final, this was the final Republican Debate of 2015 and i can tell you there have been a lot of questions about whether trump might stage an independent ruif he does not win this nomination. He said unequivocally last night he will not do that, robin, he says hes totally committed to the republican party. Well talk about that. Thank you, cecilia. Matthew dowd, a Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush and worked on campaigns for both parties is here. So, the frontrunner, how did he do . Onald trump didnt damage himself at all. This is the last debate before christmas and donald trump will go into Christmas Holidays into the new year as the dominant frontrunner. The interesting thing, like yes, virginia, there is a santa claus, yes, gop, donald trump and you say that even more so now because of what trump said, we heard cecilia as she said at the end of her r reportingow hes saying, im not going to run as an independent. You read something into that. I thought it was a big tell at the end oit. Up to this time hes been leaning in i may or may not. He sees himself in the dominant place and sesees himse as the winner of the gop nomination process. Thats why hes saying that. Ted cruz has been makinsome inroads and gaining some ground. How did he do . I thought he did fine. He had momentum coming in. He didnt do anything to push it forward so i think in that way he fell short of whe he kneed to go in this. I think herobably wins iowa but the problem for ted cruz is where does he win after r iowa . So did anybody in your estimation break out . I thought the two breakout people were marco rubio, hes always good at these debate, probably won every single debate in the course of this and Chris Christie did some good contrasting to everybody else on stage. The problem is, can anybody take a place of donald trump in the course of this race and i think thats the question we dont know. By january. I think its going to go from a Football Team to a Baseball Team to a Basketball Team in january which isrobably five or six people on stage. I knew you would give one of those analogies. George. Lets hear from bill oreilly right now from fox news so the author of the number one the New York Times bestseller, killing reagan. Welcome back. We heard matthew dowd right there. He didnt see anything that would take trump off the top right now. Do you agree . I dont think trump really changed his status. You like him before the debate youll like him after. You dont, same thing. I think ted cruz helped himself a little bit because he becomes the conservativelternative to trump. So if youre not a policy person, and youre conservative you would go with cruz. But he and rubio really went at it on national security. You think cruz got the better of that exchange. I dont know. You got to understand the folks are going on emotion this year and thats what its all about and people should understand trump has blown the system up. Hes blown it up and now its all about emotion, so once you get into this s micro pocy business i think most folks tune out. The big questioion peoplere asking does it stay about emotion as the votes actually come . It does, it does until you get to the first voting. Iowa, new hampshire. I think itll carry into that. Because thats what trump is running on. Thats his whole campaign, emotion. He feels your pain and the country is angry. Jeb bush had his toughest attack yet on donald trump last night. Chaos candidate. Did he draw blood . No, because you could just read it in bushs face. How is this possibly happening . How can i, a candidate who knows and has run a state for eight years be losing to a donald trump, who speaks in generalities. But what jeb bush has never understood is this is a different time. Americans are furious on both sides, but primarily on the right and if you dont feel that anger, if you dont feel it youre going to lose. The next feweeks in the polls you think he gets out before the votes. Look, its a matter of money. He has a lot of money. He can stay in you got super tuesday. I dont think hell get out before that. Benarson has been falling. Carson didntt help hielf last night and it all started on my show when we had this big Foreign Policy debate and he didnt really know about the terrorism and the components thereof. Once that had gone out he started to descend and cruz picked up most of his support. Almost all of his votes. Yes. In iowa especially so look, taking a step back with a lot of emotion and anger against washington, can donald trump actually get the nomination. Sure, he could. Sure, he could. Hes look, the folks are going to vote and the votes count. Now, the republican establishment dont want him and they dont like him but as i that debate last night, nobody really won or lost, ts toooo many people on the stage but how can you come up agnst a trump who goes, hey, i got 42, you got 3, youre an i idiot. How can you debate that . How, how . And i think his pledge again last night to stay as a republican, not to run as an inindependengot to be a sign of confiden that he thinks he can get the nomination. Look, trump doesnt want to alienate all republicans, but ill tell you what, the guy is formidable and in this age of anger, people got you cant say, oh, hes not going to get it. He could very well get it. If he starts s to win wl there be a brokered convention. I dont know anything about that thats your job. Broker convention. All i know people will vote on emotion this year. Almost like what reagan did with carter. Its almost exactly the same. Carter s screwed tngs up so badly and americans were so angry in 1980 that they voted out of etion. And, you know, history might repeat itself. Bill oreilly, thanks for coming in this morning. Next debate democrats will be there on saturday night. Martha raddatz and david muir will moderate that and youll see it right here on abc at 8 00 eastern. Robin. All right, geor, we appreciate bill oreilly being in the studio with us this morning. Now to that scary moment on that southwest jet in nashville e rolling off the runway and into a ditch after a rough landing. This comes as millions of americans are gearing up, of course, for hoday travel. Abcs alex perez is in nashville with the latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, robin. That plane has been moved. You can see its still on the tarmac. Passengers say they knew something went terribly wrong just seconds aft landing. Ovnight, a frightening moment for 133 passengers aboard this boeing 737. Terrifying to feeit bounce up and down. Reporter from houston bound for nashville making a rough landing at Nashville International airport at 5 20 p. M. Just as passengers thought they were safe, the plane rolling off the runway into a emergency crews and bulances immediately called to the scene and panicked passengers tryingng to grab bags from the overhead bins before evacuating down the jetliners emergency chute. They made sure there was no fire, explosion or anything and made s sure everne was able to get off quickly. Reporter eight passengers rushed to the hospital and later released with minor injuries. Both the nose of the plane and its side suffering damage. And the faa is still working to pinpoint what exactly triggered all this including the possibility that the plane blew a tire or was having problems with its landing gear. George. Okay, alex, thanks. We turn to that Terror Threat that shut down schools in l. A. Yesterday causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of families. New york got a similar threat decided to ignore it and that ignited a war of words between the two big cities. Abcmatt gutman is in los angeles with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george. L. A. Deciding to close all of its 1500 plus schools. Now, in that email threat was direct reference to the San Bernardino attack, new york city getting virtually the same email but deciding immediately it was a hoax. Now, l. A. Is standing by its decision, one that cost it nearly 30 million and a lot of criticism. That threat warning of a swarm of jadists descending on los angeles schools came in an email to an l. A. School board member at 5 00 a. M. Tuesday. What followed, a swift decision, 90 minutes later to close every one of the citys schools. We have suffered far too many School Shootings in america to ignore these kind of threats. Reporter the cost an estimated 2million, about 650,000 students shut out. The superintendent has directed all schools to be closed today, tuesday, december 15th, to ensure the safety of all students. Reporter parents left scrambling. Had to take the day off work, yes. Reporter were your employers hopefully. Reporter new york city officials received almost the exact same email threat, but decided to keep schools open. New yorks Police Commissioner blasting l. A. s decision. To disrupt the daily schedules of 500,000 schoolchildren, their parents based on an anonymous email, i think, it was a significant overreaction. Reporter the first tipoff for new york police was that the alleged threat seemed remarkably similar to the plot line of the tv series homand. The instigator of the threat may be a homeland fan watching homeland episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episodes. Repter the police sent to new york read in part Something Big is going down. Not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time during lunch hour. It was so generic, so School Systems simultaneously. Reporter and had a conspicuous typo, me and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah with lowercase a in a new york version. Incredible to think any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital a. Reporter now all schools are scheduled to reopen here this morning. But because so many people were rattled there will be uniformed officers at schools like this and crisis counselors. Now, tt hoax, a very real felony, whoever perpetrated it could face up to 20 years in prison. George. They should get it. Okay, matt, thanks very much. To amy with the other top stories. That deadly crash of a medical helicopter in phoenix. Thats right. Medical hecopter has crashed in rugged terrain east of phoenix killing two people and injuring a third. The chopper similar to this one was carrying a paramedic and nurse. No word yet on what caused the crash bulast week four people crashed in california. Overseas a shift in u. S. Policy towards syria. While meeting with russian president vladimir putin, john kerry says the u. S. Agrees with russia and Bashar Al Assad can stay in power if thats what the Syrian People want. The Obama Administration previously insisted assad step downwn immedialy. In washingngton housspeaker paul ryan has announced an agreement on a 1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. It would extend a series of business tax breaks and would also extend Health Benefits for 9 11 First Responders and that deal would lift the 40year ban on oil exports. Well, a suspected bank robber in minnesota was not expecting this. He returned to the crime scene but didnt realize the local news station was broadcasting live. He was approaching the bank just as the reporter began his live shot, take a look. Tyler just 24 hours ago this bank in that guy right there. What . Oh, thats the robber. This is live tv, folks. Thats the robber just went by. According to the bank employoyee, so i got to go here and ca 911. Ill talk to you later. And guess what, he did just that. He called 911. The man was arrested a short time later as police respoponded but you can just see his brain should i go back to my script or react here as a human being and he decided to be a human being and ditch he had that smile saying this is the best thing that ever happened to me. Right, he knew. He did know, thanks, amy. To your money right now for the first time in nearly a decade the Federal Reserve expected to raise Interest Rates. Fed chair janet yellen wl lilikely annnce a 0. 25 hike that could have an impact on your mortgage to credit cards. Lara with our experts. Joined by shark tanks Barbara Corcoran and kevin oleary. This is the first hike since 2006. Our viewers . What the immediate effect will be on the Housing Market will certainly help it because it will kick people off the fence who have been procrastinating and jump into the market and it will really boost prices immediately. So you like it for real estate but could mean some problems for credit card rates. Kevin, whats your take on this . No, shes wrong. Real estate will go flat. I knew you were going to say that. Real estate goes down. Thats h it wos. You know, the thing is, its good news. The reason the fed is raising ras, the economy is heating up. Thats always good news, more jobs. It just gets better for america. Using, nah, barbara is wrong. Oh, yeah, all right, well see. Money on that. We will look forward to this exchange. I want to ask about it being good news. A lot of viewers are concerned. Stay tuned with us in our xt half hour, the sharks will be back to answer your quesestions about what this means for your bottom line. Robin and george, of course, theyre disagreeing. Nancy. Ginger, you have this big snowstorm around denver. Denver had it yesterday. Parts of colorado up to two feet of snow and look what it looked like at the denver airport. You can see why hundreds of flights were canceled. Now it has cleared out of there and moved up through the Northern Plains like north dakota and minnesota but i wanted to shock you here. Look at the temperatures. The windchills by saturday morning it feels like 6 in feels like 21 in new york city. As much as i may have shocked you withhe cold, dont worry. We get mild again next week. White christmas not looking so great. Dont look sad about that. Were okay. Thank you, ginger. Coming up on a that successful business woman accused of stabbing a stranger. 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Meanwhile, lara is under the sea with the sharks, Barbara Corcoran and kevin oleary here to answer big financial questions about the rate hike coming this afternoon. We begin with that successful Financial Adviser with an mba who allegedly stabbed a complete stranger in a drugstore. She has been caught and charged are still searching for answers. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is here with the latest on this bizarre story. Good morning, mara. Reporter good morning, bizarre indeed. This is someone with no apparent violent htory who professional cocontacts s had, quote, great interpersonalal skills. Now poce are thanking the public for their help in catching her. This mornin an unusual suspect in custody capturing the petite 40yearold Financial Adviser accused of violently stabbing a complete stranger. She stabbed by a small kitchen knife and the woman walkss out of the store. Reporter after four days on the run toronto Officials Say a tip finally led t them t rohinie bisesar, a successful professional with an mba who allegedly plunged a knife into a woman friday at an underground drugstore located in torontos subway sysystem. Described as violent and daerous, monday Police Released this surveillance image after what they describe as a random unprovoked attack. We can find no correlation between the two. Is is a random act of violence. And that is why its so disturbing. Reporter overnight police interviewing bisesar trying to piece together a motive. Theres only two people thahat know maybe why thihis happened. One of them lies in grave condition in hospital. The other has just been arrested by the toronto police. Reporter but friends say the alleged attack is completely out of character. Shes very well educated. She has noo crimina record. Its out of the blue. Reporter this morning bisesar is charged with attempted murder, aggravated asassault a carrying a concealed weapon. Now, in cana if the victim were to succumb to her injuries within the next year bisesars charges could be upgraded to murd. She makes her First Court Appearance this morning and we heard that officer say the victim w in grave condion. Thats canadas version of Critical Condition so were certainly hoping for the best. It certainly is, mara. We turn to the story of one ohio family suing theirir School District after the tragic death of their 13yearold daughter. She killed herself after merciless bullying and her family blames the school for doing little to stop it. Linsey davis has the story. Reporter the famil of 13yearold emilyie olsen says she took herer own life. They called her names and tried to trip her. I want to know the truth. To me the truth has no agenda. It is what it is. And my daughter deserves that. Reporter now one year after her death, theyre filing a federal lawsuit accusing the fairfield ohio School District of knowing that olsen seen here in her yearbook photo was bullied and did very little to stop it. In the lawsuit her parents say that before her death they were dismsed when they reached out to the school on several occasions for hehelp. Also citing numerous examples of bullying claiming one sixth grader handed emilie a razor and the lsuit also describes derogatory restroom graffiti about the teen they say was shown to the school but wasnt removed until the day after she died. Can we talk with you. Not on camera. Reporter fairfield city schools tells abc news the district will be defending the litigati and will be providing appropriate responses in the course of the litigation. A School Resource officer reviewed this Surveillance Video from inside emilies school the day she took herife and said he saw nothing out of the ordinary. But according to a police report, in an interview with her parents, emilie had been suffering from depression, had a history of cutting her arms and legs and her father suspected she had regularly beenn consuming alcohol. Less than two weeks before her death in a Facebook Exchange with a friend, emilie wrote, im a freak and im tired of it ive made up my mind, i wanna die. For good morningng america linsey davis, abc news, new york. Such a sad story. Lets talk to dan abrams about this right now. Theres going to be a lot of factl questions at the heart maybe most importantly did the School District know about it and did they as the plaintiffs allege here literally put her back into classes with the bullies that theyd reported about. So thats a critical question. A clear law in ohio, antibullyin law that requires School Districts to take action. The superintendent actually wrote a letter to the School Community saying, that he didnt think bullying had to do with it so theres going to be key factual disputes. Thats ohio law, but the twist is this is a feder lawsuit. So she is saying that the reason she was bullied was based on her race, national origin, sexual preferences, shes saying these were the reasons she was bullied and thats why theyre filing this in federal court so theres going to be an antidiscrimination question here, as well. Tough questions to answer. Okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. Well all be watching that dan. Coming up next many talking about that possible Interest Rate hike expected today. Were tackling your questions isnt that right, ra. That is right, shark tank stars barbara and kevin will tell you what to expect about everything from credit card rates to Mortgage Rate what you need to know about t this possible hike coming up. 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Better to lock in, pay the 75 or 1 barbara is talking about and go to sleep at night knowing the cost of your mortgage wont change if the fed hikes again early next year. I just like peace of mind. Thats what its all about. You think thats worth money. Yes, absolutely. All right. Lets get to ourur nt viewer question. Take a look. I recently got a new car and i was wondering if the Interest Rate goes up, what will happen to my loan . Ladies, first. You dont have to worry the least bit about your car loan because its a fixed rate for a fixed period of time. So, just forget about it. You got the car loan, enjoy the ride. Kevin, this is also credit card, right. Entire portfolio. Things you owe money to. Mortgage rates will go up as the fed raises rates. Credit card costs will go up. Any variable cost debt, not everybody has a fixed rate auto loan so theyll pay more. I think the key is here now that you know the world is changing, lock down your costs. Fix everything and go to bed at night feeling that youve got control of your Financial Life and, by the way, start paying off those credit cards by not buying that expensive coffee. Dont buy that bagel in a store. Dont buy those shoes. Dont buy that other dress. Pay off the mortgage. Pay off the credit cards. Pay off the loans. Time to bring debt wn. Very good advice. Very sound advice, barbara, i see youre nodding. I cant believe i have to agree with him. The only thing he should be worried about is his marriage. It doesnt look so good and barbara. I have to throw something at you to make you upset. We have had s so many viewers concerned about this potential hi. Just real quick. Doesnt pay to get scared. Figure out what the Interest Rate is now. What it might be and get over it. Okay. Kevin, im sorry. Weve run out off time. We adore you, thank you, barbara, we thank you. George and robin, w we send it back to you. Good advice, lock dowown tho costs right there. 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Star wars has the potential to surpass avatar. But what that requires is repeat viewing and what we saw with both avatar and titanic people kept going back to the theater multie times after they saw it. Nothing will stand in our way. Reporter avatar is still theighest grossing movie of but the force awakens, some say, might be theirst to top the mytythical 3 billion benchmark. Jedis versus the blue guys. This is our land. Reporter avatar released december 18th, 2009. The force awakens also december 18, six years later. Both take place not on our planet. Both have rabid fan, some people actually speak navi. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter jedi is now case si religion did you think the first Star Wars Film was going to be a flop. Yeah, everybody did. Why . The studio hated it. I had no idea that it worked. Reporter now here we are episode 7. Chewy, were home. The wall street analysts say if it doesnsnt gss 1. 5 bibillion it will be a disappointment. The question is itgoing to leapfrog 2 billion and even make it the highest grossing film of all time. Reporter just wait for 2017 after tar 2 is slated for a release an so is Star Wars Episode 8. Headtohead. For abc news, nick watt, los angeles. This side of the couch without enoughing anything away, ginger speaks fluent wookie. [ wookie noises ] presales are high but not all tickets are sold out for the opening of star wars. You could possibly get in. Lets go. Coming up Holiday Cooking brought to you by las vegas. Only one thing, lasvegas. Com. Announcement this storm promises to be the biggest of the decade. Withotal accumulation of up to three feet. Roads will be shut down indefinitely. And schools are closed. Campbells soups go great with a cold and a nice red. Made for real, real life. Thank you. Thank you, again. Pat yourself upon your bacack. Your shopping is done. You aint no slack. Rest at ease its all ok. You ordered online and got them in the same day. 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Behind that it will be way colder. All that weather brought to you Good Morning America is brought to you by alka seltzer plus day cold flu. Its 7 56. Elias we are learning two people whose bodies were found in rural union county. The criminal complaints accuse Jerry Dillinger of shooting and killing Loretta Dillinger and the other person in september. Their bodies were not found until earlier this month. Friends say loretta and jerry had an abusive relationship, and she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Elias the public is invited to comment on a permit needed for the proposed bakken pipeline. Iowas department of Natural Resources will hold a meeting this evening on a permit to allow the pipeline to cross water and land under the jurisdiction of the department. The meeting begins at 5 pm in the Wallace State Office building. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib sabrina good morning im elias johnson. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. , and a new babattle over football this morning. The High School Coach suspended for leading his players in prayer now suing his School District for religious discrimination. Were going to hear from that coach and why hes going on the offense right now. A devastating new verdict for Kelly Rutherford. In her bitter custody battle, a judge ruled she cant bring her kids back to the u. S. But she says this morning shes not done fighting. Most wonderful time of the year and becky worley got your holiday buyers guide to one of the most wanted gifts this season. A cashmere sweater for everyone on your list. When to save and when to splurge. To be of good cheer never been in love before get ready to laugh. Will ferrell is here live taking over gma. Buckle up because you never know what he might do or say as we say on the outside there he is right there, will ferrell. So glad to have him here this morning. The movie daddys home is so terrific. So f funny andlways great to have him there. You see him and you start laughing and smiling. So true. Good times ahead. I got this great gift for my birthday and its a hot holiday coloring books for adults. Its a way of really relaxing. Its therapeutic. Millions of copies are flylying off the shelves. Could going back to your favorite childhood pastime be the perfect way to unwind . Coloring books . Adult coloring boo. Coloring in the lines of oh, yeah. Pictures, pictures. America, im trying. Childhood. Color, play and watch this movie. Star wars is amazing. Were hearing from the first major female villain in the galaxy, oneonone with her coming up on gma. Lot coming up this hour. First, lets go to amy with the morning rundown. Good morning, eryone. And the big story this morning, the fight against isis, defense secretary ash cart has just arrived in iraq on an unannounced visit to meet with military leaders and discuss ways to push more pressure on the terror group. Carter is also meeting with iraqi leaders. Hes expected to discuss americas willingness to send attack helicopters and more troops to the fight. And some breaking news from europe. Police in austria have arrested two men with possible links to last months terror attacks in paris. The two were arrested in what police are calling a migrant shelter in salzburg. Officials say the men recently came from the middle east. Proposed ban o on muslimentering the United States. Jeb and trump clashed several time. Bush accusing trump of being a, quote, chaos candidate who would be a chaos president. Trump firing back saying bushs campaign has already failed. Also attacking each other were ted cruz and marco rubio. They sharply disagreed on surveillance and immigration and analysts say rubio and cruz gave strong performances along with chchris chriie, but they say trump is likely to hold on to his dominating frontrunner status. A progmming note, trump will be Jimmy Kimmels sole guest tonight right here on abc. And now to texas where authorities are searching for the teenager who made National Headlines for using the socalled affluenza defense in a drunk driving trial. Abcs reena ninan has that story. Reporter abc affiliate wfaa reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for ethan couch, the teen w who receid probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash in 2013. 16yearold was too spoiled to go to prison in the notorious case known as affluenza. Affluenza. Too rich for jail. The lawyer told judge jane boyd he was so rich he didnt know right from wrong. Reporter according to wfaa coucmissed a checkin with his probation officer earlier this month. Court officers searched for the teen n but have not been able to find him or his mother. His father claims he doesnt know where either are. The teen reportedly livealone in this 4,000squarefoot house with a pool and a wet bar. Two years o couch piled friends into his fathers pickup and plowed into a disabled car. Theres four or five kids laying in ditches and street. Are you with the accident right now . Oh, lord, oh, y yes, thers another child in the ditch. Oh, my god reporter four dead, 11 injured. Couch pleaded guilty to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and was sentenced to ten years pbation and rehab. For Good Morning America, reena ninan, abc news, new york. Our thanks to reena for that. At what we googled in 2015. One blog crunched the data and picked out one search that fascinated people in each state this year. Notably in iowa, people searched for the bachelorette. More than people in any other state. In West Virginia people were especially interested in the movie magic mike xxl, and more than anywhere else, people in georgia wanted to know about that whip dance and finally more in wisconsin searched what does bae mean. I have to admit i had to ask when my my child said shes my bae. Do you guys know what it is . Only from my y girls bumeans a lot of different things. Before anything else is what i was told by my what did u think . Itgoing to be used in a lot of different ways. Not just about like your hey, youre my bae. Isnt it also like best friend or is it i just find this whwhole conversation fascinating. We got to find michael but hes in West Virginia right now. Hey, i got to say thank you to West Virginia. Ill be there soon. Whats ahead on n the gmaorning menu, Actress Kelly Rutherford is getting got a devastating ruling in the custody battle for her kids. Whats next for the star. And the High School Football coach suspended for praying on the field. Nohes going on the offense taking on the School District. Plus we got your ultimate christmas buyers guide. How you can get cashmere sweaters without paying top dollar. All that is coming up live on gma here in times square. Me and the elves are hanging out. When its your job to protect the worlds greatest nation, its your responsibility to solve the worlds greatesthallenges. This is why we search for the best and brightest why we train for every eventuality on land and water, in the air, space and even cyberspace. We operate in a complex world with one simple mission. Big news the new sprint lte plus network is faster than verizon and at t. To celebrate, were gonna cut some prices in half. Switch to sprint and save 50 on verizon, at t, or tmobile rates. So stch today. All right, all right, coming up next on gma could adult coloring books be the Science Behind them as millions fly off the shelves this year. Were going to try them coming up. I got mine ready to go. 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Right n were going to get t latest on that devastating defeat for Kelly Rutherford in that bitter r ody battle. A judge ruled she can only visit her kids in monaco or france. But rutherford is not done fighting. Lots of lot, kelly. Thank you. Reporter Kelly Rutherford has been banned from bringing her kids home to the United States. Its a crushing blow in her highly publicized sixyear globespanning custody battle for her two children with exhusband Daniel Giersch whos lived with their children in monaco and france according to court documents, a that the, quote, habitual residence of the minor children is fixed at the residence of giersch while rutherford can visit her children exclusively in france and monaco. No words at this moment. Reporter in august a new york judge ruled the children be return eded to her father after ruththerford disobeyed a monaco court order to send them back to europe as partf a custody agreement. We spoke to her just days after. This was the first five weeks ive had with my kids straight in six years. Reporter rutherford and her lawyer maintained that the children were only supposed to liveve in euro temporarily while their father worked to acquire a current visa. For three years he did nothing. He violated his agreement. No American Court seems to give a damn. Rutherford and her attorneys say c courts in both california and new york where she lived with the children have relinquished jurisisdictiono courts in monaco, and dan abrams is back right now. Youve been following this case for years. Is this it . Shes going to appeal in dont blame monaco on this. This is really californias fault. 2011, 2012, 2013 they said well send them to monaco temporarily because his visa was revoked. We want him to have access to the kids. They say, dont worry. Were retaining jurisdiction here. Were going to put all sorts of rules and regulations about whats going to happen. He will have to try to get a visa to come back here and then its all goi to happen back in the United States. A couple years later they go back to california. Kelly rutherford says hes not following the rules and d yosaid you had jurisdiction. California court says, you know what, kids dont live here anymore. You dont live here anymore. The father doesnt live here anymore so that was perfectly predictable. California courtsts set thi up, so, so the bottom line is dont blame monaco because for monacos perspective, the kids had been living there for two or three years. But did anything she did make it worse for her . Well, yeah, theres no question that the monaco court is using against her the fact that the last time the kids came to the United States, she e announced that she wasnt going to send them back. Why . Because she said, look, if the jurisdiction and the California Court doesnt have jurisdiction, im going to keep the kids here. A new york court immediately hauled her into court and showed up with the kids nearby and she sent the kids back. This is the whole claim she kidnapped the kids. She made an announcement that she was reluctant to send the kids bac a court says send the kids back. She sends the kids back and now it seems they may never be able to come back until they are adults. And the children are so much older now. They know whats going on. Absolutely and that fundamentally changes things in cases like this. Thanks, dan. Another big story weve been following about to play out in court. That High School Football coach suspended for praying on the field after games. Hes going on the offense filing a didiscriminaon complaint against the School District and speaking out this morning. Juju chang is here with that. Good morning, juju. Reporter good morning, robin. You know, its the case of the praying football coach who would take a knee in silent prayer after games now sparking a who say he repeatedly deed School Policy and those who believe, as he does, that its a violation of his constitutional rights, both freedom of speech and freedom of religioion. This morning, a postgame ritual amen. Amen. Amen [ cheers and applause ] reporter turning into a legal battle. High School Football coach joe kennedy filing a complaint against bremerton School District for religious discrimination after he was suspended for leading players in prayer. I had to hide and no one could see me and its just not right. Reporter the tradition starting in 2008. It started out with just three guys and it just started growing from there. Reporter but the prayers coming under fire in october. The district telling kennedy he had to stop saying, talks with students may not include religious expression, including prayer. And that to do so would viate the law. Still, kennedy stood his ground. Its just giving thanks. Reporter refusing to give up the meetings on the 50 yarline claiming he had every right to practice his faith and never when he decid that that was enough was enough hes got to stand up somewhere, they said, well, then now youre suspended. Thats pretty ridiculous. Reporter now kennedy is out of a job. His lawyer, mike berry from the liberty institute, filing a complaint with the equal Employment Opportunity commission saying the district violated his religious rights but the School District telling abc news overnight it received no official notificationon of any mplaint. Now, the school does say even when they do receive the coachs complaint they cant comment on discrimination cases, but an eeoc complaint is reportedly seen as a last step on the way to a fullblown lawsuit against the school. And, again, you pointed out in the piece and theres a good point here, he didnt force the players to pray but there is this thought, okay, the coach does something, youre going to fall into line but he dit force them. He didnt force them to dot. Well, look, hes allowed to pray, right. Hes allowed to do whatever h so chooses. The question is, is he as part of a just encouraging, almost pressuring the kids to engage in what is defined as prayer . And thats going to be the legal question. Okay. Lets go outside to amy. All right, guys. It is time now for our ultimate christmas buyers guide. All week long weve been taking a look at some of ththe hottes gifts from headphones to adult onesies and, beck circumstance youve been our gal throughout i it all. Cashmere sweaters. Theyre often thought of as too expensive, soow can uyou get them for almost ten times less than what youre thinking . Abcs becky worley has the answer. Yes. Cashmere. Doesnt it just make you purr . It does. Its one of the mt searched gift items on google, and its really something that screams out luxury, doesnt it . Inexpensive cashmere is a reality. On the flip side there are also insanely expensive sweaters, some over a thousand dollars. So, if you give the budget item will anyone know what you really one of the top gifts of this Holiday Season and the sales, wow. 79 at bloomingdals. 59 at macys and 49 at uniqlo but deite the lower prices, its increasingly confusing to buy. Why . Well, this cashmere turtleneck cost 69. This nearly identical one, 640. And this, again, white cashmere turtleneck, 1230. What . Is it that much better . To help me unravel this mystery, i head to the Fashion Institute of technology. Well, cashmere is a type of wool that comes from a very specific goat called the cashmere goat found in mongolia and northern china. Reporter prices for raw cashmere have gone down 12 this year alone, but textile manufacturers pay more for grade a cashmere. Its just soer. Cashmere can go from anywhere from 50 a pound down to 40 a pound. Reporter so, heres a titip. Cashmere, it will never tell you the grade, and thats where buying on description is tricky. Tip two, feel before you buy. And tip three, shawn says more weight usually means higher quality, yet anoer reason to feel it, so a little test. We had a producer go out and buy three different sweaters at three different price points. Neither you nor i know which sweater is which, so were going to play a little guessing game, okay. This one is definitely scratchier. This garment feels the heaviest out of all of the garments. I honestly cant tell the difference between these two. Reporter in the end we both get it wrong. Shawns not surprised. He says you pay for brand and design. So there are plenty of budgeget cashmere options that will still feel like luxury gift. Okay, with the big reveal here, we have those same three sweaters. Now, im going to have you try to test by feel 795. I mean i was feeling these during the piece that aired so these are my guesses. All right. Why do you tnk that . Because i thoughtt was very soft, and i thought this design right here, i just if i bought it in the color, i thought it looked more like an 800. You beat our professor at the Fashion Institute of technology and me. This is our 79 sweater, which i think is incredibly lux and rich. This one is like thinner and sleeker and so i thought it was maybe more expensive. Oh, interesting. Yeah, it is thinner. A lot like ive shopped for cashmere. You picked it up. You really saw that design element. Its the design that gives it away, isnt it . What about wearability like durality. What, does the quality decrease over time if you pay less . This sweater i bought three years ago almost to the day for 59. Oh, my goodness. Ive worn it a ton. Ave you had to cut the pilling off . And tear. I found holes in my expensive ones too so thats good to know. And ththis lookseautiful and feels great. This is a tough one. My question, is that 650 more in value than this . Yeah, i think we all know the swer to that. All right, becky. What do you think, ginger . Im impressed with your knowledge, of your cashmere knowledge. I dont think id do as well. We have to say hello to sue and jim and we have to check we d it, sue and jim. Welcome to gma. And if youre anyone heading to the pacific northwest, you know youve been hit with storm after storm. The southern just north of memedford ishere that was from. Look at all those waings and adadvisoriesn place. Well, hello. With this rain and snow cocoming in some of the higher oh, what a crowd out here. Lara, lets get some pop. Thank you, ginger. It is time for pop news and big news this morning if you are a fan of a great movie the first wives club. Deadline. Com is reporting that the stars of that azing awesome cult classic, goldie hawn, bette midler and diane keaton are back. Theyll team up for a new netflix feature. Its called diva nation, which alone sounds perfect. Thats pretty great in it is. Inn it the ladies will star as members of a once famous Singing Group forced to reunite 30 years after a very contentious breakup. It has been n 20 yearsince these three made the first wives club. No word on a release date for diva nation, but netflix is very serious about feature films. Theyve also got one in the works reteam inging robert rford and jane fonda. Ooh. Those ladies, i have to say, they ruled my childhood. I looked up to them in every way and i just love seeing them together still and going strong. Ill be watchining. I agree. Yeah. I agree. That ending, that ending was so great. Yeah. They come down the street. Yes, yes. Owned it. Also in pop news this morning, if youre a fan of white pants suits, popcorn and large glasses of red wine, we have the perfect setting for you to live out your olivia pope dreams. Kerry washingtons l. A. Home is on the market for 2. 6 million. There it is. S. Nothing scandalous about this elegant French Country style estate that includes a fourbed fourbedroom main house, views of the hollywood sign. Kerry bought it prepope in 2010 just before scandal went into production. Not surprisingly already there is an accepted offer but the realtor says, please, we are still accepting backupups. Git. I read the article. I burst out laughing. Of course, you are. So, i thought that was fun. Kerry, you he magnificent taste. She thanks you for that. I know. I know. Backup offers galore. A thrilling announcement this morning for music fans about the king of pop. We can reveal that Michael Jackson has s just madhistory once again posthumously. His album thriller has gone platinum 30 times now. That is a record. It has never been accomplished before. When it came out in 1982 it went to number one in nearly every country in the world. It won a recordsetting eight grammys, and it has not slow down since, 100 million albums sold and counting. Thrillers continued success has ensured michael remains the biggest selling artist of all time. Go, robin. I had that album. How can you not move when you hear the beat . How can you not move . Just a jiggle. I see the shoulders. Beat it. I got it. Thank you. And finally, everybody, while were here jamming out to Michael Jackson we wanted to show you a dog who could drop it like its hot. Check it out. Check out this guys rhythm. Just a good vibration thats rl. A sensation no talking. Just grooving this morning, george. Thats great. Thats some good vibration. Tongue wagging like that. Real hip action. Doing his thing. Thats pop news, everybody. That was fun. And youre going to be back with will ferrell in our next half hour. Thats right. And were ting out one of the years hottest trends, coloring books for adus. Okay, i switched it around. I like adult coloring books. No, coloring books for adults. Someone tweeted me and said i should say it that way. Love this gift. Elias ames police still pieceing together what happened to emmalee jacobs, who died after a hit and run monday morning. The intersection where the isu freshman was hit by a car has become a memorial. Intvestigators have narrowed down the time to between 7 04 and 7 05 am and say based on her injuries, the driver had to feel the impact. Driver had to feel the impact. Sabrina a car versus pedestrian accident leaves a man dead in des moines last night. Police say around 530 tuesday evening, a man crossing hubbell avenue was hit and then pronounced dead on the scene. Authorities are still trying to determine what the man was doing or where he was heading as the accident remains under investigation. Sabrina elias well lets get a quick check of the weather with meterologist sam schreier. Sam okay, okay, weve shown you ugly sweaters before. Holy smokes. Youve seen robin light up the room literally. And even a mistletoe drone but tomorrow on gma, just how ugly will things get . The ugly sweaters contest is on tomorrow on good morning amamerica. I know youre ready for this tomorrow. No telling what youre going to do tomorrow. Tomorrow is the big day. Wait till you see it. Uhhuh. Oh, achoo. I dont knowow if i cabe here tomorrow. Oh, no. I have a little bit of a cold. Get a good nights rest. Also take a look at our audience right now, hard at work. Their colored pencils turning out books for coloring books for adults. One of the hottest trends of 2015, and theres some Science Behind this. How they could help you finally relax, and i love it because i went up to some of them, and they hadnt done it before and theyre just mesmerized. Im mesmerized just watching them color. You can see the effects. There is a little Science Behind it. Programming note for you. A brandnew edition of mean tweets premieres tonight on jimmy kimmel live. Its a lot of laughs, of cose, at 11 35 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. Oh, boy. My favorite. They are pretty funny. I remember when you did it. That was fun. We all have that. Trump is going to read a couple. Hes the whole hour, isnt he . No letss go insi to lara. Thank you, guys. Im so happy to be here with our facing off with Mark Wahlberg in a funny new movie called daddys home. Will is the ultimate nice guy stepdad just trying so hard to be just perfect for his kids and character rolls back into town the perfect dad. Take a look. Good night my little one. Good night my little i almost forgot my famous good night back scratches. So relaxing. Good night, sweetie bear. Hey, who wants 20 bucks. Me what . This is wrong on so many levels. Yeah, it is. Dusty is a horrible person. Yeahah. Its the ultimate oneupsmanship. Yeah, i mean ths kind of where the fun ensues with the movie. You know, i play the stepdad to marks kids, and im the worlds greatest dad, and he comes back into the picture, and i think its a good thing for our family and, you know, to show that im not threatened by his presence and he, of course very modern concept. Very modern concept. Blended family. Perfect, right . Its a hoible decision. Horrible. Absolutely horrible. On so many levels. And it actually gets quite physical. Yeah, theres im stuck in drywall at some point. I am shocked by in power lines riding a skateboard and im brought back to life by mark. That was nice of him to bring you back to life. That was nice. That was nice. Yeah, its a lot of great movie. And its neat because reading i it, it didnt surprise me to read that there was a thought about you playing marks aracter. That it could have gone either way. I could have i could have played the dusty role, but i didnt want mark to feel intimidated. Right. And because he has selfimage, you know, his ego is ry fragile. Very fragile, so i thought id take the more conservative role. All right. Yeah, just let him shine. Youre just a giver. You know. Thank you because you threatened me and said you will only answer in oneword answers. Youre just emoting. Oh, m my god. Yes, yes, absolutely. I cant thank you enough. You and mark worked together before. Wass this just a silly fun reunion . Yeah, we worked five years ago. We d a film called the other guys and had ch a great time and really hit it off well. And it was just a matter of time before we teamed up something to do. Ectly, and, you know, mark is while he does a lot of drama, hes so gifted as a comedian and we approach things the same way. We like to play it straight and no matter how heightened the circumances are and let the comedy kind of come through that way. Let it happen and a different approach is billy eichner, billy on the treat. Billy on the street, yes. You recently threw on your onesie, obviously and hit the streets with him to torture new yorkers with christmas trivia. And shot on a 98degree day in the middle of july, so that little onesie im wearing is just filled with sweat. Oh. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. But, yeah, we ran through the streets ofew york shocking people, which if youve ever seen his show, thats kind of his whole m. O. With these crazy questions. Its fantastic, and i love that you are asking people or hes asking people right. Scrooged or elf. And im standing right there. Oure standing right there. Scrooged. Most nine out of ten saiaid scrooged even with me standing there. But you know elf is in our hearts. Elf is its surprising how, you know, each year it just gets higher and higher on peoples lists, and i wouldnt have predicted that. You know, running around the streets of new york dressed an elf, i thought this could be my last movie. This could be my last movie easily. This cod really be it. And it went the other way, so i feel so fortunate and im so glad thats become part of the, you know, lexicon. So big that you now have a fan in new york on the Lower East Side who has created a bar for you. Very called stay classy. Very strange. Yes, there is a real bar. A will ferrell themed bar. My motother kay os here in the studio, shes been there. Mom, you went there, right . I wondewhich drink she had. We actually have a copy o of t drivenlgs menu. Do you remember what drink you had, mom . Pomegranate. Was it called the smelly pirate hooker . Oh, no. No, okay. Well i know thats one of the drinks. I really like the son of a nutcracker, which is t fireball, rum chata, nutella and eggnog. Were going streaking. Old School Reference obviously. Help me, tom cruise. Did we just become best friends . Oh, theres mom. Mom, do you remember which movie you drank from, which themed movie . I dont remember. Well, thats probably b because it was a good drink. Well, mom must be very proud, im gladou guys are having a little time together. Yeah, its been very nice. Will you be heading to the Lower East Side . Were going there right after this, yeah. Its 5 00 somewhere. I think t theyre on. Hey, listen, congrats on everything. Please give your wife my love. I sure will. And youre hanging out. Im hangi out. Going to do some coloring. All right. Of course. Yeah, yeah. Everybody, meantime, please put this on your list. Daddys home is so funny, and it opens on christmas day. Wee going to head back outside toinger and friends. And we love having will ferrell here. We are so glad that hes with us this morning, and were celebrating elf that movie with these guys standiding behin im kind of like santa, ho, ho, ho. Ive got the belly for it. We can play it. You can see will wearing an outfit like these few very handsome men tonight when elf airs on abc family at 6 00, 5 00 central as part of its 25 days of Christmas Holiday movie festival. Lets check the weather real quick. Georgia, its been warm but look at this picture, strawberries ripening. Yes, its a little off, but some back to reality coming this weekend. Ba to the southwest, theyve already been seeing decemberlike weather. Ooh, its been chilly. Mexi all that weather brought to you by progressive. Amy. All right, ginger, thanks so much. Well, star wars the force awakens has been praised for some of its casting decisions including its rong female lead, but there is also a powerful woman on the dark side, and juju chang sat down with Gwendoline Christie. Reporter in game of thrones shes the fierce woman warrior, brienne of tarth. But in star wars the force awakens, Gwendoline Christie is captain phasma, a rarere female villain in the evil empipire. Whats it like channeling your dark side . It was really exciting for me to have a change and to investigate a totally different psychological format. I know that the character captain phasma was originally a male. I found this out recently, and im particularly enthusiastic that there is a female character like captain phasma who we relate to as a character primarily rather than the way that she looks. Lets talk about brienne. For a moment, the idea that lile girls can see a female knight in shining armor really sasays sometng. I think its time and its great to see them in stories that we can all watch. Reporter she fell in love with ar wars as a kid, but its the 63 grown woman who actively campaigned for the role. Theres a lot of speculation, like, oh, she wears her marv the whole time. We barely get to see her face. I c tell you that captain phasma is the captain of the stormtroopers. She is a member of the first order d part of the dark side. Its very scary coming from you. Its frightening, isnt it . Youre just going to have to watch the film, and im going to say, its wortrth the wa. In this business. Have i just teased you, juju . U . I believe you have. I believe you have. Reporter for good morning americ juju chang, abc news, new york. Worth the wait, indeed. Star wars the force awakens hits theaters friday. Anand comingp next here on gma, why coloring books for holiday impressed. We have someme buddingrtists out here. All of these people are taking part in one of the top trends of 2015, coloring for grownups. Coloring books for adults flying off ththe shelveby the millions this Holiday Season as more and more people rediscover the joy of coloring as you see inside the lines. Take a look. At first glance you see a group of women meeting for drinks and laughs. A typical afterwork gathering but they arent just meeting for fellowship, they came to color. Hi, everybody. Welcome to the moms in business coloring party. Reporter Katherine Mchenry owns a chicago toy store and hosts a weekly byob party for moms who own business. The main attraction, an unlikely adult treasure, coloring books. Positive experience i was getting through coloring, and slowly one by one they were buying it. Reporter n, these coloring books are different and more complex than the traditional books for kids, but the effects are similar. I mean we all colored when we were little. Its a cathartic experience, its relaxing. Reporter the popularity is staggering. Amazon. Com sells more than 5,000 different types from stress mamanagemento nature, even harry potter. Among the most popular, secret garden, which has sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. 911, whats your emergency . Reporter at the Sacramento Police department, themergency dispatchers feel thehe pressur from start to finish. It gets pretty hectctic. It can go from just being absolutely quiet to being mass chaos in seconds. Reporter they spend the day supporting others, but their lifeline, coloring in the lines. It definitely calms me down and it gives me Something Else to focus on. Reporter and this holiday pencil and paper. Its something unexpected. Its something new, and i think its a great gift. Oh, my gosh. Over here . Over here, over here, over here. Will ferrell has got a coloring party going on here,e, and loo whos coloring with us, will. And he knows hes going to keep it clean because his mom kay is here. Also psychiatrist dr. Janet ylor, and the reason that were doing this you see how quiet they got. Ive never seen them so quiet. Tyre focused. There is something behind it. What is . Its the activity. When you bring your attention to something it not only simulates the mind and the brain lights up but it can also inducuce relax response, hence, the quietness and the focus which is what we need in this busy world. Its the focus. Can you keep it down . Was he always like this as a kid . Was he always like this as a child . But the point is,ou know, when youre stressed you can find activities and going to it mindfully and sometimes quietly helps. And there is something is really stimulated by this. It is and that part is right here. The hypothalamus adrenal access which is a lon wordut basically thats where stress enters the brain and thats what can induce a relaxatition respoe. Its intentitional andhows that we have control over our actions and behaviors and intentionally we know when we need a break and coloring, repetitive activities are a great way to do that. Even if its competitive coloring with six people . The key is not competition. Its being there. In the moment. Its not about mastering the skill. When you knit or garden or Something Like that its not about performance, its about process. Yeah, amy. And bringing your attention wait a minute. For all you competitive people down there. But i mean you guys are really into this . Yes. I love it. I love it. I would do this. Can i bring this to the hospital to try to do during labor . Would that work . Is this something that you would say, hey, whnot . Give it a shot. I mean, you know, people say is it therapy . But its therapeutic and, again, its about knowing what you need to do and finding those activities, whether its going for a walk, its mindful breathing, its drumming. It helps, and it has a scific aspect of the brain that it correlates too. Okay, would you like pencils down. Would you like to show your work to america . Would you like to show not really. I didnt really get that far. Can i show georges . Go ahead, show. Im not sure, janet, if you can give us an analysis. What are you saying, doctor . I only give analysis when im getting paid for it, so, no, i cant do that. But its wonderful, george. Very cative. Now at the end, amy. Have some flowers. Thats nice. I stuck with the one line. Now, is there something about if you go outside the lines . I stayed inside the lines. Its about you just enjoying it, having fun. [ laughter ] and relaxing. Im just joking. Thats a joke. Thats a joke. Not relaxed at all. No. All right. Your mom is really focused in. Thank you, will. Thank yo everyone. Coming up whos hungry . Im hungry. I dont know about you guys. How about we g get some eat ideas for the perfect holiday meal from my buddy, emeril. We are joined now by our great friend, emeril, in a segment sponsored by las vegas with the Holiday Season upon us. Youre here to share some of your Favorite Recipes and how to cook for the holidays, but before we get to that, youre a spokesperson for las vegas. Tell me about vegas at new years and also the uncorked event. Well, you know what, theres always something going on in vegas. You talk about the venetian event. New years eve there in las vas is insane. Theres so much to do. Theres shopping, eating, theres every restaurant you can possibly think of. Great shopping, and then the tenth anniversary of v vegas uncorked is coming up, which is going to be a huge cebration, i promise you that. And thats this spring. Thats the spring. Before we get there, we have to get through the holidays. This year when you think about celebration and new years eve for me, i think about like really amazing food, particularly these like little petite filet mignons. Lets get started. Lets do it. So, in a saucepan, what weldo is start and make the red wiwine sauceshallots and garlic and a little bit of herbs. Im using fresh rosemary. Once this sort of cooks, well just add some red wine and let it reduce. Its going to evaporate and concentrate in flavor and thats what we have right here. See, once we have the its almost chutneylike. Now well adjust a little bit. This is a reduced beef stock, demiglace is another name for it, our filets. Got to season them. One of my favorite steaks iive ever d in vegas. Salt, pepper, then you got to have a little bit of my essence. I said this the other day. Essence. I said this the other day to you, essence, what . Maybe now i know. Maybe that was the baby . That was the baby. The babys got a lot to learn. Pan sauteing that and basically, ginger, for me, 125 degrees internal temperature is a good medium rare. Okay, so thats basically what we have right here. Medium rare then what well do. We take a slice of the Maitre D Hotel Butter on top. That red wine sauce that we e reduduced ght top of that. Special. And then to go with it, in celebration of new years eve, green beans almondine, cheese. Dont leave me alone. Thank you so much for being here. You can find all the recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo and see you in vegas for new years eve. Bam Holiday Cooking brought to yoby las vegas. Only one lasvegas. Com. Net. Will ferrell is a grgreat guy, isnt he . He is. Really nice. Check out a special on the thats coming up tonight. And, you know,w, if we g unruly, just give us a coloring book. Calms us right down. Thanks for watching. Have a great wednesday, everybody. Thanks for watching. Have a great wednesday, everybody. Elias good morning im elias johnson. Its 8 56. Elias we are learning more about the two people whose bodies were found in rural union county. The criminal complaints accuse Jerry Dillinger of shooting and killing Loretta Dillinger and the other person in september. Their bodies were not found until earlier this month. Friends say loretta and jerry had an relationship, and she may have been seeing someone new when the shooting happened. Elias the public is invited to comment on a permit needed for the proposed bakken pipeline. Iowas department of Natural Resources will hold a meeting this evening on a permit to allow the pipeline to cross water and land under the jurisdiction of the department. The meeting begins at 5 pm in the Wallace State Office building. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib