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Morning. See if i care i get back on my fe again good morning, america. Pat benatar appropriate this morning. That shot went just like angela planned it. Sure. Bounces right in. Rfect. Come on. It counts. It counts. She is going to be here and her daughter, as well. There was another amazing moment last night. Superstar abby wambach taking her cleats o off for t last time retiring after a remarkable career. She had an incredible message that shell share. Remarkable is right. What a career. Well get to that. But we begin with the race for president. Donald trump on jimmy kimmel last night seems to be kicking off a new phase of his campaign, a little more mellow, calling for unity in the Republican Party. Abcs jon karl is here with the latest. A little more statesman for but he acknowledged hes been a little bit divisive and suggests that hes now ready to go a little easier on his republican riva. Overnight on Jimmy Kimmel Live donald trump touted his latest debate performance but insisted he pulled his punches. Did you decide you wewere going to be nicer . You know what, i would like to see the Republican Party come together and ive been a little bit divisive in the sense that ive been hitting people a little bit, yeah. [ laughter ] do you think jeb bush is scared of you or just scared in genera i think hes scared. [ laughter and applause ] reporter but kimmel pressed trump on his recent cal to ban all muslims from entering the United States. Isnt it unamerirican and wrong to discriminate people based on their religion . [ apapplause ] im for it. But lookwe have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm. Reporter but trump played along when kimmel gave him the dr. Seuss treatment. Now here are some frogs i do not like at all. We must kick these frogs out and then build a wall. There are two kinds of people, which one will you be, a loser like them would you like to finish or a winner like me. Please welcome the next president of the United States. Reporter for his trip to late night, trump rallied his diehard supporters in arizona. We have the biggest crowds by far. Because theres a movement folks. This isntt just li lets go and have a good time. Somebody said, oh, trump is a great entertainer. Thats a lot of [ bleep ]. Reporter with his commanding lead the frontrunr is running high andbc got an exclusive ride aboard trump force one. While its flying high now, trump says if he wins the white house, he y just leave his private e plane inhe hangar. Tres something very special about air force one. It represents something very, very special like the white house represents something. Enjoying his position as the frontrunner among republicans, but its the democratic frontrunner he may need be to worried about. In most public polls Hillary Clinton beats donald trump in a headtohead matchup and actually does better against trump than any of the other republican candidates. Mrs. Clinton, of course, squares off against her democratic opponents, Bernie Sanders and martin omalley, on saturday right here on abc in the next democratic debate. Up in New Hampshire for that. Martha raddatz and david muir will be here saturday night at 8 00. Were going to talk about the fallout in baltimore after a mistrial was declared in the case of that first Police Officer charged in the death of frdie gray. Protests mostly peaceful overnight and abcs jim avila is in baltimore with the latest. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Calls for justice this morning but overnight the call was for peace from Community Organizers and that along with an overwhelming show of police force kept the night calm. Mistrial was announced in the freddie gray case. A jury deadldlocked. Unable to come to a decision about officer william rters alleged role in the 25yearolds death. Baltimore sheriffs deputies moving into place, surrounding the courthouse, and making a handful of arrests. Get out of the way. Move, me. Reporter forcefully clearing the streets. Grays familily stood tside the courtroom and called for peace expressing faith in the system that could not convict the first of six baltimore Police Officers charged in connection with their loved ones death. We e ask the blic to remain calm, patient, because we are confident ththat thereill be another trial with a different jury. Reporter overnight, protests grew larger but remained overwhelmingly peaceful. All shut it down. Reporter freddie gray died this spring after being chased and arrested by baltimore police. But he was never charged with any crime. Officer porter was not involved in grays arrest and wasnt suffered fatal injuries. But prosecutors charge the 26yearold with manslaughter claiming he could have put a seat belt on gray, or called a medic when the victim asked for one during several stops on the way to jail but the jury of seven blacks and five whites struggled in the jury room for 16 hours over three days and could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the four charges agaiainst port. The most serious, involuntary manslaughter. The prosecutor did not reveal strategy or timing for a retrial. Are you disappointed at all . Reporter reached by one overnight, officer porter told the Baltimore Sun its not over. He has denied guilt in grays death but is likely to face another trial with a new jury. The trials of the other five cops charged, celled to begin in january. Robin. All right, jim, thank you. We turn to abc news lega affairs anchor dan abrams for more on this. Explain exactly what this mistrial means. Saying theres no way that this jury could reach a unanimous verdict and as a result youre effectively starting again. Its as if no trial had happened. Lookok, its n that surprising that p prosecuto are h having a tough time here. Why do you say that . Yououre talkg about police inaction. Typically in cases where police are on trial were talking about what the police did, they shot someone. And were they justified or not. Here were talking about what Police Officers didnt do, they didnt do enough. They didnt strap him in in a seat belt. They didnt t him medical help. Thats not an easy case to win. With this particular officer because there are others involved andndheyre going to be going on trial, but with this particularar officer, were the charges perhaps not correct for him . Look, i think and i said this before, i think the prosecutor was overly aggressive here that the precutor could have and should have across theoard considered lesser crimes here in e hope of getting convictions. The danger always when you overcharge is that some jurors look at it and say, wait a second, what. Youre alleging that this officer should be sent to prison for doing this . That seems like a little much. I think ththats a ccern. The jury may think, yes, he did something wrong but not to the standards of what the charges were. Now this mtrial, what do you think that says about ththe other trials coming up . I think tse will be very tough trials but some are going to be harder than others. Well be watching, dan, thanks. There are new email questions r a member of the obama cabinet. Defense secretary ash carter used a personal account for public business for several months after taking over at the pentagon. He now says that was a mistake and abcs mary bruce is in washington with the story. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Defense secretary ash carter admits he made a mistake breaking Defense Department rules by using his personal email forfficial business even as Hillary Clinton was coming under fire for doing the same thing as secretary of state. Carter has now stopped using the account and even gone further limiting hisis use of mail altogether. The pentagon says carter never sent classified information over the personal account and the secretary is confident his preserved. Carter now faces this controversy as he visits commanders in iraq. There is no question, this is an embarrassment for the white house, no question and will lely draw attacks from republicans who say the administrationon isnt dng enough to safeguard sensitive information. George. Not what they want right now, mary, thanks very much. All right, george. Stocks around the world rising this morning after that big decision from the Federal Reserve raising Interest Rates for the First Time Since the financial crises started. Wall street reacting positively, the dow jumping 224 points and Rebecca Jarvis is here to explain what this all mean good morning, rebecca. Hi, robin, good morning to you. This impacts all of us and heres how. Its going to get more expensive for anyone who wants to borrow money. That means a new car loan, a new mortgage, your credit cards, they will all cost you a little more. Youre going to see it very first in those credit card bills. Most of us have variable rates. Theyre going up in the next one to two billing cycles so the best thing you can do for yourself here pay off as much of that debt as possible because it will keep getting more expensive as rates rise next year. Robin. Thats the bad news but there is some good news here, too, right, rebecca . Its the best news for savers. Retirees living on a fixed income, they have really felt the downside of these 0 Interest Rates. Now that rates are going up theyll get paid a little bit more on their savings and cds. Can we expect more rate hikes . We wi expect more rate hikes. In fact, the Federal Reserve is signaling we should probably see Interest Rates next year rise between 1 and 1. 5 . Tells us where the direction of the economy is going. All right, rebecca, thanks. The latest on ethan couch the texas teenager who killed four people driving drunk but got off with just probation after his lawyers argued that ethan was too spoiled to know right from wrong. Hes now being hunted by police for flaunting the terms of his probation and abcs matt gutman has the story. Reporter this morning, the texas teen infamous for that affluenza defense. Reporter missing. If we have a top ten wanted list today, hes number one. Reporter 18yearold ethan couch convicted in 2013 of four counts of intoxication manslaughter allegedly going off the radar possibly with his mother last week just days after this video surfaced on twitter, purporting to show him at a party neaear a beer pong t tableut not drinking, the tweeter tagging the local District Attorney referring to him violating probation. Couch is prohibited from drinking during his tenyear probation. Now the d. A. s office delivering the equivalent of an arrest warrant, possible probation violations, including skipping a checkin with a probation officer and that twitter post. Once that video came out that they felt like that a probation violation coulbe coming. Hes going to have to look over his shoulder the rest of his stop. How many people are injured . One, two, three multiple. Multiple. I dont even know how many. Reporter couch who was 16 at the time pled guilty in 2013 to killing four people in a drunk driving crash. Then 18yearold says he was so tanked he remembered none of it. Do you remember pulling out of the driveway . Not really. Whats the next thing you reca . Waking up handcuffed to the hospital bed. Reporter before his sentencing, his legal team said he sufrt not from memory loss but from affluenza. Arguing the e teen freently lived the life of an adultn this 4,000squarefoot mansion. The judge giving him what critics called a wrist slap, a decade of probation. I made it clear to the judge that i believe firirmly thatf he was put on probation, if he was given another slap on the wrist, if he got away with this there was no doubt imy mind he would be back in the system and someone else would suffer. Repter someone else might be killed by him . Someone else might t be kille he might be killed. Reporter george, ethan has kikilling the four people. That apparent lack of remorse plus his familys wealth and the fact that he seems to be missing along with his mother is causing authorits to fear that not only has he skipped probation checkins but he might have skipped the country entirely. George. Wow, not even an apology. Thanks very much. Lets go to amy for todays other top stories. You have a deadly highway shooting in oklahoma. Thats right. Two people have been killed after police say a man started shooting randomly at vehicles in oklahoma. They include a man who was driving with his wife and a woman who was shot as the gunman opened fire on tractor trailers. Police say the shooter was later pulled over for dui. No word on a possible motive for the shootings. And new details about the attackers in the San Bernardino rampage. Thfbi says before syed farook and Tashfeen Malik met in person they communicated online using private messages, not social media. Investigators say they have found no evidence the couple was directed by foreign terrorists. At auslim cemetery tuesday during a service guarded by the fbi. A new study claims lifestyle chces, not genetics, are to blame for most cancer cases. Researchers found up to 90 of cancers are most likely caused by the peeshts lifestyle and important environment, lack of exercise, pollution and stress. The findings contradict earlier researchers that blamed most if you think american political campaigns are rough, watch this. Punched in the head by a teenager. He continued, though, to give his speech despite a swelling face. The teen was later arrested. Finally going way beyond the call of duty, the driver of this tractor trailer in nebraska was puty zoomed ahead to the left, pulled over. Can you see him ere . He dashed across two lanes of traffic and leapt into the moving trucks cab to stop the truck and rerescue theriver. That driver is now recovering and, you know, that Police Officer could certainly have a career in hollywood. Mission impossible. It looked like it. Unbelievable. It looked like youre watching a movie but thats real life. So brave. Thank you, amy. What a night for womens soccer. Celebrating the great abby wambach as she played her last game for team usa, t. J. Holmes is here with that and, t. J. , whoo, so much emotion last night. 33,000 people in that stadium, everybody crying. This is what i need you to do, forget abby wambach per her instructions, forget her name, her number, her complishments. She said for it to move forward, the game of soccer, you got toto op looking back. Forget you, abby, thats an awful lot to ask. Tonight, she plays her final game for the United States. Reporter overnrnight an emotional farewell for a legend. Abby wambach wearing the captains arm band playing a tough 71 minutes for team usa. Final time for abby wambach. In a usa uniform. Cleats on the field. A standing ovation for number 20s 255th international appearance and the u. S. National teams heartbreaking loss against china wednesday night. The streak is over. It would be better if we had wo but the reality is i played in so many games this result doesnt shape or determine or define my career. Reporter tweeting this goodbye message wednesday. Forget me. Forget my number. Forget my name. Reporter the sentiment echoed in this simple message. I want to leave a legacy where the ball keeps rolling forward. Reporter the 35yearolds Stellar International career spanning 14 years. History is made. Reporter the worlds leading scorer for both men and women with 184 international goals. Abby wambach has saved the medals. And t theres o. Reporter and who can forget that 2015 world cup title. Give all of yourself to life as a passion. Reporter yeah, a her point there, george, robin, is that we want to see the game of soccer. U. S. Soccer doing so well that we dont even remember the name. Were not continuing to talk about abby wambach, but good luck with that. Yeah. Yeah. Were not going to forget. Makes us want to talk about her all the more with that humility. Its so genuine. Its always been about the game, not herself. Even when the whole team was together in times square and had a great celebration at city hall it was the first time a womens sports team had been recognized like that and she kept putting all the empmphasis on the sport, on little girls and boys and not herself. Not surprising at all. She set the bar high. If you would like to know morebout her and you should our good frienends at esw. Com. More and more about abby there. A great story. Now we got some trouble. E. Snow in the nonorthern pins . Yes, so duluth had more than 8 inches of snow. You can see the video right here. Behind that storm youre seeing the snow from and reality check of december there is a booster shot of true december air thats comingn that will remimind us, take us from hoodies and being comfortable without a coat to not so much. By saturday morng it feels like 5 in chicago, 10 in boston. Coming up, a w twist in the case of that businesswoman charged with randomly stabbing someone at a drugstore. The revealing email she sent right before she was arrested. And a new warning for millions of americans who send their cars to junk yards every year. What you leave in your vehicle could compromise your identity. Coming up right here on gma. Gma. In our house, imagination runs wild. But at my table, i keep the food real. Like country crocks new recipe. Made with real simple ingredients and no artificial flavors or preservatives. Real Country Fresh taste from real ingredients. Hey guys, whats up . Shhh were having a staring contest. 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Rowe price investment specialist, or your r advisor. And see how we can help you find global opportunity. T. Rowe price. Ooohhhhhhhh its that night of the year you come here. Looking for gifts so there wont be tears. Eleventh hour shopper. Thats you. See you next year, buddy get low prices on all your lastminute gifts. Walmart. This holiday i can count on someones kid mistaking me for santa. Im so sorry. Come on sweetie. Its okay. And knowing right when my packages arrive. Introducing realtime delivery notifications. One more reason Sabrina Elias a quick check of traffic this morning. This is i235 at m lk. [current conditions]. Elias good morning im elias johnson. Its 7 24. Sabrina a murray man has died after falling in to a grain bin wednesday morning. Emergency crews from around the area swarmed the farm in clarke county, and after hours searching the bin to get the farmhand out, it was too late. Eric reasland was pronounced dead after they carried him away to a local hospital. Elias the state department of Natural Resources heard from dozens of iowans about the construction of the Bakken Oil Pipeline and its environmental impacts. Dnr officials hosted a meeting in the metro last night. The iowa utilities board, which has to approve the board, which has to approve the pipeline, also has to receive the approval from dnr. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam welcome back to gma. There they are, our audience up. Those sweaters arent so ugly. Prettyice right there coming up. Also right now, breaking news, a pharmaceutical entrepepreneur w became infamous fo raising the price of an hiv drug from 13. 50 to 750, remember that, well, hee has been arrested at his home this morning charged with securities fraud for plundering a Different Company he founded to pay off personal debts. A holiday alert. The United States Postal Service announces theyre restricting the shipment of hoverboard only sending them by ground not air after all those recent incidents of hoverboard catching fire. Tt does not like instill confidence. No. Not so much. No. And we have an amazing shot that we want to show you, the mom sring big with thousands of dollars on the line. Michael, you have that coming up. I do, robin. Im here with angela and grace ramey. That shot is so incredible that the harlem grope trotters are calling her. Hook. Shes going on tour with that. Lets see if we can get another one. We begin with the latestt o that businesswoman facing charges of attempted murder for randomly sbbg a woman in a drugstore. Rohinie bisesar sent a revealing eemail to a newspaper right before being arrested and Mara Schiavocampo is here with the story. Go morning, mara. Reporter george, good morning. That womans Attorney Says now that shes in custody she seems confused herself like a quote deer in the headlights that she had been struggling to find a job prior to the attack and he susuggests tt Mental Health may be an issue. This as the victim clings to life. This morning, new information about a bizarre case, rohinie bisesar, a petite 40yearold Financial Adviser with no criminal history in Court Wednesday facing multiple charges including attempted murder for allegedly stabbin a people have nothingut admirable things to say about her. Moments before being arrested after four days on the run the National Post a canadian paper got a message from bisesars email address saying, something has been happening to me and this is not my normal self adding, i am s sorry about the incidence. It sounded like a plea for help and she had tried somomething extreme to see if it would work. Reporter bisesar has an extensive resume and several degrees including an mba from one of canadas best business schools. While she has not yet entered a plea her lawyer seems to be considering a Mental Health defense. Assuming that she did not know this person befo, it, you know, it begs an issue of mental illness. Reporter the family of the stabbing victim says the 28yearold is in Critical Condition on life support. Married less than a year, they add, she was just starting out now an unusual suspect is charged with trying to end it. Now, as for the victims cocondition, the knife reportedly struck h in the heart and her family says her medical condition is touch and go. Bisesar is expected back in court friday for a bail hearing. So many Unanswered Questions here but the family of the victim is now speaking out. Theyey sent a statement sayg how they have dated they are that Something Like thi would happen out of the blue just on a break from work that woman was. All right, mara, thank you. Another case that could end up in court, the nfl, as you know in the spotlight for its concussion problems but football is not the only spo with crisis there. More hockey players are joining a lawsuit against the nhl. Now, abcs linsey davis is here, and linsey, a lot of parents with kids who play hockey are concerned about this. Reporter youre right. There is heightened concern and comes as were seeing an increase in the number of people playing hockey in this country. More than 500,000 people registered in the 2013 2014 season, thats more than ever with t movie concussion making headlines, tackling the issue of brain injurie in the nfl tell the truth. Reporter the nhls getting hit with concussionrelated lawsuit, as well. Oh, a monster hit. Reporter more hockey players joining a class action complaint against the league, approximately 140 former pros now alleging in lawsuit filed in 2013 that the league didnt do enough to warn them of the longterm effects of repeated blowss to the head or protect them from those hits. Reed larson is part of the lawsuit. We knew we would separate shoulder, lose teeth but loterm brain trauma or cte was never brought up. Reporter just last week the family of Steve Montador slapped them with its o lawsuit. Ten months after the 35yearold was und dead inside his home, an autop concluded his brain disease cte, his family claiming the league failed to warn him of the longterm n neurologil risks sociated with repeated head trma. When asked in may if he believes theres a cononnectio between cte and hockey, the commissioner said from a medical science standpoint there is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to the other. The nhl telling abc news, we dont comment on pending litigation. U. S. Hockey has recently changed the body checking rules to 13 to 14 from 11 and 12. In the past they reported drops in participation at the age when body checking was introduduced which suggests that minimally parents are concerned about their kids taking these hits. We do think about the parents and, you know, you want your child to participate at sports but when you have this, yeah, so they just want the knowledge to make the right decisions. To see if there is a connection. Linsey, thank you. A big medical headline for women about a new screening cancer that may help you detect and defeat it earlier. How thieves could steal your personal information. Gio has that, hey, gio. Millions of cars end up in salvage yards like this but what you leave behind in these wrecks could wreck your credit. The new warning coming up on gma. Stick around. Save up to 30 on diamond fashions akay. The numberone memorymaker in america. Every kiss begins with kay. 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In a few minutes this morning we found someones drivers license right in the front seat of this car and you wont believe what else we found. Investigates. Theres a lot in here. Reporter names, address, Social Security numberers. Even bank account information. Oh, we have six acres. Gma investigat undercover at two pick and pull lots in new jersey. Foreign cars will be on your left. Domestic cars and trucks on your right. Reporter the concept is simple. We pd a dollar for entry to theot and acres of car un unsupervised searching. Among the scraps, something that could be highly valuable. Loads of personal information left behind for anyone to possibly steal your identity. In this car we find part of a deed to a condo. And in this one, bank deposit slips. Dozens of car registration a insurance cards. Listing owners names, addresses, and even drivers license numbers. In this car we find the most concerning information, an old drivers license, uncashed paychecks, even Bank Statements with account numbers. Theres a lot of personal information in here. Reporter we tracked down the owners of the car, gary and his son and promptly return the documents. Quite a bit of stuff. Pretty unbelievable, actually. They say that Bank Account Statement with their account number worries t thenhe most. Had is it what really troubles me. That should have never been in the car. Reporter with the permission of the yards owner we went to a new york salvage yard not open to the public to see how often people leave their personal documents behind. This car just came in. Oh, weve got some documents. Oh, heree go. Insurance documents. Take a look at this video. We show the our searches to new jersey attorney general john j. Hoffman. For at least one person we have an account number, their addresess, their drivers license. We have their insurance information. Is that enough to steal their identity . Yeah. It is. That list you gave me of those four, id have cut you short at two and saidhat would have been good enough. Reporter e says he sees enough of a concern to provide this exact snario is one that i had not been familiar with. Reporter even posting this new alert online just this week. We explained wha we found to the two pick andull lots we visited and they both said they tell car owners to clean out their vehicles before dropping them off and ultimately that responsibility falls on the car owners. The playfords say theyre happy their information didnt end up in the wrong hands. We were fortunate. Nobody really got anything and nothing really happened to us, but somebody might not be as lucky. And so the attorney general says that before you turn your car into a salvage yard scour that car for any sensitive documents, but he says go even further, because accidents can happen at any time so just take the sensive documents out of your car especial, robi those banking documents. Absolutely. But its good to check and maybe not have them in there if you can in the first place, all right there, gio, thank you. Coming up, new details about Tamar Braxtons Health Crisis and the condition that forced her to hang up her dancing shoes. Michl. And, it is the basket seen around the world, robin, the amazing moment a mom won thousands with a granny shot. She and her daughter are here live next on gma. Just head around the corner to walgreens when youre searching for that Perfect Little something. Walgreens has great gifts like toys, beauty gift sets, and photo gifts, and its all just a hop, skip, and a bark awaway. 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Theyre here with us live. Welcome you two. Gooood mornin what an awesome moment. You were saying, though, you knew right away even though it was an unconventional shot but you didnt even see it. I didnt, no. No, i i lined up the shot. So the bounce was intentional. And i threw it granny style, truly. Our prayers were answered but i heard when you told your husband he said, i didnt believe you. Called him on speaker and our director, richelle platter, and he was just kind of silent and then our administrator sent him the clip from his cell phone and then he was just he was like, we saved some mone how proud were you of mom . I was like whoa, she made it in i was reall excited she had made it in because i went, okay, it bounced. She really tried. Im glad oh, my god. She made it in the bucket. You know, i think the best part o the video was the fact that you were encouraging your mom and you said, mom, you can do it. It was her third and final shot and were so happy you made that shot. 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So switch today. Back here on gma. Want to see where the cold air has been, arizona, flagstaff making snow and a new sto that pummels the northwest. Weve got winter storm warnings and advisories smothering all these states. Up to 9 inches of rain. All that weaer brought to show open Sabrina Elias a quick check of traffic this morning. This is i235 at valley west. [current conditions]. Elias good morning im sabrina twelve employees from dwolla a Payment Processing company in Downtown Des Moines have been laid off. Yesterday a Company Spokesperson confirmed 12 people, full and parttime, were let go as part of what they call a strategic realignment. Sabrina isu basketball standout naz long says its for the best that he sit out for the rest of the season. The cyclone senior underwent hip surgery in the offseason, but made the decision with coach steve prohm earlier this week to take the rest of the season to recover. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And backlash over this holiday card. Taped and bound. The family now spepeaking ou this is my fight song new details on Tamar Braxtons Health Crisis. What really forced her off dancing with the stars and then back into the hospital again. E scary condition that sent her into surgery. A rib removed. What shes revealing about her condition now. Its the most wonderful time and get ready y to meet e parents. New research revealing how you should really deal with meeting your kids significant others and the one danger sign during the holidays that could show love isnt meant to be. Its the final countdown it is time. Sweater showdown is back. Oh, my god. Uglier. Arms lined with reindeer ornanaments. More festive than ever. So, which will take the fruitcake. 2 chainz is here to knit it all together as we say good morning, america. 2 chainz. Thats right. 2 chainz is here. Something i thought id never see or hear, 2 chainz on Good Morning America. On Good Morning America. Look at that crowd, michael. Look at them all. In their ugly christmas sweaters. It is time for our showdown. Who is going to come out on top . Robin, i hear you have secret weapons today. You know how fierce the competition is and speaking of that, where is lara . Lara. Robin, im right here deciding what to wear for the big sweater competition, maybe a classic look or, i d dont kno maybe its a pope kind of christmas. You know what, though, always a winner, a very George Stephanopoulos holiday. I got this, people. Yeah, you got that. You asked for it. I have those pajamas, george, with your face all over. Youre the winner. I cant get that out of my head. Lets go to amy to try. All right, good morning, everyone. And we begin with the new details in the San Bernardino attack investigation. Enrique marquez, the longtime friend of syed farook, who allelegedly puhased the assault rifles used in the attack, is expected now to Face Criminal Charges as early as today. Authorities say marquez told the fbi he and farook talked about carrying out an attack as early as 2010. Another email embarrassment for the obama administration. Defense secretary ash carter us his private email account for government business when he first became secretary. He now admits that was wrong. And in baltimore, prosecutors will meeeet today begin deciding whether to retry one of the Police Officers charged in the deathth of frede gray. A mistrial declared wednesday because of a hung jury triggered mostly peaceful protests on the streets with just two arrests reported. Well, donald trump may be trying to tone things down a bit kimmel live. Trump acknowledged his attacks on rivals have been didivisive a he said hed like to see the Republican Party come together. Meantime, russian president trump. During a News Conference today, putin called trump a, quote, colorful person, talented and without a doubt the absolute leader of the president ial race. And new progress in the fight against ovarian ncer. There is growing confidence in a new version of a screening test. Researchers say a combination of blood screening with ultrasound tests can help lower your risk of dying from Ovarian Cancer by up to 15 . But doctors say the new scening procedure does need more study. And now to louisiana where one family is facing controversy for the holiday photo they posted online. Abcs reena ninan has that story. Reporter this morning a familys holiday photo causing controversy on the web. The globe. One poster writing, the fact that you and your friends find this funny shows what a sick bunch you uly are. Another calling the image sick. Ive acally received messages from people all the way from germany. Rorter in the photo you see e the fami of five posing between rows of Christmas Trees and the mother and two young daughters with their mouths taped shut and hands bounund by chrtmas lights. The father holding a sign that says peace on earth as their younger brother gives them a thumbs up. The picture going viral sparking outrage with many feeling the photo is sexist sending the message women should not speak. All the negative feedback was real disheartening. Reporter the family and photographer saying it was always meant as a joke. It was originally my idea. I found a oto like it on pinterest and decided that, hey, lets do it. Reporter the Johnson Family standing by the photo. Take it for what it is. Its a family photo. We love it. If not, scroll up, about half a second later youre not even going to see it anymore. Reporter for Good Morning America, reena ninan, abc news, new york. All right, reena, thank you. Finally, we haveve used th adjective extreme e to descre many things but nevever before about a set of wedding photos. Thats changing right now. Take a look at this. These are breathtaking shots of a couple on a ledge 350 feet abovthe ground. The bride was actually tethered for the shot of her hanging onto the grooms hand. Now, despite the way this all looks, the photographer claims th the couple was completely safe the whole time, but it makes you rethink that whole till death do us part. Oh, yeah. Because that could have happened sooner. I dont know. I mean i mean they are beautiful shots. Theyre gorgeous. Look at that. But you know what, theres a thing called green screen. We just saw it with the sweaters. They could have achieved that same look in a very relaxed setting. And safer. Yeah. She was tethered. She was tethered. Thanks, amy. Lets go to michael. Im safe over here, you guys. Heres a look at whats coming up on the gma morning menu. New details about Tamar Braxtons Health Crisis and what really forced her off dancing with the stars. And Barbara Walters gives us a eak peek at this years most fascinating people from donald trump to amy schumer and brady cooper, and get ready for our big gma ugly holiday sweater, everyone is getting into the spir. Got that coming up live on gma here in times square. Get those giants sweaters in there. Rs in there. To the used car buyer whos worried abt getting taken for a ride. Dont worry. The only rides youll get taken on at carmax are the ones you take yourself. But just in case that absolutely 100 percent perfect choice. Turns out to be. Less than perfect. We give you five days to change your m mind. Sorry. This just in. The final countdown to christmas is here. Wait what . Gary, is this teleprompter right . Eet molasses i need to start shopping immediately. Save on thousands of last minute deals at target. Nivea inshower body lotion. First i wash. Then i apply it to my wet skin. 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Oh, look at that attitude. I love it. Love it. The tude getting highfives on the way out. First Tamar Braxton is opening up about the Health Crisis that forced her off dancing with the stars still recovering from that scary condition that landed her in thehe erating room. Abcs linsey davis is back with her story. Reporter this morning, r b singer Tamar Braxton is thankful to be alive after undergng surgery to have her rib removed. Oh, you know, imm blessed number one, beyond measure. Reporter sharing on her talk show the real that while shes feeling better, shes still nowhere near a full recovery. Im definitely on the mend. Some days are, you know, really tough like yesterday was a little tough, yall. I could not get out of bed. Reporter just last month braxton was forced to leave dancing with the stars early because of what doctors thought was pneumonia. Shes in the hospital right now. It just hurts. Reporter then a shocking meback just in time for the competition but immediately after she instagramed to her fans that her doctor found blood clots in her lungs writing with a heavy heart i regret to inform you that my season on dancing with the stars has come to end but then after the blood clots cleared more medical drama. She was didiagnosed th thoracic outlet syndrdrome, a cdition often caused when athletes overuse their upper extremities and it compresses the subclavian vein. She needed surgery to remove her rib. Ive never had surgery before. Reporter in her reality show with husband vincent herbertrt she shares how afraid she was even hiring a spiritual counselor. Y got to have somebody thats constantly on you know, tamar, keep the faith, dont give up on you. Reporter for Good Morning America, linsey davis, abc news, new york. We wa to talk to dr. Richard besser more about this. So give us more details and any correlation with the blood clots . Yeah, well, let me show you on this graphic. Theres this space thats right above your first rib and below your collarbone, and through that go through important things, an artery, a vein and a nerve and theyre pressed with a muscle and whahappens isf that space gets a little smaller it can put pressuron those structures and you get something called thoracic outlet syndrome. If it pushes on the nerve, that can cause tingling and pain in your arm. If it pushes on the artery, it can cut down on blood flow and the arm can get cold and painful. But if it pushes on that vein, a clot can form in your arm and that can go back to your lungs. Sometimes people feel t that pain is a heart pain related to the heart. Well, it can feel very similar. R. Yoknow, we talk to people about heart pain being if you get a pain shooting down your arm, think about your heart. That pain often comes on with exercise. This pain here is there all the time. But if you have either of those pains, you need to get those checked out. But when we saw that tamar had a rib removed yeah. That really got our attention. Looking back at this graphic you see that first rib at the top thats pressing on everything. She had that rib there removed and that opened up that space and took the pressure off of that vein and that should take care of the problem. You see this thing in athletes who are often doing exercises wi their arms up. It causes those muscles to enlarge. One of the braves pitchers had this done a couple months ago. But you can see it in people who also broke their collarbone, you know, doing exercise or in a fall. Oh, my goodness, rich, thanks very much. Appreciate it. George. Thanks, robin. All of us have a year or two holiday time, the time when teens and young adults bring on their new partners for the first time. Lots of new studies say parents influence their relationships and we read about this great story in the wall street journal, and linzie janis has tips. Mom, dad, this is greg. Reporter tis the season to meet the parents. Be nice to this one, okay. Okay, ill try. Reporte that awkward First Encounter so many moms and dads dread. I will be watching you. Reporter take Robert De Niro in meet the parents playing the overprotective dad. Have you ever watched pornographic videos . No. Reporter but accorording to dr. We nchltwendol furman, yodont hahave to behat parent. His Ongoing Research reveals control of your kids romantic relationships than you think. Parents have more influence on their childrens roman take lives than they expect. If the parent has a Good Relationship with their child credibility and that takes some trial and error. Reporter trial and his daughter madisons latest boyfriend apparently struggled with her dads initial interrogation. My dad will want to ask will just give oneworded answers because hes just dying on the inside. Reporter but if all hell breaks loose, dr. Furman says its best to bite your tongue. Parents dont want to have their child have to make a choice between having a relationship with them, the parent, or the romantic partner. Reporter for Good Morning America, linzie janis, abc news, new york. Some good advice there. Lets get more on this now from ericka souter, our friend ericka souter. And, you know, there was a lot t of good vice there but what do you say to parents for that first meeting . Its normal to go into judgmental mode. This is your baby. Is this person good enough . So your human nature kicks in. And you are very hypercritical. But the most important thing to do is just relax. You know, its the holidays. Have fun with your kids. Create new memories and think of it that way. We also want to have an open mind. Yes, thiperson isnt likely to be who you envisioned for your prince or your princess but thats okay. Lastly, having an open heart. You know, this kid coming into your house or this person coming into your house is nervous to meet you and want to impress you so embrace them and make them feel comfortable. Lets say you give the person a chance but after three or four months or a year you really dont like hem. Thats when moms put their footown. I dont like this person for x, y, z. And often the effect is the romeo and juliet eect and it drives the kid right into their arms. The children will never forget those words. What if they end up together. Exactly. So the best thing to do is let it run its course. If its the first boyfriend or girlfriend, it will probably end anyway. So its best to see how it plays out and be more supportive. How about go ahead. You dont want them to choose you or them. Thats the bottom linene. Right, you also want to have this open relationship and you want to talk to your kids. You want your kids to come to you and say, you know, this is why i like this pern. These are the problems im having so you want an open and honest relationship with your kids especially when theyre dating. Ericka souter, thanks very much. Lets go over to amy. We are in the fil days of the year, which means it is time for Barbara Walters annual ten most fascinating people special, always one of the mo anticipated specials of the year. Bradley cooper, tracy morgan and amy schumer just a few of the people to make the list, and i sat down with barbara for a sneak peek. I think this you know, you always say this is the best list but this is a very good list because it has some drama. It has mr. Trump and Bernie Sanders and then bradl cooper. You like Bradley Cooper. I love Bradley Cooper hes very screwable. I have to be careful. Youre goingo make me blush, barbara. I think thats a clean word. Am i okay with that . Its because when he was starting out, his agent said that he he didnt say screwable. He said Something Else which i wont say. I think i know where youre going. Something very revealing that Bradley Cooper told you, so lets take a look at that. Interesting. Yeah, i didnt know this about him. In your late 20s, y you stopp drinking. Stopped drinking, yeah. Thats a big change. Its a huge thing, yeah. Do you drink now . No. You stopped at 30 and 29, yeah. 29, yeah. And never drank again, not even wine. Nothing. Hmm. Huhuh. Did it change you . Oh, tremendously. Very difficult . No, beautiful. Unbelievable. Better. Oh, are you kidding . I would never be sitting here with you, no way, no chance. We can see why you like h him his mother he was very close to his father, he wears who died. He wears his fathers wedding ring. And he lives with his mother. Also, a kind soul, you can see, and someone whos really had a lot of challenges, physical and emotional given the accident, tracy morgan. Yeah, hes done very few interviews, and hes now okay. Hes married. He has a child. You can see the scars from this terrible accident he had where he was notupposed to live, and hes not only living, hes thriving. And another comedian you spoke with, amy schumer. Yeah. Shes so hot this year. I an, she really is. Shes funny and smart and has not had the easiest life at all. We actually have a sneak peek of your discussion with amy. Oh, good, okay. You are a very goodlooking woman. Barbara. Yes, i mean, ive seen you on the air. Have the cutest tush. Thank you so much. But you dont you dont like your looks. No, i wouldnt say that. Well, you because i make fun of myself. Yeah, yeah. I think make fun more of how i think the world and how hollywood sees me. Yeah. She r really is you think Everybody Knows what a tush . Yes, i do. We all know what a tush is. She has a good tush. Between supposedly telling Bradley Cooper tt he was that he is screwable and talking about her tush, thisis is a ve racy special. Barbara is on fire like youve never seen her before. Yeah. And we cant wait to hear who the nunumber oneick is. Well, youre not going to hear now. Okay, well have to wait for it. And you only have to wait till tonight. Barbara walters presents the ten most fascinating people of 2015 airs tonight for 90 minutes starting at 9 30 eastern, 8 30 central right here on abc. Lets go outside now to ginger. Oh, thank you, amy. I am just out here with such a great crowd and eyre giving me parenting advice. So were starting there. How about we g go to dovvalley, colorado. Look at the sweet valley, kite snowboardi in parts of colorado. They had all that fresh pow, so nice, and guess what, that cold air behind that storm is some of the coldest of the season from denver back to albuquerque. As we take those temperatures i i have to say, lara, myom had one of these sweaters before, they were ironic and called ugly christmas sweaters and i love them. How be get some pop. Totally. My mom has the earrings that look like the oldschool lights and still wears them like in full gusto. Mom, we love you and are inspired by you. But right now it is time for pop news and i love this story. Excited to their with you because forget netflix and chill. Thats the new sharing. Now its all aboutut netflix and snooze. The streaming service has dreamt up a genius invention, this is legit, guys. These are socks that determine when youve dozed off and immediately pause the show that youre watching. So amazing. This is real. Is is not youre not being punked. Weve all been there, six episodes into a bingewatch. Six minutes in, lara. George, you drift o. Have no idea where you left off. You dont want to have spoiler these smart socks e actography technology that monitor movements like the same thing a fitbit does, monitors your movement so you stop moving, your movie does too. Stop moving your feet. When you sleep, when youre watchingv, youre not moving a lot but you might be fidgeting or eating then you fall asleep, it senses that stop in motion. I mean unless youre like me i was going to say, i do that, the restless leg syndrome. Oh, yes. You do stanky leg in your sleep . No, but your Movement Goes down significantly and it pauses yoyour movieand i want to say netflix youre the best. Just ruined it for the rest of my family. I know, isnt it amazing. Puttg on a bingewatch, immediately i fall asleep. Also in pop news this morning im glad were all discussing our personal lives. If youre not sleeping well, tell your partner to move over and make room for rover. A new study shshows a mas best you more well rested. People who slept with ththeir pets felt more safe, secure, consequently had a better nights sleep. It makes perfect sense. Cuddling up to a cat isnt for everyone. A cat or a dog. Ease, cat lovers, do not write me. 20 of pet owners did complain of pets wandering, whimpering or hovering above my face with hot dog breath. But the overwhelminginding was incredibly positive giving new meaning to catnap. Children, not the same effect, not at all. Get out of my bed. Like break dancing in your bed. And finally, rapapper drak knows when that hot line bling, that can only mean one thing. Bring it, girl. Its baddie winkle on the line. Take a look, this 89yearold kentucky native whose real name is Ruth Van Winkle renenamed herself because she became an instagram sensation that started last year. Her daughter, her great granddaughter posted a picture signature look that went viral. Including rihanna. She talks about a major crush she has on drake. She tried to direct message him and said it was a little dirty. She also theres the bathing suit that she talks about her love and says she wants to be the poster child for people saying its just a number. Just love it. Bravo. Bravo. Well be right back. Elias johnson. Its 8 27. Sabrina a murray man has died after falling in to a grain bin wednesday morning. Emergency crews from around the area swarmed the farm in clarke county, and after hours searching the bin to get the farmhand out, it was too late. Eric reasland was pronounced dead after they carried him away to a local hospital. Elias elias the state department of Natural Resources heard from dozens of iowans about the construction of the bakken oil pipene and its environmental impacts. Dnr officials hosted a meeting in the metro last night. The iowa utilities board, which has to approve the pipeline, also has to receive the approval from dnr. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib sabrina watch me whip whip watch me nae nae watch me do that gets you in the holiday spirit. All right. Do the whip and the nae nae. And eggnog sounds like a great idea. Look at our crew. Ooh watch me the men and women of gma. Right there. And they are in it. They are in it to win it. And that is just the warmup for our showdown coming up in just minutes. Thats our peeps. Our peeps. Oh. We also have michael, lets go to him right now. All right, thanks, guys. Time now to zero in on those lastminute gifts as we count down christmas with deals steals. We have tory johnsons deals steals d we have your list covered this morning with bargains up to 56 off. We dont want to waste any more time. What do we have . A fun idea. For all of these particular deals today youll buy it today, youll get a notification via email that you can share with the recipient but then the gift is going to arrive in january and i really love that idea when all of the holiday madness dies down, your gift arrives and you get to stand out. You get to enjoy it more. So i love that. This is the tinker crate from kiwi. They make these amazing kits that are based on s. T. E. M. , science, technology, engineering and math. Two different kits that you can choose from. If you want to do the one month which is this draw box, kids get to do that or the engineering kit for four months, so depending on how generous you want to be, 25 to 100 whether one or four months cut in half, 12. 50 to 50 and free shipping. That looks like. Yabbadabba do. Okay, so this company is foot cardigan. I really think that, y you know, bright socks make happy people. I love these. Super fun. Choices for kids and adults. Again, this is one of those where you can choose one month or threemonth options depending on how generous you want to be and an amazing deal on these normally depending on what you choose, 9 to 33, but these are slashed in half, just 4. 50 to 16. 50 for three months. Cant beat that. Julep. Beauty products are always a winner. Youet three fullsize Beauty Products to choose from, polish, shades, glosses, depending on what you want for your particular recipient. So many choices. Cant go wrong with this. Normally 25 for the box. Whats the deal . These are all slashed in half, 12. 50 and free shipping. Free shipping. Thats big. When they say free shipping, im all inin. So, youll be into this. Taste trunk. Three different selections of food products. So, if its a sasausage lor, chocolate lover or the big executive chef trunk, i ve how these are packaged, its all artisan hand picked for your recipient starting at 63 depending on what you choose. These are slashed in half, 29 to 44 and free shipping. Yeah. Love that and then last but not least, we are ending deals steals for 2015 on a sweet note. Yes. Michelle gellar and two of her girlfriends started this company to create these baking kits for family fun where every single e thinyou need is included in here and a great way, not only easy but super fun foror family bonding. These are the brownie popsicle sticks. Theres also a really fun project with ice cream cones you can bake. I love everything that they do and youre going to love this deal. Rmally 25 slashed in half, just 12. 50 from foodstirs. Cant beat that. Tory does it again, everybody. I nt know how you do it but that is a Christmas Gift if you ever asked for one. Thanks to all these companies for providing these great deals and head to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo for these codes and links to these bargains and plus one bonus deal you can only get online. Thanks, tory. Now to ginger. Michael, we are in the middle of our ninth annual coat drive partring with burlington to get folks to donate their gently worn coats. Just like shark tanks daymond john and Country Music star chris stapleton. They are all out so go out and donate at any burlington store. How about we check wheyou wont need a coat or when we will and then wont. Look at parts of central california. There is frozen fountains, thank you very much for sending those pictures in. Its going to stay colder as we look at the jet ream dippg in the west for the christmas forecast. Look whats happened. Who asked santa for warm weather for christmas . I know. Apparently everybybody eastf the rockies. Oh, i love those. Youve got all the 2 chainz sweatshirts on. Were ready. All that weather brought to you by mazda. Thank you, ginger. Coming up, the color purple is back on broadway with a powerhouse cast led by Jennifer Hudson in her broadway debut. It is being produced by oprah who n an oscar nomination for the movie version and she took sara haines behind the scenes of the new show. Why . . Reporter its been 30 years since the color purple was first released. Steven spielbergs movie based on alice walkers pulitzer prizewinning novel was a hit. Oprah winfreys portrayal of the strongwilled sofia won her an oscar nomination. Now shes one of the producers in the Broadway Revival of the color purple musical. How are you feeling seeing it for the first time . I feel a great sensnse of pri and i think this new rendition of it is more modernized and still feels so connected and inspirational. Reporter oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is making her broadway debut. Reporter hudson is taking on the role of sultry shug avery. What happened is we were thinking who has that thing that shug avery has. Scott called me up one day and said, what do you think of Jennifer Hudson and i said, yes. Reporr another broadway newcomer is Cynthia Erivo who reprises her role as celie from the london broadway production of the color purple. Im going to see reporter and the part of sofia is being played by orange is the new blacks danielle brooks. Danielle was playing sofia which was the role you originated in the movie and were nominated for an oscar. How do you think s she did . Well, i thought she was fantastic. I think i think its hard to do it when somebody is in the audience who has also done it before but obviously i cant sing. And that someone is oprah. Let us not forget that point. Whoo beautiful. Oh, my. How did you get that wig over that how did you do that . Hey. Hi. Hey, baby. How is it different, though than a big, you know, stadium performance singing, belting out . Youre telling the story. Yeah. You know, its not jennifer singing. You know what i mean. I got that. So its like youre telling the story. How does it feel like to be part of such a legacy . Well, for me, an amazing dream come true for me. Its nothing i could e ever have dreamed off. And just im on cloud 500 and ery night being in this room with the audience really living my dream with a story that made want to become an act. Well, heres to a long run. Yes. Heres to a long run [ applause ] the color purple sing, oprah. Reporter for Good Morning America, sara haines, abc news, new york cannowait to see that. And you can see oprahs special, oprah goes to broadway the color purple on own this saturday. Coming up right t here our ugly sater showdown. Tt0w ti h, h h tt0w ti h, el bg tt0w ti h, ed de tt0w ti h, 8h ;< tt0w ti h, kzh9t tt0w ti h, nhl l tt0w ti h, 0phrzt tt0w ti h, shb 4 0w ti h, uehajd tt0w ti h, 7hh]h0 we are ready now for our annual ugly holiday sweater showdown. Celebrity guest this year, 2 chainz, welcome. How are you doing . So you actually raised money and give money to charity with ugly sweaters. S. Te us about it. Yes, i started my own ugly sweater line. You can go to 2chainzshop. Com, z and proceeds go to shart and go to giving back in the community. Also launched the app on the app store. I mean, it was just time to do something. Merchandise is real big and in the Entertainment Community so i kind of cross promoted me with an artist with the whole movement of the charity thing and just combined and it came out good and were here right now. You ready to go . Yes. We want everybody at home to vote. You guys at home will decide the winner. Get rey to vote for your favorite sweater. Michael had to go to his other b, so he recorded this video a littttle earli. The candy man. Lost in a crowd and im found and im hungry like the wolf [ applause ] okay, 2 chainz, what did you think . You know what they thought . Enjoyed that much eets hes got a lot of candy going on. Should stay out of that sugar bowl. Stay out of the sugar bowl. Now its time for the live competition. Robin is here first with sweet dreams and a few secret weapons. Lets do it. Whoa yeah. [ applause ] hats how you stl the show. Someone doesnt like we do like we do. Yeah. Theres my daisy. Yes. That is what you call stealing the show right there. Bringing some friends along. The friends always woworks. And not just any friends, these are f friends from the new york humane society, so they are available, yes. Whoo. All right. [ applause ] they are cuties. Yeah. Okay, ready for ginger. Lets see it. Here she is, rocking rockette. Better watch out you better not pout im telling you why santa claus is coming to town [ applause ] nice. She gave you quite a nice. See how i got a waist again. I got aaist again. Yeah, she brought the roettes all the way to new york. Thats interesting. Dab. Dab. Speechless. You got him. Like she has a whole other to the front of her. Thats a neat idea right there two, one here, one here. What are you having . A boy. So, its his first dress up. Okay. It is amy robachs turn. [ cheers and applause ] not bad, huh. Yeah, like that. My two favorite teams. Well, im from gegeorgia, y know that . I love you already. Now, georgia bulldogs and i was born on Michigan State campus. My dad and my grandpa went, so i got reand green with my two favorite sports teams. Okay, great colors, man. You make some noise. I like this one. [ applause ] i like this. Now its going to be hard for lara to top last year, but here she comes now with strictly ball gown. [ applause ] i like that. I like that. They like that. Thats nice. Yeah. I was trying to class it up a little bit. Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] this guy, he loves it. Yeah. Whoo [ applause ] i love the ornaments. Very subtle. I love the ornaments. Very subtle. Yeah, very subtle. Not sure what airport she can go to but she got the puppys attention. Yeah, yeah. Im hiding a small village under here. I put the ball in ball gown. No, seriously, it looks like its something that we can probably i could take you to a prom or something. Oh, thank you. Can we do that . Well go to the prom together. Why not. Overall . Honestly, i dont know. It was very creative like the things you know, when you bring dogs because i have a dog and im a pet lover. Fur babies. Thats a cheat sheet, the pet lover is a cheat sheet and then to wear something that has georgia on it is also a atlanta. Yeah, baby. Disqualifying two of them because they dont have anything to do with me on it, you know. Well, we still have the voters at home. We want everyone at home to vote. Well announce our winner at the end of the show. Go to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo coming up in just a few minutes. [ applause ] hi. Welcome back. This is pip wearing a sweater. To vote on our ugly holiday sweater shdown. You cant vote for pip, but we all gave it our all. You can opt pip, though. We want you to get ready for a hi adrenaline action point break is about an fbi agent who catches criminals and some waves. Cowabunga, baby. Rachel smith with the story. My father put me on a kind of surfboard before i could walk. Reporter learning to surf. Luke bracey was meant to play johnny utah, a rookie fbi agent and extreme sports superhero. I grew up on the beach. And i get a bit of saltwater that runs through my veins for sure. I always say the cure for anything is saltwater. If its sweat, tears or the ocean. Reporter the ocean is just one of many thrilling obstacles lukes character faces attempting to bust daredevil criminals responsible for a string of heists. Identify these individuals and report back to me. Rorter the film, a turning point for the 26yearold actor. This is your big hollywood moment. Your first role as a leading man. No pressure. But how does it feel . I havent had time to think about it too much. I guess im pretty lucky about that. First thing we got to do is put wax on the board. Reporter luke is taking me out for a surf inging lesson off the coast of malibu. Thats when you want to kind of pop up as l as you can d keep your knees bent. Reporter and after a few pointers, it was just luke, me and the pacific ocean. Lets do this. First i had to get the courage to cast away, but look at luke hes definitely done this a time me, well, after a little push, here io. The surf was up, but i was down. What a wipeout. A littl video though with our surf cam. With luke rooting me on and leading the way, iaught another wave and, well, this time i opted to take a dive instead. And after a few i figured out how to stay above the water. Awesome. Im your sidekick. Watch out. That was awesome. Good work. Thank you so much. Youre welcome. Reporter for Good Morning America, rachel smh, abc news, malibu, california. Very nice. Now, remember, please keep voting f our ugly sweater showdown. Robi the cameris over here, girl. Get over here. Im trying to get in the shot. Sorry. Can you explain the basketballs . Well, thanknk you forour contribution there. Thank you very much. You know who this is. Angela. Hi. Yes, and gracramey. What you did in making that halfcourt shot that weve been showing over and over again and you got half off your beautiful daughters tuition and also raising a lot of money to help the that are hungry. Tell u a little bit about your organization, how you guys have been helping. Our school Bethany Academy had a fundraiser wiwith kids against hunger and we in five hours were blessed to pack 41,000 meals. 41,000 meals. 41,000. All right. Wellyou know what, we here at Good Morning America, were going to make a donation to a childrens organization to help with the hunger. To help what youre doing. Were going to do that. Were going to do that for you. Bless your heart. All right. And you dont even have to make a shot for us to do it. You dont even have to make a shot for us to do that. Well do that. Thank you. We want to see, you know, just a little closer than halfcourt. Can you do it again . Can you w work youragic again . I dont know. Come on, baby. Come on. Do your thing. Do your thing. Come on. Whoa. Here you go. Here you go. Okay. Uhoh. Uhoh. Are you going to go granny style again or no . Oh, oh, oh. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Oh. You got to pl Good Morning America is brought to you by alka seltzer plus day cold flu. Okay, it is the moment weve all been waiting for, the big winner of our ugly sweater showdown. 2 chainz. Okay, drum roll, please. [ drum roll ] come on. Come on. The winner is robin. Whoo whoo [ cheers and applause ] oh, my gosh. All right. Thank you. Take your walk. Thank you. I never win. I never win. You did it, rosie. You did it. We did i it. Thank you. Oh, oh. Come on, really. Yeah. Whoo have a great day, everyone. Its 8 56. Sabrina twelve employees from dwolla a Payment Processing company in Downtown Des Moines have been laid off. 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