Square tonight. Ryan seacrest live with us, Jenny Mccarthy taking you behind the scenes. Its gmas new years rockin morning as we say good morning, america. Im not going to say it as well as Jenny Mccarthy just said but good morning, amica. A little more bounce, amy. Gma weekend anchor dan harris is here, sara haines and tom llamas, as well. All ready to spend new years eve with you. We are counting down to tonights big celebration right here in times square. Take a look at the ball getting ready to drop just hours from now and the first new years celebrations have already kicked off, fireworks welcoming in 2016 in auckland, new zealand. It blows my mind that theyre so far ahead of us. They will be over their hangovers sitting down to dinner when our ball drops here. Im not great at math but able to get there. The College Football playoff. Two big bowl games kicking off on espn, the team mascots from clemson and Michigan State right there on a an astrotf carpet. I dont know if you can see it. Hoping to get all four but two of them got stuck. Their planes didnt takeke off so we got two of them. We got sparty, though. Go green, go white, that was from my dad. All right, but first we want to get to that recordbreaking flooding devastating the midwest. Mississippi river overflowing and more than 12 Million People are under flood warnings this morning. Rob marciano is in valley park, missouri, this morning and, rob, i know you have the latest for us. Reporte good morning, amy. Its been an anxious night along the meimac river. Heres the deal, this is not the river, shouldnt be. This is an interstate, interstate 44 now turned into a raging river getting around this city, nearly impossible. Their worries. Thisis morninga recordbreaking flood drowning the midwest. Swallowing up neighborhoods, homes uprooted, some floating downream. Bridges submerged littered with debris. Rising rivers making at least 200 roads impassable. The whole entire highway is shut down. Itsnbelievable. Reporter interstate 44 and route 141 shut dn tuesday. These traffic lights the only sign of a once busy roadway below. T theres sposed toe two major highwaways and aouple days ago it was full of cars and truck, now nothing but water. Reporter overnight a third major highway, interstate 55, parts of it closed backing traffic for miles. A flood in the winter is dangerous. Everybody, keep a good attitude its going to be a while. Reporter urging resints to stay off the roads to help rescues like these. Firefighters using a ladr truck to save this man on his pickup. On a roof overnight until they could be rescued by raft. In high ridge, missouri, a water plant engulfed closing down tuesday and cutting off water to 20,000 residents. Its pretty scary right now. Reporter this levee in valley park dangerously close to collapse. Hastily tched with plywood and missouri, not the only flooded state. Ive never seen it like this. Reporter parts of north carorolinaflora and georgia also hit with winter flooding. A surreal sight, no doubt about it. This is where the river is cresting. It will be slowly receding but, you know, the levees are having a hard time holding up here. This is nonot the on river that is still rising so weve got issues going forward. Multiple flood warnings out. Take a look at this map. All the Mississippi River draina has to feed into that mighty river so its going to take several days, if not a couple o of weeks to the new year. Meanwhile, flash flood watches still posted for the soueast from the panhandle up through the carolinas, theyll be slowly heavy rain across the gulf coast for new years eveve. Mostly dry, i think, for tonight and chilly, seasonably cold and there is no forecast rain for at least a week here. Back to you. A silver lining, indeed. Lets turn to new w years e and the security precautions around the world as we head into tonights big celebrations. Thnypd deploying thousands of officers to protect times square amidst an overseas threat warning of possible attacks on three major cities including new york. Abcs phillip mena is on the story. Reporter dan, good morning. People are already lining up out here in times square trying to snag a spot to see the ball drop at midnight and when it does there will be 6,000 Police Officers rooftop snipers and helicopters in this area keeping an eye out for anything or anyone suspicious. Authorities say while there are no cdible threats specifically aimed at new york, the nypd is the city does remain a top spot for target for terrorists and security will be heightened in washington, d. C. And los angeles ahead of events there. Concern over a potential terrorist attack prompted officials in paris and brussels to cancel holiday events, but here in times square t show will go on and we are expecting a Million People down herere to celebrate and authorities believe that these extra precautis will help keep everyone here safe. Yeah, police said times square will be onef the safest places on earth tonight. Phillip mena, thank you. Dan, thank you. Now to breaking news in the socalled affluenza teen. Ethan couch, his mother tonya back on american soil arriving in los angeles just hours ago. Abcs matt gutmahas the latest from guadalajara, mexico. Reporter good morning, amy. A very stonefaced looking tonya cocouch didn answer reporters questions. Her son ethan bundled out of that facility and takeken to mexico city. For the affluenza teen whose lawyers helped him avoid a single day in prison after he pled guilty to killing four people in that drunk driving crash. Just hours ago tonya couch hauled back to the u. S. Grimfaced as u. S. Marshals escorted her in handcuffs through Los Angeles International airport. She faces a possible two to ten year sentence for hindering the apprehension of 18yearold son ethan. Abc news spotted ethan in guadalajara, mexico,scorted into this van at this immigration Detention Center. The van speeding out of the garage. We believe ethan couch is in that van that just rushed out of here. We saw him moments ago being moved from one side of this Detention Center to the other side. And mexican authorities confirming overnight to abc news he was sent to mexico city, his third city since his arrest monday. Mexican Authorities Say hell be held until the end of these immigration proceedings. But his first two nights in a mexican n detentiocenter spent so youve been inside. Whats it like . We got two Holding Cells to hold detainees until they figure out the situation. Reporter tonya couchs lawyer speaking out for the first time. Put yourself in tonyas shoes. What would you do if you were a parent with a son who is the most hated boy in america. What would you do to protect him . Reporter texas authorities called it something else, hindering the apprehension of a fugitive. With the couches now in custody were learning more about their time as fugitives here in mexico. In this exclusive video you can see tonya couch saunter into this butcher shop trying to pay in dollars. And ethan just two hours before his capture seemingly at ease in his life as a fugitive. With the backwards hat and freshly dyed jet black hair. Thank you, my friend. Reporter for people who tried very hard to avoid lockup in a u. S. Jail the couches will spend a lot of time in tonya couch will probably be in a u. S. Marshals facility until sunday or monday and ethan coululd spend eks here as his immigration process plays out. Amy. All right, matt gutman with the latest and you can find out much more about the ethan couch tomorrow on a special 20 20, end of the road, right here on abc. A big show tomorrow night. We turn now to donald trump ramping up the rhetoric this morning. Its your voice, your vote, and the latest twists in the race for the white house yet again involves the republican frontrunner. Trump now declaring war, thats a direct quote, on opponents Hillary Clinton and jeb bush even calling them enemies, abcs cecilia ga has the latest on that. Cecilia, good morning. Reporter yet again is right. Happy new year, this may be the 2016 race for the white hous but this morning there is just one word to describe it, an allout war. It is donald trump rapidfire. Hillary is a disaster. Shes horrible. Shes horrible. Television so many types. She just gives me a headache. Reporter this morning Hillary Clinton in the bullseye once again. She said hes got a hes demonstrated a penchant, i demonstrated a penchant for sexism. Can you believe it . Me. Nobody respects women more than donald trump. That i can tell you. Reporter trump even pulling out that famous line hes used on jeb bush and recycling it for her. Low energy can be applied to hillary. I just donont like use the enemies, right, because i consider them enemies. Reporter but the gop frontrunner now has his sights set on another tararget. She wants to accuse me of things and the husband is one of the great abusers of theorld. Give me a break. Reporter he made tabloid headlines himself and now hurling his harshest words at bill clinton and Trump Supporters showing up to this rally in South Carolina by the thousands are eating it up. Pitch. So far, no comment from the clintons on this war of words, not likely to cool down they time soon. We view this as war. Dont we view this as war . Reporter war is the word he is using. Weill not see trump or clinton again until 2016, not that far away but bill and donald will come close to being facetoface when they campaign a few miles apart. 2016, finally he. It will be a huge year. We do get a little bit of a breather before then. We do . 24 hours. Because i got to go to new hampshire. I dont know about y you. Thanks, cecilia. Noto a midair scare. An air canada flight ran into violent turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing. More than 20 passengers injured. Several taken off on stretchers. Abcs david kerley is at Reagan National airport with the latest on that, good morning, david. Reporter good morning amy. That hit so quick and so many the pilots decided to put the plane on the groun so they could get medical help. Overnight they were forced to divert because of turbulencece. Four serious injuries. Will require assistance. Reporter passenger pictures showing oxygen masks deployed, the floor all a result of the the plane around. It was just like the roller coaster, the plane would just go down very straight a and go do and lots of screaming. Were just helping one person. Reporter some of the passengers removed on stretchers with neck braces, in all 21 1 passengers including three children were hurt and taken to local hospitals. The boeing 777 was carrying 351 passengers a and crew a flight from shanghai to toronto. But over Western North america that turbulence hit and th diversion to calgary with back and rib injuries. We dont have patients that have greater injury or none are lifethreateningng. Reporter as crews were treating passengers canadas Transportation Safety board started its investigation. None of the injuries were lifethreatening. The good news most of the passengers were released overnight. That is good news, indeed. David kerl, thanks so much. Turn to abcs tom llamas with the other top developing stories starting with breaking news out of france. Thats right. Good morning. Authorities make a tenth arrest in connection to last months paris attacks. The 22yearold man was picked up ts morning in the same house in brussels where its thought one of the paris terrorists hid after the attacks. Police seized ten cell phones but found no weapons or explosives. Bp is evacuating hundreds of workers from one of its oil fields in the north sea. At least one of the platforms is threatened by an unmanned barge which broke free from its tug and Caitlin Jenner reached a settlement in the crash and territories to be paid by jenners Insurance Company were not disclosed. No Winning Ticket drawn in last nights powerball so the jackpot for saturdays drawing, at least 334 million, a nice belated holl day present if you win, five tickets sold in california and pennsylvania have five correct numbers. That only gets you a million bucks. So not fr. Finally one grandmothers reaction to her Christmas Present goes viral. Mary anne davis unwrapped a Christmas Gift from her family. It was a calendadar featurg local firemen in her town. I dont think i can stand this. Oh. Ooh. She got a big kick out of it. The 80yearold is a great the idea was maybe send some firefighters over to visit but that may induce a heart attack she was so excited. Grandchildren were like, whats grandma doing . Theyll be even mor surprised when she starts lighting fires. Calling 911. Dan did i say that out loud . Sorry. Sportsans are getting excited not only is it new years eve it is also game day, the College Football playoff semifinals kick off with oklahoma taking on clemson and Michigan State facing off against alabama. Espns sage steele is here breaking it all down. You may recall a year ago there was tons of excitemement because it was the first year of the long awaited fourteam ploff format in College Football so this year even more exciment because these two playoff games are being played on arguably the Biggest Party day of the year, new years eve but whats better than that . Nothing. Heres a preview. Touchdown. 14 weeks of football and it all comes down to this, four teams hoping to ring in 2016 with a trip to the College FootballPlayoff National championship game. Hein, touchdown. Reporter oklahoma which didnt even crack the top 25 last season has blazed into the semifinals behind baker mayfield. Mayfield. Scrambling. Fires into the end zone for a touchdown. Reporter he went from a walkon at texas tech, transferred and now leads one of College Footballs most highpowered offenses. The sooners make this a bidlamb beatdown. Reporter but to start the new year with a shot at the trophy they have to make it past number one clemson. Across the 10, 5, into the end zone. Touchdown. Tonight it was our turn and were division champs. Reporter the winner will get to watch the number two crimson tide armed with deick henry take on the 121 michihigan stat Michigan State which hadnt won at all in 50 years have turned shocking upsets into an art form ending ohio states streak. The ball is free. Reporter and stunning their rivals from ann arbor and the entire world with this blocked punt turned touchdown. And he scores. Love that. Keep this in mind its actually a rematch of last years Russell Athletic bowl when clemson beat oklahoma by 36 points and killed them so that revenge word just may play a role in tonights game for the sooners not that any of us would know anything about revenge, right, you guys . I jusust know tse games are going to be on in my house because everyone is rooting for Michigan State. Im a lancing girl. My dad went to Michigan State. My grandpa went to Michigan State. Go green, go white nobody is with me. Im all alone here. Im with you. Sage, you and i c can talk little later. College football playoffs p. M. Eastern and Michigan State tackling alabama i like how i said tackling, and well talk to you in a bit. Rob in missouri. Rob. Hey, amy. I hope the sparties do well for you. I have never seen anything like this. Ive seen water over interstates but not when its rushing like this and like class one or two rapids. This is cresting but heavy rain out across parts of the of texas. And theres so much more ahead this morning. Bill cosby charged with indecent assault now out on a Million Dollar bail and possibly facing ten years in prison. We w will talko his lawyer about the highprofile case coming up live. The big freeze is on the way. Potentially sending your heating bill through the roof. How to keep that number down as keep it right here on gma. Its the walmart clearance event. Starting now, youll find all kinds of low prices. On select apparel, christmas d\cor, and toys. But hurry before these low clearance prices float away. 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Years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest is just hours away. All the fun on abc starting at 8 p. M. Eastern and ryan will be here joining us live in just a bit. Were excitited abouthat. Also happening, the midwest facing recordbreaking flooding. Hundreds of roads under water as rescuers race to find survivors overnight and the socalled affluenza teens mom is back in the unitited stateand in custody after fleeing with her son to mexico where he is now behind bars. Also this morning, we are getting ready for new years eve and the College Football playoffs, guess whos here with us . Here they come. Clemson tiger and from the cotton bowl Michigan State sparty. We know amy has a special place in her heart for sparty. We should say thank you, guys. The excitement kicks off at 4 eastern. On espn. Well have much more on whatou need to know about the america but amy, we start here with a big headline. Thats right. Bill cosby bombshell. The disgraced comedian once known as americas dad arrested and charged for the first time with indecent assault. We will talk to his attorney in just a moment. After we get the latest from abcs ryan smith outside the courthouse in philadelphia. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, amy. He walked into this courthououse slowly cane in hand guided by his lawyers accused of aggravated indecent assault. That charge causing some of the dozens of women accusing him of drugng or Sexual Assault to claim vindication while his lawyers vowed to fight the chge. Its a day many thought would never come, bill cosby walking into criminal court. This morning, cosby is out on 1 million bail. Facing a charge he sexually assaulteted andreaonstand in 2004 after givinher pills and booze at his suburban philadelphia home. Mr. Cosby urged her to take and to drink wine. The effect of which rendered her unable to move and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon heher. Reporter mr. Cosby, how do you respond to the charges . Appearing frail as he walked in, canene in handhis lawyers guiding him to court. Cosby answered yes when asked if he understood the charge against him. Aggravated indecent assault. Punishable if convicted by up to ten years in prison. He hasnt yet entered a plea. But cosbys s lawyers leased a statement saying, make no mistake, we intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge anwe expect that mr. Cosby will be exonerated by a court of law. Over 50 women have come out accusing the superstar comedian of Sexual Assault, drugging or rape. Earlier this year, more than a dozen of those women spoke out in the a e documentary cosby the women speak. Produced by Lincoln Square productions. After learning about constands allegations. I said thats enough. I will not sit in silence any longer and no one believed this woman and i did because i her story was my story. Reporter cosby addressing the allegations for the first time in this may interview with abc news linsey davis. I have been in this business for 52 years and i will ive never seen anything like this. Reporter the charge filed just weeks before the statute of limitations was set to run out and as cosbys Court Appearance ended yesterday the judge said to him good luck, sir to which he replayed thank you. His next Court Appearance, january 14th. Amy. Ryan smith with the latest for us. Were now joined by bill cosbys attorney moniqueue essley. In washington. Good morning. Monique. Good morning. It was a stunning cover of the New York Daily News we all woke up to, the headline, he following. Part of the defense on the bill cosby case was he had never been charged with a crime. Now he has been charged with a crime. Do you expect this to bring out more criminal charges for your client . Well, first of all, i didnt wake up to that cover. I just saw it a few minutes before we went on and its coming from that bastion of journalistic integrity so im not tting much stock into what any of their covers espouse to say about this case or any of the other cases, but as for my expectation, i expect that becaususe the d. s office after 12 years has chosen to reignite and to charge my client for a crime and an unjustified charge after a prior District Attorney for this very office saidublicly and privately y that it s should nobe done and then led my client intoto a civil process where he testified was no thought whatsoever, no ssibility of him being charged criminally since thats what they said, but i expect now that all of those things will get ferreted out in a court of law and i have faith in the justice system. Well, lets talk about that deposition. It was from back in 2005, a 10yearold deposition that bill coy gave where he admitted that he gave drugs to women to have sex and that he knew andrea constand. With those words on the record, what will your Defense Strategy be . So, you just conflated about four decades worth of the testimony from that deposition, i cant talk specificalllly about anything thats in the deposition but your network an every other network in america right now has that deposition so you know that those two things dont go together and he was very specific about what he said about this particular case and that he did admit to having available to him 40 years earlier the drug quaaludes which that he offered it to two women who took it consensually, did not sneak and give it to them, did not hide it and use it intentionally in order to incapacitate them. The two have nothing to do with each other and our defense where this is concerned will be clear but first before we even have to mount a defense well have to look at the game of political football that this Montgomery County d. A. s office has played with my clients life. If you look at the political campaigns that led to the former d. A. And the about to be d. A. Going headtohead and choosing to make this issue a focal point, what we have now isis not the effectuation of justice but the fulfillment of a Campaign Promise from arosesecutor wh used this case and used the current climate about the allegations against my client in orr to get i into offi and had to make good before the statute of limitations completely ra out on what he promised in order all right, miss presley, quickly, i wanted to ask about how mr. Cosby is doing. He looked very frail walking into that courtrtroom. Was he expecting these charges . Everyone says he looked frail. I dont really understand it. He is a tall man osufficient girth. He is 78 years old and blind so he does use a cane so he can know whats coming in front of him and does require assistance because of that and thats who the d. A. s office has chosen to charge in this case. Ths his status now 12 years later but he is in good spirits and he has confidence in his legal teams ability to bring about justice for him in this case. Monique pressley, we appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for joining us. Thank you for having me. Coming up next Teresa Giudice speaking out for the First Time Since leaving prison. What is next for her and her family. Your winter heating bills could climb and the gadget that thousand bucks. When heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies only from tums if you could see your cough, its just a cough. Youd see how often you cough all day and so would everyone else. New robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, poweul cough relief that lasts up to twelve hours. New robitussin 12 hour cough relief. Because its never just a cough. Automated voice to file a claim, please state your name. Carnie wilson. Thank you. 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He says hunt for hidden cracks and holes in your house. Thats where 25 to 40 of the average homes warmth leaks out. Some are harder to find. There. Reporter pay special attention to the windows in your laundry room where we find a hole. Every time you turn your dryer onon youre eating negative pressure which is pulling more cold air into the house. Reporter seal it up with 10 foam sealant. If you have an ac vent dont forget to close them. The h air can just escape straight up there. Reporter plugging those holes saving them 160 each year. Next up, dont overlook hidden weak st, those thin areas you might not be able to see. But that are still costing you mone like behind radiators, using a thermal camera you can see the darkrk area whe valuable heat is getting out. We install reflective backing to directome of the heat back into the room. The whole house, this is going to save you probably 48 each and every year. 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Researchs found that sharing goals can make us more successful ireaching them so go ahead and post it on social media. Maybe your friends will help out. You should make one right now. Publicly. Mine every year is always to be more present. Bingo. Maybe ill meditate a little. That helps. Guess what mine was last year. I just spaced out to are a second. Im back. What was yours last year . To vacation more but look where i am right now. Its a great resolution. Ryan and Jenny Mccarthy are kicking off the countdown. Ryan is here live. Stay with us. Countdown. Ryan is here live. Stay with us. Simple trip to the Grocery Store anything but simple. So finally, i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. He explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. In clinical trials, most adults saw 75 skin clearance. And the majority were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. 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Scheels in West Des Moines is having a hard time keeping the shelves stocked from rose bowl teeshirts to souvenir growlers, black and yellow backers are grabbing what they can before fridays big game. 00 jim, and jeff jorgensen, getting a make sure our group from colorado has enough to wear too. We all have plenty but well pick up more while were here 09 emily hutchison, it wont happen again for the hawkeyes for who knows how long, hopefully next season, that would be great, but its a collectors item after friday. Elias the des moines airport says another charter plane packed with passengers decked out in black and gold flew out last night. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sabrina show open good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. And Teresa Giudice speaking out f for the freedom. Hi, everyone. Im back. Thanking fans for their support in a personal video from her new jersey mansion where she will celebrate new years eve. What shes been doing since being released from prison. Do you know a mean mom . Overprotective parents now bullying their childrens schoolmates to make their kids more popular. What experts say children can do to protect themselves. Superstar secrets to shape up for the new year. Gabrielle union, taraji p. Henson and j. Lo dishing about how they stay fit. All that and were couping down to newew years rockin eve, Jenny Mccarthy taking us behind the scenesf the Biggest Party of the year. Americas favoritite new years eve host Ryan Seacrest live on gma before kicking off your countdown to the ball drop as we say good morning, america. Good morning, america. Good morning, america. And happy new year. In case you didnt hear, good morning. Ryan sitting on the set with us. Times square getting ready for tonights big party. Youll dish some of the secret behind the scenes but how will you stay up . Ill be right here. Hanging out with a few hours. We will have till 8 p. M. Tonight. A long day for ryan. A trouper. Great to be with you. Many mor questions coming up but well start and counting down to tonights big games with school spirit. Two mascots missing this morning for alabama and oklahoma got stranded at the airport. But, yeah, look at tha guy. Hes a little bummed but two did make it. Michigan states sparty and Clemson Tiger got too desk. Now, however, we booted them and theyre none too happy. Yo got a big game coming up. Your day, not as long as Ryan Seacrests however. Also this morning. We have a lot of girls at home excite for this. We are revealing the brandnew American Girl doll. She is right there in silhouette. Well have the big reveal just moments away. Stay tuned for that. The intrigue that that silhouettecreates. But lets start here with tom llamas whos over on the her side with the morning rundown. Good morning. The big story the massive flooding in missouri, officials have now closed a second major interstate in the state because they are under water. At least 21 people have died in missouri and illinois. The misississippi river is expected to crest in st. Louis tonight. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen is back in this country. New video of her arriving in los angeles this morning, tonya couch could face up to ten years prison for helping her son flee probation. Her son ethan himself is still in mexico awaiting a hearing on his return to thehe u. S. Texas Christian University quarterback in the alamo bowl. Trevone boykin is arrested accused of striking a Police Officer after a bar fight in san antonio. Tcu says theyre valuating the situation. And now to the beauty queen in trouble. The former miss pennsylvania is accused of faking cancer and scamming hundreds out of money and abcs Mara Schiavocampo has more. Reporter this morning, a formrmer beauty queenoes from Holding Court to appearing in one. 23yearold brandi weaversgate formally arraigned wednesday for allegedly faking cancer to benefit from fundraisers. I think its a new low even for people who engage in fraud. Reporter according to prosecutors gates raised almost 30,000 for more than 160 people during several Charity Events since claiming to be diagnoseded with leukemia in 2013. Even going so far as to shave her head, have family members driveeer to fake doctors med cal bills but Officials Say she fakaked it all for the money allegedly using the cash foror online shopping. Some of the individual people that gave the money it was a great deal of upon for them. We didnt learn that she was impoverished or needed it for any compelling reason. Reporter now gates who pleaded not guilty is being held on 150,000 bail and hahas been stripped of her crown and sash. Pageant organizers telling abc news we will not tolerate these actions. Our hearts go out to those affected by cancer and to those who were taken advantage of. R Good Morning America, Mara Schiavocampo, abc news, new york. And we thank mara for that story. A health alert. Out of hospital births on the rise appear to be riskier for the baby. More women are opting to give birth at home or birthing centers and a new study finds the risk of death for the baby appears to be twi as high when mothers planned out of hospital births. New yorks pizza rat, check out this video. Here is a doughnut raccoon with a sweet tooth tt could not stop. He moves in sniffing out the doughnuts, finally he goes in and he grabs something, dan harris, i need your help. Is that a doughnut a doughnut stick or was it psibly a crawler. It looks like a crawler. Ill dgnose that as a cruller. The raccoon looks like a thief. Sneaking in there. What would you have done if you were working there at the time . What would i have done exactly what those employees did, take a video of it and put itn youtube. Employee of the month. Thats what you do in head out to sara now. A look at whats ahead on the gma morning menu. Teresa giudice speaking out for the first time, her message to fans and whats next for the reality star and superstar secretss to slimming down. The inside track on howhe hottest celebs stay in shape. Plus, were counting down to our one, the only, you know him, Ryan Seacrest. We cant wait. 500, 499 hell do this all morning long. 497. Are you ready for some football. Oh, yes i am. Dont answer that. These mascots are pumping up tooilz. Lets go, lets go. Bring it in. Bring it in. Right h here on gma. 32 pop on two, hut, hut. Im popping. Gmas morni menu is brought to you by new centrum vitamints, a multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. Abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. 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Thank you santa this has bee an especially meaningful Holiday Season for the reality star Teresa Giudice known for her role in the real housewives released from prison at home with her family andnd now sharing new years message with her fans. Abcs david wright has the latest. R reporter ere she is back home at new jersey. A real housewife again. Im like crying. Reporter out shopping for groceries, settling back into posted a video message to the fans tha stood by her during what had to be a very difficult year. Hi, everyone. Im back. I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. Its going to be a gait 2016. Reporter for the past year orange was the new black for this reality show superstar. Inmate number 65703050 at the federal correctional toutant in dan 7 danbury. Teresa giudice served 11 months behind bars. Shes coming back home to her family but she has just a few months with her husband and at that point joe willl then have to go to prison to serve his sentence. Reporteter joe gdice is facing 41 months in ison. We heard from teresa and joes lawyer this has brought them closer. Reporter the Couples Money woes continue having fought off foreclosure proceedings on their new jersey mansion they still have to pay 414,000 in plus, the irs recently h them with a 551,000 lien for unpaid taxes. But teresa still came home to an early Christmas Present, a brandnew lexus suv tied with a bow. Presumably nobody flipped the table at this years christmas dinner. This one had lots of group hugs, documenting the whole scene. Harsh reality can wait. No public appearances planned. Love, love, love you all. Reporter for now shes just glad to be hohome. For Good Morning America, david wright, abc news, new york. All right, its a new years resolution time of year and that means newiets for a lot of people. Some of the biggest stars are revealing their favorite get trim tips in the latest issue of us weekly. Aaditi roy has all those details. Toned like taraji, khloe and bend like jen, well, now you can as the stars dish on everything from their diet secrets to fitness routines in the latest issue of us weekly. Every year, of course, after the holidays getting into the new year everyone is ready to get their diets and exercise routine into high gear. All of these stars each of them have se little tip that anyone can pick up at home. Reporter for Gabrielle Union balance is the name of the game. I ate a whole serving of apple cake. I needed it so i ate it. Reporter her top tips. Eliminating all sugary drinks and replace with water and make your plate as cololorful as possible, lean meat, sleep and regulating your schedule so i try to get to bed early. Boo boo kitty. Reporter empire actress taraji p. Henson dropped two sizes in a year withwo a day workouts. I tell myself just show up and your body will change. White hot j. Lo loves her greens. I eat asparagus, brussels sprout, kale everything you think of the 46yearold superstar says. She feels better than when she was in her 20s. Reporter for Good Morning America, aditi roy, abc news, san francisco. Anotherose of ill have obviously. N to what some say is the new face of bullying. Parent, thats right, children targeted not by other kids but by adults. A disturbing new trend making headlines and Genevieve Brown is here with more. Its every parents nightmare. Their child being the victim of bullying but what if the bully is someone you never suspected . Its more common than you think and lets just say its not a fair fight. Is butter a carb. Reporter mean girls. They may not always be who you think. Youre wearing swtpants. Its monday. So . And you cant sit with us. Reporter the real bullies may actually be moms. Jamie says her daughter rachel was bullied by a classmates mother when she went to sleepaway y camp in seventh grade. The mother reached out and called the director of the camp to tell him n not to put my daughter into the cabin with her daughters friends and their friends. They didnt want anything to do with her. It was a terribl experience and it was really the mom leading the charge. Reporter rachel was a victim of social engineering. A term coined by writer lisa barr in an article viewed online more than 2 million times. Everyones heard of the helicopter mom. This is taking it one step further. What they try to do is elevate their own childs social status at the expense of other kids. Reporr barr was inspired to write the article after hearing hundreds of stories of kidding being bullied by dulls. If their kids are in the group, then their kids will b be happy and their kids will be, you know, the forefront of facebook and the photos and these moms really have no pity for how it affects anotherer child. Reporter what should a parent do . If you are going to Say Something its important to be calm and stay positive and kind. Now, oftentimes these people nt change because they like themselves just the way they are. Reporter as for rachel, she found a new camp that she loved and learned a and important lesson supply think we have to teach our children that life goes on and how to be strong and that bad stuff happens and theres good stuff around the corner. And parenting experts say this behavior a among moms is not at all uncommon. Whether its handing out Birthday Party invitations to all but a few kids in plain sight of the whole class or child is being cruel to anotheher. By getting it in the open this stop. Interesting. Seems like theyre acting out the pathology from their own high school expeperience. Their own insecurities. Fascinating story, thank you. Over to amy now. In less than 12 hours we will be kicking off 9 Biggest Party of the year and with us this morning at the start of a very long day, Ryan Seacrest, the host of dick clarks new years rockin eve 2016. Thanks for getting up er8ly. My pleasure. Longest title. Is it your pleasure actually. This is fun for me. When you talk about it being 12 hours im so excited i wanted to start early. Something that has started early, more so than ever is security. I had a tough time getting into the studio this morning at 4 a. M. Its tight but they do such a great job. Wee very safe and excited all the enthusiastic people coming out, over a million should come out. The weather is holding out. Yes, supposed to be i didnt watch the weather its been bonechilling cold before to the point where i cant speak outside so it should be comfortable. That will help with all the live performrms sances you have. What, did you have 38 . Almost 40. Its 38 this year. Weve got everyone from one direction to Carrie Underwood and luke bryan, demi lovato. 38 of them. I wanted to write them down but would go up to my elbow. Jimmy buffett. Its going to be great. Right after midnight were going to go live to the Barclays Center where standing by at his concert and hell do margaritaville for us. Yahoo is bringing her husband donnie waberg and 13yearold son evan. Do you think shell be on her best behavior. Shes so good. Such a pleasure to workrelated with but shell have donny do a little live wrap i saw in our rehearsal. Recently tweeted a photo of yourself and asked what your resolution was, you said trying to come up with a sport but youre a runner too so youre trying to get rid off t holiday pounds. I had a lot of cheese fondue on Christmas Eve so i really did. Whats that look. That is, oh, my god, this is painful. This hurts. I didnt run. I just made it look like it was a balmy day. So comfortable the last couple of days, i felt obligated to. People in shorts and tshirts. No excuse not to run. Youll be saying goodbye to American Idol in 2016. The new season kicks off. What do you look forward to doing most with that in your past . Probably just bree tending im still doing it in my bedroom. Ill play host of idol as i used to do before i got the show. I cant believe its the final season. Its bittersweet. I think it will be emotional when we crown the final winner of idol. Thats me singing richard marx, the most embarrassing the favoritite ment of mine is imagine. Isnt that a special moment at the night right before the ball drops. Do you have a special part of the night as you go thrgh this year after year . I think i get chills during imagine, also, you know, rht at midnight and when they play frank sfrat tra New York New York it is that moment where every year i almost forget im still on television because you become a part of the crowd and you really just enjoy being there. So for me, you know, for dick to pass the baton to me on the bucket list for a lotot o people and i get to do it every year. New yorks finest out there cleaning everything up. Its amazing. Its a little pizza box and catheters o or whater are out there frorom earlier. Tmi. Tmi. They get in there at noon. Penned. Thats the trick. Youre there to entertain them. Thats the good news for everyone out there. Ryan seacrest, thank you for being with us. New years rockin eve starts at 8 00 before ryan takes off to rest up. Put a couple of coats in here. The warm coats and warm hearts coat drive with burlington, fashion delivers, these are your own personal collection. From my line so i got a deaeal on those so you know someone. So far collecting more than 112,000 coats. How to get involved. Goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo thanks, ryan. Happy new year. H happy n year. Making you a lite jealous. I got ryan. Should be a fun time. Pile on the coats, just about everywhere well finally startrt to see seasonable temperatures except for florida. Look at the unseasonable warmth there. Winter just hasnt cop. Temperatures in the upper 80s maybe near recordbreaking but north of that it will sag to the south and see temperatures thahat will be more closer to where they should be for this time of year, 40s, 50s and 30s and 20s. All right, at midnight 39 degrees in happy camp. Street and 40 across parts of the northeast. Its bn a great 2015, guys. Back to you in new york. Thanks, rob. We have some very special guests sitting in f for our new years eve edition of pop news. Not dan harris or amy. Our College Football team mascots, yeah, come on, guys. You can lift it up a little here. Whoo were going to be putting them to work in a cple of minutes start with the hotst video trending on facebook. So many people are talking about Aretha Franklins performance at the kennedy cente honors. The queen of soul sang you make me feel like a natural woman in a tribute to the cowriter and honoree, carole king. Check it out. I feel like a natural woman you me me feel you make me ah ah that exactly how i sound when i sing at karaoke. That never happens. That rendition brought sparty to tears. Iknow. Oh, wait, thats sparty. The one thats not a tiger is sparty. Clemson, Michigan State. Okay, okay, okay, wait. Thats amys. I got it and the ka the is dans. Now to president obamas new job title this morning. Comedian. Mr. Obama took a spin with jerry openerer of comedians in cars getting coffee and began with seinfeld creeping around in the bushes outside the oval office. You can get in trouble for that then knocking on the window to get the president s attention. Heres a sak peek. Grow up loving the president. Would be the eight demographic. Oh, really. They love me partly because i think my ears are big and so i look a little like a cartoon character. Right. And then little kids love saying my name. Right. But its all one big name, its barack obama. Weve been waiting for this. Time to make them work. Wertalking dancing. Our College Football team mascots have been getting us hyped up all morning. Sparty and tiger or cat and amys person and here to show us their moves. Youll give it all you got, okay . Ready. Set, boop. Everybody i saw it coming. Move your feet oh, that was the gap. Yeah. See, we can all get along there. Make sure you tune in to espn for the playoffs oklahoma taking on clemson in the orange bowl 4 p. M. And micichigan ste fing off against alabama in the cotton bowl at 8 p. M. Next we ve Jenny Mccarthy. She is dishing on new years rockin eve. Dance into the new year. Get a hammy, everybody. Good morning im elias johnson. Its 8 27. Elias rip roar events is a group that puts on kids in the midwest. Everything they use to host sporting events was stolen sunday night, and it was caught on camera. Theyre asking the thief to return the trailer, no questions asked. If you have any information about the case, please contact des moines police. Elias Life Serve Blood Center says its blood supply has dipped to a critically low level. They say its mostly due to the recent Winter Weather which cancelled blood drives this weekend. Its estimated nearly 325 units of blood were lost from those cancellations leaving the shelves pretty bare. Sabrina elias well lets get a quick check of the weather with meterologist sam schreier. Sam welcome back to gma and happy new years eve. We have our mascots here, the big College Playoff games on espn. A lot coming up including a big reveal of the new American Girl doll but first there she is hiding behind that mysterious scrim but for sara hours away from the famous droppin of the ball in times square. You have an up close look with Jenny Mccarthy. I sure did just a couple of blocks away the big times square ball will drop as we count down to 2016 and spent a little time up there with Jenny Mccarthy who is a handful. I love her and shes cohosting Dick Clarks Rockin new years eveve with Ryan Seacrest. Had to do it. We had aall. Nice. [ cheers and applause ] im here right now with one of the dynamic duo. You mean the ball. The ball. Oh, and youre here jenny, arare you ready . I amam. This is no doubt like one of my favorite types of the year. Ive been doing it six year, ryan has been doing itor 11. Has a little more on me. Its the one time that i get to are unified and happy, cocollective and it literally i get the chills and cry. I wish the world could be like this all the time. The weather has never been in your favor. I think in years past it was like 20 degrees. Its so cold, ryan. I cant hear you. Now this year its supposed to be 40. Yes. How are you going to stay awaway. Dick clark would say pray to Mother Nature and i think actually dick is looking down on us because the weather did get better. I usually use that cold weather to kind of stay alert but now i have my 13yearold son with me so that will help me. Oure kind of on mommy duty. Exactly. As well. What do you think the fans are most excited about. A good question. I think it depends on age group, but i think the country fans might he beat everybody out. They always do. They do. Theyre so passionate so i think luke bryan and carrie underwd you kiss your husband on new years but brought two strangers together in the past for a stranger kiss. Correct. Can we expect something as exciting this year. Were working on something just as exciting. I try to up the ante. Ryan wants to find someone to kiss at midnight. Will you help him. I tried. I almost got him to kiss taylor swift then i almost got him to kiss miley cyrus so hopefully this year maybe Carrie Underwood wouldnt mind cheating on her husband. Well, i like her ste. Come on, jenny did, peoeople. Thank you. Whats your new years resolution . Can you share . Mine is odd, i must say. Im kind of i borrowed this off Carrie Fisher. Not her resolution but in her recent kind of talk back to social media about her weigh and her age, i thought, you know, im tired of taking the high r road sometitimes. I feel like i want to be a little Carrie Fisher in the new year and would like to speak my mind a l little bit more instead good luck tonight. You too. Happy new year. Tune in. Dick clarks rockin new years eve with Ryan Seacrest kicks off on abc the 58 p. M. And spot if i play list featuring songs from our performers. Listen to it on goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo ill send it back to amy. Sara, two of the nicest people in the business, hosting that and sara, youre included on that one. Another big event kicking off this afternoon, the College Football playoff whether y youre a diehahardan or a newbie, who doesnt want to look clueless watching the games weve got you covered. I pause because that would maybe be dan. I thought thats what you were saying. Sage steele is here with a guide to all things gridiron with a helpful thought for dan for peopleho might not know whats going on. Youre not clueless, are you . Im clueless about most thing. According to amy. What does he need to know. Form. Were having them on new years eve. Football, partying, like you dont have to leave your couch. We got you covered on espn and abc with the ball drop but these matchups are actually really fun and very different programs. Alabama has won ten national championships, oklahoma has won seven. Michigan state, two. Clemson, one so its the haves and havenots and theyre facing off and theres actually a lot of good drama coming into this. We like drama. Always fun to root for the underdog. Oklahoma clemson matchup. What should we know there. Drill down on i like the lingo. I memorized that. Clemson, its interesting because three players were actually sent home. Onlyly one was a starter but disciplinary reasons and dabo sweeney, its called accountability. They screwed up. Theyre out. He likes to dance. If they win look for dancing. Alsoso, bakeray feel the oklahoma quarterback great story went to texas tech, hurt he went there as a lkon. Transferred and then went to oklahoma as a walkon. That doesnt happen so that means no scholarship. He walks in and now look at him. In the National Semifinal game. But this is a rematch because last season these two played in a bowl and clemson blew them out like 406 so again revenge is the little theme here. Underdog, Michigan State. I mean, tell me what their chances are. You know, i think it depends all on their quarterback connor cook. Is my dad going to have a good new years eve. All about yr dad. Not anything else. Dont think it will be horrible but a really good game and hes a st. Connor cook, their quarterback is an absolute stud breaking all the recordst that school. Do you know the head coach at michigigan state, mark dan known joe ud to coach under nick saban at Michigan State, the alabama head coach so a very small circle and all comes back. You have the Heisman Trophy winner with derekrick henry from alabama. Saban is tight. Competitor. He might smile if he beats your Michigan State spartans . Welll tryo wipe that smile off his face, stage 1, thanks for being here. Enjoy, dan. Thank you, i will. And the College Football playoff semifinals kick off this afternoon on espn. Oklahoma taking on clemson, the orange bowl at 4 p. M. Eastern and Michigan State and alabama in the cotton bowl at 8 00. Sara. Well, now its the moment that these amemerican gl fans and all of us have been waiting for including dan harris this morning. Were about to exclusively reveal the 2016 girl of the year, are you guys excited . All yes. Well, let me tell you first a little bit about her. She loves photography and animals and she discovered a whole new world of adventure when she and her family took a trip to brazil. Wewell me r. Ill count backwards, are you ready, three, two, one. [ cheers and applaususe ] yeah. Are you guys exexcited . So, i actually want to hear what many so of our fans, you guys are all American Girl fans, correct. Ill ask you a few questions. First, skye, what do you think of lea . I think shes gorgeous. Im excited and cant wait to add her to my collection. She loves photography and animals. No alessandra, what is yourr favorite thing about American Girl. My favorite thing about American Girl is when i like to get their hair done and when i get new clothes and dolls. You should always practice on a doll before you practice on a sibling. I learned the hard way. Okay, and sofia, would you like to add lea to your American Girl collection. Yes. What about you guys . Yes. Well, maybe youll be super psyched to hear you guys all get an American Girl doll. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] come on. Drop the card, this is so exciting. Who is excited . I really hope theres none left over for me. The 2016 girl of the year will be available in American GirlStores Online tomorrow and to show girls they can make a difference protecting animals an their happenbitats theyre launching a Year Long Campaign to protect wildlife. How excitited are you . [ cheers and applause ] lea now so well send it to rob in missouri. Who is equally excited about the new American Girl, hey, sara, thanks so much. I know nothing about it but as my daughter gets older i think maybe next year shes going to want one. When youre not watching football are you going to be ipping over to abc, newears rockin eve or in new york city itself heres what the temperature will be like when the ball drop, 39 degrees, cloudy right now, low visibility but clearin out, should be a good time had. For the gulf coa this weathercast brought to you by macys. Now to tom llamas at the center of the party tonight, tom, what do you got . Rob, thank you very much. Thats right. We are here at the center of the times square celebration just behind me, the famous ball, 12 feet in diameter, 12,000 pounds, the price, well, its priceless. They dont put a value on it because its so expend i have. Tom brennan from Waterford Crystal responsible for this ball and jeff straus, who is coproducer of the new york mes square celebration in new york. First to y. The crystal, the way it was designed reminds you of waterford ireland where youre om and sunsets there, sunrises. A great question because it brings you right back to warford. Great company. Waterford crystal, Irish Heritage company where it began. Design, the gift of wonder. This reminds me of an irish sunrise and brings you right back to waterford city. A beautiful ba. We cant wait till itdoctors. Jeff, you are one of the busiest guys in the world. Coproducer of the evevent in times square. Whats differerent. Every year people propose. Were having a wedding t thanks to george and jen and announce the rst couple of 2016 and you can vote up until 8 35 on who will get married. How about this weather . Have you ever felt a times square event that was so warm. Ive been doing it for 21 years, the best weather weve ever had so people a are goi to be here celebrating and have warmth. Its going to be a great night. Look forward to it. My last question, can i hit it . Dont touch it. Dont. Tom and jeff, thank you very much. Coming up on gma, the hairstyles of 2016. Im really excited about that segment and want to do Something Different about my hair and sneak peek at a singl called try everything. Good advice for the new year written by cia and stargate on the soundtrack. Lets listen. Supersuperwhere animals of all breeds live together in peace and harmony. Zpds first rabbit officer judy hops. What can you tell us . Are we safe. You are a key witness. No, he is. Hey. I need you to run a plate. All right. I know a guy. Theyre all sloths. R your buddy is so emotional. Im going to let go. The most feared crime boss, sgl i had one at my wedding. Tt2watz f4 bt q6]h tt2watz f4 a q q, tt2watz f4 bm qz tt4watz f4 dztq ajl tt4watz f4 entq 1n, tt4watz f4 gzt it tt4watz f4 hnt 8g8 tt4watz f4 iztq r. tt4watz f4 jntq tt4watz f4 lzt x3\ its time to share the warmth with families and children in need. Our theme is kids helping kids. Lets keep people warm. Donating coats. Go to any Burlington Store to donate a coat and join our annual coat drive. As we get ready to ring in the new year a lot of women are wondering how to wear their hair. Takisha sturdivant is here with a look at what will be trending in 2016. 6. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Celebrities including Kerry Washington. What is her go to look . She likes to have a lot of texture, likest mesy and fun. You teed up the fir look. Were starting with some messy waves here. Yes. And our model brandy and see jessica biel, jessica alba rocking this look, Kerry Washington, so how do you get it. Very easy to do. You start off with a Good Foundation of a good shampoo and conditioner which gives her hair nice shine. I love to use newt tra gina antiresidue shampoo andhen i like to use their intense moisturizing deep conditioner which is their recovery. Asque and take a curling iron and wrap it around loosely and a flat iron to do had if sounds like t theres a little effort involved. Next up is the lob. I had to ask what it is, a long bob. We know kerry wore it year and saw it on kate middleton. Looks difficult. She has long hair actually so what i did was i took her hair and teased it and really good teasing brush and it gives the hair volume so i took large bobby pins and pinned it in places and let some fall in the front and on the sides. Th is it like a bob is a longer version of a lob. A lob, okay. Yes, i learned something new today. The third trend is about the braids, theres Kerry Washington with the crown braid and then emma stone and Hayden Panettiere all sporting braids. Braid. Can you tell us how you did it. I gave marci aa in one, lupita is wearing braids and viola is wearing textured hair so gave her a headbrand brain and took a small curling iron and added you mentioned viola and lupita all sporting natural looks. Is that going to be a trend going into 2016 oh, yes, a very bold statement and great trend for 2016. Lots and lots of texture. People are applauding for that, as well. Ay, im stuck behind a model so im just going to go. Thank you so much and coming up next here on Good Morning America, we go above and beyond again remember, take a look at this unbelievable moment. Well take it to the next level wi David Copperfield all next stay with us. [bell chime] ting celebrating people who give their all to help others brought us some of the best moments of 2015, one of the honorees was magician chad. He got a car to help him work his magic cheering up kids in the local hospital. He also got to make one of his dreams come true helping him meet his idol david coprfield and the fun was just getting started. Nick watt has more. Reporter now weve taken it a step further. Flying chad and his girlfriend to vegas lauren. Davids invitation closed to the public warehouse home to the greatest magic memorabilia collection on earth. And looook whos here. Welcome. Its my secret lair and the secret disguised location. Eporter exact replica of the store his parents owned. Grab hole and pull down slowly. Nice. All the sets from his famous shows over the years and a muimilillion dolr menagerie. If houdini was ive, tell me what you recognize. Whats that . The metamorphosis. Reporter they say some of this stuff still works. One, two, three, clap. Nice. I love it. Great. Shes been wanting to do that to me all day. Reporter they haveve a bon greater than magic because they both use it for good. My program is a collaboration with doctors and therapists and he goes right tohe patients and lifts their spirits. So far so good. I never thought in a million years id be sitting in houdinis chair in the middle of davids warehouse getting a private tour by david. Just layers of unbelievable. Time for one more layer. Showtime. And a little bit of tv magic. All right, guys, we got good seats. And how hes doing it dont tell us. Table bang in the center not too shabby for his main attraction, even chad got in on the act. Turns out David Copperfields actually not my favorite magician. Chad is. For Good Morning America, nick Good Morning America is brought to you by mercedesbenz. Experience truly great engineering today at your authorized dealer. We want to thank our mascots who made it here. Helping us kicking off new years eve in times square. Dont forget to watch the College Football playoff oklahoma facing clemson in the orange bowl, Michigan State, go green, go white takes on alabama starting at 4 00. The show with the longest name, dick clararks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest have a great new years. Dick clarks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest kicks off at 8 p. M. On abc. Have a great new years. Good morning im elias johnson. Its 8 56. Elias we are just under 36 hours away from iowas showdown with stanford in pasadena, california. Fans who couldnt make the trek west for the rose bowl are getting ready here too. Scheels in West Des Moines is having a hard time keeping the shelves stocked from rose bowl teeshirts to souvenir growlers, black and yellow backers are grabbing what they can before fridays big game. Jorgensen, getting a few items so we can make sure our group from colorado has enough to wear too. We all have plenty but well pick up more while were here 09 emily hutchison, it wont happen again for the hawkeyes for who knows how long, hopefully next season, that would be great, but its a collectors item after friday. Elias the des moines airport says another charter plane packed with passengers decked out in black and gold flew out last night. Sabrina meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib a father bullied on social media. He let his little boy pick out a little girl toy. Exclusive