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Thousands of extra officers on guard. We take you inside the command center and the massive operations to keep the millions prepared to watch the ball drop safe. Talk to me baby were counting down to the Biggest Party of the year, Ryan Seacrest is here live in times square only on gma. As we get ready to rock new years eve taking you behind the scenes for the very first look at the times square crystal ball as its lit up for the start of the big party. Youll be naomi crazy crazy hey, good morning, tminus one day till new years eve and final look at the preparations in times square where millions of people are expected to watch the ball drop. And there is the famous crystal ball weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Its got 32,000 l. E. D. Lights which are about to get turned on for the very first time in for a special treat and turn those on before the big drop. See it only here on gma. Theyve been doing this since 1907. Theyll be charging the batteries as we speak. New york city, by the way, taking no chances with security beefing up its socalled ring of steel to keep the millions of people who are going to come out here safe tomorrow night. Dan and i reveal well probably be in bed by 00 or 9 00. Big plans new years eve . Well be in matching onesies watching tv. Thank you for the visual. Well have much more on that, not dan in his onesies but more on the preparations. The escalating tensions between russia and United States. You are looking live at the kremlin, the center of the russian government where officials are talking retaliation this morning. Yeah, this comes after president obama announced new sanctions against russia, payback for the alleged hacking of our president ial election. Abcs mary bruce is at the white house with the latest on this story. Mary, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Thats right. An eye for an eye. Russia is promising to fight back set to expel dozens of american diplomats after the u. S. Did the same, president obama has given 35 Russian Diplomats until noon on sunday to leave the country and hit moscow with tough sanctions, the president saying every american should be alarmed by russias cyberattacks and harassment of u. S. Officials. Its an unprecedented strike, the white house punishing russia in part for interfering in the u. S. Election. President obama taking executive action expelling 35 Russian Diplomats, giving them and their families just 72 hours to get out. And shutting down two russian compounds, a 45acre estate on the maryland shore bought by the russians in 1973. And this long island mansion, a beachfront manor once owned by an Oil Executive bought by the russians in the 50s. In moscow, two leading intelligence agencies slapped with sanctions, four top officials too including the head of military intelligence. The u. S. Also targeting two notorious cybercriminals wanted by the fbi. One accused of stealing 100 million. Not on the list, the russian president. Even though president obama has strongly suggested putin was aware of the attacks. Not much happens in russia without Vladimir Putin. Reporter and theres also retaliation we dont know about. The president promising the actions announced are not the sum total of our response. Russia is blasting the measures, a kremlin spokesman calling them unpredictable and aggressive and theyre accusing the white house of trying to undercut the Incoming Trump administration. The president elect suggests the crackdown is misguided saying in a statement that while hell meet with Intelligence Leaders next week, its time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Trump has questioned whether russia was behind the hacking. They have no idea if its russia or china or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. Reporter but the white house says there is no question, russia interfered. The administration releasing new declassified details explaining how russian groups hacked the democratic party, at times tricking officials into handing over their credentials by mimicking their employers email systems. Now, in just three weeks a President Trump could undo these measures but both sides of the aisle support these tough actions. Russia promises they are coming up with measures that will make americans feel uncomfortable. They appear to be the one thing that both are agreeing on. Mary, thank you. We want to bring in colonel Steve Ganyard and matt dowd. Gentlemen, thanks for joining us on this friday. Good morning. And, steve, lets start with you. This appears to be the beginning of a new cold war. You just heard in marys peace the Russian Foreign minister is proposing expelling diplomats there in russia. Yeah, i dont think its a new cold war, paula. I think this is more like cold war 2. 0 and been going on for several years and so i think what were seeing at the end of the Obama Administration is playing out the last chapter in the putin obama saga, but its a cold war thats been going on for several year, the 35 people we kicked out is a strong message. Theyll retaliate. The sanctions arent impressive. The reset button that president obama was looking for at the beginning of his administration is really going to be President Trumps here in the next few months. Do you think these sanctions go far enough and do you think a President Trump will roll them back anyway. Well see what he does. I was thinking this morning, dan, about how weve lost so many stars from the 1980s in the course of 2016 and now we have a president elect who is burying the Foreign Policy of Ronald Reagan who called russia and the soviet union an evil empire and he is basically saying were done with that. Its time to move on. I find it fascinating that donald trump said its time to move on from a cyberwar, an active cyberwar with russia but he actually cant move on from a bad restaurant review or not winning an emmy for apprentice. It is an amazing situation. Curious for sure. Steve, the Trump Administration said that it could taeko vert action. What exactly does that mean . Well, covert in the sense that we would do something and we wouldnt have our fingerprints on it but youve nalled it it doesnt make much sense either so i think if they do something theres a real danger with an offensive cyberattack on russia because we really dont know what the second and Third Order Effects of one of those attacks are. It could blow back on the United States and the clock is also ticking here, paula. The Current Administration doesnt want to create a mess that has to be cleaned up because then it would become part of their legacy so its something going to be hacked back it has to happen in the next days if not weeks. Could turn into a mess. Steve ganyard and matt dowd, we appreciate your analysis and happy new year. All right, lets bring the focus back to times square where unprecedented security measures are being put in place for new years eve. An army of Police Officers are set to guard the millions who will be right here outside our studio watching the ball drop and abcs linzie yanez is covering all of the safety precautions for us this morning. Hi, linzie. Reporter good morning, paula. These are just some of the 65 sanitation trucks the nypd is packing with sand. Theyll form a kind of ring of steel around times square. It is the first time theyve ever been deployed at a new years celebration to prevent at tacks like weve seen in berlin and nice. This morning, the nypd preparing an unprecedented level of security for the 2 Million People expected to gather in times square to watch the ball drop. This will be a very well protected event, probably our most protected event with multiple layers of security. Reporter the plan months in the making includes that perimeter of 65 sanitation trucks packed with sand. Plus, 100 blocker vehicles designed to prevent terrorists from driving trucks into the crowds like they did during the attacks in berlin killing 12 and in nice killing 86 and there will be an extra 7,000 Police Officers from highly visible special ops units to rooftop surveillance teams. Authorities putting up 65 viewer pens from times square to 59th street. Each holding up to 3,000 people. All of them required to pass through multiple checkpoints. We visited the nypd joint Operation Center where dozens of representatives from city, state and federal agencies will coordinate on new years eve including monitoring over 10,000 security cameras across the city. What will be on the screens . Youll see a lot of times square, obviously, we will have our aircraft up, theyre flying over an area and can send a direct link of what theyre seeing here. Reporter chief monahan tells me the main difference between last year and this year, again, is the sanitation trucks, they weigh 16 tons empty, double that when theyre packed with sand. The aim is to make times square a fortress. Dan. Linzie, thank you. Another big question as we head into new years eve, the weather. Our rob marciano is on top of number One Times Square right where the ball will drop. Hey, rob, good morning. Good morning, dan. Hello, paula. This is going to be the star of the show for sure, the big ball that will drop on new years eve counting us down to 2017. Here is the storm that is bombed out meaning it has intensified the last 24 hour, now heading into new brunswick, windy behind this thing and lakeeffect snow showers are going to continue to crank up down to the carolinas and much colder than it has been, windchills well below freezing this morning with teens in parts of michigan and western new york. All right, here we go. The ball drop for new years eve looking at 39 degrees here in new york city with a windchill of 30. Chance of rain or snow showers but most should hold off until after midnight and be a disturbance across the southeast and the northwest and southwest. Maybe unusual rain over hollywood. Speaking of hollywood, Ryan Seacrest will be here later in the hour where we will fully light the ball scheduled to drop in less than 48 hours. Dan and paula, back to you. All right, rob, thank you. I bet you he has an amazing view from up there. Well see it later. Now to that snow emergency in parts of the country causing a winter gridlock on highways this holiday weekend. To Adrienne Bankert in northampton, massachusetts, for us, hi, adrienne. Reporter hi to you, paula. Yes, theyve had a chance to clean up in northampton and in communities surround here they received up to about half a foot of snow. Its been a messy ride, plows have been out all night. As that major winter storm creates a travel nightmare in the northeast. Unless you have fourwheel drives i suggest not even getting on the roads. Reporter commuters struggling to brave the 30mileanhour winds. Plow, hitting the streets in full force. Working through the night to try to clear the roads for millions of drivers, vehicles sliding on snowy roads in parts of new england. Others left stranded. One man hoping brute force will get his car back on the road. In maine the snow causing this truck to roll over. And these two cars to lose control and collide. The capital of vermont already under nearly a foot of snowfall. In saratoga springs, new york, cars grinding to a halt in the white stuff. Amid this massive gridlock on the highway in pennsylvania, one family choosing to pass the time by building a snowman. You know we stopped by the Public Works Department early this morning and plows will be out all throughout the day. Of course, theyve got to prepare for the new years eve celebrations planned for this weekend. 10,000 to 15,000 will descend on Downtown Northampton to watch their own ball drop and rob has been in times square, i know, paula, back to you. It looks so pretty as were watching from the studio. Stay warm. Breaking news to get to. The coast guard is actively searching for a missing plane with six people on board. The cessna jet like this one was heading from cleveland to Ohio State University in columbus with three adults, three children on board and lost radar contact over lake erie just after takeoff. Coast guard boats and aircraft have been actively searching throughout the night and this morning, well make sure to stay on top of this for you on this friday. Meanwhile, a fatal accident on the slopes in colorado, i mother and her two daughters when they fell out of a chair lift. The mom did not survive. How did this happen . Abcs Clayton Sandell is on the story from aurora. Good morning, clayton. Reporter and good morning, dan. Weve here at the Childrens Hospital where one of those girls was injured and medevacked and injured in an accident that experts tell us is extremely rare. In morning authorities are investigating a deadly accident on the slopes. Ems station one respond to ski granby ranch. Reporter a 40yearold mother from texas and her two daughters falling thursday from this chair lift at the ski granby ranch in colorado. We do know they fell from the chair lift and immediately ski patrol was on scene. Reporter paramedics rushing the family to hospitals transporting one 9yearold girl by helicopter. Her 12yearold sister by ambulance. Their mother did not survive the fall. Investigators are now trying to determine exactly how and why the three fell out. Its a sad day in the ski business. This type of incident is extremely rare. Reporter statistics show chair lifts are normally very safe. Over the past 40 years just 12 people have died from a malfunction. The ski industry says lifts are safer than elevators. But accidents do happen. Last year seven people were injured when this ski lift in maine suddenly started rolling backwards. Ow, my arm. Reporter this boys backpack got caught leaving him dangling and rescue workers putting him to safety. Youre all right. Reporter now this morning we still dont know whether this was a mechanical issue or rider error but either way until investigators figure it out that ski lift will be shut down. Dan, paula. Just so incredibly sad. Clayton, thank you. Thinking of that family this morning. We do want to shift gears. I think this might unequivocally be our favorite story of the day. Lets see. May seem like Science Fiction but amazon is working on highflying plans for future deliveries and t. J. Holmes has the companys plan to take flight with floating warehouses, yes, t. J. Yes, and, paula, lets be clear about what were talking about. You place an order on amazon and the merchandise you order and the drone that brings it dekrendz from the sky from a floating warehouse where theyve been stored so in a kies like this track your package, all you have to do is look up. Weve heard all about drones dropping packages, pizza and presents at your doorstep. Now amazon has plans to take it a step further. The online behemoth hoping to move your Big Box Store out of the strip mall into the sky complete with an army of drones to deliver directly to your door within minutes. Sound a little like Close Encounters of the drone kind or something dreamed up by the jetsons. These airbern Fulfillment Centers would store all your favorite amazon goodies inside. Once the order is placed on amazon. Com the drones would be released delivering your dvds, books, yoga pants, whatever, directly to your door. But tech experts say that despite amazons grand plans shoppers shouldnt be looking to the skies just yet. Its not uncommon at all for companies to file and receive approval for dozens and dozens of patents that they may have no intention of putting the resources behind to bring them to fruition. If theres one company that can make it happen, it might very well be amazon. So, again, they have been experimenting with this already but the drones were talking and some of the deliveries made have been drones that pick up something from a warehouse and bring it to you. These would be stationed in the sky and, again, lets be clear will we all pretend there is no drone here . Focus right here. I need you to focus. Im a pro. No, but like she said, they apply for the patent just in case down the road they want to do it. Amazing that, yes, technology all of it is right there these days in the palm of your hand. Speaking of in the palm of your hand oh we need to get a replay of that. How many times did you practice . I was not practicing. Didnt i just say i was a professional. You are a professional. My drone operator. He goes with me everywhere. Hes leaving now. We put it in dans hands. Dan harris, you were so close. Oh. Sorry. I broke the drone. Im so sorry. Im getting the evil eye here so we should probably actually he said ill get a bill in the mail. Yeah. You did break it, dan. Come on. Cow be gentle just once . Im being told we need to go to the weather. Rob, can you save me . Youre out there in times square. Whats popping . Im giving you the the evil as well. Im freezing up here. Temperatures are feeling well below the freezing mark but if yo look at this out of Mount Washington this worker going out to check things out. 100mile winds, windchills 20 below. Now the weekend get aways brought to you by moz did mazda. Reporter hi, everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather. Were dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, but were cold. Heading outside there will be sunshine early, temperatures in the 30s and windchills in the mid to upper 20s the wind are building as we head through the day. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, 41, windchills in the 20s, 43 on new years eve, sun an clouds, 40 by midnight. 350, milder on new years day. M im in the shame corner. Sdwlurs okay. Coming up new details on the final farewell for Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. The plans for a joint funeral. Technology is useful. I just bought a book. 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Matt pellman likes to call it new years eve, eve, lets find out about traffic. Reporter weeing to the first state, weve been saying all morning long any puddles left over from yesterday could be ice this morning. We have reports of slippery conscious on the ramp i95 northbound to 202. A pair of accidents there, as well. Dont count on using that ramp use the one at Delaware Avenue or marsh road, instead. No problems on i95 in the city of philadelphia. Lets check the schuylkill expressway the boulevard extension, traffic is moving great along 76. How often can we say that . 42 is nice and quiet no major northbound delays. A couple of Regional Rail delays, septa buses and trolleys on a modified weekday schedule. Well take a short break and come back to accuweather. Good morning everybody, i hope youre getting ready for a 0 nice holiday weekend. 35 degrees in philadelphia. 36 in allentown. The windchills are making it feel like the mid to upper 20s. Winds will build as the day goes on. Through the majority of the day well get strong blustery winds gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour at times. High of 41. Windchills in the 20s all the way. Less windy on saturday, a little breezy, sun and clouds, 43 in the afternoon. Probably Still Holding on or about 40 at midnight partly sunny and nice, new years day, high of 50 in the afternoon. Thank you, david. Thats it for us, well send you back to g. M. A. And see you back here in 30. Per roll more doing chores for dad per roll more earning something you love per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper during the final days of itthe ford year end event. Ve hurry in for the best deals of the season on ford, americas most awarded brand. With the most 5star ratings. And the highest owner loyalty. Giving drivers what matters most. Thats how you become americas bestselling brand. 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There is a tori smith who works for abc in my defense, i love you. I broke the drone and my relationship with tory johnson. I dont know where its headed. Its all right, dan smith, we love you. We want to take a live look at the kremlin. Russia is fighting back after president obama announced that the u. S. Will shut down two russian compounds as well as expel operatives from the country, the Russian Foreign minister this morning proposing that dozens of americans be expelled from the country as well. And havoc on the roads thanks to a snow blast in new england. An incredible 27 inches falling on naples, maine, wind gusts are expected to drop temperatures into the teens for this new years weekend. I love this story that youre going to talk about. Oh, yes, ronda rousey making a big comeback tonight after that jawdropping knockout last year. Whats on the line as she enters the ring coming up in a few minutes. Im a big fan of hers. A lot are. Thats coming up on the big board. That onetwo gut punch out of hollywood. Carrie fisher and her mom Debbie Reynolds dying within hours of one another. Overnight the most famous chinese theater dimming its lights in a rare tribute and matt gutman has more from l. A. Matt. Reporter legions of star wars fans holding trijles, lightsabers at the ready, no detail yet on where and when a service will take place for the plucky film icons but family members tell us it will be a dual Service Honoring both. Since both liked a good party were told to expect a celebration of their lives and love for each other. This morning, the family of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher planning their final farewell to the two hollywood legends. Reynolds son todd fisher seen visiting this los angeles cemetery thursday as abc news learned that family members are planning to hold a dual Funeral Service for the singin in the rain star. Singing in the rain reporter who died wednesday and her daughter who played the indomitable Princess Leia who died just a day earlier. Todd fisher telling abc news that just 30 minutes before her fatal stroke, reynolds said she wanted to join her daughter. The stress of losing a child is unnatural to leave the earth before your child. I think she said to me a couple of times shes not going to go to carries funeral. Now she gets to hang out with carrie. She doesnt have to go to the funeral. Reporter fisher saying reynolds children were the core of her life. She was amazing at so many things, but i think her children were her pride. Reporter and they adored her. This 1964 photo going viral this morning, a 6yearold Carrie Fisher mesmerized by her mother as she performed on stage in las vegas. There had been rough patches including a decade of estrangement brought on by fishers battle with drugs and mental illness. My mom, shes a little bit eccentric. Reporter in recent years the two icons had found the antidote to those difficult moments. Irreverent humor and proximity. They were neighbors and best friends as seen in hbos upcoming documentary bright lights. Mommy, mommy, im home. Reporter overnight todd fisher tweeting out this picture with the caption, i miss them both so much. Love is everlasting. That picture, of course, Princess Leia and reynolds from singin in the rain, reynolds never stopped performing even despite a stroke and fatigue and in a Memorial Service were told to expect something that will pay homage to both being the unsinkable molly brown like the rest of us just trying to bounce back from hardship. Dan. Matt, thank you a quick note tonight a special edition of 20 20, debbie and carrie, a love story. A b. A. S. E. Jumper lucky to be alive taking a disastrous turn into a cliff right here. Now, hes speaking exclusively to abc news about the adventure gone wrong. Diane macedo is here with how he survived. I want to you keep in mind when you see this man that he slammed into the side of a cliff, then fell about 100 feet and yet this morning were not only hearing from him but also the complete stranger who helped save his life. Watch as b. A. S. E. Jumper Landon Dirnberger takes a deathdefying leap 300 feet off this mountain. There he goes. Oh. Reporter his parachute opened as planned. But then disaster. Oh, no. Oh, god. Oh, no. Oh. Reporter you can see his body crash against the mountainside then fall to the ground below. Somehow he survived and this morning hes opening up exclusively to gma about those fateful final second. When the parachute opened it was it opened 180 degrees so instead of flying away from the cliff, i was flying towards the cliff so when i made an attempt to fly backwards he describes it as a large jolt and says he knew right away something was broken. But luckily firefighter Dave Baum Gardner just happened to be hiking nearby. I was just blessed to be able to be part of expediting the process to get resources there to get this gentleman off the mountain safely. Reporter doctors say most dont survive a fall like this. Dirnberger shattered both heels now recovering from surgery but says despite it all this wont be his last leap. Id rather be jumping than sitting in a hospital but when im better ill go out and go again. He says he still has no idea what caused the parachute to turn that way but get this, the fire iter says he wasnt even supposed to be on that part of the mountain. He was there because there was a rescue going on at the same time on another part of the mountain. Maybe time to take a break from that mountain for a little while. I think so too. Just incredible timing for the firefighter to be at the right place at the right time. A lot of luck. Diane, thank you. Dan has a preview of whats coming up on the bb, the big board. The bb, thats what were calling it now. 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The ride hailing giant is expected to have a recordbreaking night in new years eve which could mean surge pricing where customers pay as much as ten times the normal rate. Not only do you have to wake up with a new years hangover but a huge bill. Why do the rates jump so high. Simple supply and demand issue and in a case like this they are expecting some 15 million rides to be given out on uber this year. That would be just a huge record for them at least but lets go through the sneh yore. Youre ten drinks in, its 1 30 in the morning on new years. You cant find a bathroom. Surge pricing, ah, ill take it, whatever it is and you hop in and youre not really paying attention and the next morning you get up and got a 150 bill and upset about it but should have known. Can you see the price before you take off so you need to Pay Attention to that but its simple, supply and demand. They claim its an algorithm that is supposed to keep the system in balance. People think theyre gouging you. Ten drinks in . What kind of party not speaking from experience. A spokesman from uber says, no judgment, by the way, die maamic pricing helps to ensure a driver is nearby and get a ride when you need one during times of high demand. How can you avoid this. People hear that and call hogwash and say you are just gouging us but say were trying to decrease your need for us so you see that high price, no, i wont do it and puts the system back in balance they claim. Here are tips for you, dont take the ride on peak hours. Thats tough to say, certainly on a new years. The peak are 12 00 to 3 00 a. M. When you dont want to take the ride but thats when youre going to need your ride so nothing you can do about it. Try to split the fare. Ride with another drunkard you see on the street. Yeah, ride together. Have a good time and then the other thing is give it a second. Just be patient because these things are supposed to cycle through the higher fares only supposed to happen for a few minutes at atime. Is yours going to take you home. No, i walk. I walk from bar to bar, baby. Now we know. There is none smoother than t. J. Holmes. Love ya. Now to one of the most highly anticipated sporting events of the year, ufc star ronda rousey set to return to the octagon tonight. Her first fight since a brutal knockout loss against holly holm more than a year ago and Gilbert Menendez joins us so, gilbert, good morning and happy new year. How big a fight is this for ronda rousey . Oh, this is the most important fight for Ronda Rouseys career. I mean she was on top of the world until she got defeated by holly holm and fell off the map. Under the radar. Came out and said how depressed she was and how hard it was to lift herself up. So whats on the line for her . I mean her pride, her legacy and, of course, she wants to prove to everyone she can overcome adversity, you know, aside from that, you know, its going to affect her movie roles, you know, her career in commercials and sponsors and all be impacted by the results of this fight. Also on the line, ronda rousey is fighting for the title and judging by this before and after photo she posted on instagram, she looks pretty ready. Do you think this is the beginning of her comeback. Absolutely. She looks fantastic. I saw that sidebyside photo and she looks great out there but shes definitely fighting a tough competitor. Amanda nunes capable of doing as much damage as ronda rousey but the thing im most concerned with is the mental baggage she brings into the octagon. She suffered a severe defeat against holly holm. Is there going to be hesitation in the octagon . If there is hesitation it could be fatal in there for her but in my opinion she is ready. She is focused and not doing much media right now and looks great. As for a comeback, though, shes been hinting this may be one of her last fights win or lose but i really like to see her get the win here and challenge holly holm for a rematch. Oh, i like that, gilbert. Next up a huge weekend for sports fans, the College Football playoff kicking off tomorrow when bama faces off against washington followed by ohio state and clemson. Espns tom rinaldi, one of our great friends of the show joins us now, tom, good morning to you. Lets start with bama and washington. Whats the big story line heading into this game . Well, the big story is exactly what you describe and thats bama. Trying to win its fifth title in the last eight years all under nick saban. bama has become essentially the team that you either love or you love to hate. They are the yankees, they are General Motors at their peak. They are apple. They are the absolute standard in the sport right now. A 14point favorite, vegas not giving washington a lot of love even though theyre the pac12 champions, theyre a very complete team but bama has not lost in its last, let me check, 25 games. So bama is the heavy favorite here in the first one. Tom, by the way, great to see you. Happy new year. Thanks for doing this. What about ohio state versus clemson, the buckeyes fresh off a big win against a team known as the wolverines that someone known as paula faris likes to root for. Stop. What can we expect with this matchup . Dan, that was a gratuitous shot and i want you to know i wont stand for that. Okay. For one yard on fourth and one this could be the wolverines paula, im here to defend your honor. Could be the wolverines in this position, go ahead. I was going to say thank you for defending my honor, not sure theres much honor to defend but thank you. Go ahead. Continue on. You got it. Ohio state is in an interesting position on that fourth and one Double Overtime the only team that did not have to play in a conference championship game. Yep. More rest, more time to prepare. And that usually adds up to success for urban meyer. Why . He is the highest winning percentage in the history of College Football in bowl games of any coach who as gone to ten bowls or more, 102. Heres the problem. One of the coaches who beat him, coaches the team he plays now, dabo sweeney and clemson. For a lot of people this shapes up as the game of the year. Should be a fantastic one here out in the valley of the sun. All right. Lets quickly go around the big board. Who is your pick for the College Football National Championship . Tom, lets start with you because youre my new favorite. I tend to be as a prognosticator the kiss of death so for the good of the sport i will abstain. Oh. You talk about smooth. Cant be neutral. Gilbert, real quick . Im going to go with alabama. 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Go to contrave. Com. [ cheers and applause ] very excited crowd right there in times square. 2 Million People are expected to pack this famed spot for the countrys biggest new years eve celebration and right now, our own rob marciano is all the way at the top of One Times Square ready to flip the switch on the 2017 ball for the first time before it drops. We miss you, rob. How is it going up there . Well, its chilly. Going great for me but its not going so good for Ryan Seacrest who was supposed to be standing right here right now but hes stuck in the elevator. No. Yeah, i think hes in there with his crew and hes stuck. Hes been there for like a half an hour. Youre kidding. Hes not going to make it here. Thats for sure. We hope he makes it into the studio in a second. Hes smiling in that picture. Im not sure hes actually smiling at this very moment. No. He may be slightly annoyed. Doesnt bode well for new years eve. Weve known each other for awhile and i am taking it personally. Its not you. Rob, we promise its not you. I know pretty much everybody will do Anything Possible ring that alarm. Ring the alarm. He will get there. He will get to the studio. Help, help. Oh, my gosh. They rang the alarm. Underneath the ball in times. Were stuck in the elevator, everybody. This is classic. Rob, heres the move, you have to go down there and rescue him. You want to rescue him. Great idea. Like a Mission Impossible dangling in the elevator shaft. Then rob would get stuck. Are you kidding me . I have none of those skills. The only skill i have is to flip this switch. The tenyear anniversary of phillips with l. E. D. Lights in the ball, 32,000 of them. All right. Ill see what happens. Its on partially. Is it oh, boom. 32,000 l. E. D. Lights look like that. Weather in a little bit and hopefully ryan. Having satellite issues. Rob, thank you very much. Back with more gma. Due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. 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Septa buses and trolleys remain on a modified weekday schedule, tam. Thank you matt. Lets go over to sky6 live hd taking live look there, one of the ski slopes in the area, a lot of people will be doing that to ring in the new year. Lets go outside to david murphy. Will it be too warm for the slopes. Reporter it will be warm up gradually as the weekend goes on. Its cooler, with windchills in the 20s. We expect today to be a good looking day, sun and clouds, windy and chilly, high of 41. Winds gusting over 0 Miles Per Hour for a good portion of the afternoon that will keep the windchills in the 20s. Clouds and sun, new years eve, 43 the high. Breezy, not as windy as today. 40 at midnight. Up to 50 new years day. It will be milder especially on sunday. Lets take a look at new video coming in fastmoving flames ripping through a house in bucks county. The fire broke out at 7 00 a. M. Crews got a handle on the flames no reports of injuries and no word on a cause. Coming up on g. M. A. , the trends to try out in 2017. Well see you in 30. Is no are good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. New years security, times square on high alert as millions prepare to watch the ball drop, thousands of extra officers and trucks securing the perimeter. The unprecedented security measures to keep 2017 celebrations safe. We are counting down to 2017 with the top trends for the new year. Plus, celebrity trainers chris and heidi powell are here live with three exercises to kickstart your weight loss journey. Floating on cloud nine, the new stress relief making waves, zero gravity and total relaxation. Why stars like steph curry and emma stone swear by the ultimate chillout technique. Wave your glass if you are the Biggest Party of the new year. New years rockin eve and Ryan Seacrest is here to kick off the celebration early as we say all good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] the new years eve revelers in times square and interestingly the guy who is going to be in the middle of the action at least this theory, Ryan Seacrest is still stuck in an elevator right now, take a look at this video he sent just a few moments ago. Hey, from underneath the ball in times square, were stuck in the elevator, everybody. Hello. Were supposed to be on Good Morning America but we cant get there so ring that alarm. Ring the alarm again. Make sure. Yeah. [ alarm ringing ] help, help. From underneath the ball. [ cheers and applause ] still stuck in the elevator. They just summoned the Fire Department. They just passed. You can hear the fire engine. Ryan, help is on the way. You cant hear us but well try to rescue you. Cant wait to find out what he has planned for the biggest night and Biggest Party of the year. I would imagine this might be woven into the narrative a little bit but we are already getting things started up in our studio. Look at our studio audience and control room. Look at that. All the producers, technical directors, directors that make the show happen. Also ready to ring in 2017. You guys we still have an hour left of the show, okay. Settle down in there. That doesnt give me a lot of confidence in the people running the show. Everyone let go of their buttons and put their hands in the air. This isnt a roller coaster. A grand slam announcement from one of the greatest athletes in the world. How tennis star Serena Williams got engaged and well tell you all about that in pop news. All about it. I cant wait. Coming up in pop news but first inside to t. J. Holmes for the morning rundown. Good morning to you. We start with the big story which is russia. Poised to retaliate after president obama unleashed a string of new sanctions as punishment for meddling in the election. Moscow plans to announce Counter Measures against the u. S. But president Vladimir Putin says he wont be expelling american diplomats. Thats after the u. S. Ordered dozens of russians to leave the country and shut down two russian compounds. President elect trump is still not acknowledging russia was behind it and says its time for the country to move on and announced plans to meet with Intelligence Leaders. A fragile cease nir in syria between breaths forces and rebel fighters and could lead to a peace agreement, well, to halt the civil war that has killed more than 250,000 people. Back here at home now, unprecedented security in place for new years eve. A live look now at the ball. Set to drop in times square tomorrow night. Abcs linzie janis shows us what police are doing to protect the crowds at street level. Hey, linzie. Reporter good morning, t. J. The nypd is preparing to provide an unprecedented level of security for the 2 Million People expected to gather in times square for the ball drop. The biggest difference is that this year for the first time, 65 of these sanitation vehicles packed with sand will be deployed to form a kind of ring of steel around times square backed up by another 100 blocker vehicles, all of this designed to prevent an attack like the ones weve seen in nice and berlin. There will also be an extra 7,000 Police Officers on patrol in times square and across the city. Millions will ring in the new year with a pay hike, 19 states have minimum wage increases taking effect this weekend. Another big change on sunday, the border between north and South Carolina moves ever so slightly putting 19 homes in a new state. This is a result of a land dispute going on there for years. Check this out, in one house the master bedroom and kids rooms will be in different carolinas. Police in texas looking for a pair of thieves who broke out the heavy equipment, a skylift to steal an atm. Once they knocked it off its foundation they picked it up, loaded it on to a uhaul truck. No word on how much cash was inside. A major recall to tell you about affecting the nations topselling minivan. The notice involves more than 600,000 honda odyssey, a defect may cause the second row seats to shift during a crash. It affects 2011 through 2016. No injuries have been reported. And a slice of vintage new york is fading into history tonight. The citys famed Carnegie Deli known for oversized sandwich also close its doors for good after almost 80 years. Mmmm. A woman in montana says she got the best Christmas Gift ever and it was thanks to a moose . She spotted it, look at this. The highlight of her year here, folks, it is racing beside her car and ran for at least 40 seconds before darting into the woods. Now, jessica richards, the ladys name says she always wanted to see a bull moose, hey, everybody has their bucket list, right . She called it an amazing experience and probably thought it would be Something Else if that thing took a left into her car instead of a right into the woods, guys, but this all worked out. I didnt know they could move that fast. No. Its really cool. All regal. I didnt know they used those kickers. You know what the plural of moose is. Not meese. Mootss. Its moos. Why are goose geese but moose arent meese . What is it. Thank you t. J. , very much. We appreciate it before we get into this animalogic you dont do anything to moose . It was a trick question. No trick questions for pop. No, we keep it simple. Introduce me. Pop news now with sara haines. [ applause ] time for pop news and were starting out with such a good story. Wedding bells for Serena Williams. She is engaged to alexis owe. She detailed how she said yes posting an illustration of her future husband or mr. Knothing on bended knee. The internet tycoon responded with you made me the happiest man on the planet. The couple started dating in 2015. Good for her. Shes accomplished so much on the tennis court. I know. I love a good engagement. I do too. Did you have a good story. Of getting engaged . Yeah. I dont know if it was as good as that i didnt have to beg a little. I proposed in our living room. Was it like romantic. It was a surprise and then all of our closest friends showed up and we had dinner right there. Dan actually put some thought and planning into it. I did. You married up with bianca. I just wanted to know how you got that deal. It was a great deal. Shes a doctor and im a hy hypochondriac. I have a spot right there. Next up there have been calls for a mean girls 2 since the films debut in 2002. But the star is now making peace herself. Lindsay lohan spoke with cnn saying she has been pushing for a sequel and that while its not in her hands she is doing what see can saying, quote, i have already written a treatment for it. I just need a response. While we love her as a leading lady, when it comes to writing the film, lindsay, you cant sit with us. There is no way you knock tina fey out of this equation. If all the original players came together, that would be pretty great. Did you see the movie, dan . Mean girls. You havent seen mean girls. Can we watch it together. We only wear pink on winces. I never wear pink. I didnt get the memo. Im sorry. That was like a oh, my gosh. Youve seen mean girls. Im in the middle of two girls having an argument in i language i dont understand. You have seen it. I have not. Youll have to follow me over here. Most of us have heard of the bottle flip challenge where players attempt to land Water Bottles upright but this winners skills are particularly impressive. Take a look. Oh [ cheers ] yeah. Yeah. Dab. Dab. Pulling off the trick on just her second try and even better was that sweet little reaction. Look at that. How old is she . Shes 3. Sara, are you going to come back to us. No, you need to see mean girls maybe by the end of the show ill be back in we could do a youtube clip job and be i could reenact the whole thing for you. Actually play five characters. I feel like you are doing that right now. She is. Shes in character. Coming up on gma, new year, new you. Lori bergamotto is here with some of the hottest trends for 2017. [ applause ] were right back. Sara may or may not join us. Literally. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by the fast powerful cough relief of robitussin because its never just a cough. Its just a cough. Sfx woman coughing youd see how often you cough all day. And so would everyone else. Robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to 12 hours. Come on, wake up come on, why ya sleepin . Come on what time is it . Its go time. Come on. Lets go, lets go, lets go. Woooo hoooo yeah i feel like i went to bed an hour ago. Ill make the cocoa. 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Used to be about chrome, right, the silver and everything with that high shine, but now this is beautiful. Like a game show. Were doing copper. So its all about those blush tones of copper everywhere in your home. It just makes everything feel softer and nice blend of modern and vintage. Yeah, warms it up. Everything. Now marble is a huge thing but its not always affordable. Exactly but let me show you this. Contact paper. Oh, wow. Under 10. So were seeing so much marble. Like you said something really timeless and weve seen it on countertops but from serving trays theyre doing it to their walls and bathtubs and affordable. Marble, we have a little stand and its porous so you cant set anything on it. You can wipe it. Spoken like a true mom. Clean everything up. Lets move on to fashion. So now you guys may have seen a similar look. Were calling this the flashdance shoulder. Its asymmetrical and the new white shirt, you guys. Showing a little bit of shoulder. The buttons are displaced. Oversized. This is available at h m. Really affordable. Youll see a lot of that . Neutral black and white but what about colors. Two colors for the spring, bubble gum pink. Pink is back i know. Beautiful. Youll look beautiful and yellow. A lot get tripped up with yellow because of their skin tone. Thats a yellow anybody can wear. Now we move on to beauty trends. Charcoal is the ingredient of the i love charcoal. You can see weve tested this out in the Good Housekeeping Beauty Institute and whats so great about it it draws out impurities, have oily skin or acne prone skin thats the thing to get. Are we back to chrome again. We are back to a chrome nail so this is oh, my gosh. The manicure of 2017, you guys. Can you see it. High shine really luminous, whats cool about this, because it is so reflective, it almost acts like an accessory. You dont need a ton of bracelets or rings. This is it. So cute. Like a gel manicure where it lasts for like two week. Youre kidding me. 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Three actresses that love floating among others. Reporter and steph curry shows us how its done on espns hang time. Its an opportunity to just relax and get away from all the stresses on of the court and in life. Many physicians are also praising the practice. Im a big proponent for anything that allows to us get out of our own mind. If we can turn off the thought process we have less anxiety, well have less stress and live healthier lives. Relaxing in a sensory deprivation tank, no gravity, no light, no noise. I had to give it a try. This is 11 inches of highly salted water so i should be able to float no matter what. I shouldnt have to force myself to float so you just kind of slide in. Okay, so before you know it youre floating and this is when your relaxation starts jim heffner owner of just float has seen a trend of clients coming in not just to relax but for a variety of health issues. Something about floating in water with no effort, its nice and long, the spine and no pressure on your joints or body. A fair bit of research has been done on floating but is in its infancy. What it can do with people with severe depression. Reporter anne is one of those cases and started floating with help with stress and high Blood Pressure. Now that ive been float forego a year im off my Blood Pressure medication. My ability to manage the stress of daytoday living is so much better from floating of the i cant imagine not doing it. Reporter for Good Morning America, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, los angeles. All right. So many questions. Drop Jennifer Ashton is here. Is there any science on this and what is the science say . There is some science but as we heard in the piece its really we need a lot more data and need rigorous scientific studies but theyre studying it in the field of neuroscience using eegs or electrodes to measure brain activity and comparing functional mris to see if different areas of the brain light up, per se, particularly theyre looking at it for anxiety and ptsd but as you heard maybe hypertension. I will say medically whenever you hear that something is good for everything, my medical cynic ears kind of poke up. But, again, risk benefit, i dont think its that risky. You just mentioned it doesnt seem that risky. Almost feels like meditation in water but doesnt seem like there could be many down sides. Are there any . The only downside if you were to pursue flotation as your sole treatment for something that requires standard, you know, and proven medical therapy. If youre going to add it, im always a big fan of adding not taking away or either or, the true benefit of something complimentary, i think it could be fine. Cost would be a factor. Claustrophobia. I dont think there is a real risk of grounding because again thats the whole point of this buoyancy. Would you recommend it . I mean i would try it. As long as youre not claustrophobic because some are in tanks but the room we saw kayna in, better, go ahead and give it a shot. I think well learn more about it in the future. Who knew there was something call the an experienced floater. Who knew. Its right there on my business card. [ laughter ] dr. Ashton, i have to interrupt. We have breaking news on elevatorgate. Apparently Ryan Seacrest has freed himself from the elevator. [ cheers and applause ] and we have proof of it. Hes finally out of there and hes going to be there he is. There he is. He is going to be live here on gma after a very quick break. What is going on there . Oh, my gosh. Theyre making out. That is weird. Well be right back. Good morning, im tamala edwards, 8 27 friday, december 30. Lets get a check on the traffic, bearable along 42 no issues when 42 was blocked by the ac expressway. Theres a crash in trenton along 129 southbound at cast street taking out the left lane where mcdonalds is on the northbound side. Crossing the river, Montgomery Township we have a tractortrailer accident county line road by business 202 doylestown road by the pep boys. Police on the scene, traffic is getting by without too much of an issue. Coming southbound on the boulevard watch out for a crash at 5th street in the outer drive. The ice along waverly road and ice at red leaf road has been taken care of. Thanks, matt, lets head outside to david murphy getting ready for new years eve, how does it feel . Reporter its chilly tam, 35 degrees in philadelphia. Similar numbers elsewhere. Windchills in the 20s as the winds get blustery. The wind will build, well have gusts this afternoon 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour that will keep the windchills in the 20s most of the day. Sun and clouds on saturday, 43 for new years eve, probably hold lg holding at 40 at midnight. Good night to enjoy the fireworks at penns landing. Partly sunny, new years day, high of 50 degrees, great for the eagles and the mummers. The mummers will be in the low 40s as they start to march. Monday and tuesday we have occasional rain and drizzle, but who cares thats after the weekend. Coming up on g. M. A. , their resolutions, well come back in 30. Zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. And didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Just want to make you feel good [ applause ] this friday morning, are you ready to count down to the new year . Yes, of course. Ryan is ready too. He made it. Hes been freed. I was practicing in the elevator. And i said to rob over the phone, we were talking about doing interviews and i said, look, if i dont get out, just go from ten and one and say happy new year. Thats all you need to know. How long were you in there. This is whats funny. We were going up to the ball and to get to the ball you have to go through a walgreens and you go intoth walgreens and inside the walgreens is the elevator. Thats the elevate we got stuck in. We didnt make it to floor two. We got stuck at the first floor for about 40 minute. Anyone have snacks . Thats why you want friends with snacks. Funny you ask. Lou, one of your camera persons and we had annie this there, as well and pat and started going through their pockets to see what they had. And we had altoids and cough drops and one advil thats not going to get her done. Though wasnt take you so far. Dont you need this elevator to be working for the actual show to go on . It seems like that would be a good idea. There are stairs so we could always take the stairs. Im saying go with the stairs. But i will tell you this if youve ever been stuck in an elevator as funny and cute for 10 minutes then about 20 minutes in its not so funny anymore. But thank you to the Fire Department who came and rescued us and pried those doors open. Funny because anastasia, your producer, she called the control room here to say we were stuck and they said, we know and hung up. Where is the concern . Were going to rolt on it. Can you make your 8 30 piece . Welcome to the television business. Tell us about the party tomorrow night. Who is going to be partying with you. We will start at 8 00 live. Well be in every time zone broadcasting, we will have Jenny Mccarthy with me here. I love jenny. [ applause ] mariah carey performing live, dnce, demi lovato, Lionel Richie in las vegas and a whole slew of artists in hollywood. We name dropped a little bit. Paula has been calling me out for the fact well be watching tv in match si onesies but we will be watching you. Dont let that get in your head while youre its a little creepy but we think its adorable. That makes three of us at the desk that have onesies so really . Nice. You have a onesie. I have one for the fourth of july and another holiday. Another holiday. Those were gifts. Which holiday is that, arbr r day. Jenny mccarthy has been kissing donne wallburg at midnight. She said she will get you to kiss someone. Is this year going to be the year we see you kiss someone at midnight . Well [ cheers and applause ] it sounds a little pathetic when you put it like that. Its not pathetic. It sounds more like a dare. I can guarantee you i will not be kissing donny. That i can promise you. I think thats a pretty good one. He looks like he would be talk to jenny. I dont think shes going to give him up. What if he walks up in a nice onesie. Still not Ryan Seacrest could go like this, and just kiss anyone he wants. They actually met on this show, jenny and wasnt he coming in as a guest. Yeah, they were performing. I mean she is hitting on the talent once again. She can do that. A lot of great guests. Its true. What do you have . Your new years resolutions. I was going to try a sort of like a digital diet by putting my phone down i dont know if i can do it for a day but maybe a couple of meals each week. Clearly you didnt do it on the elevator. On the elevator we had the phone. Signaled the elevator too. I think starting small with a digital diet where youre not saying ill put it down all the time but for a few specific time, thats more likely to work. You find yourself reaching and then realizing you dont absolutely need it although i go i love staying connected but i dont need it what we did 20 years ago. We werent around. What did we do . So like ten years ago. Those old switchboards. Ryan, youre the best. Were very much looking to your show tomorrow night. Thank you very much. Thank you. Dick clarks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest is on tomorrow night at 8 00. Youve donated a coat to the warm coats and warm hearts coat drive since 2007. [ cheers and applause ] ill do it again. Thanks, gang. Good to see you all. Happy new year. Hope you find somebody to kiss. If you want to get involved in our coat drive go to goodmorningamerica. Com. Coming up, chris and heidi powell and they reveal their favorite workout moves for the new year. Up next. [ cheers and applause ] all right weve got snow out west, its not going to snow until after midnight. Heres the local forecast, check it out. All right, rob were dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan this morning, cold, though, temperatures in the 30s and windchills in the 20s. Gusty winds this afternoon with a high of 41. Windchills in the 20s most of the time. Less wind on saturday, 40 when we ring in the new year at night. H chris and heidi powell host of the hit tv show extreme weight loss their book extreme transformation has been a huge success now released in paperback and about to show us how to kickstart our new years rest. Thanks for joining us. Youre welcome. With the new year approaching a lot will get frustrated they havent reached their goal. What do you want to tell them. Not just tell them. We want to beg them, please start out small. Just take on one small attainable commitment at a time. In fact its been proven if you can take on one small change, you have an 85 chance of success. Thats amazing. Thats great. When you take on two it drops to 33 . Oh, wow. So just one small thing at a time. We have some small things. Were you going to say something. I was going to say were so used to fault our. Year after year we forget resolutions but the reality is we dont have to be perfect. Its about when you fall down you get back up. You dont fail until you quit so never quit and youre good. So the very first workout we have going we have three. Audience members here. We have them sweating over here. Come on. You guys are doing great. Keep it going. This is what we call toboda, fourminute workout. I do these. I love them. Theyre resting right now. Its eight rounds of 20 seconds of work. Ten seconds of rest. Repeated eight times. Theyre doing burpees. Its a go to. Works every muscle in the body. Can we move to the second platform. Keep going, guys. All of these little challenges, resting five minutes. Rest is more. Less is more. Less than five minutes a day. A stepladder doing two different movements. Theyre doing dive bombers. Moving into back lunge, all they do is do two then four then six and eight and go as far as they can. On a ladder. Its a stepladder in less than five minutes. Do it, just the ladder and done for you see how far you can get in five minute. What is it called again. A dive bomber. That sounds hard. Ask them. Plunge into the ground with your shoulders. Your shoulders and triceps, its amazing. Full body workout. Back lunges. How long do you do it for. Five minutes. A ladder. Do two of each and then four of each then six of each and you go as far as you can in five minutes. Third one. Yes, keep it going, guys. Here at the third station, they are doing what we call an am wrap. Its as many rounds as possible. We set the clock for four minutes and give them three moves. We have theyre going to be doing five pushup, ten swingups and air squat. Is that like a bend. Nice, spatial movements, total body workout that will spike the heart rate. They do as many rounds as they can in that fourminute period and theyre done. Thats so simple. So easy. Yes. Yes. Such good advice. Extreme transformation in paperback available in stores now and for a breakdown of these moves plus additional tips go to our website. Thank you very much. Thank you. Coming up, well be talking about our resolutions when we come back. By peggy lee playing ] [ goat bleat ] [ crow caws, music continues ] this is gonna be awesome when it comes to buying a house. Trulia knows the house is only half of it. And with 34 map overlays like playgrounds, demographics, schools, and more. You can find the right house and the right neighborhood for you. Trulia. The house is only half of it. Welcome back. Its almost time to ring in 2017 which means everyone is talking about new years resolutions. So, you guys, who is making them . What do you think . Dan, you start. My resolution is to try to cut back on sugar to one meal a week. Youve been doing this how many years. Ive been making this resolution since i was like 7 years old and its not going well but i feel like im just going to keep it up. On more serious notes i think that we are in a tumultuous time in the country and i think everybody should resolve to do their best to heal the wounds in the country rather than exacerbate them. Got you. [ applause ] okay. I just know i think a lot of parents can relate to, you know, when somebody asks what do you like to do, weve lotz sight of ourselves so much that we dont like to do. Ill do one thing, tennis, i never played before. It was so empowering. This year i want to join a book club. Great. [ applause ] were working our way out of the corner. I always resolve to be more present and in the moment so im working with the help of dan actually on meditating every day starting small but consistency is key not perfection. Starting small. And consistency, perfect. Already perfect. Meditation helps with one of mine. One of which i fail to become a private pilot. Get my license and my dad and brother are pilots. Thats going to fail again because i dont have the time but maybe this is the big year. Every year i try to be more patient and understanding which i mostly fail at but i hope to be more successful. I just dont believe that. You are super patient and understanding. When youre with me a very short period of time. My wife would argue that differently. I promise to stick up for dan more because thee two girls just gang up on him all the time. Thank you. You are a victim, man. Its me and you and i know t. J. Feels the same way. Youre protecting i dont know about the first resolution to stop with the divisions in america but i still stand by you. T. J. . Family. For sure. I usually dont make a resolution but as we all in our late 30s, im not 40 yet but everybody around us gets older as well and i lost two grandparents, one is in bad health and dont take enough time to spend time with family. Sometimes its just a phone call. I think we could all do better about that i dont do a good job. Thats a good one . I like t. J. s the best actually. He always i would just say i like t. J. The best. Well be right back. Keep it here. [ applause ] about bassett. You really can custom make your furniture exactly how you want. Its all about customization. The possibilities are endless. Good morning america is brought to you by publishers clearinghou clearing house. [ cheers and applause ] rob stopped me from drinking. What a party we had this morning. Thank you very much for joining us as we end 2016 and ring in 2017. Paula, rob and i will be right back with you here tomorrow . Thats right but first we want to give a shoutout to the people would make all this magic happen here at gma. 365 days a year. Theyre the true anchors of this show. That is true. Thank you for watching. Have a great day and a happy new year. [ cheers and applause ] these are ours this is our time our time this is our time these are all ours out on the verge out on the verge out on the verge of the rest of our lives the rest of our lives out on the verge of the rest of our lives tonight top of the world and were dressed to the nines tonight edge of the earth and were touching the sky tonight out on the verge of the rest of our lives these are ours this is our time this is our time these are our hours out on the verge out on the verge out on the verge of the rest of our lives out on the verge of the rest of our lives tonight top of the world and were dressed to the nines tonight edge of the earth and were touching the sky tonight out on the verge of the rest of our lives ooh yeah the rest of our lives from now on theres no looking back full steam ahead on this oneway track run this day forward i will make a promise to be true to myself and always be honest for the rest of my life i will do whats right i will do whats right when i step out on the verge of the rest of our lives tonight top of the world and were dressed to the nines tonight edge of the earth and were touching the sky tonight out on the verge of the rest of our lives the rest of our lives hey yeah the rest of our lives edge of the earth and were touching the kye tonight out on the verge of the rest of our lives good morning, im tamala edwards, 8 56 friday, december 30th. Lets head over to matt pellman taking a look at route 1, good morning. Well take more commutes like this, its been an easy one friday morning, no complaints on the boulevard extension, coming southbound past the boulevard at 5th street theres a crash in the outer drive involving a couple of vehicles. On columbus boulevard southbound in Queen Village one lane getting by him they hope to have it back to 3 lanes by the end fortunate day. Schuylkill expressway sluggish montgomery to girard. County line a crash is gone. 309 at walnut theres a crash. 295 northbound wowflt for a broken watch out for a broken down vehicle approaching 42 taking out one lane. Happy new year, tam. Happy new year, matt. Lets go outside to david murphy. It is chilly, 37 degrees in philadelphia, keep in mind theres a building breeze today, so the windchills are in the 20s. The this afternoons high, 141, but winds could gust to 30 or 40 Miles Per Hour. Sun and clouds, new years eve, 40 around midnight. 50 on new years day, mild for january, a nice new years day on tap him happy new year. Family and friends are gathering for a family of a beloved Grocery Store owner in south philadelphia. Marie buck was shot to death inside her shop. The killer is behind bars. Well have more coming up on action news at noon. Live with kelly is coming up next on 6abc. Im tamala edwards. Happy new year to you, too announcer its live with kelly. Today the one and only martin short. And we get a visit from actress ana gasteyer. Plus, kevin hart is our cohost for the day. All next on live. [upbeat music] and now here are kelly ripa and kevin hart. [cheers and applause] [hiphop music] [cheers and applause continue] kelly yes