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Campaign and why hes cooperating with the investigation. How surprised do you think i and everyone else at home will be when they learn the whole story. Only on gma this morning. Light it up luke bryan taking over gma bringing country right here to times square. Good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. Welcome to a big friday here on gma. You just saw luke bryan right there from the opry city stage right here in times square. Just a few blocks away. So im going to head out there in just a little bit and grab a coat but at least its not snowing. A lot of people are there early. Not snowing there but it is snowing down south. You know about this all tooll. Take a look at the palm trees ouston covered in snow. Wow. Kids are little dance in your hometown michael. I talked to my son yesterday. I said what are you doing. I just final. I in the i said youre not in school in colorado. It is snowing, unbelievable notjust reindustried northeast and ginger t years. Happehe way throu Western North carolina. San antonio,xas,t snow theyve had in 30 years. College station, this is what your son w by the way, making snowman like they were in college station, texas. 20 states with Winter Weather advisories, warnings from texas michigan is included. Indiana too and wanted to show you this. As that low slides north, timingwise for the northeast its tomorr so tomorrow good news is a lot of people are not on the roads but, boy, are we going to end unow at the coast so long island right ookat upnches in parts of may i im travel hattiesburg, mississippi, for sh the conditiis . Check this robin, the rain snow line is right over your town so looks likeinches. It wont stick. A lot of the ground is very warm but i know that is very odd for your hometown . Very odd. Keep your coat in thats it. Well move on to dangerous wildfires out west. A new blaze broke out in San Diego County the lilac fire and we have other video showing the trainers trying to free horses before the flames move in and san diego under threat right now and rob marciano is there. Good morning, rob. Good t situation for all the attention that los angeles and points north have gotten now its san diegos turn. Off in the distance you see flames burning here as the explosions have been going off in the past few minutes, this thing sparked about noontime yesterday and burned thousands of acres in less t this morning, a state of emergency in San Diego County. This blaze erupting tearing into neighborhoods forcing residents to run for their lives. Four people injured while trying to flee the flames. The fire was coming rightt us. I mean within matters of minutes it had spread. At this farm trainers forced to set their horses free with no time to lead them to safety. Nds evacuated but many others not make it out in time. One resident capturing a plane dropping fire retardant on his home. Oh, my god. The fastmoving flames torching over 4,000 acres burning homes in neighborhood after neighborhood. In everybodys backyard a wall of flames. Destroying at least 20 homes. Whoa. Look at this structure just completely going up in flames. Embers being carried the wind. You can see how they flare up. Winds gusting to 55 miles an hour fueling flames. Whats been your biggest struggle with the fire . Just the wind. Absolutelyriven fire. This house has flames but you guys arent doing much. No right now its just indefensible. Its too far gone. A lost cause. Right now, yes. Reporter for the First Time Ever state officials had to upgrade the fire hazard warning level from red or high to purple. Its color for extreme. This means that the flames will have extreme growth will burn very intensely and be uncontrollable. That threat level being lowered a little because the wins are expected to be lighter but it is bone dry. Anything that a flame touches goes up quickly. We are just a few miles away from a town called oceanside with nearly 200,000 people population there. Firefighters today desperately trying to stop this fire before it gets to that location. Guys. Working hard. At this hour more 190,000 people have evacuated from fire zones. More than 5,000 firefighters doing the to battle and contain the flames. Our Senior National pondent matt gutman is in ura wheree ing, reporter good morning. That l thomasfire, thismultiheadedeast county and t new evacuation orders for the town of carp pen at thecar pin ria. Insin rated down to the foundations and in so many cases all thats left are those chimneys. This morning, six fires ing through more than 140,000 acres of land in southern california. Be prepared to leave immediately. Reporter towering colum of smoke blotting o sun. We hiked up here to get a better the thomas fire. You can see how massive that plume of smoke is. This thing 20uers into the sky thousands of feet up. The biggest concern for the nearly 6,000 firefighters battling that inferno, the blistering winds. These conditions combined with heat makes this a threatening environment. Reporter nearly 200,000 residents fleeing their home and it was here in santa found anthony scrambling to gather whatever he could, documents, pictures off walls, drawer fulls of clothes. Whess. Ough so much so thats like our big because i want to give that to my kids so some resit head th on. Using garden hoses to keep the embers last night after the Ethics Committee said it planned to investigate. George. And the ethstscome. Thanks much. Duct and center as we exclusively to abc news. Tom llamas sat down with her as the democrat in the race is in his own ning, tom. In hes changed. Reporter this g, beverly youngnelson exclusive opposlavery. We bring this to jon karl, our chief white housecorrespondent. More on the president heading south to have impact on the race. Reporter hes going to pensacola, florida, to do a political rally. This is just 20 miles, george from the alabama border. Media market as mobilemistake this is a designed to boost the roy moore ere showing up on screen the president did meet with the bipartisanf congress yesterday and able toernment shutdown for at least a weeks. Repis funding will run out george there is absolutely no a the fundamental issues that divide them iluding ion, how much spenddefens b what even movemen agreement. Finally nikki haley raiseeyebrows by suggesting th o participate in the winter olym has the white house trying to clean it said it wa open question whether they bearticipatetippin the whss secretary actually echoed that in a briefing, 20 later she tweeted a clarification looks forward to participating in the olympics. The protection of ameri our topority and they are working to ensure that. Spokesperson for the u. S. Olympic Committee Said there is nscussion george whatsoever about not participating in the win olympics. No discussion on that whatsoever and, george by the way. This is a decision not for the president but for the u. S. Olympic committee. They make it. Okay, jon hanks very much. Robin. Okay now overseas to le east on edge over president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Violent protests have broken out between palestinian demonstrators and troops and the lon James Longman is in jerusalem with more. Good morning, james. Reporter good morning, robin. We are just outside the damascus gate where prayers have just ended. Now, the Defense Forces and police are moving people away because palestinians have come prayer and there are of here and inside the d city. Not the massive day of rage that palestinian leaders have called for but there is aween what were weve seen in the past where people mighte that cat and mouse between the Defense Forces and palestinians because people here are scared that the Peace Process may be over trump made that designation this would be the capital of a future of cour and the hezbollah leader hh it would shoot a bullet into thess. Of r no major people out on t just yetamese wanable story of forgiveness in South Carolina where former Police Officer Michael Slager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of walter scott. Slager shotack killing him 2015 and the sentence is the longest handed down in an officer in aacially charged shooting. Family of walter scott showing grace and forgor everything. Agerling wishes he cod go arkable moment. It was. A lot of strength and of grace to be able tto ginger with more on the wildfires out west. We sout, michael,ith thediego county some images comiforecast does not look good, flag warnings have been through sunday all the way up thr the mountain, high Wind Warnings are in place. Today is likely one of the easiest day windwise. Hopefully make progress with the. Rob mentioned it is bone dry. The relels 5 notgh the weekend but all through next week. The winds gust to 60 not just saturday but sunday, too, this will just keep being story unfortunately well see more images like eporter hi everyone, david murphy here with a update from accuweather. We have a little bit off the coast precipitation in the form of rain south of cape may. Snow coming up the chesapeake bay. As we look outside, we have sky6 live hd, clouds thicker across the region right now and probably continuing to thicken up as we go through the day. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high, 42 increasing clouds. A little bit of precip south of philadelphia at times. The bulk of the snow arriving overnight and through most of the day saturday, 36 is the high. Going to melt. Yes. Something else. Coming up we have georges exclusive with the fiancee of the first Trump Campaign official to plead guilty in the russia investigation. What she told the fbi when they asked her about her connections. Weekend deals are back at target this weekend hundreds of deals up to 30 off with cartwheel in the target app. Save big with weekend deals every weekend. Only at target when a cold calls. Achoo . Answer it. With zicam cold remedy. It shortens colds, so you get better, faster. Colds are gonna call. Answer them with zicam zicam. Get your better back. Now in delicious fruit drops. When you feed yourself some oats, the oats feed your body fiber. Fibe r helps keep things moving through your system. Which is great. Because when youre good to your system itll be g ood to you. 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Reporter good morning tam roads are clear and dry and people are crashing into each other and crashing into guardrails. Be careful out there, this is the 30 bypass westbound at 100. A vehicle smashed into at guardrail when penndot was zooming in, looks like theres damage to the guardrail. There were three other vehicles they left the scene. Police and penndot on the scene. Jam 30 bypass at route 100 left lane blocked with a multivehicle accident. An accident involving an overturned tractortrailer the onramp from downingtown. We were hearing someone was trapped inside for a while. Crews are on the scene dealing with that. Route 55 southbound we have an accident only the shoulder getting by approaching little mill road. We talked to police they said a car smashed into a guardrail there, too, tam. Okay, well take a break and come back to david murphy who is tracking snow coming our way. Lets think about what goes in here, renee. Oh. And we think bablams gonna kill the stomach flu . Im scared to use the facilities. I dont blame you. If you want clean, your cleaner needs bleach in it. Clorox means clean. Reporter clouds are thicker across the region. Its a cold start take a look, 35 degrees in philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley still at 30. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, clouds continue to increase today a high of 42. There could be a little precipitation down the shore in the form of wet snow or rain during the day. Overnight tonight in through a good portion of saturday we get periods of light to moderate snow. 36 is the high. Most of the roads remain wet especially the main treated roads. Most of the snow is on grassy surfaces. Tam. Thank you, david. Now on to g. M. A. Well see you in 30. See ya. Take care. So probably take it at night. And if you have any questions, the instructions are here in spanish as you requested. Gracias. 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The Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser who becamerst witness to plead in ow w prosecutors and nows for the first met, his os is working with the special counsel. Opoulos is witness one in the russia simona patriot for ecutors. And you believe he would end up asight side o history. Hes already on the right side of i think it willo a. In whatway. Helping clarifying whats happened. His contribution will be important. Reporter they met during the president ial campaign. September 2016. E reached out for me based on my linkedin. We both worked actually for professor mifsud. Professor Joseph Mifsud described in Court Records an an overseas professor withnections to russian government officia told papadopoulos about russians possessing dirt on hillary clinton. Hes extremely connected at high level. Different gov the italian government. Ru as i suppose, does, luteften coming back from trips from moscow. So if it turns out he was working for the russian government, it down slyke youd be surprised. Absolutely not. Do you think he sought out george b working for the trump president i i know that he was i in george wor for trump. When downplayed contribution to the the president called him a low level volunteer. A former Campaign Adviser said this. He was the coffee boy. No george is a remarkable young man with an incredible experience in the professional experience in the field of energy acies. This experienceed him to get into the campaign and to nt at 28 years old. He set up meetings with all over the world. He was constantly in touch wit the the campaign and he never took in as i know unauthorized. Constantly in touch with member was he in touch with the chieftegist steve bannon . Yes. Now, yes, i know steve bannon michael flynn. Was in t with michael flynn, general flynn. Yes, as well. And this is by email by e cayes, being based in was miscommunication and email. He had communications with top levels of the campaign. Yes. Everything he was doing was those officials . As far as i ye took any niche tiff without the blessingf the campaign. And you believe that he can demonstrate that. Absolutely, yes. Youve seen the emails. Yes. Mangiante says papadopoulos hoped in the trump administration. Week after president trumps inauguration it all came crashing down. January 27th of year he gets interviewed by the fbi. What did he think that was abou my feel something all this came completely out of the blue. Didntorry too much because he didnt feel he had anything to hide. When did he know he was in i think when they made it clear to him that after the arrest arrest he understood that he was in trouble. Not before that. I dont think so. As soon as he find out he committed a mistake he took resplity for that and passed to the right side of history in my view. The decision to cooperate. Exactly. It was very brave because as being the first one and he is helping a lot. You describe him as both loyal to trump and a patriot. Yes, he is. And hes doing his patriotic duty by cooperating with the special counsel. Yes. Absolutely. And mangiante was also interviewed by authorities. When were you interviewed by the fbi. October. A month ago. After george had pled guilty. The same day george pled guilty i received a subpoena from mueller. No kidding. Yes. Bring us inside that room. What did they ask you. They wanted to know my connection with mifsud some of he europ and other and is it true i think its very interesting details about whats happened. Wit sident be happy with the story george tells . I i dont i mean i think its right to dismiss george as a coffee boy so sure not to be happy to read that there is consistent evidence he was not a coffee boy. What does he do all day. Taking notes for the book. He wants to write to say his story and thinking about different option for the future. From what you know about his story, what do you think the title of that story is . Not to spoil his premiere but i think its sort of been the first domino in the russiangate. The first domino in russiangate. She also described how when after he was arrested by the fbi how much he learned from mueller and were all sitting here talking. Not exactly sure why shes speaking out. I know. I kept ask would you agree to speak out and shes italian. Shes an italian sit sit does i think what got to them in the interview was the description by a Campaign Official as a coffee boy. Buy getting his feelings hurt it made him say, thats enough of this. Yeah. We should say we reached out to both steve bannon and michael flynn, our team did and got no response yet. Also that Professor Joseph named in this charging document he says he is the man described in the papers but has denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of the clinton emails. With her talking doesnt hurt the case. Shes allowed to talk. Actually hes allowed too although his sentencing is coming up and i think hell work on the book until that sentenceing. Fascinating how she says he wants to get on the right side of history. And a patriot. Thank you, george. Why the parents of that suspecd serial killer in tampa are refusing to cooperate with the investigation. Come on balist you know your Holiday Shopping is complete. Its time to celebrate. [ ] [ ] at tmobile, when you holiday together, great things come in twos. Like tmobile and netflix. Right now when you get an unlimited family plan netflix is included. Ho ho ho tmobile covers on. Best Christmas Gift ever . So you can binge watch all year long. 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Reporter donaldsons now alsoacing charges if answer investigators questions. On thursday a judge ordering rosita and Howell Donaldson jr. To comply with a prosecutors by january 5th held in contempt. They did noto refuse to testify. We are seekingmony that would mrs. Dona and ledge. Had been vocal in the days following their songs arrest. E love our son. We support we we pray strengt them famido the. Devast w Death Penalty now say the pair wont anions about their sons developmental history, gun possession, and state of mind before his arrest. Details that might help an alleged motive in the murders. What wou doo tell you that you had to y t i dont know. Reporter but his parents lawyer says forcing them to testify against their own son is an attack on the american family. When theres a valid subpoena and an order by a judge compelling them to testify, they have no choice but to participate and to provide testimony. Reporter only a handful of states have laws protecting parent c florida is not one of them. Donaldson is scheduled to be arraigned on tuesday of next back in court on january 5th. Their lawyer says they simply dont want to help prosecutors with the case that could potentially see their son gete Death Penalty but, of course, victims, the victims families want answers. And rightfully so. Thank u, li coming up its a battle agains apps. How a town isr too many out st streets. Well be right bt for you up to seven days, for free. Because im from seven days in the future. Now dont be frightened,seven days in the future is a glorious place. After all you had two good hair days in a row. Right out ed. And this car you reserved on carmax. Co is still being held for you, for free. Pretty sweet. Seven days in the future. Ah. We still say pretty sweet. Its basically the same. [ ] hurry in to old navy get gifting with up to 60 offtore. 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Back now with that battle over traffic apps like waze. Facing some criticism for sending drivers around traffic onto local roads and thats clogging up streets and residents. So many are complaining about that. Now one new jersey town leonia is fighting back and linsey davis is thereng us on our road cam. Good morning linsey. Reporter hey, good morning to you, michael. Well traffic apps have been life changing ih a so many. For others its a nightmare. Turning their quaint local roads like this one into major thoroughfares. Maps its to imagine we ever hit the roads without them. But while these apps have revolutionized the way we travel by directing drivers to the shortest route, the chaos in what used to be quiet neighborhoods across the country. In freemont californi the signs read dont trustour apps neighbors have had it. Very frustrating when cars are backed up from the stop sign up 35 cars and sitting in front of your house, you know with their music going, sittingr at least 15 mens to a half slightly when would move faster on the freeway. Residents have told us that the navigation applications have been sending motives onto their neighborhood streets and theyve now felt trapped or isolated from their homes. Reporter one town in new jersey has decided to take action by closing off dozens of local streets, all thanks to too many travelers trying to find shortcuts into new york city. The way these apps work is once one road gets filled up it filters the vehicles to another road to another to another road and basically whole town becomes filled with traffic. Reporter now we reached out to waze about and they he following statement saying, quote, the challenge of spreading across available public roads, big and small is a problem and one that existed long before gps apps. We applaud leonia for taking steps urthere complicated needs of local commuters. Right now rig smooth sailing. It looks smooth. I di think about that when you benefit because youre avoiding traffic but dont realize you are causing problems for residents around the area. Thanks linsey. Coming up luke bryan, live. Like Country Music, dont you. I do. this is your holiday future. 4k cameras, video games, virtual realityall virtually useless without a new computer. All i see is darkness. Give intel 8th gen core to power all the latest tech. Im phil mickelson, pro golfer. Im karen, im a teacher. My Psoriatic Arthritis caused joint pain. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. 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Lets head over to karen rogers starting on the schuylkill expressway, good morning. Reporter good morning were jammed on the schuylkill expressway but no other major problem, looking live this is the schuylkill expressway approaching belmont westbound traffic is jammed from the boulevard to 202 a 27 minute ride from the vine to the blue route eastbound on the schuylkill expressway him as you travel westbound through university city, 9 Miles Per Hour. I95 southbound we had a disabled vehicle near allegheny. Traffic 189 Miles Per Hour near girard and the betsy ross bridge. We have an overturned tractortrailer on the turnpike westbound. One point we heard someone was trapped inside. Its blocking the right lane, crews have been out there for a while. Westbound near downingtown pennsylvania turnpike. 295 northbound an accident blocking the right lane northbound in burlington county. Sky6 live hd looking live at the dilworth park and the christmas tree. Lights are expected to well have snow expected to move in tomorrow. David murphy good morning. Reporter its still below freezing in the northern suburbs. Tomorrow, 42 clouds thicker and thicker and maybe a little bit of precipitation south of philadelphia during the afternoon. Most of the snow arrives overnight tonight and continues in through a good pork of saturday were actually looking at one to three inches in philadelphia. As much as 3 to 5 by the shore. Most of it will be on grassy surfaces as temperatures remain above freezing. 36 is the high on saturday. E careful driving around. Sunday brisk and cold and early sunday morning well be below freezing then, maybe a freeze upon untreated surfaces. Thank you, d localnders heading in another Natural Disaster zone four philadelphia firefighters are leav rico this to deliver victims of hurricane maria. The storm formed a path of destruction through the caribbean in september. Back g. M. A. 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How they got healthy the hard way. Leaning on each other, changing their relationship with food for good. Their key to success that everyone can steal. What makes you country get ready to light it up. Luke bryan on gma live this morning kicking down the doors of the brandnew home for Country Music in times square. Get ready to go country this friday morning. As luke says hey, guys, im luke bryan and i want to see what makes you country and good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, america. Happy friday. Its a happy friday here. Thanks to luke bryan. It is. He has a smash new album owl what makes you country and were excited to talk to him about that the time we spent on his farm outside of nashville. It was great to see him and his family. Hes celebrating his 11th anniversary with his beautiful wife caroline today. And on American Idol as well. Theres the man of the hour right there taking the stage. Just a few blocks from here. Taking the stage, the crowd is excited as you can see. They want some Country Music at the opry city stage here in new york city and, luke he the first performance getting everything started down there. We cant wait to see it. I know i cant. I know you cant. You love luke bryan. What a way to christen that place. Raging wildfires in southern california. Overnight a new one tearing through San Diego County. Is there right now with the very latest. Good morning rob. Reporter good morning, again, robin. A state of emergency hern sang and burning over 4,000 acres in less than 12ur at least ho 2 have been burned by this. Going out to ling them to to move. Esidents that were injured while trying to escape this fire. This building over here has been morning long and burning as it does so. Winds lying down just a ay than 5 aplus5 plus miles an hour they were yesterday. There it goes again, you see little explosions happening as the morning progresses. Just about five miles to our west is the town of eastside with a population of almost 200,000 people. So firefighters today desperately hoping to stop this blaze before it gets there. Robin. All right rob, thank you. Those little explosions that you hear, very scary. Oh, yeah it is christmastime. What does everyone love to do . You love to look at your eliahus this time of the year but check out what happened at mary morrisons home columbia tennessee. Her home camera captured the lights sparking a blaze and moves quickly to her home. Good thing for her her smoke detectors were working and woke up and the fire officials came out and p fire out but told her you made the mistake, on all day and night and said this time of is a good reminder make sure you put a timer. Dont leave them time. Good thing to keep those smoke dermotttectors on. Tens of millions in the crosshairs for a nasty storm from texas all the way to new england. Hey, beginer. South texas too. Look at this. Theres a ruler measuring snow in corpus christi, texas, to almost four inches already. So its snowing in baton rthis morning and mississippi and alabama and also snowing in the great lakes. So look at this video. This is out of paw paw, michigan 32car pileup that happened on i94. This happens a lot this time of just a is more of that to come. This video is kind of giving you an idea what it looks like when youre on those roads when the bands come through. Yes, youll have more indiana. South bend. Advisories stretching through not just the deep south but through the midatlantic and timingwise, the snow gets here toty eally between 5 00 a. M. D rap up and give us significa some places could end up with four to six inches of snow as you get close story that low pressure system. Something in eastern long island right along the cape there. Yeah it is coming. And ginger has myest friendningtingversityhern mississippi, the eagles my neve is from Nursing School and months ago conions t proud of her and all the graduates and when they asked me to be the Commencement Speaker i was like gee, i hope the weather is okay. I was worriede. S froe says sta the this from very pretty. Us notenow not going to commence lit time and just called terror its raining and sleeting theyll leave early because youing the Christmas Holiday with prince harry, george and charlotte and lara, whats going on upstairs. Hello michael. We have such a great crowd right here in times square. We have another great crowd with the one, the only luke bryan. Hes performing his new hit single for us live on gma, you do not want to miss it. [ cheers and applause ] when food is good and clean and real its ok to crave. And with panera catering theres more to go around. Panera. Food as it should be. phone maddie. You have everything you need right inside you. 9 out of 10 u. S. Olympians grew up drinking milk. Its got natural protein and balanced nutrition to help your kids grow strong and milk life. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. Isnt it time to let the real you shine through . T fan, as well, just [ cheers andthat. In fact im nots. Thank you. Ill after pop news. Do it. Rs and applause ] tg , evgiftybody. Heox tham. Its a biology book and board game and a to word if you name the third item i will post it to you direct. So far the Amazon Christmas s unsolved but sses on his and a lot of love posting, thank you, hugh, for being a good human. Yeah. [ applause ]friday love. Star wars fans have uncovered a secret cameo in the upcoming star wars the last jedi that would make Carrie Fisher proud. Her bulldog, gary there he is he was always by hers joining her in a world far, far away. Look at that little alien, the is gary. The director of theto fans on twitter. I know you have to look very close. Im sorry. We right here in ohood, its the opry c inld you look and applause ] youdoing . S u yall got me working down here. Im signing autographs. But, yeah were at the opry city stage down here and whats up . Up luke. M oopup shop right here so my album is so were having fun here in times square. We got country, country has come to town right . [ applause ]right, lara. To ask you when you were a little boy, i know you always wanted to do this. Did you ever imagine youd be doing it in the middle of new singing Country Music with this kind of crowd . Never in a million years. You ought to hear my family ask, now how do you do shows up there . Are there really Country Music fans are . Yes, there really are tons of them. [ applause ] Country Music not just for the country anymore. I love your sweater. This is awesome. Thank you. So hey, lara boys bring lara my personal my personal Christmas Gift to you, lara right here. Its your very own [ applause ] luke youve outdone yourself. Its your very own luke bryan hey, lara the star is a bottle of oh the tree topper is also a beer bottle opener. Yeah. Hey, luke, how did you know. I was a little hesiwas a little hesitant about the christmas sweater thing until they topped it off with a beer bottle opener then i was like oh, yeah im signing off on that. Just like you, you and santa look fantastic. I recommend you do one with a wine opener hanging for next year. Luke, we love you. Robin heading down there in next year we do the corkscrew. Youll do the corkscrew. I got it. I got it right here. Luke and i and you. Going down right now . Thank you luke. We cant wait to hear your new song. [ applause ] you know what even though you got im going to head down there and tell him thank you for. Can you do a special walk for us. Im not have fun. [ cheers and applause ] bye. Have fun. Well going to move o a great story. St loss journey and lost nearly 400 pounds together in two years and showed it all on instagram. Diane macedo has the story. As we all get ready to make our new years resolutions heresion. Lexi and danny reed said they lost all that weight with no trainer, no fancy meal plan no pills and no surgery. Instead lexi says they started small and the results are anything but. This is lexi and danny back in 2015 and this is the couple now after collectively losing nearly 400 pounds in less than two years. I went from a size 28 to a size 10. I went from a 46 all the way down to a 34. Reporter it all started as a new years resolution danny was 280 pounds lexi was 48 a. We were fed up with the i to have such impact on so by losing weight. Et healthy. Reporter this morning danny now weighs 191 pounds and lexi is down to 182. But they say this was no walk in the park. Basically we had to stop sitting on the couch every night. Not doing much of anything to being in the gym five times a week. Hardest part was changing our relationship out f every single meal to teaching myself ho you to cook to meal prepping together it was a very drastic reporter fitness experts say one key is to have someone to lean on. Workout p key. Accountability is everything. Not every day will be a great day. Not every you want t give it your all and youll someone to uplift you. Reporter now they say they are loving this journey together. From not talking to going on romantic walks and talking at night and it just really brought us closer together. And lexi and danny now say they are hoping to hit 400 pounds lost together before the end of the year but my favorite this flu season generating so much anxiety. This is what is going on number one, the cdc are tracking cases and seeing more cases, way more than this time last year which is concerning. What is circulating now in this country is h3n2 a strain of influenza a. It is a bad actor. Very virulent making people really, really sick then probably the worst news even though that straiwas in this ts well problem in the way the raks only 10 effective. 10 a zero a sick life cases, this is just dia. U where all the sickle peop yeah. [ laughter ] its a hypochondriacs dream. I think i saw the studio pop up. Flu, selfreported case not mediut activity in manhattan. I may be making a house call here later this that people are saying okay i dont feel well social ing it up. I may never leave the house. How else can we prevent the flu if you dont have the app. This b repeating. It is important, number one, still recommended everyone over the age of six months get vaccinated. Number two, cover your face when you cough and sneeze into your arm, not your hand and stay home when sick. I cant emphasize this 234u6 and want to quickly show you why, take tape measure back up to three feet. Keep going to six. Isow a flu vaccine travels so take it seriously. I thought i was cra when hold mybreathmuch welcome. Still important to get your flu shot. Take it seriously. Take it seriously. Better than nothing and now to ginger at the opry city stage. [ cheers and applause ] oh yes, michael, the time. Everybody under the age of 8 has not seen snow. Look at her taking it all in, so sweet. Youre from the deep south. Im from south georgia its a big deal for us southerners to get snowflakes. Its a huge deal. I know a lot of you need the forecast so lets get a check closer to home. R should come up here if she wants snow especially through the overnight hours and saturday. Theres the possibility of a little bit of stuff clipping south jersey through the day rain and wet snow. We have cloudy skies overhead getting cloudier still. Temperatures in the 30s. Increasing clouds today high of 42. Saturday we have snow tapering off during the day. One to three in philadelphia. More at the shore. Ie digital than anybody. 40 million track, yall. Luke bryan. [ applause ] you surprised me with this. This is your plaque and itll be right here and so proud to have you your singing com but for now we will get to lara. No more gifts. Good with the sweater. So the holidays are look here and this morning were learning new details about how Meghan Markle may be spending them with the royal family. Her life already so dramatically changing in more ways than one. Abcs Adrienne Bankert has the story. Reporter its beginning to look a lot like christmas for Meghan Markle and the prince. According to london papers theyre expected to join festivities at sandringham with her majesty the q uncle harry and meghan will also see what brought Prince George and Princess Charlotte as william and kates guests at their anmer hall home. The prince and his fiancee then reportedly leave for a funfilled holiday. Its anticipated meghan will make time to see friends and family before her big day. The 36yearolds relocation to london means leaving work on two Major Charities as a world vision ambassador. Its time to make things a lot better than what were seeing here. Reporter and United Nations womens advocate. I am proud to be a woman and a feminist. Reporter instead after the wedding meghan will join harry Prince William and kate as the fourth patron of the Royal Foundation focusing on Mental Health and cyberbullying. With what meghans done already she has shown a lot of interest in young people. Shes also shown that shes very keen to stand up for people who are underprivileged. Stand up for people who dont have a voice. Reporter with prince harry recognized globally for his inspirational work helping Wounded Service member a crowning achievement, his highly attended invictus game meghan appears to be just what the fifth in line to the throne was looking for. We hope to you know over time try and have as much impact of all the things we care about as much as possible. Reporter it was meghan who guided to focus on the uk getting to know this country instead of continuing with her own passion projects. Some of it perhaps might have been a little bit too political, obviously the royals cant get involved with political sorce organizations. Shes a game changer. Kate was only invited to the day after christmas, boxing day a huge holiday. Well see if meghan is invited to the actual christmas ceremony or festivities because that would be a big deal. Yes, so much changing. Thank. Coming up were going country. Luke bryan performing live. Gma. [ applause ] our gma moment brought to you by the frame from samsung. The most beautiful tv youve never seen. Good morning 8 27 a. M. Friday december 8. Im tamala edwards. Time to see whats going on out there with your traffic. Karen rogers has a look at that, good morning. Reporter good morning were looking right now at the vine street expressway. You can see the vine street express way westbound is jammed at this point. Coming off the ben youre heavy. You get on the vine, youre heavy there, as well. Lets look at the big picture speeds are improving in some areas and not with others. Big picture showing us 8 Miles Per Hour on the schuylkill expressway as you head westbound through university city. I95 southbound about 18 Miles Per Hour near girard. Our big story has been on the pennsylvania turnpike where we overturned tractortrailer. For a while we wermeone was trapped inside. That was a while ago crews are out there dealing with the remnants on the turnpike westbound approaching downingtown. 295 approaching 42 another accident on 295 thats the third problem there this morning tam. Thank you karen. Lets go over to david murphy who is talking the first snow of theeason. Good morning. Ter not today we havekies breaks here and there. Its cold, 34 degrees in philadelphia. 30 in allentown. As we go through the dayould and snowflakes down the shore. Snow will hold off tonight. Up tomorrow g it pu south. It will get to allencltown i and snow through 36 degl be accumulation out of this, grassy while its drop below freezing sunday patches here and there, otherwise brisk and cold on sunday. Our jim gardner was honored by the Philadelphia City Council Details at 6abc. Com. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Fine. Xpos your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. I wake up [ cheers a what a way to kick off the weekend. Luke bryan. [ cheers and applause ] opry city stage. So, brandnew place here and would better to christen it than this man right here. [ applause ] you ready to do a little do it, man. [ applause ] lets light it up here in the big apple. Come on. Phone not a word from you baby nt leave my sight since we had that fight cant remember but maybe i blew you up in the middle of the night again you were drinking with your friends you ignored it bu get so neurotic about it baby cause i know youre reading your phone i cant help from going crazy thinking you might not be all alone i wake up i check it i shower and i check it i feel the buzz in my truck and i almost wreck it i always got it on me just in case you want me so if youre looking for my love then light it up come on. [ applause ] every time i unlock my screen i hope i see one of them red i im on your clock youre in control you want me now baby go i get so neurotou want me love then light it up yeah baby then light i up i go to sleep i check it in the middle of the night i check l the buzz in my bed and i dones just in case you want me so ifooking for my love then light it up yeah baby light it up [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you, gma. [ cheers and applause ] see ya. Take care. So probably take it at night. And if you have any questions, the instructions are here in spanish as you requested. Gracias. At walgreens, how we care will change over time, but why we care remains the same treating everyone with the care and attention they deserve. Walgreens. Trusted since 1901. I developed a love for music early on. My dad was adamant about me chasing my dream. Ive lost ive hurt but youve got to go try things. Oh my god this is my song the cma award goes to luke bryan. I cant wait to make someone elses dreams come true. Going to hollywood. American idol on americas network, abc the journey begins march 2018. We are back now with a new health craze that has some people saying really . Its all about a food called energy balls and fans say theyre a great way to get nutrition on the go. Becky worley is taking a closer look. Hey, becky. Good morning, michael. Its a thing. Im telling you. Foodies are touting the properties of healthy fats and low carbs, not in a smoothie not in a bar, balls. Whats lighting up instagram is a supposedly nutritional snack trend and can roll down a hill. The answer energyballs. Nut, oat, healthy fats combine to make a portable finger food. You know its a hot trend because a bakery in brooklyn is selling them. Seems healthier than Chocolate Chip Cookie or a cupcake. Reporter but how healthy are they . Nutritionist maya feller and i get to work. Balls, this is a food trend . Balls are a food trend. This new fun way to grab and go. Get some sustenance and people are going wild for it. Reporter recipe one. Dried apple. Dates, nut, oat, cinnamon i mean even a little bit of maple syrup, a tablespoon. Shape it. I think so. Do you cook it. This is no bake. Supposed to be able to eat it raw . Rest two, pumpkin pie. Oh, my gosh. That is sweet. Uhhuh. Thats dessert. Reporter these are sugar cook energy balls. Whats crazy this has only four ingredients. Exactly. Cashew dates, vanilla, salt and theyre tasty. Oh, my goodness. Thats fantastic. Reporter well these recipes have been low in added sugars this next one basically sweetened White Chocolate chips and ton of honey. Maya says the calorie count is way too high for a healthy snack. You have two or three of those, thats 690 calories. Right. Thats its like a cinnamon be a replacement for food but if youre having it once in a day and not every s gut bomb. It was good but they weremichael. Oh absolutely no doubt. And it does sound like these are really filling, becky. Who would benefit from these ant ground flaxseed and nut butters. My kids should probably be eating more nuts and these are a way to serve dessert that has heart healthy fats and antioxidant, otherwise, call it a dessert or a cookie dough replacement and definitely limit yourself to the occasional ball. Yep. Everyt ths r inbl times square. Opry city stage and restaurant i have allve got all my friend they have been up early were delirious for luke bryant, he is going to perform. One of the spectacles you see at oprey city stage. Whiff dolly Dolly Partons 1987 beautiful gown. This is ten thousand guitar picks. Thats all by hand by the way. Iet you get delirious after that. All right my friend luke bryant in moments but for now well get a check closer to home. Reporter we have light snow in dover delaware, change over to rain the farther south. Could be snow during the day. 42. Snow arriving across the rest of the region on saturday mainly on grassy surfaces. Much. Today is our sponsor macys National Believe Day when they offer double donations 2 instead of every 1 for every letter to santa up to an additional Million Dollars and all that will benefit children with lifethreatening medical conditions take a look at how they helped make a wish come true for a boy born with congenital Heart Disease who also dreamed of being a chef. Hi my name is josh. Aisle 8 years old and i like to cook. Reporter this culinary cutie loves to whip up recipes with his mom. Hes probably going to outshine me very very quickly in the kitchen. When i grow up i want to be a chef. Reporter but his little story started with a not so sweet beginning. Joshua was born with severe congenital Heart Defects and had three surgeries before he turned 40 years old. Reporter now his heart is beating strong and thanks to make a wish. My wish was to become a chef for a day. Reporter hes getting a tasty surprise from world famous celebrity chef Marcus Samuelson at his new york city restaurant red rooster. Heres a chef hat. Heres a chef jacket. You and i are going to cook together. It says joshua right there. Are you ready . All right. Highfive. Go joshua. Reporter on todays menu pasta bolognese. Chef josh is amazing. He is a really fast learner. You can tell he enjoyed cooking because he was always curious and wanted to smell every ingredient. He wanted to be there every step of the way. Fireball you are the future to know what hes been through to get to experience Something Like this is just absolutely incredible. Right. Such a tiny thing for us but its a big deal for the family and any time you can do that during the holidays you should. Thank you, marcus and macys and makeawish. You are the future [ applause ] what a cutie. Josh and his family joined us thursday on the gma set for a behind the scenes tour. So much fun meeting everybody there. There we are. I like the penn state sweatshirt of course and michael and robin. It was a wonderful experience and please, guys remember to get those wish letters in a macys mailbox nationwide or submit one online today if you want it to count as double the donation. Thank you so much macys. And can you go to our website to learn more about National Believe Day. Please do so. Coming up right now, luke bryan. More songs live on gma. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause ] welcome back. Opry city stage. No were not in nashville. Were in new york city with luke bryan. This wonderful, brandnew venue and restaurant. Can you smell it. They tried to make you eat catfish. And waffles. Bringing country here to times square. Right in the middle of times square. And what better way than for you to kick it off and you have this great new music that is out. What makes you country. When people ask you that how do you answer that. Its tough to sum it up in a paragraph or a book, but, you know just small town upbringing you know. You know just parents staying on you, making sure you got your manners in order and but your family and your friends and your you know you know the deal. You know the deal and you shared that because you opened your home and your heart to all of us in that cma special right before. [ applause ] you, caroline the boys and, you know youre about to go back home for the holidays. How does the bryan family celebrate. Oh gosh we its totally i become clark w. Griswold. I mean i you know i believe that. Im falling off things you know. But we have a big time. We will get the whole family in and some of them like you know some of the family we dont like we try to put them way out in the barn you know. In the loft. No no no. Im digging myself a holiday hole right now. A big one. You got a busy year coming up. You got the tour that youre going to be doing and, of course American Idol. How are the auditions going . Future country star out there. Whats crazy, we have done all the auditions and met and heard the American Idol but now its time to start finding weeding out the weak ones and the strong ones survive. Its going to be its so fun for me to be in this role and im so excited to see how america votes. Thats the thing. Me and katy and lionel we can judge all we want to but we got to get them there but america starts all yall. You all will decide. You all will decide. Happy anniversary. Oh yeah. Happy anniversary. 11 years ago walking down that aisle with your beautiful bride, caroline. Yes, yes, so shes she cut me some slack. She didnt i was like baby my album comes out on our anniversary. Shes like yeah. Then shes like okay well have fun with it. So we leave tonight and then we go we go to l. A. And she and i are going to were going to have an Anniversary Dinner and all that stuff . Thats beautiful. Oh dont give me that much credit. All the girls are like i want to talk to caroline. No dont. But you know what what you see is what you get. A good time with him on the stage. Thank you. And can we have some more music. Lets play some music. Hooked on it. Hooked on it. Thank you, robin. Ready. All right. Lets get hooked on it and here we go. Come on. I said tonight im used to playing tonight not at 8 00 in the morning. Come on. First time i tied a plastic worm and felt him on the other end it was get the net get him in the boat yeah buddy i was hooked on it first time i heard chatahoochee on the speakers of my radio i was topping off the tank on my old twotone i was hooked on it hooked on the feeling of a summer in the south hooked on the dust flying up from a plow hooked on them blue eyes hair falling down hooked on her then still hooked on her now so many things where i grew up once you get a little you cant get enough this small town life runs through my blood and im hooked on it the first time i got that gulf coast white sugar sand on my feet saw the sunshine dancing on that clear blue water i was hooked on it bucket of ice as soon as that cold beer hit my lips i was hooked on it hooked on the feeling of a summer in the south hooked on the dust flying up from a plow hooked on them blue eyes hair falling down hooked on her then still on it come on like a friday payday honky tonk buzz i gotta have a little more of it just because i keep coming back to the good stuff cause im hooked on it hooked on the feeling of a summer in the south hooke from a plow hooked on them blue eyes hair falling down hooked on her then still hooked on her now so many things where i grew up once you get a little you cant get enough in and we think bablams gonna kill the stomach flu . Im scared to use the facilities. I dont blame you. If you want clean, your cleaner needs bleach in it. Clorox means clean. Toasting dad im not one for speeches. But heres to. To many more years of friendship. And feasts crowd [laughing, cheering] to presents a mi familia que lo es todo. Mily. Were proud to bring your family amazing value every maxx. Marshalls. Homegoods. Family is the greatest gift. Hooked on the feeling ginger, wouldnt you say its a great way to start the weekend. We need you every single day on gma, luke bryan, yes. Our thanks to luke. Have a great friday. Everybody, welcome to country here in nyc. Oh yeah. Opry city stage. Good morning it is 85 67 a. M. Friday,er 8. Its go over to karen rogers and get a last look at traffic good morning. Reporter good morning, i have to say we have westbound. The drive from the vine to the blue is good, as well. University city, 14 Miles Per Hour. Looking better on i95, as well. The one big problem we have is tractortrailer on westbound the onramp from downingtown. That was the big expressway. No problems on the vine, were dry here. Lets find out when the white stuff starts to come our way and go over to david murphy, good morning. Reporter its about time, its coming we have 35 degrees in philadelphia. 31 in allentown. Clouds getting thicker. As we go through the day we coast mainly on the grass but you want to be careful if you coverage on the roads on saturday. Heres a look at what were following today at noon. A man is behind bars afterrough. It was a role in. Now its time for kelly and ryan. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, recording artist, actress, and legend, the one and only madonna plus we wrap our holiday hits week with a performance by 98 degrees. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan do you hear it . [cheers and applause]