News exclusive. Highway to the danger zone is maverick back on the dating scene . The top gun bouncing back from his highprofile heartbreak. Its more than six months since he split from katie holmes. Is this his newest leading lady . The music is mere coincidence this morning. I promise. It takes us all to a place many of us want to forget, i can assure you. I loved it. I loved it, too. Happy friday. George, robin, lara, all at home with their families today. Great to have amy, paula and rachel with us this morning. A big headline in the fiscal cliff showdown. Now, just four days from heading over the edge. The meeting that could change it all today at the white house. Jon karl is here with the very latest on that. And then, we have a shocking headline this morning. Teachers training to shoot guns on the job. Using this holiday break to learn how to handle firearms. Applications for these classes are up all across the country. Were going to talk much more about that in a bit. We want t
And thats where we begin here tonight, with abcs John Schriffen leading us off. Reporter whiteout conditions in ohio. Power lines snapped like twigs in arkansas. And this pickup truck in southern illinois, struggling just to clear a path. The winter blast, now accounting for 15 deaths. Most of them on the nations roads, where black ice led to accident after accident. I lost count of the number of cars ive seen in the ditch. I saw a jackknifed tractor trailer a horse trailer turned over. Reporter today, the northeast was digging out. This man spent hours trying to rescue his car here in s what is it like deeming with this much snow . A lot of agony. A lot of back breaking. Reporter Mother Nature is wreaking havoc in the skies. Today alone, close to 700 flights were canceled. In the past 48 hours . Nearly 3,000. On new yorks long island, this Southwest Airlines plane skidded off the run way, getting stuck in the mud. 129 Passengers Evacuated safely. Tower southwest 4695. We just made you
Bursts. Shards of glass flying through the air. What caused the terrifying accident . And look at this. He is kicking footballs over 60 yards through Basketball Hoops with pinpoint precision. Meet the 20yearold soaring to fame on the internet with his kicks. So good online, that the new york jets flew him in for a tryout. Well talk to him this morning in a gma exclusive. And we bid you a good morning, america. Hey, its happened before. Youtube can giveth and taketh away. A lot of hopeful people here in the studio at least. George, robin and lara all at home with their families. Its great to have amy, paula and rachel back with us this morning. And, sam, the extreme weather, the country is getting walloped. We got a huge amount of snow to get to today. And strong, gusty winds. The winds last night were amazing. Were also talking about a privacy breach for the first family of facebook. You see that picture right there, they didnt want that out everywhere. But guess what. It happened. Not
Is maverick back on the dating scene . The top gun bouncing back from his highprofile heartbreak. Its more than six months since he split from katie holmes. Is this his newest leading lady . The music is mere coincidence this morning. I promise. It takes us all to a place many of us want to forget, i can assure you. I loved it. I loved it, too. Happy friday. George, robin, lara, all at home with their families today. Great to have amy, paula and rachel with us this morning. A big headline in the fiscal cliff showdown. Now, just four days from heading over the edge. The meeting that could change it all today at the white house. Jon karl is here with the very latest on that. And then, we have a shocking headline this morning. Teachers training to shoot guns on the job. Using this holiday break to learn how to handle firearms. Applications for these classes are up all across the country. Were going to talk much more about that in a bit. We want to get right to the breaking news this morni
And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist in this morning. She is full of milk puns this morning. Holy cow. Utterly. What are you, lactose intolerant . The trifecta. Well move on to the big story, which is the weather. Were bracing for another big storm before the last one is done. Its expected to bring a new round of travel headaches during a Holiday Travel weekend. How will it impact you in more on that ahead. Also, retired general Norman Schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. Hes being remembered as one of the greatest military figures in u. S. History. More on his remarkable life coming up. Also ahead, it happened again. A man shoved to his death in front of a new york city subway train. This time, the suspect is a woman. We will have the details. And later, well look back at how we covered the biggest stories from 2012, from Golden Moments at the olympics to the hardfought race for the white house and the unimaginable da