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♪ this is what you came for and $450 million for the last da vinci. the incredible work of art bringing people to tears and breaking records. now the world's most expensive painting. the big question this morning, who bought it? ♪ you >> who bought it? i would like to be that person's friend. >> no kidding. $450 million and get this, they're not even sure that's a real da vinci. and experts say it's kind of a fixer-upper. has some problems wit, as well. still, $450 million. >> when they say who bought it, george, when can i come see it? but, you know, we're going to begin, everybody, with that storm that's moving across the country bringing heavy rain and snow from the west to the northeast and this comes just as people are getting ready to travel for the holidays. let's go right to ginger zee who is tracking the system for us. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you. thanksgiving just a week away so a lot of people have that travel on their mind and starting this weekend and that's where problems will begin. they've already begun. you can see this is interstate 80 in california where spinouts are already happening. they had some snow. it's still happening now and it's going to be that slick road above 8,000 feet. you can see one to three feet or even up to four feet of snow in parts of the sierra. flood watches on the burn scars, gusts up to 65 miles per hour as we go into the rockies but when this thing moves east of the rockies, that's where a lot of us, the larger population gets impacted. saturday, if you have flights out of chicago, watch for that. the wind and rain, detroit too and as it moves east on sunday if you have a flight on sunday to get anywhere next week along the east coast you'll have wind gusts of some 40 to 60 miles per hour that wi certainly affect flights, guys. >> it will. all right, ginger, thank you. now the latest on embattled senate candidate roy moore, defiant as calls grow for him to drop out of the race and as more accusers step forward alleging sexual misconduct. president trump declining to answer questions about moore, but his daughter ivanka sending a message telling the associated press, quote, there is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. i've yet to see a valid explanation and i have no reason to doubt the victims' accounts. our chief national correspondent tom llamas following the developments in birmingham, alabama. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning lots of new developments to get to. as you mentioned, the pressure in washington is mounting and new accusations are also. despite all of that, roy moore supporters we've spoken to are still backing him. they don't believe those accusers and they want to know why has all this information now come out nearly 40 years later. overnight, additional women coming forward saying roy moore sexually assaulted or badgered them when they worked at the local mall in gadsden, alabama. >> there's a lot of shame to this. >> reporter: becky gray, 22 at the time, said moore kept asking her out and would linger by the restrooms. >> parents are dropping off their 12-year-olds and, you know, 13-year-olds, 14-year-olds, i mean, come on, so anyway i just thought that was really creepy. >> reporter: gena richardson also worked at the mall and says moore hit on her telling "the washington post," moore called her at her high school, gena, this is roy moore. i was like, what? he said, what are you doing? i said, i'm in trig class. richardson says moore later gave her an unwanted forceful kiss that left her scared. moore has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct. and this morning, is fighting back and trying to poke holes in at least one of his accuser's accounts of sexual assault. >> mr. moore attacked me when i was a child. >> reporter: after beverly nelson publicly accused moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16, her attorney said this. >> has ms. nelson had any contact with roy moore since the incident? >> no. right? >> i haven't. >> no, none. >> reporter: but moore's attorney say that's not exactly true. >> as it turns out, in 1999 ms. nelson filed a divorce action and the judge assigned was roy s. moore circuit judge of etowah county. there was contact. >> reporter: nelson's divorce attorney telling abc news she never had any reason to set foot in moore's courtroom since the case was reconciled and only required the judge's signature. moore also refuted nelson's claim that this yearbook entry proves the senate candidate was flirting with her. >> he wrote in my yearbook as follows, to a sweeter, more beautiful girl, i could not say merry christmas, christmas 1977. >> reporter: his attorney demanding the yearbook be turned over to handwriting experts. >> look at those two 7s. then look below at the 77 and i want to ask you, do you think it was written by the same person? >> reporter: we showed a copy of the inscription to our own handwriting expert who did notice inconsistencies with the 7s but did say this when it came to the actual message about her looks and merry christmas. i don't have all the facts to make a 100% opinion but from what i've seen, it looks very authentic and genuine that he did write at least part of that note and signed his name. >> reporter: and this morning, we have yet another accuser. tina johnson says in 1991 she went to go see roy moore for a legal matter. she said when she met with him he made her feel very uncomfortable. he kept complimenting her looks and when she went to leave the meeting he grabbed her by the backside. moore denied allegations of sexual misconduct. >> we know he is determined to stay in the race and battle even those in his own party who are asking him, demanding he step aside. >> reporter: senate republicans are scrambling trying to figure out a plan to make sure roy moore does not win this race, but overnight he has sent them a message, putting this on twitter. let's put it on the screen. he wrote, dear mitch mcconnell, bring it on. clearly somebody who does not want to get out of this race. robin? >> that is clear. all right. >> let's bring in cecilia vega. senior congressional correspondent mary bruce. let's start with roy moore right there. we heard from just about everyone now except president trump. >> reporter: he does not want to go there. i asked him point blank yesterday here at the white house do you believe roy moore's accusers? do you think he should step aside? he looked at me. he walked away. he did not answer this question. a bit of a caveat from white house aides talking about this. they say if, if this conduct is true, roy moore should step aside. remember, president trump did not endorse roy moore in this race. he also has had his own issues with women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. he has strongly denied that, though, so i am not surprised this is a topic the president does not want to talk about, it's hands down the elephant in this room here at this white house. he's got to address this at some point. >> we'll see how long he can handle that. of course it's crucial to the senate for them to pass the tax bill as well. that seat could be crucial. i want to bring in mary bruce here because, mary, what we're also seeing is the first senate republicans saying they're a no on the tax bill. >> reporter: george, this plan could be in real trouble here. senate republicans can only afford to lose two votes if they want to get this done and one republican says he cannot support the current bill. ron johnson of wisconsin says the bill favors big corporations over small businesses. and others like susan collins of maine have serious misgivings about the plan to include a repeal of the obamacare mandate concerned about what that could mean for americans' premiums. there are other republicans who still say they are undecided. i talked to ron johnson. he says he wants to get to a yes, but, george, it's simply unclear if and how they'll address all these concerns. >> when you change one part it could cause problems somewhere else. meantime, they are fairly confident that the house will pass their version of the tax bill. >> reporter: yeah, the house is expected to pass their version today bringing them one step closer to this legislative win that they're all so desperately hoping for here. again the issue is how are they going to address these concerns and they still need to reconcile the significant differences here between the house version and the senate version and, george, they just don't have a lot of time left if republicans are hoping to wrap all of this up by the end of the year. >> cecilia, the president pushing hard. he will go up to the house today. the question is what exact role will he play as these negotiations continue? >> reporter: well, this is basically a prevote rally to push this across the finish line. the white house wants his appearance to look like he is heavily involved. he was accused of not being involved in health care. this is a win that this white house desperately needs. >> cecilia vega and mary bruce, thanks very much. robin. we turn to new details about that manhunt for a killer on the run who escaped from a mental hospital in hawaii. boarded a plane, fled to california, now he's finally in custody again thanks to an alert cab driver who may very well have saved lives. abc's gio benitez is here with that story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning. we're now learning seven hawaii state hospital employees placed on leave without pay. it's no wonder why officials were concerned. prosecutors once said he fit all the criteria of a classic serial killer. the hunt for escaped psychiatric patient randall saito which had authorities on the west coast on high alert was solved by a quick-thinking cab driver on a regular shift. >> i was like, oh, my gosh, he was in my cab yesterday. and i'm thinking, that could have been my life. >> reporter: that driver who asked us not to show her face alerting her dispatch who alerted police after saito requested another ride from the company. saito once acquitted of murder by reason of insanity after a woman's body was found stuffed into a car at a local mall made national headlines when he escaped his psychiatric facility in hawaii and fled to california. investigators believe saito didn't escape without help. pointing to this cab ride to a waiting charter jet. >> the sooner we get there, the better. i'm making a flight. that's why. >> reporter: he already had a packed bag filled with cash a portable charger and a cell phone. >> i'm on my way. >> reporter: following the tip from the cab driver cops swarmed on the cab in this gas station parking lot in stockton, california. with saito back in custody, investigators are now focusing on how the patient considered to be extremely dangerous with a classic serial killer profile could have escaped from this honolulu psychiatric hospital where this morning officials are suspending all visitation, adding security staff and several employees relieved of duty without pay during this investigation. this same facility has reportedly seen 17 escapes in the last decade. >> this was premeditated. it was intentional. it was planned. and this is something that was not done by somebody who was suffering from any sort of mental defect or disability. >> reporter: and this morning, there are big questions about who saito was talking to on that cell phone. did he receive any help? where did all that money come from to pay for the flights and cabs? we know his ticket to san jose was purchased online but still, george, so many questions. >> boy, there sure are, gio, thanks very much. we turn to what could be a major medical breakthrough to help diagnosis and treat the brain injury cte. we've seen so many cases in the nfl, one of the worst aaron hernandez. it's always been diagnosed after an autopsy but researchers have now confirmed that they detected it in a living patient for the first time. chief medical correspondent jen ashton here to explain. what's the significance? >> this is the actual case report here. potentially big news in the process of diagnosing cte which as you mentioned can occur with severe or repeated traumatic brain injury. this time they used something called a p.e.t. scan which shows the brain activity as it uses glucose and found there was good correlation between that imaging test and then the findings of this patient on autopsy. in particular, the presence of tau proteins that clog the connections between nerve cells. again, pretty significant. >> one of the big questions, would this test be readily accessible to younger athletes when they first get in? >> not yet ready for prime time. need to do a lot more research. if you think about the steps of prevention of brain injury, diagnosis and then management treatment and cure, the way we diagnose is critical. if it were as easy to diagnose cte as it is to diagnose a broken bone with an x-ray, we could be a lot more aggressive with treatment. >> something to keep an eye on. jen ashton, thanks very much. >> michael. >> thank you, george. also this morning, those three ucla basketball players are now speaking out, apologizing for shoplifting in china. adrienne bankert is here and, adrienne, president trump was wondering are they going to give him credit for helping them. >> that's correct. in fact, they did thank president trump and president trump responded you're welcome. he just tweeted to the three ucla basketball players saying you're welcome. go out and give a big thank you to president xi jinping of china who made your release possible and have a great life, kind of sounding like a sage here saying, be careful, there are many pitfalls on the long, winding road of life. in his tweets yesterday the president said they could face as many as ten years in jail for what they did and though they're in trouble with their school big time and they're in trouble with their coach, he's disappointed, those players clearly feeling extremely fortunate. they all say they're embarrassed for their actions. here's what liangelo ball said. >> i'd like to start off by saying sorry for stealing from the stores in china. i'm a young man. however, it's not an excuse for making a really stupid decision. i'd also like to thank president trump and the united states government for the help that they provided, as well. i'm grateful to be back home and i'll never make a mistake like this again. >> we know all three are saying they will never make a mistake like this again. >> they are very, very fortunate to be back home but we know they posted bail, $2,200, but had to stay in a hotel room until this was resolved. are they facing any type of penalty here? >> absolutely. they spent one night in chinese jail before bailing out and stayed in that hotel as you mentioned. back at home they have to earn their way back onto the court and will be suspended from the team indefinitely according to the athletics department as ucla reviews the situation and won't be traveling with the team. they're not going to be suiting up for games. at some point they might be permitted to go to meetings and practices but the athletic department says they'll focus on academics for now. >> one bad decision can change your life. >> yes, it can. >> they are three very lucky guys. >> oh, yeah, absolutely fortunate. >> thank you, adrienne. nouz now to that work of hart making history. a rare oil painting from the original renaissance man himself da vinci selling for a record $450 million at an auction. t.j. holmes, you know he's got all the details for us. hey there, t.j. >> robin, let me tell you what we're talking about called the male mona lisa and consider it the holy grail of all master paintings, rare da vinci, only fewer than 20 da vincis are known to be out there, expected to go around $100 million. but four bidders last night had a room full of people gasping as that number hit a historical high. >> welcome. at $150 million on the left -- >> reporter: the auction began at the bargain basement price of $100 million. and then things got crazy. >> 160 is bid back to alex at 160 million. >> reporter: four buyers on the phone and one inside christie's auction house fought it out for the once in a lifetime opportunity to own leonardo da vinci's "salvator mundi." >> 200 million is bid. at 200 million. at 200 million. 200 million. please, 200 million is bid. 245 million. at $266 million. 268 million. you heard it, ladies and gentlemen. at $280 million. are we all done? >> at 350. >> at $350 million and looking for another bid, please. francois, at 350. >> reporter: the painting which depicts jesus is referred to as the last da vinci because it's believed to be the only painting by the artist still in private hands. >> 400. >> 400 million. 400 million is the bid. francois, it is with alex rotter at 400 million. leonardo's "salvator mundi" selling here at christie's. $450 million and the piece is sold. >> reporter: 19 minutes after the opening gavel, the painting sold for $450 million. the highest price ever for a piece of art. the other record was 179 million for a picasso. this painting sold for 10 grand at auction just in 2005. >> unbelievable. >> they didn't know what they had, just ten grand. >> the reaction of the crowd there even, woo! >> all the cell phones, capturing the moment in history. >> it was history. >> any idea who purchased this? >> somebody who got more cash than us laying around. [ laughter ] >> i wasn't there. it was sold at auction for $127 million just a few years ago. so there was no way anybody thought it was going to hit this number. so it's in the private hands, probably a billionaire somewhere, not a museum probably. >> probably. likely. >> but when it comes back up for auction, i'd be curious if it can sell for more. >> no, this guy bought at the top. >> some questions about authenticity we were talking about. >> t.j., thanks. let's go back to ginger. >> we start with the rain and snow. sonoma county 2 1/2 inches of rain but look at high snow total for the sierra up through the rockies. 1 to 2 feet in colorado rockies and lake-effect impacts for new york and parts of pennsylvania. that's for the weekend. local weather in 30 seconds. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather highlights, stade rain this morning to scattered showers this afternoon, clearer and cooler from south to norteth tonight and our next storm is falling apart. today's temperatures about 60 in the north bay to 65 in the south bay and there's not much green and yellow on the map by the afternoon hours. tonight, 40 in the north bay to 50 in san jose and oakland, 52 in san francisco. my coming up police released this new surveillance video of the suspected tampa serial killer just moments before a murder. of the suspected tampa serial killer just moments before a murder. when i was too busy with the kids to get a repair estimate. i just snapped a photo and got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. we're on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it's time to wake up to keurig. wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. look how much coffee's in here? fresh coffee. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me? do you wear this every day? everyday. i'd never take it off. are you ready to say goodbye to it? go! go! ta da! a terrarium. that's it. we brewed the love, right guys? 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travel. it's bringing rain, up to four feet of snow moving east, more than 100 million in its path and this moment in washington getting a lot of reaction. you see treasury secretary steven mnuchin and his wife louise posing with sheets of new $1 bills, the first with mnuchin's signature. twitter is having a field day. >> oh, yeah, they said that's their new wallpaper. now to tampa and that search for a possible serial killer. police releasing this new surveillance footage showing the person they're now calling a suspect in a string of unsolved murders. abc's victor oquendo is there in tampa where residents are once again on edge this morning. good morning, victor. robin. and those frightened residents are doing what they can to help police. thousands of tips have been pouring in and also handing over any surveillance video they might have and police have released some of it in hopes that someone recognizes this suspect. this morning, a new look at the suspected killer on the loose in tampa, florida. >> i don't sleep at night. >> reporter: authorities releasing this new video moments before 64-year-old ronald felton was killed early tuesday morning and believe it's the same person spotted on this surveillance video taken moments before the october 9th murder of benjamin mitchell and the same suspect also filmed running away from the crime scene moments later. >> same gait, same walk. maybe not the same jacket, definitely a hoodie. i don't believe in coincidence that the same person was around the same time that two people were murdered. >> this new video released as the fbi and police are going door to door in this florida neighborhood on edge. >> fbi. >> reporter: desperate to find the killer they believe might be linked to four separate murders in just five weeks. authorities believe the suspect may be hiding out locally. >> somebody who is familiar with the neighborhood who knows their way in and around. they're able to get away quickly. >> reporter: felton's murder comes after the murders of benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa and anthony naiboa, all four crimes committed within a half mile of each other. each victim was walking alone in the pitch dark of night. >> he was a good guy. he was a good guy. >> outgoing. >> reporter: investigators hoping to end the killer's spree before he strikes again. some serial killers have gone for decades before being caught. btk killer dennis raider murdering ten victims over the course of years and the grim reaper killing ten women over two decades. >> i'm mad. this community is scared. our cops, for them this is personal. >> reporter: the reward is now up to $91,000. one resident told me that before this most recent murder on tuesday, he thought this was over, that the killer was gone. now they're left reliving this nightmare all over again, robin. >> yes, they are, thank you. joining us now retired chief inspector lenny depaul, he's here in the studio and abc's brad garrett. gentlemen, thank you again both for this. lenny, this is big, this video. what do you see? >> the video speaks volumes. it's a huge piece of the puzzle for law enforcement in comparison to the october 9th video. you had an individual walking down the middle of the street, it's 90 degrees. he has a coat on wearing a hood. he's captured in four separate video cameras that are streaming from homes. shots are fired and he's seen running back through the same set of four videos. fast forward monday morning 4:51. the fourth victim on his way to church to feed the homeless gunned down in cold bloodshot in the back. they capture video a few seconds prior to that. luckily they got a guy same -- wearing the same description, a coat on, zipped up, wearing a hood. appears to be the same guy in the video but here's the home run. they have a key witness. they have an eyewitness to the shooting. >> that's one of the new developments, a key witness, and for the first time they're calling this person in the video a suspect. >> correct. he's elevated now from they wanted him to come in if you remember on october 9th they asked for him to come forward. he's all over social media. nobody shows up. it's been quiet for a month. >> the witness that you were talking about that's come forward. >> the witness, he hears four to five shots and comes running out sees the victim falls and identified a tall, thin black male, 6'to 6'2", skinny wearing all black, coat zipped up with a hood and a handgun so definitely the same guy in the video and now in comparison to the october 9th video appears to the same person. >> it does. brad, what kind of psychological profile are investigators working up now? >> okay, this is a kid that's going to be from the neighborhood. he either lives there or has a long history there. if you notice in all of the videos lenny is referencing, he walks slowly many times like it's casual. he also is able to disappear into the community shortly after the shooting particularly after the last one which tells me he knows where to go hide, robin. and so the idea is you're going to have to focus on people he has touched in that community like social services, the juvenile justice system, et cetera, people who go in and around the community and probably have touched him in some form or fashion. >> do you wonder the age of the suspect when you see that video? >> you know, it looks like a kid maybe in his teens or early 20s. it's really hard to say. but he's going to have a history someplace with social services, et cetera. and the key is, you're going to have to do these interviews in person. somebody out there knows him and they just don't want to -- don't want to tell us but you get them in your face and maybe they will. >> what do you think, lenny? >> it's scary. the residents are sleeping with one eye open scared death. domestic terrorism is what they try to do. put the fear of god in somody. what this person's m.o. is is anybody's guess. almost a $100,000 reward. two videos in 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say the landlord did a shoddy job. of repairing a leak in their dallas rental home. >> he didn't cut the electricity off before he drilled a hole into the light. >> reporter: the same landlord is being sued by the parents of brielle nicholson saying her persistent asthma -- >> cough. >> reporter: -- was caused by toxic mold in their florida rental home which was not fixed. >> every morning and every night she has to do a breathing treatment. no one should have to do that. >> reporter: in both cases the landlord was in effect one of donald trump's closest billionaire friends. the man who ran his inauguration committee tom barrack, co-chairman of a giant company that brought him $250 million when he sold his interest. >> you have the ultimate out-of-state, far removed absentee landlord. >> reporter: the company, starwood way point, rents tens of thousands single family homes across the country. in some neighborhoods as swb found in atlanta waypoint has a huge presence. the company claims an internal survey showing 99.8% satisfaction. >> we are here to provide quality housing for our residents and we take that responsibility very seriously. >> reporter: we've heard a lot of complaints that you're very slow to fix things. >> i do not agree with that at all. >> reporter: waypoint gets a grade of "d" plus from the better business bureau citing a pattern of complaints for repair and service issues. and our abc stations across the country heard much the same thing. >> people don't show up. you sit here all day. >> we've had a pretty terrible experience with this house so we just want to get it over with. >> i moved in, it was just like this right here. >> reporter: tenants also told our stations the company is quick to threaten eviction if they are even a few days late with rent. with tenants forced to go to court and then required to pay additional fees and the company's legal costs if they want to avoid eviction. >> is that true? they've to pay those fees? >> yes, it's true. >> that's fair? >> that's part of the process that we have. >> part of your business. >> it's part of the business. >> the company would not tell us how often it files eviction notices but admits it actually goes through with evictions about 1,700 times a year, george. >> but some states do offer a way for tenants to fight back. >> in some states you can withhold your rent if your landlord won't fix the problems. but be careful because in other state us can't and even if you're a few days late they'll file eviction notices. >> boy that is something. brienl brian, thanks very much. you'll have a big report on "nightline" tonight. michael. coming up the mystery over these famous cats. they're both world record holders but have now vanished and are missing. >> what! and are missing. >> what! run, who needs what? broth, i'm making my stuffing. tin foil, i'm makin' yams. i'm making my famous cranberry sauce! so... a can of cranberry sauce? get everyday essentials, priced right daily. 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>> reporter: devastating news this morning for both and their human parents will and laura powers. after a terrifying fire destroyed their home in farmington hill, michigan, cygnus and arcturus are missing. will powers pleading for help on facebook writing i tried to save the cats, but couldn't find them before i was overcome with smoke. i did manage to open a few doors in hopes they would run out. so if any in the farmington area finds a cat matching their description, please notify us. the powers are hopeful someone in the area may have caught a glimpse. so far at least one neighbor has reported seeing what they describe as a beast of a cat. >> so there has been one potential sighting. the owners are offering a reward and live traps have been set. the owner does say that if you do see the cats, he doesn't want anyone to approach them because they might be scared and hungry. he said the one looks very scary, the big one but he's a big sweetheart. >> so there is hope. >> there's hope. 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will today. >> i'm going to have to reapply my makeup after that. but first we want to get to that major storm about to make its way across the country hitting overnight in the west and heading east as we approach the busy holiday travel week. back to ginger for the latest. good morning again, ginger. >> good morning to you, michael. you can see that fire hose just blasting san francisco, san jose with heavy to moderate rains this morning. you add a little elevation. this is what it looks like in truckee, interstate 80, spin offs all over the place and a foreshadowing of what could happen as it moves east. warnings in place for the sierra. going anywhere above 8,000 feet you pick up one to three feet of snow. northern rockies, flagstaff could see its first rain in 48 days. that comes along with wind, gusting 40 to 60. here's where the storm is, the great lakes for saturday. so if you have flights st. louis, chicago, cincinnati, that's something to just keep in mind on saturday. on sunday, college students starting to travel back home, people thinking about their holiday travel, lake-effect snow starts pumping in western new york and pennsylvania, you can see there also in michigan and it's really the rain along the east coast, guys, and the wind that will be gusting 40 to 50 that i think will affect our sunday flights. >> hunkering down with a fire this weekend. >> looks that way. >> now to the big gop push for tax reform. house set to vote on its bill today. the senate facing hurdles with its version as the president heads to capitol hill to rally support. mary bruce has all the latest on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, the president will be right here in just a few hours to try and push tax reform over the finish line. the house is expected to pass their version later today but there are now serious questions about whether this bill can survive in the senate. senate republicans can only afford to lose two votes and this morning ron johnson of wisconsin says he's a no to current bill. he says it favors big corporations over small businesses. and susan collins of maine says she has misgivings about the plan to include a repeal of the obamacare individual mandate and there are other key senators still undecided. now, the president says he wants this all wrapped up by the end of the year. i'm told he has been working the phones trying to get some headway here. but, george, it's unclear if they're going to be able to address these concerns. >> yeah, not right away. mary, thanks very much. and, robin, tell us why you're wearing that purple dress. >> we saw ginger wearing purple and members of our audience are wearing purple as well. it's about pancreatic awareness. it is world pancreatic cancer day. if you're at home trying to figure out what to wear, the color purple because that's associated with pancreatic cancer and people should know the death rates for it are rising while in other cancers it's declining and part of the reason, there are no early -- there is no way to detect it. there is no detection methods for it so you need to know the symptoms. you need to know the risks and get that information out there. i'm sorry we -- >> it's very informative though. you wouldn't think about that so thank you. >> so i'm sorry, guys. i meant to tell you guys about wearing purple. >> you and i usually match. i don't know why i lost the memo. i don't know what happened, but i'm glad you're doing it. hey, coming up more of michael's exclusive with terry crews. new details about that hollywood party where he says he was harassed and how his agency reacted. we're going to take our twin test lab and triple down. three identical sisters trying three different workouts. wait till you hear their results. it might surprise you. we have lara upstairs. what's going on, lara? >> good morning, michael. got the memo on the purple. have been working all night long. actually karen has. thanksgiving 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[ applause ] so that shooting star you saw on the horizon, oh, that is comedy sensation tiffany haddish. oh, my. >> yes. >> this woman first stole the show in the movie "girls trip" last summer. she did it again last weekend as the host of "saturday night live." well, this morning we're learning that the 37-year-old is going to be in two huge movies "the kitchen" which is about the irish mafia. set here in new york in the '70s in a neighbor called hell's kitchen. and then she'll star in a female-driven comedy called "the temp" helmed by some of the same people who helped her break out in "girls trip." also has a book coming out called "the last black unicorn" coming out in december. i hear she's coming to "good morning america" and she's also going on a comedy tour with all of her free time. next year. it has the perfect title "she's ready." >> oh, she is ready and she is ready. >> so much going on. >> when she was here to promote the movie, i mean, she is so ready and so deserving of this. >> she glows. >> her back story and everything, but she's incredibly talented. >> grew up in foster care. >> everybody saying she's an overnight sensation, but she's been at it for a long time and worked really hard for it. >> you have to do the air quotes for overnight sensation. congratulations, tiffany. in "pop news," the know the song by the who "won't get fooled again." great tune. that's the goal, maybe not the for some iphone x users. this video is amazing. it's gone viral posted by concerned parents. it shows their 10-year-old son doing an experiment with the new iphone x's face recognition security system. >> so this is my mom's phone. as you can see this is locked and i'm going to unlock the phone using this handsome face. tah-dah. it's unlocked. >> uh-oh. >> faces are so similar. >> he threw the dab on the end of it. >> i liked it. with this handsome face, so apple says there's only one in a million chance that someone can break through that security barrier. looks like that cute little boy is truly one in a million. >> you know, halle berry was visiting me recently. halle berry and took my phone and was able to unlock it once again. i was like oh my goodness. >> once again. >> you know what, robin, halle -- >> halley, put my phone down. [ laughter ] >> kate hudson, don't touch my phone. >> you do -- you guys really do look alike. >> thank you. i love you. hey, finally in "pop news" this morning, this driver gets an "a" for effort trying to fool police emphasis on fool. he made a license plate using a cutout from a pizza box and a magic marker. oh, honey. police arrested him and posted on their facebook page, uh, here's a little advice to those aspiring to make their own license plates. number one, don't. >> that's good. that's good. >> number two if you do, make sure not to use cardboard from a pizza box and magic markers. thank you, officers. i was happy to share your words of wisdom. [ applause ] >> and that is some great "pop news" from lara spencer everybody. now we're going to go to our "gma" cover story. more of our exclusive with terry crews. he's not revealing how his agency reacted to his bombshell accusations. as the store sheds light on the different ways men and women may experience sexual misconduct. >> i have never felt more emasculated, more objectified. >> reporter: terry crews making powerful headlines from his interview on "gma." >> you're a prisoner of war. >> reporter: after his live interview, he told me more details about that hollywood party he attended with his wife last year and his allegations that one of the movie industry's most powerful agents at william morris endeavor adam venit groped him. >> he takes his right hand under mine and immediately squeezed, grabs my genitals. i slap his hand away, push him back more forcefully. >> he said he immediately told the honored guest of the evening adam sandler and then he left with his wife. crews said venit called him the next morning. >> i get a call. it's him on the line, i'm sorry, i was drunk. i wasn't myself that night. >> did you feel like it was sincere? >> no. it's like when people are sorry when they get caught. >> reporter: crews said this year he even went to the head of william morris endeavor, ari emanuel. >> i brought out a letter he wrote in 2011 which demanded that mel gibson be blacklisted from hollywood for anti-semitic remarks. i took that letter, crossed out mel gibson, put adam venit, crossed out anti-semitic remarks and put sexual assault. i said read that letter. now you know what you got to do. he said it's different. >> crews recently parted ways with the agency. but he says he identifies with the fear that many say deters them from speaking out against the harasser, fear of retaliation. >> he is privy to all the studio heads who hire me. who is to say he couldn't poison that? >> william morris endeavor telling abc news in a statement an investigation was launched immediately after management was made aware resulting in venit's suspension. it is not a problem unique to hollywood either. the eeoc received over 12,000 complaints of sexual harassment last year alone. over 15% of those victims, men. we sat down with political blogger john arabosis who bravely spoke about his experience working on capitol hill in the 1990s. he said a female colleague may come off to him by phone. >> i was frozen before i could finally just get the energy to like whisper to her stop it. i wasn't worried for my personal safety. i did worry how i was going to do my job from there on out. as a guy you sit there and think, okay, first of all, people are going to think i'm crazy or something that i didn't like this. >> reporter: according to husband and wife psychotherapists phil and erica brosier women tend to think it's their own fault. >> they're often immediately questioned about what their role was in provoking it which is ridiculous. >> reporter: while men often question their own masculinity. >> viewed by society as, you know, women coming on to you is not a bad thing. >> in deciding to speak out men butt up against this social script that men are not supposed to ask for help. >> in talking to terry it was traumatic. he put it in the background but all the harvey weinstein stuff really brought it back up to the forefront for him and he wants to be an advocate. you see he's very passionate about it. he's not letting this go. if you do something like this there are consequences to your actions. >> venit is suspended but not fired. >> suspended but not fired. >> that letter that he talked about was outrageous. >> the letter that -- with mel gibson. >> crossing out the name, crossing out the oense. >> you can tell he feels free now, terry does. he's gotten his story out there and it's liberating. >> i ask do you worry about your career? he said it's already exceeded everything i ever wanted. i'm just doing what i feel is right. he shouldn't have to worry for one second. i agree with you 100% and want to thank terry for sitting down with me. we're going to go over to ginger. >> time for your "gma" moment. we're all going to get a smile or a laugh. my new friends from southern indiana. we were talking about indiana but want to head to georgia where this dog loves the leaf blower, like loves it. he goes right up to it. gets his mouth wide open. he want you to share your "gma" moment using that hashtag on i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather highlights, stade rain this morning to scattered showers this afternoon, clearer and cooler from south to norteth tonight and our next storm is falling apart. today's temperatures about 60 in the north bay to 65 in the south bay and there's not much green and yellow on the map by the afternoon hours. tonight, 40 in the north bay to 50 in san jose and oakland, 52 in san francisco. my adrienne, what have you done? 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[ gobble gobble ] >> did someone just do a gobble gobble with a sound effect? >> yes. >> come on. we have an easy option to help get your family's holiday feast on the table. many retailers from whole foods to walmart are selling prepared foods to serve on turkey day. you're back to this. do tell. >> this is exciting. we've got meals from a variety of stores and we all want to safe time, right? we sat down with the grant family who showed us what they liked the best and whether these foods were convenient and whether they had enough for feeding your whole entire family on turkey day. 'tis the season for ready made thanksgiving meals, some even deliver. so "gma" asked three generations of the grant family, grandma bonnie, mom dana and granddaughter ariana to have a cook-off. >> we bake the turkey ahead for like a week and it's a lot of work. >> reporter: the stores on our list, fresh direct, the largest online grocery delivery company, whole foods now part of retail giant amazon and walmart, the largest traditional grocer. we called fresh direct and whole food, each providing us prepared meals for eight people ahead of the holiday. each comes with turkey, whole foods' ten pounds fresh direct 12 to 14 pounds and these sides, stuffing, gravy, green bean, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. walmart doesn't carry prepared foods but bought the fixings at their lowest prices. first up, fresh direct's medium thanksgiving meal for $159 plus delivery fee. >> preheat oven. >> reporter: the instructions say it takes two hours, 40 minutes to cook. >> nice and warm in there. okay. here we go. >> reporter: cooking time accurate. >> it looks homemade. >> reporter: joining our feast kate taylor food and retail reporter for "business insiders." >> turkey is very juicy. >> yeah. >> very juicy. >> if they sold just the turkey like that i would buy it every year. >> reporter: next whole food's classic roasted turkey $119.99. you do pick it up in store and says the entire dinner can be on your table in as little as two hours. faster than fresh direct. ♪ >> turkey is ready. it looks gorgeous. >> dinner is ready. >> reporter: again, cooking time is accurate but how does it taste? >> i like this stuffing more. >> it seems for this one the sides are more flavorful. >> reporter: the grant family's choice. >> i would want the turkey from fresh direct and sides from whole foods. >> 0 the other one was juice yer. >> some people are a little intimidated when they don't know if they'll get enough food. >> that's one of the top things people are worried about. >> reporter: the grants said both served more than enough food. >> how about this? >> so good. >> reporter: for a comparable meal at walmart you have to prep the turkey and the stuffing total bill, only $44 including a 15-pound turkey. and walmart's revamped app lets you order and schedule pickup online and meets you with the bags at your car. >> everyone is really, really into convenience right now and that's kind of changing how we look at thanksgiving. [ applause ] >> and, robin is taste testing. waiver got we've got meals here from walmart here as well as whole foods. >> that looks good. >> whole food, you can order it but pick it up it your local store. with fresh direct you'll pay a delivery fee of about $6 to $8. $30 minimum. >> what did the grants decide to do? >> the momma, dana says she's going to stick to her traditional recipes but grandma bonnie says these are a life saver. go get them now. >> sounds like grandma. >> yeah. 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i wonder if that's her. >> we thought about taking a trip to new orleans just to see maybe if i could see anybody i looked like or if i was going to ever run into her. >> reporter: as life marched on angie had three more children, meribeth had three kids of her own. for years she looked online and hit lots of dead ends and heartache. >> i finally got to a point where i was just done searching. i didn't ever think it was going to happen. >> reporter: then one day on my heritage.com, the search ended. >> a screen came up with my dna results and it said estimated relationship, mother. >> it said it was my daughter. >> communicating only by text and e-mail. >> we think it's best that we both hear each other's voices for the first time in person. >> reporter: catching up, learning about each other and their families. >> the first thing i want to do is hug her and give her a big kiss, definitely. take her in my arms because i didn't get that chance. >> oh, my. how are you? >> i'm good. thank you for having me. >> you're very welcome. >> that was the first time you even heard your mother's voice. >> yes. >> the emotions you're feeling right now? >> it's overwhelming. >> we know this has been 31 years in the making. first time you're going to meet your mom. so if you don't mind could you stand up for us. we'll stay down here. >> okay. >> we'll have -- we're going to have your mom come on out. so, angie, come on out and meet your daughter meribeth. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my god. love you. [ applause ] oh, my god. you're so beautiful. >> oh, my goodness. >> hi. >> how are you? >> good. >> how are you? >> hi. >> thank you. >> oh, my god. >> goodness gracious. >> you've waited for this moment. you were not able to when you were in the hospital -- we saw in the story you wanted to hold her and the nurses said because she was being adopted you couldn't. >> oh, my god, it's awesome. such a good feeling. it feels so natural too. >> and you wrote a letter to her that she never got to read. what did it say? >> in my letter i hoped to express to her that she never felt that i didn't want her and that i truly was hoping that she would forgive me and understand my reason for doing it was so that she could have a life that was better than i could provide. >> and you're adoptive parent, absolutely beautiful. >> oh, yeah. >> everything that your biological mother wanted for you. >> yes. >> you did receive and they had -- have a message for you. >> they just want to say thank you and that you gave them a blessing that they could not receive. so they love you for doing that. and will be forever grateful. >> ah thank you. [ applause ] >> angie, you never met your grandchildren. >> i know. i know. i can't -- >> are you ready to finally meet them. >> i am so ready. >> so come on out, jackson, matthew, lillian and meribeth's husband, thomas. >> oh, my gosh. >> there they are. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my goodness. oh. my goodness. >> hi. hello. hi. >> hello. you're so beautiful. hi. [ applause ] >> oh, my goodness. >> i'm going to move over here and you all sit over here. >> the family couch. >> getting crowded rightfully so. rit here?ey going to be okay >> how was this for you? did you ever think you'd get a chance to meet your grandchildren. >> i know. i didn't even know i had grandkids. at this point it's awesome. this is amazing feeling. it's surreal. it's mind blowing. speechless. i'm really speechless. >> how is your beautiful wife through all of this? >> she's a trouper. a lot of emotions involved. good emotions so come to a good ending. >> it's not over yet. because there is more family for you, meribeth. >> wait, there's more. >> that's right. you're going to meet your siblings so you know what, come on out, you guys. reed, brianna and grayson. >> oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] >> ah. >> have a seat. >> listen, take over the couch. take over the couch. >> everybody is so pretty. >> i'll sit on your lap, michael. >> no, that's okay. >> i mean but look how family -- >> unbelievable. it really is. unbelievable. this is beautiful. >> i grew up as an only child so to know i have siblings that i wished for at christmas every year is wonderful. >> and how did you all react when you knew -- that you had a cities ter? >> i don't know. i wasn't that surprised. i mean i was the only girl so i guess it was kind of shocking but, yeah. yeah. >> beautiful. >> interesting. >> and it was all through online and being able -- >> my heritage. >> yeah. >> my heritage. >> my heritage, yep. >> we're glad you did it. >> me too. >> it is great to see a family come together like this. it really is amazing and it's perfect time for the holiday, as well. your christmas list just got a lot bigger. >> give a shoutout to my heritage for bringing the family together. 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[ applause ] a lot of car, one organization meals on wheels america dedicated to fighting hunger mopping our seniors. they already received $12 million and have delivered 1.7 million meals. we all love visiting our country's national parks. this is another one they've done an over the last five years national parks have received $6.5 million. so subaru works with hundreds of local charities and by the end of this year, they will have donated more than $115 million. we'll get t good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. your 12-hour day planner, the intensity of the rain tapers at 9:00, scattered showers by noon through 4:00, then isolated ough 4:00, then isolated all right, lara, i see platforms and feel makeover. >> get over here. workout time, ging. we'll take it up a notch if you will with our triplet test lab that agreed to try three intensity workouts. how did they work? the differences? take a look. meet 24-year-old triplet, andrea, ariane and athena. will their bodies respond differently to three workouts. >> hot yoga for athena. interval training for andrea and -- >> your fitness is not just how fast you can run, how strong you are, how flexible you are and how well you can put that together into move many. so we're trying to capture all of that. >> polly demille starts with a strength test. andrea holes a plank for 62 seconds. athena can hold it for 48 and aryanna for 35. next up a functional mobility test. they all have average scores with room for improvement. finally the most difficult test of all, the o2 max that measures the amount of oxygen their bodies are able to deliver to their muscles for energy production. all of the triplets maxed themselves out. >> i'm dead g with that they kick off two weeks of high intensity training. it's hot yoga for athena working up a sweat while strengthening her core at bode, ncc. flywheel spinning classes andened ya takes it to the limit with intervalue training at fhitting room. so two sweaty weeks later how will their bodies have changed. really interesting stuff here. so great to have athena, arianna and andrea with chris powell, celebrity trainer creator of transform, an amazing app. congratulations on that. check that out. i want to get right into it, ladies. thank you to our crew tore name tags because we will need them. >> yeah. >> so, athena, correct, you did hot yoga. how did that challenge your body? >> well, i think the first thing was just getting used to the heat. it was over 100 degrees so, you know, at first i thought i had had pass out a little bit. once i got past that it challenged me to gain more flexibility, my muscles were toned more and i was using muscles i never used before. >> sounds like a positive. >> so it was fun. >> drum roll, please. let's take a look at athena's numbers. all right. there you go. guys. big gains, chris. >> yes, yes. mobility and how long she could hold a plank but not so much in aerobic capacity. surprising to you. >> not at all. in fact these numbers are indicative of exactly what hot yoga offers. a lot of core strength. holding those planks but also body awareness, spatial orientation, lots of flexibility. which we saw in her mobility test. >> this is not to get the heart rate up. >> not at all. probably experienced that a little the not so much the heart rate. >> all right, so that's that and talk to arianna. you usually do light cardio. this is was a totally different two weeks. you did high intensity spinning. >> yes. >> so do you feel like that was better for you? >> i feel like it definitely was better for me. i'm definitely not used to high intensity cardio at all. any cardio i did was just kind of a warmup so it was a big change for me and my lungs and my body were not used to it. but it was a huge change because my first class was such a struggle and with breathing. >> you felt like it was getting better. >> by the last class it was a lot easier to me, i could keep up and push myself. >> let's see how it worked. drum roll, here are the numbers. so very different results here, chris. >> you know, this is so textbook. because unlike yoga she doesn't do a lot of the core work and not doing a lot of mobility work. but a lot of cardio respiratory training and saw that with her vo2 max test with her aerobic capacity went up over 10% in two weeks and that's phenomenal in i running out of time. andrea, you did intensity training high intensity interval training. huge challenge. >> yes. >> i mean, you said it was -- >> it was very challenging but i actually ended up loving it which i didn't expect. >> drum roll, please. let's take a look at the numbers. [ drum roll ] >> chris, your translation here. this is very -- i thought strange. >> well, it is but at the same time what we're looking at here is fatigue. now, of course, speaking with andrea before, she's a runner so jumping into high intensity training was exhausting so she's experiencing what we call neu neuromuscular and metabolic fatigue. i appreciate her enthusiasm and drove in four classes a week and going gangster but at the same time her body is broken down a little bit. give it two more weeks and you'll see those numbers go through the roof, absolutely. >> so hang in there, i guess. this is all, you guys all look great and alike as we all know but this is about healthy and isn't about losing weight so hang in there. you guys going to keep going. >> i think so. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> another cool experiment and thank you for your expertise as always. and coming up, actress breakout director greta gerwig is here with us. the movie she's got, "lady bird" getting so much buzz. don't go anywhere. 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