Camera. And star wars is here. Okay. For what . The most anticipated movie in years. Hollywood on lockdown for the huge premier. Tighter security than the oscars. All right, lets light it up. Fans line up for more than a week to get the first look. You might need this. The force about to awaken live this morning on gma. We do say good morning, the force is with us. Premier tonight. With one of the stars. Rolling out the red carpet. A lot more on that ahead this morning. Hell be one of the most popular. What a weekend in the east. Central park packed. There it is. People running in shorts. Mountain creek ski resort in new jersey. Thats last year. Here it was on sunday. Nothing. Nothing at all. We all know about green bay. Coldest place in the world to play football. Not yesterday. They dont wear shirts even when its cold. Even when its the frozen tundra. Those cheeseheads are serious. No doubt. Ginger will have more. Lets go to kendis gibson, hes in lufkin, texas. Powerful storms there. Kendis. Indeed. This gives you a sense of how strong these storms were this weekend. This is one of 64 Freight Train looking like toys. Look over there. Across the highway, there goes another one. A massive cleanup effort here as well as parts of texas. Thats a tornado. Reporter and it was. A weekend of wicked weather a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. Reporter three tornadoes touching down. You can see from the air the path of destruction. Tornado just hit my neighborhood. Reporter that home completely obliterated. The homes to the left and right, missing the twister. At least 50 houses suffering damage. The mayor of lindale declaring a state of disaster. Jennifer out Christmas Shopping when the tornado tore through her home. Im thankful we werent home. I think the lord sent us away and he spared us. Reporter this morning, as people are left cleaning up, the red cross on the scene to help. And here in lufkin, that tossed Freight Train. We had really heavy winds. Reporter winds picking up and flinging 64 cars on their overnight crews working to pick up the pieces. And to the north, kansas looking a lot like a frozen tundra. Blizzardlike conditions sent cars sliding off the road. This tractor trailer getting bogged down. In the heavy snowfall. Texas d. O. T. Officials cleared the highway of the cars. 62 more looking just like this. Its going to be several days before theyre all upright. Robin. Quite a scene. Kendis, thank you. The weather a headline here for a different reason. Record heat in the east. Temperatures hitting the 70s in some areas on sunday, including the new york area. The big headline, its going to be warm on christmas. Lets head outside to ginger. This mild and warm pattern is going nowhere. Here in a dress in middecember and not be chilled at all, you know somethings up. Lets look up at lake superior. You can see last year, the snow and the ice covering it. Now, icefree. It looks almost tropical. Thats just it. Weve been allowed this kind of tropical warm air coming up. Dozens of highs broken over the weekend. Texas up to the great lakes. Cleveland hit 70. New york city central park, 67. The jet stream, all through next week. Christmas. Blocking the polar air. It wont block santa. It will be much above average. Were talking 10 to 20 degrees by the time we reach mid and end george . Wow, that is something. The race for president now. The big shakeup as gop candidates get set to face off tomorrow night. Polls. Trump in iowa, closing in on donald trump nationally. Tom llamas here with more. This is a brand new race. Reporter good morning, george. One of the iowa polls shows senator cruz with a tenpoint lead. Trump, who usually loves the polls when hes winning, calling that poll biased towards him. Hes still the frontrunner nationally, as you can see. On the eve of the debate, the big story is ted cruz. This morning, a shakeup in the gop race for president. Backtoback polls showing senator ted cruz now the man to beat in iowa. Donald trump not happy about it. He goes in there a little bit like a maniac. Reporter cruz reacting on social media. Posting a video of the famous maniac dance scene. From the movie flash dance tweeting in honor of my friend donald trump. And good hearted maniacs everywhere. Shes a maniac maniac at your love reporter but trump not laughing after the audio of cruz speaking behind closed doors with donors surfaced, questioning if trump was fit to strength. But its also a question of judgment. Reporter trump striking back. Tweeting i was disappointed that ted cruz would speak behind my back, get caught. And then deny it. Well, welcome to the Wonderful World of politics. Cruz goes into the debate with a target on his back. The only budget hes voted for is a budget that cut defense spending. By more than barack obama proposes we cut it. Reporter over the weekend, race with blast from the past. Rubio and cruz, sounds like a miami law firm. If youve been injured on the job, call rubio and cruz. Reporter will ferrell reprising his role as george w. Bush. Joking he is entering the race. And knows exactly what Republican Voters want in their next president. They want someone who is cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Cruzs momentum has been growing since the debate about a month and a half ago where he took on the moderators. Tomorrow were going to see if he takes on trump. We are. Lets talk to jon karl. Trump hasnt gone down. Hes gone up a bit. Cruz really firming up his yeah, the story of both of these new iowa polls is ted cruz. Hes surging. Jumping more than 20 points since october in that Des Moines Register poll. While trumps numbers have essentially remained the same. Polls, you see cruz has more potential to keep rising. Fox news poll, 30 say they would never vote for donald trump. Only 6 say they would never vote for ted cruz. One other point about iowa. The most unpopular republican in iowa right now is, by far, jeb bush. If you add up the first and second choice, ted cruz is above 50 . The last one before the christmas new years freeze. It is crucial. Once again. Donald trump will be at center stage. George, five debates. All five, donald trump has been in the middle because he still has a commanding lead in the national polls. For the first time, ted cruz will be standing next to him. Because he has surpassed marco rubio in the polls. Trump and marco rubio go at ted cruz. Hes now in competition to be the alternative to donald trump. And Chris Christie back on the big stage as well. Democratic debate this saturday. And National Security is sure to be a hot topic. President obama heads to the pentagon this morning for a meeting on the campaign against isis. As we learn major government lapses opened the door for one of those San Bernardino killers to enter the country. Brian ross is here with that. Reporter good morning, robin. Officials in the u. S. And europe deal with warnings about possible isis attacks to disrupt the christmas holidays. New questions this morning about whether the pakistani woman involved in the San Bernardino shooting rampage should have been allowed to come here in the first place. In london, they say they have credible intelligence reports that isis leaders want a parisstyle attack here timed to christmas. In geneva over the weekend, two men were arrested for the explosive or toxic gases as a search continued for four others. In california this morning, the fbi is not saying what, if anything, it found in its now completed search of this lake. Still investigating if more attacks could be coming in the u. S. And now, abc news has learned that a secret u. S. Policy prevented immigration investigators last year from looking for Tashfeen Maliks extensive social media messages that the fbi says included talk of jihad and martyrdom. During that time period, immigration officials were not allowed to view social media as part of the screening process. Reporter john cohen, now an abc news consultant, says immigration officials asked homeland officials for new policies last year. To allow them to look at the social medias post but they were opposed by the departments liberties. The primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if disclosed publicly. And there were concerns it would be embarrassing. Reporter malik received her fiance visa last year in just three weeks, with no check done for whether she had any online messages. In support of terrorism. Had they checked her out more, maybe she wouldnt have gotten a visa. Maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive. Reporter in a statement to abc news this morning, the department of Homeland Security says it has started three pilot programs to search the social media of visa applicants. Insiders say its still not a widespread policy. And a major impediment. A lot of people are scratching their heads. Saying why is it taking this long . Not widespread yet. A Deadly Police shooting in los angeles is getting scrutiny this morning. Sheriffs deputies opened fire on an armed man. Kept firing once he was on the ground. The victims family is raising Still Holding his gun. Ryan owens has the story. [ gunfire ] reporter two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies unleashing hail of gunfire. 33 rounds in all. Their target this man. We will not show you the rest of the video. Cops keep firing even after he had fallen to the ground and is crawling away. 911, what is your emergency . Theres a black male walking down the street shooting a gun in the air. Reporter this is 28yearold Nicholas Robinson earlier. Armed with a gun. Walking erratically in the street. Authorities say hes already fired a half dozen shots in the air in the middle of a neighborhood. We dont know. How many times did he shoot into the air . At least six, seven times in the air. Reporter the deputies said they repeatedly told him to put down the gun. He refused. When he walked away from them and toward this crowded gas fired. Two people, two women and three children in a car at a gas pump within five feet of him at the time. If he goes into the gas station and takes hostages or shoots somebody, well have a different topic to talk about. Like why didnt the Police Officers do something . Reporter robertsons family questioning whether he had to die. Some members of the Community Coming out to protest. They shot him in the shoulder. He was crawling to this gas station. They could have tasered him. Reporter in response on sunday, the Sheriffs Department releasing this freezeframe from a nearby camera. Apparently showing that even when he was on the pavement, even after initially shot, that gun never leaves his hands. Investigators think this all started when robertson had a fight with his wife. This morning, hes survived by that wife and three young children. George . Okay, ryan. Lets go to amy for todays other top stories. Starting with a new fbi investigation. In southern california. Attacks on two mosques south of los angeles are under investigation as hate crimes. Vandals defaced the mosques with spray paint and left a fake hand grenade outside one of them. This comes just days after a mosque in palm springs was damaged in a fire which police say was deliberately set by a man now in custody. Police outside paris said a man entered a school and stabbed a Kindergarten Teacher this morning. Before yelling support for isis. The teacher is okay. No children were in the classroom at the time. The suspect, wearing a mask and gloves, fled the scene on foot. There are new details in the october crash of the russian plane that killed 224 people over egypts sinai peninsula. Russia and western governments say a bomb brought it down. This morning, egyptian Officials Say they have found no signs of terrorism so far. Their investigation continues. A Southwest Airlines flight had to make an Emergency Landing the wing that reduces drag appeared to be at an odd angle. One passenger said people were screaming in panic. The plane was able to land safely. The post office will be swamped today. It is the busiest day of the year. 640 million cards, letters, packages expected to be mailed. That will only add to the woes of one perturbed postman. In cape cod. Look at that. Under siege by gobblers. Theyve been on his tail every day. Theyve become so belligerent. Hes forced to fend them off with a tenfoot pole. That he brings with him. You couldnt hear him in the video. He just looks and goes, every day. Can you imagine . Every day facing that. He just keeps leading them home, hes got dinner for a week. Just lead them home. Thats a nobrainer. Thats one way of looking at it, jesse. Thank you. Thank you, amy. It is the biggest movie event of the year. In los angeles tonight. The blockbuster opening for the rest of us at the end of the week. Nick watt is in the center of the galaxy in hollywood. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, robin. The die ps hard fans who are camping out here are just waking up. They want to try and snag the best seats for Opening Night which isnt until thursday. Before that we have the premier right here starting at 11 hours and 15 minutes. Get ready. Okay. For what . Reporter for the stars aligning at tonights premier, security is tighter than the oscars. Four blocks of hollywood boulevard closed since last thursday. Happy star wars. Reporter its nine days already these fans have been in line. Caroline and andrew from australia are serious. Getting married in the line. On thursday. Whos officiating . We have a good friend who is sean. Reporter the force awakens will debut on over 4,000 screens this week. Back in 77, star wars opened on 32. This one included. An instant hit, darth vader was soon leaving his footprints here outside the theater. George lucas watched the first one from here. Are you kidding me . This is the place to be. Feels great reporter in 1999, for the phantom menace the line was born. I met my husband in line. Reporter and this is the result . This is the result. Reporter nates been in line over a week already. When that comes up on the screen, a little kid inside me is saying, is this really happening. Theres a center of the universe in star wars nerddom, thats right here. Reporter these nerds, their for a childrens charity. By camping out here. Getting sponsored by the hour. It rained a little bit overnight. Its chilly for lanchs. I dont know if i can take the assignment. Can you . Them. Screening tomorrow in new york. Its so top secret. No phones. The door. This is all lockdown. Cant blame them for that. Were given instructions. Not going to say anything on wednesday. No, we cant. Another big storm in the west. This one hits San Francisco . Nick was just alluding to it. Its cooler there. 40 to 80 mile per hour wind gusts. This is san pablo, california. Trees into homes. A look at where that storm is now. Smothering anywhere from arizona up through the dakotas with Winter Weather advisories and warnings. You by walmart. And coming up here on gma, the nfl facing a billiondollar lawsuit. And now a big new hollywood concussions. So why was Roger Goodell laughing at a joke about them. A lot of people speak out this morning. And hoverboards catching fire. Major retailers pulling some brands. We have the head of one of the biggest manufacturers standing by to answer your question. Are they safe to put under your tree this christmas . At waking people up in the morning. Let me show you how grandma does it. Your daddy made this when he was a little boy. This is your dad at my house, where he had his first christmas. Thanks for making the coffee. Well look whos up. Im really glad youre here mom. 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