frightening moment the semi swerves out of control on the highway crossing several lanes. the drunk trucker falling out of the truck. how officers managed to but the brakes on this dangerous drive. and terrifying home invasion. >> hello, please. i need help. >> a young girl home alone when burglars break in. >> they're breaking into my house. >> racing to hide in a closet her quick thinking that helped police catch the suspects and what the 911 dispatcher said she did right that helped her survive. good morning, america. we were just figuring out -- >> chris eve eve eve. so merry christmas eve eve eve. >> we're excited about santa's visit and the big holiday travel weekend is getting started on this christmas eve eve eve. l.a.x., the lines starting to cause a headache for travelers and just probably going to get worse. >> look at this. the tarmac, so many planes backed up there. a record 4.3 million people are expected to go through l.a.x., i gather they're not singing christmas carols on those planes. stuck there, more than 100 million are hitting the roads, sky, fighting the weather warnings this holiday weekend. >> who covers weather? ginger. >> nobody better. >> ginger, you've been covering both the storms sweeping across the west and the rest of the country. what's travel going to be like? >> that's the thing. you see video like that and hear we're number 47 for takeoff. that you'll see a lot more of and weather will be a small part of. rains in parts of arizona, las vegas this morning earlier and los angeles rain. that rain impacting not only flights there but, of course, that storm is going to move east and then there will be another one. that's why we see so many states in the west with winter weather alerts. that bright green in the dakotas is a blizzard watch. two low pressure systems, the first slide as cross the nation. if you arera chicago friday night, that's the first one i have to warn you about. that may impact you. late friday but still something to note and then if you're traveling on the east coast on christmas eve itself most rain on i-95. inland higher elevations in new england, that's going to impact you. another storm i have to talk about. i'll come back with that. >> don't you love it when they get you on the plane then they tell you. >> yeah. >> let's get to david kerley. he has more on this at the united airlines command center in chicago tracking thousands of flights. hey, david. >> reporter: david, when you were sleeping these folks were really busy. the problems in l.a. this is united's command center and they have been dealing with that l.a. problem all night. larry here, in charge of the entire united network tells me they've just about got the l.a. picture figured out. overnight the holiday travel rush leading to this mess, hundreds of flights delayed at l.a.x. >> over on the tarmac for 2 1/2 runways and tarmacs for hours even after landing. >> our pilot was telling us it would be like another 20 minutes. he hasn't seen so much airplanes on one track in a few years. >> reporter: it was a perfect storm of weather, construction and so many flyers even backing up roads. >> it's pretty nuts. >> reporter: a busy night for centers like this. >> is that thing ready to go? >> reporter: it's these workers -- >> you have runway 11 for overthrow. >> reporter: 1200 watching computer screens trying to keep everything on time. >> this room exists just to minimize that disruption. we'll try to reroute airplanes and flight crews, develop flight plans that get away from the weather. >> reporter: this time of year it's all about the weather and more flyers. today and tomorrow are the busiest christmas air travel days. it's estimated nearly 5 million flyers will take to the skies to get home for the holidays. >> we'll have dulles take a look at it. >> reporter: united's share, nearly 500,000 passengers each day, many of them but people are trying to get home for christmas. patience? >> patience is helpful. you know, about 75% of our passengers travel once a year so we'll see a lot of those one time a year travelers over the next couple of days. >> reporter: they are all traveling now. we are not at the airport. this is a skyscraper in downtown chicago. that's the domestic side of united's operations. on the other side of the floor, international but the most important board right now is this one right here, weather and they are expecting snow here in chicago. it's really the factor that affects travel, the christmas holiday. amy. >> yeah, unfortunately mother nature doesn't look like it's cooperating this time. thanks so much. now to overseas and the global manhunt for a suspect in that deadly attack on the berlin christmas market. german authorities are searching for a 24-year-old tunisian migrant on the loose and is considered armed and dangerous. matt gutman has been covering the latest from berlin. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, they've launched two raids overnight, one of them against the refugee camp trying to find the man suspected in that christmas market attack behind me but made no arrests meaning that that dragnet across europe is only intensifying. this morning, it's the face seen across europe. german officials putting out this europewide apb, 24-year-old "assassin's creed" from tunisia. he's known to use at least six ail yachts and have three different nationalities and warns he's under urgent suspicion and could be armed and dangerous. police say he's suspected of hijacking the semi at this depot just a few miles from the christmas market. the original truck driver, a polish man found dead in the cab seen here in cctv footage hours before the attack. that truck loaded with 50,000 pounds of steel bull dozing through the market smashing stalls and crushing people. leaving at least 11 dead. inside that cab, officials made a shocking discovery, a wallet found with amri's i.d. inside. german officials saying he had been on their radar for months because of suspected ties to radicals which is why his asylum request was rejected. authorities offering a more than $100,000 reward for information leading to amri's capture saying he is a suspect but not necessarily the perpetrator of the monday attack. isis is claiming responsibility for the carnage after sending out recent messages calling for supporters to use trucks to attack public gatherings. this morning after a breakneck effort to patch it up the christmas market is back open. the stalls here have been rebuilt. the crowds are back out. the only difference, these freshly cleaned pavings and the heightened security here. but germans still fearful. is this a new normal for germany? >> i hope not. it might be. that two americans were among the wounded and this is only going to increase the outrage about how germany let this man out of their grasp. he had been under surveillance for months but for some reason that was called off in september. he was last mentioned in intelligence bulletins in november. amy. >> in fact, matt, germany actually tried to deport this man this past summer but that didn't happen. why? >> reporter: that's right. they tried to deport him back in june but they couldn't because he didn't have the right papers, so they allowed him to stay here in berlin and those papers finally allowing his deportation arrived yesterday. amy. >> oh, horrible timing there. okay, matt gutman, thank you. we appreciate it. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas is in washington with more on the manhunt and the threat here at home. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, amy. german authorities clearly considered amri a suspected islamic radical before the attack and being told germans shared some of this intelligence security officials. of particular interest whether he can be tied in any way to isis, there's an urgent investigation under way in germany to determine if he was part of a cell or if he has a support network helping him hide right now. this is a tense moment for law enforcement worldwide especially throughout the holiday season with concern that so-called lone wolves or people inspired by isis might attack on short notice. although no specific plot has been identified, everyone here is on alert, amy. >> speaking to that authorities here in the u.s. put out a security bulletin. >> laying out security concerns for the big celebrations in times square on new year's eve. again, no specific threat has been identified, but this bulletin mentions what just happened in germany. it also states that terror attacks here at home and in europe have, quote, heightened concern about similar attacks being replicated in the near term. end quote. everyone is being vigilant, florida authorities and the fbi are investigating after he got into a violent confrontation with his parents and police. his parents had become suspicious about a weird smell coming from the residence. they're checking to see if there are explosives and the local sheriff mentioned germany as a reason to take no chances. >> all right, pierre, thank you so much for that update. as you know, president-elect donald trump reactg to the tragedy in berlin calling it a, quote, an attack on humanity as he briefly spoke with reporters outside his florida estate. we'll speak with his senior adviser kellyanne conway in a moment. big news to break on that front. but first abc's cecilia vega is here with more on trump's comments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an attack on humanity and what's going on is, quote, terrible. that is the latest response from donald trump. it's clear where he stands on that attack in germany. what's not so clear this morning is where he stands on that proposed plan to ban muslims. president-elect donald trump emerging from the confines of his mar-a-lago estate. appearing before the cameras and addressi europe. his national security adviser retired general michael flynn behind him. >> what's going on is terrible. in fact, we have intelligence here right now but what's going on is terrible. >> reporter: but this was no press conference. today marks 148 days since his last one. in fact, trump took questions for all of 90 seconds and even then he did not answer when asked whether he is now reconsidering his proposed muslim ban. >> you know my plans all along and it's -- i've been proven to be right 100% correct. what's happening is disgraceful. anyway, make sure everything is fine, folks. nice to have you here. >> reporter: and with that it was over. but then three hours later, trump emerged once again before the cameras, a handshake with admirals and generals and then questions about his meeting with the heads of lockheed martin and boeing. >> trying to get costs down, we're trying to get the costs down. it's a program that is very, very expensive. it's a little bit of a dance. but we're going to get the costs down and we're going to debt it done beautifully. >> reporter: this time 5 seconds' worth of questions and then the president-elect went back inside. and this morning, president-elect trump is close to having a full cabinet. he has just two slots left to fill. agriculture and v.a. >> great to have you with us and president-elect trump's senior adviser kellyanne conway. you're goibxng to serve as counselor to the president. >> i am. >> you'll be in the white house. >> i will. >> will you counsel him to have more press conferences, 148 days without an official press conference, 44 days since the election. no press conference and here's what you said about hillary clinton and her folks not having a press conference during the campaign. >> her supporters are protecting her by not letting her talk to the press. apparently we don't respect you the way we do. she won't even give a press conference. >> what do you think? >> i was always surprised when hillary clinton was running for president she didn't make herself more available to the press but also to the public. she took five days off before the last debate. off at fund-raisers and not out at rallies with tens of thousands -- >> a rally is much different than a press conference where americans can hear from their president-elect. george w. bush spoke a couple days after, barack obama three days after he was elected. we're at 44 days now. >> let me say this, dwyane wade and mike pence have been forming their cabinet at rapid pace. so, their record speed with which they've done their cabinet and senior team is something to behole. we're way ahead of schedule even george herbert walker bush who was a sitting president and he's busy with that and about to announce our press secretary, communications director and more of our team. this will be a traditional white house in the sense that you will have a great deal of press and have a president who continues to be engaged with the press. >> announce press secretary right here on "gma." >> no, i wouldn't. >> i had to try. the president-elect did talk yesterday briefly at mar-a-lago talking about the terror attack in berlin and asked about the muslim been that had been proposed. he said i've been proven to be right 100% correct so what does that mean as far as the registry is concerned or some sort of list. >> the comment went to the fact he was immediately criticized when he presumed that these attacks in germany and in turkey had to do with isis and then, of course, he is correct and that's what he's saying. he is the guy out there saying we need extreme vetting policies and need to have a better system vis-a-vis countries that train, harbor and export terrorists because right now we have a very uncertain very chaotic poor -- >> has he backed away from the idea of a registry? >> he said long after he more strictly tied to countries where we know they have a history of terrorism and that this is not -- this is not a complete ban. >> you were on the campaign obviously you remember this well. donald trump often bashed hillary clinton for her ties to wall street and as we've watched the cabinet form we've seen three former executives from goldman sachs who will have close proximity to the president, by one estimate the net worth of the president-elect's cabinet is now at least $13 billion. 34 times greater than george w. bush, five types greater than barack obama. are you concerned that with the president-elect's message being about the forgotten people in america that that doesn't necessarily represent who they are? >> no, the two are not related in this way. the people on the cabinet are very successful men and women who have been job creator and true american success stories who are now bringing those skills to bear in the cabinet to help the forgotten man and forgotten woman. many of them are the original american dream stories and i would also say this, there's a difference in hillary clinton's la millions of dollars in speech, tens of millions in contributions for our foundation even while she's sitting at the state department. and donald trump tapping some of the greatest talents that we've seen on wall street to go and serve on his cabinet. >> a few weeks until the inauguration. we heard andreas bocelli and heard he's not performing. can we tell you anyone on the list. >> it's not the academy awards but for the people. this is the people's president. >> anyone lined up yet? >> yes. >> all right. >> nobody put me in charge of the entertainment. i'm a little too geeky for that. >> thank you very much on the new role. i know you have four little ones waiting for santa. >> i am too. >> you deserve it. >> thank you. let's switch gears to the new health concerns about queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip. they've delayed their usual christmas trip and are home at buckingham palace and lama hasan is there. lama, what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. this morning you can s royal standard, that's the queen's flag flying high above buckingham palace which means the queen and prince philip are still at buckingham palace today. yesterday they were due to board a train to their sandringham estate to kick off five weeks of festivities and celebrate with other members of the royal family. we understand they had to cancel and delay the trip at the very last minute because they were suffering from, quote, heavy coals. we understand they are very keen to get to sandringham as soon as possible and as soon as they're feeling better, michael. >> steams we've been seeing less of the queen and prince these days. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, michael. the queen is 90 years old and prince philip is 95 and just this week the queen gave up 25 of her 600 patronages handing over reins to other members of the royal family. that said they are pretty active and try to carry out as many engagements as they can, michael. >> all right, well, thank you, lama. we'll talk to you later about more going on. >> i've been watching "the crown" and so immersed in everything royal and queen elizabeth. >> top of my list as we head into the holiday. >> so good. >> we had this election this year. i haven't watched a thing. >> time to catch up on everything. i'm with you. >> i'm watching ginger every day and so is america. >> my netflix queue is very long. that low pressure system. i promised you another storm coming out of the gulf of alaska moving on land by friday night could affect airports, san francisco, los angeles and certainly some of those snowier passes in the mountains. as it moves east on christmas day, through the afternoon, minneapolis, they could have a mix of sleet or rain and we'll keep following that christmas and holiday travel forecast. first your local weather brought to you by walmart. highs: 48-55 winds: nw 5-15 g 20 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 25-32 winds: nw to s 5 mph friday: becoming mostly cloudy. cooler. highs: 45-50 winds: s 5-10 mph dry weather is expected today and tomorrow, so no 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(laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid welcome back to "gma." you are looking live at l.a.x. overnight passengers experiencing a travel nightmare as rain and construction led to major delays on the tarmac. looks like there are a lot of lines out there as well. a record number of travelers already starting their holiday travel this morning. more than 100 million expected to hit the roads and skies and bracing for back-to-back storms hitting the west all moveing across the country right now. not going to be cooperating for holiday travel. >> it's the most wonderful time of the year. >> exactly. >> just keep singing that to yourself. >> you'll get to where you're going. >> eventually. >> exactly. also happening right now we are learning more about the attack overseas. we've learned two americans were injured in the berlin christmas market attack as a global manhunt is under way for this man. here at home security stepped up. there are also new developments in that deadly explosion at a fireworks center. investigating whether security was too lax as families now search for answers. as people gear up for the holidays, it's the biggest weekend at the box office. did you know that. >> i like to see a movie around christmas. >> great time. family is in town and something you can all do together. we'll find out the must see films of the season coming up in our big board. >> we begin with that atlanta attorney now facing charges accused of killing his wife from the backseat of a car. abc's ryan smith is here with the new twist in this case. good morning, ryan. >> good morning, amy. overnight tex mciver turning himself in to police expected in court today. the atlanta power broker admitting he shot his wife in the back but claiming it was all a terrible accident. this morning, prominent atlanta attorney claude tex mciver is behind bars charged with involuntary manslaughter after shooting his wife to d the backseat of an suv. according to authorities the 73-year-old and his wife diane were being driven home by a friend after a dinner in late september. ending up in an unfamiliar neighborhood. >> he looked around him and said, basically i wish we hadn't gotten off here. he asked diane if she would reach into the console and hand him his pistol. >> reporter: mciver's spokesman said they feared unrest surrounding recent black lives matter protests in the area but the suv moved on without incident. moments later according to the spokesman mciver fell asleep and that the loaded gun in a plastic grocery bag on his lap accide accidentally went off when the car hit a bump on the road. a bullet striking diane in the back. >> diane said something to the effect of, tex, i think you've shot me. >> reporter: mciver never called 911. his wife dying in the hospital that now. now he's correcting his own spokesman's story about the incident telli journal constitution that the pair wasn't fearful of black lives matter but it was pulled out as a precaution in an area with homeless people and the car never hit a bump. i was suddenly awoken and i lurched and i saw a flash. atlanta police have been investigating the incident for nearly three months. mciver passing a polygraph. now the man who is vice chairman of georgia state board of elections is saying he's innocent. when talking about his wife saying, i'm not feeling guilty, i'm feeling grief. now, the driver of the car also believes this was an accident. mciver faced gun-related charges 26 years ago accused of firing shots near three teens, aggravated assault charges were later dropped. he'll have his first appearance in court today, his 74th birthday. if convicted he could face up to a decade in prison? let's bring in veteran felony prosecutor nancy grace in atlanta with more on this and, nancy, we just heard in ryan's report it t police to charge mciver. why did it take so long? >> well, i can tell you this, if he had not been a prominent member of the atlanta society and wealthy to boot he would have been in jail that night and then they would ask questions later. but this is what we know. we know that that night she goes into the hospital at emory even though there were hospitals much closer. they say they thought it was the best hospital in the area. but then later that night around 5:00 a.m., he checks himself into the hospital with a panic attack and does not speak to police for two full days. that's going to be an issue. now, another thing is they just had an estate sale of all of her belongings including about 100 fur coats. now, i would have advised him to hold on to her clothes until the never a good look to sell all your wife's belongings. might as well open the garage and let people pick through them. not a good look. does it prove guilty, no. but it doesn't help anything. >> what do you make of the charges. it is not a murder charge but involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct. >> one of those is a felony. one is a misdemeanor. involuntary manslaughter is normally when something happens negligently or doing a legal act carrying a gun in an illegal manner. you shoot somebody. so, that's what they're looking at here. a felony but involuntary manslaughter carries a much lesser sentence. but this is just the beginning. these are police warrants. this is going to go to a grand jury. they will hear the evidence. now, mciver's camp is hopeful that the grand jury will dismiss the whole thing. they have also been complaining that he is to christmas. you know, she's dead. he should not be complaining about the timing of the arrest. now, does this prove he's guilty? no, but it's all going to come out in front of a jury. now he's had those 1990 charges dismissed. that was settled out of court where he was accused of shooting into the car, a ford mustang of three teens. that went away. now, there's this. his other problem is he's got too many people talking. he's got people blaming black lives matter and people saying he woke up. if he was afraid of a carjacking, how did he fall asleep? they said there was a bump in the road. then there wasn't a bump in the road. so all these people are giving conflicting accounts of what that -- what happened that night. that's bad. and any minute he'll be going to court for a bond hearing. i predict he'll get out on a low bond and he'll be out in about 18 hours and the case will proceed from th play-by-play, blow-by-blow from you. i know you'll be watching. thank you very much. >> i will. >> she made a few points there. all right, we turn to that new dash cam video out showing a terrifying moment. a drunk driver is behind the wheel and he tested at more than three times the legal limit and when he is pulled over he falls out of the door and abc's gio benitez is here with more. >> reporter: when you see this video it's just truly incredible that nobody was hurt. but the damage could have been catastrophic and it's all caught on camera. >> i don't know exactly what's going on yet. >> reporter: you're watching a commercial semi truck weaving in and out of control because the driver, police say, was very, very drunk. off minnesota's highway 10 you can see it swerving off to the right shoulder, hitting a sign, struggling to get back on the road then crossing several lanes of traffic b stopping. but that wasn't the end of it. the driver barely able to walk, much less drive shutting down the entire highway because he was crawling on it. >> get up on your feet here. >> reporter: the driver, 48-year-old jonathan check was transporting a walmart trailer but working for a third party company at the time creek carrier. walmart telling abc news it takes this seriously and contacted creek carrier to express our concerns. crete carrier telling us he was fired. police finding two large bottles of vodka right next to the driver's seat. >> we have two bottles of barton charcoal vodka. >> reporter: every day 28 people die in an alcohol-related crash. more than 10,000 deaths in 2015 alone. >> do you feel the effects of the alcohol you drank? >> yup. >> reporter: the driver of that semi truck has been charged with driving under the influence. we've not been able but, boy, oh, boy, when you look at that video that was incredibly dangerous. >> when he falls out too it says it all. >> over to michael at the big board. you're with us. >> i am, i am. >> well, you know what coming up on our big board, you guys, google under fire. did they run a spy program on their employees? plus, the holiday movie season is heating up and the biggest blockbuster week of the year starts tomorrow. what will be the breakout movie this weekend? we'll find that out when we come back. mini miracle. hey! hey! ♪ this is for you. did you really? didn't have too! ♪ getting the gift you almost kept for yourself? now that's a holiday mini miracle. and it's easy to create your own at walgreens... with most stores open till midnight, and till 10 p.m. on christmas day. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. we believe the world needs atmore love that lasts. love that grows. love that's worth waiting for. love that answers the kind of questions your smartphone cannot. that's a diamond kind of love. it inspires everything we do at zales. it's why we set each diamond in our endless brilliance collection to sparkle from every angle as a statement worthy of your lifetime of love. zales. the diamond store. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods, believed the holidays should be about joy. where days are filled with magic, not madness. it's why we have amazing prices on thoughtful gifts, everyday. let's bring back the holidays. all right. welcome back, everybody. time for our big board. we'll get right to it with dan abrams at the desk for our first story. let's start with that bombshell google lawsuit encouraging employees to spy on each other and silencing complaints with their confidentiality agreement and, dan, a lot of companies have confidentiality agreements, and what's the difbs of this one. >> look, i read through the lawsuit and it seems t confidentiality clause here is pretty similar to confidentiality clauses you'd have in a big technology-based company. what the plaintiff is saying that may or may not have merit is that the way google's enforcing it effectively becomes a situation where you can't talk to your spouse, you can't talk to your attorney. they have an in-house spying agency, they say, that makes sure people don't rat on each other so that's going to be the question here is whether that's actually true, because the claim that this confidentiality agreement is so fundamentally different doesn't hold water. >> google issued a statement saying that the suit is baseless. our employee confidential requirements are designed to protect propriety business information while not preventing employees were disclosing workplace concerns. how difficult will this case be to prove for the plaintiff? >> yeah, it's not an easy case. the first thing that the plaintiff is going to have to overcome is a motion for summary judgment. ought to be thrown out. there should be no jury in this case and as a legal matter google will say it should end now. if the plaintiff is able to survive that, then there's a shot here. but that's going to be the most important hurdle to overcome now. >> if you want to complain about senior management how safe is it for you to speak up and somehow smart? >> if the complaint is i'm not getting a promotion and i'm better than the guy next to me and that's frustrating for me, i'm not getting promoted -- >> keep that to yourself. >> maybe tell that to your colleagues and friends. >> tell that to your wife. >> exactly, exactly but if the complaint is that my boss is engaging in illegal conduct, in discrimination, et cetera, anything like that, all major companies now are set up such that there should be a way to safely report that to an hr department and be able to tell them what's happening and n and if that ever happen, that's when you got yourself a lawsuit. >> all right. dan, thank you for that. next up, it is movie time and the biggest week of the year for movies. it kicks off tomorrow. a slew of new films hitting the big screen in a battle for the box office all hoping to dethrone the runaway hit "rogue one." larry hackett is here with more. i say good luck on that one but, larry, setting up to be a record-breaking year once again so what's the big story line here? >> well, it is. you're right. at about $10.7 billion right now, the record was last year's record at 11.2. i think we'll beat it and the reason why in addition to ticket prices going up the success of family movies. pictures like "sing" opening this weekend and "rogue one," "moana," the number one movie of the year, "finding dory." all of these saved the bacon of hollywood. back in june there were stories saying this year would be the worst year ever. instead one summer hit and these movie, four of the top six of doing so well this year. >> you just named so many movies. so many choices. so what are the hits and what are the misses in your opinion? >> well, let's look at this weekend alone. "sing" coming out which i mentioned. same people that brought you "the secret life of pets." good reviews so far. i think that's the kind of picture people will take their fami family to. "passengers," reviews have not been great. the real issue whether jennifer lawrence can carry a movie on her own. she was the heart of "the hunger games" franchise and david o. russell films. the third is "assassin's creed" based on a video game and you know it's the young guys in the video gamers in all of us and the picture i'm looking forward to is "fences" starring denzel washington and viola davis and you can be almost ra sured both of them will get nominations and looks like a beautiful movie testing through the critics love it and see how that does. >> i want to see that. >> and denzel directed that movie, as well. >> that's correct. he did direct that movie. >> all right, larry hackett, thank you so much. dan, thank you. >> "rogue one" is the one i want to see. >> i'm going to see four or five movies. you know what, everybody stay right there, coming up in two minutes that dramatic 911 call when a terrified 11-year-old did to help her survive. this just in! toys"r"us has hundreds of awesome toys this just in! it's almost christmas! hurry in and save big on hundreds of toys, like $40 off furby connect and zoomer chimp. and $50 off anki overdrive! toys"r"us. awwwwesome! ♪ "don't you forget about me" ♪ by simple minds ♪ back with that home invasion hero. an 11-year-old calling 911 while hiding in a closet. three burglars were breaking in and linsey davis has the story. >> hello, please. i need help. >> reporter: ashley bermudez's desperate whispers heard on this 911 call as she watches an unknown vehicle pull into her driveway. >> what's going on? >> they're breaking into my house, please come really quick. >> what is the >> reporter: ashley retreated to a closet in her upstairs bedroom last tuesday as the three prowlersburg particularized her home taking an estimated $13,000 worth of items. >> i was trying to be very quiet while in the closet so that they can't hear me. >> reporter: when the intruders made their way to the bedroom where ashley was hiding they kicked down the door. >> oh, no, please, please. i won't say anything. i promise you. >> reporter: according to police the thieves fled after seeing the young girl. they were later caught after crashing their getaway car into a flatbed truck. authorities credit ashley's level head in these extreme circumstances as part of the reason the suspects were apprehended so quickly. >> she followed all the instructions. she did a great job being 11 years old. she did better than any adult out. >> she was kind of a life saver for me. >> reporter: wednesday night "gma" was there. >> i want to thank her because what she did is really, really, really important to me. >> reporter: as the 11-year-old, many are now hailing as a hero her keep calm on the other end of the phone. police say they would have arrived sooner but the gps coordinates they used took them to the right neighborhood but the wrong house. all three people have since been arrested. deputies say they plan to honor ashley for her bravery and did everything right. the burglars would have heard me sobbing from the door but she remained calm. >> she called the woman on the other end of the line her life saveer. >> such a sweet story. >> thank you for that. coming up in our next hour royal romance. we have brand-new details about prince philip's relationship with actress meghan markle. we'll tell you how they're spending the holidays and, michael, what's going on upstairs. >> answering your holiday questions with the best holiday acts and ultimate broadway mash-up coming up, three of your favorites joining forces on stage. you don't want to miss that. we're in 8th grade. technology is the only thing that really entertains us. i'm gonna use this picture on sketchbook, it just feels more comfortable for me. be like, boop! it's gone. i like that only i can get into it and that it recognizes my fingerprint. our old tablet couldn't do that. it kind of makes you feel like you're your own person, which is a rare opportunity in my family. 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"cats," "phantom," "school of rock" like you've never seen them as we say -- ♪ wake up, it's good morning america ♪ >> well, if that didn't wake you up i don't know what will. good morning, america. we're glad to have everybody with us on this thursday before christmas. and as you know, it gets really busy here sometimes on camera. but for some of us it's even busy off camera or when they think they're off camera. >> in the middle of this really important story. >> amy is texting. >> i don't know if you could hear but angie our floor director is going, amy, amy. >> but i'm going to vouch for you because you are an incredible mom and you were checking in on the kids. >> i was electronic parenting. >> they were texting going, mom, mom, where is the secret santa gift for kelly and it was just nonstop so i was like trying to parent from afar and got busted have work. >> can you not -- turn on the tv. here's why i'm not answering you right now. >> it's live. we all know that. >> it is live. i love that we had the replay. thank you. >> she might even do it again. a lot coming up including the ultimate musical mash-up. "cats," "phantom of the opera" and "school of rock" on "gma." we have someone here in our audience who inspires me and i guarantee you. he will inspire you. eric legrand who turned a paralyzing play on the football field to a life of giving back, an amazing young man and we're really looking forward to talking to him in a little bit. that's coming up and there he is right there and we have a big surprise also for someone in our audience. which is just in time for christmas. can't wait to make their holiday special. >> listen, amy, you can go ahead and text your family. i'll toss down to cecilia vega. >> tell them we sai >> amy, i'm coming up to help you soon. i promise. good morning to you. we begin with a travel nightmare playing out just as the holiday rush kicks off. hundreds of flights delayed in los angeles. leaving passengers stranded. one major factor in all of this, that nasty weather potentially impacting travel for millions. ginger is keeping track of it all. hey, ginger. >> cecilia, those delays average three hours at l.a.x. you can see the picture behind me. look at this video just sitting on the tarmac for hours. this holiday travel, oh, it is going to be tough. especially because of two storm, so let's track it. you have flood watches and winter weather advisories. so much going on on the map, north dakota, south dakota with the blizzard watch and how it times out, the first making it way through the southwest. by friday night gets to chicago and that's where i'm concerned about the mix. if you're traveling friday night through o'hare or midway, keep an eye on that. also, though, by saturday on christmas eve itself, i-95 will be wet. the roadways and certainly could affect some of the airports, as well. here's a look at the road conditions and we'll follow both storms because there is another one right behind it. >> brutal out there. thank you. to our other top story, the intense global manhunt for the suspect in that christmas market terror attack in berlin. german police carrying out rays in two locations this morning including at a refugee camp as part of their search for 24-year-old anis amri, they say the tunisian man was on their radar for months because of his suspected ties to islamic extremists and germany shared that information with u.s. intelligence officials, sources say and learned two americans were injured in that market attack. u.s. law enforcement authorities are issuing a security bulletin amid growing fears that a similar attack could happen here at home. they are laying out concerns for the new year's eve celebration right here in times square but they do insist there is no specific threat. and turning to politics now, an announcement from the trump transition team. senior adviser kellyanne conway will be appointed counselor to the president, the highest ranking woman in the trump white house and spoke to david earlier on "gma." >> this will be a traditional white house in the sense that you will have a great deal of press availability on a daily basis and a president who continues to be engaged in the west. >> conway reportedly turned down an earlier offer to become press secretary. north carolina's controversial bathroom law still stands this morning after lawmakers there failed to repeal it. a deal between republicans and democrats fell apart. the law requires people to use the bathroom corresponding with their gender at birth and limits protections for lgbt people. there is also a health alert this morning about melanoma. new figures show more americans than ever are dying from it. better detection may explain some of the increase but also experts blame tanning for the spike in cases. and finally if you are like me, sometimes you're not the best at parking the car. up two spaces. nah, no big deal, right? it was a big deal at this busy walmart in maine especially during this holiday shopping crush. this driver took two spaces, she came back to her car to find this, a frustrated customer getting very even. it turns out the car belongs to an employee, guys. her friend said she was trying to avoid the ice. lesson learned. one parking space. >> i love the applause here. >> i know, right? >> everybody got excited about it. >> group holiday therapy. everybody was like, we love the shopping cart. >> they showed that guy. >> cecilia, thank you, by the way. now, new details about the royal romance. we wondered what was going on. prince harry and meghan markle getting ready for the holidays and back to lama hasan at buckingham palace and, lama, what are the plans for the young couple? >> reporter: yeah, and good morning again to you, michael. that's right. they are gearing up for the holidays but sadly and i hate to be the one to break this to you, they will not be christmas together. meghan has already headed home. meghan markle now back in toronto spotted getting a ride in a royal chariot of sorts or a royal taxi. the 35-year-old "suits" actress getting back foo her routine after a romantic visit with prince harry in london. the pair spotted on a trip to the theater. markle was introduced to his brother prince william. >> i heard they got on well and meghan is a hit with all the friends harry introduced her to and i'm sure she'll meet the rest of the family soon. >> reporter: harry speet to spe the holiday with the royals at sanders. >> the time we see meghan at sandringham for christmas, she'll have to at least have a ring on her finger. >> reporter: sources say the the new year with a low key and romantic vacation after the holidays. >> they are very much in love. they really, really are so into each other and they want to spend as much time as they can together. >> reporter: and we're learning a bit more about the american stealing the prince's heart this morning. meghan writing an essay in a new book "game changers" about who the real meghan is versus who we see on tv. they've been getting serious since their relationship became public last month. now many asking, could american meghan markle become a princess in 2017? >> everyone wants to know are they going to get engaged? i think it's highly probable given how in love they are that's something very much now in the cards. >> reporter: that is the burning question, are we going to be hearing wedding bells for prince harry and meghan markle any time soon? according to the bookies, the betting, they've slashed the odds on an someone's book is really good. we'll keep our eye on it. >> i like the royal cab picked her up. coming up here on "good morning america," oprah and her big reveal this morning. really her dramatic new weight loss and says she really doesn't struggle about weight anymore got our attention and dr. ashton will be here with how we can jump on board. we have our musical mash-up celebrating three different broadway shows all together coming up live right here on "gma." so why are you still puttingy. up with complicated cash back cards? some cards limit where you earn bonus cash back to places they choose... then they change those places every few months. quicksilver keeps it simple. with quicksilver you always earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. 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you've got your hands in a lot of different projects. >> so i'm at a point in my life where i actually for years in the magazine "o" magazine talked about balance and living your best life, i actually am doing it. >> reporter: and weight watchers said with their new programs mens are now losing 15% more weight than before and customer she also owns 10% of weight watchers and she says another really big key for her having a weight loss partner her diet buddy is stedman and i'm a big fan of having a buddy. you got to do it with someone. >> it helps and feel like you're in it with someone else. look who we have here now our senior medical contribute dr. jen ashton. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, you guys. >> important to know you are board certified in obesity medicine. talk about the significance of oprah's weight loss. >> let's do simple math. in the world of obesity medicine the gold standard is the loss of just 5% to 10% of your starting body weight so while people who are overweight and obese want to lose a lot more than that, just 5% has been shown to do some dramatic positive things internally for meth benefits. talk about 40 pounds unless you started at 800 pounds that is significant weight loss. >> and she's ken the weight off a little more than a year. but what is the likelihood that oprah or anyone els off for good. >> you say likelihood. in the world of medicine and nutrition when you talk about statistics to be clear, we do that because that's what data gives us but for you you're not going to be 84% successful. it's going to be all or none so you have to take that with a grain of salt. good news/bad news here. the good news is that weight loss experiences definitely vary individual to individual and everyone will have their own journey on that. there's also really good data that your initial weight loss predicts long-term success did you at the two-year mark most people are back up at where they started. that doesn't mean it's impossible. it just means it's very difficult and it's not a matter of willpower. >> she's made a lifestyle change. she no longer struggles and worries about it like she did. i think she looks the best she's ever looked. >> your mind will follow and your body -- you need that equilibrium. >> power of positivity and stedman apparently. >> yes. >> let's all get a we are answering your emergency food questions. we have so much more. it looks like the cast of this thursday's toys deal just arrived! toys, can i get a picture? 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>> you'll help. do you think you could use cereal like cornflake, pretzels or potato chips. >> i think i would go with cereal. >> you're -- it's a trick question. you're half right or third right. the truth is it's all of them. it's all of them. so if you take your frying pan there and just start mashing, i'll use my rolling pin and essentially because you're making these so little you may way more brute strength and better than a food processor. >> let me help you out. any will work because you're baking them and even if stale you can still use them. once you cook them it'll still taste as good. >> i never would have thought of that. >> so we have another one? >> this is a dilemma from evan who says, holiday party tonight but table looks terrible. stains and wrinkles galore, what do you do? >> first we'll get evan a subscription to "good housekeeping" to clean the stain but what happens is with tablecloths, the stains are usually in the middle. if you don't have a runner get wrapping paper as a runner, roll this out. ow beautiful is that. the key is making sure you get wrapping paper that has weight to it. a little weight so it doesn't crinkle and wrinkle. it's super easy and affordable. >> that wasn't from evan but me but last but not least a wardrobe worry who tweeted holiday party tonight, nothing to wear. no time to shop. how can i look party ready, festive in a flash. >> we have you. we also got audience member and her before wearing what most women have in their closets. a white button down and black pant, joy, come on out. what we did here was we tucked her in. tucked the shirt in, buttoned up to the top and gift wrap ribbon is all it is. double looped it. really feminine. help me out here and unbutton that. if that look is not for you -- >> unwrapping the gift. >> and we're adding -- whoops. we're adding another layer to it so you can put a jacket on, right. unbuttoned and use broaches to really -- >> broach. >> we have them here. what you want to do, in place of a statement necklace, cluster them together and mix metals and shapes, three or four is good then you don't have to worry about a statement necklace and you are good to go. >> the broach adds some pizazz. >> gives it a little holiday sparkle wh >> lori, thank you. >> thank you. coming up we have miracle on 22nd street. the couple on a mission to help santa. plus, you don't want to miss our musical mash-up live on broadway. that is just ahead, everybody. . . good morning, washington. i'm susanne kennedy. it will holiday travel rush is in full swing. let's get straight to sam sweeney at reagan international airport. >> it's going to be a busy couple of days for the traveling disciplining. more than a million americans expected to hit the roads. but you can see at this hour things are very quiet. at times the security line has stretched past the american flag there in the distance but they are doing a fantastic job of keeping people moving. the average wait time here less than 15 minutes. so if you're coming to the airport, you should be in good shape. the roads a a different story. more than 1.2 million people expected to hit good luck . today we're talking 50s for the second someday of winter. here's a check of the forecast. >> as you wake up and head out the door we're off to quite a warm start. for some of us in the 40s and we're only getting warmer in the afternoon. 53 for a daytime high, pledge of bright sunshine. a little breezy through the afternoon. this is all due to a cold front coming our way. as you gear up for the holiday weekend, a few showers coming in saturday afternoon. but dry by the evening. lots of sunshine on christmas day with a high in the upper 40s . today is a major getway day but now it's the perfect time. our thoroughfares looking good. the only incident we're following is an incident at university boulevard. still al car there. minor dela c 66 s just volume delays approaching just checking my free credit score at credit karma. what the? 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[ cheers and applause ] >> great holiday audience. >> if you weren't already in the holiday spirit this story is definitely going to put you in it. it starts with a mail mix-up that turned into a global movement. one couple mistakenly started getting hundreds of letters meant for santa sent right to their apartment door. so jim glaub and dylan parker decided to start miracle on 22nd street. it's a project that helps make those christmas wishes come true. our friends at "people" profiled them and now they're joining us live from boston. thank you for >> thank you for having us. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> so tell us how this all started. you had an apartment on 22nd street kind of far from the north pole. >> yeah. >> yeah, a little bit. >> a little bit farther. chelsea, north pole. yeah, no, we moved into this apartment and the people that lived there before us who were awesome said you might be getting some letters to santa. we didn't really think anything of it at the time. but then a couple years went by and in 2010 we had over -- i mean over 300, 400 letters that had come into our mailbox coming every day, 20, batches of 20, 30, 40, every day. it was a really crazy thing in that is crazy. no explanation as to why 22nd and the north pole got mixed up. what made you decide to start answering some of those letters. >> yeah, i mean, that was the question i think we had at the time and we both sort of struggled with that and i t this brought out a lot for us to figure out together. i initially thought we should take them to an organization or something. but as we talked with our friends and more and more people wanted to take a letter and fulfill it we had so much response from people that we knew and people that we didn't know that we figured we would at least try to get them fulfilled that first year with our friends and we've since gone on to create a facebook page and you see that group, you know, has really come up with the "people" article. >> we're just two guys and unofficially teamed up with be an elf.org taking letters up till christmas eve. >> so inspiring to hear what you do and by the way it's such an amazing and life-changing story for you, i understand it's actually going to become a movie? >> i know. >> the whole time ts yeah, we're working with tina fey to do a movie. >> wow, tina fey. >> that's amazing. >> we can't wait to watch the movie. it's so inspirational. thank you so much for joining us. have a merry, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. [ cheers and applause ] >> great story. >> i love that. >> good things come to good people who give and inspire others. >> i thought they were excited about being on "gma." they got a movie with tina fey. >> thenary very inspiring and speaking of another inspiring story, it's about my friend eric legrand, he was a star player on the rutgers university football team before devastating injury ended his career. but it's what he's done since that's truly remarkable. take a look. >> fumbled it. rutgers says they have it. looks like eric legrand was at the bottom of that pile. >> reporter: at 6'2" and 275 pounds eric legrand was a star player on the rutgers football team. when one tackle changed his life. ooh. by eric legrand. >> fracturing his c-3 and c-4 vertebra paralyzing him from the neck down. in 2011 he told espn -- >> my body was stuck. tried to get up but i couldn't. i was like -- could i pass out, may i die here? >> reporter: but eric's spirit was unbreakable. >> it's not about the impossible, it's about the possible. >> reporter: his fox sports digital series "mission possible" pays tribute to inspiring athletes overcoming adversity. >> people see wheelchairs. i don't. i see a brotherhood. >> reporter: like pro wheelchair basketball player jeremy. >> did you see that? >> bam. >> reporter: and tommy, 5-year-old golf sensation. >> i'm only bilateral woman who ever finished the boston marathon. >> and jamie, a double amputee. for eric life has no limits a any mission is possible. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. >> wow! chills from head to toe right now. >> chills from head to toe. eric is here. eric legrand is here in our audience this morning, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] eric, thank you for joining us. not only you, we get your mom karen too which i'm excited about and so you're so inspiring and do so much for so many people and these stories of "mission possible" is inspiring. what inspires you. >> it all started when i put together at a foundation event for my foundation, you know, michael luciano came up to me was paralyzed and told me he did a documentary with this group called "mission possible" and they wanted to tell me all about it. when they came to my house they just came as normal people and i got to meet them and explain how they wanted to pay it forward and show other people's stories and wanted me to be the host and use my platform to share these stories. i was like, this is what this is perfect and incredible people i've gotten to meet on the journey. they help and inspire me as we get to share their stories each and every day and help me get through my injury and helping them too getting introduced to cool things maybe they've never been able to do before. >> and inspires all of us. karen, you must be so proud of everything he's doing. >> michael, yes, i'm very proud of eric. the fact that he's been able to overcome, you know, just to fight through this injury and accomplish so much and then now he wants to showcase other people and their stories and put, you know, put them in a light where they may not normally have been is just, you know, a testament to his character. [ applause ] >> yes, very much so. and do you have any -- for lack of a better word, favorite stories coming out of the ones you're telling. >> i've gotten like i said to do incredible ones. one of my favorite places to be is down in miami in the 305 down there was cool to get out on a boat and haven't been out on a boat since my injury so that was a cool experience and seeing him play basketball but all these stories like 5-year-old tommy one arm golfer, just, it's crazy watching him. you know on the golf course and guyana and bringing her to the prom. incredible moment. her whole family, the e-mail i got that day made me realize i need to do this and seeing those stories with celeste and jamie and it goes on. >> all of it all of them. i got the perfect person for this. i've known you a long time and been so active with everything and helped so many people, we wanted to bring you here today to like shine some light on your show on foxsports.com but told you a little story. i brought you here for more than that. i'm going to turn the tables a little bit and going to honor you for everything you've done, okay. so we teamed up with sears and they are donating $10,000 to eric legrand, which charity. there you go, team legrand. and team legrand is part of the christopher and dana reef foundation to help find a cure for paralysis which you do so much for so many people and that is the goal of that and sears, it's the holiday time. have you done all your shopping? >> no, i haven't. >> have you? >> i have. >> you're done. >> yes, i did. >> in case you have a little something special you want to get someone, sears is also going to give you each of you a thousand dollar gift card so you can have that little last-minute shopping spree. >> i like that. i like that. >> since you're done with all your shopping, mom, you can still get me a little something. >> i know she is. i though off camera, hey. >> you know, eric, you're so inspiring and, karen, thank you both for being here this morning. we want to thank sears for its generosity and let everyone know it's not too late to get your last-minute holiy done. go to the sears website and buy gifts and pick them up -- on the same day at the store and thank you guys so much. and coming up, are you music cal mash-up live. you don't want to miss that. welcome back, everybody. we are getting ready for that broadway musical mash-up. the sh i ginger zee is right there on stage. hey, ginger. >> oh, michael, we are just moments from the magnificent i'll call it musical mash-up we're about to rock her, three cat, one stage, all from andrew lloyd webber copping straight to you in just a couple of moments. i saw a preview. you don't want to miss this, right, crowd? right? winds: nw 5-15 g 20 mph tonight: mainly clear and cold. lows: 25-32 winds: nw to s 5 mph friday: becoming mostly cloudy. cooler. highs: 45-50 winds: s 5-10 mph dry weather is expected today and tomorrow, so no weather impacts to your last minute holiday shopping! temperatures will be milder today, as a weak, dry, cold front [ applause ] tony winning andrew lloyd webber has not one, not two but three, i have all the flags in my hand, "phantom of the opera," "cats" and "school of rock," it is a huge deal and brought them all together about to perform for you but first we've got to show you this because lama hasan sat down with him, sat with andrew himself. check this out. ♪ >> and now, ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: he's been called the magician of the musical, lord andrew lloyd webber, for nearly 50 years has been the composing wizard of the west end and great white way and now he is celebrating a rare feat, three shows on broadway at once. did you think with so many hits under your belt decades later that not only would you be the magician but also be the king of broadway? >> well, i don't know that i'm the king of broadway. i think there are many others who could claim that title too, but it's great to have the three shows again. ♪ >> reporter: you've had so many successful shows. which would you say is your favorite? >> i always thought that "cats" was going to be the big one and, of course, it was in many ways. "phantom" in a everybody's lives who was involved with it. ♪ and listen to the music of the night ♪ >> and for me still there is something extraordinary whenever i see it. >> reporter: after starting his career with rock musicals like "jesus christ superstar" he's gone back to his rock 'n' roll rights. ♪ stick it to the man >> the story of "school of rock" had a special resonance for me and i really felt to get back to my roots and do something about kids making music would be great fun. ♪ i pledge allegiance to the fan ♪ >> reporter: so what's next? >> right now i'm an unemployed composer looking for a new subject. >> reporter: for "good morning america," lama hasan, abc news. >> get this, next year sunset boulevard comes back to broadway. that means that andrew lloyd webber will have not just three, but four shows o once. that is spectacular news. i think it's worth a little celebration. brandon, hit it. ♪ >> by rodgers & hammerstein prior so. ♪ mymy cookie exchangeripled. is super competitive. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. ♪ you're in the band >> back now with "gma's" magical, magnificent musical broadway mash-up. you have no idea what is about to come your way and taking "cats," "school of rock" and, of course, "phantom of the opera," putting them all together just for you, an ultimate one-time performance that's about to start right now. hit it, guys. >> music speaks to you and that is what matters. you, zack, come here. ♪ you ever play the electric guitar. >> my dad said it's a waste of time. >> here we go. ♪ grab a hold of your ax and try to pluck out this riff ♪ ♪ ♪ let your shoulders relax you don't wanna be so stiff ♪ here we go. ♪ keep on going don't stop take it over the top ♪ ♪ make each note really pop squeeze out every last drop ♪ ♪ give it one final whop and yes you're in the band ♪ >> what's your name? >> katie. >> ever play the cello. look at this. it's awesome. ♪ turn a cello this way and it's practically like a bass ♪ ♪ pop the strings when the play and watch how you shred my face ♪ ♪ if you offer me a cream i'll sniff if i find for m okay, get them. come here. doesn't matter, dude. ♪ if you play the piano you can play the keys ♪ >> i want to play classical. >> so loosen it and strut your expertise ♪ >> i don't think i can ♪ ♪ take a look at this music and let your mind expand ♪ ♪ you're in the band >> yes, dude, okay. now who is going to be my drummer? awesome. ♪ sit your butt at the skins and try to whack out a beat ♪ >> not bad. ♪ feel the groove in your pins then slowly turn up the heat ♪ ♪ >> you know these guy, right? ♪ ♪ you're in the band okay. >> what about the rest of us. >> the rest of you, i'll need backup singers, anybody. sing. ♪ hustle and bustle is done and it's hardly begun ♪ >> sing. ♪ >> sing. ♪ touch me and it's so easy to -- all the love -- >> yo, backup singer, backup singer, groupie, freddie, you live in a pocket. don't change anything. katie, rock it in for us, rock star. let's go. in "g." oh, i like this. backup singers, this is you. i like this. ♪ >> yeah. everybody. ♪ ♪ a miracle ♪ no return ♪ now repeat after me i pledge allegiance to the band i pledge allegiance to the band ♪ ♪ and i promise to give mr. schneebly full command ♪ ♪ i promise to give mr. schneebly full command ♪ ♪ and with me in control of the band as a whole we will rock and we'll roll ♪ ♪ with our heart and our soul if you're in raise your hand ♪ >> yes. ♪ you're in the band you're in the band ♪ ♪ you're in the band [ cheers and applause ] merry christmas, america. >> tomorrow -- ♪ i really can't stay baby >> it's time to celebrate. >> ♪ baby it's cold outside >> with a spectacular garth and trisha duet only on "good morning america." ♪ you're in the band >> we want to say thank you to all of our broadway stars for that incredible performance this morning. >> wow, that was some mash-up and also want to say a big thank you to one of our amazing graphics artist, mark on his last day at abc after 35 years. most of his years were spent right here at "gma" and he will be missed by all. also don't forgoat to watch this guy, "world news tonight" anchor. >> everybody is coming uptown. with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, nutella adds a smile to any morning. one jar; so many delicious possibilities. nutella - spread the happy! >> announcer: it's "live with kelly." today, straight from the big screen, it's kyra sedgwick, and we get a lesson from dj khaled himself. plus, from "designated survivor," actor kal penn. also, things get sticky in today's holiday games, and our co-host is christian slater. all next on "live." [upbeat music] ♪ now here are kelly ripa and christian slater. ♪ >> kelly: hi, handsome. >> christian: oh! december 22nd, oh. >> kelly: yeah, yup. >> christian: there you go, love. yeah.