The trump children about to climb to new heights of power. Speaking out on the eve of their fathers inauguration. Ivanka reacting to those saying shell be the real first lady. Theres one first lady and shell do remarkable things. The trump sons and how their father will change in office as they prepare to spend their first night in the white house. And good morning, america. Thats right, michael, tomorrow night the entire trump family will spend the night in the white house. A lot of change ahead for them. Lets take a live look at the capitol right now. Beautiful. Noon tomorrow, donald j. Trump will take the oath of office, become americas 45th president. Boy, that is gorgeous. That is a gorgeous sight. Can you imagine how excited they must be. He posted this photo showing him writing his inauguration speech at maralago over the holidays and he was saying with the caption, loo friday. What about the obamas . They are preparing to say goodbye to the white house. First Lady Michelle obama shared this photo last night, with the message being your first lady has been the honor of a lifetime from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thats a beautiful shot, as well, the president did his final press conference yesterday. Quiet day in the white house today, just lunch with the Vice President. Much more on the inauguration. Well have much more on that in a moment. First the breaking news, an avalanche burying a Mountain Hotel in italy. The search for survivors is on and lama hasan has all the latest details from london. Lama. Reporter good morning to you, robin. Yeah, a harrowing rescue effort under way after four powerful earthquakes hit central italy unleashing an avalanche. Rescuers reporting they received a text overnight saying, quote, help, help, we are dying of cold and this morning those rescuers desperately searching for survivors saying theyre calling out but no one is answering. Of the destructive avalanche, the sheer force of it pushing snow through the windows of the fourstar Rigopiano Hotel shattering glass and blocking rooms, stopping rescuers from going in. This man, one of at least two survivors saved this morning. Authorities saying at least 30 people are still missing with reports of several dead. They reached the place and saved two people, the chief of italian Civil Protection says, now theyre working to bring other means of transportation. Theyre checking the conditions that are prohibitive, even for technical rescue. Alpine rescue teams reaching the hotel by helicopter and on foot. After initially being blocked by fallen trees and heavy snow overnight. The popular ski resort located about 30 miles city of piscara, a strong earthquake hit there including one with a 5. 67 magnitude. Many fear still trapped under all that snow its a race against time to reach them. Teams with vital rescue equipment are at this hour still trying to reach the scene. Several celebrations in the t capital before stopping off at his own hotel for dinner. Abcs cecilia vega in washington with all the details. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning to you. Youre right. Just one day to go. Donald trump has been flying from new york here to washington, every night to attend these big party, but as of tonight, he is here in washington for good. President elect donald trump landing in his soontobe home waving and hitting the inaugural Party Circuit crossing town in a motorcade attending exclusive blacktie dinners including one for his Vice President mike pence and topping it all off with a stop at trumps washington blocks away from his future home, the white house. Inside, trump was showered with applause. Now, trump preparing for his biggest audience yet, tweeting this photo of himself at what he calls his winter white house maralago, writing his speech on his desk next to him, a bronze eagle. That speech about 20 minutes long. Trump has been studying past inaugural addresses and practicing daily. The themes, uniting the country and america first. Aides calling it very personal. The first line is thanking everybody, all of the president s and including, by the way, president obama and michelle who have been Victoria Beckham nice. Ivanka trump also ready for the big day tweeting out the official invitation saying, the amazing journey is just getting started. She and the whole trump family are expected to spend trumps first night as president at the white house. Barron and melania and all of house, which is sort of a tradition. Reporter but who will not be participating in the festivities . More than 60 house democrats, never before in history have so many skipped a swearing in. Im not asking for his birth certificate. But he has to build the legitimacy. Reporter Hillary Clintons going. If she can go why cant you. She was the first lady and shes going as the wife of bill clinton. Reporter shes the woman who ran against him and lost. Its going to be hard for her. Reporter and donald trump is expected to use the lincoln bible during his swearing in while taking the oath of office. Only two president s have done that, president obama and lincoln himself and, of course, george, that big concert tonight and trump will be speaking on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And, cecilia, then he hopes to hit the ground running right after he takes the oath. Reporter yeah, this has been a promise of Donald Trumps. He has said he will issue executive orders. We expect those to largely the immediate ones at least to largely reverse some president obama policies. We do know now on friday he will issue four to five executive actions, the first one were told will be largely proceed surely things like security for the first family. That is a tradition. Cecilia, thanks very much. Over to capitol hill where trump cabinet neuman nominees facing another day of hearings and rick perry up for Energy Secretary in the hot seat and our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce tracking it all from the capitol. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning. Yeah, the whirlwind of hearings continues with a familiar face, former Texas Governor rick perry will be making his case to lead the agency he once wanted to eliminate and once famously forgot. Thats a move according to his prepared remarks hes expected to say he regrets. Also this morning, democrats are expected to take aim at treasury secretary nominee steve mnuchin. The Goldman Sachs executive under fire for his role in the housing crisis. Hes been accused of rushing to foreclose on homeowners. George. There were some delays with some nominees getting their papers in and democrats slowing the process down a bit, secretaries in place tomorrow after the oath. Reporter yeah, george, no votes have been scheduled yet but the Senate Majority leader suggests that democrats will only allow three to go through on day one. General mattis for defense, congressman pompeo for cia director and general kelly for dhs three picks critical to National Security and also three of Donald Trumps less controversial nominees, but it is far fewer than what president obama had in 2009 when seven of his picks were confirmed on the first day, 13 by the end of the first week, george. There will not be a secretary of state tomorrow, okay, mary bruce, thanks very much. Over to robin. We bring in Cokie Roberts for more on the inauguration and how president elect trump is preparing for this historic event. Always good to see you, cokie. Wonderful, robin. He will keep it short, he said, the speech. Thats probably a good thing, you say. A good thing to do. A long speech, nobody wants to listen to. It gets very cold and, you know, the truth is i was thinking back of all the inaugurations that about and i can only remember four speeches and two were lincoln, i was not there. But kennedy, ask not what your country and franklin roosevelt, you have nothing to fear but fear itself, so other than that, theyre not exactly memorable. Well, what are you exactly expecting from donald trump . His tone and his word, what are you expecting. I expect him to try to be unifying. To put people to, you know, who are concerned to try to put their fears to rest. Yeah, Election Night we heard him give a speech that was along those lines. I think it will be the same thing but probably better. And he he tweeted out a picture of himself saying over the holidays that he was actually working on the speech. They always do that, dont they. We always see somebody and the speech writers say, actually i did it. So theres always a little tension. They work agriculture. He do work together. Make sure its in his voice. In his voice and i do think know, throughout the campaign we kept talking about if hes elected hed be the first person whos never served in Public Office or the military. I think he might want to use that to his advantage rather than disadvantage and talk about coming to washington fresh, owing no one anything, just you, the people. He is going to be there, his predecessors will be there. None of whom voted for him. Quite a moment when you this moment in our history. Its a huge moment and the fact that they didnt vote for him and are going to be there is very significant because theyre saying, we are validating this. This is this is what we do in america. Right. We have a peaceful transfer of government. In the rest of the world still you have situations where people are not willing to give over power. Its happening right now. But this is this is a remarkable moment and it has been since 1800, a woman reporter in 1800, 1801 this in our country where other places its cause of bloodshed, here we have no dislocation. Now, that wasnt entirely true but it was close enough. But it is a moment. It is a moment for our country. Right. Well have you back, talk a little more about some things later. Right now to michael. All right, thank you, robin. Now, lets get to the latest on former president george h. W. Bush and his wife barbaras health. Both are in a houston area hospital this morning and our chief White House Correspondent jon karl has more and, jon, what do we know about their condition . Reporter good morning, michael. Well, both bushes remain in the hospital this morning. It is believed to be the first time in their 72 years of marriage that both have been hospitalized at the same time. The former president was admitted back on saturday for shortness of breath. But and he was expected to be released actually today but yesterday he took a turn for the worse and had to be admitted into intensive care. His spokesperson tells abc news, quote, president bush was admitted to the icu an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia. He actually had to be sedated yesterday so they could perform a procedure to clear his airway. As for mrs. Bush, she was admitted yesterday for fatigue and for coughing. I tell you, even before all of this, they had written a remarkable letter to donald trump. This letter right here, george bush wrote to donald trump, was delivered to him, trump told me earlier this week. It says, my doctor says if i sit outside in january, it will likely put me six feet under. Same for barbara. I guess were stuck in texas but he said we will be with you and the country in spirit. So although he said that he could not make the inauguration, he even offered to help donald trump in any way possible. Trump responded with a tweet, saying, looking forward to a speedy recovery for george and barbara bush, both hospitalized. Thank you for your wonderful letter. So, interesting words from the former president. And so theyre not going to son and former president george w. Bush was scheduled to attend the inauguration tomorrow. Is this going to change his plans . Well, were told that as of right now, michael, that george w. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush still intend to be here tomorrow for the inauguration. All right. Thank you, jon. Of course, well have full coverage of the inauguration. Ill be anchoring nonstop live coverage at 7 00 a. M. On gma and continues throughout the parade and tonight an inside look at americas new first family as the trumps had he had to washington on a special edition of 20 20 at 10 00 eastern. Well have a little preview coming up. Amy has the mornings other top stories. A serious Building Collapse in iran. Dramatic new images out as a highrise buildingn tehran became engulfed in flames and crews were battling it for hours when the building suddenly in just a few seconds collapsed in a massive cloud of dust. It all happened on live television. At least 30 firefighters were killed. Dozens of others the tower was once the tallest building in irans capital. Back here in this country the largest student loan collector is facing a lawsuit accused of cheating millions of borrowers. Navient once part of sally may allegedly made it harder to repay loans by processing pays incorrectly and deceived borrowers at every step, it is alleged. A sheriffs deputy in rural north dakota has been killed in a shootout with a suspect. This all comes one day after a Police Detective near dallas was killed. Nationwide the number of officers shot on duty has risen dramatically in the last year. And police in New Hampshire say they cannot believe the driver of this honda civic was able to walk away from this crash. They say the car lost control and slid underneath, you see it there, under a tanker truck and got pinned against a concrete barrier. The driver somehow managed to climb out of the window. Well, the newest members of baseballs hall of fame have been announced. Ivan down when he got the call telling him he had been selected. Look at that. He will be joined by tim raines and jeff bagwell at this summers induction. Congratulations to all and finally if youre in the home in the business for a new home, how about this mega mansion in bel air. Take a look at that. It is the most expensive home ever listed in the United States. It includes 12 bedrooms, 21 bathroom, there you see a 40seat Movie Theater and a candy room featuring what l. A. Times describes as see it there towering cylinders of sweet, it can all be yours for 250 million and comes with a 30 million car collection and seven full time Staff Members that the current owner will pay for two years. A helicopter too. The crazy thing is, i have been in that home. Really. That used to be my lot. I sold a developer that lot. Are you kidding me . And i regret it now. Absolutely. Wow. Y million. He offered and i have to say, i have to ask george first. Oh, what a story. But all right. Thank you. Amy. And now to the backlash thats growing this morning over the new movie a dogs purpose after tmz posted this video showing a German Shepherd being forced into Rushing Waters and gio benitez joins us with the story and good morning, gio. Reporter good morning. Listen, it doesnt matter who you are, if you love dogs, this video is hard to watch. It went viral overnight and now it seems everyone is demanding answers from the writer of the story to the films top voice actors. Pull over. Theres a ton of traffic. Reporter time after time our furry fourlegged friends lassie, youve come back. Reporter have stolen the show on the silver screen. Toto, i have a feeling were not in kansas anymore. Reporter but the latest hollywood film to focus on mans best friend is now coming under fire. Okay. Ready . Released a dogs purpose being investigated after this video obtained by tmz became public. In the video a German Shepherd named hercules appears to be struggling to stay out of a pool of rushing water. A handler seemingly trying to force the dog in. The dog then seems to go underwater. Cut it. Reporter before being rescued. The response to the video swift, peta calling for a boycott of the film. American humane, an organization that ensures safety on set hiring an investigator to look into the matter and suspending the safety rep who worked on that film and actor josh gad who provides the voice for the dog in a dogs purpose taking to twitter saying i have reached out to the Production Team and studio to ask for an explanation for these disturbing images. And while the movie studio is not commenting, producers of the film speaking to tmz saying on the day of the shoot hercules did not want to perform the stunt portrayed on so the amblin Production Team did not proceed with filming that shot but the stunt seems to have been completed eventually. The amblin Production Company telling tmz, hercules is happy and healthy but this morning many questioning that troubling video. And those producers at amblin, Steven SpielbergsProduction Company said it had been rehearsed so hercules would be comfortable with the water but on the day of the shoot hercules wasnt having it. Do you blame the dog . Goodness. A lot of questions. Boy, thank you. Ginger. So lets talk about sacramento. 63mileperhour wind gusts was recorded there and you can see the trees, its lifted up this camper. This is all with the first of many storms to come for the west. I90 in Washington State shut down for more than 80 or up to 80 miles so north bend and still shut down at last check. This is southern Washington State where avalanches are closing different parts of the roads. Much more coming and for the south, los angeles int t inches through early next week. Lets get to the springlike cities brought to you by carmax. Tonight partly becoming mostly cloudy. Lows 3337 winds se 5 to calm friday cloudy with showers. Best chance of rain 9am to 3pm. Patchy fog low clouds. Highs 4550 winds s 5 to calm the string of above average temperatures for the middle of january continues. High tempe