Her. Postchristmas rush. The deals arent done. The best bargains th you running to the stores this morning. Surprise. The epic secret santa moment that has this military mom jumping out of her seat. My love my love and good morning, america. Happy friday, guys. The last friday of the year. Ah. We have to make it count. I cant wait to show you guys the rest of that secret santa surprise. So cute. Thats all coming up. We have to start with some nasty stuff, the weather. Its severe at this point, in particular out west. It has put a delay on a lot of peoples postchristmas and trying to get home plans, and also their prenew years travel plans as well. Well begin with marcus moore. Hes at Los Angeles International airport. How we looking out there, marcus . Reporter hey, t. J. It is the start of a busy day here at l. A. X. We have seen waves of travelers coming in, lining up, some of them at 2 00 this morning to catch flights home. This morning, with millions of drivers heading home on the
At first, he thought somebody was playing a joke on him but realized this was a scary and dangerous situation. This Surveillance Video shows a moment when a gun with pistol whipped him. The owner says two men walked into the store just after 11 00 last night. One, holding another employee at gunpoint in the back. The other, grabbing cash. I wanted to be alive. I want my coworkers to be alive. Reporter and air force veteran fought back. He reaches for a gun near the register. The rubber pistol whipped hymns twice more but not before mark fired a shot. I didnt even know i him. I just shot once. Reporter the suspect fired his gun first, the bullet leaving a hole in the display on the roof. The suspect collapsed and died about a block from the store. The Sheriffs Department have not released any information on the second suspect believed to be still on the run. He is shaken up. He was worried about what the guys might do to him and his coworker. With the much instinct. I knew we had it on
Then just hours ago, eddie murphy made his longawaited return to studio 8h to host saturday night live. Back after 35 years, with some of his classic characters. Well have all of the highlights for you. And later, a sunday sitdown with emmy and tony winner john lithgow on the transformation he underwent for his latest role and a prolific career spent taking on new challenges across theatre, movies and television in the last couple of years ive done some very serious work, but ive also done Pitch Perfect 3 it just gives you a wonderful way of switching gears and surprising people. A sunday sitdown with john lithgow. And the solution one newspaper has found to save business in the digital age. An ipad for every subscriber is that a model for success . And harry smith visits the Apartment Building in new york city where letters to santa has been mistakenly going for years. All plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin with President Trump beginning his holiday break just
Allie rasmus, sara zendehnam, as mike and sal are enjoying a bit of time away. White christmas for folks up in the tahoe area. Absolutely beautiful. Yeah. And maybe even on some of the peaks here in the bay area. Hamilton and diablo. Cold enough and we are going to check in with rosemary in a second to find out. A lot of people counting down to christmas. For many people every gift, every family gathering, every meal documented on social media. However, a new survey shows many people would like to take a big old break from their phones. I am one of those people. According to a poll of 2000 parents, 80 said they would be willing to go on a digital detox. And 85 of parents admitted they needed to change their habits and would like to be present when they are with their family during the holidays. More than half of the people polled admitted they checked social media more frequently during the holidays and nearly half say they have had their holiday ruined because of social media. Sad. Do
Kron fours gayle ong who joins us live from sfo with an update on the situation there. Gayle hows it looking delay, wise tonight at the airport. With jr and justine so far the boards are showing that all the flights are on time this evening, but there are so many delays for over an hour this morning as people rush to get home for the holidays. San francisco resident season to grado made the most of the travel setback as she waited for her brother and niece to arrive from chicago, there were lots of delays and so some of it was very useful, i got to go to costco right near the airport. And then it looked like it was coming long enough so i part to come in the soggy windy weather sunday morning caused hundreds of delays at San Francisco International Airport philip kelly felt the storm hit flight the 2nd half was a little bit bumpy. I would say. But the 1st half was pretty smooth. There are there is there is weather going through the across the country if you can sleep through thick slee