2018 without breaking the bank. Bucket list trips to finally check off the list, from islands to mountains and the ultimate hidden gem. Were kicking 2018 off right, right here on gma. [ cheers and applause ] if you werent awake, you will be now. Good morning, america and a very happy new year. We want to thank our very festive audience. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you yeah, exactly. We want to thank all of you for joining us on this first day of 2018. We are on tape this morning so we could be home with our families. Some of us recovering. We hope youre enjoying your holiday too, and yes, wonderful audience so youre still with us. [ cheers and applause ] they will be throughout the day. Yes. As you are waking up on this new year for you to help start it right both mentally and physically. Were also going to help you get financially fit which is always good. We have five things that you should do and the tools to use to set yourself up for success. We all need that. Fantastic. Fir
We begin with a developing story out of costa rica where 12 people, 10 of them american tourists, were killed in a plane crash. The single engine charter plane went down in a wooded area shortly after takeoff. Among the americans on board, a family of five from suburban new york, identified as bruce and Irene Steinberg and their three sons. Horrified vacationers saw the plane go down and rushed to the wreckage to try to help. My family and i were having lunch and we heard the plane coming overhead pretty low, so we all left the table to go see the plane pass overhead with our kids. And as it flew over the top of us, it made a really hard lefthand turn and was totally sideways and then nose dived straight into the ground and there was an explosion. A florida couple and their daughter were on board as well as two costa rican pilots. A man with a grudge against police shot five Police Officers killing one of them. 29yearold on the job just for seven months. Abcs Clayton Sandell has more.
To mountains and the ultimate hidden gem. Were kicking 2018 off right, right here on gma. [ cheers and applause ] if you werent awake, you will be now. Good morning, america and a very happy new year. We want to thank our very festive audience. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you yeah, exactly. We want to thank all of you for joining us on this first day of 2018. We are on tape this morning so we could be home with our families. Some of us recovering. We hope youre enjoying your holiday too, and yes, wonderful audience so youre still with us. [ cheers and applause ] they will be throughout the day. Yes. As you are waking up on this new years we have some great tips for you to help start it right both mentally and physically. Were also going to help you get financially fit which is always good. We have five things that you should do and the tools to use to set yourself up for success. We all need that. Fantastic. First lets get to the mornings top headlines from ron claiborne. Good mo
Lines. You could have that, you know. Its been known to happen before to people. We have not gotten it yet. It will be sent to us at some point. Well take a serious look at it. We have a lot of things happening right now. Were building a lot of wall right now with money that we have. Mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. Mike, what are expectations on the hill at this stage . Dana, most expect this 1. 375 billion Border Security package will pass the house and Senate Rather easily. Nancy pelosi is out selling it. Its a compromise. Thats what appropriators do. I have the confidence they will get the job done for the american people. Im proud of the work they have done. As with all compromises, people support the bill for what is in it. Dont judge it for whats not in it. Congressional staffers are hustling to get the details on paper for all to review. The expectation is the house will vote tomorrow night and send it to the senate for the deadline. Dana . Dana what about republicans that
Welcome to the lead. We begin with americans on pins and needles. Two days until another partial Government Shutdown and no one seems to know for sure whether President Trump will sign the bipartisan and provide funding for new border barriers chl. When i say no one seems to no i mean no one. It is hard to say whether or not the president is going to sign it. House and Senate Democrats refraining from gloating about the deal and the fact that the president will get less than Border Security funding in this deal than in the deal he turned down in december. Why are they being so mum . Sources tell me Congressional Democrats want the president to sign the deal and they are afraid of doing anything that might push the president over the edge. They are treading very carefully. Sources tells they believe President Trump will sign the line that is dotted. There is no guarantee. They could be up ended once again though the president vowed today he does not want another shutdown. Abby starts us