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Hawaii to california. Police warning he has a classic serial killer profile. The race to find him right now. And abc news exclusive. Me, too. Actor terry crews now telling his story saying he was harassed by a highpowered hollywood executive at a party with his wife right there. The fears he had about coming forward, now speaking out for the first time on television, here live on gma. Good morning, america. Thats right. Terry crews is here and michael, he has a story to tell. He really does. I think a lot of people were surprised when he joined the me too movement. Its a very important story and im looking forward to talking to him in a little while. Not easy to come forward but its the right thing to do and as you said very important. Well get to that later, but first well begin with breaking new details about the victims and gunman in a deadly shooting spree in california. A shooter going on the rampage killing at least four people opening fire at seven different locations, including an elementary school. Where police are praising the quickthinking staff there for preventing a tragedy there. Our Senior National correspondent matt gutman is in red bluff, california, with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. That quickthinking principal knew what they were hearing in the distance was not firecrackers but gunfire and immediately put that school on lockdown. Even before getting notice from Law Enforcement and this morning, the sheriff is learning more about that suspect and the 14 people he shot. Authorities believe kevin neal is the man responsible for terrorizing a Northern California community in a shooting rampage that lasted 45 minutes. The killing spree began at 7 52 a. M. When the 911 call came in that a person was down at a local home. Police say neal drove shooting as he went to the Tehama Elementary School where he fired at least 30 rounds. The gunman arrived here literally driving his truck into that school. And thats when he tried to take aim at the students inside. This man was dropping his daughter off at kindergarten. My 5yearold was so shook up that she heard the words shooter on campus and run to the classroom. She didnt know where to go. She was just frozen in time. Reporter moments later the gunman opened fire. You were standing by the door as the bullets were coming in the windows . Thats correct. When i turned my back, our window was being blasted through. Reporter one 5yearold was shot right in front of him, but is expected to be okay. The School Principal is being hailed as a hero this morning. Authorities believe neal tried to kill as many students as possible in that tiny school, but was thwarted when the school immediately wept on lockdown. According to authorities the frustrated gunman got back into his truck shooting at bystanders on the treat and into residents homes even at other motorists. He encountered other people on the road and took that citizens vehicle and went back on his rampage. Reporter that citizen was a mother driving her son to school. The boy is expected to be okay. But his mother is in critical condition. This man passed the shooter in his vehicle. He drove into a ditch and i didnt know it was the shooter at first. I asked if he was okay and he said, yeah, im okay. How about you . And then he pulled out his gun, and i started running. Reporter the entire community was on lockdown for fearly 45 minutes when officers finally caught up to him. The Police Officer rammed the vehicle, forced it off the road and it resulted in the shooters death. Reporter fbi forensic teams on multiple scenes picking through the evidence including dozens of bullet casings. Neals mother telling the Associated Press her son called her a few days before the killing and said, its all over now. Im on a cliff, and theres nowhere to go. Now his mother paints a portrait of a psychologically disturbed man who she says was reaching out for help. We know that neal had been feuding with his neighbors actually stabbing one of them back in january. He was charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon for that, facing prosecution. Now, the Sheriffs Office this morning is trying to determine whether or not the guns he had were legal. And if not, how he got hold of them. Robin . So many questions, matt. Thank you. Thank you, robin. Also this morning President Trump is back in washington after his 13day trip overseas now gearing up for a battle on tax reform. Senate republicans revealed a new plan overnight that takes on obamacare, calling for a repeal of the individual mandate. That would reduce the deficit but cause 13 million americans to lose their coverage and Senate Republicans facing a growing crisis over roy moore who was defiant about not dropping out of the race despite allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teenage girls. And tom llamas in birmingham, alabama, with the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. Roy moore spoke overnight and did not sound like someone who is even considering dropping out of this race. Hes now describing this as a spiritual battle to his supporters, saying he wants to bring the truth about god to the u. S. Capitol. Roy moore may be a pariah to some on capitol hill, but overnight at this alabama church, a standing ovation. Obviously ive made a few people mad. Im the only one that can unite democrats and republicans. Because i seem to be opposed by both. Reporter moore the Republican Senate candidate from alabama. This is not just a battle for democrats and republicans and how they vote on issues, this is a spiritual battle. Reporter at war with many in his own party who are calling on him to drop out after allegations surfaced he sexually assaulted two teenage girls while he was a local prosecutor in the late 70s. I tried fighting him off while yelling at him to stop. Reporter moore has denied all accusations of Sexual Misconduct. But Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is still planning to take him down. Even suggesting a writein campaign for embattled attorney general Jeff Sessions. The alabamian who would fit that standard would be the attorney general who is totally wellknown and extremely popular in alabama. Reporter mcconnell vowing if moore does win the newly elected alabama senator will face an immediate ethics investigation. Muddying the waters even more in alabama, a bogus robocall. At least one voter telling abc news they received this suspicious message pretending to be from the Washington Post which broke the story about moores accusers. Hi, this is bernie bernstein. Im a reporter for the Washington Post calling to find out if anyone at this address is a female between the ages of 54 to 57 years old, willing to make damaging remarks about candidate roy moore for a reward of between 5,000 and 7,000. Reporter the post saying the call is fake and is appalled that anyone would stoop to this level. One of moores biggest and wellknown supporters issuing an ultimatum. For me the judge has 24 hours. Reporter fox news sean hannity under pressure after companies pulled their ads from his show over what seemed to be his support for moore now demanding the candidate prove his innocence. You must remove any doubt. If you cant do this, then judge moore needs to get out of this race. Reporter you heard sean hannity there. Roy moores support may be crumbling outside of his state, but here in the state, there are still several elected officials still backing him. Yesterday on capitol hill i tried talking to republican alabama rep accident active mo brooks and had to chase him down five flights of stairs to ask him if he believed the women or roy moore. He says that he believes electing a democrat would actually be more dangerous than electing moore in the wake of what he calls contested sexual allegations. George . That is a congressman. The senior republican senator Richard Shelby saying he thinks the state party should drop him. Mean time, the the next big shoe to drop could be President Trump. Hes now back in the United States expected to weigh in on roy moore at some point. Reporter thats right, george. Hes back from asia but the story in front of him is all about alabama. Our reporting is that Jeff Sessions has no interest in being the writein candidate, but that may be the republicans best option since moore doesnt want to step aside. The campaign has told me that even a call from President Trump would not compel moore to drop out of this race. Although from what the president said he might not be too unhappy if Jeff Sessions is no longer attorney general. Tom llamas, thank you very much. Republican senators now united against roy moore as they push hard for their tax bill. Our correspondent mary bruce tracking it. Another shot at repealing the key part of obamacare in this tax bill. Reporter george, this is a risky move. As part of their tax bill, Senate Republicans are now aiming to repeal the Obamacare Mandate that all americans have insurance or pay a fine. Now, republicans weve seen them try this before. And fail. But the president wants to give this another go. Repealing the mandate could help them save more than 300 billion but it could leave 13 million more americans uninsured over the next decade. Were already seeing some republicans raise concerns about what this could mean especially for your premiums. But, george, the big question is their desire to pass tax reform will that outweigh these concerns . Another big change that could complicate that. Theyre making the middle class tax cuts temporary, b. But this looks like this me too movement may be about to hit home. That hearing yesterday where a member of congress, a female member said at least two of her colleagues have been investigated for Sexual Harassment. Yeah, george, female members of congress led by Jackie Speier shining a spot light on Sexual Harassment here on the hill. Saying this is a very big problem. Yesterday congresswoman speier accused two of her fellow colleagues of misconduct and Sexual Harassment. Now they want to overhaul the process to report and file complaints about this kind of behavior. And we did see, yesterday, george, the speaker of the house says he wants to move to mandatory antiharassment training. Have to believe well hear more from capitol hill. Mary bruce, thanks very much. Robin. Also on capitol hill, attorney general Jeff Sessions in the hot seat grilled over what he knew about the Trump Campaigns russia contacts and whether he told the truth in previous testimony. Our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more from washington. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. It was a contentious hearing with democrats on the attack and sessions pushing back hard. I had a meeting with the russian ambassador, yes. Thats exactly the opposite answer you gave under oath to the u. S. Senate. So, again, either youre lying to the u. S. Senate or youre lying to the house of representatives. Well reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions defiant, at times indignant, at the suggestion that he lied to congress. I will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied. That is a lie. Reporter just last month, sessions testified that he never knew of any communications between russian operatives and the Trump Campaign. Im not aware of those activities. And i wasnt. And am not. And i dont believe they occurred. Reporter but those activities discussed in that march 2016 meeting with sessions thencandidate donald trump, and former trump Foreign Policy adviser George Papadopoulos who said he had connections who could arrange talks between trump and vladimir putin. Papadopoulos has since pled guilty to lying to the fbi. Sessions said he had forgotten about that meeting only recalling amid press reports. There are reports you shut george down, unquote, when he proposed that meeting with putin. Is this correct, yes or no . Yes. I pushed back. Reporter his answer to how he could forget a meeting like that it was a Brilliant Campaign i think in many ways, but it was a form of chaos every day from day one. Reporter sessions said although his answers have changed one fact remains true. He was only trying to convey he was never part of and never knew of any attempts by the Trump Campaign to collude with the russians to impact the elections. Guys. Okay, but many others will be weighing in with Robert Mueller and what they said to the attorney general, as well. They will. We move overseas to a crisis in africa. Staff in zimbabwe have been advised to shelter in place because of a military coup. Soldiers seized control of state tv today. Theyre patrolling the streets amid explosions of gunfire and this comes after the party of the 93yearold president , robert mugabe, was accused of treason. Army officials insist the president is safe and deny a coup is underway and are only targeting men around the president who they think are criminals. And george, back here at home, as they hunt for that serial killer in tampa, another part of the u. S. Is on edge. Authorities are warning this killer has escaped a Psychiatric Hospital in hawaii and flown to california. Adrienne bankert has the latest. This is a really disturbing story, michael, for many reasons. One is that the hospital says that he is now in Northern California escaping from hawaii as you mentioned. Hes dangerous and should not be approached. They describe him as sadistic and that most chilling is that he has all the characteristics of a classic serial killer. Now, we do know that saito left the Psychiatric Hospital emptyhanded and hailing a cab that took him to the airport. And he chartered a plane, able to get from that plane to the Honolulu Airport and travel to Northern California specifically san jose. We know that he now has a backpack. He has cash. He has a cell phone and a phone charger. And, again, authorities saying that what is possibly most disturbing is that there was no report that saito was even missing for about ten hours. An hour and a half after he landed in san jose. And we still dont know. The Health Department still hasnt told us how he was able to get out. Seemed like such an easy escape. How was he able to charter a plane . Either somebody is helping him. We dont know all the details. Either somebody is helping him or he was able to get from one plane to the next. Again hes in california at this point. Strange and scary story. Now to a crackdown on College Fraternity life after another death of a student college. Texas State University suspended all frat and sorority activities. After the death of a young man who attended a party. Gio benitez here with the details. Gio, this just keeps happening. Reporter oh, yeah, george. Good morning. This is a brandnew case. But its an issue that we keep hearing about. A pledge potentially a victim of hazing. This morning the university is taking no chances. This morning officials are investigating the death of a texas State University student saying alcohol may have played a role. Some initial interviews of the persons on scene indicated that they had been drinking that evening, the evening prior. Reporter 20yearold matthew ellis, a Phi Kappa Psi pledge, was found dead monday morning at an offcampus apartment after attending a fraternity event. Officials say if he was hazed arrests could be made. Charges could range from furnishing alcohol to a minor on the high end of possibly manslaughter. Reporter the university shutting down all greek life at the school. The texas state president releasing a statement saying, it is imperative that our entire University Community develop a culture that places the highest priority on the safety of its students, faculty, and after the. This is the latest in a string of recent incidents at fraternities around the country. Just last month ten current and former Louisiana State students were arrested after a freshman pledge died in an alleged hazing ritual. The fraternitys local chapter shut down. Last week, pi kappa phi suspending its Florida State branch after a pledge was found dead after a night of partying. And this week 12 more former Fraternity Brothers were charged in the alleged hazing death of penn state freshman tim piazza. And those 12 students will face a judge in about two weeks but in all of these cases the students who have already entered pleas, theyre maintaining their innocence and saying theyre not guilty of this. Well see. All right, gio, thank you. Overnight those three ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting in china, they arrived back home on u. S. Soil landing in los angeles where you can see they were met by a crowd of reporters. The players were released after the white house said President Trump made a personal plea to chinas president to resolve the case. They are expected to make a public statement. The students are this morning. The school has been deciding whether or not to take disciplinary action. They havent decided yet. All right. Well keep an eye on that. And were going to go the ginger with the wildfires in southern california, ginger. Also wind in the forecast. Yes, michael. We start in the desert. Desert hot springs, a 40 plus acre brush fire and that started up and looks like theyve got quite a bit of it controlled. But the wind is going to be bad. With this new storm that is hitting now. Really what were concerned with are those burn scar areas from these big deadly fires a couple weeks ago in the bay area. So north bay area could end up seeing one to twoinch rainfall rates with this. We could see mudslides, debris flow, and wind and one to four feet of snow in the sierra. Good morning. On whats going to be a wet wednesday. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Well have light rain today but heavy rain tonight and gusty breezes and another storm sunday, monday, and tuesday. As far as our temperatures, about 60 to 67 degrees today, a little cooler, way up in mendocino and lake counties. Tonight well be around 50 to 57. This is our first strong storm, three on our storm impact scale. It becomes a 1 tomorrorororororo coming up that abc news roro exclusive. Terry crews speaking out about his Harassment Allegation against a top hollywood executive. Hes doing this for the first time on television. What he says happened at a party in front of his wife. And his message for others who have a fear of coming forward. And news on this scary scene at a water park. A young boy flying off that slide. Lucky to be alive. He suffered serious injuries and now the family is taking on that park. Well be right back. That park. Well be right back. 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And, robin and george, were now going to go to our exclusive with superstar terry crews. Well speak to him in a moment about his allegations about the highpowered hollywood executive. And crews was one of the first male celebrities to step forward after the Harvey Weinstein broke. Heres linsey davis with his story. Reporter fans know him as the lovable Sergeant Terry jeffers in brooklyn ninenine. I just happen to be a great person naturally beloved by all. Reporter but this morning terry crews, the former nfl player turned actor, is taking on a new role as an advocate for victims of Sexual Harassment. The 240pound former star linebacker, one of the first male celebrities to join the chorus of those saying they, too, had been harassed in tinseltown. He says a highpowered celebrity executive grouped him as a party last year. He first told his story in a series of tweets that started out this whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me ptsd . Why . Because this kind of thing happened to me. My wife and a were at a hollywood function and a highlevel hollywood executive came over to me and groped my privates. That executive, a talent agent at Williams Morris endeavor. The Company Confirms the agent has been suspended following the internal investigation into the matter. And now crews is taking action. Tmz captured him leaving an lapd office last week after filing a Police Report. Why did you decide to file the Police Report today . Because, you know, people have to be held accountable. I understand that. Are you planning to file a lawsuit, as well . Uh, yeah. Yeah . Yep. Were going to go all the way. Reporter multiple men in hollywood like James Vanderbeek and Anthony Edwards have since shared allegations of their own about different men, coming forward after crews spoke out. For Good Morning America, linsey davis, abc news, new york. Great to have terry crews with us. Thank you for joining us, terry. As we saw, it all started from a tweet you wrote. Yes. And can you tell us what happened . First of all, you know, back in february 2016, i was assaulted by adam venit, head of the Motion Picture department at William Morris endeavor. One of the biggest agencies in the world. Period. And what was wild is that my wife and i were at an event with adam sandler and, you know, the thing is hes also Adam Sandlers agent and Sylvester Stallones agent and Eddie Murphys agent and, you know, hes connected to, you know, probably everyone i know in the business. And now this is the thing. I did not know this man. So you did not know him before this . I had never had a conversation with him, ever. Okay. I knew of him and i knew just because its an agency thing but i the first time i ever actually had interaction with him was at this event. And i literally im looking at him. And hes basically staring at me and hes sticking his tongue out and, you know, its just overtly sexual kind of tongue moves. And im sitting here, its a party, its packed. The whole thing and im looking like, is this a joke . I dont understand. It was actually so bizarre. He keeps coming over to me. He comes over to me. I stick my hand out and he takes his hand and puts it and squeezes my genitals. And i jump back like, hey, hey. And hes still like hes still licking his tongue out. And all this stuff. And i go, dude, what are you doing . What are you doing . And then he comes back again and he just wont stop and then i really got forceful, pushed him back. He bumps into all the other partygoers, the whole thing. And he starts giggling and laughing. And let me tell you, i have never felt more emasculated. More objectified. I was horrified. I went over to adam right then and there, adam, come get your boy. What is his what is his problem . And so, you know what, adam your wife was with you. My wife is right there. He was acting so weird and so strange i put myself between, you know, him and my wife because with his tongue thing i couldnt understand. Let me tell you its so bizarre i wake up every morning wondering, did this really happen . Its nuts. You said your wife was there. She saw the entire thing . Yes. You said you went over to adam immediately. What was his response . I told him, hes grabbing my junk. I was like, adam what is wrong with your boy . He looked like he didnt understand. Because it was bizarre to both of us. We just i just literally, i said, thats now, when i looked at him, it was rage. And when i say rage, i felt like i could punch a hole in his head. Okay . But this is the deal. My wife told me, three years earlier, she said, terry, you can never handle any situation like this with violence. You are a target. You can be baited and pulled, if you react physically. And let me tell you something. Ive done it before. But this is the deal, when i grabbed her hand and i left that party, we were only there for like a half hour, i got in the car. I almost ripped the Steering Wheel off. And she just kept saying, im proud of you. Im proud of you. Im proud of you. And i said, man she calmed you down . She calmed me down because she was the one who told me that this kind of thing would happen and that you could be baited. This is the thing. If i would have just retaliated in defense i would be under jail right now. Thats one thing i knew being a large africanamerican man in america, i would immediately be seen as a thug. But im not a thug. Im an artist. A lot of people would say, that happened to me, the first thing i would do is strike back at somebody. You chose not to do that. Well, literally my wife had me prepared. This is so beautiful about it because she had me prepared. She knew Something Like this could happen and, man, when it did, she was just right there for me. Shes right there with me and she saw the whole thing. And then, last week, we saw it in the piece, but you filed a Police Report last week. Yes, yes. What do you hope comes of this . You know, people need to be held accountable, mike. This is the deal about hollywood. And its an abuse of power. This is this guy, again, one of the most powerful men in hollywood. And he looked at me at the end as if, you know, who is going to believe you . So you didnt think anybody would believe you if you came forward . Last year, no, no, actually i let it go. Actually i put it in the back of my head. And i understood why women everywhere had to let it go. But let me tell you, when the weinstein thing started happening, i got ptsd. I was going, oh my god, this exact thing happened to me. I understand why they wont come forward. Let me tell you a lot of times people go, why didnt you come forward sooner . When a person of power breaks that boundary and violates that boundary youre a prisoner of war. Immediately, youre in a camp. Because youre trying to figure out when is the right time to come out. Leave the door open, youre digging tunnels with spoons and trying to find out a out and get out and find freedom and someone says, well, it must not be that bad. You should have came out sooner. Youre like, im free. I finally got free. And this is the thing that a lot of people just dont understand. And they end up blaming the victim. And i have totally said i will not be shamed. I will not be shamed. I did nothing wrong. Nothing. And the whole deal is people are like, why didnt you do this . Why didnt you do that . Why dont you ask why isnt adam venit sitting here right now explaining his side . Good question. And you wrote that tweet a few days after Harvey Weinsteins story broke. Exactly. So you felt empowered by everyone elses stories. I did. That let you step out of the darkness, if you want to say. Let me tell you, i was a keynote speaker at this place called center for Community Solutions that dealt with relationship violence, sexual assault. And i heard all these stories from all these women who were just who had finally get strength from each others stories. And they came out. And i said, man, what kind of man would i be to tell my kids if someone touches you where you dont want to be touched, tell someone. Tell someone. And then i dont do it. Let me tell you something, it freed me. I knew instantly that i had to tell my story so that other people could be free. I didnt even name names. I was just in support of these women because they were called liars. They were they were like youre just looking for a payday. I was like this is not what this is about. Your dream, its like a child. What youre trying to do, your dreams, goals, aspirations are just as valuable as your children. When someone binds up your dream and holds a gun to its head and say its going to kill it if you dont do this and stay quiet, if you dont do this, it is a hostage situation. Youre dealing with a terrorist. And i have my dream. Ive worked so hard for this. What can i say . Its one of those things i survived the nfl, got to entertainment. Im here. And i get assaulted by my own agent . Makes it makes no sense and it was vile to the core. And its still it still shocks me. I tell you what, im glad you came here to share your story. Hopefully this is a big turning point for you and a lot of other victims out there. We appreciate you, terry. George . That was a powerful interview. So much unleashed by this me too movement. Coming up news on this water park incident. After a little boy flew off a slide. He survived. His parents now taking action. Yes, now. And the fastest way there . Yep. Can it take a selfie just by saying take a selfie . Yep. Take a selfie. What happens if i snap this . 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Today we play™ were back with that new lawsuit over this moment when a young boy went flying off a water slide on the first day it opened. Thankfully, thankfully hes okay. He survived. But he was injured. And now his parents are demanding major changes and abcs diane macedo is here with that story. Good morning to you all. So for the first time were also seeing the photos of this boys physical injuries. But his family actually says the emotional injuries were far worse. This, of course, dates back to may, when we see that video. He goes flying off the slide, scrapes across the concrete. The family is suing for 2. 5 million suing the city, the state, and the slide manufacturers. And what theyre alleging here is that there was an inspection done before the slide opened that found safety issues. And the family believes those issues were not resolved before the slide opened. The city says the slide was tested and approved by the manufacturer and the state of california safety regulators as well. The manufacturer also says they did try to settle this amicably but the family did not provide medical records. The slide remains closed until it can be approved for reopening. Way too much speed right there. Hard to watch. Problems with the slide that need to be fixed. It does. Thanks very much. Coming up, too fast, too furious, the new dodge demon about to hit the road. Why parents and experts are concerned. Cool tech. Wheres the new computer to power it . They have the old one. Come with me. This is your holiday future. 4k cameras, video games, virtual realityall virtually useless without a new computer. All i see is darkness. Youre in deep space. [laughs] what . That was funny. Give intel 8th gen core to power all the latest tech. Outer layer of your enamel tooth surface. 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Its 8 00 a. M. Breaking news in that deadly california shooting spree. The first image of the gunman, four dead a dozen wounded and an attempt to attack this elementary school. How the staff prevented a tragedy and what the shooters mother is now revealing as Police Search for a motive. Uber under fire. The Company Facing a possible Class Action Lawsuit. Women coming forward saying theyve been assaulted by drivers. What they told us overnight and how uber is now responding. Under pressure, how young is too young for a smartphone . The Parenting Movement campaigning to prevent kids from having a phone until eighth grade. Should you wait and what kids are saying about holding off. Are you ready for it sexiest man alive. Hes cool. Hes confident and hes all country. People magazine reveals Blake Shelton as their main man. This morning, weve got the brother, the couples and wait till you see who else made the list. And how long till charlie puth is here live . Just minutes away with his me megahit and hes here to say good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] and good morning, america. Happy wednesday. Charlie has a lot of energy there. He does. Spinning around in circles this morning. Got a story here about kids and their smartphones and something a lot of parents are dealing with. Seems like pressure is growing every day to buy them one at a young age. Well, 000s of parents are rallying together saying wait until eighth grade to buy your kid a phone. I held off till sixth. Sixth. I held out until sixth grade as well. That just seemed like the time. Eighth grade. Thats two extra years. But its really caused quite a debate and that its too young. A lively one in the studio. We cant wait for you to weigh in. New developments on that deadly shooting spree in california. Targeting seven locations including an elementary school. This morning were learning more about the shooter as Police Search for a motive. So lets go back to matt gutman in red bluff, california. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. We now know the name of the shooter. It is kevin neal and apparently he called his mother in the days leading up to the shooting saying he was, quote, going off a cliff. Feuding with his neighbors and apparently pleading for help on facebook. Now, Law Enforcement says the shooting spree began just before 8 00 a. M. Yesterday killing his two neighbors and taking his truck, shooting as he went and ramming it into a school but the principal at that school heard the gunfire in the distance and put the school on lockdown. He is being credited with saving countless students lives this morning. Now, frustrated neal apparently took that truck and continued on that shooting spree firing at motorists and pedestrians, carjacking another vehicle before finally police rammed his car and then shot him dead as well. Now, this morning Law Enforcement here is investigating whether or not it was legal for him to have obtained multiple assaultstyle rifles and if it wasnt because he was facing assault with a Deadly Weapon charge how he got hold of those weapons. Robin. We want to know the answers. Thank you very much. The quick thinking by the principal. Thank goodness for that. We get to that controversy in alabama where roy moore doubling down on his run for office and spoke out overnight refusing to drop out of the race despite more and more calls. Lets go back to tom llamas in birmingham. Hey, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, a republican said even if moore wins his election he likely will face an ethics hearing the moment he gets to the senate so mcconnell and other republicans are scrambling to figure out what to do down here in alabama. The rnc has officially cut all financial ties with the moore campaign. Now, one of the ideas being floated by mcconnell is have Jeff Sessions, the man who used to have this seat but who is the current attorney general be a writein candidate. The problem with that our report something that sessions doesnt want to have that job anymore and there is another scenario that could play out. If republicans promote a writein candidate and moore doesnt get out they could split the republican vote and the Democrat Doug Jones would win. Now, of course, moore has been accused of sexual attacks on two teenage girls. He has completely denied all of these allegations. Now, we do know from the campaign that he has no intention of dropping out and just yesterday a Senior Adviser to that campaign told me that it is unthinkable that at this point a man with his record of integrity and military service would not be given the benefit of the doubt. George. Okay, tom llamas, thanks very much. Michael. Thank you, george. Now imagine this, youre a diehard star wars fan going on a. Sters ride at disney land. You think it is great but then this happens. The ultimate surprise. Luke skywalker. Yes, mark hamill walks in on the crowd. Look at those reactions. These fans cant believe what theyre sees and we have a few of them who could barely take it. Oh, my gosh. He told the crowd he was there because he was realizing his dream of working at disneyland. Who would have thunk. He made a lot of other dreams come true that day. Oh, yes. He was having fun with that. Yeah. Speaking of disney its somebodys birthday. Well be celebrating that later. Coming up, uber under fire. Two women sharing their stories claiming they were sexually assaulted by driver, now filing a Class Action Lawsuit. And the new nationwide campaign. Wait until a, hold off giving your child a smartphone until eighth grade. Well talk about that and lara is upstair. Hi, you guys. So its finally here. People magazines sexiest man alive issue. 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[ cheers and applause ] and tomorrow were helping you save big on your Holiday Shopping deals steals for 20 or less. That is tomorrow. Tory johnson. Ooh. But right now a little pop news with lara. Yes, indeed, good morning to you guys and good morning to you. Time now for pop news and were going to start with taraji p. Henson. We love taraji. She knees to come back soon. She is set to turn hollywood on its head with a remake of the 2000 comedy what women want. Oh, yes. It started mel gibson that time around as a, well, chauvinist tick ladies man. This time henson flipping the gender card. Shell play the lead in a movie that is being called what men want. I love this idea. Its about a female sports agent who can hear the thoughts of the men in her industry who are trying to keep her down. Talk about timing. Good time. Wow. The empire star set to executive produce as well released in january 2019. Itll be worth the wait. Absolutely. [ applause ] goodness, stra. I cant wait to hear whats going through the mens minds. Oh, well, i imagine you two might know. Now to a big wedding in the big easy. Serena, congratulations, well, we think. We think. [ applause ] we think. Daily mail reporting serena is set to marry her fiance alex ohanian 2 1 2 months after the birth of their baby girl alexis olympia. Sources say its going to be a big one. 250 plus guests including we hear beyonce, jay z. Kris jenner, Meghan Markle and reporting that theyre sparing no expense and they have shrouded everything in such secrecy. Well, not enough. I guess theyre trying. Guests wont even learn where the ceremony is or details until tomorrow morning. Prince harry shows up, heads will explode. Absolutely and we will have a full investigative report on that. Then finally i love this story. Diana ross and the kindness of a stranger in los angeles, love this song too. Seems diana was doing a little shopping, a woman after my own heart and misplaced something while shopping in marshalls. Before she could get turned upside down, inside out and round and round, im sorry, i totally blew that. I wrote it, had a whole idea but you know what i meaning. You have to sell it if youre going to do it. Giving love instinctively wow, youre welcome. Anyway, it was a fanny pack, it was found, it was returned. Diana ross tweeted her gratitude writing, thank you to the angel. I lost my fanny pack in marshalls in l. A. On olympic and someone turned it in. What a blessing and wrote another tweet, a promise, i will pay it forward which we know that she will and shell be doing that soon enough because she is performing and accepting a Lifetime Achievement award at the American Music awards on sunday on abc. [ applause ] diana ross fanny pack. Imagine youre strolling through marshalls and diana ross is there. Up sidedown sorry. Didnt work the first time, lara. Thank you, lara. And amy has been tracking this lawsuit against uber. Thats right, robin. This morning there is new trouble for uber. The company is now facing a Class Action Lawsuit accusing drivers of Sexual Misconduct against thousands of female passengers after two women came forward sharing their stories. Its the ride sharing app marketed as a safe alternative way to get home. But this morning, one florida woman says after a night of fun and drinking she and her friend got into an uber and once they got to her apartment, things turned for the worse. He took me upstairs, he was dragging me at first. And then he threw me over his shoulder because i couldnt walk. Jane doe number one averaging us to distort her voice and not show her face. She is now one of two women filing a proposed Class Action Lawsuit against uber claiming they were sexually assaulted by their uber drivers accusing the ride hailing app of leaving them vulnerable because of allegedly inadequate background checks and monitoring of its drivers. My life is a mess. I cant concentrate. I get anxiety. Reporter according to the Police Report for jane doe number one, the alleged subsidy, nimer abdala admitted to sexually assaulting her pepping in a criminal court in miami and jane doe number two speaking out about a ride she says she took earlier this year in los angeles. She also asked us to alter her voice and not show her face. We started on our way home. Dont really know what happened during that time. I was like in and out of consciousness but i know that i was assaulted. I was in the backseat and woke up and he was in the backseat. I wasnt like really in my right mind for like two weeks and then i was just so afraid. Reporter the proposed class action suit calling upon uber to tighten their background checks on their drivers worldwide. Alleging since the Company Launched thousands of female passengers have endured unlawful conduct by their uber drivers including rape, sexual assault, physical violence and gendermotivated harassment. We want the court to order that uber disclose how many reports it has received and then what has uber done in response to these complaints, have any drivers been fired or what actually happens and why should women feel safe to ride with uber . Overnight a spokesperson told us they received this complaint today and are in the process of reviewing it. These allegations are important to us and we take them very seriously. And, robin, we looked at ubers rider safety side and say they use a Third Party Company for background checks on drivers going back for seven years. Uber says thats to identify offenses and other informations that could disqualify drivers, including driving violations and sexrelated crimes and more needs to be done. So much more needs to be done. Youre right about that. Over to ginger. Lets go ahead and do your gma moment. A little moment to smile, sharon from kansas city is telling us that her cat hutch will not let her watch the soccer game because hutch likes to touch every Single Player on the screen. So she has another cat starski that stays back and watches with her but hutch is on there. Share your happy moment, your laugh out loud with us. Go to my facebook page, ginger zee and hopefully we can get you on tv and get a little smile. Good morning. On whats going to be a wet wednesday. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Well have light rain today but heavy rain tonight and gusty breezes and another storm sunday, monday, and tuesday. As far as our temperatures, about 60 to 67 degrees today, a little cooler, way up in mendocino and lake counties. Tonight well be around 50 to 57. This is our first strong storm, three on our storm impact scale. It becomes a 1 tomorrorororororo thousand to a gma rorororo parenting alert about smartphones and when your children should have them. A campaign is growing across the country to wait till eighth grade. Gmas weekend anchor paula faris is here with more. This is hitting close onto home it is spreading. Parents, we felt powerless for so long when it comes to screens and smartphones. It is a land mine for our children, teen suicide rates are on the rise as is social media. But there is a movement happening. Wait until eighth. Parents are pushing back pledging to protect their kids from the smartphone until theyre ready for it. The pressure is on for preteens to have smartphones. Do you know any kids that dont have smartphones . No. Reporter and the pressure is also on for their parents. Is there one word that you can give me to describe the thought of buying your kid a smartphone . Dread. Regret. Frightening. And it is so addictive. Reporter it was this pressure that led austin mom brook shannon to start wait until 8th where parts signed a pledge not to get their child a smartphone before eighth grade. I think before the pledge, parents didnt feel like they had a choice. They could give their kid a phone because everyone had one or could be one of the only, quote unquote mean moms or dads that arent giving their kid a phone and it just felt really lonely and isolating. Reporter the Grassroots Movement is national and today more than 4300 parents from all 50 states are signed the wait until 8th pledge. Awesome how you can watch videos. Texting and sharing photos. Reporter this week there was a screening of the documentary screen agers about the impact of them in new york city. All across the city parents get together along with the children and say well wait. How effective do you think this movement can be. I think the more people who can join together and say well delay this, its a very powerful device. Its a mini computer with internet and camera and theyre just not ready to handle the pressures. The anxiety, the depression that comes along with it. Reporter in fang, a new study shows a link, teenagers thinking about suicide are more likely to be users of social media and experts say there are some real dangers to smartphones. Exposing children to cyberbullying, seconding and sexual predators. Kidding struggling with anxiety, low selfesteem, adhd are more likely to use the devices for negative feedback and theyre at risk for being bullied and getting depressed. For their grades to go down. Reporter but now with movements spreading around the country, parents can take control. Mom before linda fisher is one of them. Her eldest two children have smartphones. Do you regret getting them a smartphone. Yeah, i do. And my 8yearold would not get one until he is 13. I signed the petition for eight until eighth grade. It is a crutch and easy access and causes arguments. What do you think life would be like without your smartphone. I think it would be better in most ways. Why . Smartphones are soft of a distraction during school. It leads to bad grades and bad study habits and that leads to much worse things. Even the kids know its not great for them an hard for many to justify why they need a smartphone beyond the fact that all of their peers and everybody else has one. Other alternatives you have is there there are, in fact in my framily we bought a gizmo gadget and a gizmo pal. You restrict the calls, the texts, that has gps tracking that gizmo pal you can only make phone calls. What about the good oldfashioned just make a call. Say hello to my little friend, robin. The flip phone is alive and well. Basic phone. A basic phone. This has a camera. Make sure if you dont want your children to take photos to get a flip phone that doesnt have one. Its basic. Call your kids and want them to text voila, the flip phone. Okay. Now what if your child already has go to therapy. I dont have no, youll try to take it away from them. See, this is difficult but, remember, at the end of the day you are the parent and the onus is on you. Thank you. Share with them the concerns about the fact its going to impair their sleep and can impair grades and relationships. The links to depression. There are every Major Carrier out there has a basic plan with no data. Now, kids can skirt around that issue. So carriers have taken it a step further and offered services which will restrict the phones to what apps they have and they can only call and text certain numbers with the smartphone. Still, george brought up a good point. If the whole community and cool is behind it. Thats how it does. We signed the pledge. If one child is all the other friends have it its more difficult. No matter how strong you are you are not going to have your kid be the only kid. Its the peer pressure but also the pressure on parents but we have to remember with this movement wait until 8th were in itting to and theres power in it. George, ill talk to you later. Michael has the power. Well get a flip phone, throw a walkman in there too. [ laughter ] but it is time now for the big reveal of who made peoples sexual man alive issue. We saw Blake Shelton gracing the cover of people magazines executive editor kate coyne is here to tell us how they chose blake and were always excited this time of year. [ applause ] so, i said in the intro how did you choose Blake Shelton . Well, no offense to adam levine but i would say goinging back to the adam year hes somebody on our radar since we gave adam the title a few years ago. Blake was a runnerup so weve had our eye on him and i think the fact that this is now blake not just Blake Shelton but very much in love is pretty sexy and when you hear what he has to say about gwen and her three boys and about himself. Hes so hilarious and selfdeprecating a great year to be blake in now they both have that title. Something else to argue about on the show. Exactly. You have siblings on here. The property brothers. The hemsworth brothers. Oh, the hemsworth brothers in is it in the beeps. Clearly. You got the property brother, we covered them enough they dont even look identical to me anymore. I can im an expert. I have a ph. D. In property brothers. Thats drew and thats jonathan. Theyre starting to change in a way where drew is more buttoned up and more he will gent and more g. Q and jonathan is more rough and tumble mens health and theres a flavor for everyone. Flavor for everyone, thats right. You have a new category. [ applause ] a new category this year called hot off the press. Yeah. A few guys that i know are on this list. Yeah, i dont know. I feel like there might even be somebody in this studio. Oh. [ applause ] flavor for everyone. There he is. There he is. And all his sexy glory. Thank you, kate. [ applause ] he has we have a lot of fun with that act. You know, this is i think a year in which the media has sort of unfairly come under fire in a lot of ways and so its great to be able to celebrate our sexy brothers of the press. David muir. David muir is on there too. [ applause ] no, no, no. Just a few years ago. Im good. Im just laughing because you said our sexy brothers of the press. I love that. Kate, well, thank you for coming here and thank you for sharing all that and peoples sexiest man issue hits newsstands on friday. Make sure you go out and get it. Coming up, the one the only your gma moment brought to you by the frame from samsung. Good morning. Its 8 27. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. Sue hall has a look at your traffic this morning. Hi, sue. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, reggie. We have problems in san ramon. Also in san francisco, southbound out of the tunnel we had an earlier accident. Thats been cleared. Heres the problem, though. Three lanes blocked, right lane, southbound 680 at bollinger canyon, significant alerlt has been issued, big delays there and in the backup northbound we have an accident so both directions of 680 in the San Ramon Valley remain slow this morning. The next 24 hours well see the when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. Visit kp. Org to learn more. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. On storm watch and our best radar return over bay shore. That will head out over and head towards alameda in the next 15 minutes or so. You can see scattered rain everywhere to steadier rain in the north bay. The storm is a 3 because the rain will get heavy tonight, 1 to 2 inches possible, 2 to 3 4 234 the hills. Our highest concern is for flooding on the burn scars, debris fwloes and mudslides there and some trees down as it gets windy this afternoon and evening. Tapers to 1 tomorrow afternoon. Well have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news. Com. Celebrate [ applause ] welcome back to gma, everybody. Wonderful to have you all here with us on this wednesday morning and i got a question for everybody at home. I got a question for everybody here in the audience. Who loves a day off . [ cheers and applause ] really . Not me. I dont love a day off but obviously if you guys are having one off today because youre here. If not youre in trouble. We all know most Companies Give off thanksgiving and give off christmas and give off new years. Spotify will change things up and actually allowing employees to swap those days off for alternate dates of their choosing. Yeah, they call it they said theyre giving their employees flexibility and freedom to create what is close to their heart. We asked and people got creative. Heres some answers. One, the day after super bowl sunday. [ cheers and applause ] smart. [ applause ] the other one, june 21st, the first day of summer. I like that one. [ applause ] you like that one . I like that one. The day after daylight savings to be able to adjust and get back on track. Ill take that too. I know. Ill take all of chose, check, check. I think we can all agree on this, friday. Every friday. Every friday. Every friday. Friday. Monday too. Monday and friday. If you guys could do that, though, would you change anything . Halloween. Halloween. Youd take halloween off. Yeah, i wouldnt have to come in here and dress up. [ laughter ] he really is very hes not kidding. Spoken like a man hot off the press. I would take my birthday off. The day after my birthday. Yes. I would take my birthday but my birthday is a major holiday this year. Its thanksgiving so its my way of saying oh. Oh, no. Ill be thinking about you. But it was a bummer as a kid when it fell on thanksgiving. It was, but as an adult its fine. Doesnt matter as much. Did you say did you say what day zmchlt . I said the day after my birthday that way i can have fun on my birthday. Well have a whole lot of fun right now, thank you, michael. Our next guest has been turning heads and letters on the hit show wheel of fortune. Can you believe this, for 35 years now. Shes here to celebrate. [ applause ] shes here to celebrate the opening of a brandnew exhibit looking back on the shows history. Please welcome the one and only vanna white. [ cheers and applause ] 24 karat magic in the air [ cheers and applause ] mwah. Hey. Good to see you. How are you . Im great. Great. Hi, everybody. Hi. Thank you. Who doesnt love vanna white . Ah. Hi. 35 years, what do you think its about that show . You know what, its a family show. I mean you turn on the tv and theres so Much Negative stuff going on and to have the show for 35 years, its been around so many people. Families just grow up with it. Its fun. They do. Its fun. Appointment television. You can play along too at home. Absolutely. I love guessing. Well play in a minute. I want to share with everybody a new exhibit opens today in new york and takes us on a trip down memory lane of vannas dresses, gowns because they are spectacular. Over the years is it true we have heard that you have never worn the same gown twice in 35 years . That is true. Really . Yes. I have worn over 6700 gowns. Never the same one twice. ,700 g. Never the same one twice. Is it true only one mistake in 35 years . You had to bring that up, didnt you . Yes, i turned the wrong letter. The puzzle was either dr. Spock or mr. Spock, i cant remember. I was so traumatized and i turned the d or the m and it was wrong. One mistake. One what happened after that . They threw the puzzle out and pretended like the whole thing never happened. Lets play. We love the game so much we gotta play. We cant have you here without playing our version of wheel of fortune. Okay. Yes. We invited a super fan. Her name is yolanda right there with her mom. It is her birthday. Both of our birthdays. Oh, happy birthday. [ cheers and applause ] before we get started what do you love most about the game . The show is so much fun. Weve been watching it forever. Vanna is so cute and i did know the trivia about the dress, its great. Its fun. Well test your knowledge and see how big of a fan you really are. Well put ten seconds on the clock to solve this puzzle. The category is vannas favorite food. Lets put r, s, t, n, l and e on the board. I know what it is. Yolanda. You better be ready. Right now. Vannas favorite food. Oh i know what it is. Give her another letter. One more. Giver her an m. Give her an m. I dont know. I dont know. Its hard. Thats a tough one. Mashed potatoes. Oh. [ applause ] when you play the game you dont go home empty handed. Were going to give you a wheel of fortune goody bag. So there you are. Its right there a lot of goodies from your favorite show. [ applause ] happy birthday. Oh. Vanna, thank you for coming. I actually have i think im going to go see this. This is an amazing exhibit. See all these dresses and all of us here are fans. My mom thinks this is the one show she could master. The way you and pat are after all these years its really and weve never had one argument in that many years. I believe it. Number one question he said hes asked everywhere he goes is where is vanna, everywhere he goes. Come on over tonight. Well be there. Okay . [ applause ] wheel of fortune, 35 years americas game at the paley center in new york that opens today. Go check that out. Coming up singer mary j. Blige like youve never seen her before. Well be right back. I thought i knew everything about garth brooks. Well, it turns out she doesnt. But now i do. I just finished his new book. Yes, he wrote a book. Im so proud of him. Its not a book. Its the anthology part 1 of a part 5 series. Its a. Its a book with cds in it. And stories like ive never heard before. Pictures ive never seen. In a really sweet package. I know what im getting everybody for christmas this year. announcer 240 pages, 5 albums, and hundreds of neverbeforeseen photos. Available now at sams club. And honey, theres some things in here that i dont think i wouldve told. Wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. We are back with the incredible mary j. Blige taking on the big screen getting a lot of awards buzz for her new role in the drama mudbound and sat down recently to talk about it. Take a look. Mary is back reporter shes the multiplatinum music superstar. Were in the thick of things reporter known for her powerhouse vocals. No more drama reporter but in her starring role as florence in mudbound the glamorous mary j. Blige is transformed. You just come back. I will. You come all the way back. Reporter this movie, wow. We see you like weve never seen you before. Truly in so many ways. How did you prepare to be so stripped down . How did i prepare . It was all dee reeses direction. All her idea to just make mary j. Blige disappear. Any reservations in doing that . Of course, i had nothing but reservations in doing that i didnt know i was so vain when it was time to play florence. I was hanging on to things. Can she have lashes . I was definitely fighting at least to give her a strip of lashes at least. Just a Little Something of mary j. A little bit but dee said, no, mary, i said, fine, no mary. We want florence 100 . I wont be working for them. I be working for us. In fact, you were so unrecognizable as florence i understand that one of your on screen sons didnt even know you were you. Thats the truth. And he you know, when he found out it was me, he was just staring like it just cant be. Youve obviously been in movies before but nothing like quite like this. How did you prepare for such a heavy role . Of course, i had to get an acting coach and of course, dee had these workshops before we when got in front of the camera. Of course i think i was being prepared by whole childhood life like this would send us to georgia to see my grandparents and i would see my grand mom as this my understanding as this woman. So she was already in and knew to move like a southern woman and speak like a southern woman. They say its bad luck to see somebody leave. When asked whats next you said more movies. But please say theres going to be more music too. Definitely. Music is my first love. Thats my baby. Thats the thing that gives me wings and helps me fly and helps me to be competent as well so definitely more music. Going down thank you very much. Congratulations. Its an incredible film. Thank you so much. [ applause ] and mudbound premieres on netflix and hits limited theaters friday. Go check it out but first right over to ginger. Ive got kids behind me and something that will excite a lot of kids. The frozen reunion weve been waiting for, kristen bell and idina menzel singing when were together when olafs frozen adventure part of the Wonderful World of disney magical Holiday Celebration and kristen bell says it combines two of my favorite thing, the holidays and singing alongside my frozen sister, idina airing november 30t good morning. Im meteorologist mike nicco. Are you ready because its here, your 12hour day planner, some scattered light rain through noon then it gets progressively heavier and windier all ri all right, now its time for a gma tradition. Macys makeawish. The 10th annual believe campaign. I cant believe its been ten years turning hopes into reality for some special children with life threatening illnesses. We have helpers that you see right here. Theyre working on letters to santa and macys is going to donate 1 up to a Million Dollars for each makeawish stamped letter you send to santa. Just drop it off at a macys or submit it online and help those wishes come true for young people, like the 17thyearold youre about to meet. Reporter aaliyahs wish is coming true. As she makes her way to the land of the stars. Everybody seems so famous reporter it was over a year and a half ago she was diagnosed with stage 4 hodgkins lymphoma. She started losing weight. She wasnt eating. She had lost maybe 100 pounds. Reporter aaliyah traveled more than 400 miles from her home in louisiana to tennessee to receive treatment. When her hair started to fall out, mom and daughter got matching hair cuts. We actually went at the same time after the first round of chemo. I didnt come here to Party Reporter now happy and healthy getting the vip treatment and celebrating her 17th birthday with a tour on the famous rodeo drive and a visit to Madame Tussauds catching up with forrest gump. Life is like a box of chocks. 24 cart magic in the air reporter aaliyahs future as bright as the walk of fame. I am so happy. Reporter when she grows up she wants to become a registered nurse so she can help other children who are sick. Thank you macys and make a wish. A hollywood dream come true in the land of stars. Now, every letter and come on, kids. Lets start putting them in. Every letter that guess into this box raises a dollar and we want to thank all of the children here with us this morning. They are spreading the magic helping make wishes come true and now you at home can do the very same thing. Help grant a wonderful wish like the one we saw for aaliyah. Drop that letter at any local macys or even submit one online. Thats what you guys are doing right here. What do you say guys, altogether . All we believe its working. Its working already. All right. Guy, dont go anywhere. The one, the only charlie puth is performing live. [ cheers and applause ] all right. We are back now with mr. Charlie puth. Grammy nominated singer, all right. We are back now with mr. Charlie puth. Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and producer. His highly anticipated album voice notes is out january 19th. Right now though hell perform his new single off of it. Its called how long. All right ill admit i was wrong what else can i say girl cant you blame my head and not my heart i was drunk i was gone that dont make it right but promise there were no feelings involved she said boy tell me honestly was it real or just for show yeah she said save your apologies baby i just gotta know how long has this been going on youve been creeping round on me while youre calling me baby how long has this been going on youve been acting so shady ive been feeling it lately baby ill admit its my fault but you gotta believe me when i say it only happened once i tried and i tried but youll never see that youre the only one i wanna love ooh yeah she said boy tell me honestly was it real or just for show she said save your apologies baby i just gotta know how long has this been going on youve been creeping round on me while youre calling me baby how long has this been going on youve been acting so shady ive been feeling it lately baby how long has it been going on baby you gotta go tell me now she said boy tell me honestly was it real or just for show yeah she said save your apologies baby i just gotta know how long has this been going on youve been creeping round on me while youre calling me baby how long has this been going on youve been acting so shady ive been feeling it lately baby how long has this been going on youve been creeping round on me how long has it been going on baby how long has this been going on you gotta go tell me now you been acting so shady ive been feeling it lately baby [ applause ] gmas Concert Series is presented by carmax. Drive whats possible. It feels good to be back. We are back with an extra special guest. Mickey mouse and as you can see and guess by the cake here we are celebrating mickeys birthday. Now, mickey for your birthday, you have been surprising fans all over the world and now here you are in times square. Pretty incredible, huh. I had a great time and saw really amazing places. Yes, it has been amazing. Mickey we are so happy you were able to stop by and celebrate with us here today. Gosh, thanks, everybody. And keep your ears open for more surprises. Ooh. More surprises to come and celebration of mickey mouses birthday, the audience, all of the audience here receiving some of the brandnew disney and kiehls holiday collection on sale at kiehls. Com. Stores near you. Happy birthday, mickey. Ginger got mickey to talk. Yeah. Charlie, charlie, charlie puth. Thank you. Thank you. So good. January 19 t the new music comes out. January 19th new music comes out. Guy, thanks so much for being here. Great way to start our wednesday. Have a great day, everybody. Well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. And Great Stories kept coming. Like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables. [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. Stella cause for three hundred years, Great Stories have started the same way. One time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] for mildtomoderate eczema . It can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. The arm of an arm wrestler . The back of a quarterback . The face of a fairy . Prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. It blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. And its steroidfree. Do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. Allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. The most common side effect is application site pain. Ask your doctor about eucrisa. Good morning to you. 8 59. Im reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. The big story is the storm. Meteorologist mike nicco has your details. Hey, reggie. Hi, everybody. Were transitioning from storm watch to the storm is here, the biggest radar return, the strongest over mt. Diablo right now. You can see the rain thats steadier across the north bay, more pockets of rain for the rest of us. It will get really heavy during the evening and overnight hours. Thats why the storm is a 3, strong. Scattered showers after tomorrows morning commute drops it to a 1. Sue . Not winding down yet, lottings of slow spots around the bay area. Well take a look outside at headsberg towards windsor and westbound 80 after tennessee, a lane blocked there too. Thank you. Back at 11 00 a. M. For the abc7 midday news. Our reporting always continues on our news app and abc7news. Com. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, wonder woman directly from justice league, gal gadot. And from the movie darkest hour, gary oldman. We continue our thats my baby thanksgiving cooking week with chef Donatella Arpaia and her dad. Plus, we present the singing dog finalists in our lives bow wow wow contest. All next on live [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest [cheers and applause] ryan good morning kelly hi