Its so much fun for me . As sarah palin raising speculation about her role in the trump administration. Missing mom exclusive. The husband breaking his silence speaking out exclusively to abc news about that horrific abduction. I thought about her being there screaming my name and that i wasnt there. Now Police Release a new description of the kidnappers and for the first time we hear how his wife finally made her escape on that freeway. Only and we do say good morning, america. What a powerful interview with the husband of that california mom. Were going to have much more of that exclusive just ahead. Im sure they are glad to have her home. Donald trump is heading to the carrier plant where lots of families are celebrating, 1,000 president elect will join them later today. Trumps team is signaling there will be more direct interinvestigation like this. Well examine that coming up. First the after. Math of those tornadoes in the southeast. Homes and businesses destroyed. At least five people dead. Alabama has seen some of the worst destruction and abcs phillip mena starts us off in flat rock. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The only way that you can tell that this was a Daycare Center is by the few toys that remain. This is where a family of seven rushed over from their mobile home looking for a safe place to ride out the storm they ran right into harms way. Just one day after at least 16 tornadoes devastated much of the south, families in alabama beginning to pick up the pieces. This door frame the only thing remaining for one family. We were all holding on to each other. Crouched down on the floor just dear god, please let me live through this. Reporter all thats left of this day care a small room. Weve been fortunate compared to the last few times that its parts of the town leveled. Debris up in the trees. The shelves Still Standing at this destroyed convenience store. In mississippi, families assessing the damage. As they cut and clean outside their homes. Look how this pecan tree sliced right through this house. We had to get the ladder over there and get her out the window because she couldnt get out of any doors. Tornado warning. Reporter in the Florida Panhandle a powerful waterspout forming off the coast wednesday afternoon. Near atlanta, a Tornado Warning with strong winds blowing this huge piece of metal from a recycling center about a quarter of a mile away. . Reporter students hunkered down in the School Hallway waiting out the storm. Strong winds knocking down trees, severing power lines. And many in this area are still without power this morning. The good news is the storms that caused all of this damage have moved out. Robin. All right, phillip, thank well go to gio benitez in gatlinburg, tennessee, for the latest on those devastating and Deadly Wildfires that have forced thousands reporter so many have lost everything. In many cases they dont have insurance. Behind me is a very famous restaurant in the Smoky Mountains called the alamo. I want to switch cameras so you can get a wide look at the destruction. You can see so much of it still smoldering. I want to show you a video from a firefighter driving through this fire. You can he have the intense winds helping spread the blaze more and more. At least seven people have died. Others are still missing. And now i want to show you the aftermath. This is what you see all over this place, homes are quite literally just disappearing. Some 700 structures damaged or destroyed. But we do have some good news that there were heavy rains yesterday that put out a lot of is over. Now folks will start rebuilding. Thats good to hear. We will talk to rob about that. So many people are doing whatever they can to help including someone whos known quite well in that area. Dolly parton. Tell people what shes doing. Reporter well, thats right. As you know dollywood is just miles from here. People go there all the time and this area, this is where she grew up. Shes going to be donating 1,000 per month to each family affected by this until they get quite remarkable. Indeed. Such good people there. Gio, thank you. We said that Severe Weather as you said is moving out this morning and, rob, youre tracking that path. I want to say that so much in weather is about good and bad. They so desperately needed rain and were going to get that. In advance of that thats when the wins kicked up and devastating fires broke out. Those rains so helpful in the past three days. Over 4 inches in huntsville, 5 in knoxville close to the fire zone and yes, we have another and dive down into the plain, heavy rain expected in eastern texas getting up into louisiana and arkansas and then stretching back into the drought zone, northern mississippi, northern alabama, by sunday night youll see heavy rain again. Look at some of these numbers locally possible over 4 inches from eastern texas across louisiana and south of the fire zone and will take every inch they can get. That is coming. Thanks very much. The latest on the trump transition. The president elect and mike pence heading out of trump tower on what they call a thank you tour starting at that carrier reversed course, decided to keep more than a thousand jobs in the u. S. After jawboning from trump. Abcs tom llamas at trump tower with all the details. Reporter that cincinnati rally about be the first public event for the president elect since winning the election and we all know how much mr. Trump loves those big crowds. We just checked. Theres still Tickets Available but theres a report out this morning that team trump has purchased radio ads promoting the event to make sure every but before that event, trump has some business to take care of. Today, president elect donald trump will announce a deal, one he promised on the campaign trail, to show hes already fighting for the american worker. Its not president ial for the president of the United States to call up the head of carrier, hello, this is the president. But i dont care. Its so much fun for me. I love doing it. Please dont take that away. Reporter in a statement carrier saying they negotiated an administration, part of which will result in preserving more than 1,000 jobs. Details of the agreement unclear. But a source telling abc news a regulatory incentive was a factor. Carrier worker kip glen, a trump supporter, praising the president elect. The spirits were high last night. People were actually hand shaking, hugging. Is already showing us he is a worker. Reporter but some of trumps critics want more details before they celebrate the incoming president. Yeah, jobs are good. The question is what exactly is the deal . I mean the first thing you learn when youre talking about deals is lets read all the details. Reporter trump also working on filling his cabinet. Now a familiar face is under consideration for secretary of veterans affairs. Thank you so much. Reporter a palin aide telling trump transition officials in recent days, i feel as though the megaphone i have been provided can be used in a productive and positive way to help those desperately in need. And as trump hosts that event at carrier to show hes fighting for the working class, the Washington Post points out this morning that trump is assembling what could be the wealthiest cabinet in the history of this country. Trump campaigned against wall street and he also said he was going to drain the swamp yet billionaire, millionaires and some washington insiders. We will take a look at that. Tom, well take a look at it now with matthew dowd and carrier, big political win for donald trump and his team is signaling steve mnuchin, his incoming treasury secretary nominee has said that were going to see more of this. More direct intervention with companies, now, this is opportunity but limits. Its real, those thousand families or thousand individuals right before christmas now know theyav jobs that will stay in indiana so im sure their children and families are very happy, but, two, symbolism. Hes just president elect but president s rely a lot on symbolism and the symbolism of this, i didnt forget you in the midwest. I didnt forget you. Other people have forgotten you. Im willing to go through whatever it takes. A broad question what is his economic policy. You cant do oneoffs without defining it and in the end donald trump will be defined by 4. 9 , the Unemployment Rate that meanwhile, as tom mentioned, two billionaires being nominated. Steve mnuchin several hundred million and theyll push hard for tax returns from all these nominees as they come up for confirmation. You know, before the election was over before Election Night i described the trump group as a pirate ship. Well, some of these nominees it looks like its a pirate yacht that weve seen unfold in this. I think the confirmation hearings will be some of the most spectacular theater that have seen just from all the questions from the attorney general, from the treasury, from all of those questions that are in such contrast to many things donald trump said during the campaign. Sarah palin. Sarah palin, i guess is the elizabeth swan, the Keira Knightley character in pirates of the caribbean. She will come in. Interesting how folks discipline in this but i think the interesting thing on january 20th he turns the black pearl over to the Queen Elizabeth ii and its much more difficult to very much. Do you stay up at night trying to come up with these. It just comes to me. It just comes to me. All right. Thank you, matt. But now to charlotte, north carolina, where protests erupted overnight after prosecutors said they would not charge the officer who fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott in september. Abcs eva pilgrim has the latest. Reporter overnight people taking to the streets. Four arrested protesting over a fatal police shooting. Police officer who fired the fatal shots killing a charlotte man. I am fully satisfied and entirely convinced that officer Brentley Vinson use of deadly force was lawful. Reporter into Keith Lamont Scotts death while evidence points to the 42yearold being armed. Something scotts family had disputed. His wife saying as much on the tape from the shooting. Drop the gun. He doesnt have a gun. Reporter the d. A. Also see a gun prior to approaching scott radioing in before the shooting. There was a guy that was parked next to us that was rolling a joint had a gun. Reporter as well as releasing this from a 7eleven showing mr. Scott with a bulge around his right ankle and previously released police video you can see his pant leg pulled up. Empty holster revealed. The d. A. Concluding he failed to comply with commands to drop his gun. Scotts family disagreeing asking why a father waiting to pick up his kid ended up dead. But that does not mean that this officers killing of keith scott was right. All that means is that under the view of the d. A. s office it wasnt criminal. Reporter and the d. A. Saying that police found a gun at the scene that they have since identified as scotts. His family saying in none of that video do you clearly see d. A. s decisions. They are considering pursuing a civil case. Robin. Well see what happens, eva, thank you. To the new clues about that deadly plane crash that killed 71 people. David kerley has more on what the survivors are now revealing about the accident. Reporter this morning, colombian authorities confirm this jet did not have enough reserve fuel and radio calls suggest it ran out of fuel. As this new video shows the excited Brazilian Soccer Team crash. Their short haul jet had flown nearly 1900 miles right at its maximum rank but put into a Holding Pattern above medellin. The pilots radio the tower asking for priority landing. We are having a fuel problem. Seven minutes later the pilot calls out, total failure. Electric, total and fuel. They now have nothing but Battery Power and theyre gliding. They have no electronic aids that can take them to the calling out for directions. Vectors. A minute later the final plea for help. Eight miles from the airport the jet crashes, no fire, no fuel found. The airplane ran out of gas. Why it ran out of gas, why the crew made the bad decisions that they made, could they have saved it if they declared an emergency early on . Reporter three players survived. Two crew members, one did by curling up in the feet am a south American SportsNetwork Others in the plane stood up and started yelling after the jet ran out of fuel. The black boxes have now been turned over to investigators from the united kingdom. Thats going to tell us a lot about what the pilots were saying inside the cockpit an answer a lot of the questions about this tragic plane crash. David, just to hear that audio like that, david, thank you. Amy has the mornings other top stories starting with another Police Officer killed in the line of duty. Thats right. An officer was shot and killed tacoma, washington. The neighborhood was placed on lockdown as a standoff with the shooter continued into the Early Morning and then a somber scene as the officers body was taken away. 133 Law Enforcement officers in the United States have died in the line of duty this year alone. That is more than during all of last year. Well, the fourth and final inmate who escaped from a california jail has been captured. Rogelio chavez was arrested at his sisters home in san jose after an eighthour standoff. Poce the attic. And Major League Baseball owners and players have agreed to a new labor deal avoiding a lockout. Both sides reportedly agreed to ban first year players from using smokeless tobacco and the allstar game will no longer determine Home Field Advantage in the world series. Instead, the team with the best record will get the advantage. And finally, wow, the shape of your chicken mcnuggets are not as random as you thought. Mcdonalds has revealed its shapes which has apparently shocked even the most loyal mcdonalds fans. Each shape even has a name, the bell, the ball, the boot and the bone. And mcdonalds says this these shapes are the perfect equilibrium of dipability and fun. Dipability. Trying to get that in. Dipability. Yeah. They made it one. I like the boot because you got a Little Something to hang on to. Right. We both said dipability and both thinking of same page, robin. Thank you, amy. Take a look at this video and, yes, thats a man reaching into a truck and walking away with a massive pot of gold and he is not a leprechaun just from times square and linsey davis has the story. Reporter a reward leading for information of the recovery of this stolen pot of gold. You heard it right. 1. 5 million. Police are calling the investigation operation lucky charms. It was not a sophisticated heist like the italian job. 13 across. 4 high. Reporter rather police think the robber just stumbled on to an opening and pounced. Do you think he knew it was a buck of gold at the time. I believe he believed it was a value. It was in an armored truck with armed guards. Reporter it happened in new york citys diamond district. The barrel was taken right out of the back of an vehicle at the precise moment when one of the armed guards turned his back. The guard reportedly only noticed the buck was missing because thats the bucket he used to rest his feet while he sat. Loomis, the Armored Truck Company told abc news their guards were trthed by professional thieves. The container of gold flakes nearly 90 pounds, so heavy the thief had to keep putting it down which might explain why it took him an hour to walk half a mile. He then got into a white car. That. They could be melted down and put into cubes and then sold. Reporter this newly released video is from late september. So the culprit has a twomonth head start. Police say so far they believe the end of the rainbow for the man theyre dubbing the leapt bring kahn may be florida. Pawnshops there are on high alert. For Good Morning America, linsey davis, abc news, new york. Seems like that was too easy. What a story. Back to rob. A lot of rain comeing. Which brings rainbows which brings pots of gold, im told. I havent seen one in a while. A winter storm warning across maine and rain in boston moving ow. Drying out. That low finally kicking up and we will take that for sure. Your sunday cities brought to. Good thursday morning and on this first day of december, tracking this storm into the area, streaming west, picking up a few snow showers to the west of the divide. Bundle up when you go outside. 24 in denver and Colorado Springs at 18. The highs todayy 30s and 40s under mostly cloudy coming up an abc news exclusive. The husband of that mom who vanished breaking his silence revealing what happened the moment his wife escaped. Arent stopping because i have a chain. It looks like i broke out of prison. Their emotional reunion and the chilling new details about how she finally got free as authorities search for the suspects. Dr. Oz under fire. 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