i'm robin roberts. tonight we're going to give you an insider's take on the most competitive categories. and we'll also discuss the controversy concerning the lack of diversity among this year's nominees. that's later. but first, we have some stories to tell. when you think of sylvester stallone you think movie star, right? yeah, action hero and of course, rocky balboa. you might not think artist, painter and writer. but he's all three of those. sylvester stallone's big break came about through the sheer power of his imagination when he hatched the idea that not only launched his career but began the 40-year saga that we still can't get enough of. let's start from the beginning. was there ever a time that you doubted yourself? >> yeah. basically in this flop house. it's $26 a week, very transient and you shared a floor with ten people, you don't know anybody on the planet. literally no one. >> reporter: i think i recall you saying your acting low point, "the godfather," and you said you couldn't even ge

here's debra roberts. >> reporter: it's not ford's theater, or the watergate hotel. but this simple storage unit may soon claim its own place in the criminal history of washington, d.c. this is the place. where did you t behind that plastic bin. >> reporter: it was right here that this woman, speaking on camera for the first time, set up a bizarre amateur sting operation which would upend one of d.c.'s most famous murder cases, and she says, endanger her own life. >> i honestly thought, "he's going to kill me." >> reporter: we're talking about the notorious chandra levy case. >> this case had everything. it had power. it had sex. it had the nation's capital. rise. >> reporter: and now, because of this woman, the man once convicted of the murder will walk free. do you regret making those recordings? >> i had that recorder because my gut instinct told me something was really wrong, and something terrible could happen. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, you'll hear her story, hear from that suspected killer himself. we are on our way to meet the man many are conv

shortage of accomplished alumni including journalist katie couric, comedienne tina fey, and the late robert f. kennedy. but it has another claim to fame you won't see on display in the rotunda. >> the very beginning of our first year, we won the -- "playboy," like, top party that's pretty pervasive. >> reporter: the year of that "playboy" honor was 2012, where our story begins. and the main character? a young woman, a freshman -- we're calling jackie. by all accounts her initial weeks are typical. getting to know the grounds and her classes, and hanging out in the dorms, where she meets three other first-year students, ryan duffin, kathryn hendley, and alex stock. do you remember coming to uva your freshman year, what it was like? >> i was pretty much just looking for friends at the and i met kathryn and i met ryan, and then through them i met jackie. and we kind of formed something of a friend group in the first couple weeks. >> reporter: when did you first meet jackie? >> i first met jackie on my second day at uva. a good person to spend time with. we were hanging out a lot in the first f

vance who stars as attorneys johnnie cochran and robert shapiro. welcome. showing you some love. you're a newbie to "gma." >> i'm an oldie. >> we go back. >> i told you that i've been able to watch the first two. allowed us to see it ahead of time. my goodness. it's one of those that you remember where you were when, especially the white bronco. john. >> yeah, i was in caramel, month ray, california. my dad was glued to the television. i was in my celebrating my rebirth of my career with "pulp fiction" and just won at the film festival and i was celebrating my career but experiencing this american

i guess you're still a newlywed, robert. you're still a newlywed, correct. >> absolutely, it's been six weeks. >> all right. >> congratulations. >> yes, yes, yes. >> oh, thank you very much. >> you're looking good this morning. okay -- >> why, thank you. >> you're very welcome. the ggmail account, millions of us have that robert? >> well, the first of all, it's not your private e-mail when it's on gmail. it's a public e-mail account and people have to realize this. when you're accessing a public e-mail system from a public wi-fi, the keyword is public. anybody can be hacked. >> you know what, we said it numerous tiles, change your password. what you're always told. is there something more you can do. >> michael, you don't want to anybody can figure it out. use phrases like i like football. i like to dance, one, two, three, phrases are more difficult to hack and a lot of e-mail systems today allow two-factor authentication where they send you a text with a code in order to access your e-mail. it's a hassle but worth the extra

for "good morning america," deborah roberts, abc news, new york. my heart will go on >> this one is a real heartbreaker. >> it is. from doing that and just, they knew that the time was going to be not what they wanted and she was going to spend as much time with him as possible and you could feel -- every time you the love. >> it was a true love steer. we were talking about alan rickman who we also lost, david bowie all to cancer. we've had it with cancer. >> the moon shot. that's why it's so important what vice president biden -- >> alan rickman did so well in every single role he did. so versatile. >> i was sharing with you guys. there's a wonderful story in online today about how they looked at 50 very famous voices and what makes a great voice and it's tone and it's speed and frequency of words and he came out number one. >> wow. >> yes. he just had that exact right and when you think of his role, his voice is very memorable. did you see what he posted. so beautiful about what he said. that didn't matter where daniel was performing, that he was

. >> not included in this prisoner swap was former fbi agent robert levinson. he disabacked back in 2007 but they say they don't know where he is. this deal comes down just as that landmark nuclear deal goes into effect dropping sanctions on iran freeing up tens of billions of dollars in iranian assets but the white house says this deal on the prisoners is unrelated that deal. george. >> thanks jon and we are joined ali. i know you have had a chance to talk to jason. how is he doing? >> he's happy to be out and on his way home. he's fortunate to have the folks of him. and he wants to move along as soon as he can. he's respectful of the process they have and is just thankful for everything that everybody is doing for him. >> how is his health? i mean, he's mostly been neglected for a long time. i haven't seen him personally. the doctors haven't come back and said there's anything serious right now. our main concern is to make sure he integrates back in and gets the right psychological treatment he needs. so that he can be successful and come back home soon. >> t

let's bring in cokie roberts in mt. pleasant, south carolina, home, of course -- the state home of course to nikki haley. good morning to you, cokie. >> good morning. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you, as well. we know nikki haley was a very during the election. >> yes. >> to say the least but -- so what do you make of her nomination for u.n. ambassador? >> i think it's very interesting that he is able to go beyond his strict loyalists, because that seemed to be the thing that mattered most to him during the campaign was that somebody was loyal to him and she certainly wasn't but she is an interesting pick. she really came to prominence after the horrendous church she tried to bring the state together. she insisted on bringing down the confederate flag and just ended that controversy for good and then after hurricane matthew hit, she was also a very strong presence in the state. and trump thinks she can make a deal and he thinks that's a good deal for the u.n. ambassador, of course, her foreign policy exp

robert sundberg boasted about his bury the victim who is also a massachusetts trooper at the concord barracks. police are searching for this man accused of robbing a citizen's bank branch inside of a stop and shop in bedford last night. police believe it could be the same man. that targeted a salem new hampshire bank last week. more coming up in the next hour, and if you are on the go you can watch us any time on the mobile app. "good morning america" narrator: let's put this political promise to the test. ayotte: i've been an independent, strong voice for new hampshire. narrator: then why does kelly ayotte still support donald trump for president? independent minded republicans across america put principle ahead of party and said no to trump. but not kelly ayotte. she says she still supports trump. ayotte: an independent, strong voice... narrator: if she's so independent, why is she still supporting trump? disclaimer: independence >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. new overnight. hillary clinton under attack. donald trump calling for a special prosecutor to investigate as she

let's bring in cokie roberts. she made it home to washington. good for to you to be here. an important part is preparing the president-elect to be commander in chief. what do you know along those lines? >> again, it remains a mystery. one of the things that's so interesting about the transition, there is no old washington hand here. you know, that's what we're used to. we're used to a jim baker who, and, you know, someone who has been here, who knows the players, there are 4,000 political appointees that have to be named. 1,000 of those have to get senate confirmation. there's an enormous amount of work to be done and at the commander in chief level we know that donald trump had the backing of a lot of people in the military. he kept arguing that he had 200 admirals and generals behind him, all of that b a clue what his real intentions are there and i suspect he doesn't either. >> and jon karl, we talked about the cabinet. one possible washington hand would be the former speaker of the house newt gingrich but take us inside that meeting with president obama and donald trum

and joining us is the mayor of charlotte, jennifer roberts. thank you so much for being with us this morning. a prayerful, a peaceful prayer vigil turned into a second night of violence. mayor, what is it going to take to return calm to your city? >> well, we want people to know that our center city is open and the streets are open and we are hoping for a peaceful day. we are preparing for this evening and we know that a peaceful protest and many folks who do want to express their views peacefully turned into something else last night and, you know, we had several faith leaders last night who were in the crowd who were linking arms and trying to put themselves between the police and the and working to calm things down. we have great folks in our community who really want this to be peaceful and want us to have constructive dialogue to move our city forward. >> and many are wondering and are asking are you considering a curfew, implementing a kur few. >> we are certainly going to talk about that today. we did sign a statement last night to decl

. >> and we're going to talk about this with matthew dowd and cokie roberts. he says he's going to win, matt dowd, where does the race stand right now? our tracking poll shows it closer at six points. >> instead of describing this as tightening i would describe it as settling. the race is settling as we remember having a conversation just a few days ago when we had the race was roughly at 6. this race has been at 5 or 6, 150 days ago when the general election started it was at 5 or 6. 100 days ago it was at 5 or 6. two weeks ago it was at 5 or 6. a week ago it was at 5 or 6 so i think the race is just settling back into its natural equilibrium. if he moves it below 4 to 3 or 2 then this race is very -- >> cokie roberts, what you're seeing is there from donald trump is he still has issues especially women voters and, you know, we saw how he talked about the accusers right there. you also have newt gingrich, one of his top supporters getting into that tangle with megyn kelly. >> right, right. women are not going for him and -- but it is -- i agree with matt comp

the former senate majority leader robert dole saying that donald trump would be a better president than a republican senator, ted cruz. seeming to choose trump over cruz right now. is that a problem for cruz or an opportunity? >> reporter: well, look, the establishment attacks have not hurt at all throughout this campaign. but i think this may be different because it helps trump make an argument that he is more electable. that's been the biggest challenge for trump is whether or not he can win in november. so if you have establishment figures like the governor of iowa, like bob dole saying that he is more electable than ted cruz i think that actually helps trump and hurts cruz. >> one of the other dynamics you're seeing with all this focus on trump and cruz all the other candidates getting drowned out. >> reporter: absolutely. marco rubio, should be a great opportunity for him, the two front-runners are beating it out but he can't get a word in edgewise. >> thanks very much. i'll have an exclusive interview with ted cruz in new hampshire tomorrow. >>> we'll turn to wall street and that

>>> yep, we've been hearing that song "start me up" back now with new england patriots owner robert kraft is known for his blow-out bashes and last night he topped them all with rolling stones and t.j. holmes is here with all of those details. t.j., were you there. >> as you say, robach, t.j. is here, not there. but, yes, this concert last night, can you believe that. the stadium where the new england patriots play actually seats 68,000 people. well, last night one of the greatest bands in history played there last night and only a couple hundred showed up? ? pleased to meet you hope you guess my name ? >> reporter: the rolling stones rocked a small concert at a big venue last night, gillette stadium. ? yeah yeah yeah ? >> reporter: and you couldn't buy a ticket to this concert even if you tried. ? brown sugar ? young -- >> reporter: a few hundred people lucky enough to receive an invitation to patriots owner robert kraft were treated to hits from their six-decade career. ? when the roof comes down ? ? when the roof comes down ? ? when the roof comes down ? >> reporter: the party, the gue

abc's deborah roberts has the latest. >> reporter: it's a stunning judgment. the jury blaming giant johnson & johnson for a 62-year-old missouri mom's ovarian cancer. >> johnson & johnson spent a lot from the public. and so this verdict allows other women to make informed choices about the products that they buy. >> reporter: in court documents jackie fox said for over 35 years she used the company's shower to shower powder which contains talcum for her personal hygiene. the lawsuit linking it to her cancer. fox didn't live to claim her legal victory. she died last october after a 2 1/2-year battle with the disease. her son marvin stepped in as plaintiff. >> continuing with this trial was, indeed, you know, painful. but at the end of the day, it is, you know, it was what she wanted. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, johnson & johnson said the verdict goes against decades of sound science proving the safety of talc as a cosmetic ingredient in multiple products. the company plans to appeal the verdict while facing 1,200 similar lawsuits around the country

>>ing 0, tom, let's talk about this with our political analyst matthew dowd and cokie roberts. let's begin with accusers coming forward on trump 26 days to go right now. his team defiant, threatening to sue "the new york times," maybe well but there are a lot of denials now to make. >> it's a argument of he said/she said is accurate. he said he did it and they said they agreed with him actually and said, yes, he did do it and testified to the truth of the statement in this. to me this is -- the problem for this -- for donald trump in this is here's a guy that wants to protect our borders but has no problem violating people's personal boundaries and most of these women that always come against somebody who has a classic case of intimidation. >> one of the questions what does he have to gain to go scorched earth against the accusers? supply think he also -- has no other choice and i think this is his modus operandi. he goes full force. he threatens to sue. that's what he does, but if we had not heard his voice saying i just can't help myself, i start kissing these people, it migh

stars" pro who danced her way with two, not one but two mirror ball trophies and "shark tank" star robert herjavec. in her new book "the 5-6-7-8 diet" she's revealing her secrets and welcome to the show. >> >> thanks for having me. >> we've heard about the traditional 5, 6, 7, 8. >> when it comes to dancing. >> you have it as a cue to your diet. >> 5, 6, 7, 8 is my cue to dance but it also means to get started and i think that's whether it's a diet or exercise, but it has some meaning in my book, "the 5-6-7-8 diet" so number five, five sources of protein in your diet. okay, it doesn't have to be main yogurt and nuts, five sources of protein. >> let me start early with my protein. >> i got enough protein already. okay, so five is protein. >> number six is the colors of the rainbow. you should have that in your food. not skittles or anything like that. vegetables and fruits. so that's number six. number seven is seven sources of anti-inflammatory foods. that's important to me. i'm a dancer, my joints, you know, are not so great. i'm getting older so that's really -- >> 21 is not old. i'm ol

candid comments about aging and opening up about her new blow jekt this morning will talk to deb roberts. >>> popular dating app tinder, getting an inside look at the new formula they're using to determine who you get matched with. >>> also this morning, a powerful and inspirational story about a father's legacy for his daughter. katie couric has that story. half-hour with kim cattrall and the comments she's making. she has a brand-new role and she's getting candid with abc's berts. >> a word the describe her could be fearless. challenging hollywood stereotypes especially when it comes to aging this is a woman who's firmly in control of her life. for six seasons and two movies kim cattrall was the saucy one in the hbo's hit series. >> i could color all day every day if i had my way. i would use every crayon in my box. >> reporter: a samantha jones now meet a wife and mom more distrukted by men pause than hot sex. >> i'm going to sit on the couch for a while. >> reporter: your character we met over salad and salmon in new york city. and talked about her new series "sensitive skin." it's k

mild in now to screen legend robert wagner. 'written a new book about the golden age of hollywood called "i loved her in the movies." we sat down and talked about his six decades working with so many famous leading ladies including stephanie powers, one of my favorites shows, "hart to hart." welcome, my friend? thank you. >> 60 years in the business which is amazing to me but i want toic that you back. 1980s. favorite shows "hart to hart." [ applause ] so, did you have any idea that show would be such a hit. >> the chemistry worked with stephanie and myself and the audience has picked up on it and it was a great time for us. we all had a wonderful time. >> i thought you two were really married. i was all over the show but in this book, "i loved her in the movies," this is i guess a love letter to all the women that you worked with. all these beautul work-related with. you did a screen test with marilyn monroe but not only did you do a screen test, is it true -- but outside of the screen test is it true you bought a cadillac fro

she later said in an interview clinton seemed to be doing well and cokie roberts joins us now and, cokie, other than hiking, what is hillary clinton planning to do here term at least? >> i have to tell you i'm still having trouble getting over the belly button rule. but i think hiking is one of the things she does plan to do. processing what happened in this election, say some of her friends, and spending a lot of time with her grandchildren in the immediate time we're in right now and then thinking about how she can carry out wt she has said throughout the well-being of children and their families. and she could either do that through the clinton foundation and show people that it is an institution that does good work or through some other institution like the united nations. >> well, cokie, do you think it is conceivable she could run for public office again? >> no. in a word, no. i think that she is -- has done that. it's done for her. she knows how hard it is, more she really did say it's up to you, now, to the next generation to take this mission and carry it forward and one of the

let's bring had cokie roberts to talk more about it. cokie, as linsey pointed out in the piece right there, real echoes of hillary clinton both in 1998 and 1992, question today is how effective was it? >> probably not terribly effective in the same way that hillary clinton wasn't terribly effective in those interviews. another is that melania trump in some ways is not terribly recognizable to a lot of voters. during the republican convention i interviewed a number of republican female delegates who basically said that they couldn't relate to her. she was too beautiful, she was too rich and that they didn't see her as an authentic person in the same way that people see michelle obama, for instance. >> she was very much going after the the strategy in having her come out and speak, cokie. >> well, in some ways i think that -- that in some ways was her most effective part because it was about her as opposed to being about her husband where they went after me so why not. but, again, that brings up her past and gives people excuses to put ou

abc's deborah roberts is here with the latest. good morning, deborah. >> good morning. instagram addicts, beware, like so many celebrities, many of them -- like so many of us celebrities often take to social media to express themselves to highlight a restaurant, an outfit or a place they like but given sofia vergara's experience highering stars may want to before pressing share. with her smoeld determining beauty. >> moving in slow motion. >> reporter: comedic timing and business savvy, sofia vergara is one of hollywood's most powerful women. this morning the actress is taking steps to protect that reputation with a multimillion dollar lawsuit filed against venus concept and a number of its alleged affiliates she claims have been cashing in on her image promoting their beauty product without her permission or endorsement. >> you talk to me. >> reporter: according to the statute it started in 2014 with this instagram selfie of vergara getting a venus legacy massage. a treatment she claims she ultimately did not like finding it was a waste of time and money. she would not

or i can replace robin roberts on "good morning america." everyone should be able to aspire and climb that ladder. >> could not agree with tim more and we were talking about the digital age and, lauren, you're finished with your walk and talk with michael but do you have that at your school. >> we do not and have old computers and technology there but we are going to be upgrading which is going to be great. >> all right. i have an in. i can get an in for you with some upgrades. we'll talk. thank you. we'll talk with two of the most popular items on tv, talk about that live, oh, gosh, becky and gio. no telling what's going to happen. come on back. narrator: "by almost every measure, public charter schools have been a success." "they are models of inspiration." with "impressive results" and "eye-catching educational gains." it's turned my son's life around. narrator: "charter schools amount to hope" for kids all across massachusetts. question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. vote yes on 2. >>> w

abc's deborah roberts, always great to see you. >> lena is revealing her battle against endometriosis. an often painful condition that affects millions of women and can lead to fertility issues for some. a topic many would prefer to keep to themselves but the outspoken lena dunham may change that. lena dunham is one of the busiest women in hollywood directing, writing, starring in her hit hbo hit "girls." >> i worked very, very hard to overcome the challenges of my non nontraditional body type. >> reporter: but two weeks before the season five premiere she made a surprise announcement saying she won't be able to promote it due to a chronic health problem called endometriosis writing on facebook i am currently going >> she didn't have to announce it but people love her because she speaks her mind and shares her truth. >> reporter: the love on social media came quickly for the actress with one woman sharing her own endometriosis experience writing "i'm level 4. thank you for being so honest and open about this." another "thank you for your bravery. you could have easily kept this privat

tom llamas is back along with matt dowd, martha raddatz and cokie roberts. let me start with you, matt. you were confident that hillary you said a 90% to 95%. >> i said 95% then i said 96% so -- >> i love it. you're owning up to it supply told him he was crazy. >> you were basing this on the polls and people want to know how were the polls so wrong. >> i had a big helping of crow this morning before i got here. i took a look, 112 of 115 polls in the last four days had hillary clinton winning in this election. it's demographics but a couple of facts. first, there's about 6 million or 7 million votes out in california. hillary clinton is going to get a net of 2 million or 3 million more votes in california and going to win the popular vote by a fairly large margin, a million to a million-five. right now donald trump has less votes than john mccain did when he lost to barack obama in 2008 and mitt romney did when he lost all of the work that everybody did, there was about 3 million to 4 million democrats that did not show up and vote yesterday in the course of

robert lopez, chris ten anderson-lopez. steven schwartz and lin-manuel miranda all gathered around the piano with alan menken. legendary composer. >> i think of the five of you as the mt. between "you should be here" have grammys, tonys, oscars, pull listers. how are you ininspired? >> i had a song called "let it go" and they wrote another song called "let it go" and i was like, i have to let that go. ? tale as old as time." >> reporter: it felt like "beauty and the beast" is a pastor class in musical theater. >> it's the plutonic ideal of a of the way a score is supposed to work. >> the thing that "beauty and the beast" did was to take the techniques and the craft that was being done in the best broadway musicals and translate them to this new medium of the animated feature. ? ever just the same ? >> reporter: it was an animated movie that looked totally different. at the time it was the first computer generated animated feature, right? >> well, this one scene in the "beauty and the beast" and the camera shoots down throug

though about what could be the biggest i believe critics are calling it a masterpiece and our robin roberts sat down with the stars and director, take a look. >> what you looking at me like that for? >> reporter: once in a while a movie comes along that sweeps everyone off their feet. >> stop putting your head down in my house. you know my rule. it's all love and all pride in this house. >> reporter: this year, "moonlight" is a film critics are calling perfect and a flat out masterpiece. >> at some point you have to decide to be. you can't let nobody make that decision for you. >> reporter: told in three parts, it follows the story of shyrone, struggling with his sexual identity while growing up in a tough neighborhood in liberty city, florida, and with a mother fighting a drug addiction. >> what happened? huh? what happened, shyrone? why you didn't come home like you're supposed to? >> reporter: director barry jenkins adapted the movie from a play written byty rell who also grew up in the same city as the main character with a mother who also struggled with drugs. naomie harris plays paula

vance who stars as attorneys johnnie cochran and robert shapiro. welcome. showing you some love. you're a newbie to "gma." >> i'm an oldie. >> we go back. >> i told you that i've been able to watch the first two. allowed us to see it ahead of time. my goodness. it's one of those that you remember where you were when, especially the white bronco. john. >> yeah, i was in caramel, month ray, california. my dad was glued to the television. i was in my celebrating my rebirth of my career with "pulp fiction" and just won at the film festival and i was celebrating my career but experiencing this american tragedy, it was a real dichotomy. >> i bet it was. how about you? >> i was in sacramento. we were doing "panther" and the preempted -- bronco chase preempted the finals, nba finals. >> i remember that. >> and i was -- what is going on here? i want to see my teams play and then all of a sudden i realized what was going on and i'm -- i was a huge o.j. simpson fan. >> from the usc days and buffalo bills and so i was really in a state of shock that this is happening and because it was so ne

no stranger to strong leading ladies like julia robert, renee zellweger. now starring opposite meryl streep in the film "florence foster jenkins." this is based on a it meryl play's the world's famous not great singer. hugh is her incredibly loyal husband and manager and in this clip he's sharing a review very carefully. >> the consensus was she'd never sung better. her grace and brilliant personality only added to the remarkable quality of her voice. by the end of her performance the stage was -- a bow of blue >> bravo. bravissimo. >> steven ferrer directed this film which i could not believe is based 0en a true story. will you share with us a little about who florence is? >> well, yes, she was a millionai millionairess heiress in the 1940s. the film takes place in the '40s when she was in her 70s and ran the classical life of the . felt that she could sing and she wasn't just bad, she was so hilariously bad that she could fill kacarnegie hall and things like that and never knew people were coming to laugh at her and was protected of the knowledge of that

and film and televisi legend robert wagner. plus, andy cohen joins kelly at the cohost desk. also, thanksgiving. all next on "live!" and now, herare kelly ripa and andy cohen!

let's talk about more with matthew dowd and cokie roberts and pick up on the point jon was making there. mike pence, cool, calm and collected through most of the debate. tim kaine on the attack and putting his points on the board so in the end was there a winner. >> i think it depends how you judge it. i think mike pence came out ahead but didn't help the ticket. didn't help donald trump. ihi himself but he helped hillary clinton. mike pence to me was a little bit like a running back that runs well with the ball but doesn't block for the quarterback and let the quarterback get sacked a number of times and that's donald trump. >> here we go with sports analogies. >> you knew it was coming. >> i think he actually -- pence actually did help with the conservatives who were nervous about donald trump. he was calm, cool, collected. a solid conservative and will vote for trump anyway but comfortable. kaine helped with women particularly at the end where he talked about roe versus wade and women's ability to make choices themselves. >> so they were each speaking to their bases so it shows where

one of the first detectives to arrive at the million dollar mansion that terrible december morning robert witson. >> the handwriting examiner said i need to show you something and he turned three or four pages in that notepad and at the top of the pad said mr. and mrs. and then started the letter "r." so at that point it looked like somebody had used that notepad and that notepad was patsy ramsey's. >> reporter: another decorative on the case fred patterson telling lifetime -- >> there were some similarities in the randwriting between patsy's writing and the writing on the note. >> reporter: investigative journalist jeff shapiro who covered it for over a decade saying -- >> would an intruder break in and try to copy patsy's rand handwriting or is it sheer owe incidenc >> reporter: it showcases her love of theater. her chosen talent when she was a young beauty queen herself. >> patsy practiced a lot. she worked on her characters and her vocalization and accents and all of the different things to create the characters. >> reporter: the filmmakers raising the question could she have been act

. >> when it was over were you looking for debate analysis for cokie roberts or jimmy kimmel? the truth of the matter is kimmel and other late night comedians had a lot more to work he has to be sitting at home thinking why the hell didn't he release this a year ago. >> trump admits it was a love point, not the comments but riding the bus. caught me with a tall limo. >> trump campaign manager kellyanne conway said this morning that last night's debate was a good night for democracy. but i think what she really meant was good night, democracy. >> of all the stuff can you imagine how pissed he must have been when he heard schwarzenegger wasn't supporting him after that. i would have loved to have been the fly on hillary's face when that news came in. >> oh, okay. >> all right. who won, trump, clinton, who cares? the big winner of the night was this guy, take a look at mr. ken bone. he became a star of the night. there he is, he asked the next to the last question of the opening and became an internet sensation. now, other video we can show. look at him mingling casually hanging

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joining us for more is cokie roberts. this is your 22nd convention. >> true. and, of course, all america has watched chelsea clinton grow up at conventions starting when she was that awkward tweener and -- >> the braces. >> terrible age for your parents to go into the national spotlight. but here she is, this sophisticated woman who we get to see as >> how important is she for her mother's campaign? >> i think she's quite important because hillary clinton has a very hard time relating to people, even -- if she was sitting here she could do it but has a terrible time up there and chelsea clinton being able to talk about her as a person matters. it's interesting, apparently in focus groups people feel when hillary clinton talks about her grandchildren that it's but she's got to somehow get it across that she is authentic and chelsea is the easiest way to do it. >> we awe ivanka talk about her dad and she and chelsea. >> are friends. >> gets touchy during the campaign. what can chelsea do that ivanka didn't do? how do you compare and contrast? >> it's a different

robby robert sob from the spiderman trilogy. bill nun was 63 years old. >> a scary moment to show you on the sidelines of the auburn lsu game saturday. an auburn athletics photographer goes to catch the ball, she misses. and she is nailed right in the face. that photographer -- >> oh, marcia brady. >> her name is ashley ward and she is saying she's okay, just a we should say lsu lost a pretty controversial game. she's okay this morning. >> ouch. >> yes. >> finally remarkable moments from yesterday's opening of the new smithsonian museum in washington. here's one of them. this shot of first lady michelle obama giving former president george w. bush a big bipartisan hug and former president bush having trouble taking a selfie and gets an assist from the current commander in chief have such divided politics, very nice to see some of that. >> can you imagine george saying barack, would you mind taking this for me? >> i don't have to. i just watched it. >> i never thought i would see that. pretty cool. >> i know it is pretty cool. >>

robert de niro, tom hanks, nba legend michael jordan is also on the list. the awards presented at the white house next week. >> what an honor. >> bruce springsteen in there too. >> diana ross, kareem abdul-jabbar. keepsing gun. >> back to ginger. what do you got? >> amy mentioned the code red. to give you another value the air quality index was actually 151 in cities like atlanta, charlotte, maybe that doesn't mean anything to you. what if i told you shanghai and hong kong both had values very >> wow. >> that's how bad the air quality is and why people are going to the hospital and have to be careful with outdoor activities. 37 large wildfires and the storm track stays north and unfortunately i do not have a lot of rain for a lot of us that really, really need it in the southeast so the drought will go on as will the fires. your local weather, 30 seconds away, first though the snowy >> good morning, i'm meteorologist cindy fitzgibbon, we are waking up to clouds again, these will not be with us the entire day, they will shrink up around lunchtime, the temper

you were learn more about him how michael juggles it all and his mentor, his mom, dad and robin roberts. i love the story, michael, that you share about robin's advice. you were very nervous on a particular occasion. >> red carpet at the oscars, robin walks up to me. i'm so nervous, i'm sweating under this suit. she said, michael, remember, i came from sports too so she gave me the energy and just to focus and say, i can do this too. >> ever grateful. >> if i can do it, anybody >> you really have no idea -- >> that's sweet you shared that. >> yes, i did learn a lot about you. your kids are spectacular. >> the kids are my crowning achievement. >> my untold story. >> yes. >> my son's probably walking around college holding that right now. >> you're a very good dad. >> yeah. >> he's got some serious cred. "people" magazine. congratulations. >> thank you. >>> meeting michael's parents were like ron alston. every parent can get a takeaway from this. his morning ritual with his little girl. >> i am strong. >> i am strong. >> say, i am smart. >> i am smart. >> say i work hard. >> i work hard.

matt dowd and cokie roberts are standing by but we'll kick it all off h in new york. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. here's what happened behind the scenes. late last night the trump campaign huddled here at trump tower trying to figure out how to deal with this controversy. they decided on a video message which trump recorded last night and we have this morning. but the big question, will this stop the political fallout on what may be trump's biggest controversy yet? >> i said it. and i apologize. >> reporter: overnight donald trump forced to do something he never does, apologize. the republican nominee trying to save his campaign after this recording sent it spiraling into the gutter. >> i moved on her and i failed. i'll aadmit it. i did try and [ bleep ]. she was married art this conversation obtained by "the washington post" captures trump and former "access hollywood" host billy bush in the conversation. >> i moved on her like a [ bleep ] but i couldn't get there and she was married. then all of the sudden i see her. she's now got the bi

muir, jon karl, tom llamas, cecilia vega, byron pitts and matthew dowd who you saw as well as cokie roberts and all starts at 9:00 eastern. there are a lot of other headlines. normally at this juncture we toss it over to ron but he's off today so paula and i will share the news reading duties and veto the 9/11 bill. >> the president rejecting the measure that would allow survivor and the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of saudi arabia saying he's concerned that it's going to leave the u.s. open to similar lawsuits, congress is expected to override that presidential veto. >>> authorizes say they suspect russian hackers were behind that massive attack that exposed 500 million personal yahoo! accounts and posted a scan of michelle obama's passport online. attack. >>> the fbi revealing that new york city terror suspect ahmad khan rahami took the train from his jersey home to manhattan with those bombs that he later placed on the city streets. new video shows a passerby kicking the can that contained that loaded pressure cooker which thankfully never went off. >> an incredible pie

. >> reporter: both candidates being criticized by former defense secretary robert gates for lacking national security plans. but in the wall street journal, gates writes, that donald trump is unfit to be commander in chief. trump is hitting back. >> when they leave office they criticizing everyone. i don't like critics. i like the people who get it done and get it done right. >> reporter: now here at the white house the president has been updated throughout the >> mary, thank you. >>> for more on this let's bring in martha raddatz, in washington where she'll be hosting "this week" later this morning. thank you for joining us. how are both candidates viewed as commander-in-chief particularly in moments of crisis? >> paula, moments like these are critical because they show voters how each candidate would handle the many crises they're sure to face in the white house and these two not be more different. you saw hillary clinton come out with that careful statement, sticking to the facts as she awaits more information that's indicative of her style as secretary of state. contrary to dona

. >>> let's get more with cokie roberts who's also in washington this morning. cokie, good morning. i want to start with this obamacare news, i fwes question is, if trump is willing to shift his resistance on obamacare what does this say about his intention to follow through on his other big campaign promises like building wall. >> he's fairly frank about the fact that some of that was for campaign purposes and he says he's concentrating on taxes and jobs. of course, that makes a lot of sense because that's people he'll keep the parts that are really popular, being able to get insurance even if you have a pre-existing condition. keeping children on parent's care until they're 26. same thing about the wall, we already have a good bit of wall along our southern border, rest of it? i think he's going to pick and choose and do the things he thinks the voters really care about in their day-to-day lives as opposed to these big campaign statements. >> cokie, we talked about these positions, 4,000 positions that trump needs to fill. now the washington post reporting this morning he's eyeing

. >> dan, good morning to you and paula, robert, good morning, everyone. we'll begin with breaking news out of new zealand. a powerful earthquake has hit that country and the usga says it measured 7.4 magnitude and hit after midnight local name in christchurch which suffered, of course, heavy damage from an earthquake there in pictures out of the region on social media. it could, could cause a tsunami and warning meme to move inland. no reports of damage or injuries at this time. >>> the u.s. embassy in afghanistan is being closed after two deadly attacks in that country. a suicide bomber killed four americans, injured 17 people at a u.s. air base on friday. u.s. officials say the attacker posed as a worker to get onto that base. two days earlier a german six. the u.s. embassy will be closed. so far only today. >>> now to a spike in the number of undocuments immigrants. 150 more 3w06rder agents are being dispatched to south texas. the department of homeland security says,000 ent 40,000 cl. >> the bataclan xthed re-opened massacre. ? nothing comes from viol

including amy robach and robin roberts, who are now, thrivers. and on a personal note, my wife, who just came through treatment like a star. >>> a man o convincing the judge he's the wrong guy. >> and nick hillary cleared of charges and speaking out about this closely watched trial that divided a community. in his first interview after the verdict, he sat down with elizabeth vargas. >> the defendant is found not guilty. >> reporter: even after the acquittal, this town the still torn. and a killer is still free. there's a lot of science, justice for garrett. >> reporter: these signs are a constant eh reminder. >> i'll always believed that nick hillary killed my son. >> reporter: tandy cyrus says nick hillary was the only one who could have killed garrett. did you kill garrett? >> no, i ditate not. >> reporter: did you hurt him in any way? >> i had nng >> reporter: the prosecution says this video shows garrett leaving school. skateboarding home. they say that's nick's car leaving seconds later to follow him. garrett is strangled to death eight minu

over to robert marciano with the weather and good news for skiers like us. >> they've been this. 1 to 2, maybe 3 feet of snow at the highest he will vagus that includes lake tahoe to mammoth lakes, video out of mt. hood meadows on the eastern side of mt. hood enough natural snow to build snowmen and will take it there. that's a quick check. kelly ann: good saturday morning. you're heading out with fog and clouds in place. watch for coastal showers today. that's when we'll be drying out and with that a warm-up heads our way. we're crossing into >> this weather report is brought to you by crayola. good news east of the mississippi. we have nice weather for the big football games happening at ohio state and clemson and happy valley in penn state, as well. we'll be watching. back to you. >> listen to that. what have that laugh? >> we have a little bit. i got ohio state. she has michigan. >> before michigan's quarterback broke his clavicle but i >> i gave you a chance to get out of it. >> yeah. >> we'll be back with more of our continuing coverage, the death of fidel castro keep it here on

let's move to political analyst bill kristol and abc's cokie roberts joining us this morning. thanks to both of you. guys, cokie, i'll let you go first and bill, you can jump in. the term, october surprises, we hear it a lot. you guys have covered quite a have you ever seen an october surprise like this. >> no, it's surprise after surprise. we've still got ten days to go. who know what is will happen in the next ten days. kind of what you're hearing out of the democrats. some other shoe might still drop. but this is remarkable. the polls were very close. our latest tracking poll as you saw is within the margin of error and donald trump clearly thinks that this is a big plus for him. campaign -- his own campaign yesterday when he has been hesitant to put his own money in even though he says he's going to do it so i think this is a much bigger shake-up than some of my colleagues do. >> bill. >> yeah, i tend to agree with cokie. there was a surprise in '92, i was in the bush white house and was his chief of staff and lawrence walsh indicted former secretary of defense caspar wein

. >> tom and rachel, robert, good morning to you. we'll begin with a big deal that's a megabusiness deal. telecom giant at&t agreeing to buy media conglomerate time warner for $85.4 billion. that's a lot of money. it would transform at&t into a media giant able to produce and distribute content and millions of companies are open hoping to seal that deal but it will >>> in north dakota a protest over construction of a oil pipeline turned violent. police arresting more than 80 people and using pepper spray if a five-hour confrontation after some of the demonstrators crossed police lines. people have been gathering at the tight since august to try to stop construction of the 1100-mile dakota access pipeline that they say will cause environmental damage. >>> thousands of national guard troops are being ordered to pay back afghanistan a decade ago. the california national guard paid 10,000 soldiers bonuses of $15,000 or more to re-enlist in the early 2000s. the pentagon says audits reveal that the money was mishandled and they want it bac