pete the tennessee 20. the co-workers at the auto parts company who hit it big winning that massive $420 million powerball lottery. one of the biggest ever. wait until you hear their secret office pool strategy. the winners are joining us live only on "gma." ? forget about ? >> we do say good morning, america. we're very happy for that lucky group of co-workers. you can say it's the ultimate office pool. >> it is the ultimate office pool and it was funny. our -- everybody here said if that happened here there would be no one here to do the show. but i wonder how many will be former co-workers. >> we'll see. >> we do know a lot are giving back to the victim of those >>> deadly one-two punch. those major wildfires sparking thousands of evacuations and tornadoes as robin said tearing through the south. the system is on the move. rob marciano tracking it all. good morning, rob. >> good morning. we thought it would happen and did. just a frightening night across the south. dozens of structures damaged. nearly a

here's some incredible images coming out of tennessee overnight. they battle those blazes in burning all across tennessee right now. >>> we begin with breaking news, plane crash in colombia. 81 people on board including a soccer team. at least five made it out alive. now emergency responders are on the scene and abc's david kerley has all the latest. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. it is amazing. we are talking about survivors this morning considering how this small jetliner went down and where it went down. emergency crews carrying the handful of survivors of the jet crash into local hospitals. remarkable considering this, the wreckage in the mountainous area around medellin. with just six survivors, rescue crews expect to start the recovery of the other 75 people who were on board. many of them members of that brazilian soccer team on its way to a tournament. the british aerospace rj-85 from southern brazil and bolivia to colombia. it circled near medellin and the crew said they had an electrical problem before it went dow

. >> so much that people are complaining, wheezing, shortness of breath, at least 200 just in tennessee were sent to the hospital. this is an image of atlanta, what it looks like, outdoor activities being canceled. you're in school and call a smoke day because the smoke alarms wouldn't top going off in parts of tennessee. that's what we're dealing with. you can see it from the to see it. it's not going anywhere. from north carolina these -- the acreage just keeps adding up as to how much burning and fighting as much as they can but the conditions are very bad. the drought in place, exceptional drought and we're seeing 36 large wildfires that stretch from west virginia into virginia, north carolina, south carolina, so many states dealing with this and there's that storm track, the ring not going anywhere. guy, atlanta hasn't had rain for 30 days trait. if they make i haven't done it in 86 years. >> surprised some people that the wildfires are in this part of the country. >> it is but they get them to this extent this much smoke and this long, not normal. >> thank you, ginger. >>> now to

riley gaul sits in a tennessee jail charging with kil 16-year-old emma jane walker weeks after their breakup. according to police in the early morning hours monday, a shot fired by gaul into walker's bedroom outside her tennessee home killed her in her sleep. police arresting him on first degree murder charges holding him on $750,000 bond after having him under surveillance saying, he was preparing to destroy evidence related to the homicide. but gaul's mother telling our innocent. the pair seemingly a picture perfect couple. the cheerleader and the football player. classmates until gaul moved on to play football at a local college this fall. >> i wish like i knew more what was going on so maybe i could have helped her and i'm so sorry. >> reporter: in the wake of walker's death, gaul posting this lengthy missive on twitter the day after her death just hours before his arrest. to think that every memory we have, every happy special moment we shared can't ever be relived. i love you, if convicted gaul could face life in prison. while the family of emma jane walker mourns the daughter

that devastating bus crash in tennessee. the school bus flipped on its side, hit trees, killing at least five young children. that bus driver now under arrest facing charges and amy is on the scene in chattanooga with the latest. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, george. it is a devastating morning here in chattanooga. the accident happened on this road right here behind me just a few hundred feet up around 3:20 yesterday afternn mile from school. as you mentioned, 35 kids on that bus. and in addition to those who were killed, dozens of others were injured. and the posted speed limit on this road, 30 miles per hour. federal investigators are now looking into whether excessive speed was a factor in this tragedy. >> the bus has flipped over. it is occupied with children. >> reporter: a bus full of children on their way home from elementary school runs off the road, slamming into these trees >> we heard the crash and we went outside to look. and we saw that the bus had turned over. and apparently had hit the house a

. >>> now to new developments in tennessee. this morning investigators are trying to piece together what went wrong and the driver is facing multiple charges. abc's david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: two pictures this morning, the wreckage of the school bus and the wreckage of families. 9-year-old cordayja jones and zyaira mateen. among the five lost children. whose mother says she complained about the driver before the crash. >> i have been calling the >> reporter: we've learned the 24-year-old driver only received his commercial license in april, and just two months ago, had an accident in his bus hitting a car. these two boys survived the horrific crash. >> he started turing real fast around the corner. >> it feel like the world was turning upside down. >> he hit a mailbox and garbage can and that's when the tree went through the bus. >> reporter: hearts turned out to remember the young lives lost. the newest statistics, each year on average, five students are killed but in an instant, five were lost here in chattanoo

. >> state of emergency for parts of tennessee and other state, as well. i'll detail all of that. but first the image going overhead, so many folks in the southeast are seeing this. that is from north carolina. w burning and many of them are in the southeastern united states. look what it looks like from above. the smoke so bad. so many people are tweeting me and facebook messaging me saying, we can't breathe. it's just that bad. it doesn't look like it'll get better. already mandatory evacuations and all burning and a front moving and it'll be a dry front. let's get to the weekend getaways now brought to you by >>> we have made it to friday on veteran's d. outdoors today t is a nice day and nice morning. a cool start at 66 phoenix sky harbor. some breezes this morning but overall winds much lighter than what you felt the last couple of days. temperatures warming to 79. by lunchtime, maybe enjoying lunch outside. a sunny, warm, and dry day as we top out at 83 degrees here this afternoon. no signs of rain through >>> and coming up, more from inside president-elect trump's what role

he is going to play us off with "somewhere on the beach." >> nashville, tennessee. ? ? bet you think i'm sitting at home no ? ? bet you think that i'm all alone no ? ? bet you think i'm missing you known what hell no ? ? i went wheels up on a runway and that ticket was a one-way ? ? i'm somewhere on a beach sipping something strong ? got a new girl she got it going on ? ? we drink all day and party all night i'm way too gone to have you on my mind ? ? she got a body and she's naughty ? ? and she got me like you ain't ever got me ? >>> good morning i christopher. we have a safety alert for you. first we take you to mesa where a razor blade was reportedly tortelli, nobody was injured. investigators are still trying to figure out where that came from. a little boy has a welt on his face after he was hit by a paintball near 35th avenue and cactus. but he opened fire and 5-year- old logan is left with the mark just inches below his eye and another little girl was hit the arm. wherever did it >> reporter: away. iris? climbing with 68 at the top of the hour and upper 70s by no

>> not recently. >> i got excited until tennessee came out. and then -- >> that's all right. good luck to whoever won and enjoy your holidays. speaking of spending, we're sorting out the best cybermonday deals. don't click until you see what becky worley has to say coming up in our weekend download. >> first, the massive manhunt right now for two escaped prisoners. >> they broke out of a county jail in california before thanksgiving and there has been no sign of them since. authorities are calling them dangerous and desperate and abc's eva pilgrim has a look of how they managed to break out. good morning, eva. >> investigators are struggling to figure out how they escaped. no security cameras outside of the jail. but this morning new details. but these guys had an audience. people who stayed behind. not everyone in that cell tried to get out. as dangerous are on the run after a daring jail break in san jose, california. this morning abc news getting an exclusive look inside their cell. >> these are pretty tough and pretty strong. that's why i'm so surprised they were able to

and the smoke is raising new concerns about air quality from tennessee to the carolinas and georgia where there has not been any measurable rain in 31 days. >>> near boston a commuter train crashed into this car that was crossing the track splitting that car in two. seconds later you see two people walking away. police say they were fleeing the scene of another c around the crossing gates. not to be repeated there. >>> and the new record in the art world this morning. this painting, take a look, by monet from his grain stack series just sold for $81.4 million in new york. that is the highest amount ever paid for a monet. >>> and finally a grandma described as vertically challenged has become an unlikely internet sensation. in just a moment. at just five feet she needed a stepstool to put her grandson into his crib but then take a look as she -- oh. over she goes, right into the crib. grandma and baby are both fine except for that baby stayed awake after that. didn't sleep right after that, and she's given 34 million facebook users and me a very good laugh. >> how many? >> 34 million. >> o

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. >>> and some sad news from chattanooga, tennessee, a sixth child has died after thi investigators say the driver was not on the designated route. they say there were no drugs, no alcohol in his system, so they're looking at whether fatigue could have played a role because the driver recently started a second job. >>> back here in new york, a worker at this wine store got the scare of his life when the e-cigarette battery in his pocket -- look at that -- exploded. a colleague thought fireworks were going off. the man was hospitalized with burns but thankfully he is in >>> amazon has avoided a potential disruption this holiday weekend. a judge has ordered pilots at a cargo airline who went on strike this week to return to work. the pilots at abx air deliver packages for amazon and want better working conditions but the judge ruled it is in the public's interest to stop the strike because holiday shoppers expect to receive their packages on time. >>> and finally, most people are having turkey for dinner today what are you having for breakfast? how about ice cream. a scientist in japan fo

the smoke casting a haze over tennessee, north carolina and georgia. forcing people to breathing problems to stay indoors. >>> and history was made in space travel overnight. american astronaut peggy whitson took off on her way to the international space station along with russian and french oldest woman to travel in space. >>> and finally, definitive scientific proof of something that already knew and so do lots of other women. guess what, women can multitask better than men. researchers using brain scans found that women can easily do more than one thing at a time like just, for example, answering the phone while checking e-mail while holding the baby but the test showed men who faced those same needed to mobilize extra brain power and energy while powers naturally. yes. >> like superheroes. >> exactly. we're sheroes. >> i'm not even trying to get in trouble. >> i'll represent. that's right. >> yes, dear. >> a good way to start the weekend. yes, dear. >> thank you, amy. how about a little "pop news." >> hi, robin. happy friday, tgif and it is a momen

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the southeast, big weather story is again the fires burning across north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, kentucky, still over 60,000 acres burned with these. you got about 32 large fires that continue to burn and across western north carolina, that really is the most intense area. extreme drought here, we're talking about tuscaloosa, birmingham, alabama. this is likely going to be th winds are going to be light today but the relatively humidity levels will be pretty low, so that's not going to help obviously and this low will develop into a coastal storm but, look, the moisture just doesn't get back to where it's needed. it's going to hug the carolina coastline today and tomorrow and get up into the northeast a little bit. might see an inch or two of rain but really not where they need it the most. mild air continues to across parts of the west. >>> thanks so much, for us, a 60s until later. then we climb into the 80s. look how warm and then the decline. by 9:00 p.m., cooler overnight lows into the 60s. here's a look at valley 77, degrees and we're in the mid to low 80s. we'll be o >>>