meet 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 the price tags >>> 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 wildfires in tennessee. their home state. we're going to get right to that. >>> 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 happe

here's some incredible images that are coming out of tennessee overnight. as they battle those blazes. >>> 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. we're talking survivors this morning, which is amazing, considering how and where this aircraft 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 owned by a charter company was nearing the end of a very long flight from southern brazil and bolivia to colombia. it circled near medellin and the crew said they had an electrical problem before it

from the liberty bowl memorial stadium in memphis, tennessee. the memphis tigers welcome the houston cougars to town. head coach tom herman has been the man at the helm of the cougars for each of the last two seasons. and it's been a whirlwind two seasons for herman. since arriving from ohio state after winning a national title with urban meyer. it's been a crazier last 17 hours. the hottest can't in the coaching circles of college football has been linked with the lsu job and texas if that

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 satellite. the visible satellite allows you to see the fire and where the smoke blows. it's not going anywhere. look at the video 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 in a lot of the southeast, 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 ridge not going anywhere. guys, atlanta hasn't had rain for 30 days straight. if they make it to saturday 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 the search for answers after a high school student went on a stabbing spree in u

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 am where 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 just behind me. a few hundred feet up this hill. around 3:20 this afternoon. less than a mile from school. we now know that 37 were on the bus. in addition to the five killed, others are in the hospital. federal investigators are 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 in a residential neighborhood. >> 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 across the street. they were escaping throug

. >> state of emergency for parts of tennessee and other state, as well. i'm going to detail off of -- all of that, but first, the folks in the southeast are seeing this. that is from north carolina. now more than 30 large wildfires 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. the air quality is just that bad. it doesn't look like it'll get better. there are 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 walmart. >> hello, i am meteorologist mike nicco from abc7 mornings on veterans day the warmth relaxes and still have high clouds and sunshine and north bashirs are possible through tomorrow morning but they will begin at midnight tracking a stronger storm on tuesday and wednesday. the temperatures are today are mid-to-upper isis along the coast and san francisco and richmond low-to-mid 70s. tonight, we

. >>> now to new developments in that school bus crash 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 school since the first day. >> 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. >> and it felt 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: hundreds turned out to remember the young lives lost. the newest statistics, each year on average, five students are killed in school bus acc

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 and wishing you would call my 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. you know, it was foggy to start. let's check in with mike nicco for how it's looking now. >> great question. hi, everybody. it's still a little dangerous around santa rosa. visibility, a quarter of a mile. patchy everywhere else, wu it's going to lift now. as far as our temperatures, still in the 40s. into the 50s, so we're starting to see those bump up. as we head throughout the day, low oyefuwas at noon and loy to upper 60s at 4:00. slight chance of rain sunday morning. >> jus

>> not recently. >> i got excited until tennessee came out. and then -- >> that's all right. good luck to whoever won and enjoy your holidays. >>> coming up, and 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 more on how they managed to break out. good morning, eva. >> reporter: 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. two fugitives described by cops 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 p

. >>> and some sad news from chattanooga, tennessee, a sixth child has died after this week's school bus crash. 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 stable condition this morning. >>> 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

switch to sprint and save 50% today. visit sprintrelay.com >>> back here on "gma," dozens of fires from tennessee through kentucky. you can see the video. looks like the stuff we show you from california. bebut it's not. the drought almost as bad in who says i shouldn't have a soda everyday? my doctor. my dentist. definitely my wife. wait, i know what i want. make sparkling water at home. and drink 43% more water every day. sodastream. love your water. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by breathe right. breathe better, sleep better tonight. brought to you by breat. breathe better, sleep better tonight. >>> it is 7:56. good morning, i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. let's get over to mike nicco. >> let me start in the south bay where we have all the fog and 58 degrees knee the shark tank. now temperatures running from about 51 in santa rosa to 60 in vallejo. in the mid up toer 60s in the coast and low to mid-70s and warmer through thursday. alexis. >> we've got pretty quiet morning still on our hands. taking a look at the bay area toll plaza, heavy traffic as usual. it looks like the

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the smoke casting a haze over parts of tennessee, north carolina and georgia, forcing people with breathing problems to stay indoors. >>> and history was made in space travel overnight. american astronaut, peggy whitson took off to the international space station, along with russian and french astronauts. at age 56 whitson is now the 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 tests show that men who face those same tasks, needed to mobilize extra brain power and energy while we just had those 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 presid t presidepresiden

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 crash and drove around the crossing gates. not to be repeated there. >>> and a 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. you will see why 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. >>

with arrests already made in tennessee and kentucky. now, the state of alabama offering a $5,000 reward to catch those responsible. in some of the hardest-hit areas, over 60,000 acres scorched over the last few weeks. >> it's devastating and it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: alabama in a drought emergency, urging residents to refrain from building outside fires. >> this one little ember from a fire even though it could be innocent can cause a lot of damage. >> reporter: the rash of wildfires is driving some families from their homes. >> this smoke stretches out for miles. >> reporter: some residents refusing to leave. much of the southeast seeing one of the driest years on record. >> the smoke almost blocks out the sun that it's so bad. >> reporter: the smoke so intense blanketing the city of atlanta. air quality concerns are high for residents especially those with asthma and other health concerns. sadly, the smokey mountains have become just that the past couple of weeks and some of that dense smoke getting into some highly populated a

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 the driest fall on record and 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. meanwhile, very mild air continues across >>> good sunday morning, i'm meteorologist lisa argen, here's a view from the east bay hills camera. you're waking up to chilly and foggier conditions in most neighborhoods. chance of showers in the north bay on tuesday. you