troops and their families for their service at a marine corps in hawaii. on christmas eve, the president personally called u.s. service members to each branch of military stationed overseas and on twitter, a picture and this message -- best part of the holidays is the time we share with those we love. on behalf of michelle, malia and sasha, merry christmas, everyone! a series of last. the president teaming up with michelle to poke fun at their first holiday address in 2009. >> given how our first weekly address went i needed that barack needed all the help he could get. >> the greatest gift we have received over the last eight years has been the honor of servinging as your president and the first lady. stephanie ramos, abc news -- honolulu, hawaii. >> our thanks to stephanie there. >>> increasing tension between the obama administration and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over the u.n. issue of settlements. the protest the white house failure to block the resolution condemnening israeli settle nmt the west bank. >> the prime minister blamed the w

troops and their families for their service at a marine corps base hawaii. on christmas eve, the president personally called u.s. service members from each branch of the military stationed overseas to thank them, too, and on twitter -- a picture and this message -- best part of the holidays is the time we share with those we love. on behalf of michelle, malia and sasha, merry christmas, everyone. it's a series of lasts. the president teaming up with michelle to poke fun at their first weekly address during the holidays in 2009. >> given how our first christmas weekly address went i realized that barack needed all the help he could get. >> reporter: the first couple reflecting. >> the greatest gift we have received over the last eight years has been the honor of serving as your president and first lady. >> reporter: this year, a historic stop for president obama. the japan these prime minister will join him at pearl harbor tuesday, first time a japanese leader has visited the site since the attack. stephanie ramos, abc news, honolulu, hawaii. >> our thanks to

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senator brian schatz of hawaii tweeting, nominating a climate denier to run the environmental protection agency is offensive. i will do everything i can to stop this. and trump nominating wwe co-founder linda mcmahon to lead the small business administration. >> hey, look at this. >> reporter: the president-elect himself once wrestled mcmahon's husband on television. and the announcement of pruitt for epa comes as trump met with actor and environmental activist leonardo dicaprio to talk about climate change and how focusing on renewable clean energy could create millions of jobs. kendis and diane. >> of course, that meeting comes just days after he met with al gore. a lot of people saying they're getting mixed signals when it comes to the environment there. janai, thank you. >>> and trump is now embroiled in a public spat with the union leader that represents the carrier workers in indianapolis. president, you see him there, chuck jones said he was grateful to trump for his efforts to save jobs but he believed trump had lied about the number of jobs saved saying it was actually 800, not

prime minister abe laid a wreath at a national cemetery in hawaii yesterday to recognize japan's attack. now, the white house calls the visit a demonstration of strength of the u.s. and japan alliance. it comes months after president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima. >>> and still plenty of news ahead coming up, the inmates who escaped from jail because of a leaky toilet. >>> plus, that new video just coming in overnight, an airliner skidding off a runway completely on its belly. we'll tell you what went wrong. >>> and later in "the pulse," george michael's acts of kindness. fans are mourning his loss and we're learning more about his overwhelming and secret generosity. stay with us. >>> frightening moments at an airport in western india. overnight a jet airways flight that was about to take off from mumbai skidded off a runway early this morning. witnesses say panicked passengers started jumping from the plane once it stopped. 12 people were injured mostly suffering broken bones. >>> we learned overnight that rescue crews have recovered one of the black

. >>> it was 75 years ago today that japanese forces attacked pearl harbor, hawaii, leading the u.s. into world war ii. >> franklin roosevelt calling it a day that will live in infamy. 19 u.s. ships were either sunk or damaged. commemorations taking place including a special ceremony any "uss arizona" memorial. >>> a retailer expanding paternal leave. >>> a possible break in the oakland warehouse fire. what investigators said about a possible cause. >>> protests on college campus. while a white nationalist speaks at that school. the tense moment when a microphone is wrestled away from a woman at that event. >>> investigators believe they're getting closer to finding the cause of friday's tragic warehouse fire in oakland. 36 people were killed in what is being called the deadliest fire in the city's history. all but one of those victims has been identified and authorities do not believe the fire was intentionally set. the focus has now turned to appliances on the first floor of the building. >> they've narrowed down the area of origin and now they're looking for potential sources of i

and her family on a jetblue flight while on their way to hawaii. the secret service did not intervene but flight attendants removed the man from the flight. donald trump plans to stay in florida for the weekend and has had a presidential daily briefing for the past two days. >> our thanks to maggie rulli in washington, thank you. >>> well, trump is also turning to twitter to pit two military contractors against one another. in a tweet last night, trump said he's asked boeing to price out its f-18 fighter jet to compete with the f-35 which is made by lockheed martin. trump met with the ceos of both companies about lowering the cost. >>> to president obama who's planning to deliver a farewell speech in chicago. sources say it is set for january 10th. that, of course, ten days before he leaves office. the president is expected to state of illinois for launching his political career electing him first as a state senator. >>> breaking overnight australian officials are urging people in melbourne to celebrate christmas as usual after the arrest of five m

even south florida and hawaii will get rain but 63 in tampa. no reason to complain there. >> no. >>> finally from us "time" magazine's decision to make donald trump person of the year provided a lot of material for the late night comics. >> here now your "friday funnies." >> donald trump was named "time's" person of the year. what? unless, unless jill stein demands a recount. >> he is the person of the year which is a big deal because this might be one of our last years. >> let's face it, trump dominated the news this year. the only person who came close was hillary clinton who sadly had to settle for the cover of "upstate woods wanderer." >> hillary clinton was named runner-up and when she heard hillary hiked so far into the woods she's now living with brahms stark. >> hoping to win a mug that says world's best grandma. >> check out trump on "time's" cover. i don't understand why he distrusts the media. it looks like they snuck up on him to take the photo. don't think i didn't notice you put the devil's horns right on his head. >> he's come a

. >>> and it was 75 years ago today that japanese forces attacked pearl harbor, hawaii, leading the u.s. into world war day that will live in infamy. more than 2,400 americans were killed in that attack and 19 u.s. ships were either sunk or damaged. a full day of commemorations taking place at pearl harbor today including a special ceremony right there at the "uss arizona" memorial. >>> well, still ahead right here for us, a megaretailer expanding paternalal leave for its employees in this country. >>> and a possible break in the oakland warehouse fire. wh i possible cause overnight. >>> plus, protests on college campus while a white nationalist speaks at that school. the tense moment when a microphone is wrestled away from a woman at that event. there are some people you should give underwear to this holiday. and there are some people you shouldn't . people you should. shouldn't. janice! yes. no. should. no way. should. no. definitely not. ha ha, nay. you shouldn't give underwear to everybody. but for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. testing testing! is this thing on? huh? co

. >>> and president obama is also on vacation in hawaii but he did make time to meet with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. the two appeared at pearl harbor yesterday in a show of reconciliation. now, abe did not apologize for the attack by japanese forces but did offer condolences to the thousands of americans killed and said, quote, we must never repeat the horrors of war. president obama says the visit sends a powerful message. >> prime minister abe, i welcome you here in the spirit of friendship as the people of japan have always welcomed me. i hope that together we send a message to the world that there is more to be won in peace than in war. that reconciliation carries more rewards than retribution. >> the meeting with abe will probably be president obama's last with a foreign leader before he leaves office. >>> well, still ahead the major milestone the stock market could hit today. >>> and amazon is taking center stage in a murder investigation. we have the latest on the legal battle over the suspect's amazon echo device and whether police should have access to what it records.

passenger allegedly screaming at ivanka and her family on a jetblue flight while they were on their way to hawaii for vacation. the secret service did not intervene, but jetblue flight attendants removed the man from the flight. donald trump plans to stay in florida through the weekend but while there he continues to hold meetings and has had a presidential daily briefing for the past two days. kendis and mara. >> all right. our thanks to maggie rulli there in washington, thank you. >>> well, trump is also turning to twitter to pit two military contractors against one another. in a tweet last night, trump said he's asked boeing to price out its f-18 fighter jet to compete with the f-35, which is made by lockheed martin. trump met earlier this week with the ceos of both companies to discuss lowering the cost of their planes. >>> now to president obama who is reportedly planning to deliver a farewell speech in chicago. sources say the speech is set for january 10th. that, of course, ten days before he leaves office. the president is expected to thank chicago, as well as the state of illinois for la

reporter: stu went on to defend his country through 13 more battles. 75 years later, stu has returned to hawaii with a group of 15 other survivors. >> all right, all right. >> reporter: the journey organized by the greatest generation foundation. >> are you stu? >> yep. >> reporter: today a solemn ceremony. gratitude for these precious few survivors. for that and so much more, stu says he's the grateful one. >> many of these fellows sacrificed their lives truly they are the heroes, not us that survived. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to david there with that touching tribute and that's what's making news in america this morning. >>> do stay with us for "good morning america" and have a great thursday, everybody. thanks for watching. >> good morning everyone it is 4:30 a.m. on this thursday, december 8. >> here's what we're following for you. a drive-by shooting in west philadelphia sends a man to the hospital overnight. >> the mother of a hit-and-run victim in delaware pleads for help in finding a driver. the crash left her 12-year-old son injured. >> a young man suf