Good Morning! On this day in 1989, East German officials opened the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following day, celebrating Germans began to tear the wall down.
The Jenny Craig brand once dominated the market for frozen dietary meals, but both it and its founder faced a series of setbacks, as noted in today’s Whatever Happened To… segment.
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Flight Cancellations Expected to Rise
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to gradually cut air travel by up to 10% if air traffic controllers keep calling out in higher numbers during the government shutdown, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Meanwhile, senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the shutdown began 40 days ago.
GOP leaders have signaled an openness to an emerging proposal from a small group of moderate Democrats to reopen the government in exchange for a vote at a later date to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire at the end of the year.
Cargo Planes Grounded After UPS Crash
Boeing urged FedEx, UPS, and Western Global to ground about 70 MD-11 aircraft after a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, killing 14 people.
UPS has temporarily grounded part of its fleet, and FedEx confirmed it is immediately grounding its 28 MD-11 planes.
The cockpit voice recorder captured a bell that sounded about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, but investigators haven’t determined why the bell rang.
The aircraft was carrying 38,000 gallons of fuel as it took off for Hawaii, which contributed to the size of the fire after the crash.
List: Most Popular Baby Names in 2025
Olivia remained the most popular girl’s name in 2025, and Noah topped the list for boys for the third consecutive year, according to a recent survey of baby names.
The top five girls’ names include Amelia, Sophia, Emma, and Isabella. The boys’ list is rounded out by Liam, Oliver, Elijah, and Mateo.
A few vintage names returned to the top 100, including Josephine (away since 1943) and Vivian (1934). For the boys, Arthur returns to the top 100 for the first time since 1970, and Nathaniel is back after a nine-year absence.
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Whatever happened to Jenny Craig?
In the 1980s, the Jenny Craig brand of frozen, ready-made food for dieters became a sensation in the U.S. after being launched in Australia by Jenny Craig and her business-partner-turned-husband, Sid Craig.
Jenny, born Genevieve Guidroz, became the face of the brand. It had a powerful hook: portion-controlled frozen meals plus one-on-one coaching. You can see one of the original Australian TV ads with Jenny here.
The company grew fast and went public in 1991, but its rapid rise brought regulatory problems, as did its flirtation with fen-phen weight-loss drugs shortly before that combo was linked to serious heart risks and pulled from the market.
Still, the brand had a core strength: Jenny Craig herself, a sympathetic mom who had struggled with weight issues. That changed in 1995 when Jenny suffered a jaw injury that left her temporarily unable to speak, prompting her retirement as the company’s main spokesperson.
Nestlé bought the company for roughly $600 million in 2006 and managed its decline for a time, but in 2023 the Jenny Craig brand declared bankruptcy and was acquired by Wellful—the parent of Nutrisystem. It’s now a direct-to-consumer, digital-first service: meals shipped, coaching online, no storefronts.
As for Jenny, the person, she and her husband, Sid, who died in 2008, became significant philanthropists. They committed millions to Fresno State University, whose business school was named the Sid Craig School of Business.
More recently, in 2022, she pledged $5 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans to create the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. Now 93, she’s noted as being passionate about supporting military families.
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This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a 75-foot Norway spruce from East Greenbush, New York, arrived Saturday. It’ll soon be decorated with more than 50,000 lights and topped with a Swarovski star ahead of the Dec. 3 lighting ceremony.
Have you ever visited the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree?