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amount . this morning on "world news now," donald trump's controversial plan to block muslims from entering the u.s. the swift condemnation of his remarks from fellow republicans, religious leaders and across social media. full coverage ahead. inside, witnesses who somehow escaped deathuring the sabernardino terror attack describe in detail how it took place. what investigators are uncovering about the couple who carried it out. and new this half hour, wasting taxpayers' money. >> from unusual animal experiments to studying the habits of hipsters. see who's stirring up anger over government waste. >> and later, the courageous return to the stage for the rock
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playing in paris for the first time since their show was attacked by terrorists. their message for the fans in "the skinny" later on this tuesday, december 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning on a busy tuesday. i'm richard bacon. >> i'm reena ninan. boy, we begin with the most provocative rhetoric we've heard from donald trump so far. he's now proposing to slam the door shout on all muslims coming to america. >> telling supporters in south carolina without drastic action, the threat of attacks is going to get worse. but fellow gop candidates are blasting his comments. we get the latest now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump is
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longer welcome in america. >> we have no idea if they want to bomb us. >> just days after this. >> i know muslim people, they are phenomenal people, but there is a problem in there. >> reporter: the republican front-runner is now calling for "a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> this less than 24 hours after president obama called for more tolerance for muslims after that terrorist attack in california. >> it's our responsibility to reject proposals that muslim-americans should somehow be treated differently. >> reporter: but trump wants no part of it and saying his war on terror won't end with the terrorists. >> at least i would go after the wives who absolutely knew it was happening and i guess your definition of what i do, i'm going to leavehat to you imagination.
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level. jeb bush called it unhinged. chris christie called it ridiculous. >> this is the kinds of thing people say when they have no experience and don't know what they're talking about. we do not need to resort to that type of activity nor should we. >> reporter: his extreme plan comes the same day new polls show ted cruz on the rise. his momentum fuelled in part by his solution for isis. >> we will carpet bomb them into oblivion. i don't know if sand can glow in out. >> reporter: trump supporters plan. others saying they want some type of screening process when it cops 0 muslims. donald trump may have a huge problem with the united states constitution. lawyers telling us muslim immigrants cannot be denied or preferred on the religion which would be in direct contrast to the trump ban. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> it really was a breathtaking statement by donald trump. wasn't it?
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caught people off guard but it didn't really. we kind of know he's out there. >> i was reflecting on it tonight. and i've watched this now several times, this speech that we can see here. i actually think we'll come to view this as a moment in history because what happens next is so interesting. so do his supporters now, does his support stay the same? does it go down? doest go up? if it goes up, what does that say? it's i think the next few days are fascinating. it is the most i guess the most dramatic and to use that word again breathtaking statement by a serious contend for office of my lifetime i think. by the way, i have a twitter handle @richard p bacon. if you are a supporter of donald trump, let me know. has this changed your view of him? have those comments about muslims today changed your view of him? if so why, if not why not @richard p bacon.
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people have to say. >> congress taking new steps to tighten the visa waiver program under current law. citizens of certain countries can travel to the u.s. without a visa and say for 90 days for tourism or business. today the house is expected to approve an overhaul which would prevent recent visitors to syria and iraq from taking advantage of the program. a much tougher bill in the senate would the require fingerprinting for travelers coming to the u.s. >> foreign recruits are pouring into syria and iraq to join isis. that is the conclusion of a security consulting group which says the number of foreign fighters has more than doubled in the past 18 months. and there are now as many as 31,000 of them. the biggest increase in new recruits for isis is from russia and central asia while the number from north america has leveled off. learning more about the couple who opened fire in san bernardino. take a look at a picture taken
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this one shows syed farook and tashfeen malik arriving as newly weds. thth took target practicic at a california gun range, the last time just days before the rampage. the fbi says an they had been radicalized for some time. they're still trying to figure out how. >> she's probably the most radicalized of the two. and could easily persuade you know a spouse. >> authorities also got a chance to question the man who provided the couple with 2 high-powered rifles. enrique marquez grew up next door to farouq. he's now being detained. >> new details this morning on what went on inside the conference room from some of the people lucky to make it out unjurred but likely forever scarred by the bloody images of the rampage carried out by one of their own. more from abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the shooting started before the attackers
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>> maybe a little bit more. >> reporter: doors open? >> doors fly open. >> yes. >> yeah, they were forced open, hard. shooter stepped right into the room and began firing immediately. >> reporter: health department bosses, trudy raymundo and corwin porter, gathered inside with staff in the room where they held an active shooter training just the year before. the second they heard the shots fired, they dropped to the ground, hiding under tables for cover. the room was packed with tables. a screen on one side for presentations, a christmas tree on the other. syed farook and tashfeen malik burst in through this door at the center of the conference room, opening fire, blowing out windows and striking many of the people at this table, the very table farook had been sitting at earlier. >> we have several down in a conference room. several down. >> reporter: they say farook entered first, wearing a ski mask. the couple unloading at least 65 rounds. what are you thinking, what are you doing? >> there was a small break in
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looking down and i kept hoping that the gunfire would stop, that the gunfire would stop. and i just -- i couldn't believe that it would stop. >> reporter: what went through your mind when you heard that name? >> a complete sense of betrayal. it amazes me every day howowlose this group is, how tight knit they are and it's nothing but betrayal. >> the co-workers telling me farook and his wife fired in complete silence. they say at one point they saw farook pointing the muzzle at the ground where the co-workers were laying injured. it appeared he fired on them one by one. abc news, san bernardino, california. >> every detail of that testimony is haunting, isn't it? no charges will be filed in another chicago police shooting caught on camera. ronald johnson was killed by an officer last year as he tried to run away.
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unarmed but experts determined johnson was armed. this comes as the u.s. attorney general announced that the justice department will investigate the police department, partly in response to another shooting death. the shooting of the teen laquan mcdonald. >> more bad news for chipotle restaurant complain. more than two dozen boston college students became ill including members of the men's basketball team. chipotle has been reeling since an e cho lie outbreak in nine states. not confirmed in the boston cases but both its sales and stock are plummeting. > health alert this morning. a warning about children and exercise. the american academy of pediatrics says u.s. teens are among the least physically active in the world with barely 8% ofhem getting at least an hour of physical activity per day. the academy long critical of the
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forced many schools to dramatically reduce or cut recess all together says kids need to be more active during school day. lebron james and nike have been in business for a dozen years and now agreed to a lifetime deal with each other. the financial terms of the agreement weren't released but sources say it easily surpasses a $300 million deal signed with nba star kevin durant last summer. james has his own shoe line with nike. the deal could result in a complete line of james branded apparel. i wish i had done basketball when i was in high school. >> certainly makes you feel that way. >> i shouldn't have spent so much time with the chemistry club. >> you never make money out of that. this season in the nfl when teams from the nfc east play each other, it's usually an ugly advertisement for american football. last night monday game football was just that the. >> cowboys and redskins tied at
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when desean jackson tried to play the hero on a punt return. instead he fumbled. two place later dallas scored a touchdown to take a 16-9 lead. >> washington came down the field and tied it at 16. when that man desean jackson saved himself by catching a 28-yard touch down pass. >> no problem is right. you know why? dallas quickly got into field goal range and dan bailey kicked the winner from 54 yards. 54 yards. cowboys win 19-16. >> bam. >> that was a good game. >> that was a good game. >> better when it was over. >> okay. >> better when it was over. >> i don't know. i can't tell what he's saying. it feels a little bit like we're being heckled. >> you're right. coming up. >> he's not making any sense. >> in "the skinny," the hollywood star the victim of a crime. it's pretty horrific right here
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>> also ahead, a glimpse at how christmas will be celebrated among the royals in my home country with two very photogenic royal children. >> we love our royals. >> but first an exclusive look at government waste here in the u.s. from weird animal experiments to the habits of hipsters. you're paying for it after our look at the forecast map. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol wipes. it seems that every year, we have to watch out for different types s germs. which is why it's important for your wipes to kill a broad spectrum of germs. lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs, including 8 different types of cold and flu viruses. to help protect your family...
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so i was asking for your opinion on donald trump. his latest comments are banning muslims from coming into america which appeared certainlyly yesterery to include american muslims who had gone on a holiday. and his idea at one point it appeared it would include them that they would be stopped from getting into america. quite a few people oo agree, stone cold country tweeted i totally agree with donald trump. all immigration must stop in order to save this great country from hell. dramatic turn of phrase. this is ian. this is quite amusing. he says you'd realize this is
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addled mind it will stop obama coming back after a trip abroad. that's quite funny. you can make any comments on the show at any point, we would read everything. we won't read it all out but certainly see everything that comes in. >> also from the republican side of the aisle, this year's edition of government waste book. >> in what's become an annual tradition, a select number of republicans are calling out their colleagues on wasteful government spending. abc's serena marshall gives us a look. >> reporter: monkeys running on hipster parties. book. compiled by arizona nor jeff flake it, highlighting more than 100 government-funded studies, grants and programs he says is costing taxpayers too much. >> what we're trying to say with this waste book is for those who say that we've cut all the fat in washington, take a look. there's a lot that goes on. >> reporter: some of the
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tag of $1 million, this nih funded study put marmosets in hamster balls and have them run on treadmills to see if they would be good future research subjects. and this one, that's right, those are two mantis shrimp duking it out. the result the shrimps that hits more not harder wins. price tag, $707,000. then there's this question. >> will you be there to help a hipster in need. >> a $5 million study seeking to reducemoking among young adults. in all three cases the researchers and granting institutions defended their work. shrimp on their strong shells can lead to future weapons and defense systems and those hipster parties provide the first effort to counteract the tobacco companies can promotions. for the senator, it doesn't add up. >> a lot of theetudies are legitimate a aseful but a good
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thought up this stuff. >> reporter: it's not just research listed in this nearly 300-page book, but housing programs, and crop subsidyiesll being scrutinized. reena, richard? >> can't wait to hear more about that. thank you. coming up in "the skinny,"," an emotional night in paris. >> yeah, of course. >> announcer: "world news now"
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abc stations. skinny, so skinny >> time now for "the skinny" and topping our headlines, a grand grand finale in paris. >> yeah, what was widely resume mored all weekend actually finall happened. the eagles of death metal took the stage in paris with u2 last night for the first time since last month's t tror attack killeded90 people at the band's last concert there. >> bono gave the group an emotional introduction. >> these are our brothers, our fellow trub ba doors. they were robbed of their stage three weeks ago and we would like to offer them ours tonight. >> i cannot hear you. time? >> lead singer led both bandsn the song "people have the power," by patti smith. the performance helped cap off
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aired on hbo last night. >> hughes says the eagles of death metal will resume their tour next year and will play paris in february. authorities here in new york are searching for three men who robbed gwyneth paltrow. well, not really. but the pop-up shop for her lifestyle brand guck. >> apparently they walked away with stolen goods estimated to be worth more than $170,000. that's a lot which many have joked turns out to be about a dozen items. acally less than that. >> policeay the thieves pried open a cabinet door during store hours taking two pieces ofural and three men's watches. in response to the theft, they said we remain open for business with proper security precautions in place. >> kim kardashian and kanye west have a name for their newborn child. the baby born over the weekend.
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announcement of the name. it will be easton. no, the tweet from mama kim says it's going to be saint west. >> i like it. along with the name, a family
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and when i know she's into it, i get into it and... feel the difference with k-y ultragel. >> what -- is that london? no, i'm in new york. it's better. what a regal opening night there. fortunately unfortunately, it's not for me. the royal family are bigger here. >> they're huge here. yeah. >> than at home. >> you're right. we do love our royals. and like any family with children, this time of year can be extra exciting. abc is in london with more. >> reporter: the doting father revealing his boy george now understands what christmas is all about and he can't wait to see santa.
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saying my george will be uncing around like a rabbit if i get any sleep on christmas eve, it will be good. for the first time this couple will be celebrating it as a family of four which william says might be exciting. >> he seems to think that it might be quite a challenging christmama having two littlenes running around. >> reporter: but that makes christmas even more sentimental. the prince adding it's a very different experience at christmas having a family of your own. just like princess diana did with william and harry, these royal parents are trying to give their little ones as normal an upbringing as possible. >> princess diana was keen to shelter them from the spotlight asuch as possible. that'shat is william and kate areedoing. >> william and kate wilil attend will the royal service at sand ringham. her family will join in at their newly renovated home in norfolk and what about uncle harry. >> maybe he'll be giving them
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think of -- maybe presents that will raise eyebrows of mom and dad. >> william joking are we'll watch him trying to tackle his presents.. >> maybe uncle harry gives him a book. you spent time with harry. >> i made a documentary about the prince. he served in the royal air force and i went to afghanistan and followed him around there and made a documentary about his time there. >> he's really into afghanistan, isn't he? you know, his brother has his beautiful family but he was really i io serving his country. >> yeah, he was legitimate flying black hawk helicopters. it was authentic and real. i like them as people. fascinated by your -- the british are fascinated by the american's fascination with the royals. i think it's the same reason you like down to abby. >> it's starting january 3rd.
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knowing you can always count on me, for sure i'll come with you. woah, that's what friends are for i'm reena ninan. >> i'm richard bacon. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." trump shut down a controversial new call from the gop front runner to keep all muslims from setting foot on american soil. the ban aimed at curbing terror attacks getting swift opposition from fellow republicans. >> foreign recruits for isis are pouring into syria and iraq. the number doubled in the 1 months since the u.s.-led air strikes against the group began. the number coming from russia has tripled. >> prosecutors in london say there is a link between the subway slashing there and the terror attacking in san bernardino. they say the suspect had
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mobile phone along with images of the paris assault. and more than two dozen boston college students became ill after eating at a nearby chipotle restaurant including basketball players. the tex mex chain was reeling fromn e cole lie oureak in nine states. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we begin this half hour once again with donald trump. under fire from all sides after calling for a ban on all muslims. that's all muslims coming to america. >> the proposed ban would apply to immigrants, tourists and even students. fellow republicans have called trump and his idea offensive, unhinged and ridiculous. but he's standing his ground insisting it's a response to late red towards americans from large segments of the muslim population. >> donald j. trump is calling
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shutdown of muslims. our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. they have no respect for human life. >> this is a breathtaking moment, isn't it? trump was asked about the plan last night on the fox news channel. >> there are americans serving in our military who are muslims who are overseas on bases. do you apply this rule to them? >> they would come home. anybody here stays. but we have to be very vigilant. there's a lot of bad things going on. when you look at these polling numbers that came out, there is tremendous hatred, there's tremendous animosity. and these are taken of people living in our country from muslims living in our country which is amazing because i have muslim friends and they're wonderful people. we can't let this happen into
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does this apply to your muslim friends this shut brown? >> this does not apply to people living in the country except we have to be vigilant because when you have people putting bombs having pipe bombs all over their apartment and other people see this and don't report them, there's something seriously wrong. we have an obligation to protect our citizens. >> we will be hearing from donald trump live on "gma" later. i've been asking you to send me messages to my twitter which is @richard p bacon. if you are a supporter of donald trump, have those comments changed your mind at all. this person here says i'm still voting for him. the constitution will keep all his crazy ideas in check, but he will #make america great again. that's great an interesting point of view. the i don't believe this will
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still vote for him. >> you think there are a lot of people that feel like him. >> i think probably are. i think we'll look back on this as being a defining moment of this campaign. if his support stays the same or grows, that in itself tells a gripping story. >> there's been a lot of people who believe he's not going to advance further when it comes to iowa, new hampshire and the tats that really matter for all the rhetoric he's putting out, he's not going to make it. donald trump obviously feels very differently about that. >> yeah, he does. he had an amazing poll this week let's just see. i think the fallout from this and the reaction to this will be the most fascinating bit of the campaign so far. >> heard it here first. a slightly more serious story. we'll head over to san bernardino a community in mourning as the fbi tries to retrace the steps of the husband and wife who brutally murdered 14 people. the fbi announcing they were both radicalized but how it happened, that's still a
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lauren lyster has the latest. >> reporter: a california community holding onto the memories of 14 lives lost while trying to move forward. county employees returning to work. >> our lives will never be the same. >> reporter: but the massacre still fresh in the minds of the health department bosses who survived it. trudy raymundo was hiding under a table. >> there was a small break in thetable cloth and i kept looking down and kept hoping that the gunfire would stop. >> we have several down in the conference room. >> reporter: it wasn't till later that night they learned the shooter was their colleague and the fbi revealing new details about that shooter syed farook and his accomplice wife tashfeen malik. >> both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some sometime. >> now u.s. agents are trying to track the backgrounds and contacts of the killers. they tried to erase electronic traces destroying computers and cell phones.
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for the first time in the u.s. in july 2014. investigation leading to the home of enrique marquez who lived next door to farook as they grew up. he bought the two high powered assault rifles used in the attack. he was questioned by the fbi in connection with the terror attack. authorities say the major concern is determining how those guns got from marquez into the hands of the killers. lauren lyster, abc news, san bernardino. reena, richard, back to you. >> thank you so much. an american fugitive accused of being a top recruiter for isis is in custody. the state department says muhammad abdullah hassan turned himself in. the former minnesota high school student had a large following on twitter before his account was shut down. he's been linked to several lone wolf attacks right here in the u.s. >> major changes are coming to the terrorister alert system. considered according to jeh johnson, he says those changes
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in an exclusive interview with abc's pierre thomas, johnson also says he'd like social media companies to do more to combat the threat from isis. >> reporter: when you meet with executives from social media companies like facebook, twitter, youtube, what are you asking them to do? >> i'm asking them to partner with community leaders in the muslim community to give them a larger platform for their message, to give them a larger platform and a larger microphone for the counter message. >> here's a fasciting statistic. by one count, there are 90,000 pro-isis messages and video posted on social media every single day. >> well, breaking news out of canada. an air france flight from san francisco to paris has made an emergency landing in montreal over an anonymous bomb threat. air france flight 83 carrying 231 passengers and 15 crew members landed safely at montreal's airport.
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a passenger reportedly tweeting on board saying everyone is calm. and outside of san francisco, police have confirmed they've made five arrests over several incidents of lasers pointed at police headquarters. helicopters. the contra costa county sheriff's office says their chopper was struck by a green laser pointer over three separate incidents in the past weeks. suspects five men ranging from ages 19 to 58 could each face up to three years in prison. >> a homeowner in southern ohio is fighting city hall over his so-called nativity scene. jason dixon says his zombie nativity rubs people the wrong way because the baby jesus and everyone else, well, they're zombies. >> it's a little scary here. he claims the whole thing is just an advertisement for a haunted house he runs. he was told to take it down last year because he didn't have a permit. >> this year his permit application was denied because
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tall. dixon is being fined $500 a day every day that the zombie scene is still there. >> that baby jesus is a little bit scary. >> it's sort of offensive. just playing. > you think it should be alloweded? >> yeah. >> coming up a brand-new experience for "star wars" fans. away from the movie theater. >> also ahead, he's more than a presidential candidate. he is a homown hero. we are taking you back to marco rubio's political beginnings. and later ---ing. > the giz wiz comecoming up. amazing stuff. "world news now." bye. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through
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a freight train closing in. the two guys inside stepped away just moments before the train slammed into the car pushing it down and off the tracks. those guys, can you believe it, they got into the car and drove away. they took their stuff and left the car there. >> that's amazing conclusion. like you see in a movie apart from the bit where they get back in the battered car and drive it away. also in florida, a warm homecoming for the man some are calling the sunshine state's golden boy. senator marco rubio returned to his roots yesterday where his political career began and one that many hope will launching him into the highest office in the land. abc'siness day la qatar ra has more. >> our senator, our representative. >> reporter: it was the return of the product cal son. >> our next president of the united states marco rubio. >> reporter: an emotional homecoming for rubio as he returned to west miami to meet with some of his oldest supporters.
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when i mean home, i mean home. >> reporter: it was his first public event back in miami since he first announced his run for presidency. >> this is where everything began. >> reporter: a time to reminisce. >> he started talking and all of a sudden, all of us, we went like this. >> reporter: rubio's first elected office was commissioner for the city of miami and many here helped him launch his career over 15 years ago now. here he is being sworn in back in 1998. >> at least 144 people placed in me their trust and their vote and did so out of blind faith. >> reporter: on the trail, some question whether he's too young to be running. >> they came out and said why would you -- it's not your turn. you got to wait in line. there are other people around longer. i didn't know there was a line. >> reporter: but these guys have always had his back. >> that doesn't have the ability and the knowledge that he has
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>> reporter: and rubio d tell his supporters this might be the last they see of him for a little while. he'll be campaigning for the next few months but plans to be back in florida in march. >> thank you very much indeed. coming up, a tech lover's gift guide. >> the giz wiz gives kendis gibson a rundown of the hottest gadgets this holiday season next on "world news now." >> announcer"world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.rican kids is hispanic. that means many of the future doctors who will care for us, the engineers who will build our cities, the scientistsand entrepreneurs of our country can be your kids. we all know how hard it is for you to send them to college. this is why we want you to know you are not alone, and every day, more people support you to make it happen. many support you, and the hispanic scholarship fund helps you prepare, plan, and pay for your kids' college education.
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so we've been trying to keep it a secret but the holidays are here. it's time to start working through the gift list and for the gadget lover, finding something they don't actually already know something about can be tough. it's why we turn to this man, dick debartolo from gizwiztv. welcome. >> thank you. normally i have a santa hat on. today i have on my power cap. my power cap. >> i can see you now. >> yes. and you look great in the light. >> so there are four leds, two bright ones forward, softer ones down. great for shoveling snow. if your car breaks down, you can repair it. >> that's pretty good. >> two down, comes in six different colors. under $25. >> how warm is that? under 25 bucks.
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i can actually jog in this. >> absolutely. i'll give you one and let you jog in one. >> the battery pack is heavy. extra weight though. >> you christmas is over. you don't take your lights down not with app lights because app lights change colors with the seasons. so this is how you do it. right now they're showing you they're red and green. we're going to dial up to independence day. now this is showing you that they'll be red, white and blue. i like that idea. i hit send. look at them. >> and now. >> just like that, it's a different celebration. >> they're bluetooth enabled christmas lights. >> no one can ever give you a lot of heat for keeping your lights up all year round. >> exactly. saying you never change your lights. and there's also another version that will do a projection against your can, but i'm running the one app so i can't
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i'm so sick of that same old love >> i think it's been a year in music. >> it has, yeah. >> it's gone viral. it's an ear worm aompilation of the 50 biggest songs, all of the 50 biggest tracks. ear worm, have a look. it's sensational. >> we've got the countdown to the new "star wars" film hitting theaters in less than two weeks. this morning something that's
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>> the brand-new disney world attraction "star wars" launch bay and abc's rob marciano got the tough assignment checking it out. >> reporter: in a galaxy far, far away, florida that is, the force wakens. >> we're here at disney's hollywood studios for the premier of "star wars" launch bay. storm troopers. i want to check out the bay. >> that's affirmative. >> come on, guys. we're in. >> the adventure is a must see for all-star wars" fans where you could become a jedi yoself. >> you're stepping into this immersive environment. you're on the bridge of a destroyer or on a hidden rebel base. you interact with the characters like you are in the film. >> reporter: watch out storm troopers here i come. got jedi robe. it's time to see if we can't find luke. first up, the most menacing of them all. darth vader.
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the escape of a fugitive rebel spy into no, i don't know anything about any rebels or spies. >> with a little more searching, look who i found? it's chewy. can i get a hugging? . oh, so much nicer than darth. can you teach me how to talk chewy? >> no. >> and inside, the latest and greatest "star wars" interactive video games. >> yeah, baby. >> after all that, the galactic goodies. royal bergers, blue milkshakes and character cupcakes. darth vader, take this. rob marciano, abc news, orlando, pl. >> boy, you go, rob. >> the ride looks good. the food looks disgusting. > it looked pretty good to me. here we are, by the way. our own insomniacs.
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thank me. this morning on "world news now," donald trump's political bombshell. >> the gop front-runner wants to stop muslims from entering the u.s. the firestorm igniting over religion. trump's politics andterrorism. and the reaction coming in overnight. secrets revealed about the san bernardino couple responsible for 14 deaths. new details about their t connections and what led up to the gunfire. record rainfall. the downpours hitting the pacific northwest again today. the extreme storm system could dump upo a foot of snow. accuweather has it covered. and later, new hints about the highly anticipated new "star wars" movie. the stars reveal what they can
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it is tuesday, december theth. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. good morning on a busy tuesday. i'm richard bacon. >> look who's back. >> they didn't sack me after show one. no one saw that coming. > we were worried you might not come back. >> had a great time. >> we did. we had a fun night last night. >> we're going to talk about there later. we went to a premier but didn't go to a premier. >> the premier of "downton abbey"". the final season. looking forward to that. >> which we didn't actually watch. >> there's a reason. we had a show to do. >> we preferred the restaurant to "downton abbey." >> we'll get to that. this is what we call atease. we're teasing, right? >> we are. >> we're going to get to donald trump and explosive remarks. i couldn't believe this when i
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calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the u.s. >> trump's sweeping ban on muslims would apply to immigrants and visitors alike until we can and i'm quoting him "figure out what's going on." his supporters cheered the idea when he said it. it's being met by widespread condemnation from both parties. more from abc's elizath hur. >> we're going to build a wall. it will be a real wall. >> reporter: if you thought donald trump could not outtrump himself. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims. >> reporter: with that, he has done it again. that's right. trump calling for a total ban on muslims coming to america. >> our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. they have no respect for human life. >> reporter: this less than 24 hours after president obama
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muslims following the san bernardino massacre. >> it's our responsibility to reject proposals that muslim americans should somehow be treated differently. >> reporter: trump's proposal condemned by the nation's largest muslim organization. >> his ideas are not just unconstitutional, they are un-american. have we learned anything from history, mr. trump? >> reporter: it is also sparking a fiery debate on both sides. jeb bush calling trump unhinged. chris christie saying this is ridiculous and hillary clinton tweeting in part this is reprehensible. the stunning call comes on the same day new iowa polls show senator ted cruz on rise. perhaps in part by his answer for isis. >> we were carpet bomb them into oblivion. >> in response to trump, white house officials said simply this is totally contrary to america's values and security. richard and reena? >> thank you, elizabeth. the head of the council on
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trump sounds more like the leader of a lynch mob than a potential president and the gop leaders in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina are con depping the front-runner. a spokesman for ben carson says he favors registering and monitoring all people coming into the country but not based on religious. marco rubio tweeted trump's habit of making offensive statements will not bring americans together and jeb bush in addition to calling trump unhinged, he said trump's policy proposals are not serious. >> i the most interesting day in the campaign so far. i think. san bernardino struggles to move forward after last week's horrific terror attack. many county employees returned to work for the first time since the shooting. hundreds of people gathered for another candlelight vigil in honor of the 14 people killed. local religious leaders told the crowd they will rise above the tragedy and come out stronger. >> we're getting new details about the young couple behind
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the fbi saying both the husband and wife have been radicalized for some time. they revealed a clearer picture how they prepared for the attack with target practice and enough material in the home to make 19 pipe bombs. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: there was no joy, no smiles, as the two future killers arrived in the united states for the first time as a married couple. this picture was taken in july 2014 at chicago's o'hare airport, as american citizen syed farook brought home tashfeen malik, a pakistani bride he met on a matrimonial website. federal authorities are trying to determine if even then they were planning to go to war with america. >> we have learned and believe that both subjects wer radicalized and have been for quite some time. >> reporter: the fbi also revealed that the couple took target practice at this gun range just days before the attack. and agents finally were able touestion the man who they say provided the couple with the two high-powered
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authorities say enrique marquez, a convert to islam, is now being questioned about his relationship with farook. he and farook grew up next door to each other in this neighborhood. >> they were very close friends. if anybody in this neighborhood, enrique was the closest to syed. >> reporter: overseas, the investigation is focusing on the wife's background and contacts in pakistan before she came to the u.s. malik's official photos show her evolution from the young woman wearing makeup and a scarf, her hair showing in a college application, to a still loose veil, but no makeup, in a national i.d. card, to this photo, applying for a u.s. visa, with traditional veil, and finally, her arrival at o'hare airport in a strict, conservative black headdress. >> she's probably the most radicalized of the two of what we've seen so far and could easily persuade a spouse. >> reporter: only a few years ago, farook appeared to be just another californian millennial, looking for love.
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transformation in how he presented himself, after travels to pakistan and saudi arabia, and then his marriage to malik. as the fbi found when it raided the couple's home, they tried to cover their tracks by destroying phones and computers. president obama says there's no evidence of a broader plot or larger cell but law enforcement authities tell abc news there are a number of leads they are still about your suing that could, could lead to additional charges against suspected accomplices. brian ross, abc news, new york. thank you, brian. prosecutors in london says there's a link between the subway slashing there and the terror attack in san bernardino. they say the suspect had pictures of the attacker's mobile phone along with images the paris assault. they're calling the slashing an act of terror. of muhaydin mire has been charged with attempted murder. he made a brief appearance in court yesterday. senator a two-star admiral fired
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drunk and naked in public. david backham becomes the most senior official to be removed from his post this year. investigators say that the officer was so intoxicated during a conference at a florida hotel he could not stand. video later showed him wandering around his hotel without clothes. he blames mixing alcohol with medication. >> there are a number of closures in south florida because of the heavy rain including the zoo. most of the zoo miami's 3,000 animals are safe because they're their enclosures are elevated. the human areas are another story. it's even possible that some animals like the lions could escape by swimming across the moat. it's not known when the zoo will reopen. alightly terrifying prospect in the miami area. and the pacific northwest is also seeing record-breaking rainfall. the flood watch continues through thursday.
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triggered landslides. accompanying the heavy rain, strong winds and record high temperature, it will be another stormy day in the northwest. here's accuweather's paul williams. good morning. >> thanks, richard. well, i know in the northwest, are you stick and tired of the rain. it continues to stay stuck on student quite frankly. but is there any relief in sight? actually not. the only relief, that jet will dip farther to the south and spread the same misery into northern california, northwestern portions of nevada and as that front dips and move so will dip and move the rain. we're watching out for the possibility of 6 to 1 incheses of rain near boise and extreme northwest corner of wyoming. >> thank you. thank you very much, indeed, paul. we had a night out last night which we teased so well at the beginning of the show. >> it was the townton abby premier. there's you with your friend.
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a bit of a disaster in a y. i do know hugh bonneville. i took reena to the premier of the new season in midtown manhattan to meet him. i e-mailed hugh and said we're coming. we got there and it turned out the cast were only going to appear after the screening and we were quiet hungry. so we decided to go to a restaurant. no need for a spoiler alert because we never saw the new season of "downton abbey." >> it's probably good for pbs. i think we would have indirectly kind of -- you were more fascinated with our walk back to the studio to get back here in time. here's richard. take a look at these photos. richard with christmas lights. you were so excited. you said look at this. we took this. then you went to see the statue of liberty. >> not everything in new york is beautiful and tasteful. >> you were so excited to be walking down. >> i felt like a child and i get very excited by a lot of things.
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listen, i'm sorry that i let you down and you only got as far as a hugh bonneville cardboard cutout. >> maybe we'll invite him on the show. coming up "in the mix" who has a better sense of direction? men or women? the research is ahead. >> the stars of the new "star wars" movie revealing more about the highly anticipated film. a big update for fans. >> the mysterious disappearance of a tv star kristin cavallari and jay cutler. the latest clues for police. >> check out our behind the scenes picres on instagram, abcwnn. you are watching "world news now." [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. that's three times longer than the leading cough liquid.
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>> taps being played there at yesterday's remembrance service marking 74 years since the japanese attack on pearl harbor which brought the u.s. of
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dozens of survivors and veterans were there. about 2400 american service members were killed on december 7th, 1941. a day as fdr said, that will live in infamy. and today marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of john lennon. fans have already been leaving flowers at a memorial for lenin in a part of new york's central park called strawberry fields. he was killed on december 8th, 19 0 by assassin outside his apartment building just a few blocks from our studio here. there's a desperate search under way for the relative of a tv star and tv nfl quarterback. >> michael cavallari's car was found the day after thanksgiving abandoned by the side of the road in utah nearly 800 miles away. abc's juju chang has the latest. >> reporter: a family of nightmare for kristin cavallari
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continues for the reality tv star's missing brother michael. this is where police say they found the 30-year-old's honda civic the day after thanksgiving. a passerby spotting it about 100 feet from the road in a remote area of grant county, utah. abandoned inside. the car still running and the driver side air bag deployed. >> the temperatures on the night of the incident were in the mid to low 20s. hostile conditions for somebody that was not properly equipped to be here. could be fatal. >> reporter: authorities tracking credit card receipts to this store about 100 miles from where his car was found. he was last seen here on surveillance cameras wearing a green sweatshirt and blue baseball hat as he pumped gas. >> there's ground teams covering probably a 15-mile square area. >> a michael cab larry was arrested november 23rd for making criminal threats posting
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week before the disappearance. 11 days into what is now a missing person's case kristin releasing this statement earlier today. i appreciate all the concern, thoughts and prayers that have been exend tended to me and my family. we remain hopeful. kristin's husband jay cutler, quarterback for the chicago bears, addressing the situation. >> it's been a tough week. it's been hard to kind of get in the game mind set? >> no, at least i felt good. >> authorities plan to bring in dog teams later this week as the investigation continues. for "nightline," i'm juju change in new york. >> coming up in our next half hour, the waste book. bizarre ways american tax dollars being spent including the very crucial fights and hipster parties. we'll get an exclusive look. >> first the stars of "star wars" the familiar characters making the return to the
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how they reacted to seeing "the force awakens." you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"
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abc stations. >> thrilling. we are now less than two weeks away from the opening of "star wars: the force awakens." there is so much secrecy surrounding this movie that the studio opted not to screen it for journalists. >> but we can't keep secrets. there have been some screenings including for the stars of the new film. george pennacchio tried to squeeze out some details. >> we're home. >> harrison ford returns to play hans so lo in "star wars: the force awakens." the iconic role he originated in 1977 with the "star wars" movie
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why did he return almost 40 years later? >> you do it to serve the story. you do this because you agree that the story is well wrought. you understand that your part has a -- has a contribution to make to the telling of the story overall. you believe in the captain of your ship y.j. aams in this case, and so you do what needs to be done. >> ford is joined by several newcomers to this galaxy. >> there are stories about what happened. >> what do you know for sure people are going to get out of this movie? >> joy. joy of the whole thing. ether it's the badies or the goodies or explosions or creatures. joy. the film is a joy. >> you think you're going to enjoy the movie as a whole. it's a fantastic space opera. i watched a few weeks ago. it's amazing and people will be
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>> i think what moviegoers will feel or be happy with is the fact that this seems like a seamless continuation of the "star wars" we know and love. >> nothing will stand in our way. i'll show them the darkside. >> and speaking of the darkside, here's the 6'3" woman who wears this costume. >> okay, i can tell you this. and this is going to wow you. >> okay. wow me, gwendolyn. >> i play captain fasma. she's captain of the storm troopers. she's not at the forefront of the action. but she makes an impact. >> "star wars: the force awakens" hits our galaxy december 18th. in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> and there is one thing we forgot to mention. star wars. >> disney is the parent company of abc news. >> there you go. you like that?
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i think it's harrison ford, when he says i took the part because it bed the story. why doesn't he just say it's "star wars." it's exciting. i wanted to do it again.
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for your free information kit. time for "the mix." >> so reena. >> yeah. >> this you know the age old thing about do men or women have a better sense of direction? >> yeah. >> there's a study in norway. scientists in norway. only 36 people took part. it's not that big a sample. but they concluded that actually direction. >> 36 people. who's going to trust that survey? >> it says here when women were given testosterone their navigational skills improved. next time i take the wheel i say to my wife, here's a map and
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here's what i would say to the researchers. they're wasting their time. we have waze, google maps. no one needs to navigate or have a sense of direction ever again. >> see, i think this is totally flawed. estrogen. car. that would be the difference. >> i'm up for a test. >> you're always up for a test. aren't you? right. >> yeah. >> this is pretty braise. a guy scores this goal in france in a pretty checkeky way. >> it's like a mic drop. >> it is kind of a mic drop. you've got to have what we call chutzpah to be able to do this. >> he's like trolling the goalkeeper. >> and he just kind of -- almost like he uses his nose to push it in. >> it's the most elegant inoffensive and beautiful putdown.
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>> unbelievable. that's great. that's magic. thank you for showing me that. >> you like that. >> have a look at there. this is in calgary. they call it the calgary hitmen. an ice hockey team. they have a tradition where when the first goal is scored, everyone throws teddy bears onto the rink. i think it's 28,000 teddy bears have been thrown. if you watch the journey of an individual teddy bear it takes several throws to get it onto the ice. it goes down. someone catches it. throws it again, seone throws it onto the rink. >> what do they do with all the teddy bears? hope they collect them and give them to children in need. >> why collect them when you can jump on them. >> sort of hypnotic to watch it. >> this is like every chide's dream. i will not show my toddlers this video when i get home. polar bears. >> i have a theory they're not
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is beak at this morning on "world news now," donald trump's controversial plan to block muslims from entering the u.s. the swift condemnation of his remarks from fellow republicans, religious leaders and across social media. full coverage ahead. inside, witnesses who somehow escaped death during the san bernardino terror attack describe in detail how it to place. what investigators are uncovering about the couple who carried it out. and new this half hour, wasting taxpayers' money. >> from unusual animal experiments to studying the habits of hipsters. see who's stirring up anger over government waste. >> and later, the courageous return to the stage for the rock band eagles of death metal playing in paris for the first
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attaed by terrorists. their message for the fans in "the skinny" later on this tuesday, december 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning on a busy tuesday. i'm richard bacon. >> i'm reena ninan. boy, we begin with the most provocative rhetoric we've heard from donald trump so far. right? he's now proposing to slam the door shut on all muslims coming to america. >> telling supporters in south carolina without drastic action, the threat of attacks is going to get worse. but fellow gop candidates are blasting his comments. we get the latest now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump is telling the world muslims are no longer welcome in america.
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love us or they hate us. we have no idea if they want to bomb us. we have no idea what's going o >> just days after saying this. >> i know muslim people, they are enomenal people, but there is a problem in there. >> reporter: the republican front-runner is now calling for "a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> this less than 24 hours after president obama called for more tolerance for muslims after that terrorist attack in california. >> it's our responsibility to reject proposals that muslim-americans should somehow be treated differently. >> reporter: but trump wants no part of it and saying his war on terror won't end with the terrorists. >> at least i would go after the wives who absolutely knew it was happening and i guess your definition of what i do, i'm going to leave that to your imagination. >> reporter: trump is upping his rhetoric to an unprecedented
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jeb bush called it unhinged. governor chris christie called it ridiculous. >> this is the kind of thing people say when they have no experience and don't know what they're talking about. we do not need to resort to that type of activity nor should we. >> reporter: trump's extreme plan comes the same day new iowa polls ow senator ted cruz on the rise. his momentumuelled in part by his solution for isis. >> we will carpet bomb them into oblivion. i don't know if sand can glow in the dark but we're going to find out. >> reporter: trump supporters telling us they endorsed this plan. others saying they want some type of screening process when it comes to muslims. but donald trump may have a huge problem with the united states constitution. lawyers telling us muslim immigrants cannot be denied or preferred on the religion which would be in direct contrast to the trump ban. tom llamas, abc news, new yo. >> tom, thank you. >> it really was a breathtaking statement by donald trump. wasn't it? >> i think you would think it caught people off guard but it
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right? we kind of know he's out there. >> i was reflecting on it tonight. and i've watched this now several times, this speech that we can see here. i actually think we'll come to view this as a moment in history because what happens next is so interesting. so do his supporters now, does hisupport stay the same? does it go down? does it go up? if it goes up, what does that say? it's i think the next few days are fascinating. it is the most i guess the most dramatic and to use that word again breathtaking statement by a serious contend for office of my lifetime, i think. by the way, i have a twitter handle @richardpbacon. if you are a supporter of donald trump, let me know. has this changed your view of him? have those comments about muslims today changed your view of him? if so why, if not why not @richardpbacon.
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people have to say. moving on to congress taking new steps to tight and at visa waiver program. under current law, citizens of certain countries can travel to the u.s. without a visa and say for 90 days for tourism or business. today the house is expected to approve an overhaul which would prevent recent visitors to syria d iraq from taking advantage of the program. a much tougher bill in the senate would the require fingerprinting for travelers coming to the u.s. >> foreign recruits are pouring into syria and iraq to join isis. that is the conclusion of a security consulting group which says the number of foreign fighters has more than doubled in the past 18 months. and there are now as many as 31,000 of them. the biggest increase in new recruits for isis is from russia and central asia while the number from north america has leveled off. learning more about the couple who opened fire in san bernardino. take a look at a picture taken in july of last year.
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tashfeen malik arriving as newly weds in chicago. the couple didn't raise any suspicions when they took target practice at a california gun range, the last time just days before the rampage. the fbi says they had been radicalized for some time. they're still trying to figure out how. >> she's probably the most radicalized of the two. and could easily persuade you know a spouse. >> authorities also got a chance to question the man who provided the couple with two high-powered rifles. enrique marquez grew up next door to farook. they remain close friends. he's now being detained. >> horrifying new tails this morning on what went on inside the conference room from some of the people lucky to make it out uninjured but likely forever scarred by the bloody images of the rampage carried out by one of their own. more from abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the shooting started before the attackers even walked in the room. >> it was pop, pop, pop, pop.
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>> doors fly open. >> yes. >> yeah, they were forced open, hard. the shooter stepped right in the room and began fire agimmediately. >> reporter: hlth department bosses, trudy raymundo and corwin porter, gathered inside with staff in the room where they held an active shooter training just the year before. the second they heard the shots fired, they dropped to the ground, hiding under tables for cover. the room was packed with tables. a screen on one side for presentations, a christmas tree on the other. syed farook and tashfeen malik burst in through this door at the center of the conference room, opening fire, blowing out windows and striking many of the people at this table, the very table farook had been sitting at earlier. >> we have several down in a conference room. several down. >> reporter: they say farook entered first, wearing a ski mask. the couple unloading at least 65 rounds. what are you thinking, what are you doing? >> there was a small break in the tablecloth and i just kept
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that the gunfire would stop, that the gunfire would stop. and i just -- i couldn't believe that it would stop. >> reporter: what went through your mind when you heard that name? >> a complete sense of betrayal. it amazes me every day how close this group is, how tight knit they are and it's nothing but betrayal. >> the co-workers telling me farook and his wife fired in complete silence. they say at one point they saw farook pointing the muzzle at the ground where the co-workers were laying injured. it appeared he fired on them one by one. cecelia vega, abc news, san bernardino, california. >> every detail of that testimony is haunting, isn't it? no charges will be filed in another chicago police shooting caught on camera. ronald johnson was killed by an officer last year as he tried to run away. his family tried to argue he was
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johnson was armed. this comes as the u.s. attorney general announced that the justice department will investigate the police department, partly in response to another shooting death, the shooting of the teen laquan mcdonald. >> more bad news for chipotle restaurant chain. more than two dozen boston college students became ill after eating at a local chipotle. that includes members of the men's basketball team. chipotle has been reeling since an e. coli outbreak in nine states. not confirmed in the boston cases but both its sales and stock are plummeting. > health alert this morning. a warning about children and exercise. the american academy of pediatrics says u.s. teens are among the least physically active in the world with barely 8% of them getting at least an hour of physical activity per day. the academy long critical of the no child left behind act that's
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dramatically reduce or cut recess all together says kids need to be more active during the school day. bron james and nike have been in business for a dozen years and now they've agreed to a lifetime deal with each other. the financial terms of the agreement weren't released but sources say it easily surpasses a $300 million deal signed with nba star kevin durant last summer. james has his own shoe line with nike. the deal could result in a complete line of james branded apparel. i wish i had done basketball when i was in high school. >> certainly makes you feel that way. >> i shouldn't have spent so much time with the chemistry club. >> you never make money out of that. this season in the nfl when teams from the nfc east play each other, 's usually an ugly advertisement for american football. last night, monday night game football was just that. >> cowboys and redskins tied at nine late in the fourth quarter
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play the hero on a punt return. instead he fumbled. two plays later, dallas scored a touchdown to take a 16-9 lead. >> no problem because washington came down the field and tied it at 16. when that man desean jackson saved himself by catching a 28-yard touchdown pass. >> no problem is right. you know why? dallas quickly got into field goal range and dan bailey kicked the winner from 54 yards. 54 yards. that's a lot, richard. cowboys win 19-16. >> okay. >> bam. >> that was a good game. >> that was a good game. >> better when it was over. >> okay. >> better when it was over. >> i don't know. i can't tell what he's saying. it feels a little bit like we're being heckled. >> i'll translate. you're right. coming up. >> he's not making any sense. just keep talking. > in "the skinny," t hollywood star, the victim actually of a crime. it's pretty horrific rightere in new york.
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>> also ahead, a glimpse at how christmas will be celebrated among the royals in my home country with two very photogenic royal children. >> we love our royals. >> but first an exclusive look at government waste here in the u.s. from weird animal experiments to the habits of hipsters. you're paying for it after our look at the forecast map. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol wipes. weather, brought to you by lysol wipes. it seems that every year, we have to watch out for different types of germs. which is why it's important for your wipes to kill a broad spectrum of germs. lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs, including 8 different types of cold and flu viruses. to help protect your family...
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so i was asking for your opinion on donald trump. his latest comments are banning muslims from coming into america which appeared certainly yesterday to include american muslims who had gone on a holiday. and his idea at one point it appeared it would include them that they would be stopped from getting back into america. so @richard p. baconnd quite a few people agree. stone cold country tweeted i totally agree with donald trump. order to save this great country from hell. dramatic turn of phrase. this is ian. this is quite amusing. he says you'd realize this is just because in donald trump's
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coming back after a trip abroad. that's quite funny. you can make any comments on the show at any point, we would read everything. we won't read it all out but we'll certainly see everything that comes in. >> also from the republican side of the aisle, this year's edition of government waste book. >> in what's become an annual end of year tradition, a select number of republicans are causing out their legislative colleagues on wasteful government spending. abc's serena marshall gives us a look. >> reporter: monkeys running on treadmills, shrimp fights and hipster parties. all part of this year's waste book. compiled by arizona senator jeff flake, highlighting more than 100 government-funded studies, grants and programs he says is costing taxpayers too much. >> what we're trying to say with this waste book is for those who say that we've cut all the fat in washington, take a look. there's a lot that goes on. >> reporter: se of the
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tag of $1 million, this nih funded study put marmosets in hamster balls and had them run on treadmills to see if they would be good future research subjects. and this one, that's right, those are two mantis shrimp duking it out. the result? the shrimp that hits more, not harder wins. price tag, $707,000. then there's this question. >> will you be there to help a hipster in need? >> a $5 million study seeking to reduce smoking among young adults. in all three cases the researchers and granting institutions defended their work. monkeys provide test subjects to study on neurological disease. shrimp on their strong shells can lead to futureeapons and defense systems and those hipster parties provide the first effort to counteract the tobacco companies can bar promotions. but for the senator, it doesn't ad up. >> a lot of the studies are legitimate and useful but a good number of them, who in the world
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>> reporter: it's not just research listed in this nearly 300-page book, but housing programs, u.s. aid programs and krob subsidies all being scrutinized as senator flake releases it later today. reena, richard? >> can't wait to hear more about that. thank you. coming up in "the skinny," an emotional night in paris. >> yeah, of course. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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abc stations. skinny, so skinny >> time now for "the skinny" and topping our headlines, a grand grand finale in paris. >> yeah, what was widely rumored all weekend actually finally happened. the eagles of death metal took the stage in paris with u2 last night for the first time since last month's terror attack killed 90 people at the band's last concert there. >> bono gave the group an emotional introduction. >> these are our brothers, our fellow troubadours. they were robbed of their stage three weeks ago and we would like to offer them ours tonight. >> i cannot hear you. is everybody here having a good time? >> lead singer jess hughes led both bands in the song "people have the power," by patti smith who played with u2 last night. the performance helped cap off the end of the concert that also
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>> hughes says the eagles of death metal will resume their tour next year and will play paris in february. authorities here in new york are searching for three men who robbed gwyneth paltrow. well, not really. but the pop-up shop for her lifestyle brand goop. >> apparently they walked away with stolen goods estimated to be worth more than $170,000. that's a lot which many have joked turns out to be about a dozen items. actually less than that. >> police say the thieves pried open a cabinet door during store hours taking two pieces of jewelry and three men's watches. in response to the theft, goop said in a statement we remain open for business with proper security precautions in place. >> and finally we can all breathe a sigh of relief. kim kardashian and kanye west have a name for their newborn chch
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announcement of the name. it will be easton, we thought. no, the tweet from mama kim says it's going to be saint west. >> i like it.
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and when i know she's into it, i get into it and... feel the difference with k-y ultragel. >> what -- is that london? no, i'm in new york. it's better. what a regal opening night there. unfortunately, i know it's not for me. i'm not huge on the royal family. the royal family are bigger here. >hey're huge here. yeah. >> thahaat home. >> you're right. we do love our royals. and like any family with children, this time of year can be extxa exciting. especially for the royals. abc is in london with more. >> reporter: the doting father revealing his boy george now understands what christmas is all about and he can't wait to see santa. the second in line to the throne
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bouncing around like a rabbit if i get any sleep on christmas eve, it t ll be good. for the first time this couple will be celebrating it as a family of four which william says might be exciting. >> he seems to think that it might be quite a challenging christmas having two little ones running around. >> reporter: but that makes christmas even more sentimental. the prince adding it's a very different experience at christmas having a family of your own. just like princess diana did with william and harry, these royal parents are trying to give eir little ones as normal an upbringing as possible. >> princess diana was keen to shelter william and harry from the spotlight as much as possible. and that's exactly what william and kate will doing. >> william and kate will attend will joint royal service at sand ringham. her family will join in at their newly renovated home in norfolk and what about uncle harry. >> maybe he'll be giving them presents other people might not
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dad. >> william joking, we'll watch george try to tackle his presents as he tries to unwrap them. >> maybe uncle harry gives him a book. you spent time with harry. >> i made a documentary about prince harry. he served in the royal air force and i went to camp bastion in afghanistan, followed him around there and made a documentary about his time there. they are nice, that's the thing. >> he's really into afghanistan, isn't he? you know, his brother has his beautiful family but he was really into serving his country. >> yeah, he was legitimate flying black hawk helicopters. he really was in danger. it was authentic and real. i like them as people. it's just for us, we are fascinated by your -- the british are fascinatededy the american's fascination with the royals. i think it's the same reason you like "downtoabby." >> it's starting january 3rd. don't miss our updates on facebook.
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insomniacs for two decades. decades. > good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm richard bon. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." trump shut down a controversial new call from the gop front runner to keep all muslims from setting foot on american soil. the ban aimed at curbing terror attacks getting swift opposition from fellow republicans. >> foreign recruits s r isis are pouring into syria and iraq. the number doubled in the 18 months since the u.s.-led air strikes against the militant group began. the number coming from russia has tripled. >> prosecutors in london say there is a link between the subway slashing there and the terror attack in san bernardino. they say the suspect had
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mobile phone along with images of the paris assault. and more than two dozen bostononollege students became chipotle restaurant including basketball players. the tex mex chain was reeling from an e. choli outbreain nine states. those are me of our top stories on tis tuesday, december 8th. stories >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we begin this half hour once again with donald trump. under fire from all sides after calling for a ban on all muslims. that's all muslims coming to america. >> the proposed ban would apply to immigrants, tourists and even students. fellow republicans have called trump and his idea offensive, unhinged and ridiculous. but he's standing his ground insisting it's a response to hatred towards americans from large segments of the muslim population.. >> donald j. trump is calling
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shutdown of muslims. our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. they have no respect for human life. >> this is a breathtaking momeme, isn't it? trump was asked about the plan last night on the fox news channel. >> there are americans serving in our military who are muslims who are overseas on bases. do you apply this rule to them? >> no, they would come home. anybody here stays. but we have to be very vigilant. there's a lot of bad things going on. when you look at these polling numbers that came out, there is tremendous hatred, t tre's emendous animosity.. and these are taken of people living in our countrfrom muslims living in our country which is amazing because i have muslim friends and they're wonderful people.
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>> does this apply to your friends? does this apply to your muslim friends, this complete shutdown? >> t ts does not apply to o ople living in n e country except we have to be vigilant because when you haveveeople putting bombs s having pipe bombs all over their apartment and other people see this and don't report them, there's something seriously wrong. we have an obligation to protect our citizens. donald trump live on "gma" later. i've been asking you to send me messages to my twitter which is @richardpbacon. if you are a supporter of donald trump, have those comments changed your mind at all. or will you still vote him. this person here says i'm still voting for him. the constitution will keep all his crazy ideas in check, but he will #make america great again. that's quite an interesting point of view. i don't believe this will ever
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vote for him. >> you think there are a lot of people that feel like him. >> i think there probably are. i think we'll look back on this as being a defining moment of this campaign. if his support stays the same or grows, that in itself tells a gripping story. >> there's been a lot of people who believe he's not going to advance further when it comes to iowa, new hampshire and the states that really matter for all the rhetoric he's putting out, he's nonogoing to make it. donald trump obviously feels very differently about that. >> yeah, he does. he had an amazing poll this week let's just see. i think the fallout from this and the reaction to this will be the most fascinating bit of the campaign so far. >> heard it here first. a slightly more serious story. we'll head over to san bernararno, a community in mourning as the fbi tries to retrace the steps of the husband and wifefeho brutally murdereded 14 people. the fbi announcing they were both radicalized but how it happened, that's still a mystery. abc's lauren lyster has the
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>> reporter: a california community holding onto the memories of 14 lives lost while trying to move forward. county employees returning to work. >> our lives will never the same. >> reporter: but the massacre still fresh in the minds of the health department boboes who survived it. trudy raymundo was hiding under a table. >> where i could see there was a small break in the tablecloth and i just kept looking down and kept hoping that the gunfire would stop. conference room. >> reporter: it wasn't till later that night they learned the shooter was their colleague and the fbi revealing new details about that shooter syed farook and his accomplice wife tashfeen malik. >> both subjects w we radicalized and have been for quite some time. >> reporter: now u.s. agents around the world are trying to track the backgrounds and contacts of the killers. traces destroying computers and cell phones.
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for the first time in the u.s. as a a newly married c cchal in july 2014. investigation leading to the home of enrique marquez who lived next door to farook as they grew up. he bought the two high powered assault rifles used in the attack. abc news has learn adehmar quez was questioned by the fbi in connection with the terror attack. authorities say the major concern is determining how those guns got from marquez into the hands of the killers. lauren lyster, abc news, san bernardino. reena, richard, back to you. >> thank you so much. an american fugitive accused of being a top recruiter for isis is in custody. the state department says mohammed abdullah hassan turned to authorities in somalia a month ago. the former minnesota high school student had a large following on twitter before his account was shut down. he's been linked to several lone wolf attacks right here in the u.s. >> that's interesting. >> major changes are coming to the terror alert system. according to the headdf homeland security, jeh johnson,
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be announced in the coming days. in an exclusive interview with abc's pierre thomas, johnson also says he'd like social media companies to do more to combat the threat from isis. >> reporter: when you meet with executives from social media companies like facebook, twitter, youtube, what are you asking them to do? >> i'm asking them to o rtner with community leadede in the muslim community to give them a larger platform for their message, to give them a larger platform and a larger microphone for the counter message. >> here's a fascinating statistic. byne count, there are 90,000 pro-isis messages and video posted on social media every single day. >> well, breaking news out of canada. an air france flight from san francisco to paris has made an emergency landing in montreal over an anonymous bomb threat. air france flight 83 carrying 231 passengers and 15 crew members landed safely at montreal's airport.
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passenger reportedly tweeting on board saying everyone is calm. and outside of san francisco, police have confirmed they've made five arrests over several incidents of lasers pointed at police headquarters. helicopters. the contra costa county sheriff's office says their chopper was struck by a green laser pointer over three separate incidents in the past weeks. the suspects, five men, they're ranging from ages 19 to 58 could each face up to three-years in prison. >> a homeowner in southern ohio is fighting city hall over his so-called nativity scene. jason dixon says his zombie nativity rubs people the wrong way because the baby jesus and everyone else, well, they're zombies. >> it's a little scary here. he claims the whole thing is just an advertisement for a haunted house he runs. he was told to take it down last year because he didn't have a permit. >> this year his permit
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officials say the stable is too tall. dixon is being fined $500 a day every day that the zombie scene is still thehe. >> that baba jesus is a little bit scary. >> it's sort of offensive. right? he's just playing. > you think it should be allowed? >> yeah. >> coming up a brand-new experience for "star wars" fans. away from the movie theater. >> also ahead, he's more than a presidential candidate. he is a hometown hero. we are taking you back to marco rubio's political beginnings. and later -- > the giz wiz coming up,p, this led beanie, a dancing santa, a throwback clock radio. amazing stuff. "world news now." bye. amazing stuff. "world news now." bye. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through
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a freighghtrain closing in. the two guys can who were inside got out, stepped away just moments before the train slammed into the car pushing it down and off the tracks. those guys, can you believe it, they got into the car and drove away. they took their stuff and left the car there. >> that's an amazing conclusion. like you see in a movie apart from the bit where they get back in the battered car and drive it away. also in florida, a w wm homecoming fororhe man some are calling the e nshine state's golden boy. senator marco rubio returned to his roots yesterday where his political career began and one that many hope will launch him into the highest office in the land. abc's ines de la cuetara has more. >> our scenario, -- our senator, our representative. >> repororr: it was the return of the prodigal son. >> our next president of the united states marco rubio. >> reporter: an emotional homecoming for rubio as he returned to west miami to meet with some of his oldest supporters.
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home. >> reporter: it was his first public event back in miami since he first announced his run for presidency. >> it's a historical day because this is where everything began. >> reporter: a time to reminisce. >> he started talking and all of a sudden, all of us, we went like this. >> reporter: rubio's first elected office was commissioner for the city of west miami and many here helped him launch his career over 15 years ago now. here he is being sworn in back in 1998. >> at least 144 people placed in me their trust and their vote and did so out of blind faith. >> reporter: on the trail, some question whether he's too young to be running. >> they came out and said why would you -- it's not your turn.n. you got to waiaiin line. there are people that have been around longer. i didn't know there was a line. >> reporter: but these guys have always h his back. >> you have very old people that doesn't have the ability and the
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experience. >> reporter: and rubio did tell his supporters this might be the last they see of him for a little while. he'll be off campaigning in the early statess for the next few months but he does plan to be back i iflorida in march. >> thank you very much indeed. coming up, a tech lover's gift guide. >> the giz wiz gives kendis gibson a rundown of the hottest gadgets this holiday season next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. is hispanic. that means many of the future doctors who will care for us, the engineers who will build our cities, the scientists and d trepreneurs of our country can be your kids. we all know how hard it is for you to send them to college. this is why we want yo to know you are not alone, and every day, more people support you to make it happen. many support you, and the hispanic scholarship fund helps you prepare, plan, and pay for your kids' college education.
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so we've been trying to k >> we've been trying to keep it a secret but the holidays are here. it's why we turn to this man, dick debartolo the gis wiz from giz wiz.tv. >>hank you. normally i have a santa hat on. today i have on my power cap. my power cap. >> i can see you now. >> yes. and you look great in the light. >> so the are four leds, two bright ones forward, two softer ones down. great for shoveling snow. if your car breaks down, you can repair it. >> that's pretty good. >> two down, comes in six different colors. under $25. >> how warm is that? under 25 bucks.
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>> absolutely. i'll givivyou one and let you jog in one. >> the battery pack is heavy. extra weight though. >> you put up your christmas lights. crist is over. you don't take your lights down not with app lights because app lights change colors with the seasons. so this is how you do it. right now they're showing you they're red and green. we're going to dial up to independence day. now this is showing you that theyeyl be red, white and blue. i likekehat idea. i hit send. look at them. >> and now. >> just like that, it's a different celebration. >> exactly. so they're bluetooth enabled christmas lights. >> no one can ever give you a lot of heat for keeping your lights up all year round. >> exactly. saying you never change your lights. and the's also another version that will do a projection against your building, but i'm running the one appo i can't get the other totoo on.
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i'm so sick of that same old love >> i think it's been a great year in music. >> it has, yeah. >> it's gone viral. it's an ear worm a compilation of the 50 biggest songs, all of the 50 biggest tracks. ear worm, have a look. it's sensational. >> we've got the countdown to the new "star wars" film hitting theaters in less than two weeks. this morning a firsthand look at something that's sure have fans
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>> we are talking about the brand-new disney world attraction "star wars" launch bay and abc's rob marciano got the tough assignment checking it out. >> reporter: in a galaxy far, far away, florida that is, the force wakens. >> we're here at disney's hollywood studios for the premier of "star wars" launch bay. storm troopers. i want to check out the bay. >> that's affirmative. >> come on, guys. we're in. >> the adventure is a must see for all-star wars" fans where yoyocould become a jedi i yourself. >> you're stepping into this immersive environment. you're on the bridge of a star destroyer or in a hidden rebel base. you interact with the characters like you are actually in the film. >> reporter: watch out storm troopers here i come. got my jedi robe. it's time to see if we can't find luke on at that time toe tatoween. first up, the most menacing of them all.
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the escape of a fugitive rebel spy? >> no, i don't know the anything about any rebels or spies. >> with a little more searching, look who i found. it's chewy. can i get a hug? oh, so much nicer than darth. can you teach me how to talk chewy? >> no. >> and inside, the latest and greatest "star wars" interactive video games. >> yeah, baby. >> after all that, the galactic goodies. royal burgers, blue milkshakes and character cupcakes. darth vader, take this. rob marciano, abc news, orlando, florida. >> boy, you go, rob. >> the ride looks good. the food looks disgusting. > it looked pretty good to me. here we are, by the way. our own insomniacs. >> i like it. ear worm, look it up, you'll
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thank me. thth morning on "world n ns now," donaldldrump's political bombshell. >> the gop front-runner wants to stop muslims from entering the u.s. the firestorm igniting over religion. trump's politics and terrorism. and the reaction coming inovernight. secrets revealed about the san bernardino couple responsible for 14 deaths. new details about their terror the gunfire. record rainfall. the downpours hitting the pacific nortrtest again today. the extreme storm stem could dump up to a foot of sno accuweather has it covered. and later, new hints about the highly anticipated new "star wars" movie. the stars reveal what they can about the film as the excitement builds.
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8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. good morning on a busy tuesday. i'm richard bacon. >> look who's back. >> they didn't sack me after show one. no one saw that coming. > we were worried you might not come back. i had a great time. >> we did. we had a fun night last night. >> we're going to talk about it later. we went to the premiere, but didn't go to the premiere. the premiere of "downton abbey." the final season. looking forward to that. >> which we didn't actually watch. >> there's a reason. we had a show to do. >> we preferred the restaurant to "downton abbey." >> we'll get to that. this is what we call a tease. we're teasing, right?
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>> we're going to get to donald trump and explosive remarks. i couldn't believe this when i heard this. calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the u.s. >> trump's sweepepg ban on muslims would apply to immigrants and visitits alike til we can and i'm quoting him "figure out what's going on." his supporters cheered the idea when he said it. it's being met by widespread condemnation from both parties. more from abc's elizabeth hur. >> we' going to build a wall. it will be a real wall. >> reporter: if you thought donald trump could not outtrump himself -- >> donald j. trump is calling for a totot and complete shutdown of muslims. >> reporter: with that, he has done it again. that's right. trump callg for a total ban on muslims coming to america. >> our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks b people that believe only in jihad. they have no respect for human life. >> reporter: this less than 24 hours after president obama called for more tolerance for muslims following the san
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>> it's our responsibility to americans should somehow be treated differently. >> reporter: truru's proposal condemned by the nation's largest muslim organization. >> his ideas are not just un-american. have we learned anything from history, mr. trump? >> reporter: it is also sparking a fiery debate on both sides. jeb bush calling trump unhinged. governor chris christie saying this is ridiculous, and hillary clinton tweeting,n part, this is reprehensible. the stunning call comes on the same day new iowa polls show senator ted cruz on rise. perhaps in part by his answer for isis. >> we were carpet bomb them into oblivion. >> in response to trump, white house officials said simply this is totally contrary to america's values and security. richard and reena? >> thank you, elizabeth. the head of the council on american-islamic relations says
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leader of a a nch mob than a potential president and the gop leaders in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina, all of them, are condemning the front-runner. a spokesman for ben carson says he favors registering and monitoring all people coming into the country but not based on religion. marco rubio tweeted trump's habit of making offensive statements will not bring americans together and jeb bush in addition to calling trump unhinged, he said trump's policy proposals are not serious. >> the most interesting day in the campaign so far. i think. san bernardino struggles to move forward after last week's horrific terror attack. to work for the first time since the shooting. hundreds of people gathered for another candlelight vigil in honor of the 14 people killed. local religious leaders told the crowd they will rise above the tragedy and come out stronger.
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details a aut the young couple behind the california massacre. the fbi saying both the husband and wife have been radicalized for some time. they revealed a clearer picture how they prepared for the attack with target practice and enough material in the home to make 19 pipe bombs. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: there was no joy, no smiles, as the two future killers arrived in the united states for the first time as a married couple. this picture was taken in july 2014 at chicago's o'hare airport, a aamerican citizen syed farook brought home tashfeen malik, a pakistani bride he met on a matrimonial website. federal authorities are trying to determine if even then they were planning to go to war with america. >> we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. >> reporter: the fbi also revealed that the couple took target practice at this gun range just days before the attack. and agents finally were able to question the man who they say
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high-powered rifles. authorities say enrique marquez, a convert to islam, is now being questioned about his relationship with farook. he and farook grew up next door to each other in this neighborhood. >> they were very close friends. if anybody in this neighborhood, enrique was the closest to syed. >> reporter: overseas, the investigation is focusing on the wife's background and contacts in pakistan before she came to the u.s. malik's official photos show her evolution from the young woman wearing makeup and a scarf, her hair showing in a college application, to a still loose veil, but no makeup, in a national i.d. card, to this photo, applying for a u.s. visa, with traditional veil, and finally, her arrival at o'hare airport in a strict, conservative black headdress. >> she's probably the most radicalized of the two of what we've seen so far and could easily persuade a a ouse. >> reporter: only a few years ago, farook appeared to be just another californian millennial, looking for love.
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transformation in how he presented himself, after travels to pakistan and saudi arabia, and then his marriage to malik. as the fbi found when it raided the couple's home, ty tried to cover their tracks by destroying phones and computers. president obama says there's no evidence of a broader plot or larger cell but law enforcement authorities tete abc news there are a number of leads they are still pursueing that could, could lead to additional charges against suspected accomplices. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> thank you, brian. prosecutors in london say there's a link between the subway slashing there and the terror attack in san bernardino. they say the suspect had pictures of the attack ononis mobile phone along w wh images of the paris assault. they're calling the slashing an act of terror. muhaydin mire has been charged with attempted murder. he made a brief appearance in
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a two-star admiral fired from his position for being drunk and naked in public. rear admiral david baucom becomes the most senior official to be removed from his post thihi year. investigators s y that the officer was so intoxicated during a conference at a florida hotel he could not stand. video later shed him wandering around his hotel without clothes. he blames mixing alcohol with medication. there are a number of closures in south florida because of the heavy rain including the zoo. most of the zoo miami's 3,000 animals are safe because they're their enclosures are elevated. the human areas are another story. many paths are under water. it's even possible that some animals like the lionsnsould escape by swimming across the moat. it's not known we zoo will reopen. a slightly terrifying prospect in the miami area. and the pacific northwest is also seeing record-breaking rainfall. the flood watch continues through thursday. high water closed roads and triggered landslides.
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strong winds and record high temperature, it will be another stormy day in the northwest. here's accuweather's paul williams. good morning. >> thanks, richard. reena. well, i know in the northwest, are you stick and tired of the rain. it continues to stay stuck on student quite frankly. but is there any relief in sight? actually not. the only relief, that jet will dip farther to the south and spread the same misery into northern california, northwestern portions of nevada and as that front dips and moves, so will dip and move th rain. we're watching out for the possibility of 6 to 12 inches of rain near boise and extreme northwest corner of wyoming. >> thank you. thank yovery much, indeed, paul. we had a night out last night which we teased so well at the beginning of the show. >> it was the "downton abby" premiere.
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>> so i actually do know, it was a bit of a disaster in a way. i do know hugh bonneville. i took reena to the premiere of the new season in midtown manhattan to meet him. i e-mailed hugh and said we're coming. we got there and it turned out the cast were only going to appear after the screening and we were quiet hungry. so we decided too to a restaurant. no need for a spoiler alert because we never saw the new season of "downton abbey." >> it's probably good for pbs. i think we would have indirectly kind of -- you were more fascinated with our walk back to the studio to get back here in time. here's richardrd take a look at these photos. richard with christmas lights. you were so excited. you said look at this. we took this. then you went to see the statue of liberty. >> not everything in new york is beautiful and tasteful. >> you were so excited to be walking down. >> i felt like a child and i get very excited by a lot of things.
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listen, i'm sorry that i let you down a a you only got as far as a hugh bonnenelle cardboard cutout. >> maybe we'll invite him on the show. coming up "in the mix" who has a better sense of direction? men or women? the research is ahead. as ahead -- the stars of the new "star wars" movie revealing more about the highly anticipated film. a big update for fans. and the mysterious disappearance of a tv star kristin kristin cavalleri and jay cutler. the latest clues for police. >> check out our behind the scenes pictures on instagram, abcwnn. you are watching "world news now." cough relief. delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. that's thrhr times longer than the leading cough liquid.
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taps being played there at yesterday's remembrance service marking 74 years since the japanese attack on pearl harbor which brought the u.s. of course, into world war ii.
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were there. about 2400 american service membererwere killed on decememr 7th, 1941. a day as fdr said, that will live in infamy. and today marks the 35th anniversary of the murder of john lennon. fans have already been leaving flowers at a memorial for lennon in a part of new york's central park called strawberry fields. lennon was kild on december 18th by an assassin outside of his apartment building just a few blocks from our studio here. there's a desperate search under way for the relative of a tv star and tv nfl quarterback. >> michael cavallari's car was found the day after thanksgiving abandoned by the side of the road in utah nearly 800 miles away.
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>> reporter: a family of nightmare for kristin cavallari and jay cutler as the search continues for the reality tv star's missing brother michael.. this is where police say they found the 30-year-old's honda civic the day after thanksgiving. a passerby spotting it about 100 feet from the road in a remote area of grant county, utah. his laptop and cell phone abandoned inside. the car still running and the driver side air bag deployed. >> the temperatures on the night of the incident were in the mid to low 20s. hostile conditions for somebody that was not properly equipped to be here. could be fatal. >> reporter: authorities tracking credit card receipts to this convenience store, about 100 miles from where his car was found. cavalleri walast seen here on surveillance cameras wearing a green sweatshirt and blue baseball hat as he pumped gas. >> there's ground teams covering probably a 15-mile square area.
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sheriff'f' office saying a michael cavallari was arrested november 23rd for making criminal threats posting bond two days later less than a week before the disappearanc 11 days into what is now a missing person's case kristin releasing this statement earlier today. i appreciate all the concern, thoughts and prayers that have been extended to me and my family. we remain hopeful. kristin's husband jay cutler, quarterback for the chicago bears, addressing the situation. >> it's been a tough week. it's been hard to kind of get in the game mind-set. no, at least i felt good. >> reporter: authorities plan to bring in dog teams later this week, as the investigation continues. for ightline," i'm juju chang in new york. coming up in our next half hour, the waste book. bizarre ways american tax dollars being spent including the very crucial shrimp fights and hipster parties. we'll get an exclusive look. but first, the stars of "star wars," the familiar
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the flesd-faced newcomers. how they reacted to seeing "the force awakens." you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"
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abc stations. thrilling. we are now less than two weeks away from the opening of "star wars: the force awakens." there is so much secrecy surrounding this movie that the studio opted not to screen it for journalists. >> but we can't keep secrets. there have been some screenings including for the stars of the new film. abc george pennacchio tried to squeeze out some details. >> we're home. >> reporter: harrison ford returns to play hans solo in
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1977 with the "star wars" movie that started it all. years later? >> you do o to serve the story.y. you do this because you agree that t t story is well wrought. has a -- has a contribmtion to make to the telling of the sry overall. you believe in the captain of your ship j.j. abrams in this case, and so you do what needs to be done. >> reporter: ford is joined by several newcomers to this galaxy. >> there are stories about what happened. >> reporter: what do you know for sure people are going to get out of this movie? >> joy. joy of the whole thing. whether it's the baddies or the goodies or explosions or creatures. joy. the film is a joy. >> reporter: you think you're going to enjoy the movie as a it's a fantastic space opera. it's amazing and people will be moved by it.
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feel o obe happy with is the fact that this seems like a seamless continuation of the "star wars" we know and love. >> nothing will stand in our way. i'll show them the darkside. >> reporter: and speaking of the darkside, here's the 6'3" woman who wears this costume. >> okay, i can tell you this. and this is going to wow you. >> okay. wow me, gwendolyn. >> i play captain phasma. she's captain of the storm troopers. she's not at the forefront of the action. but she makes an impact. >> reporter: "star wars: the force awakens" hits our galaxy december 18th. in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> and there is one thing we forgot to mention. star ws. >> disney is the parent company of abc news. >here you go. yoyolike that? >> i is important.
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he says i took the part because it bed the story. why doesn't he just say it's "star wars." it's exciting. i wanted to do it again.
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for your free information kit. time for "the mix." >> so reena. >> yeah. >> this you know the age old thing about do men or women have >> yeah. >> there's a study in norway. scientists in norway. only 36 people took part. it's not that big a sample. >> 36! >> okay. but they concluded that actually men do have a better sense of direction. >> 36 people. who's going to trust that survey? >> it says here when women were given testosterone their navigational skills improved. next time i take the wheel i say to my wife, here's a map and some testosterone.
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>> here's what i would say to the researchers. they're wasting their time. we have waze, google maps. no one needs to navigate or have a sense of direction ever again. >> see, i think this is totally flawed. what if we gave you a shot of estrogen. you would be able to fly that car. that would be the difference. >> i'm up for a test. >> you're always up for a test. aren't you? well, you're really into soccer, right? >> yeah. >> you got to see this. this is pretty brazen. a guy scores this goal in france in a pretty cheeky way. >> it's like a mike drop. >> 2 is kind of a mike drop. you've got to have what we call chutzpah to be able to do this. >> he's like trolling the goalkeeper. >> and he just kind of -- almost like he uses his nose to push it in. >> it's the most elegant
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putdown. >> where is the goalkeeper? >> unbelievable. that's great. that's magic. thank you for showing me that. >> you like that. >> have a look at there. this is in calgary. they call it the calgary hitmen. an ice hockey team. they have a tradition where when the first goal is scored, everyone throws teddy bears onto the e nk. i think it's 28,000 teddy bears have been n rown. if you watch the journey of an individual teddy bear it takes several throws to get it onto the ice. it goes down. someone catches it. throws it again, someone throws it onto the rink. >> what do they do with all the teddy bears? hope they collect them and give them to children in need. >> why collect them when you can jump on them. d not give them to children in need. >> sort of hypnotic to watch it. >> this is like every child's dream. i will not show my toddlers this video when i get home. polar bears. >> i have a theory they're not
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>> take a look at this one.
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>> i think he's attacking a boat america this morning. making news in america this morning, donald trump taking his plan to tighten borders even further. his idea, ban all muslims immigrating totohe u.s. new w action overnight from other gop candidatat and one mar banning trump from his city. we're live in washington. killer couple. investigators chasing leads around the world to uncover more about the san bernardino terror suspects. the picture of them arriving in the u.s. plus their target practice days before the attack. breaking overnight, a plane from california to france forced to make an emergency landing. the breaking developments just in. and trainwreck caught on camera, two people running for their lives with speeding
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heading right towards their car. well, good tuesday morning. we begin with donald trump sparking outrage again across the globe with a controversial new call to stop all muslims from entering the country. >> yeah, trump's sweeping ban on muslims would apply to immigrants and visitors alike. his supporters are cheering the idea, but it's being met by widespread condemnation from both parties. abc's lana zak has the latest from overnight. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and richard. in the wake of the deadly attacks in paris and san bernardino, the backlash against innocent muslim-americans has nearly rivaled that of with donald trump's new proposal, things could become
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republican presidential front-runner donald trump, a ban of all muslims coming into america. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: trump's proposal has brought together for perhaps the first time in this divisive campaign republicans and democrats in universalal condemnation. jeb bush called him unhinged. chris christie called it ridiculous. >> this is the kind of thing that people say when they have noxperience and don't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: and in a rare move, the republican chairs of three major campaign states, iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, all slammed trump's proposal. hillary clinton tweeting, "this is reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive. donald trump, you don't get itit this makesess less safe." even dick cheney agreed. >> ts whole notion goes against everything we stand for and believe in. >> reporter: trump's campaign said the ban would apply to every muslim coming into the
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but st. petersburg's mayor turned the tables tweeting, "i am hereby barring donald trump from entering st. petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all trumps." and reena and richard, despite that universal condemnation by public leaders, there is still no shortage of people who really support donaldrump. when he announced this last night, i have to tell you, he received a standing ovation. >> fascinating. >> he certainly has his supporters, yeah. lana zak live in washington. lana, thanks for that. outrage from the muslim community reacting with harsh words. >> the council on american-islamic relations, the country's largest muslim advocacy group, called trumps remarks bigoted a a ununerican. >> donald trump sounds more like a leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours. he and others are playing into the hands of isis. this is exactly what isis wants from americans, to turn against each other.
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not let fearmongers win. >> i want totoemind you that later on "goododorning america," donald trump will l live tataing about his contrororsial muslim ban. >> okay, gripping. all right. we have to watch that. as san bernardino struggles to move forward after last week's horrific terror attack, many county employees returned to work for the first time since that shooting. >> and hundreds of people gathered for another candlelight vigil in honor of the 14 people killed. local religious leaders told the crowd that they will rise above the tragedy and come out stronger. >> we're getting chilling new details about the young couple hind the california a ssacre. the fbi saying both the husband and wife had been radicalized for quite some time. >> and they said that the couple prepared for the attack with target practice and enough material in their home to actually make 19 pipe bombs. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: there was no joy, no smiles the two future killers arrived in the united states for the first time as a married couple. this picture was taken in july
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as american citin syed farook brought home tashfeen malik, the pakistani bride he met on a matrimonial website. federal authorities are trying to determine if even then they were planning to go to war with america. >> we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. >> reporter: the fbi also revealed that the couple took target practice at this gun range just days before the attack. overseas, the investigation is focusing on the wife's background and contacts in pakistan before she came to the u.s. malik's official photos show her evolution from the young woman wearing makeup and a scarf, her hair showing in a college application to a still loose veil but no makeup in a national i.d.d.ard to this applyingngor a u.s. visa with traditionalaleil and finally her arrival at o'hare airport in a strict conservative black headdress. only a few years ago farook
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californian millennial looking for love, but he too underwent a transformation in how he presented himself after travels to pakistan and saudi arabia and then his marriage to malik. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> thank you, brian. >> and more from san bernardino later but first an alarming number about how quickly isis and similar groups are growing. the number of foreigners who have entered syria and iraq to fight for such groups has more than doubled in 18 months. that's according to a new report. there are now up to 31,000 foreign fighters from 86 countries who have joined armed groups. an american fugitive accused of being a top recruiter for isis is now in custody. the state department says that mohamed abdullahi hassan turned himself in to authorities in somalia a month ago. the former minneta high school student had a a rge following on twitter before his account was shut down. he's been linked to several lone wolf attacks here in the u.s. and breaking overnight an anonymous threat that forced the
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france jet in montreal. air france flight 83 was carrying nearly 250 people from san francisco to paris. passengers were evacuated on to buses while authorities carried out inspsptions. breaking news out of pretoria, , uth africa, this morning. a judge has granted bail and house arrest to olympian oscar pistorius for his murder conviction pending his sentence. pistorius is also expected to learn today when he'll be sentenced for killing his girlfriend, reena steenkamp. the minimum sentence for murder in south africa is 15 years, but pistorius' sentence could be shorter because of the circumstances of his case. and turning to weather, they'r'rcalling it the december deluge in the pacific northwest. the record-breaking rainfall caused roads and forced evacuations in low-lying areas. there were also landslides and a giant sinkhole opened up.
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introducucon as eagles lead singer jesse hughes led both bands into the song "people have the power by patti smith. the band will resume their tour next year playing paris in february. new overnight another disturbing video from chicago police as the federal government looks into department misconduct. this one shows officers using a stun gun on a man inside a jail cell then dragging him down the hallway. he later died. two years after that happened the policeceow admitting they could have handled it better. an investigation into their conduct is still going on. and there will be no charges in another high-profile incident caught on camera. the fatal police shooting of ronald johnson as he ran away. it was found to be justified. a two-star admiral has been removed from his post for misconduct. rear admiral david baucom becomes the most senior officer to be disciplined this year.
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intoxicated during a conference could not stand. surveillance video later showed baucom wandering around his hotel without clothes. he blames mixing alcohol with medication. well, there's more bad news for the chipotle restaurant chain. more than two dozen boston college students have become ill after eating at a local chipotle and that includes half the men's basketball team. chipotle has been reeling since an e. coli outbreak last monthth in nine states.e. coli not confirmed in the boston cases. both chipotle sales and stocks are plummeting. and lebron james and nike have been in business for a dozen years, and now they have signed a lifetime deal with one another. the financial terms of the agreement weren't released but sources say it will easily surpass the $300 million deal that nike signed with nba star kevin durant last summer. the new deal could result in a complete line of james branded apparel. >> impressive i wish i spent moreime on the
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>> yeah, you might want to in presenting news. and when we come back, inside the terror attack. the survivors of the san bernardino shooting talking about the terrifying ordeal. plus, state of the art and
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well, miami zoo is closed until further notice because of the heavy rain there. most of miami zoo's 3,000 animals are safe because their enclosures are elevated. the human areas are another story because some animals like the lions, they could actually escape by swimming across rain swollen moats. who knew. >> wow, i certainly didn't. horrifying new details this morning on what went on inside the conference room from some of the people lucky enough to make it out uninjured. >> but they'll likely be forever scarred by the bloody images of the rampage carried out by one of their own. with more, here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the shooting started before the attackers even walked in the room. >> it was pop, pop, pop. >> maybe a little bit more. >> doors open. >> doors fly open. >> yes. >> yeah, they were forced open hard. >> yeah. >> the shooters stepped right into the room and began firing immediately. >> reporter: health department
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raymundo and corwin porter were inside the room where they held training the year before. the second they heard shots fired they dropped to the ground hiding under tables for cover. the room was packed with tables, a screen on one side for presentations, a christmas tree on the other. syed farook and tashfeen malik burst in through this door at the center of the conference room opening fire blowing out windows and striking many of the people at this table, the very table farook had been sitting at earlier. what are you thinking? what are you doing? >> there was a small break in the tablecloth, and i just kept looking down, and i just kept hoping that the gunfire would stop, that the gunfire would stop and i couldn't believe that it would stop. >> what went through your mind when you heard that name? >> a complete sense of betrayal. it amazes me every day how close this group is, how tight knit they are and it's nothing but betrayal. >> reporter: cecilia vega, abc news, san bernardino,
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a strange situation in orlando, florida, a white honda had been driven onto railroad tracks and got stuck with a freight train closing in. you can hear it. two guys who were inside got out and stepped away just moments before the train slammed into the car pushing it down and off the tracks. those guys -- here's the weirdest bit -- those guys then got back in the car and drove it away. they took their stuff eventually -- they took their stuff and eventually left the car. >> incredible. authorities here in new york are searching for three men who robbed gwyneth paltrow's new store. they say the thieves made off with about $170,000 in merchandise. that includes two pieces of jewelry and three watches. the shop opened two weeks ago near columbus circle and will be open for business until christmas eve. and former usc football coach steve sarkeesian is suing the school seeking more than
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sarkeesian claims usc discriminated against him because of his disability, namely alcoholism, when it fired him in october. usc says it's disappoint by sarkisian, his claims about being let go. the school also claims much of what's stated in the lawsuit is, quote, patently untrue. for those who play fantasy otball, the regular r ason is over and the playoffs are about to begin. >> and for those who watched monday night football, it was worth sticking around till the end. it was a good one. >> yeah. >> details from our guys at espn. >> these guys, i like these guys. >> good morning, america. that's john b., i'm john a., and you know what america loves, they love football. >> they like it a lot. we had an exciting game last night, monday night football in washington, d.c. that's desean jackson, the jack show, he's getting it. he says, give it to me, 9-9. 1:45 left. i'm going to return this to the house, and we're going to win the game. he's going to the other house, though. that not your house, desean. that's dallas' house and then he
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dallas recovers, and it's their ball with 1:26 to go. and eventually darren mcfadden scores, but they do give the redskins some time. didn't have to. 1:15 to go and two time-outs for washington. washington would score, but then dallas got the ball back, and en they kicked a game-winning field goal by dan bailey from 54 yards. llas wins. good finish in basketball as well. more points scored. derrick rose, the bulls taking on the suns, fourth quarter, we're tied at 101. ten to go. eric bledsoe kicks it out. look at thformer badger. pretty sure that was going to be downut, no, mirza teletovic, though, grabs the rebound, throws it up, off balance. look at devin booker, the rookie, very excited over that one. 0.3 left, they try the alley-oop to butler. no, the suns hold on to win it, 103-101. warriors against t t pacers tonight and paul george. any hooky news we need to get in
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vancouver. >> that's it. john, john. america, back to you. >> i like those espn guys. >> you like them, don't u? >> yeah, a lot. up next in "the pulse," kim and kanye, the new baby name and the memes taking over the in. >> and sorry, ladies, there is scientific proof that men have a better sense of direction. >> i don't buy it. on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piecec ininy asthma treatment.. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if y can stop breo and prescribe a
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it is time for "the pulse," and we'll start this morning th something new for the u.s. navy. the largest destroyer ever built. >> well, check out the "uss zumwalt," 600 feet lg and 15,000 tons of the latest steel technology -- stealth technology, excuse me. the ip headed out to begeg its >> the "zumwalt's" stealthy design is s ant to reduce its radar signature. it comes with a hefty price tag,
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all that money, and it's still incredibly ugly. it will be delivered to the navy next year. >> looks aren't everything. to a good-looking couple. kim kardashian and kanye west, their newborn has a name, and the internet is having a lot of fun. >> the baby's name is saint. saint. the memes immediate lyly started like this one saying son of yeezus showing that emoji. >> i think it's funny. here's one showing the family in a classic c tivity scene. >> and then there's this one showing nfl player reggie bush and the caption "that moment when you look up and see that your e ed her new kid saint." bush, of course, was on the new orleans saints when he and kardashian dated. >> nowreena, you got lots of jokes about whether women are good at directions. well, a new scientific study, i'm afraid, out of norway haha shown men are,e,n fact, better at navigation than women. they use a separate part of
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study were given testosterone their skills apparently improved. the lead researcher says this is apparently because of evolution? i find it hard to believe. more newafter this. more news after this. my li'l buddy? and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. then my doctor told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots, but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. knowing eliquis had both... turned around my thinking. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. if you had a spinal injection while on eliquis call your doctor right away if you have tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it may take loloer than usual for bleeding to stop.
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abc% checking our top stories, donald trump is calling for a ban on all muslims entering the united states. immigrants, tourists and even students. publican leaders andndellow candidates are blasting the idid as offensive, ridiculous and unamerican, but trump is standing his ground insisting withoudrastic action, the threat of attacks is going to and the couple behind the san bernardino rampage took target practice at a shooting range just days before the attack. the fbi says they both had been rad for quite some time. looking at today's weather, more heavy rain in the northwest and northern california. snow in the mountains as one storm after another moves off the pacific. well, a piece of entertainment history has been
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walt disney's office at walt disney studios just the way it was the day he died nearly 50 years ago. >> yeah. other top executives and producers have used it since while disney's furnishings were in storage. now they're back in place. more from reporter mayde gomez of kabc. >> reporter: after months ofof hard work, f fally the moment many have been waiting foror >> thanks to our archives team walt's office has becn restored right down to the tiniest detail. >> reporter: family pictures on the walls, the stapler on the desk, the colored pencils, scripts, everything in place as the man himself walt disney left it back in 1966. >> it brings me back to being a child and, you know, it's sad to be here and have him not here. i think we're still missing grandpa alalst every day. but they did an incredible job in putting things back where
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it feels -- it feels warm. >> in putting this office back, it wasxtremely important for us to get it right and to research it in a painstaking fashion. and that's what was done. >> and so i was asked to come and put it together in a corporate archive, and we were the first in the industry to do that. none of the other motion picture companies had an archive at that time. >> reporter: former chief arivist for disney, dave smith, saved every item, archived every document and took many pictures. >> it's really like deja vu walking in here because almost nothing has changed. >> reporter: now everything is back in its original place, just like richard sherman remembers. >> recreated exactly the way it was. it's like walking back into your yoututas i remember vividly sitting at this piano playing for walt so many times. >> reporter: walt disney's office exhibit will be added to mayde gomez, abc 7, eyewitness
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