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♪ i'm layin' back, catching my -- >> oh, okay. >> time now for college football. bowl season kicking it off today or picking it up today with four big bowl games. >> yeah, baby. one of them involves my alma mater, the eagles are taking on iowa, in the pinstripe bowl, and i will be there to watch in person. >> the eagle flies on wednesday. >> eagles on the war path, ooh, ahh. >> who's this guy? >> i don't know. i'm trying not to go to him. >> that's all right. everyone -- >> i'm just going to say, i did not approve this analysis. this is biassed in your notre

dame sweatshirt. >> that's what you get when you invite a notre dame fan to analyze a boston college bowl game, but let's do it. the second place catholics just can't get over it, iowa, 7-5. they started 3-0. then a shocking defeat to penn state. >> yeah. >> surrendered the whole nine yards. they had ups and downs in their season, but the high point was a 55-24 hammering of ohio state. next, the "o." >> whatever. >> a really good ohio state team. this was the loss that basically kept ohio state out of the college football playoff. hawkeyes, they've won four straight games against members of the acc. >> i guess that's progressive an a little. >> if iowa wins today. >> which they won't. >> but if they do, 143rd victory, which will tie him for

the most all time in the program. >> oh. >> which brings us to boston college, and it looked like a rough season on chestnut hill, diane. >> what? what? >> summed up early in november when notre dame came to town. >> i don't think we need to talk about this. >> here comes josh adams, 49-20, irish in that one. that was fun. >> a really good team at that time. >> at that time. >> they lost the following week to clemson, and you're thinking ah-oh. then. >> no. >> boston college righted the ship. >> ah, now we're talkin'. >> including a friday night for the ages. >> excellent analysis, jack. >> at home against florida state. boston college, 35, florida state 3. >> see that? >> florida state was like a high

school team this year, but nonetheless. boston college coming in hot. >> yeah, baby. >> 36 points a game. >> see that? >> this is the first time these two teams have met, the eighth time the pinstripe bowl is played, the first time for iowa, second for bc, so they know how to get here. a couple of 7-5 teams. iowa has lost five straight bowl games. the past three not even close. let's make it six! boston college. >> ooh. >> 28. >> you're going close. >> iowa 27. >> like two and a half point favorite. >> they are indeed. >> but bc has the momentum. we're going to do this. we got this. >> both teams are going to run the football and the irish will show them how to do it next november. >> that's not important. we're not talking about notre dame. >> analyst out. >> iowa's going to win that game! >> hey! no one asked you. you're not the analyst. what is going -- i have a mutiny on my hands. >> let me know what happens. >> you're going to freeze out there. >> eagles on the warpath, ooh, ah. thanks, jack.

coming up. >> 28-14 hawkeyes. go ahead. >> nobody asked you. >> something there for you to read. >> will smith on who he would want to play in a "fresh prince" reboot. plus, the possible tricky seating arrangements at prince harry and meghan's wedding. "the skinny" is next. >> i can't wait to go. >> don't touch that dial. i can't wait to go. >> don't touch that dial. i had this chest cold, but my medicine kept wearing off. (coughah! i missed you! then i discovered mucinex. one pill lasts 12 hours,and i'm good. why take 4-hour medicine? one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this.

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny skinny time. and we've got an interesting headline from across the pond starting us off this morning. >> there's a new report that says the british government does not want prince harry to invite the obamas to his wedding because of the current president. >> according to the "sun." they intended on inviting barak and michelle obama. but they are afraid president trump would be offended. >> they just recently recorded a pod cast for the bbc. so it will be interesting. >> i had the same problem when i was planning my wedding.

does that mean two more seats open up? which means, know what i'm saying? next, it's in may, a headline that startled diane regarding will smith. >> he says he can't bring himself to watch his iconic performance. no, not ali. >> not concussion. >> no, the fresh prince of bel-air. you can see him mouth his fellow actors live in the first five episodes. and he says it's quote, terrible. >> he also says if there were ever a reboot of the '90s tv series, he would have to play uncle phil. >> he also posted fun clips of himself and his wife jade and the kids have be some fun christmas fun trying to remember lines to a classic. ♪ on the first day of christmas

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star. when i was inside russia walking around selling my jeans, i was a world traveler. when i was driving for president reagan and his motorcade, i was a diplomat. and i didn't have to feel me. >> reporter: in his new book "the uninvited", how i crashed my way into finding myself, he shares stories from his teens and 20s where he frequently talked himself into places he didn't belong. >> the most exciting place was the grammy awards, 1988. >> reporter: taking him to many events, including that grammy stage. >> there i was standing at center stage before a packed house and a worldwide television audience. ♪ >> reporter: but schnell says his antics were really a cry for help. >> i was spiraling out of control. all the drugs, all the alcohol wouldn't have satisfied my first for self approval.

>> reporter: he got sober with the support of his family and a doctor in new york. >> i changed my life, i started to do esteemable acts, i started to be a man of honor and integrity. >> reporter: now 27 years later, he's hoping his story inspires others and helps others. >> i want to help people who are lost to find some type of hope that you can change your life. >> reporter: adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >> uninvited. it's like a party crasher's version of "catch me if you can." if he could write some tips for us on how to crash the parties, we wouldn't mind that as well. >> it's amazing what you can do by pretending you belong. >> we're glad he got some help and the story has a happy ending. and that's it for this half hour.

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i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm ron claiborne in for kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." areas east of the great lakes could get up to six feet of snow when the flakes finally stop falling. imagine that in winter. we have news that there will be hot weather in summer, but stay tuned for that. there's a snow emergency in erie, pennsylvania, where this month's snowfall records have already been shattered. and the drama over a virginia house seat continues. election officials were scheduled to break a tie today by picking a name from a bowl, but the democrat in the race is now challenging that move and asking that she be declared the winner. and the library of congress will no longer archive the text of every tweet. the system is because the dramatic increase in activity since the program began. selected tweets will still be collected, mostly based on elections. and a flight from los angeles to tokyo was forced to

turn around about four hours into the flight because of what the airline is calling an unauthorized person on the plane. we'll have more details on that developing story just ahead on this wednesday, december 27th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you all. we're going to start things off this half hour with the dangerous winter in the midwest and eastern u.s. >> frigid arctic air passing over the relatively warm waters of the great lakes is dumping heavy snow in pennsylvania and upstate new york. >> those areas could see another foot or two feet of snow on top of the already four feet on the ground. transportation has pretty much ground to a halt. >> and meanwhile, there are wind chill advisories for more than 20 states. donya baucus has more. >> reporter: from the northeast

to the midwest, people are seeing white. >> lot of snow. just keeps coming. >> reporter: in erie, pennsylvania, a snow emergency, with nearly four and a half feet of lake-effect snow falling in 36 hours. travel there coming to a complete stop. dozens of cars spinning off roads and drivers backed up for miles. lake-effect snow also burying upstate new york. >> i could only do about 20 miles an hour. >> reporter: whiteout conditions all the way to kalamazoo, michigan and kansas where people died after sliding off the road. bone-chilling temperatures in illinois, keeping the locals from doing traditional winter activities. >> the girls wanted to go ice skating, and we tried, but it's really cold. >> reporter: and a daring rescue in utah where a deputy punched through a frozen pond to rescue an 8-year-old boy. >> i knew that time was of the essence. i had a very short quinn dough to get that child out of the water.

>> reporter: in massachusetts, thundersnow. at boston's logan airport flights delayed for hours. a jet blue airplane hit a patch of ice and skidded off the runway. >> we kept spinning and spinning and spinning. >> reporter: thankfully no one was injured. and there seems to be no relief in sight. forecasters say the polar air will move into the eastern united states with some areas dropping below zero. those temperatures will stick around for a few days. ron and diane? >> and a flight from los angeles destined to tokyo has been forced to turn around because of what the airline has called an unauthorized person on board. passengers were reportedly told that the person in question had a ticket on a different airline and somehow got on the wrong plane. model chrissy teigen was on the flight with her husband, the musician john legend, and tweeted about the ordeal saying a flying first for me. four hours into a 11-hour flight and we're turning around because we have a passenger who isn't supposed to be on the plane. the plane landed safely back at l.a.x. the flight has now been rescheduled. and we turn now to president

trump launching new twitter attacks from his christmas break in florida. he took another swipe at the russia investigation and the fbi. serena marshall has more. >> reporter: president trump back to work and back to the golf course. after spending christmas day behind closed doors with family at his private club this palm beach, he ended the holiday with a tweet. i hope everyone is having a great christmas. then back tomorrow it's back to work in order to make america great again. his third day of his so-far four-day working vacation. this time sharing the day with his golfing partners, senator perdue and dana quigley. but before hitting the links, hitting the russian dossier after watching a "fox and friends" segment, calling the fbi tainted and saying they use this garbage as an attack. the latest twitter attack against the fbi after a weekend spent bashing the bureau and its leadership.

the president making a bold prediction. following the repeal of the individual mandate, democrats and republicans will come together and develop a great new health care program. with midterm elections less than a year away, some experts think that's doubtful. >> he has now offended so many parts of the democratic party that their entire constituency is sending a signal to party leaders, don't cooperate. >> reporter: the president still has about a week left in florida. and when he returns to washington, big issues like infrastructure, the budget and north korea are still waiting to be dealt with. serena marshall, washington. and a tree on the white house grounds that shaded presidents for generations is coming down. a large portion of the magnolia is too old and too damaged to survive. it's been deemed a safety risk.

it was planted by andrew jackson in 1835. it's been supported by steel poles and cables, but the trunk is now too delicate. the removal will take place this week while the family is away from the white house. and the cdc has been warning for weeks that this could be a brutal flu season. now they say it could peak by the end of january, a lot earlier than usual. linzie janis has more on that. >> reporter: the flu virus on a rampage. and the number of cases could sky rocket. >> i went to the doctor, got tested or i felt like i had a sinus infection. >> reporter: vince and his son both suffering from the flu. the pair spent christmas quarantined in bed, away from their family. >> it's the best thing for everybody. >> reporter: they didn't get flu shots. doctors say getting the shots could have helped. but this year's vaccine has been disappointing. >> this year's flu vaccine may

be only 10% effective. better than 0%, but still i have, i have poor. >> reporter: according to doctors, the virus can exist in the air, three to six feet away from an infected person. ten states already exhibiting high flu activity, most in the south and southwest. with the peak of the misery expected sometime in the coming weeks. doctors warning it's not just the vulnerable who are at risk. >> sometimes the flu really affects people who have no underlying medical condition, who are young and healthy. and those patients can get very sick and can die of influenza complications. >> reporter: doctors say despite the vaccine being roughly 10% effective, people should still get the shots, because it could lessen the potentially debilitating and deadly impacts of the flu. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> and the federal government apparently takes too long to recall unsafe food products. that's the finding of a government study that says it

can take up to ten months to remove unsafe products from store shelves even if people are getting sick. but the head of the food and drug administration says that's no longer true. the study analyzed recalls from previous years. he says many improvements have been made since then. don't quit your day job yet, well, go ahead, quit it. there was no jackpot winner in the megamillions last night. >> that means it jumps to $306 million. there were three people who each won $4 million prizes last night, not bad. >> as we always caution, money will not buy you happiness. >> so you can give it to us. >> the powerball is at least $337 million, but it won't buy you happiness. >> pretty nice combo. >> it's no surprise that two men from hawaii are best friends. they've been friends for 60 years, grew up together, played football together in prep

school. as adults they have the same interests and a lot in common. >> walter never knew his father was adopted they went to the same do it yourself genealogy website and guess what they learned, they have a lot more in common than they thought. they are brothers. >> that's cool. >> it was a shock. >> it was a shock. >> yeah, definitely a shock. then we thought about it. compared forearms and everything. >> hairy arms, that did it. >> minutes later they got into a fistfight. >> no, they didn't. >> that's not true. they revealed it to friends and family on saturday. >> then they got into it. robinson says it was the best christmas present he can imagine. but they met in the sixth grade. imagine knowing someone that long and finding out. >> best pals all this time. >> 15 months apart in age. very close. awesome story.

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our ever-expanding florida file of the bizarre. police are searching for the people who torched these cars. priscilla hernandez says her family was asleep when someone set fire to their cars. surveillance video knows two men approaching the cars, one appears to be holding a canister of gasoline in his hand. and a remote control car battery is blamed for a fire. two dozen apartments were damaged all from a remote control car battery. the fire burned through one building and quickly jumped to a second. no injuries were reported. but about two dozen apartments were damaged, all from a remote control car battery. and there are new questions about the moment that left california mesmerized.

>> that's because the rocket launch looked like an alien invasion. which may sound funny, we're seeing from some people's reactions it was kind of dangerous. matt gutman has more. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: new images surfacing of california going haywire. >> what the hell is that? >> reporter: that mysterious contrail, space x's rocket sailing smoothly into the friday night sky. >> wow, what is that? >> reporter: a sight so mesmerizing that some drivers couldn't keep their eyes out of the sky and on the road. >> ah, ah! >> [ bleep ]. >> this guy's not paying attention. >> reporter: and even after those three cars crashed, the narrater in this video barely skips a beat and keeps talking about that shape in the sky. >> wow, what is that? >> reporter: the rocket's

whale-shaped contrail creating a frenzy. and so many were wondering. >> no, dude, what is that? >> reporter: so many didn't get the message that the #aliens trended on twitter and ufo sightings. the man who created the mess, elon musk jokingly saying it this way, alien ufo from north korea. >> reporter: the next launch isn't until later next month. we spoke to the highway patrol and they said this time they hope all those motorists will keep their eyes on the road. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> i like the people that people call tv stations to report. like what do they want? >> you can understand why that would distract you. what a sight. someone tweeted out, spacex got to give better public notice. i ain't know if this was a rocket, alien, santa claus. coming up, the major oscar buzz for "mud bound." >> robin roberts sits down with the film's director. to hear the personal story behind the film's powerful message 37 keep it here.

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getting serious oscar buzz. >> "mud bound" tells the story of two families struggling. and robin roberts sat down were the director. >> reporter: "mud bound" is a powerhouse drama that hits a raw nerve. >> go on. we don't want no trouble here. >> reporter: two young soldiers return home after fighting in world war ii to work on the farm in rural mississippi. >> you just come back. you come all the way back. >> reporter: singer/songwriter mary j. blige delivers a powerful performance as florence, a mother whose powerful grip guides her family. i read that you normally don't love something when you read it the first time. >> the original was written by virgil williams. and from page one, there's the character, the pacing of it.

i called my agent on page five and was like, yeah, i'll do their one. >> reporter: you've got to tell us about this beautiful journal, your grandmother's journal and how it is a part of the film. >> absolutely, yes. approaching "mud bound", i had personal history in it. my grandmother had drawn like floor plans of the cabins and what was in the cabins. it places me in that time. let me get to some pictures. this is my great, great grandparents who were slaves, actually. >> reporter: you can see the strength. >> exactly, yeah. >> reporter: you can see the strength in their eyes. other characters, other actors, were they able to bring some of their personal experiences to the film? >> absolutely. jason mitchell's father served in the korean war.

and hedlund's counterpart grew up in a farm in minnesota. she had southern connections. so all my cast were able to bring personal experience into the story and inject that ancestry into it. >> reporter: they're all great actors, but you're thinking, this is personal. >> when you're able to bring that authenticity, that kernel of truth. actors can use that to define that crack into a character. and once they find the crack, directors have the wedge and hammer and are trying to help them widen it and widen it and sink deeper and deeper. mary j. blige disappears. >> reporter: how was it for you, mary j. blige? >> the first day, i'm nervous, she's nervous too. >> reporter: that's why we need to see different people in the role they're in, because your experiences, your talent that

you bring to it that we might not see from someone who doesn't look like you. >> i think directors should take on material because they have a specific take or because they are uniquely suited to tell a particular story. >> reporter: it wasn't just you but a lot of women involved. >> yeah, we have six women department heads, because they just really are the best at what they do. it's not tokenism. if you see a woman on set, you know she knows her stuff. she's beat out 50 people to be there. >> reporter: what do you hope somebody watching this film comes away with? >> i hope someone watching "mud bound" comes away with this idea of inheritance, not just our physical inheritance but interrogating the ideas and beliefs that have come down to us. i want to keep telling stories that are meaningful to me. and stories that are interesting, a lot of tangled up relationships, like life. >> our thanks to robin for that. and coming up, finding your inner peace through meditation. our friend dan harris shows us how. keep it here on "world news now." how. keep it here on "world news now." so when i found out

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little bit? you can be honest. >> i think people are going to make fun of you just a little bit. >> reporter: you think people think if you're meditating that you're going to kind of go soft a little bit? >> hey, i would say, yes. >> i get it. i used to think that meditation would diminish my edge in the hard-edge of tv news. i had a panic attack live on "good morning, america." >> it's too early to prescribe statins solely for cancer prevention. >> reporter: studies can suggest meditation can help people in high-stress jobs literally rewiring your brain. we here to help make it more acceptable. >> the area's known for illegal activity with drugs. >> reporter: while sergeant johnson is skeptical, we gather his colleagues, many who have embraced meditation. >> my mind is in the right place

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now," the this morning on "world news now," the bitter arctic blast. and your new forecast details, coming up. president trump is away from the white house for holidays but not off twitter, and he's now taking aim at the russia investigation and the fbi. and a shocking double murder. two parents fatally shot and their daughter's boyfriend, a suspected feeo nazi, just 17 years old, he is the suspected killer. later in "the mix," the real shoo-in. the bizarre moment when these sports fans started chanting and waving their shoes in the air. we'll find out why on this wednesday, december 27th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> must have smelled lovely in that stadium. >> i hadn't thought of that. it's outdoors at least. >> hopefully.

>> that helps, yeah. >> keep the dome open, everybody. ron claiborne, welcome in for kendis. >> diane macedo, thank you very much. happy two days after christmas. >> yes, yes. we are ringing in the the holidays with ron. and we're happy to have you. we're starting things off with the severe winter weather. >> we're going to begin with the cold weather gripping the upper half of the country. >> snow is covering most of the northeast and upper midwest this morning. some locations are bracing for as much as six feet of snow going nowhere fast. the bitter cold temperatures are expected to hang around. for the rest of the week. >> and travel, as you can imagine, has been challenging with more than 6,000 flights to or from u.s. airports delayed. abc's alex perez has more. >> reporter: with millions on the roads, the lake-effect snow machine is shattering records and grinding travel to a halt. the city of erie, pennsylvania

declaring a snow emergency. crews unable to keep up with the nearly 4 1/2 feet of snow that fell in just 36 hours. dozens of cars are spinning off highways, and these drivers backed up for miles on interstate 90 outside of town. that lake-effect snow leaving buffalo buried. whiteout conditions all the way to kalamazoo. that snow fueled by bone-chilling air causing car wrecks in kansas where at least four people died after sliding off the road. in the northwest, icy roads causing pileups in oregon. one driver injured. >> lost control, did a 360, hit a car in the next lane and ended up here. >> reporter: meanwhile, parts of the northeast are digging out after getting blizzard conditions for christmas. white knuckle travel from maine to massachusetts where there was thundersnow. >> thundersnow. >> reporter: and winds gusted to 65 miles an hour, knocking this beam off the sagamore bridge and knocking out power to thousands.

at boston's logan airport, flights delayed for hours and one almost didn't make it. >> we started spinning and spinning and spinning. >> everything is fine. we just skidded on the ice. >> reporter: passengers evacuating onto the icy tarmac and onto shuttle buses after a jetblue plane from savannah spun all the way around. thankfully no one was injured. and you can see just how cold it is here. that's water from lake erie completely frozen solid here. that's actually a bench underneath there covered in ice. aaa says they're getting about a hundred calls an hour for help and it's not over just yet. parts south of here expecting about another foot of snow. alec perez, abc news, buffalo, new york. >> and there is more snow in the forecast for places like buffalo, new york. >> they're used to it. arctic air is moving over the great lakes, scooping up relatively warm water there and turning that into a foot or even

two feet of snow. >> and the northwest is getting the coldest air of the year just this week. 20 states are under a windchill advisory. no fun. >> no. and president trump taking a swing at the russian investigation from his resort in florida. the president said he was getting back to work but also returned to the golf course. he's now spent more than 100 days at his property, nearly a third of his presidency. he's also back on twitter responding to a fox news report about a dossier that claimed there were links between his campaign and russia. the president called the dossier bogus and slammed the fbi as tainted. he says the tax law essentially repeals obamacare. even though much of the health care law remains intact. and says that democrats and republicans will eventually come together and create a new health care plan. and three major cities are suing the pentagon over failures in the national background chuck

system that's used on gun buyers. the mayors of philadelphia, new york and san francisco are calling on the defense department to repair the flaws that allowed the shooter in the texas church massacre to slip through the cracks. the killer had had a criminal record that has qualified it -- or should have disqualified him from buying a firearm, but the u.s. air force failed to alert the fbi. and police in upstate new york are investigating a possible quadruple murder after four people were found dead in a basement apartment. it happened in troy near albany. the property manager found the victims with their hands bound behind their backs. investigators haven't revealed any other information about the victims or how they died, but they say the deaths are being investigated as homicides. and we're learning new details about the virginia teen charged with killing his girlfriend's parents. family members say the parents feared he was a neo-nazi and they wanted their daughter to break up with him. now neighbors say that

17-year-old mowed a swastika into the grass at a local field. >> reporter: police are investigating a double murder inside this virginia home three days before christmas. >> caller advising her mother and father were shot. >> reporter: they were gunned down before dawn. family members say their daughter's boyfriend then shot and critically injured himself. >> i think we have the shooter down. >> reporter: the girl's grandmother says last week the couple told their daughter to end the relationship after discovering his alleged nazi views from looking at her phone. >> they disapproved of all the time she was spending with him, hours on the phone. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports the girl's mother alerted the principal of their private school about messages praising hitler, supporting nazi book burnings and calling for a white revolution. but by friday morning, police

say the boy got inside the home where he was confronted by the couple. that 17-year-old is still hospitalized. the juvenile is facing double murder charges. the victims' devastated family sending their own message. >> hate has no home here. that's what we're talking about. we're talking about the kid that killed them was a nazi. >> reporter: there were four other people inside this house when the shooting happened. a family member tells me scott frickers's parents were there visiting for the holiday. none of them were physically hurt. and fire crews are battling a fierce three-alarm fire at a historic building near seattle. flames were seen shooting out of the building that dates back to 1921. it includes several businesses, a restaurant and apartments. no serious injuries were immediately reported, but all of the tenants there have now been displaced. the building did not have sprinklers. and researchers are shedding new light on.popular vitamin the supplements. they say calcium and vitamin d

pills do not seem to prevent bone and hip fractures in most people over age 50. the study adds to this ongoing contentious debate over whether adults should be taking calcium and vitamin d supplements. >> they're saying it does not have any benefit. >> that's what they showed in this study other than a certain number of patients with osteoporosis. but they do say, you know, there is a deficiency there, so trying to get it from food and the sun, let's say, might be a better option than the supplements. >> what is the harm, though? why not take it? unless it's harmful. >> that is a good question. >> think about it. time is running out to earn a huge reward. if you find some priceless artwork. >> all right. so an empty frame marks the spot where a rembrandt once hung at the isabella stewart garden

museum in boston. the museum is offering $10 million for information that leads to the recovery of that painting and 12 others that were stolen back in 1990. >> but that reward expires when the clock strikes 12:01 on new year's day. after that, it drops to a mere $5 million. >> tick tock. >> why is that? i'm not sure. >> i think we can do this. >> we can beat it by sunday night? >> you know why? you have it. you know that photo hunt game that you see at dive bars. i am very good at that game. all about picking out the differences. i just need learn what constitutes a rembrandt, and i think i could crack that case. >> how much is that rembrandt worth? >> it might be more worth our while to try to keep it if we do figure it out. together all the paintings are worth $500 million. >> wow. >> not bad. coming up, a former ms. america speaks out on that recent e-mail scandal. >> after being the target of belittling comments by the now ousted ceo, we'll hear how she hopes that the pageant keeps going. and we start the look back at 2017 with the major news events that shaped the year including the big one that we

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many leaders at the organization were forced to step down. >> mallory hagan, a target of many of those e-mails has now spoken out. >> abc's danya bacchus has more. >> reporter: a shakeup at the miss america organization. ♪ there she is ♪ miss america >> reporter: after the huffington post published leaked e-mails from ceo sam haskell exposing crude and demeaning comments about the contestants, the future of the organization is now in jeopardy. >> miss america. >> reporter: 2013 miss america, mallory hagaf, was the subject of many of those e-mails belittled about her love life and weight. >> that type of language was used about other miss americas while i was miss america. so it shouldn't have surprised me, i guess. >> reporter: the fallout has been twist. dozens of winners have signed a petition calling on the group's leadership to step down.

now haskell has resigned along with the board president, the coo, television producing partner dick clark productions cut ties with miss america calling the e-mails appalling. >> i hope we're starting a larger conversation here. >> reporter: haskell tells abc that the e-mails were conveniently edited. and the events were fought as described. and coo josh randall say the e-mails predate his employment saying it does not reflect my values or the values i work to promote at the organization. the former winners say they are determined to take back their program. ron and diane. >> it's interesting. she refers to those e-mails containing language that was crude and demeaning, appalling. but it's so bad in some cases, we can't even really lay it out for you, just how egregious it is. a handicap in describing what's in there, but it's pretty bad. >> it must have been pretty hurtful to read those things and seeing that they're about some

of those people. our thanks to danya bacchus for that report. coming up, we're going to take a look at some of the biggest headlines of 2017. >> the major events that shaped our year, next on "world news now." haped our year, next on "world news now." that's when he needs vicks vaporub. proven cough medicine. with 8 hours of vapors. so he can sleep. vicks vaporub. goodnight coughs. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage.

♪ ♪ ♪ welcome back. welcome back, diane. >> oh, thank you very much. >> after a year of whirlwind headlines, we're finally closing in on 2018. >> and while we look ahead to the new year, we're also taking some time to look back at the moments that defined 2017. breaking news right now. ♪ >> reports of multiple casualty situation as a shooting, an active shooting situation in las vegas. >> so all of this playing out just the last hour and a half near the las vegas strip. >> more than 200 people injured. >> i'm thinking, am i going to die? >> the slaughter in that church behind me. >> i saw bodies with a lot of blood.

>> this town is in complete shock. >> that church is my family. >> oh, my god. >> a 29-year-old inspired by isis used this rented truck plowing into crowds. i need an ambulance, right here. >> white supremacist marches. >> [ bleep ]. >> the 32-year-old who was killed -- >> we condemn this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. ♪ >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear. ♪ >> america is back! >> you told the "washington post" that your plan to replace obamacare. >> i want to take care of everybody. >> the major defeat for the

republican party, the senate voting against the so-called skinny repeal of obamacare. >> at least 20 top officials have been fired or resigned. tom price, steve bannon, anthony scaramucci, reince priebus, sean spicer and, of course, general michael flynn. >> i was fired because of the russia investigation. >> it is isis, the military believes, that killed those four americans. >> this was once again kim jong un flexing his muscle. >> a deadly explosion at an ariana grande concert. >> a massive blast. >> oh, my god. >> confusion and carnage. >> my life flashed before my eyes. ♪ >> this is a sobering experience. >> the longest-named storm to torture texas now in history. >> waters are up to your chest. >> it's going to be okay. i promise you it's going to be okay. >> hurricane irma. >> irma. >> these winds are unbelievable. >> hurricane irma is right over us right now. >> to see everything crumbling

around us. >> sonoma county overnight, these fires are on the move. >> the scene here is apocalyptic. >> holy cow. >> i gotta get help. >> nearly 30 accusers and counting. >> and then i just fled. >> we were seeing person after person coming forward, the list of accusations growing. >> people need to be held accountable. >> there's a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. >> you heard them say it's "moonlight." >> i didn't now what to do. ♪ o say can you see >> on football fields around the country, players united in protest. many kneeling, others linking arms. their owners and coaches joining them too. players sat in silence.

>> if our country stands for anything, folks, what? it's freedom. >> we have reached totality here! >> i'm going to have our cameraman, glen, turn down the lights. turn it off, glen. let's see how dark it really is. it's pitch-black here. it's the most incredible thing i've ever seen. >> you did such a great job. abc news had exclusive access to the great american eclipse and you slept through it. >> i did. >> did you intend to stay up for it? >> i kind of did. and i got really tired. i did catch a few minutes of it on tv, but i did not, you know, get to go outside. we did kind of see the eclipse here on set, though. see? that was our very high-tech recreation. >> that's the next best thing. >> how about that? stick around, "the mix" is coming up next. around, "the mix" is coming up next.

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all right, it is time now for "the mix." and we're starting things off in australia and a peculiar sports moment, right, ron? >> this is one about cricket, right? >> your favorite. >> it's a cricket match where -- what's the deal here. the guy took off his shoes. this is in australia. england against australia. and the security guy told him to put his shoes back on. what happened? >> the british fans didn't like that so much. cricket games go on for a long time. you need to make yourself comfortable. and two, sometimes you need to entertain yourself during the game. here is how england responded. if you're england, shoes off. >> solidarity with this guy who was told to take them off by security. and apparently the security guards got a laugh out of that and didn't enforce. >> what are they going to do? everyone's waving their shoes in the air. >> i would like to know the perspective of the players on the field.

what is going on right now? >> looks like fun. let's stick with australia, shall we? over in melbourne, this is a christmas surprise, a man came out to recognize a crocodile, a 3-foot crocodile on their front lawn hanging out. >> this is in a residential neighborhood in melbourne. initially they thought it was a large lizard. a very large lizard. >> here is the mystery. so you think, crocodile dendee, australia, this must happen all the time. but we're talking about in the middle of the city of melbourne. not typical. and southern australia generally doesn't have crocodiles. nobody knows where it came from. >> four different people are claiming that it's theirs, right? >> they're worth up to $2,000. >> they're trying to get a free crocodile. there's a private license required in melbourne to have yourself a crocodile on the premises. >> well, lots of people are saying he's mine.

our next story's great. the love letter found in the wall of a house. the love letter was written in 1944. >> oh. >> by a guy named walter and addressed to ms. betty miller. this is in greenfield, where? mass? greenfield, mass, okay, central massachusetts. >> thing is, betty, it turns out, dated more than one walter around that time. >> around the same time. >> so we're not sure which walter this came from. >> it appears to be an apology or something. it starts off, what i have to say -- >> maybe that's why she started dating the other walter. >> i mean with every word of my heart. and it goes on, baby, baby, baby. that's weird. >> i didn't see that part of the letter. >> i just added that. >> that was lovely, though. >> i was i

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this morning on "world news now," president trump spending the holidays away from the white house, golfing and also on twitter where he lashed out at the special counsel's russia investigation and the fbi. we'll bring you up to speed on the president's working vacation. and severe winter weather is gripping the northern half of the country. some locations are bracing for up to six feet of snow. travel could be a nightmare for many people. with all that, spinouts are already happening on the roads, and a passenger plane went skidding off a runway. we have the complete weather forecast coming up. and new this half hour. it's time to go bowling, no, not that bowling. we're talking about bowl games. >> yes, a different kind of bowling, the best kind, college football happening today, our chief senior bachelor/football/everything global chief analyst will lay it out all for us, coming up. and later, why prince harry and meghan markle are being asked not to invite the obamas to the royal wedding. the answer in "the skinny" this wednesday, december 27th, 2017. from abc news, this is

"world news now." >> that last part, 2017. >> 2017. we're going to start out this half hour with president trump continuing his mar-a-lago working vacation, as he calls it, with a busy day on twitter and the golf course. >> president hit the links with georgia senator perdue and lashed out at the fbi. kenneth moten has the latest from palm beach, in florida. >> reporter: president trump spotted on his trump international golf course, through the trees in his signature red make america great again hat. on christmas, the president said he'd be back at work. he's also back on twitter, responding to a fox news report about the now-famous dossier. alleging links between the trump campaign and russia. >> the dossier we have long known is bogus. >> reporter: the president tweeting, wow, dossier is bogus. clinton campaign, dnc-funded dossier.

fbi cannot after all this time verify claims in dossier of russia/trump collusion. fbi tainted. the most salacious parts of the dossier have not been corroborated and it is not clear what role if any it has played in the broader fbi russia investigation. for weeks, the president has been attacking the fbi. >> it is a shame what's happened with the fbi. >> reporter: here in mar-a-lago, the president taking aim at andrew mccabe. accusing him of bias during the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. after an ally of clinton's donated to mccabe's wife's political campaign. at the time, he consulted fbi officials about the donation, the president asking on twitter, how mccabe could quote, be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by clinton puppets. the administration defending the president's attacks. on fbi leadership. >> he's making the point that we need to make sure there was no bias.

i think there's concerns about whether there was or was not. >> this is the bill right here. and we're very proud of it. >> reporter: trump still riding high after signing the gop tax bill into law. now on to infrastructure, the border wall and health care tweeting, democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great, new health care plan. the president reaching a new milestone. he spent more than 100 days this year at one of his properties, nearly a third of his presidency. obamacare repeal is a claim he's been making since he signed the tax law. which does eliminate the individual mandate requiring health insurance. but key parts of the affordable care act are still in effect. 9 million signed up this year. there's work happening, at least in the senate, to stabilize markets and keep those premiums from rising. kenneth moten, abc news, west palm beach, florida. >> thanks, kenneth. and a new report finds the justice department has a systemic problem when it comes to mishandling sexual harassment cases within its ranks. according to the "washington post," the department's inspector general found some were not properly disciplined and were still allowed to receive awards and bonuses.

some complaints were against senior justice officials, including top officials accused of groping. the inspector general is calling for high-level action to resolve the issue. and the weather outside is frightful. >> yes. >> it's actually posing an extra challenge for people traveling this holiday week and it's not getting any easier. >> not delightful. a snow emergency has been declared in erie, pennsylvania, where more than five feet of snow has fallen since christmas eve and there's more falling now. >> hundreds of crashes are being reported, including this one on interstate 70 in kansas that left four people dead. the pickup skidded and went off a bridge. >> meanwhile to the north, 21 degrees below zero in duluth, minnesota, causing fog to form over lake superior. quite a scene there. let's get the forecast from paul williams. >> good morning, diane, ron. snow squalls, deadly amounts coming off the lakes. we recorded over 60 that came right off of lake erie alone and ontario with biting winds and

blowing snow throughout the northeast. gripping, harsh cold and cold air spilling from southern portions of canada dropping the windchill to 40 below or worse. in the deep south we'll start out with occasional rain on wednesday and that's going to slow down and brace for it to turn into ice. arctic air combining with the icy mix along the northwest corridor. as we go through the latter part of the week, arctic cold is going to create more snow showers through the northern part of the country for a snow threat. friday into saturday and for new years eve, reinforcing cold. >> thank you. and a security scare at a mall in memphis, tennessee. gunshots were fired outside of the wolf chase galleria. the shooting apparently stemmed from a fight inside the mall. three people were wounded. the injuries were described as non-life threatening. and the fight and the gunfire sent shoppers fleeing in panic. no word yet on what started that fight. four people have been arrested. and after more than a year and a half, the husband of a murdered fitness instructor says

she is no longer searching for her wife's murderer. terry beavers was found dead in a north texas church where she had been setting up for a fitness class. she had multiple puncture wounds. surveillance video showed the suspect walking through the church wearing a vest with the word "police" on it. now brandon beavers says he is ending the search for the killer for the sake of his children. and revelers beware. unprecedented security measures are coming to times square. this new year's eve. with two terror attacks in new york since halloween, efforts are being taken to avert another one. parking garages will be getting increased scrutiny along with large rental truck locations. city officials emphasize that to credible threat has been found. and a major department store chains are getting good news from wall street. stock prices are up this morning after a report found that americans spent big this holiday season increasing year-end sales by about 5%.

and the shopping frenzy isn't over yet. abc's erielle reshef has more. >> reporter: a merry and much-needed boost for retailers. holiday sales up 4.9%, the highest since 2011. anything on sale? >> everything's on sale. >> reporter: a welcome gift for brick and mortar companies like gap, macy's and toys "r" us. all naming store closures this year. this as online shopping is up 18%. people are feeling way better about the economy than they have in years past, and they are wanting to show that by spending their money. and now the rush to return. $90 billion worth of gifts expected to go back to vendors over the holiday season. >> people want to do returns. i exchanged one bag for the other, and i actually got some money back. >> reporter: experts predict more than half of americans will do some post-holiday shopping. >> now we see there are deals we'll make some purchases, yes. >> reporter: and consumers turning out in droves, some braving sub zero conditions in nois looking to snag great deals. stores such as banana republic,

old navy. you're seeing discounts of up to 74%. >> reporter: the trend of buying online and picking up in stores is more popular than ever. it could revolutionize the way we shop in the future. erielle reshef, abc news, new york. and from the wild world of sports, three days after getting cut by the pittsburgh steelers, james harrison has a somewhat familiar home, with the steelers rivals, the new england patriots. the team's all-time sack leader, 39 years of age signed a one-year deal with the pats saying finally, a teammate that is older than me. brady of course is 40 years of age. the steelers and patriots may be on a collision course for the afc championship with each clenching first-round byes. and now a story that caused a little commotion on set today and has led to trash talking on

twitter. kevin durant was all over lebron james at the end of the cavaliers/warriors game. and no foul was called. >> and the warriors ended up winning. a lot of people saying that fouls should been called on k.d. after the game, a reporter asked about the twitter debate that the non-calls sparked. durant's response? take a listen. >> keep that [ bleep ] on twitter. >> boom. >> keep that on twitter. keep it on twitter, man. >> the controversy, though, wasn't just on twitter, keep in mind. >> the nba now admits that lebron james was fouled on two of his crucial drives at the end of that game. they also say lebron should have been called as well. >> ah, touché. boom. no blood, no foul. coming up, the beginning of the end for college football season. >> a look ahead at the biggest bowl battles and why diane is on

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♪ ♪ i'm layin' back, catching my -- >> oh, okay. >> time now for college football. bowl season kicking it off today or picking it up today with four big bowl games. >> yeah, baby. one of them involves my alma mater, the eagles are taking on iowa, in the pinstripe bowl, and i will be there to watch in person. >> the eagle flies on wednesday. >> eagles on the war path, ooh, ahh. >> who's this guy? >> i don't know. i'm trying not to go to him. >> that's all right. everyone --

>> i'm just going to say, i did not approve this analysis. this is biassed in your notre dame sweatshirt. >> that's what you get when you invite a notre dame fan to analyze a boston college bowl game, but let's do it. the second place catholics just can't get over it, iowa, 7-5. they started 3-0. then a shocking defeat to penn state. >> yeah. >> surrendered the whole nine yards. they had ups and downs in their season, but the high point was a 55-24 hammering of ohio state. next, the "o." >> whatever. >> a really good ohio state team. this was the loss that basically kept ohio state out of the college football playoff. hawkeyes, they've won four straight games against members of the acc. >> i guess that's progressive an a little. >> if iowa wins today. >> which they won't.

>> but if they do, 143rd victory, which will tie him for the most all time in the program. >> oh. >> which brings us to boston college, and it looked like a rough season on chestnut hill, diane. >> what? what? >> summed up early in november when notre dame came to town. >> i don't think we need to talk about this. >> here comes josh adams, 49-20, irish in that one. that was fun. >> a really good team at that time. >> at that time. >> they lost the following week to clemson, and you're thinking ah-oh. then. >> no. >> boston college righted the ship. >> ah, now we're talkin'. >> including a friday night for the ages. >> excellent analysis, jack. >> at home against florida state. boston college, 35, florida state 3. >> see that? >> florida state was like a high

school team this year, but nonetheless. boston college coming in hot. >> yeah, baby. >> 36 points a game. >> see that? >> this is the first time these two teams have met, the eighth time the pinstripe bowl is played, the first time for iowa, second for bc, so they know how to get here. a couple of 7-5 teams. iowa has lost five straight bowl games. the past three not even close. let's make it six! boston college. >> ooh. >> 28. >> you're going close. >> iowa 27. >> like two and a half point favorite. >> they are indeed. >> but bc has the momentum. we're going to do this. we got this. >> both teams are going to run the football and the irish will show them how to do it next november. >> that's not important. we're not talking about notre dame. >> analyst out. >> iowa's going to win that game! >> hey! no one asked you. you're not the analyst. what is going -- i have a mutiny on my hands. >> let me know what happens. >> you're going to freeze out there. >> eagles on the warpath, ooh, ah. thanks, jack. coming up. >> 28-14 hawkeyes. go ahead. >> nobody asked you. >> something there for you to read. >> will smith on who he would want to play in a "fresh prince"

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♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny skinny time. and we've got an interesting headline from across the pond starting us off this morning. >> there's a new report that says the british government does not want prince harry to invite the obamas to his wedding because of the current president. >> according to the "sun." they intended on inviting barak and michelle obama. but they are afraid president trump would be offended. >> they just recently recorded a pod cast for the bbc. so it will be interesting. >> i had the same problem when i was planning my wedding. does that mean two more seats open up? which means, know what i'm saying? next, it's in may, a headline that startled diane regarding will smith. >> he says he can't bring himself to watch his iconic performance.

no, not ali. >> not concussion. >> no, the fresh prince of bel-air. you can see him mouth his fellow actors live in the first five episodes. and he says it's quote, terrible. >> he also says if there were ever a reboot of the '90s tv series, he would have to play uncle phil. >> he also posted fun clips of himself and his wife jade and the kids have be some fun christmas fun trying to remember lines to a classic. ♪ on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me ♪ ♪ 11 lizards licking ♪ something leaping ♪ on the 12th day of christmas

♪ my true love gave to me ♪ 12 ♪ 12 ♪ 12 ♪ 12 twins atwerking >> that's a new version. i guess he was better at remembering all those fresh prince lines than he was remembering the "12 days of christmas". i think we've all had that issue when trying to sing "the 12 days of christmas". we do remember all the words to the theme song of "the fresh prince." ♪ in west philadelphia born and raised ♪ ♪ on the playground where i spent most of my days ♪ ♪ chilling out, relaxing all cool ♪ >> whoa! ♪ outside of the school ♪ when a couple of guys ♪ who were up to no good ♪ started making trouble ♪ in my neighborhood. ♪ i got one little fight ♪ my mama got scared ♪ ♪ she said you're moving with your auntie and uncle in bel air ♪ ♪ i whistled for a cab and when it came near ♪ she said you're moving with your auntie and uncle in bel air ♪

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♪ this half hour -- >> what? i like that song. >> you're distracting me from reading that, the words there. >> sorry. the story of a man who's been able to craft some of the biggest events in the world. >> he's hung out with celebrities, athletes, world leaders, appearing to live the dream. but as adrian bankert tells us, he was actually -- >> living a lie. >> that was my line. >> reporter: a star-studded award show, driving in the presidential motorcade. behind the walls of russia's kremlin. some of the most exclusive and secure places in the world. but for craig schnell, they were a challenge. >> being in places i didn't belong was that escape. it was, i didn't have to be me. when i was there i was a rock

star. when i was inside russia walking around selling my jeans, i was a world traveler. when i was driving for president reagan and his motorcade, i was a diplomat. and i didn't have to feel me. >> reporter: in his new book "the uninvited", how i crashed my way into finding myself, he shares stories from his teens and 20s where he frequently talked himself into places he didn't belong. >> the most exciting place was the grammy awards, 1988. >> reporter: taking him to many events, including that grammy stage. >> there i was standing at center stage before a packed house and a worldwide television audience. ♪ >> reporter: but schnell says his antics were really a cry for help. >> i was spiraling out of control. all the drugs, all the alcohol wouldn't have satisfied my first for self approval.

>> reporter: he got sober with the support of his family and a doctor in new york. >> i changed my life, i started to do esteemable acts, i started to be a man of honor and integrity. >> reporter: now 27 years later, he's hoping his story inspires others and helps others. >> i want to help people who are lost to find some type of hope that you can change your life. >> reporter: adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >> uninvited. it's like a party crasher's version of "catch me if you can." if he could write some tips for us on how to crash the parties, we wouldn't mind that as well. >> it's amazing what you can do by pretending you belong. >> we're glad he got some help and the story has a happy ending. and that's it for this half hour. check us out at wnnfans.com.

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