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doing their jobs. >> we knew we had to get those kids out because of the fire. so we followed our instincts. >> the diver of the car was cited for reckless driving, but really gives you the point of view of that rescue effort there. a manhunt is under way for a man who escaped from a jail in georgia while guards thought he was taking a shower. he used a metal rod to knock out part of the shower wall and squeezed his way through the opening to get outside. he then fled through a hole in a fence and drove away in a county van. >> wow. >> his name is christopher carroll. he been in custody for driving a stolen car and trying to take an officer's weapon. he's been a bit of an escape artist in his life. and there you go, macgyver in prison. now a california couple

arrested for starting a unique delivery service. >> we know amazon's still working ong drone delivery. but this couple figured that out to drop off drugs. rob mcmillan has more. >> reporter: riverside police say they really haven't seen anything like this before. neither have neighbors. >> i heard amazon doing delivery with drones, never heard of drug users using drones. >> reporter: benjamin and ashley face felony drug charges, allegedly using a drone to deal drugs. >> our detectives did go out there and conducted surveillance. which they do a lot of times when they get tips. and sure enough, they saw this drone flying and what appeared to be this drone dropping or leaving some possible narcotics in a parking lot. >> reporter: they're also facing felony child endangerment charges because their 9-year-old daughter was inside the home, along with meth, candies laced with lsd and fentanyl in powder form. >> a lot of the narcotics were found spread throughout the house. a lot of it in one particular room or bedroom that this girl has access to. >> she was afraid. she didn't know what to say.

and that was her dad. what do you say against your dad? >> reporter: jaclyn is the child's mother. she now has custody of her daughter. she says they've been trying to get sole custody of her child for seven years. >> during the divorce, i wanted him to go through drug rehab, supervised visitation, and that was all thrown out by the judge. >> reporter: as for using a drone to deliver drugs, the family of the 9-year-old girl was just as shocked. >> she never really saw packages on it, but he would fly it all the time. >> i haven't seen the drone because i'm in a different city, but creative. >> creative, yes. got to give them that. so police and neighbors say a lot of those deals went down in a church parking lot near the house. >> even more -- >> they would drop off the drugs that way, the buyer then would chuck the money onto their front lawn. >> wow. >> they would have gone into the amazon business and they're ahead of the game. the elon -- >> use your powers for good. >> exactly. the elon musk of drug dealing,

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♪ all right, so you hear it there, leading off "the skinny," our first look at the revival of "roseanne." >> i don't know why i do the air guitar. it's clearly saxophone. the tv sear ears -- series is finally coming back. the new show pokes fun at how it ended in 1997. >> connor family does not win the lottery, and it's revealed that roseanne's husband dan, played by john goodman, of course had died from the heart attack that he suffered. >> except according to the new teaser, we're not sure. did dan really die? >> how's the basketball game? >> stoked. >> in '96, '97, they would have beat these guys anytime.

>> you can't live in the past, dan. when things are gone, they're gone forever. >> that's all you get. >> there you have it. but it certainly looks like dan is alive. >> somehow. >> he's more alive than that filthy couch they brought back. >> i like the quilt is still hanging there. >> it is still there. we're going to get to see the whole connor family when the series premieres on march 27th. we've got to wait till then. the dvr doesn't even go that far in the schedule. >> something tells me they'll drop a few more promos to remind us. next to another near death experience. bono tells "rolling stone" in a new interview he almost died. >> but the only thing is, he didn't exactly say how. >> minor details. >> he referred to the experience as an extinction event. that he finds hard to discuss, but he, here's what he did reveal. it could be psychological or it could be physical.

and yes, it was physical for me, but i think i have spared myself all that soap opera. i want to speak about the issue in a way that lets people fill in the blank of what they have been through, you know? >> huh? >> that's my bono voice. >> i don't get it. >> except there were a lot of blanks, because that was really all he revealed. i have no idea, maybe because my bono impersonation wasn't very good. >> we do know bono hurt himself in a cycling accident a few years ago in central park, though he seemed reluctant to say anything more about that either. he said people have to deal with so much worse. so he doesn't want to relate his experience to anyone else. >> to anybody else's situation. >> so, again, what we know, bono says he almost died, but he doesn't want to talk about it. so that's why he talked about it. >> uh-huh. >> because he doesn't want to talk about it. >> nice.

lebron james is talking. >> i don't want to talk about it. >> he may be the best basketball player ever, and he finally seems over it. >> we saw him get fouled, some say, with no call, losing the christmas game against the warriors, but he didn't seem too bothered by that and now we may know why. >> he has other skills he's working on, like designing fashion. yesterday nike revealed the new alternate cleveland cavaliers uniforms designed by lebron. they're gray and yellow, and instead of the city or team name on the chest it reads simply, "the land." >> let's see what lebron thinks of all his handiwork. >> they're phenomenal. i was happy to be a part of it. i'm looking forward to wearing the land uniforms in the land. >> the land is the nickname for cleveland that lebron coined in 2014 when he returned home to ohio after taking his talent to south beach, but it could also

be used for la la land, which is probably where he's going to be playing next year. >> i don't think that's what he meant. no? >> i think he meant cleveland. >> easy. ing next year. >> i don't think that's what he meant.

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♪ ♪ round and round ♪ ♪ round and round ♪ what comes around goes around ♪ >> comes around and goes around is right. mark twain once said there's no such thing as a new idea. and if you look at pop culture, that seems true. >> i love that we're quoting mark twain. >> culture. >> music and fashion are giving nods to the past. and in hollywood, the throwback reigns supreme. >> reporter: the dialed stars and shows you loved once are making a come back in 2017. the throwback so good changing the channel is like stepping back in time.

>> they said this would never happen. >> reporter: millennial favorites like "the magic school bus" and "duck tales" are back in american homes again. >> right now sweet remote and we're going to watch '90s shows. >> reporter: and the four friends who redefined the modern family -- >> some people are so excited for it to come back. >> reporter: are back and taking on politics in prime time. >> don't you know that donnie is one of my oldest friends? i helped him pick out melania. >> reporter: "baywatch" rebooted for the big screen. >> you see it, too? >> reporter: proving that this tank is timeless. and the '80s thriller "it" is scarier than ever and smashing box office records. >> take it. >> reporter: but the biggest

come back of all, those fashions that we swore were gone for good. >> trends from the '90s that are coming back. some never went away, like a jeri curl. >> reporter: velvet, overalls, doc martins and chokers have been spotted on the biggest stars this year. >> sometimes things get so crazy you just want to go back to a simpler time. >> reporter: vinyl sales are skyrocketing and paper backs are popular. and for the first time since that infamous wardrobe malfunction, justin timberlake will rock the super bowl. >> he's going to find a way to bring janet back. girlfriend lookin' good. >> janet just ended her world tour, by the way. and i think she's available. >> mark twain said never tell the truth to people who aren't worthy of it. you are my favorite co-anchor.

good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following on "world news now." from snow to bitter cold. frigid temperatures are sweeping, and wind chills. far below zero icing over that record amount of snow already on the ground. a new development in the russia investigation. president trump's legal team is reportedly preparing a new strategy when it comes to defending the administration from former national security adviser michael flynn. he of course is cooperating with the special counsel probe. and judge roy moore has file add complaint to delay certifying the election results two weeks after losing the race for senate. he has refused to concede to democrat doug jones. he now claims experts are almost certain that election fraud

occurred. and people who can't wait to see 2017 come to an end have an early chance to say good-bye. the annual good riddance day in new york city gave people a chance to destroy their memories of 2017 with a giant paper shredder. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, december 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it's great. but is there a limit on how much? >> they're going to show up. >> i'm ready! i'm ready, everybody. >> a giant stack. >> everybody's waiting in line behind you. >> it will just take a minute, it's all right. it's been a bad year. all right, we'll try to focus on the positive, looking back at 2017 and ahead to 2018, but right now we have to start out with bad news for those who don't like the cold. and arctic blast is making it bitterly cold across the great lakes states.

>> lake-effect snow falling in pennsylvania and new york is coming to an end, that's the good news. but frigid wind chills are set to grip the northeast. and the midwest, plunging to 30 below zero in some places. there goes the forecast. >> in the meantime, the day's long digout continues for areas that got more than 60 inches of snow. you can imagine that will be more challenging with the cold coming in. abc's richard cantu has more. >> it's freezing. i feel like icicles are hitting my face right now. >> reporter: from the northern plains to the midwest and new england. a blast of cold air has temperatures doing a nosedive in many places, highs will barely make it out of the teens or single digits. and the lows expected well below zero. >> i've lived here my whole life and not seen it for a couple of years here. we really got hit this year. >> reporter: oswego, new york under a state of emergency getting a record-shattering 62 inches of snow. in nearby jefferson county, firefighters tunneled their way into this home to rescue a woman trapped inside. and in erie, pennsylvania,

residents dealing with 65 inches plus of powder. in minnesota, the brutal cold turned minnehaha falls into an ice scape. and in wisconsin, the coast guard was out breaking ice in green bay. this plane skidded off a runway in michigan city, indiana. no one was hurt. while conditions on the road this holiday week turned dangerous, the system responsible for fatal accidents in kansas and missouri. and with all the teeth-chattering cold locked in place for days to come some now dreaming of warmer places. >> it's outrageous. hopeless. >> reporter: richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> i finally realized when i went to school at oswego, why at this time of year you don't have classes.

it's so cold. >> it's too cold to set foot outside. let's move to president trump's legal team which is reportedly shifting to a new strategy when it comes to former national security adviser michael flynn. sources tell the "washington post" the president's lawyers plan to attack his credibility and depict him as a liar. he has already pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. he is cooperating with robert mueller. in the investigation into russian meddling. israel is planning to honor president trump by naming a train station after him. it will be part of a new tunnel running under jerusalem's old city, expanding a high-speed line from tel aviv to the

western wall. it comes after the u.s. changed policy to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the station named after him will be right there at the wall. and many homeowners are rushing to pay their property tax. before the new tax law goes into effect next week. but for many the effort may not pay off. they're lining up in high-tax states in hopes of making the most of the old deductions before they disappear. the new law limits them and caps them at a combined $10,000. >> i'm very upset. i'm upset how it's going to affect the value of our home. >> we've been itemizing for 15 or 20 years. so not being able to do so is going to be extremely challenging. >> the irs has issued a notice warning that the prepaying your taxes strategy will only be beneficial under certain circumstances. your taxes must be assessed this year and you would have to receive a bill in 2017, not just an estimate. and overseas, at least ten people have been injured after an explosion inside a supermarket in st. petersburg russia. russian president putin has just declared it a terror attack. they say the device was rigged with shrapnel to cause more damage and contained the equivalent of 200 grams of tnt. it comes ten days after vladimir putin called president trump to

thank him for a tip that prevented a terror attack in the same city. >> back here at home, a 5-year-old girl and 11-year-old brother are found dead in a basement in new york state. police are calling it an act of savagery. two women ages 22 and 36 were also found in the apartment in a quiet neighborhood outside of albany in troy. the women were in a relationship. no suspects have been named, but police say the family was likely targeted. they're asking anyone with information to come forward. many supermarkets deliver. but a mom to be wound up leaving her own delivery. at her local store. >> that's one way of putting it. she walked into a store in fresno to buy a soda. and you can see she collapses at a table and starts screaming in pain. >> minutes later, her baby was on the way, much to the surprise of the store's owner. >> so then i started like listening to her screaming, so then i came to the -- i was like, what's going on?

she was like bending oh, my god, oh, my god, i'm having my baby. >> wow. >> the store's workers stepped in to help. the butcher used his apron to catch the newborn. look at that! the store owner cut child's umbilical cord right there. >> oh, everyone pitched in to help. the baby boy was purple. so another worker ran home, got a suction syringe to clear the baby's airway. >> are you kidding me? >> and they saved the day. >> holy cow. >> they say customers have been dropping off items to the store as gifts. >> people say bad things about "grey's anatomy", but that teaches you right there. >> suction! >> i'm going to run down and get this. >> teamwork, teamwork. coming up, the new details in the miss america e-mail

scandal. >> and we'll tell you who the organization is enlisting to help find new leadership. and our resident party planner is here with tips on how to spend less time preparing and more time partying. first here's a look at today's temps. "world news now" weather, brought to you by mypillow. w.

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we're getting some news now about the houston astros world series celebration. one of their coaches nearly died. rich dower suffered bleeding in his brain just after the team's championship parade last month. the 65-year-old slipped and hit his head the night before. he collapsed while riding on a float. he had only a 3% chance of survival but has now recovered. in a case that his doctors are calling miraculous. the miss america organization tarnished by a recent e-mail scandal is looking to the past to form its future. it plans to enlist former winners to help select new leaders. in e-mails published last week

pageant officials ridiculed the contestants. that led to the resignation of several top leaders. they will recommend members for a search committee. now to the mid-air security scare. passengers have finally arrived in tokyo after their flight made a u-turn back to l.a.x. >> the crew realized a passenger had boarded the wrong plane and there are questions now about the pilot's response. matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating how a pair of brothers with a single boarding pass got on the flight. from los angeles to tokyo. the mistake only detected 2,000 miles into the flight when a head count revealed the extra passenger. you can see the flight's boomerang path leaving l.a.x. at about noon and hooking right back to l.a.x. arriving just

after 7:30. the all nippon airways flight sequestered in a secure part of the airport discovered that a pair of brothers with nearly identical names allegedly used the same boarding pass. one of them did have the legitimate ticket for flight 175 while the other had a real ticket to tokyo also but with a partner airline, united. >> thank you so much for taking me on this awesome vacation, babe. >> welcome to los angeles. >> reporter: one of the passengers on board, a very bemused super model, chrissy teigen. she was traveling with her husband john legend, tweeting why did we all get punished for this one person's mistake. why not just land in tokyo and send the other person back? how is this the better idea, you ask? we all have the same questions. the airline partially answering that question in a statement as part of the airline security procedure, the pilot in command decided to return to the originating airport. where the passenger was disembarked. ultimately, it would cost

passengers a extra eight hours in the air and a total delay of over 15 hours. >> we're mostly tired and pretty angry. >> reporter: the fbi still hasn't decided whether or not to press charges against these two brothers. but facing stiff questions will be the airline. ana has to explain how it allowed a passenger on board with a duplicate boarding card and why it didn't conduct an accurate head count with the passengers on board before the airline was well under way. they could face significant fines. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> but beyond the fines, it cost an airline like that upwards of $150,000 just to turn a flight around like that, including the fuel costs as well as many other issues they have to deal with. how to spend more time partying than prepping. >> we have hacks that will make diane jealous. and later the prince and his pal, the former president. we'll hear harry's response when he's asked whether he's inviting the obamas to his wedding.

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♪ all right, so the big night is ♪ all right, so the big night is almost here, but there's still time to plan a new year's eve party that you'll hopefully remember. tim laird, america's ceo, chief entertaining officer, of course, is here with his latest ideas. based on some of the alcohol i see here, i don't know that you'll necessarily remember the party, but -- >> absolutely. if it's a new year's eve party, it's about the champagne. and what i tell people, a couple things you want to look for is if it says methode champenoise, that's in the french style where the second fermentation goes through. it's a more expensive process. you don't have to spend a lot of money, brands like korbel. >> it's about $15. >> and there's two styles. brut, and if you want a little sweeter go dry.

>> which is better for mimosas in the morning? >> i go with extra dry, a little sweeter. and for drinking, i like the drier. part of champagne is opening. everybody gets a little nervous about that, because the cork can go flying, chandeliers break. quick, easy steps on how to properly open it so nothing will spill. first of all, take down the wire cage, six half turns, one, two, three, four, five, six. okay. and then you release the cage. and then you want to make sure it's properly chilled. >> even if you have a pro,

though, you feel as if -- >> oh, i know. but the key is chill it properly, which is four hours minimum in the refrigerator, if it was warm, the cork would go flying. hold the bottle or hold the cork and turn the bottle. because a lot of people try to pry off the cork. that's what's going to make it fly off there. hold the cork, turning the bottle ever so slowly and you want a slight sigh, not really that loud pop. >> we want the pop. go for the pop. >> if you're in the locker room celebrating your win. 45 degree angle, perfect. >> is it true you're supposed to shake it up first and then open it up. >> if you're celebrating your big win. >> should we go ahead now? >> a couple classic cocktails. this is the classic champagne cocktail, which is a sugar cube with bitters on it. a second one is known as a kier royale, and that's a little of

the korbel brut with the raspberry. i set up a champagne station where i have all my juices set out and then your guest can build it themselves. >> they can do whatever they want. >> garnish wise or juice wise. and then i'll tell you what goes great with champagne are these crispy crab appetizers, and they're really easy to make. it starts out with a little cream cheese. to that i put in lump crab meat that goes in. you want to give that a quick little stir. a little scallions goes in. a little bit of lemon juice. >> uh-huh. >> a little hot sauce, not much, just a little to give it a little kick. a little worcestershire sauce. and a little horse radish. just another little kick. and then finally, a little seafood seasoning.

>> there's a little of a lot in here. >> now when that's all mixed up properly, you buy these phyllo dough shells, put them in there in the oven and you've got these crispy appetizers. make them ahead of time. when your guests get there, put them in the oven and you have warm appetizers. it goes perfect with the champagne. it's great for the holidays. so one of those wonderful things. i love ringing in the new year. this is a fun way to do it. >> absolutely. >> let's do a little cheers. >> cheers, everybody. >> all the best. >> of course you can find more from tim on our website at wnnfans.com. stay with us. you're watching "world news now." i'll just dig in straight from

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♪ ♪ there you see pete susa's book about president obama. we have the story of two dudes, one named harry and the other barry. well, barack. >> molly hunter has more. >> reporter: in his very first interview since leaving office, former president barack obama sits down with his friend prince harry, guest hosting a bbc radio show, the young royal fired away.

>> i'll interview you. >> let's keep it this way. what's different about your mornings? >> i wake up later. but the things that are important to me haven't changed. >> reporter: and the important things barack obama said need to stay constant to stay rock solid. >> you go back to the 20th of january 2017, what was going through your mind? >> the first thing that was going through my mind was sitting across from michelle how thankful i was that she had been my partner through that whole process. >> reporter: perhaps a little encouragement for harry who has introduced his partner to public life. and a lightning round. >> boxers or briefs.

>> we don't answer those questions. >> reporter: harry or william? >> william right now. >> reporter: queen or the queen? >> the queen. >> good answer again. >> "suits" or "the good wife"? >> "suits", obviously. >> reporter: and a quick chat. >> it was your future wife's first christmas with the in-laws, how was it? >> it was fantastic. she really enjoyed it. the family loved having her there. >> reporter: the next question, will obama be invited to the big wedding next year? >> wouldn't want to ruin that surprise. >> reporter: they have five months to sort out that guest list. >> the big question he asked the former president, lebron or michael jordan. >> ooh, michael, of course. >> he said i'm a chicago guy, so i have to say michael of course. >> for you, kate or meghan. >> i can't choose. >> you have a choice. >> no, i don't. >> i got to go meghan, she's an american. >> harry or william? >> harry, he's marrying an american. n american. >> harry or william? >> harry, he's marrying an american.

this morning on "world news now," the dangerous, bitter cold gripping many parts of the country as we head into the new year. >> record snowfall with more than five feet in some places. that snow is burying homes. the national guard even showed up to help people dig out. travel is treacherous for millions out there. we have the new forecast details, ahead. a major power outage leaves people stranded on rides for hours at disneyland during the height of the busy holiday week. this morning, what's being blamed for the outage. digital addiction? are cell phones, digital media overtaking your life? some in congress are wondering if people are deliberately building products to get you hooked. and we're not always sure what we're doing here every night, but it sure beats working for a living, right? we look back at the wacky,

weird, strange moments. jump on it. >> there were many. >> there were many as we look back. it is thursday, december 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i forgot about me trying to slip dollar bills while you and jeff timmons were dancing. all right. so we're in for an eventful show. >> that explains why there are place i'm still pulling dollar bills out of months later. >> we will get to that later. but we're going to start with the record snowfall and bitter cold affecting millions of americans. >> boston college, you don't have a claim of fame like this, but my alma mater does. we are under a state of emergency, yes! >> yes, we go! >> go oswego! the mayor of oswego basically

said "uncle." the area received five feet of snow. that's actually the clock tower there on campus. erie, pennsylvania set a record with more than 65 inches of snow. >> so driving has been a nightmare in that area for most of the week. whiteout conditions have been common. dozens of cars are stranded. and as bone-chilling temperatures come in, things are about to get worse. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: with much of the country in a deep freeze, the great lakes are battling a record-breaking bitter onslaught of snow. oswego county, new york, now under a state of emergency. redfield getting a record-shattering 62 inches of snow. >> this was a little too early compared to what we normally get. can't do nothing about it. move it. >> reporter: in lorraine, new york, firefighters tunneling their way into this home to rescue a woman trapped inside. residents struggling to dig out and crews struggling to keep the roads passable.

>> it's coming at times faster than we can keep up with it. >> reporter: in erie, 65 inches of snow and still coming down. nassier aldumani spent most of the day digging out his family's two cars, trying to keep up with mother nature this week he says a losing battle. >> we're enjoying the snow, the best way we can put it. >> reporter: crews coming as far away as pittsburgh and the national guard called in too. they're dealing with mounds of snow that turn out to be cars buried in. owners unable to get to them. icy roads causing more than 40 accidents in kansas city alone. in michigan city, indiana, this plane skidding off a runway. luckily, no one was hurt. then there's bone-chilling cold. resident wearing winter gear indoors after 40,000 people in cleveland lost power. >> this is the stuff that makes you stronger. i just keep on telling myself that. >> reporter: warming shelters opened from chicago to boston. it felt like 21 below in some spots. that brutal cold turning

minnehaha falls into a frosty ice scape. erie usually sees about a hundred inches of snow all winter. so far, they've gotten 102 inches in december alone. as for what happens for these massive mounds like this one piling up all over town, officials here say they haven't gotten to that point yet. clearly a long road ahead here. alex perez, abc news, erie, pennsylvania. >> just in case you need boots, the dsw apparently looks open behind alex. so the extreme cold in the northeast will be forcing people to bundle up in new york's times square. >> so crews have installed the 288 crystal triangles to ring in 2018. and justin povick is here with the bad news. >> bitterly cold temperatures for maine as we work into friday in the northeast. today is going to be quite intense as well.

in fact, take a look at how cold it's going to feel. we're talking about minus 20 to minus 30 degrees even into portions of the midday hours. damp conditions over the southeast with the potential for a little bit of freezing precipitation on the northern fringe, and take a look at how cold it's going to feel heading into new year's eve. kendis, diane. >> no fun, justin. thanks. and roy moore has filed a complaint to delay election results until a voter fraud investigation is conducted. moore says he filed that complaint to preserve evidence of the alleged fraud. he has refused to concede the race even after president trump congratulated doug jones on the win. according to moore, three experts claim they've seen evidence of irregularities that may indicate election fraud. alabama's attorney general is expected to make a decision on the certification today. president trump's former campaign manager, corey

lewandowski, is facing a sexual assault complaint filed by joy villa who wore a make america great again dress. she claims he slapped her twice on the backside when she posed for a picture at a party. he says he's going to let the process go forward. we're getting a gripping new account of the panic that erupted following that deadly train derailment in seattle last week. the investigation could take more than a year, but newly-released 911 calls reveal the desperate cries for help. >> hello? hello? >> yes, this is 911. >> i'm on the train, i'm on the train from tacoma, we just crashed. >> do you need medical air? >> we're probably going to need some medical aid for a lot of people. we're trying to get out. >> reporter: newly-released 911

calls revealing chaos, confusion and courage after that train tumbled off the interstate 5 bridge in dupont, washington. >> there's bodies laid everywhere. >> reporter: some of the injured pinned under the wreckage. >> i'm on the train, i'm physically on the train. hang on. i'm going to get help, i promise. >> reporter: one driver caught in a cloud of mud and dirt. >> i think there's been a mudslide or something on i-5. my car got hit. i can't go anywhere. >> deep breaths. stay on the phone with me. >> reporter: inside the train panic as a mother helps her badly-injured 14 year old son. >> stay with me. >> i completely understand. >> reporter: that operator coaching her every step of the way. >> can you hear me? i want you to take the cloth and i want you to put it on your son's injury. >> reporter: investigators are looking into why this train was traveling nearly 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour curve when it crashed, killing three people. the this on its maiden trip from seattle to portland. marcus moore, abc news, dallas. and the power is back at

disneyland's theme park in anaheim, california, after a massive outage at toontown and fantasy land stranded visitors on about a dozen rides including the monorail. disney blamed a transformer malfunction. and we have good news and bad news about the powerball jackpot. there was no big winner. saturday's jackpot is growing to $384 million. >> so there's plenty of chances. the jackpot, $309 million. this is only the second time that lottery players in the u.s. have had two chances to win jackpots exceeding $300 million. the odds of winning both, 1 in 75 quadrillion. >> is that a real term? >> it sounds like something out of austin powers. >> it does. and lottery officials in

south carolina have some explaining to do. >> yeah. many people who won the state's atta play game thought they won the top prize of $500. but when they went to claim it, they got an error message. >> awkward. a computer glitch caused more people to win than should have been allowed. as you can imagine, those winners aren't happy to hear that. >> i feel like i spent my real money to win monopoly money. >> a lottery spokesperson says the computer error is under investigation. they hope to have more information tomorrow. meanwhile, officials are telling people who played the game during a two-hour time on monday to hold onto those tickets for now. >> might have a lawsuit. who knows. coming up, how technology is fueling a new type of addiction. many teenagers are unable to put down their phones and now social media companies are admitting they're trying to get you hooked. and later, the moment we've been nervous for. >> i forgot about that. >> all the strange and silly moments from the past year right here on "world news now." >> we can determine that i'm a better singer than you are. >> what? not a chance. >> this is really the moment for you to sing bye felicia to 2017. >> stick around. we'll be right back.

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companies may be doing -- oh, adrienne bankert has the story. i just got an update. >> reporter: on the other side of the multi-billion dollar world of gaming and social media are faces like brooke's. 15 years old and a self-professed recovering social media addict. >> i always waited and waited and waited for someone to reply. it was like my heart, i couldn't put it down. >> reporter: her parents stay it was a knock down dragout fight to get it out of her hand. brook received treatment at an addiction center, but she's not alone. the world health organization poised to sound an alarm. listed among obsessive compulsive disorders and substance abuse as some on capitol hill ask if certain companies are deliberately trying to get consumers hooked. even former facebook president sean parker, who justin timberlake played in the movie

"the social network," says was built to be addictive. >> the process was all about how do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible. it's a social validation feedback loop because you're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. >> reporter: psychologists say devices we carry with us help connect us all the time and isolate us. >> when you're not online you feel like a part of your social life is going on without you. that's hard for kids to resist. >> reporter: adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> thanks, adrienne. we know we're addicted to it. >> there's a great app called moment that breaks down all your use. eye opening, highly recommend. >> that's my new addiction. coming up, we'll count down to 2018 looking back at the wildest and weirdest moments from 2017. >> you won't get addicted to us. after seeing this. that's next on "world news now." "world news now." 2017.

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it might have been a long december, but i'll tell you. the year has certainly flown by for us here at "world news now." >> that's because we got to bring you the news every day but have a lot of crazy along the side. >> a little too much. >> let's take a look back at some of the lighter moments for us. your eyes will not be able to unsee it. >> we have breaking news. >> it is national dance day. ♪ ♪ be my, be my, be me little baby ♪ ♪ >> you don't know this, but my pants actually rip off. >> yes, i think we might have seen one of these shows before. ♪ no diggity ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

>> eventually manage to come together and do this for a while. ♪ >> i'm stoked. >> color inside the lines. >> that was kind of creepy. ♪ ♪ >> you can't have fun and not get slimed. >> are you kidding me? >> whoo-hoo! >> merry christmas, everybody. >> there you go. let's just go full on. >> that whole thing. >> there you go. there you go. >> nice. >> yep. >> yes! >> i present to you -- >> look at that. >> $425 jeans. >> there you go.

>> you have to talk your socks off! >> wait, nobody said about taking off the socks. isn't that part of them? >> check it out. ♪ time of my life ♪ i've never felt this way before ♪ ♪ yes, i swear >> surprise! there is no picnic. it's time to work out, man. let's go. >> what did you guys set me up with. these are core. ♪ >> kendis, i mean. you didn't know that one was coming. >> you put that photo up. ♪ >> you got hot dogs? ♪ at last >> i'm inviting you into my actual kitchen to show you with our first edition of insomniacs. make sure you have a lid for the next part. ♪ shake shake shake ♪ shake shake shake ♪ shake your booty >> really good meeting you. it was really nice.

>> nice. >> i didn't really think he was going to kick me out. >> somebody was serenading me. ♪ ah, ah, ah, ah ♪ i open my eyes ♪ in west philadelphia ♪ born and raised ♪ on the playground is where i spent most of my day ♪ ♪ cause when i close my eyes at night i realize ♪ ♪ that no one else could ever take your place, diane. >> another one of this year's breakout stars -- >> frank. >> frank is in the house again. >> "world news now" correspondent frank. the bun. >> yes, frank. look at him go. so excited. >> i think he pooped. yes, he pooped on desk. >> what are we doing? >> you're doing the next segment. >> we ain't afraid of no ghosts. ♪ do, do, do, do >> too early for you to see the rest of this outfit. >> happy halloween. >> we can't sleep, which is the motto here on "world news now." i almost said tonight.

>> sleep deprivation, he forgot the name of our own show. ♪ it's all, it's all because of you ♪ ♪ sunshine after the rain >> what a year, what a year. >> what a great one. big thanks to jenean elliott who put that together. >> yes, our producer extraordinaire. big thanks to everyone. >> jack. >> who makes this place so much fun. >> constance who stays back there. >> ken who talks really loudly. >> and what? >> and our senior global chief -- >> what did i miss while i was out? >> no, forget it. you're not getting props while holding a notre dame sweatshirt. >> was there some more? ♪ i've been really trying >> this was yesterday during a break. ♪ and if you feel >> keep it going.

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. . time for your thursday mix, and we are starting with an interesting sighting that was seen in manhattan. we only cover hard news here, and this is one of those. so we blurred it out. >> ooh, ooh, ooh. >> an artist on christmas day in the spirit of christmas painted a giant penis on the side of a building. >> it's the size of the entire side of the building. >> from base to tip, five stories. >> it has aroused plenty of debate. >> aroused. >> it was not in little italy. >> where was it? >> it was on the lower east side.

the lower tip of manhattan. they repainted it. >> it's not there anymore. >> it's not there anymore. people were upset about it. >> that was a big job. >> it was a quickie. >> they were confused. they thought it was a subway map. >> it didn't last very long. >> i'm going to bring this back. >> it lasted a whole minute. >> we're going to go to russia quickly. to russia, to a city i cannot pronounce. near st. petersburg where they are baffled by blue snow. so we know you're not supposed to eat the yellow snow, but what you do with the blue snow we're not really sure. two theories. this may have been called by cobalt or methylene blue, something used in medical treatments. right now nobody has any idea, but enjoy those beautiful colors. >> all right. there you go. from the red pene to the blue

snow. let's go to brazil, shall we? >> let's get religious now. >> this woman really, really, her grandmother thought she was praying to st. anthony forever. and she posted this. st. anthony is the saint of lost things. it turns out it wasn't st. anthony. it was, instead, one of the characters from -- >> "lord of the rings." >> "lord of the rings." the false idol. >> she said we tried to explain to her right away and she didn't explain. the next day we explained and she understood it was not a figure of st. anthony. so we got her a new st. anthony. over to madison, ohio where this grandmother isn't praying. she's playing. kicking darth's

this morning on "world news now," the big tax rush across the country. americans are lining up to save money before the republican tax plan takes effect in the new year. the new guidance from the irs on who should prepay their property taxes and who shouldn't. the record snowfall and bitter cold not letting up. the bone chilling temperatures and treacherous travel conditions affecting millions americans as we head into the new year. conditions so extreme they prompted a state of emergency. also new had this half hour, a father arrested for dealing drugs by drone. >> the neighbors catching on to the illegal aerial operation and calling the cops, and it's what they found inside the house that has that dad in serious trouble. and we are time traveling back to 1997 for the series finale of "roseanne." why the new sneak peek at the

revival has many fans scratching their heads. will the new season offer an alternate ending? it's thursday, december 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> was that your "roseanne" theme? >> i was jamming out to the theme song in my head. it's a good theme song. >> i didn't see anybody on the show dance to it like this. >> but i was at home grooving to it as you would know. we're going to start with the last-minute scramble to prepay taxes. there are many homeowners scrambling to pay their tax bills before the new tax law kicks in. >> those efforts are beneficial only under limited circumstances. erielle reshef has the details. >> reporter: long lines, some braving the cold for hours as

taxpayers rush to make crucial decisions. that new tax law taking effect january 1, and with it a new financial reality for millions of americans. from illinois to virginia. tax payers are rushing to pay certain taxes early to make the most of deductions that will soon disappear. >> i'm very upset. i'm upset how it's going to affect the value of our home. >> reporter: the new law limits deductions for state and local taxes and property taxes, capping them at a combined $10,000. some could consider prepaying taxes before the new year to gain a deduction. >> in the last two days we've had over 1,000 folks. >> reporter: here in hempstead, new york, a state law enforcement officer among those waiting. >> we've been itemizing for 15 or 20 years. so it's going to be extremely challenging.

>> reporter: you think it means thousands for you? >> my rough estimate is about $3,000, yeah. >> reporter: his eldest son pitching in to help his parents. >> it means borrowing some of it and almost cleaning out our savings in emergency funds. >> reporter: accountants say their offices are being flooded with questions. >> this could be the last chance they have to deduct real estate taxes. >> reporter: so should you prepay those property taxes? if you are itemizing for 2017 check with your personal accountant to see if it makes sense. if you've been assessed $20,000 in property taxes, you could be saving between $3,000 and $8,000 by paying early. >> until people actually see their 2018 tax returns, they won't fully understand how it impacting them. >> reporter: the irs confirms that taxpayers doing this can receive an additional deduction, but it only works in certain circumstances. you have to have received a bill for your property taxes. it won't work with an estimate. so be sure to check with an accountant. erielle reshef, abc news, garden

city, new york. >> all good to know. and parts of pennsylvania and new york are now dealing with winter weather, not so much a wonderland, though, it's bitter cold and record snow combining to make the post-christmas period a mess. >> some residents in both states are digging out from under five feet of snow all of it falling in less than 48 hours or just about. icy wind chills are adding to the record snowfalls in places like redfield, new york, erie, pennsylvania as well. the bad weather led to a scary time in michigan. the plane overshot the runway. in michigan city, indiana. the two people escaped with only minor injuries. accuweather's justin povick is taking a look at what we can expect for today. >> we're talking about major cold for the daytime hours. and when you combine that with the wind, it's going to feel well below zero throughout much of the northeast, as cold as 30 degrees below zero.

active in the northwest with rain in the valleys and wintry precipitation over the mountainous terrain with travel delays, and as we venture away into the weekend including new year's eve, very cold in the northeast with the potential for snow. diane, kendis. now to the tokyo-bound flight that made a u-turn back to los angeles after they found an unauthorized passenger on board. we now know two brothers got on that al nippon plight. but only one had a boarding ticket. they both boarded but they failed to detect that he had the wrong flight. celebrity couple chrissy teigen and john legend were on the flight live tweeting. the flight eventually got to the japan 15 hours later than originally planned. but the couple of newlyweds among the many frustrated passengers. >> we're on our way to start our honeymoon, so we're disappointed that we can't make up a day. >> there's no competition that gives us back that day. and turning around doesn't make

sense. >> the airline says it supports the pilot's decision to turn around. no arrests were made but there is an investigation under way. four teenagers are under arrest for tossing a sandbag over an overpass killing a man below. >> reporter: one by one in an ohio juvenile courtroom, four teens brought before a judge to face murder charges for a prank that turned deadly. their families seen hugging some of them. the boys, all between 13 and 15 years old, allegedly tossed a sandbag from this interstate that slammed into a car below. >> something hit my car. >> reporter: the passenger in that car, 22-year-old marquise byrd died from his injuries days later. police calling it a deliberate

act. all four boys entering a denial to murder charges. >> i will say i saw tears today from each of the juveniles, and i don't always see that in a detention hearing. >> reporter: it comes five two months after teens in michigan were charged with second degree murder after they flung rocks off the overpass on the same highway killing kenneth white. those teens have pleaded not guilty. and back in ohio, the victim's family says they're trying to make sense of this tragedy. he leaves behind a son who will turn 3 next year. gio benitez, new york. thousands of police officers in puerto rico have been calling out sick to protest millions in unpaid overtime in the wake of hurricane maria. many worked 15-hour shifts in september and october during the height of the relief efforts. and authorities say they're waiting to be reimbursed by fema. concerns are growing about safety, but the governor has

rejected calls for the national guard to step in and help out. a new report shows fema is spending up to $150,000 apiece for trailers used by disaster victims. but instead of passing them on to families in need, the government is selling them at auction for pennies on the dollar after only months of use. thousands of families in texas are still waiting for trailers after hurricane harvey. >> unbelievable. on a lighter note, the pope enjoyed an unusual audience. >> pope francis welcomed the circus troupe to the vatican, complete with people dressed in giant bear suits. there were jugglers and acrobats, but the big bears clearly stole the show. >> this is my favorite tradition. they're starting to turn this into an annual thing. he apparently loves the circus.

>> what if you are those guys showing all their human strength, seriously, what do we have to do to get a distraction from the bears? >> they can't compete. that is pretty impressive, though. >> the pope is still looking at the bears. coming up in "the skinny," lebron james appears to be headed to a new career, just in case the whole basketball thing doesn't work out. also ahead, the father who lost custody of his child after police found a major stash of drugs in their home, and the drone he allegedly used to deliver the drugs. but first, a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by downey. un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. and if you want, pour a little more. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to...

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>> we knew we had to get those kids out because of the fire. so we followed our instincts. >> the diver of the car was cited for reckless driving, but really gives you the point of view of that rescue effort there. a manhunt is under way for a man who escaped from a jail in georgia while guards thought he was taking a shower. he used a metal rod to knock out part of the shower wall and squeezed his way through the opening to get outside. he then fled through a hole in a fence and drove away in a county van. >> wow. >> his name is christopher carroll. he been in custody for driving a stolen car and trying to take an officer's weapon. he's been a bit of an escape artist in his life. and there you go, macgyver in prison. now a california couple arrested for starting a unique delivery service. >> we know amazon's still working ong drone delivery. but this couple figured that out to drop off drugs.

rob mcmillan has more. >> reporter: riverside police say they really haven't seen anything like this before. neither have neighbors. >> i heard amazon doing delivery with drones, never heard of drug users using drones. >> reporter: benjamin and ashley face felony drug charges, allegedly using a drone to deal drugs. >> our detectives did go out there and conducted surveillance. which they do a lot of times when they get tips. and sure enough, they saw this drone flying and what appeared to be this drone dropping or leaving some possible narcotics in a parking lot. >> reporter: they're also facing felony child endangerment charges because their 9-year-old daughter was inside the home, along with meth, candies laced with lsd and fentanyl in powder form. >> a lot of the narcotics were found spread throughout the house. a lot of it in one particular room or bedroom that this girl has access to. >> she was afraid. she didn't know what to say. and that was her dad.

what do you say against your dad? >> reporter: jaclyn is the child's mother. she now has custody of her daughter. she says they've been trying to get sole custody of her child for seven years. >> during the divorce, i wanted him to go through drug rehab, supervised visitation, and that was all thrown out by the judge. >> reporter: as for using a drone to deliver drugs, the family of the 9-year-old girl was just as shocked. >> she never really saw packages on it, but he would fly it all the time. >> i haven't seen the drone because i'm in a different city, but creative. >> creative, yes. got to give them that. so police and neighbors say a lot of those deals went down in a church parking lot near the house. >> even more -- >> they would drop off the drugs that way, the buyer then would chuck the money onto their front lawn. >> wow. >> they would have gone into the amazon business and they're ahead of the game. the elon -- >> use your powers for good. >> exactly. the elon musk of drug dealing, oh, well. when we come back, why bono

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♪ all right, so you hear it there, leading off "the skinny," our first look at the revival of "roseanne." >> i don't know why i do the air guitar. it's clearly saxophone. the tv sear ears -- series is finally coming back. the new show pokes fun at how it ended in 1997. >> connor family does not win the lottery, and it's revealed that roseanne's husband dan, played by john goodman, of course had died from the heart attack that he suffered. >> except according to the new teaser, we're not sure. did dan really die? >> how's the basketball game? >> stoked. >> in '96, '97, they would have beat these guys anytime. >> you can't live in the past, dan.

when things are gone, they're gone forever. >> that's all you get. >> there you have it. but it certainly looks like dan is alive. >> somehow. >> he's more alive than that filthy couch they brought back. >> i like the quilt is still hanging there. >> it is still there. we're going to get to see the whole connor family when the series premieres on march 27th. we've got to wait till then. the dvr doesn't even go that far in the schedule. >> something tells me they'll drop a few more promos to remind us. next to another near death experience. bono tells "rolling stone" in a new interview he almost died. >> but the only thing is, he didn't exactly say how. >> minor details. >> he referred to the experience as an extinction event. that he finds hard to discuss, but he, here's what he did

reveal. it could be psychological or it could be physical. and yes, it was physical for me, but i think i have spared myself all that soap opera. i want to speak about the issue in a way that lets people fill in the blank of what they have been through, you know? >> huh? >> that's my bono voice. >> i don't get it. >> except there were a lot of blanks, because that was really all he revealed. i have no idea, maybe because my bono impersonation wasn't very good. >> we do know bono hurt himself in a cycling accident a few years ago in central park, though he seemed reluctant to say anything more about that either. he said people have to deal with so much worse. so he doesn't want to relate his experience to anyone else. >> to anybody else's situation. >> so, again, what we know, bono says he almost died, but he doesn't want to talk about it. so that's why he talked about it. >> uh-huh. >> because he doesn't want to talk about it. >> nice. lebron james is talking.

>> i don't want to talk about it. >> he may be the best basketball player ever, and he finally seems over it. >> we saw him get fouled, some say, with no call, losing the christmas game against the warriors, but he didn't seem too bothered by that and now we may know why. >> he has other skills he's working on, like designing fashion. yesterday nike revealed the new alternate cleveland cavaliers uniforms designed by lebron. they're gray and yellow, and instead of the city or team name on the chest it reads simply, "the land." >> let's see what lebron thinks of all his handiwork. >> they're phenomenal. i was happy to be a part of it. i'm looking forward to wearing the land uniforms in the land. >> the land is the nickname for cleveland that lebron coined in 2014 when he returned home to ohio after taking his talent to south beach, but it could also be used for la la land, which is probably where he's going to be

playing next year. >> i don't think that's what he meant. no? >> i think he meant cleveland. >> easy. no? >> i think he meant cleveland. >> easy. ing next year. >> i don't think that's what he meant.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ round and round ♪ ♪ round and round ♪ what comes around goes around ♪ >> comes around and goes around is right. mark twain once said there's no such thing as a new idea. and if you look at pop culture, that seems true. >> i love that we're quoting mark twain. >> culture. >> music and fashion are giving nods to the past. and in hollywood, the throwback reigns supreme. >> reporter: the dialed stars and shows you loved once are making a come back in 2017. the throwback so good changing the channel is like stepping back in time. >> they said this would never happen. >> reporter: millennial favorites like "the magic school bus" and "duck tales" are back in american homes again.

>> right now sweet remote and we're going to watch '90s shows. >> reporter: and the four friends who redefined the modern family -- >> some people are so excited for it to come back. >> reporter: are back and taking on politics in prime time. >> don't you know that donnie is one of my oldest friends? i helped him pick out melania. >> reporter: "baywatch" rebooted for the big screen. >> you see it, too? >> reporter: proving that this tank is timeless. and the '80s thriller "it" is scarier than ever and smashing box office records. >> take it. >> reporter: but the biggest come back of all, those fashions

that we swore were gone for good. >> trends from the '90s that are coming back. some never went away, like a jeri curl. >> reporter: velvet, overalls, doc martins and chokers have been spotted on the biggest stars this year. >> sometimes things get so crazy you just want to go back to a simpler time. >> reporter: vinyl sales are skyrocketing and paper backs are popular. and for the first time since that infamous wardrobe malfunction, justin timberlake will rock the super bowl. >> he's going to find a way to bring janet back. girlfriend lookin' good. >> janet just ended her world tour, by the way. and i think she's available. >> mark twain said never tell the truth to people who aren't worthy of it. you are my favorite co-anchor. good morning.

this morning. making news in america this morning, extreme conditions. after nearly 6 feet of snow in some areas -- >> coming up in time fast ear than we can keep up with it. >> prepare for the polar plunge. cold setting in. the areas expecting to see the worst conditions for new year's eve. tax scramble. new guidance from the irs as as property owners across the country scramble to pay their bills by the end of the year before the new tax law takes effect. so who the it benefit and how much could you save? new details about how a passenger with a ticket on a different airline managed to get on board this flight from los angeles to tokyo. it forced a plane to turn around over the pacific. what caused the confusion and what the crew failed to do. a new device gets the green li