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anybody's first choice, but -- [ laughter ] >> you would be our first choice, whoopi. >> we support you, whoopi. >> yeah, the four-time oscars host whoopi goldberg telling "the view" that she's willing to make it five. >> yeah, she could do it. she offered herself as a replacement for kevin hart hours before the academy board of governors met last night. she last hosted in 2002. the academy is considering a hostless ceremony, a proposal goldberg called dumb. so far there is no decision from the board. and the leading ladies in hollywood have something to brag about this morning. >> they sure do. a new study looked at data from movies from the past few years and found that audiences spend more money if the film has a female star. we're far from the shallow now ♪ >> from "a star is born" -- ♪ the sea, it calls me >> reporter: -- to "moana,"

female-led films rule the box office. ♪ there's just no telling how far i'll go ♪ >> reporter: despite only 1/4 of films featuring a female as a lead. >> you're kidding. >> reporter: a brand-new study reveals that between 2014 and 2017 movies starring women regularly outperformed their male-dominated counterparts, taking home millions more in sales. >> $16.5 million in each of your bank accounts five weeks from now. >> that's a lot. >> reporter: movies like "wonder woman" shattering records. the action blockbuster beating out comic book classics like "spider-man" to become one of the highest grossing superhero origin movies of all time. >> never let your guard down. you expect the battle to be fair. >> reporter: the secret behind the success, audiences want to see well-rounded female characters. >> we've got to start thinking like professionals. we're in business together. >> reporter: according to the creative artists agency, films that pass the test of a measure of representation of women in fiction make more money. >> i plan on being an engineer

at nasa. >> reporter: take "hidden figures" for example. the film has at least two female characters with names who have conversations about something other than a man. >> mdy >> reporter: combine that with fresh story lines and growing female empowerment movement and it's a recipe for success. >> be a warrior. i'll try. >> i mean, take this show, for example. having a female lead is why you guys tune in, right? >> are you calling me a female lead? >> come on. i thought that was all mine. >> it is why we're number one. >> yeah, i mean, i just got here, but -- time's up and the me too movements are credited with increasing female representation in films as well as taking down the patriarchy. >> absolutely. in front of the camera and behind the scenes. should be important. >> there are all men behind me. >> there is jordan. >> oh, yes. thank you, jordan. there are women around here. >> time's up, folks.

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♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny "skinny" time, and we are starting a quick shout out to one of television's most enduring game show hosts. >> the bob barker. yeah, the longtime host of "the price is right" turns 95 today. >> look at that hair. despite a couple of hospital scares this year, barker is said to be doing well. he hosted "the price is right" for 45 years from 1972 until guess what year. you can't go over. >> ooh. >> 2011. anybody else? >> you lost. >> 2012. >> 2007. >> it was 2007, as jordan reads the script. you're right on. yes. >> happy birthday, bob.

>> yes. you get nothing, though, sorry. >> no. all right. next to another tv mainstay who says she is now calling it quits. >> kathie lee gifford has announced after 11 years she's leaving the "today" show to focus on her movie career. >> but she's an old friend of abc, as you know, having co-hosted "live" with regis and kathie lee from 1985 to 2000. >> you got 100? >> no problem. >> i didn't know you had a pelvic thrust in you, rege. >> you made the cover of "star" again? >> this time i had my clothes on. >> we can also stay at home in air conditioning and watch it on television, rege. >> you like that? >> no, i don't like it. it's a little jazzy -- >> so kathie lee is only 65 years old and says her final day on the "today" show will be in april of next year. >> she looks fabulous.

>> she really does. she has plenty of time to do whatever she wants. >> yeah. >> whole new career. next to a new development in the new wedding of the century. >> india's richest man is now said to have reportedly spent $100 million on his daughter isha's lavish wedding. and the biggest question, how much went to the queen? how much? >> to beyonce. 3 million is what the -- >> it has got to have been more. >> so the pre-wedding festivities have been under way for several days. the main event is actually today today at the family's 27-story family skyscraper in mumbai. >> in order to help guests keep track of all the festivities, get this, the couple even has their own app because why wouldn't they? >> of course. among the star-studded guests are newlyweds nick jonas and priyanka chopra jonas whose own lavish five-day extravaganza in

comparison now looks like a western pennsylvania fire hall wedding according to our western pennsylvania producer. >> have you ever heard of a fire hall wedding? this morning we're glad to report they're still married and in chopra's own words, marital bliss. >> the big wedding of the century continues. >> continues. next to a major record shattered by ed sheeran. >> spotify says sheeran's song "shape of you" released nearly two years ago has now surpassed 2 billion listens, making it spotify's most-listened song ever. ever, as if like spotify's been around for decades. ♪ now my bedsheets smell like you ♪ >> spotify is like three years old. sheeran's closest competitor is drake, who was recently announced to be the most listened to artist of this year. ♪ i'm in love with your body. >> yeah, i can see that. and talk about a father's love for his daughter. >> chrissy teigen's dad just raised the bar, getting a tattoo

of his daughter's face in honor ever her 33rd birthday. >> the only weird thing is it was on his butt. no, i'm kidding. tee chrissy teigen turned 33 back on november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. ee chrissy tek on november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. chrissy teig on november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. chrissy teig on november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. chrissy teigen november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. know what turns me on? my better half, hors d oeuvres and bubbly. and when i really want to take it up a notch we use k-y yours & mine. tingling for me, warming for him.

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peaceful looking night in d.c. >> it is peaceful. peaceful looking night in d.c. >> it is peaceful. >> after a little chaos. >> it was a little chaotic. as we mentioned, history was made in a very big way in the oval office with senator chuck schumer and congresswoman nancy pelosi paying a visit to donald trump. >> and if you haven't seen the video, as that sounds, it didn't go very well, but it did provide plenty of material for the late-night shows. >> trump met with the incoming speaker of the house nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer in the most serious room in america, the oval office. >> the meeting was supposed to be closed to the press but then trump called an audible and invited reporters in to watch. >> and their meeting looked like this.

i'm sorry, i don't know how that happened. that was some mix-up in the control room there. that was -- that was cats boxing, i think. >> and we need border security. nancy, nancy, if it's not good border security -- >> it is very good border security. >> and if it's not good border security, i won't take it. >> now i know what it's like to play poker with donald trump. look, i have a full house and i can play it at any time. i could beat all of you in one second if i felt like it. anyway, i'm bluffing. here's all my money. >> if we don't have border security, chuck -- >> i'm with you. >> we're not going to keep it open. >> that was like a "real housewives" reunion. this week on the "real white housewives of d.c." >> you don't want to shut down the government, chuck. >> because you can't get your way? >> the last time you got your way -- >> you want to shut it down. >> what are you talking about? you keep talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want one way or another i will

shut down the government. and i am proud. i'll tell you what -- >> he's basically a toddler threatening to keep screaming on the floor of toys "r" us until congress buys him a hatchimal. but this meeting was especially interesting because most of it was televised. nancy pelosi kept demanding they have a fact-based debate about border security. has she met the president? he's not having a fact-based debate about anything. >> they're not having a face-to-face debate about anything. looking at some of the memes. the folks had a lot of fun with mike pence there, who was -- >> he was wallpaper. >> just wallpaper. not saying a word. wow. we'll have to see how the next congress will go then. stay with us." foing somncs f two decades. two decades.

good morning. i'm kendis g good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm janai norman. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." france is on a heightened terror alert level after a gunman's attack on a christmas market in the city of strasbourg killed at least three people. that suspect got away. he is known to authorities and has a criminal record. he was also on a terror-related watch list. it is sentencing day for the president's former fixer michael cohen. he could get several years in prison for campaign finance violations over hush money payments. prosecutors say they were made at the president's direction. he'll also be sentenced for lying to congress. the white supremacist who ran down and killed a demonstrator in charlottesville, virginia last summer is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. that's the jury's recommendation

and james field jr. still faces a federal hate crimes trial. and a pennsylvania neighborhood finds a festive way to plug an ever-widening pothole. those are some of our top stories this wednesday, december 12th. from abc news, this is "world news now." at least someone's got the spirit. >> someone. >> because in d.c. i don't know what they had. >> they've got something going on. >> they had something. we begin in washington, d.c., and that made for tv moment at the white house. the president, top democrats from congress battling it out with the cameras rolling. nof anger to tv amwith docraticd nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, threatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get $5 billion to build his promised border wall. >> and then we have the easy one, the wall. that will be thes called fundin

government, mr. president. >> so we're going to see. but i will tell you, the wall will get built. we'll see what happens. >> i think the american people recognize that we must keep government open. that a shutdown is not worth anything. and that you should not have a trump shutdown. you have -- >> you said trump? oh -- if i needed the votes for the wall in the house, i would have them in one session, we'd be done. >> go do it. >> it doesn't help because we need ten democrats in the senate. >> 20 times you have called for we'll shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> you want to know something? >> you said it. >> i'll take it. you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want, one way or the other, whether it's through you, through military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay. >> it was interesting. >> i mean, i cringe a little watching it. >> i did. john kelly was in the corner with a cigar just like, not my problem.

>> kermit with the tea. >> nancy pelosi later took a jab at the president according to an aide. she said, quoting here, "the wall is like a manhood thing for him," referring to the president, "as if manhood could ever be associated with him." >> the clash offered a preview of the new political landscape the president will face come january. abc's brad mielke has more. brad, good morning. >> hey, guys. yeah, this was such a spectacle that even our correspondents said all the way at capitol hill you could hear the jaws hitting the floor. president trump has not been able to line up enough support behind him so he needs democrats. and next year when the house changes hands he'll need them even more. so i asked abc's senior congressional correspondent mary bruce what she saw and she said, brad, welcome to what 2019 is going to look like. >> this meeting wasn't just about discussing the shutdown, it wtta tone in a lot of ways. this is the first time the

president has sat down with, as he calls them, chuck and nancy since, of course, the democrats had huge gains in the midterms. a lot of us were wondering what tone are they going to strike. are they going to make nice? are they going to be friendly? are they going to try to work together? are you going to see democrats coming in and really putting their foot down? man, they went way beyond that. essentially seeing what we're going to be seeing over the next two years. this was chuck and nancy, schumer and pelosi, coming in and setting that tone. sending the president a clear message, look, there is a new sheriff in town and this is the way we're going to operate. >> we learned nancy pelosi had a quick follow-up phone call with the president. no agreement yet. if the shut down happens, we're talking federal offices, even post offices shutting down just a few days before christmas. we'll have more on the fallout from this saga on "start here" later this morning. listen for it on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. kendis? janai?

>> all right. brad, that oval office dustup may have paved the path for nancy pelosi to regain her old job as house speaker. she reportedly is on the verge of a deal to gain the support of a handful ever democrats who opposed her leadership. sources say she is poised to limit her speakership to four more years at the most and support term limits for the top three positions in the caucus. the time may we running out for three people missing inside an abandoned coal mine in west virginia. the man and two women entered the mine after midnight friday. they range in age from 21 to 31. search teams had to turn back after running out of air. abc's david kerley has more. >> reporter: the search in the abandoned mine in southern west virginia is for three people. a fourth person walked out of the mine saying they are still alive. >> i couldn't believe she went in there. i mean, it's just mind-boggling, you know? i just know how dangerous it is. >> reporter: it was 3:00 a.m. saturday morning when the four were able to enter the mine illegally, allegedly looking for copper wire. they were reported missing nearly 24 hours later.

it was a day later that that man walked out, telling authorities where the other man and two women are. in the oxygen-deprived mine. >> usually these things end up not very good, and so we still got some real heavy lifting to get to a good outcome here. >> reporter: national guard troops are helping state and local authorities in this dangerous effort. an eight-man rescue team has already been 3/4 of a mile into the mine with no sign of the missing. another effort may happen overnight on tuesday. david kerley, abc news, washington. a chinese executive in the meantime, is out on bail after spending ten days in jail in vancouver, canada. she was arrested at the request her of trying to violate trade sanctions against iran. she could be extradited to the u.s. but president trump says he would consider intervening in the case if it helps reach a

trade deal with china. in the meantime, a former canadian diplomat has been detained in beijing, an apparent retaliation. "time" magazine's 2018 person of the year is really people of the year. the honor goes to eight journalists who were killed this past year or imprisoned. it calls them the guardians. there are four different covers for the issue showing columnist jamal khashoggi, the staff of the annapolis capitol gazette paper and reporters now jailed in the philippines and myanmar. president trump was the runner-up. time now for a little holiday spirit starting with the first lady melania trump going a bit casual in a plaid top for a toys for tots event in washington, d.c. >> n sreedow some. the toy drive was helped by the marine corps reserve. the toys will be distributed to needy kids. >> and by dressing down, you mean that costs under $10,000. >> you know what? i feel a little bad that we just focus on the clothes of the first lady.

she was doing something that was not about clothes. >> yeah, absolutely. >> so more power to her. holiday decorations at a river crossing between new york and new jersey are ruining one man's christmas spirit. >> the christmas tree over the new york bound holland tunnel is a problem. other decorations match the shape of their respective letters, but the tree that kind of sits like an "a" sits on the letter "n" so this guy corey has had enough. >> when this tree goes over the letter "a" this world is going to be a better place. i'm not joking when i say that. i really believe that. not really, but, you know, anyway, this "n" should not be here. it should be here. >> he started an online petition to move the tree over the "a" and he has more than 800 signatures. corey says the port authority, which runs the tunnel, thinks he is nuts. corey, you have my support. >> yeah. >> that is just -- >> yeah.

>> the ocd in me. no. >> right. >> no. why would you -- i know they think it's asymmetrical, but it's not asymmetrical. >> no, it should go -- >> over the "a." >> or at least be centered on the "n." >> or between the "d" and the "t." >> come on, man. >> yeah, the "a." >> that's just -- that would hurt my eyes to look at. >> aren't there bigger problems in the holland tunnel than where christmas trees are? >> there are. as you know, take the lincoln tunnel instead. >> don't ask me. i'm new here. coming up, how police are fighting holiday crime. >> the gw bridge. >> the gw gets really roughed up at like 7:30 in the morning. it's a mess. amazon boxes are loaded with christmas gifts. >> what was i saying? but first, the new development in that tug-of-war between officers and the woman trying to hang on to her baby. you're watching "world news now."

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reckless. he won't face any charges. >> was he late and trying to catch the bus and literally caught it? >> no, he actually said he wanted to do something that he used to do when he was younger. yeah. just ride the bus. >> i just want to do hood stuff with my friends. >> i just want to hang out on the back. well, we have new video of the woman captured on camera battling to hang on to her toddler. >> so this is jazmine headley just as she walked out of a new york city jail hours ago. charges that she resisted arrest were dropped a day after her tug-of-war with the nypd sparked anger in the city. here is abc's maggie rulli. >> they're hurting my son! they're hurting my son! >> reporter: the video's hard to watch. 23-year-old jazmine headley screaming for her 1-year-old son damone as a group of police officers are seen trying to pull him away. >> oh, my god! oh, my god!

>> reporter: we must do better and we are better than the images that we witnessed over this weekend. >> reporter: the police commissioner called the video disturbing, especially as a dad. he goes on to say, "nypd cops have a very tough job. we're looking at all available video to determine why certain decisions were made." sources tell abc news that video includes a recording of what happened leading up to the incident that the public hasn't seen yet. as the nypd and the district attorney investigate, two peace officers involved will be placed on modified duty. headley's family is demanding more. >> i want people fired. i want people fired. >> reporter: her family says headley was there trying to get daycare vouchers so she could work. she was waiting for four hours and couldn't find a place to sit so she sat on the floor. witnesses say local security asked her to leave and when she reportedly wouldn't move they called police. >> somebody get the baby. >> reporter: all charges against headley have been dropped.

following the d.a.'s decision to drop those charges, a judge has ordered that headley be released from rikers island. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. now to a new jersey police department which went a step farther in fight against porch pirates. >> porch pirates. new jersey's city police planted dummy amazon boxes at homes of police officers and watched on doorbell cameras. one package was stolen three minutes after it was delivered. that suspect was soon caught because the dummy boxes have gps devices in them. >> it's estimated 26 million of us have had delivered holiday packages stolen. >> oh, my gosh. >> 26 million. >> hard at work. all right. coming up, dick debartolo will join us for some unique holiday gifts. gifts.

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so we're closing in on so we're closing in on christmas and if you're still looking for gift ideas or even a few stocking stuffers, our giz wiz dick debartolo joins us with some clever ideas. we're also joined by santa. show me what you got. >> all right. janai, sometimes people say i bring silly things to the show.

well, i don't know about that, but you might want to play the reindeer ring toss game. >> okay. >> okay, you're game for this. >> yeah. >> so see how many rings you can get on my antlers, okay? >> okay. you're putting me on the spot. >> this is great for when you're having a -- did you do it? >> no. i should have just said yes. kind of like bags for christmas i got -- >> okay, yeah. >> okay. >> that's okay. >> one more. we can do this. all right. whatever. 1 out of 4. not bad. >> okay. this is a fun thing when the whole families get together. and it's incredibly cheap. some of the -- it's not well-made. you get two of them for $11. >> oh, okay. that's fair. >> on amazon. people say, well, this is the worst built game but, boy, did we have fun. these are great. this is called thermal aid zoo. so these are cuddly little bears and rabbits and there's a rhino. >> okay.

>> there's a corn in there. it can be heated or cooled. so if a child has a boo-boo you can put this guy in the microwave for like a minute or put him in the freezer for a minute and then the child can hug their bear or whatever it is and get well. and it's minis. so the big ones are about $20 and the little guys are 8 bucks. >> okay. >> yeah, okay? so the virtual-tee, i'm actually wearing one, but you need a phone to use it. i'm going to show you exactly what it does. you put your t-shirt on, you download the app, and then when you go into the app, this is what you see. so i'm wearing it there. and now i am using my phone, and when i hold it up to the shirt -- >> whoa. >> -- it shows my inside. now the heart, it is showing. >> that is your heart that we see? >> it's beating. it beats. when you first start it, you put

your hand over the camera. it takes your heartbeat. it puts it into that heartbeat. >> oh, my gosh. >> then you can bring up a menu. it goes out of focus for a second. you can see the skeletal version of yourself or actually a body. there is a professor in there. >> there is a little person in there? >> well, the audio so he can tell you about the skeletal -- it's a neat way for kids or anybody -- >> how cool. >> -- to learn about their anatomy. it's 30 bucks in adult and child sizes. >> get them learning. >> yeah. this is the most bizarre gadget i've ever seen. >> it looks like it. >> called the tech neck device. i couldn't put it on. the reason i couldn't put it on is because it doesn't exist. this is -- >> so what is this? >> this is something called prank pack. >> oh. >> okay? so the company makes all different versions. they do a great job. they get -- they get artists. they do type. they do all these blur -- all these quotes on the back of what

you can do. >> wow. >> here is the weightlifter using it -- so the joke here is that you put a real present in there. >> okay. >> and you give them this and someone goes, oh, dick, oh, that's really exciting that i -- and then when you open it, it says you've been had. it's a joke. you put your real gift in there. isn't that clever? >> not bad. that is cool. >> this is our final thing. you get three of these for $10. it's called easy fold bag. they come like that. they come in colors. >> to the grocery store. you can never forget them. i always forget my bags. >> exactly. it fits in a handkerchief. holds up to 20 pounds. >> fantastic, dick. thank you for bringing all of these products. for more details, check out dick's website gizwiz.biz or visit us at wnnfans.com. dick, thank you so much for joining me and santa. you're watching "world news now."

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♪ all right. it is time for "weird science" on a wednesday. why are you looking at me -- >> because of the way you were hitting those notes. >> i hit the notes. so apparently being good at exercise is all in the head. or at least at running. scientists have looked into this and there might be sort of a placebo effect at play. they say when you think you're bad at running -- >> when you stop and take pictures while you're running, you're really good at it. >> i didn't know they were going to put those -- wow. like every running picture that i posted is up there. >> post a picture or it didn't happen. >> holy cow. >> look at you. you're not even working out. >> it's just kind of creepy that there is a photographer that follows me around -- >> yeah.

>> -- when i go for a run. >> that's what it is. >> sprays water on you. >> yeah, exactly. thinking you're bad at running can make you worse at running. the placebo effect study on eyngnd ce. middle-aged people. i'm on the younger side there. it tested each for varying -- volunteers took a treadmill test. >> just keep showing the pictures of kendis modeling when he's running. >> the participants were given a result not based on their actual data but on one or two of the groups which they randomly replaced. apparently it's all in the mind. >> long story short, the takeaway is take pictures or it didn't happen and if you think you're better at it, you'll be better at it. the power of positive thinking. >> i've never actually gone running. >> and of the photo shoot.

so getting goose bumps can boost hair growth. kendis is naturally warm-blooded and never gets cold. >> mark, can we turn the air g it colder?tudio? >> um, so, i mean, getting goose bumps can cause hair growth. it happens when you're cold or frightened. >> yeah. >> right? i mean, i thought -- i feel like i knew this even before this research. >> yeah. >> when you get cold, your hair -- >> a hormone or something that secretes something. that's what it says. >> yes. on to some killer whales. just gary out here for a swim. let's just go out for a swim. >> here we go. >> there goes gary. >> gary's friend. >> there's a drone. those are some killer whales that are nearby. >> that's the end shot to "free willy." >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. >> they're just, like, near him. they could actually kill him. >> no. they're being playful.

this morning on "world news now," the manhunt under way after a deadly terror attack. >> a man who has been known to law enforcement going on the run after opening fire at a crowded outdoor market in france. that country raising its terror level overnight. things get heated in the oval office between the president and the democratic leaders that he calls chuck and nancy. critics are accusing the president of mansplaining congress to nancy pelosi. plus, what leader pelosi said once she got back to capitol hill. plus, the desperate search for three people missing in a west virginia coal mine. one of their friends emerging from the darkness. what he's telling rescuers. and you know those days when nothing goes your way? so does this little guy. bc nstory ahead on this emdnesd.

ugh k for th kid. >> yeah, that kid is running after her dreams and his past is >>eah, that's what it is. >> nope, not happening. we'll break down that a little bit later on in "the mix." but a very busy wednesday morning here. the heightened state of alert and a major manhunt is under way right now in the east of france. the french president emmanuel macron meeting with security officials overnight following that shooting attack in the city of strasbourg. >> that city's famous christmas market is where a possible extremist opened fire, killing at least three people and injuring at least 11 others, about half of them critically. the search for the gunman who was on a terror-related watch list has gone on all night. abc's ian pannell reports. >> reporter: an urgent manhunt under way after a deadly attack

in france. the city of strasbourg on lockdown. a gunman opened fire around 8:00 p.m. near the city's famous christmas market. the moment shared online. some needing urgent care on the street. witnesses describing the terror. we thought it was fireworks, this woman says. everyone was running. families with their kids who were falling to the ground. people sheltering wherever they could. some taking cover in this restaurant. armed police swarming the neighborhood searching for a man already on a watch list and identified as a potential national security threat. residents ordered to stay inside. shop owners shuttering their stores. strasbourg's famous christmas market normally draws 2 million visitors a year. it lies empty. police in europe have been on high alert this time of year after a truck plowed into a christmas market in berlin in 2016 killing 12 people.

we're told very soon after this incident happened the police were able to identify the suspect. the man is apparently a known criminal who has been on their radar. there is a major manhunt now under way. a terror investigation has been launched. we know they're searching multiple locations beyond that market neighborhood. ian pannell, abc news, london. >> and as a result, security is beefed up all across france this morning. a police union official says officers went to the suspect's house to arrest him before the attack but he was not there. a search of the home turned up explosive materials. turning back here at home, president trump is ncns he would bempeached. >> the president told reuters the two hush money payments before the 2016 election did not break campaign finance rules. he said it's hard to impeach somebody who didn't do anything wrong. mr. trump also brushed aside links between a number of associates and the russians

calling it peanut stuff. >> and that interview came just hours after the showdown in the oval office. the president and democratic leaders going toe-to-toe on live tv. the president threatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get the money for his border wall. abc's stephanie ramos has more. >> reporter: in a dramatic oval office confrontation -- >> this has spiraled downward. >> reporter: -- democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer together with the president clashed big time over border wall funding. >> but there are no votes in the house, a majority of votes, for a wall. no matter where you start. >> that is exactly right. you don't have the house. >> if i needed the votes for the wall in the house, i would have them in one session. we'd be done. >> go do it. >> it doesn't help because we need ten democrats in the senate. >> the fact is you do not have the votes in the house. >> nancy, i do. >> reporter: with a december 21st deadline to avoid a government shutdown, the president wants at least $5 billion for the wall. democrats are offering $1.3 billion ashe overall funding package.

>> people are pouring into our country, including terrorists. we have terrorists. we caught ten terrorists. attempting to enter the u.s. but the state department says there is no credible information that any member of a terrorist group traveled through mexico to enter the u.s. >> a lot of the wall is built. it's been very effective. >> reporter: but the president's wall has not been built. according to the department of homeland security, the wall he's referring to is a pre-existing refurbished wall and fencing. democrats say they want to work off the same set of facts. >> we don't want to contradict the president when he was putting forth figures that had no reality to them. >> reporter: pelosi says the government is not worth shutting down over a border wall fight, but president trump isn't budging. >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security. >> reporter: leaders schumer and pelosi say they've offered the president two options to keep the government open as they work this out. they say each option would get a majority of the vote in the house, 60 votes in the senate

and will avoid a government shutdown. in washington, stephanie ramos, abc news. >> and despite the fireworks, the president described that meeting as friendly but nancy pelosi was later quoted as saying of the president, "the wall is like a manhood thing for him. as if manhood could ever be associated with president trump." >> i just hate when our grandparents fight like that. >> you know what, kendis? you need to stop it. >> in the home and just arguing. it is sentencing day for president trump's former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. federal prosecutors in new york are seeking substantial prison time for cohen over payments made to porn star stormy daniels and "playboy" model karen mcdougal to cover up their alleged affairs with president trump. he pled guilty to campaign finance violations and tax evasion. but prosecutors say he refused to fully cooperate. the same judge will sentence him for lying in a case stemming from the russia investigation. officials in west virginia

are redoubling their efforts to find three people inside an abandoned coal mine. a fourth person who escaped the mine about 30 miles south of charleston has provided new information about two women and a man inside. they were first reported missing after they had been inside for more than 20 hours. >> usually these things end up not very good so we've still got some very heavy lifting to get to a good outcome here. >> workers are now pumping water out of an alternate entry to the mine and pumping in fresh air. any criminal charges are on hold while rescue efforts are under way. we have alarming news about the climate in the arctic. the region has been warmer in the past five years than at any other time in recorded history. that's about 120 years. the arctic is warming about twice as fast as the rest of the planet. u.s. scientists say this is unchartered territory and the warming in the arctic is increasingly affecting weather here in the united states. well, british prime minister

theresa may may be feeling as though if it wasn't for bad luck she wouldn't have any luck at all. >> yeah, so the brexit chaos provided the perfect backdrop for a viral moment before she met with the german chancellor angela merkel. may's limo pulls up. they pull on her car door and she can't get out. a few seconds pass and she finally emerges smiling. one twitter user wrote, "may can't get out -- can't get us out of the eu and now she can't get herself out of a car." >> somebody get the child lock. no, it's locked. >> so how does it get locked from the inside and the outside like that? >> you know when you're trying to open it and somebody's trying to hit unlock but you do it at waitwanother ttt rnswas the car door wasn't looked, may was holding it shut saying, i'm not coming out. you can't make me.

>> that's funny. all right. coming up, we're hearing from the mystery man who saved the life off of a fellow airline passenger. why he doesn't think he's a hero. and later in "the mix," the man who has been bowling for 90 years and still hits the lane five times a week. you're watching "world news now." now." s and still hits the lane five times a week. you're watching "world news now." welcome to tide pods talk with gronk. i'm gronk! i'm big and awesome, but this guy is little, can it really clean? heck yeah it can! it's concentrated detergent plus stain fighters plus odor flighers that fight for clean. boom! even this entire bottle can't beat tide pods. and now a word from future gronk: ugh... tide pods. if it's clean, it's got to be tide.

so that's a woman taking cover during a gunfight between a suspect and three officers trying to serve a warrant in houston. the man wanted for battering his girlfriend took his own life after a five-hour standoff and while barricaded inside a home, he shot and wounded a sheriff's office sergeant and two agents from the attorney general's office as well. well, authorities outside denver are intensifying their search for clues in the disappearance of a young mother. >> kelsey berreth vanished without a trace nearly three weeks ago on thanksgiving as new questions are being raised about her fiance. here is abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the fiance of missing mom kelsey berreth seen leaving an attorney's office in

colorado springs. >> patrick, why don't you talk to us? >> reporter: patrick frazee refusing to answer questions, putting the couple's 1-year-old daughter in a car seat and driving off. new surveillance video shows the last time the 29-year-old was seen shopping with her daughter in a supermarket on thanksgiving day. police say frazee told me that's the day he last saw berreth, picking up the couple's child. police say the couple live apart. >> sir, can you tell us what's going on? >> this is private property. this is a private road. >> reporter: at the police press conference frazee was a no-show. >> chief, i understand that patrick was invited. why is he not here? >> that is a question you'd have to answer -- ask him. >> reporter: police still searching for clues after a mysterious text message from berreth's phone to her job telling them she was going to miss the next of work. later her phone was detected 700 miles away in idaho. investigators say they have no suspects in berreth's

disappearance and stress this is still a missing person's case. clayton sandell, abc news, colorado springs. >> so many questions still surrounding this case, including why kelsey and her fiance didn't spend thanksgiving together and why she handed off her daughter to him. >> interesting behavior there as well when clayton confronted him. our thanks to clayton. now to a follow-up on the mystery man who saved an airline passenger's life. >> the woman was having seizures on a flight from houston to cincinnati. a man worked on her tireless, about two hours, until the plane landed. he's been identified as former phoenix emt anthony marino. he answered critics who said airline staff should have done more. >> there wasn't a time where i discounted their decision. i would have done it for anybody. and that's just how i am.

i mean, it's hard for me to come up with words. >> good guy right there. marino was talking about the woman before -- was talking with the woman before she collapsed. it turns out they're both former firefighters. >> very cool. he is a hero. well, coming up in our next half hour, one community found a new use for its giant pothole. we'll tell you how city hall responded. but first, finding fame in the wild. why a growing number of animals are turning into social media stars. that's next on "world news now." know what turns me on? my better half, hors d oeuvres and bubbly. and when i really want to take it up a notch we use k-y yours & mine. tingling for me, warming for him. wow! this holiday season get what you want

it's a little bit more active at this hour than just about 24 hours ago. >> yeah. >> as you know, we've been reporting the news out of australia. the death of one of the world's most beloved and buff kangaroos. >> but roger the red kangaroo wasn't the only nonhuman with increasingly the fame and fortune of these kardashians of the wild are giving back to their zoos and sanctuaries. here is abc's will reeve.

>> this is my little boy roger. hey, roger, you're on tv tonight. >> reporter: his physique was astonishing, bulging shoulders, ripped arms and shredded abs. he towered at 6'7" on his hind legs and weighed nearly 200 pounds. this 2015 photo of him crushing a metal can with his bare paws went viral, making him famous around the world as he leapt to stardom, but just days ago roger the red kangaroo died of old age at the kangaroo sanctuary in australia where he spent most of his life. he was 12 years old. in a tweet, australia's official tourism account called the beloved kangaroo a true icon. >> it's a very sad day here today. for we have lost our beautiful boy roger. >> reporter: chris barnes, the founder of the refuge, posting this heartfelt message to facebook. >> roger grew up to be a kangaroo that people from all over the world have grown to

love. >> reporter: in 2006, barnes found roger in his mother's pouch alive but orphaned after a car had struck and killed her. we spoke to barnes about that moment over facetime. >> there's a really cute little baby, a little joey. like all our joeys, we carry them around in a little pillowcase. >> reporter: inspired, barnes created a safe haven for kangaroos. roger would grow from just a joey into the sanctuary's alpha male. >> he was very aggressive because he had a harem of 12 wives. when they got that harem, they want to defend them from everyone. biceps joined the public eye, he joined a long list of internet famous animals who bring attention to good causes and in some cases make money. like bei bei, the famous panda

cub born in 2015 at the national zoo in d.c. >> a huge draw. the smithsonian does a tremendous amount of research with pandas. knowledge we can use to protect those animals in the wild. knowledge they can share with researchers in china. >> reporter: in april of 2017 millions of americans were glued to a live stream waiting anxiously for april the giraffe to give birth. cincinnati has thousands of people flocking to see fiona the hippo, a superstar with her own line of merchandise, even her own ice cream flavor. she was the first nile hippo to be born in the zoo in 75 years when she made her debut six weeks prematurely. >> her lungs weren't strong enough and neither was her overall muscle control. >> reporter: the zoo documented her struggle to survive on facebook as the world watched her learn to stand -- >> i stand. i'm a big girl. >> reporter: -- swim, even take

her first step. >> all right. let's put her back. >> reporter: when people care about an animal, it tugs at their heart strings so they'll give money to these conservation organizations that are hopefully doing good work to help those animals. >> roger's favorite food in the whole world. >> reporter: back in australia, in his final years roger spent his last years in a more mellow state. >> his aggressive days were over because he was getting older and older. >> reporter: relinquishing the alpha role to his son where the legacy of the muscle-bound kangaroo will live on. >> you're such a beautiful old boy, roger. >> our thanks to will reeve there. roger suffered from arthritis and failing eyesight in his later years, but did i hear right that he has 12 wives? that's what killed him. that's -- >> you are too much. >> that is rough. >> too much. coming up, a 105-year-old bowler. >> "the mix" is next. >> "the mix" is next.

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welcome to your wednesday "mix." we're starting it off celebrating old age. >> don't look at me. >> a 105 -- this guy. so first off, kendis. second off, this 105-year-old who continues to bowl. he's been bowling for 90 years. over 90 years. over nine decades. his name is tom pisano. he still drives himself to amf empire lanes. >> wait, he still drives himself there? >> he still drives himself. i mean, five times a week, so -- >> okay. >> his eyes must be good. he's doing just fine. still strong. he averages about 135 each game. sometimes scores as high as 295. >> wow. >> right?

>> nice hook on it. >> good for you, tom. >> 105. >> very good. and doesn't even need those little bumpers on the side like the rest of us. >> he's been doing it a long time. >> yeah, he has. and we have -- remember virginia, the woman from the d.c. area who kind of warmed many of our hearts when she went to the white house and met michelle obama and started dancing? so she was 106 years old when she did that. she's now 109 years old. and she's now singing. she came up with a song for her favorite group, basketball team, the globetrotters, a song called "globetrotters g ♪ globetrotters gonna shine >> the globetrotters weren't even founded when she was born.

>> i mean, a lot of things weren't -- ♪ globetrotters gonna shine >> television. fire. >> did you say fire? >> paper. >> the wheel was not round yet. also, up next, a block of cheese. that's going to be in the guinness book of world records. 3,462-pound cheddar cheese sculpture. >> that's impressive. >> questions are still out there why someone would want to do this, but it was sculpted from a 4,000-pound block of sharp cheese. >> yeah. all right. so here's a little kid who was having a rough day. a little boy here chased by a wild turkey as he was walking home from school. the little boy ran for

this morning on "world news now," the tense moments on live tv. the president, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi getting into it in the oval office. the white house calling it constructive. schumer said the president had a temper tantrum plus the late-night comics weigh in. breaking overnight, the manhunt in france after a terror attack at a popular christmas market. several people killed. police say the suspect is on a watch list but they don't know where he is. new this half hour, proof that women rule hollywood. >> and the world. the new study just out showing films with female lead characters make more money, especially films with three specific ingredients. we'll explain. and the pothole with flare. neighbors get creative and get city hall's attention. we're decking the halls of every pothole on this wednesday, december 12th. from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> creative. >> yeah, when life gives you a ou make a party, iee we're going to begin this half hour with "the real housewives of atlanta" reunion in the oval office. president trump and top democrats engaged in that heated -- it looked like it. >> to be fair, it did. >> it sounded like it. it was on live tv. >> democratic leaders nancy pelosi -- >> and chuck schumer. >> -- and chuck schumer repeatedly asked the president to take the discussion behind closed doors but the bickering over the border wall and a looming government shutdown continued in the public eye for more than 15 minutes. here is abc's jonathan karl with more. >> grab your popcorn. >> reporter: for a moment, oh, so brief, the president talked about working with democrats, but then his border wall. >> and then we have the easy one, the wall. that will be the one that will be the easiest of all. what do you think, chuck? maybe not. >> it's called funding the government, mr. president.

>> so we're going to see. but i will tell you, the wall will get built. we'll see what happens. tremendous amounts of wall have already been built. >> reporter: tremendous amounts? according to the department of homeland security, they've actually only repaired or replaced some 31 miles of fence that already existed. now the president wants congress to pass $5 billion for his border wall by next week or he'll shut the government down. >> i think the american people recognize that we must keep government open. that a shutdown is not worth anything. and that you should not have a trump shutdown. you have -- >> a lot of -- you said trump? oh. >> you have the white house -- >> that's going to cost you. >> you have the senate. you have the house of representatives. >> reporter: pelosi's message to trump on the wall, you don't have the votes. >> but there are no votes in the house, a majority of votes for a wall, no matter where you stand. >> that is exactly right, you don't have the votes. >> if i needed the votes for the wall in the house, i would have them in one session -- >> go do it. >> it doesn't help because we need ten democrats in the senate.

>> the fact is you don't have the votes in the house. >> nancy, i do. >> reporter: the argument playing out before the cameras. >> this is the most unfortunate thing. we came in here in good faith and we are entering into a -- this kind of a discussion in the public view. >> but it's not bad, nancy. >> no -- >> it's called transparency. >> reporter: finally schumer forcing the issue. >> 20 times you have called for, i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> you want to know something? >> you've said it. >> i'll take it. >> okay, good. >> you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want one way or the other, whether it's through you, through military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay. fair enough. we disagree. we disagree. >> i am proud. i tell you what, i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. i'm not going to blame you for it. >> reporter: after the meeting the white house described it as, quote, destructive dialogue, but senator schumer described the president as having a, quote,

temper tantrum and nancy pelosi had some particularly harsh words about the president when she described the meeting to a group of democrats on capitol hill. according to an aide in the room, pelosi said the wall, quote, is like a manhood thing for him, as if manhood could ever be associated with him. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> do you think mike pence was like homer simpson in that image where he -- >> just faded into the background. like oy. tough day for mike pence. >> mike pence is like, my name is bennett and i ain't in it. pelosi said that she later talked to the president by phone and they discussed a path forward. the late-night comics had plenty to say about it and that's ahead in this half hour. well, president trump's longtime lawyer michael cohen will learn his fate today after pleading guilty to several charges including campaign finance violations linked to

president trump. federal prosecutors are asking that cohen get four to five years in prison. they say he did not cooperate fully after admitting to making illegal hush payments to two women who said they had affairs with trump. the judge will also sentence cohen for lying to congress in a case brought by special counsel robert mueller's office. and lawyers for the president's former national security adviser michael flynn say he should be spared prison time. flynn has pled guilty to lying to the fbi and has cooperated extensively with prosecutors. his attorney's filing is similar to special counsel robert mueller, which said flynn should spend no time behind bars. he'll be sentenced next week. and a federal judge has ordered the porn actress stormy daniels to pay president trump's attorneys' fees for their legal battle. daniels' defamation lawsuit against the president was dismissed in october. the judge says daniels must pay nearly $300,000 in attorneys' fees. trump's attorney had requested about $100,000 additional.

daniels' attorney, michael avenatti, says daniels will never have to pay a dime because she will receive much more from trump in a separate lawsuit. well, turning to breaking news overnight, france has raised its terror alert level following a terror attack in the eastern city of strasbourg. >> yeah, the city is on france's border with germany where police were searching vehicles for the suspect overnight. the gunman opened fire at strasbourg's christmas market, killing at least three people, injuring 11 others. strasbourg is home to the european parliament which was locked down for several hours after the attack. abc's maggie rulli gets us up to date. >> reporter: chaos at a world-famous christmas market in strasbourg in what authorities believe is an act of terror. >> translator: it really sounded like explosions. we thought it was fireworks and a few seconds later we understood it was a gun. >> reporter: a shooter opening fire on a crowd around 8:00 p.m.

and then getting away. now a massive manhunt is under way for the gunman, a man who was already on a watch list and identified as a potential national security threat. >> translator: we were really protected by a guardian angel because the shots were passing right next to us. >> reporter: local authorities have asked the public to avoid the area. >> everyone who is here at the moment cannot leave. >> reporter: security at the christmas market was tight this year as france remains on high alert after several recent extremist attacks, including the 2015 paris shootings, which killed 130 people and a truck attack in nice that killed dozens in 2016. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. and back in this country, a virginia jury is recommending life in prison for the white supremacist who ran down and killed a demonstrator in charlottesville last year. james fields jr. will be sentenced in late march, but virginia judges often follow jury recommendations. he was found guilty last friday. the 21-year-old, fields, also

faces federal hate crime charges which could carry the death penalty. the young mother whose toddler was yanked from her arms during an arrest in new york city is out of jail. jazmine headley was released last night. images of the tug-of-war with police sparked community outrage. it all started because she was sitting on the floor in the social services office. prosecutors dropped resisting arrest and other charges, quote, in the interest of justice. headley is set to appear in a new jersey court today on credit card fraud charges. a pennsylvania christmas tree has lost its home and perhaps that's a good thing. >> the tree lived on a street in wilkes-barre. people in the neighborhood were upset the hole was getting larger and larger and showed no signs of getting fixed so last week they decided to dress it up for the holidays and put that christmas tree in it. >> we took something ugly and made something prettier. 'tis the season, right? >> guess so. >> yeah, the tree was actually joined by santa claus after that. the city eventually covered up the sinkhole with metal plates.

they couldn't really fix it? >> really? >> the department of public works says it's been backed up with repairs. of course it's already been a rough winter-like season, so -- >> yeah, but imagine driving over that in your car. wouldn't you be so mad? potholes are the worst. >> true. >> the worst. >> but this makes it so much nicer. >> so much prettier. >> yeah. all right. coming up, why female-led films are money in the bank for the box office. the new study that finds films with female leads regularly outperform those movies with male leads. hmm, interesting. and later in "the skinny," the record that ed sheeran just smashed. you're watching "world news now." ♪ i'm in love with your body ♪ i'm in love with your body ♪ i'm in love with your body ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters.

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you know why, we know how. if you want to go hostless, that's your prerogative. i think it's a dumb idea because people need somebody to take them through things and to take care of things when they happen. now, i realize i may not be anybody's first choice, but -- [ laughter ]

>> you would be our first choice, whoopi. >> we support you, whoopi. >> yeah, the four-time oscars host whoopi goldberg telling "the view" that she's willing to make it five. >> yeah, she could do it. she offered herself as a replacement for kevin hart hours before the academy board of governors met last night. she last hosted in 2002. the academy is considering a hostless ceremony, a proposal goldberg called dumb. so far there is no decision from the board. and the leading ladies in hollywood have something to brag about this morning. >> they sure do. a new study looked at data from movies from the past few years and found that audiences spend more money if the film has a female star. we're far from the shadow now ♪ >> from "a star is born" -- ♪ the sea, it calls me >> reporter: -- to "moana," female-led films rule the box office. ♪ there's just no telling how far i'll go ♪ >> reporter: despite only 1/4 of

films featuring a female as a lead. >> you're kidding. >> reporter: a brand-new study reveals that between 2014 and 2017 movies starring women regularly outperformed their male-dominated counterparts, taking home millions more in sales. >> $16.5 million in each of your bank accounts five weeks from now. >> that's a lot. >> reporter: movies like "wonder woman" shattering records. the action blockbuster beating out comic book classics like "spider-man" to become one of the highest grossing superhero origin movies of all time. >> never let your guard down. you expect the battle to be fair. >> reporter: the secret behind the success, audiences want to see well-rounded female characters. >> we've got to start thinking like professionals. we're in business together. >> reporter: according to the creative artists agency, films that pass the test of a measure of representation of women in fiction make more money. >> i plan on being an engineer at nasa. >> reporter: take "hidden figures" for example. the film has at least two female

characters with names who have conversations about something other than a man. >> my gals are ready. >> reporter: combine that with fresh story lines and growing female empowerment movement and it's a recipe for success. >> be a warrior. i'll try. >> i mean, take this show, for example. having a female lead is why you guys tune in, right? >> are you calling me a female lead? >> come on. i thought that was all mine. >> it is why we're number one. >> yeah, i mean, i just got here, but -- time's up and the me too movements are credited with increasing female representation in films as well as taking down the patriarchy. >> absolutely. in front of the camera and behind the scenes. should be important. >> there are all men behind me. >> there is jordan. >> oh, yes. thank you, jordan. there are women around here. >> time's up, folks. when we come back, the bombshell news from kathie lee gifford. plus, see who is turning 95 today. "the skinny" is next. you

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"skinny" time, and we are starting a quick shout out to one of television's most enduring game show hosts. >> the bob barker. yeah, the longtime host of "the price is right" turns 95 today. >> look at that hair. despite a couple of hospital scares this year, barker is said to be doing well. he hosted "the price is right" for 45 years from 1972 until guess what year. you can't go over. >> ooh. >> 2011. >> 2011. anybody else? >> you lost. >> 2012. >> 2007. >> it was 2007, as jordan reads the script. you're right on. yes. >> happy birthday, bob. >> yes. you get nothing, though, sorry. >> no. all right. next to another tv mainstay who says she is now calling it quits. >> kathie lee gifford has

announced after 11 years she's leaving the "today" show to focus on her movie career. >> but she's an old friend of abc, as you know, having co-hosted "live" with regis and kathie lee from 1985 to 2000. >> you got 100? >> no problem. >> i didn't know you had a pelvic thrust in you, rege. >> you made the cover of "star" again? >> this time i had my clothes on. >> we can also stay at home in air conditioning and watch it on television, rege. >> you like that? >> no, i don't like it. it's a little jazzy -- >> so kathie lee is only 65 years old and says her final day on the "today" show will be in april of next year. >> she looks fabulous. >> she really does. she has plenty of time to do whatever she wants. >> yeah. >> whole new career.

next to a new development in the new wedding of the century. >> india's richest man is now said to have reportedly spent $100 million on his daughter isha's lavish wedding. and the biggest question, how much went to the queen? how much? >> to beyonce. 3 million is what the -- >> it has got to have been more. >> so the pre-wedding festivities have been under way for several days. the main event is actually today today at the family's 27-story family skyscraper in mumbai. >> in order to help guests keep track of all the festivities, get this, the couple even has their own app because why wouldn't they? >> of course. among the star-studded guests are newlyweds nick jonas and priyanka chopra jonas whose own lavish five-day extravaganza in comparison now looks like a western pennsylvania fire hall wedding according to our western pennsylvania producer. >> have you ever heard of a fire hall wedding?

this morning we're glad to report they're still married and in chopra's own words, marital bliss. >> the big wedding of the century continues. >> continues. next to a major record shattered by ed sheeran. >> spotify says sheeran's song "shape of you" released nearly two years ago has now surpassed 2 billion listens, making it spotify's most-listened song ever. ever, as if like spotify's been around for decades. ♪ now my bedsheets smell like you ♪ >> spotify is like three years old. sheeran's closest competitor is drake, who was recently announced to be the most listened to artist of this year. ♪ i'm in love with your body. >> yeah, i can see that. and talk about a father's love for his daughter. >> chrissy teigen's dad just raised the bar, getting a tattoo of his daughter's face in honor of her 33rd birthday. >> the only weird thing is it was on his butt. no, i'm kidding. chrissy teigen turned 33 back on november 30th and there it is, the arm tattoo. >> a little weird. utt.

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>> it is peaceful. >> after a little chaos. >> it was a little chaotic. as we mentioned, history was made in a very big way in the oval office with senator chuck schumer and congresswoman nancy pelosi paying a visit to donald trump. >> and if you haven't seen the video, as that sounds, it didn't go very well, but it did provide plenty of material for the late-night shows. >> trump met with the incoming speaker of the house nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer in the most serious room in america, the oval office. >> the meeting was supposed to be closed to the press but then trump called an audible and invited reporters in to watch. >> and their meeting looked like this. i'm sorry, i don't know how that happened. that was some mix-up in the control room there.

that was -- that was cats boxing, i think. >> and we need border security. nancy, nancy, if it's not good border security -- >> it is very good border security. >> and if it's not good border security, i won't take it. >> now i know what it's like to play poker with donald trump. look, i have a full house and i can play it at any time. i could beat all of you in one second if i felt like it. anyway, i'm bluffing. here's all my money. >> if we don't have border security, chuck -- >> i'm with you. >> we're not going to keep it open. >> that was like a "real housewives" reunion. this week on the "real white housewives of d.c." >> you don't want to shut down the government, chuck. >> because you can't get your way? >> the last time you got your way -- >> you want to shut it down. >> what are you talking about? you keep talking about it. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want one way or another i will shut down the government. and i am proud. i'll tell you what -- >> he's basically a toddler threatening to keep screaming on the floor of toys "r" us until congress buys him a hatchimal.

but this meeting was especially interesting because most of it was televised. nancy pelosi kept demanding they have a fact-based debate about border security. has she met the president? he's not having a fact-based debate about anything. >> they're not having a face-to-face debate about anything. looking at some of the memes. the folks had a lot of fun with mike pence there, who was -- >> he was wallpaper. >> just wallpaper. not saying a word. wow. we'll have to see how the next congress will go then. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> we've got more news next, of course. stay with us. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. two decades.

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making news in america this morning, the manhunt after a deadly attack in france. a man opening fire near a world famous christmas market killing several people. an entire city on lockdown and word this morning the suspect was previously known to police. sentencing day for michael cohen. the president's former lawyer learning his fate this morning. plus, the tense moments on live tv as trump goes head-to-head with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi arguing about immigration in the oval office. a government shutdown now looming. this morning, pelosi's controversial comments on the president's manhood. video just in from texas overnight. firefighters scrambling to save a boy