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giant spools keep creating giant spools keep creating big problems on the roads in and around houston. four of them have found their way into traffic since october, including two in the past week. the latest just yesterday. the industrial-sized spool crashed into a truck carrying a family. everyone is expected to be okay but what is going on in southeast texas there? >> as if traffic isn't bad enough. >> yeah. well, further north in pennsylvania, a woman has been severely injured in a terrifying bear attack. >> it happened near scranton. abc's gio benitez has the latest. >> reporter: a terrifying encounter in pennsylvania after a bear grabs a woman who was outside her home with her dog and drags her by the leg for

almost the length of a football field. >> a 51-year-old female was attacked by a bear. she's inside the house now. >> reporter: her 3-year-old chihuahua going after the bear, potentially saving her life. melinda lebarron was severely injured, ending up ith a head injury, broken bones and deep wounds. her family is setting up a gofundme page. circumstances how that occurred, why that occurred. >> reporter: the dog's barking perhaps mimicking the advice experts tell humans, use an assertive voice and make loud noises if confronted by a bear. authorities are still searching for that bear. one of the problems in finding that bear is there is no snow on the ground so authorities can't see the bear's tracks. gio benitez, abc news, the palisades, new jersey. one of the stars of netflix "queer eye," the reboot is accusing the tsa of racial profiling. tan france says he was put through extra security at the

airport because of his skin color. he is of pakistani descent. france says he was stopped three separate times this week while traveling. >> the tsa told him he was on a list of people considered to be threats. he tweeted, i'm brown but that doesn't mean i'm a security risk. the agency issued an apology to the fashion guru via twitter with a link to file an inquiry. when we come back, the long-awaited honor for janet jackson. >> and can you guess who is the world's highest paid model? it might be him. "the skinny" is next. >> no, i"m not.

♪ ♪ time now for "the skinny" starting with a big honor for janet jackson. it's about time. >> it is about time. she has confirmed she's set to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. janet gets more than a slow clap, guys. >> yes. justin, you can have the next super bowl performance. janet's got the --

>> it's not going to slow her down after all this time. she finally joins her brother michael and the jackson five. she's been eligible for the honor since 2007. in a tweet she said to her fans, we did it, you guys. >> we did it. also set for induction, stevie nicks. this will actually be her second induction -- wow, okay. into the hall of fame as she's already in as a member of fleetwood mac. this time she's being recognized as a solo artist. >> other artists in this year's class of inductees include def leppard, the cure, roxy music and the zombies. >> let's hope the zombies perform that song. ♪ handle the seasons of my life ♪ >> i don't know either. that rock and roll 34th induction ceremony will be held march 29th in brooklyn. >> at the barkley center. they go back and forth with cleveland.

>> fun facts. "forbes" magazine is out with it its annual ranking of the highest paid models in the world. >> number three on this year's list -- >> our girl. >> chrissy teigen. 33-year-old raked in $11.5 million over the past year, thanks in large part to her cookware line, cookbook and hosting "lip sync battle." >> karlie kloss came in second place with $13 million. the best take-home in her decade-long modeling career. >> pretty good. is she smizing there? is that considered a smize? >> definitely. >> definitely a smize. and kendall jenner -- oh, that's a smize. kendall jenner is making $22.5 million thanks to her contracts with estee lauder, adidas and calvin klein. congratulations, the stars are just like us. in that we try smizing. next, oprah winfrey opens up

a video from 12 years ago that is now going viral. >> a "buzzfeed" writer dug up this clip from "the oprah winfrey" show in 2006 in which oprah looks less than dazzled as she tastes a chicken recipe that had just won $1 million in the pillsbury bake-off. >> i was having a moment of trying to decide -- do i want her to have a great time? what is my real moment of truth? because the truth for me was that i am used to having salt and pepper on my chicken. that's just the truth. that's what i was thinking. this chicken needs some salt and pepper. >> let them know. >> let them know, oprah. you do. >> that's the reason that kendis doesn't eat on air. >> it's honestly why i don't eat on tv. >> he doesn't want to be put in that position. all right. big competition happening. >> right. the world is counting down to sunday's final competition in the miss universe pageant. >> the 94 hopefuls took part in

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under fire. >> they're hurting my son! they're hurting my son! >> reporter: this after 23-year-old jazmine headley reportedly sat on the floor when she couldn't find a seat during a four-hour wait for a daycare voucher so she could go to work. she's then seen struggling with officers after the nypd says she repeatedly refused to leave this human resources building in brooklyn. police eventually yank the baby from her mother's arms and arrest her. the new york city police commissioner is calling this video very disturbing and is investigating. and a jury in charlottesville, virginia, now recommending life behind bars for james fields, the man who drove his car into counterprotestors at a white nationalist rally last year killing a young woman, heather heyer. on friday, that jury found fields guilty of first-degree murder and nine other charges. the judge is expected to formally impose the life sentence. we want to get right to that mine rescue in west virginia. check out these images overnight. it shows the moment these three people emerged and reunited with

their families. >> they had been trapped in that abandoned mine since saturday. >> reporter: the two women and a man had broken into the mine with another male friend early saturday morning. and while they could face criminal charges for entering the mine illegally in search of copper wire, family members say that is for another day. a community grateful they're all alive. so a guy in westford, vermont built this 700-pound wooden middle finger sculpture. it sits on a 16-foot pole on his front lawn. this comes after a ten-year battle with his city. he wants to build a garage on his property. 8,000 square foot garage that would house a business and stuff. i mean, i see why the city would have some issues with that. >> and given the way that he protests, i imagine -- >> yeah, that he's making a whole bunch of friends? >> yeah, exactly. pe > >> just keeps going. he's a single lady. ♪ up in the club, just broke up ♪ >> it's like he's got a broken

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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." president trump was reportedly in the room with michael cohen as they worked out a hush money agreement with his friend who runs the "national enquirer," but the president insists he never directed cohen to do anything wrong. the senate passed a resolution condemning saudi arabia's crown prince for the murder of the american resident jamal khashoggi. the senate also voted to end u.s. military support for the saudi-led coalition in yemen's civil war. seven republicans joined democrats to back the measure. a natural gas explosion leaves four people injured at a power plant in western pennsylvania. the blast outside pittsburgh sparked a fire in a massive chemical tank. at least one of the vitaken to critical condition.

classic here. the l.a. chargers scoring a touchdown against the kansas city chiefs with four seconds to go and then philip rivers decides we're going to go for two. we're doing it live for two. and they got it. l.a. locking up a playoff spot with a dramatic 29-28 win in kansas city. it was a good game, y'all. those are some of our top stories on this friday, december 14th. from abc news, this is "world news now." so we begin this half hour with the apparent hoax causing panic around the country. local and federal authorities are still trying to figure out who e-mailed bomb threats to hundreds of schools and businesses. >> yeah, threats have been reported by more than a dozen police departments. now, the sender said they would set off explosions unless they received some $20,000 in bitcoin with the messages coming from a spoofed e-mail address.

here is pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi's investigating this wave of fake bomb threats prompting scenes like this across the country. dozens of offices and schools evacuated. hundreds of students seen streaming out of classrooms. some put on lockdown. law enforcement officials describing the threats as not credible, calling them crude attempts at disruption and to extort money. these hoaxes are very frustrating to law enforcement officials. those responsible face felony charges and up to five years in prison. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to pierre. federal prosecutors have reportedly launched a criminal investigation into president trump's inauguration committee for possible misspending. sources tell "the wall street journal" that the manhattan u.s. attorney's office is also trying to determine if some of the $107 million in donations were given in exchange for political favors. they say the investigation was triggered in part by evidence seized from former trump attorney michael cohen. and there's word this

morning that donald trump was in the room for the initial discussion that led to illegal hush money payments on his behalf. according to several reports, then candidate trump attended a 2015 meeting with michael cohen and longtime friend david pecker, the head of "the national enquirer's" parent company. they discussed buying and burying negative stories about trump's relationships with women but the president is shifting blame for any wrongdoing to cohen a day after he was sentenced on campaign finance charges. >> let me tell you, i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money. >> the president told fox news cohen did more public relations than law, describing his work as low-level and he said it was a cohen cut a deal with prosecutors to, quote, embarrass me.ni on "good morning america," george stephanopoulos brings us his iel cohen, his first interview since being sentenced.

jared kushner is reportedly pushing himself to be president trump's next chief of staf you heard me right. kushnef.r is an official white house adviser as well as being, of course, the presidential son-in-law. now, "the huffington post" says wednesday about the job but another report says kushner believes he can serve the president best in his current position or positions. he has several roles. now, trump says that he's down to five finalists. there is no timeframe, though, for an announcement. senator jeff flake used his farewell address on capitol hill to issue warnings about the future. flake has been one of the president's most vocal republican critics. on the senate floor yesterday he warned that threats to our democracy from within and without are real. flake said the u.s. is testing the institutions of liberty in ways none of us ever imagined but he also looked to the future. >> we will note that we have confronted and survived more daunting challenges than we now face.

ours is a durable, resilient system of government designed to withstand the foibles of those who sometimes occupy these halls, including yours truly. >> flake declined to run for re-election, saying he likely would not have survived a primary challenge. president trump celebrated that decision on twitter. no reaction to flake's address yet from the president. >> and there's a democrat replacing him in the senate in arizona. we're learning some new details about an alleged russian spy's attempt to infiltrate the nra. as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, maria butina pleaded guilty to conspireing to act as an agent for the kremlin without registering in the u.s. abc's kyra phillips has more. >> reporter: maria butina pleading guilty to conspiracy, admitting she was sent here by russia to build back channel connections with prominent conservatives as part of a

covert influence operation. she says her boyfriend, gop operative paul erickson, introduced her to top officials in the nra. >> now i'm a board member of the right to bear arms. >> reporter: she also says she even brought powerful former nra leaders to moscow to meet with she told a russian contact with close ties to the kremlin, we will put pressure on them quietly later. she also met prominent ng h isfo fpoliticians, posi hepir r a question about russia in 2015. >> do you want to continue the politics of sanctions? >> i know putin, and i'll tell you what, we get along with putin. >> reporter: butina told moscow she had laid the groundwork for an unofficial channel of communication with the next u.s. administration. but she has flipped, pledging to cooperate with the justice department. maria butina could potentially give investigators information on americans, namely her

boyfriend paul erickson, who is reportedly under investigation currently in connection to butina's covert aterop.nsio now according to the deal, if she's got anything on erickson she will have to flip. so far erickson hasn't been charged with any crime. kyra phillips, abc news, washington. an american woman studying in the netherlands has been murdered and her family says her roommate is the suspect. sarah was found stabbed to death in her apartment wednesday. a 23-year-old dutch man is charged with killing the minnesota native. her mom says her daughter complained the suspect had a temper. new details are emerging about a harassment settlement paid by cbs network involving the star of the show "bull." cbs reportedly paid actress eliza dushku more than $9 million to settle claims that

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>> all of these pounds. >> -- 10 pounds. all right. coming up, the world of different alternate realities known as spider-verse. if that blows your mind, just wait until you see our preview of the latest "spider-man" movie opening this weekend. plus, tim. >> i'm tim laird, america's ceo, chief entertaining officer. the holidays are here and we have treats for santa and his helpers. that's ahead on "world news now."

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in the meantime, today we're showing you how you can employ your computer to improve your culinary skills. >> a series of online cooking classes is harnessing the power of the internet. sloan dickey from our casper, wyoming station checked it out. >> here you can find the best -- >> this is chef paola. she lives just outside of milan, italy. you may be asking yourself what does paola have to do with wyoming. cooking, that's what. she's part of a worldwide start-up using the internet to connect people from many different countries doing the things we all love to do, cooking and eating. and well, paola is pretty good at cooking.

>> i went to italian cooking school. then i worked for different chefs in different michelin star restaurants and now i'm here. >> reporter: the head chef for the chef and the dish. the concept is simple, take your traditional cooking class, add world-renowned chefs around the globe, harness the power of technology such as skype and you have an international classroom without even leaving your kitchen. each class is about three hours long. we were learning how to make pasta. just like our class, the others have a one-on-one with an international chef. >> this is a lot more powerful than just cooking. it really is about using technology to bridge the world and to bridge kitchens. >> reporter: chefs like paola are doing what they do best but we're all sharing a bit of our own culture that's bringing us a little bit closer together. >> in technology, there are no barriers. people really want to know other cultures. they are so eager and this is beautiful. >> reporter: as the famous chef james beard once said, "food is our common ground, a universal experience." whether it's wyoming whisky or italian wine, i'll cheers to that.

>> so cool. >> thanks to sloan dickey there. >> the classes aren't cheap. entry price, $300 for two people? >> might as well -- >> right. or go out to dinner. >> well, there is that as well. $50 per additional student per class. the food styles, by the way, include italian, japanese, hungarian, american, canadian, singaporean, wow, everything. >> all the food. >> turkish, thai. >> all the food that kendis won't eat. coming up, our own culinary expert shows us how to show pizzaz at holiday parties and i eat the food. >> you do? >> how do bourbon bacon chocolate chip cookies sound to chocolate chip cookies sound to yo u? you're watching "world news now."

it is always a challenge to find something tasty and unique for your holiday table. this morning, america's ceo, chief entertaining officer, tim laird joins us with something deliciously sweet and indulgent from the pages of his new book "the bourbon country cookbook" that can also double as a christmas gift.

ding ding. good morning, tim. >> good morning. absolutely a great gift for you. has wonderful recipes of everything we have here. i'm going to start off the holidays with my crantini. this is a delicious cocktail. it starts out with a little shaker of ice. i'm going to put about 1 1/2 ounces of finlandia vodka. they also make a cranberry and mango that would work with this recipe, too, if you want the flavors. then just 1 ounce of lemonade goes in. >> okay. >> and to that, 2 ounces of cranberry juice. >> all right. so more vodka than the juice? >> a little bit more. then it's the holidays. we're going to shake it up. i'm going to strain this into a martini glass. i actually have a little bit of a rim of sugar. i took a little lemon wedge and put a little sugar. give it a little frosted fun look. that goes strained into this martini glass like this. and then the garnish, which i love, is very festive, a little rosemary spear with fresh

nla.berries on it. you have more cranberry and lemonade than mine. you've got the alcohol-free version. light, refreshing, delicious. oh, that's so good. >> oh, yeah. >> and easy to make. that's what i love about that cocktail. now here is something fun that i always make around the holidays. it's my sweet spicy pecans. it starts out very easy. i've got an egg white in here that i've actually frothed up. you don't have to get them stiff. just a little frothy. to that about a cup of sugar goes in. >> whoa. >> boom. and a tablespoon of water because we're going to thin this down. >> easy. >> very easy. then for spice, about a teaspoon of cinnamon. >> mmm-hmm. >> and then another teaspoon of kosher salt. then to give it a little kick, which i love, is about 1/2 a teaspoon of cayenne pepper. you're going to get sweet, you're going to get cinnamon and then you're going to get a kick

with that cayenne. it already smells good. i don't know if you can smell that. oh, the cinnamon coming through. >> that does. >> then about a pound of pecans go in. what you want to do is mix these up, then we put them on a cookie sheet, bake them and here they come out. i like to serve them in little cups to my guests. they're wonderful. it makes a lot so what i do for the holidays, i use it for gift giving. >> genius. >> i put it in little jars with the bows. >> for the guests that are really nice and special and good all year, i give them a little >> for friends, not for family. >> everybody knows that santa likes milk and cookies. however, what about santa's helper, the adult in the house that gets everything ready? >> absolutely. >> it starts out a little bit of cocoa and to that an ounce of bourbon. or 1 1/2 ounces. then about a 1/2 ounce of peppermint schnapps. that gives it a peppermint bourbon cocoa.

you stir it with the peppermint stick. you've got the alcohol-free version. >> of course. >> add a little syrup. cheers to the holidays. that's going to make santa's helper very happy. this will get you through the holidays. >> everybody's happy. >> and instead of regular cookies for santa's helper, i have bourbon bacon chocolate chip cookies. >> say no more. i don't even eat meat, but say no more. >> easy recipe. it's all in "the bourbon country cookbook." that is a really sweet treat. i tell you what, neighbors go crazy over that. >> i bet. we just won the holidays. >> nothing goes better than bourbon and chocolate. >> amazing. >> unbelievable. >> wow, thank you so much for all of it. you can find these and other decadent party ideas inside the pages of tim's new book, "the bourbon country cookbook." tim, we can't thank you enough

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time now for "the insomniac theater." we're previewing, of course, two movies. hoping this time to finally knock off "ralph breaks the internet" from the top spot. >> we'll see if it happens. we're starting off with the latest offering from marvel. "spider-man: into the spider-verse". >> kingpin knows we're coming. we're going to be outnumbered. >> don't be so sure. you might need these. you think you're the only people who thought to come here? >> hey, fellas. >> is he in black and white? >> where's that wind coming from?

we're in a basement. >> wherever i go, the wind follows. and the wind smells like rain. >> hi, guys. [ speaking japanese ] >> this could literally not get any weirder. >> it can get weirder. >> "spider-man: into the spider-verse" was actually nominated for a golden globe this week. it's scoring an extraordinary 98% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes. one critic calls it pure fun nonstop from start to finish. a.o. scott writes even the tourists from other universes are sad to leave. >> interesting. next to a bizarre editing experience repackaged as a christmas movie. "once upon a deadpool" starring ryan reynolds, of course, is basically "deadpool 2" with the swear words, blood and guts removed and fred savage in it.

turning the film into a pg-13 homage to "a princess bride." >> what's going on? where am i? who dressed me? >> i did. >> what the -- >> da da da, easy now. hey, the only f-bomb we're using around here is fred savage. now, listen to me very carefully, frederick. you're in a pg-13 version of "deadpool 2" which means, we only get two [ bleep ]. >> critics aren't impressed. >> but kendis is. >> giving "once upon a deadpool" only a 51% splat on rotten tomatoes. a cute idea that doesn't live up to its potential, leaving audiences with little more than a less interesting version of a better movie they might have loved.

another says simply, "it is insane." i am sold. >> that's it for this half hour.

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," the terror manhunt in france. >> s.w.a.t. teams moving in, surrounding the suspect and ultimately killing him. this just days after that deadly attack near a famous christmas market crowded with people. new details coming in on the takedown and the investigation. and breaking overnight, the violent traffic stop near atlanta. an officer and suspect both shot, both dying from their injuries. a police dog struck as well, rushed to the hospital. plus, hundreds of fake bomb threats sent to schools, hospitals and businesses across the country. what the fbi is now saying. and this is how we do it in new jersey. make it rain -- an armored truck spilling cash all over the highway. >> wow. wow. >> oh, my god! >> but then came the chaos and multiple car crashes. oh, boy.

it's friday, december 14th. from abc news, this is "world news now." all throughout new jersey. >> absolutely. there was a little bit of snow in new york city, but there was rain -- >> a whole lot of rain. >> in jersey. >> yeah, we will get to that later this half hour. but let's begin with a tremendous sense of relief now that french authorities say the man responsible for this week's christmas market attack has been killed. that market re-opens today. >> yeah, the man had been on the run since tuesday night when police in the city of strasbourg, the neighboring town near germany, say he opened fire at the market killing three. even though the suspected gunman is dead the search for his motive is still very active. abc's ian pannell reports from strasbourg. >> reporter: gunfire here in strasbourg as police moved in on the prime suspect in the christmas market terror attack. three police officers approached a man matching the description of 29-year-old cherif chekatt who had been hiding in his own

neighborhood after fleeing the scene of the attack in a hijacked taxi. as police approached the suspect, he turned his gun on the officers. they returned fire and killed him. a man's body could be seen laying in this doorway. police investigators on the scene gathering evidence, locking down the area, swarming this car. also, celebration in the same neighborhood. it comes just over 48 hours after chekatt opened fire near that famous christmas market, killing three people, wounding a dozen. some seriously. this man was with his girlfriend just steps away from the gunman that night. >> it's terrifying and the shooter continued to shoot. >> reporter: the police investigation still continuing, but as far as we know french authorities are not looking for anyone else in connection with the terror attack here in strasbourg.meanwhile, the mayory

has thanked the police for their work, telling people they can go back to life as normal, but i think it's fair to say that as that famous christmas market re-opens, they will also remain vigilant. ian pannell, abc news, strasbourg, france. >> much of europe remains on alert this morning. our thanks to ian. president trump's inauguration committee is now reportedly under criminal investigation. sources tell "the wall street journal" that federal prosecutors in new york are looking into possible misspending of some $107 million raised from donations. they're also trying to figure out if some donors gave money in exchange for political favors, such as access to the administration. the paper says the investigation was triggered in part by recordings and other materials seized from former trump attorney michael cohen. and at the same time president trump is trying to distance himself from michael cohen, but several reports say trump was in the room when hush money payments were initially discussed. sources say then candidate trump attended a 2015 meeting with

cohen and longtime friend david pecker, the ceo of the company that owns "the national enquirer." and they discussed buying and burying negative stories about trump's relationships with women. but the president is shifting blame from any wrongdoing to cohen a day after he was sentenced on campaign finance charges. >> let me tell you, i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did he did on his own. he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money. >> the president also said cohen did low-level work, telling fox news he did more public relations than law, and he tweeted that cohen made a deal with prosecutors to embarrass him. later this morning on "good morning america," george stephanopoulos sits down for an exclusive interview with michael cohen, his first since being sentenced. but breaking overnight, a georgia police officer is dead after a shootout with a suspect. authorities say the suspect ran away during a traffic stop and police say he fired a handgun at the officer as the officer

chased him. the suspect was shot by other police officers on the scene. he later died from his injuries. the dekalb county officer has not been identified. a police dog was also shot and is in critical condition this morning. authorities are trying to figure out who is behind a string of bomb scares that caused chaos around the country. the e-mails were apparently sent from a spoofed address and warned the only way to stop the threat was to send a huge bitcoin payment. here is abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating this wave of fake bomb threats prompting scenes like this across the country. dozens of offices and schools evacuated. hundreds of students seen streaming out of classrooms, some put on lockdown. law enforcement officials describing the threats as not credible, calling them crude attempts at disruption and to extort money. these hoaxes are very frustrating to law enforcement officials. those responsible face felony charges and up to five years in prison. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. and police in indiana say a

tip was the key in helping them prevent a planned school attack. the school in the f chmond, indiana was already locked down when officials say a 14-year-old boy with a gun arrived. he was not a student at that school. the tip that police received alerted them to the boy's potential for violence. the school's doors were locked when the boy arrived, but that didn't stop him. >> they confronted him. he shot out the glass to the door, entered the school. the officers pursued. >> and moments later after exchanging gunfire with officers, the boy died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. no officers or anyone else at the school were injured. it is going to be a messy weekend as a major storm system moves across the country. it's dumping a wintery mix of rain, flooding and snow on the south before moving into the northeast. isolated tornadoes are also possible. >> icy conditions in salt lake city being blamed for more than 250 car accidents. accuweather's melissa constanzer

has the details. >> kendis, janai, the storm that is leaving texas, well, it still could produce a few wet snow flurries through the morning hours here around dallas. it also is going to have quite a bit of winds as it leaves the lone star state but it moves east. here it brings the rain. we're talking soaking rain here in through the gulf coast as well as the east coast of the carolinas where they're already having trouble with river flooding. then you talk about parts of western north carolina and virginia. fog and snow creates issues with flooding. >> our thanks to melissa. tourism has just about reached the final frontier. >> virgin galactic has sent its first astronauts to the edge of outer space. the rocket-powered spaceship "unity" lifted off yesterday. it flew more than 51 miles above the earth, which virgin considers the edge of space, before gliding back down. views like this are why more than 600 people have paid $250,000 each to ride into

space. >> so the pilot celebrated the historic trip with a victory roll as they came back to solid ground. this was an important step before space tourism can get under way. >> rolling to the right. >> they're rolling to the right. >> ooh. >> nice. so if they went like ten more miles into the atmosphere, that would technically be space. >> about 60 miles. the six-passenger rocket about the size of an executive jet. i have to say, if they already made it up and were good coming back down i'd just be like, sir can we make a safe landing? >> no rolls. just come back down. well, coming up, the fire that consumed an entire city block and what officials believe sparked that powerful explosion that engulfed firefighters in clouds of smoke. and later in "the mix," a list of the worst computer passwords of 2018. which ones are you still using? you're watching "world news now." orld news now." ok i'll admit.

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better grab an umbrella. a brinks truck was making it rain in northern new jersey yesterday morning. money flew out on to this busy road. you hear the honks. >> i ain't mad at them. >> you see people scrambling out of their cars. obviously that led to a number of accidents as drivers got out trying to catch that cash. look, it's worth it. stop your car in the middle of the highway and get out. >> apparently $6,000 was returned. >> returned to what? >> returned to them. i wonder how much was -- >> lost. >> you can literally see. >> dolla bills.

>> i would have been just like that. i got some christmas shopping to do. new games to play. >> here we go. all right. we're learning some new details this morning about that massive fire that swept through an entire city block in new york. >> at least 12 people were injured, including seven firefighters. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: the fire broke out in a storefront in queens, new york around 2:15 a.m., quickly growing to five alarms, engulfing the block. firefighters fighting flames on the roof attempting to pry open a front door when suddenly -- a powerful explosion engulfing multiple firefighters in clouds of smoke, sending them scrambling for safety. watch again. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the blast injuring seven firefighters and five civilians. >> we're suspecting a backdraft

type of situation, a smoke explosion which caused the structure to collapse. >> reporter: the result, six businesses, many of them decades old, gutted. >> i couldn't breathe. i had to go. >> major fire here going on, guys. >> reporter: one witness says he saw three firefighters on the ground after they were blown out of a basement. six families from a neighboring building had to be evacuated. now displaced from their homes just before christmas. still no word on the cause just yet. as far as injuries, they're all said to be minor with the exception of one civilian who was seriously injured with fractures but is expected to survive. and that charred smell still thick in the air here. linsey davis, abc news, from queens, new york. >> our thanks to linsey there. turning now to a human heart that was discovered aboard a southwest airlines flight heading to dallas. >> wait, a human heart was discovered -- >> human heart. >> that is not a normal thing. >> no. >> the plane was forced to return to seattle. the heart was mistakenly kept on the connecting flight instead of

being removed. this graphic to show you what a heart looks like, it was being sent to a tissue processer in order to recover a valve. hearts must be received within 48 hours after the donor's death. fortunately the heart was received 12 hours before it would have been unusable. >> imagine being that person who opens up whatever container -- >> oh, my gosh. >> like what is this? >> what is -- >> who noticed, oh, that is for certain a heart? >> a smart person. >> somebody. >> mmm-hmm. >> somebody who saw that graphic. well, a long memorial day weekend in washington, d.c. seems to be coming to an end. organizers say next year's rolling thunder motorcycle ride will be the last. >> you remember this. this used to be one of those things that would thunder through d.c. it's been going on for 31 years, raising awareness about prisoners of wars and those missing in action but its founder says rising costs and what he calls increased

harassment from police and the pentagon now make the ride unfeasible. well, coming up in our next half hour, it's happened again. for the fourth time just since october. drivers in houston had to maneuver around yet another one of these. what is going on in texas? but first, bringing king kong to life on broadway. we're going backstage with the first woman of color to play the iconic leading female role. that's next on "world news now." >> and we know her.

♪ new york, concrete jungle where dreams are made of ♪ ♪ there's nothing you can't do sing it. >> i mean, you're the one that played it once you found out you were moving to new york. >> i shouldn't have told you that. we did. we played it all throughout the house. little family dance session. >> nice. welcome to new york. that was a live picture of the empire state building, which is about to be reimagined for one of the nation's most iconic

films. >> "king kong" is being brought back to life on broadway and it's starring a leading lady who is very close to the abc family. here is byron pitts. how do you get this interview? i'm not sure how. how? >> reporter: it's an hour to show time at one of broadway's boldest productions. >> come this way. >> i just try to get as relaxed and as quiet as i possibly can. >> reporter: last-minute touch-ups, a whole lot of nerves before the curtain goes up. >> watch your step. >> it's not the best look, but this is a wig prep. >> reporter: but you see the namesake of this big budget show isn't backstage. he doesn't even fit in the dressing room. this is "king kong." the $35 million action-packed musical like nothing broadway has seen before.

king kong is a story long revered in the american consciousness, a giant ape captured and brought to new york as a spectacle that escapes, and the new version just so happens to star my daughter christiani pitts as the independent and headstrong leading lady. >> now kong might be king but you're queen of the show. >> mmm-hmm. okay. ♪ i'm taking the throne ♪ i'm going to be the queen of new york ♪ >> reporter: christiani's reimagined for a modern age. a far crime from the damsels of kong's past. >> what does it mean to you to be the first african-american woman to play this iconic role that historically has always been a white woman? >> i feel like it means progress. because i think for a long time if somebody was supposed to be

beautiful on stage, they had to be blonde or they had to be fair skinned. i think we're in a place where beauty is so many things and i get to be unapologetically myself and unapologetically black on stage. that is something i do not take lightly. >> "king kong 2018 broadway" is an take on the original "king kong." that deals in a very dark and ugly way the issue of race. how is your version different from that earlier version? >> we're not shying away from the fact that our main character cannot speak. in our version it is now a black woman who cannot find her voice throughout the entire show until she meets kong who can't speak. >> do you know how proud your family is of you? >> yes. i was never the best singer. i was never the best dancer. i was never the smartest in

school. but i'm so lucky to have a dad like you and to have a mom like i have who told me god loves you and god knows that you can do whatever you put your mind to. and i'm here on broadway still not being the best but being the hardest working because of you guys. >> reporter: and one last place i had to take my baby girl, the top of the empire state building. >> the top of the world. >> holy moly. >> how cool is this, huh? >> this is the best day ever. and i -- i've said that a lot since "king kong" has started but it's like every day i'm living a dream. literally on top of the clouds right now. >> that was such a fantastic story. >> it's a cool moment for byron. he posted this moment when he went out to lunch with his daughter and he's like, i'm tearing up.

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>> really -- what's yours? >> you so funny. >> i'm kidding. it's 123456. police dogs are supposed to be tough and help us out. this one police dog in brisbane, australia in training, scared of the stairs. would not come down. poor pup -- >> he isn't ready. >> poor quinn is like, no, no, i'm good. i'm good. ♪ ♪ ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ tapes that roll in way too slow, stop too slow on conference show ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night, you're wide awake and you're not wearing pants ♪ ♪ so grab your "world news now" mug and everybody dance ♪ ♪ have some fun and be a pal

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this morning on "world news now," president trump talking about his former fixer michael cohen sentenced to three years in prison. what the president is saying ahead of an exclusive interview with michael cohen later on "gma." breaking developments. a 7-year-old girl has died while under border patrol protection. she reportedly hadn't eaten in days. she was taken into custody after crossing into the u.s. illegally with her dad. new reaction coming from capitol hill. and new this half hour, another terrifying bear attack. >> yeah, the woman was outside her home when she was viciously dragged by the animal for the length of a football field. how she's doing right now. and the big honor for janet jackson that so many fans say is way overdue. >> oh, yeah. >> what one of the music industry's most prestigious

organizations has just done for her lately that it did for her big brother nearly 20 years ago. that's in "the skinny." it is friday, december 14th. ♪ ♪ i thought i'd lose my breath from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i'm asking her if she knows the whop. >> do it. do it. get it. get it. whopping into next friday. >> we look good. you should try it on. >> how dare you ever talk about my dance moves. are you kidding? >> because i have two. >> you've got the whop and i've got the shoulders. >> that's right, you do have the shoulders. >> killing it with the shoulders. >> killing with the shoulders. all right. cool. we'll see how michelle obama is killing it also with the moves from fortnite a little bit later on. >> oh, yeah. we're going to start this half hour with new allegations that president trump actually attended a meeting centered

around illegal hush money payments to help his 2016 campaign. >> new reports say the president was in the room in august of 2015 strategizing with michael cohen and "national enquirer" publisher david pecker about killing stories that may be damaging to his campaign. after cohen was sentenced to three years in prison, the president said the responsibility for any campaign finance violations should rest with cohen. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: the president is pushing back against his former lawyer and fixer michael cohen who says then candidate donald trump directed him to make illegal hush money payments to women during the campaign. >> i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did he did on his own. >> reporter: but it's not just cohen. the publisher of "the national enquirer," longtime trump friend david pecker, told federal prosecutors he too worked with trump and cohen to suppress stories of women alleging affairs and that he did so to protect trump's campaign. president trump's story about the hush payments has changed

over time. first he told the american people he knew nothing. >> mr. president, did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> reporter: then he said he only knew after the fact. >> did you know about the payment? >> later on i knew. later on. >> reporter: now he calls the payment to porn star stormy daniels a simple private transaction and says it's michael cohen's fault if it broke any laws. >> he's a lawyer. a lawyer who represents a client is supposed to do the right thing. that's why you pay them a lot of money, et cetera, et cetera. >> reporter: but on fox news, the normally trump friendly former judge andrew napolitano said prosecutors have evidence the president of the united states has committed a felony and that trump can't put all the blame on his former lawyer. >> the felony is paying michael cohen to commit a felony. it's pretty basic. somebody hires you -- "a" hires "b" to shoot someone. "a" is as liable as if he had

pulled the trigger. you pay someone to commit a crime, they commit the crime, you are liable, criminally liable. >> reporter: as for whether or not the president's legal team is concerned that the president could face criminal charges, they are confident that the justice department agrees with their position that a sitting president cannot be indicted and whether or not he could face indictment after he leaves office, well, they are simply focused on issues and concerns much more immediate than that. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and later this morning on "good morning america," george stephanopoulos sits down for an exclusive interview with michael cohen, his first interview since being sentenced this week. turning overseas now to france where the christmas market that was attacked is re-opening today. that comes less than 24 hours after french police took down the suspected terrorist accused of killing three people and wounding a dozen others. now investigators are asking tough questions of the suspect's family. abc's ian pannell has more. >> reporter: we're just at the

edge of the cordon here. this is where the police operation honed in on their prime suspect cherif chekatt. from authorities what we know happened, earlier three policeman were out on patrol and they spotted someone who seemed to match the description of the suspect. as they approached him, he turned around and raised his gun. we believe it was a pistol and shot at the policemen. they returned fire and engaged him. in the quotes of the interior minister, they neutralized him. a source the french public prosecutor's office has told abc news, in other words, they killed him. a lot of relief here. people are hoping that this is the end of the affair. the police are continuing their investigation but so far there is no indication that chekatt was part of any wider network. we know that members of his family have been detained and so far we're not aware that they have been released. perhaps the fact that the night after the attack when he was wounded by french military, the fact that he returned to his known neighborhood, which is where he was discovered, would suggest that there certainly

wasn't another network that he could readily tap into but we're waiting for details from french officials. but as that famous christmas market re-opens, i think it will be a new normality where people will certainly be extra vigilant. ian pannell, abc news, strasbourg, france. back in the u.s. there is growing outrage from congress over a young migrant girl's death while in custody in the u.s. the 7-year-old was reportedly from guatemala and she was detained after crossing the u.s.-mexico border with her dad last week. homeland security confirms she was in the custody of border patrol for eight hours and during that time she ran a fever of nearly 106 degrees and was transported to a hospital in el paso, texas where she went into cardiac arrest and died. customs and border protection says the girl had not eaten or had any water in several days. there are many house democrats who already say they will question homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen about the case at a hearing next week.

a terrifying morning at an indiana middle school ended with a 14-year-old dead. police say the boy took his own life following a shootout with officers. detectives say the outcome would have been much worse if they hadn't been warned about potential violence at the school. here is alex perez. >> reporter: the panic and chaos unfolding at this indiana middle school when a 14-year-old boy showed up outside the school with a gun. >> rescue and all medics, need you to stage in the area. we have school shooting, dennis middle school. >> reporter: investigators say they got a tip. placed dennis middle school in richmond, indiana on lockdown and had police on the way when the gunman arrived. >> they confronted him. he shot out the glass to the door, entered the school, the officers pursued. >> reporter: those officers shooting at the suspect who fired back before taking his own life. emotional and in shock, parents reuniting with their children. >> very relieved to have my daughter back.

>> reporter: authorities searching the gunman's home and crediting that phone tip with saving lives. >> had they not made that call there is no doubt in my mind that we would be having a much different conversation here right now. >> reporter: authorities have not released any details on a possible motive but say the gunman was not a student at the school. alex perez, abc news, chicago. well, severe storms are moving across the country with a messy mix of rain, flooding, snow and damaging winds. the system is moving across the south and heading towards the northeast. flood alerts are in effect for a dozen states. >> that same system was responsible for these lightning strikes at an oklahoma city airport. accuweather's melissa constanzer has the day's forecast. >> janai, kendis, that storm is slowly leaving texas, as it does so, could create some morning wet snow flurries here around the dallas area. we're also talking about some very strong winds in the lone star state through the day. now the problem is as it moves east, it puts rain on top of snow pack here, creating fog and flooding issues.

but really, also, we're still talking about a lot of heavy rain further off towards the southeast, which means there is going to be some problems with river flooding in the same areas that were hit by florence. janai? kendis? >> our thanks to melissa there. now some christmas cheer courtesy of first ladies past and present. >> yes, first, melania trump keeping with tradition by visiting a children's hospital in washington, d.c. she met with kids who were treated in the neonatal intensive care unit and read a story about christmas ornaments and the kids look thrilled. i'm sure they're very happy with it. stop. >> yeah. >> it's awesome. >> sun's not even up and all this shade. >> no, they look awesome. and a children's hospital in colorado got a double holiday surprise. go, michelle. >> mrs. claus says i cannot dance. >> former first lady michelle

obama made an unexpected appearance and she and santa showed off their fortnite orange justice dance skills. mrs. obama admitted she can't floss. >> so, fortnite, of course, has all the different dance skills that have been popular lately. who knew that michelle could do the orange justice dance skills. our resident fortnite player andre knows -- says he can kill the orange justice dance skills. >> oh, yes. >> what about your floss? >> my floss? >> oh, that's that thing that all the kids are doing. >> oh, then that's the other -- these are all fortnite moves. >> oh, my god. he's so proud of himself right now, too. >> and i kill on fortnite, too. >> and he kills on fortnite, too. humble brag. >> millennial expert. >> millennial expert. andre, thank you. appreciate it.

>> our thanks to andre. in the meantime, coming up, houston's big problem. yet another runaway spool. the fourth since october. it has so many wondering where they're coming from. and later in "the skinny," oprah talks about this vintage clip from her show more than a decade ago. less than impressed with that $1 million chicken recipe. you're watching "world news now." >> if he's out here dancing, who is on prompter? >> nobody. >> nobody. >> nobody. from a manual to an electric toothbrush. but my hygienist said going electric ound brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gum line. for cleaner teeth and healthier gums. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the ada for its effectiveness and safety. what an amazing clean! i'll only use an oral-b! oral-b. brush like a pro.

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giant spools keep creating big problems on the roads in and around houston. four of them have found their way into traffic since october, including two in the past week. the latest just yesterday. the industrial-sized spool crashed into a truck carrying a family. everyone is expected to be okay but what is going on in southeast texas there? >> as if traffic isn't bad enough. >> yeah. well, further north in pennsylvania, a woman has been severely injured in a terrifying bear attack. >> it happened near scranton. abc's gio benitez has the latest. >> reporter: a terrifying encounter in pennsylvania after a bear grabs a woman who was outside her home with her dog

and drags her by the leg for almost the length of a football field. >> a 51-year-old female was attacked by a bear. she's inside the house now. >> reporter: her 3-year-old chihuahua going after the bear, potentially saving her life. melinda lebarron was severely injured, ending up with a head injury, broken bones and deep wounds. her family is setting up a gofundme page. >> looking into the circumstances how that occurred, why that occurred. >> reporter: the dog's barking perhaps mimicking the advice experts tell humans, use an assertive voice and make loud noises if confronted by a bear. authorities are still searching for that bear. one of the problems in finding that bear is there is no snow on the ground so authorities can't see the bear's tracks. gio benitez, abc news, the palisades, new jersey. one of the stars of netflix "queer eye," the reboot is accusing the tsa of racial profiling. tan france says he was put

through extra security at the airport because of his skin color. he is of pakistani descent. france says he was stopped three separate times this week while traveling. >> the tsa told him he was on a list of people considered to be threats. he tweeted, i'm brown but that doesn't mean i'm a security risk. the agency issued an apology to the fashion guru via twitter with a link to file an inquiry. when we come back, the long-awaited honor for janet jackson. >> and can you guess who is the world's highest paid model? it might be him. "the skinny" is next. >> no, i"m not. >> no, i"m not.

♪ ♪ time now for "the skinny" starting with a big honor for janet jackson. it's about time. >> it is about time. she has confirmed she's set to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. janet gets more than a slow clap, guys. >> yes. justin, you can have the next super bowl performance.

janet's got the -- >> it's not going to slow her down after amichael and the jac. she's been eligible for the honor since 2007. in a tweet she said to her fans, we did it, you guys. >> we did it. also set for induction, stevie nicks. this will actually be her second induction -- wow, okay. into the hall of fame as she's already in as a member of fleetwood mac. this time she's being recognized as a solo artist. >> other artists in this year's class of inductees include def leppard, the cure, roxy music and the zombies. >> let's hope the zombies perform that song. ♪ handle the seasons of my life ♪ >> i don't know either. that rock and roll 34th induction ceremony will be held march 29th in brooklyn. >> at the barkley center. they go back and forth with

cleveland. >> fun facts. "forbes" magazine is out with it its annual ranking of the highest paid models in the world. >> number three on this year's list -- >> our girl. >> chrissy teigen. 33-year-old raked in $11.5 million over the past year, thanks in large part to her cookware line, cookbook and hosting "lip sync battle." >> karlie kloss came in second place with $13 million. the best take-home in her decade-long modeling career. >> pretty good. is she smizing there? is that considered a smize? >> definitely. >> definitely a smize. and kendall jenner -- oh, that's a smize. kendall jenner is making $22.5 million thanks to her contracts with estee lauder, adidas and calvin klein. congratulations, the stars are just like us. in that we try smizing. next, oprah winfrey opens up a video from 12 years ago that

is now going viral. >> a "buzzfeed" writer dug up this clip from "the oprah winfrey" show in 2006 in which oprah looks less than dazzled as she tastes a chicken recipe that had just won $1 million in the pillsbury bake-off. >> i was having a moment of trying to decide -- do i want her to have a great time? what is my real moment of truth? because the truth for me was that i am used to having salt and pepper on my chicken. that's just the truth. that's what i was thinking. this chicken needs some salt and pepper. >> let them know. >> let them know, oprah. you do. >> that's the reason that kendis doesn't eat on air. >> it's honestly why i don't eat on tv. >> he doesn't want to be put in that position. all right. big competition happening. >> right. the world is counting down to sunday's final competition in the miss universe pageant. >> the 94 hopefuls took part in

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♪ all the single ladies ♪ all ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ all the single ladies ♪ now put your hands up now put your hands up. want to feel old? that song was number one on charts ten years ago this week. >> can you believe that? >> unbelievable. >> and no doubt quite a few events that made this week's news headlines will go down in history. here now our weekly "friday rewind. >> reporter: france fighting its way out of the fire after a fourth week of violence. what began as a protest over a fuel tax has turned into a national battle cry for economic equality. president emmanuel macron promising wage increases, bonuses and tax relief, although no change to a controversial tax break for the rich. a troubling video here in

new york city and the nypd now under fire. >> they're hurting my son! they're hurting my son! >> reporter: this after 23-year-old jazmine headley reportedly sat on the floor when she couldn't find a seat during a four-hour wait for a daycare voucher so she could go to work. she's then seen struggling with officers after the nypd says she repeatedly refused to leave this human resources building in brooklyn. police eventually yank the baby from her mother's arms and arrest her. the new york city police commissioner is calling this video very disturbing and is investigating. and a jury in charlottesville, virginia, now recommending life behind bars for james fields, the man who drove his car into counterprotestors at a white nationalist rally last year killing a young woman, heather heyer. on friday, that jury found fields guilty of first-degree murder and nine other charges. the judge is expected to formally impose the life sentence. we want to get right to that mine rescue in west virginia. check out these images overnight. it shows the moment these three people emerged and reunited with their families.

>> they had been trapped in that abandoned mine since saturday. >> reporter: the two women and a man had broken into the mine with another male friend early saturday morning. and while they could face criminal charges for entering the mine illegally in search of copper wire, family members say that is for another day. a community grateful they're all alive. so a guy in westford, vermont built this 700-pound wooden middle finger sculpture. it sits on a 16-foot pole on his front lawn. this comes after a ten-year battle with his city. he wants to build a garage on his property. 8,000 square foot garage that would house a business and stuff. i mean, i see why the city would have some issues with that. >> and given the way that he protests, i imagine -- >> yeah, that he's making a whole bunch of friends? >> yeah, exactly. >> and yo, he has not stopped dancing. >> just keeps going. he's a single lady. ♪ up in the club, just broke up ♪ >> it's like he's got a broken

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while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warrior project. we do have a lot of guys that have post-traumatic stress disorder. being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. just because you've left the military doesn't mean your life is over, because when these guys are coming home, i'm kind of leading and training them, instead of for combat, i'm leading and training them to heal. and if i come away with anything from the wounded warrior project, it's them giving my life back. my name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but i'm okay.

good morning, america. abc news exclusive, michael cohen, the president's former lawyer and fixer, speaks out for the first time since illegally crossing the border from mexico into the u.s. reports this morning that she had no food or water for days. a closer look inside the immigration detention centers and the mounting challenges. new legal woes for the white house. why the money spent for president trump's inauguration is now reportedly the subject of a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors. one of the biggest stars of prime time television. >> dr. jason bull. >> in the spotlight amid sexual harassment claims coming to light. the massive settlement just announced. the honeymoon tragedy. a man is killed. his wife badly injured on a zip

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