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we now know hundreds of people were killed, over 1,000 were injured and many more are still missing. we also know from the indonesian authorities that that crucial tsunami warning system that people rely on was not working and hasn't been working since 2012. you look out at the sea at the moment, it looks really, really calm, but there are many warnings for people in this area do not come back to their homes do not come into the area because they fear another tsunami could be triggered almost at any point. scientists also now telling us that they're sure this tsunami was triggered not by an others have been, but instead a landslide caused by the n this volcano out there known as the child of krakatau.ia nnpan >> and a big thanks to ian there. north korea has been orderew rongayfutol death lawsuit. and few people expect the family of college student otto warmbier will ever collect. warmbier was accused of stealing a propaganda poster while

visiting north korea. he was sentenced to hard labor. north korea eventually returned warmbier in a coma and he died shortly after. the ruling came the same day president trump said he's looking forward to his next summit with kim jong-un. christmas eve violence at a south florida mall ended with a police dog dead. sheriffs say the dog was shot chasing an attempted murder suspect at a mall parking lot in palm beach county. deputies fired at the gunman, hitting him a number of times. both the suspect and another man are under arrest. so it's christmas morning, but it won't be a white christmas in most of the country. >> but one of the places that does have some snow on the ground in ogden, utah, which received several inches and residents say that's exactly what christmas is supposed to look like. >> accuweather paul william's has the rest of the christmas weather forecast. paul, good morning. >> good morning and merry christmas. look for a white christmas where you see the dark blues throughout the west, northern parts around the great lakes and for portions of the northeast, but nowhere else. we are going to see a little

rain down towards houston along the mississippi valley region and out towards the west. now speaking of that, this low's going to swing through, cause travel disruptions, rough seas and a mixture of rain, snow and sleet and then for the southeast, watching out for mostly minor to moderate flooding, particularly in the florence-hit areas affected, savannah and the lumber river just to name a few. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >> thanks, paul. if you're a little short on cash after all these holidays and spending out there, tonight's mega millions jackpot will be worth $321 million. that might help out lettli >> i would think so. if you're taking the lump sum payout, it would be just under 194 million bucks before taxes, though. before taxes. the mega millions jackpot hasn't been won since october 23rd. and if you miss out on that, the powerball jackpot isn't far behind. tomorrow night's drawing will be

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oakland's famed black hole. >> a lot of excitement there. well, gofundme returned more than $400,000 to people who donated money to a homeless veteran. johnny bobbitt supposedly gave his last $20 to a pennsylvania woman whose car ran out of gas. that story went viral. >> yeah, prosecutors say it was a scam. they say bobbitt, the woman and her then boyfriend made it all up and planned to split the proceeds. all three have been charged with theft by deception. well, turning now to a couple of new developments surrounding allegations against kevin spacey, including his first criminal sexual assault charge. >> yeah. news of that charge comes as the former "house of cards" actor breaks his public silence after more than a year with a bizarre video. here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: this tweeted video as jarring as it was bizarre. >> i told you my deepest, darkest secrets. i showed you exactly what people are capable of. >> reporter: kevin spacey apparently in character as his

iconic frank underwood, the central character on netflix's "house of cards," until multiple real-world sexual assault allegations drove the network to kill off his character. >> despite even my own death, i feel surprisingly good. and my confidence grows each day that soon enough you will know the full truth. >> reporter: the 59-year-old spacey will be arraigned on a felony indecent assault and battery charge in a massachusetts court january 7th all for his alleged encounter with a then 18-year-old man whose mother, heather unruh, allegations in a press conference last year. >> kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink, and when my son was drunk, spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him. this was a criminal act.

>> reporter: spacey's video, which netflix says it had nothing to do with, appears to be a bizarre attempt at a defense. >> i'm certainly not gonna pay the price for the things i didn't do. >> reporter: the video, spacey's first public comment since october 2017 when he apologized after another allegation of sexual assault. >> if convicted, spacey faces up to five years in a state prison in massachusetts, but he's also being investigated here in southern california and has six active investigations against him in england. matt gutman, abc news, los >> such a bizarre video. >> so bizarre. >> yeah. >> and you'd think that he'd be leaning on some legal advice and this wouldn't be the advice that he'd be getting, you know? >> right. absolutely. to keep quiet. it also is just a coincidence. my husband and i just finished watching the last season of "house of cards" last night. >> okay. >> hated to not see him in that, but all this going on, you understand why the show had to -- >> he says he did not remember the incident happened but he did apologize if the allegations were true. >> yeah. well, we'll see what happens to those other investigations. when we come back, one of

santa's little helpers busy at work far from the north pole. >> we're meeting the young boy who is teaching us all a lesson about the true meaning of christmas. ♪ run, run, rudolph, santa's got to make it to town ♪ ♪ santa make him hurry, tell him

♪ holly, jolly christmas ♪ it's the best time of the year ♪ nice clear skies over new york city as we await for santa in his sleigh to swoop in. you see the empire state building there all lit up for christmas. i'm sure if you're up with us right now, you're either wrapping gifts, getting ready for the big day, something. >> just getting home from the club. i don't know. >> whatever you're doing this christmas. >> it's a beautiful night out there in new york city. >> absolutely. >> and it's christmas day. >> yeah. merry christmas, everybody. early this christmas day one of santa's smallest helpers is no doubt catching up on some much-deserved rest. >> 6-year-old treandos thornton has been gathering toys, food and anything else that might

help other child who are in need. this morning we're hearing more about how such a little guy grew such a big heart. >> i was watching tv, and on the commercial it was kids crying and i asked my mom, why are they crying? and my mom said because they don't have no food or toys. >> when we explained it to him, he seemed to have gotten it, but he said, what can i do to help? >> oh, my gosh. i hope santa brings him everything he wants. help he certainly has. so much so he's even been honored by the mayor of his community south of atlanta, declaring march 19th treandos thornton day. >> the dude's got his own day already? >> yes. >> that's a beautiful thing. little treandos told us what he would like for christmas this year. >> what i want for christmas is a cool reef toy and lego fish set and some more cans for my food and toy drive. merry christmas, everyone. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, this little boy, he is adorable. this year he collected more than 1,000 toys and food items for

families in need. that is -- the reason for the season. this kid doing it. >> i like that dude. congratulations to him. >> absolutely. >> he knows how to get things done. his head and his heart in the right spot. >> and he's only 6. >> only 6. turning now to what's being described as a christmas miracle for a teenage girl from oklahoma. >> the 14-year-old successfully battled through a potentially life-threatening illness. after surviving a dangerous surgery, managed to fulfill her dream on stage. >> reporter: just in time for christmas, eighth grader attie jamison has overcome incredible odds to star in her school's production of a holiday classic, "the nutcracker." >> what i probably feel about it is there are no limits. you can just be creative and kind of just express yourself. >> reporter: but it's been a long road to get to this moment. the young girl enduring severe pain that almost dashed her dancing dreams. >> i can like remember times, like sitting in my living room, just like, mom, my chest hurts. mom, my chest hurts. >> reporter: in 2017, attie

suffered from acute pancreatitis, a life-threatening condition that caused her liver to fail. >> as a parent to see, you know, them getting sick and the doctors saying we're not sure what the best course of action here is, that's -- that's, you know, it's a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: her family turned to cincinnati children's hospital for a necessary but dangerous surgery. the doctors had to remove her pancreas, a procedure with potentially devastating complications. >> this is a big deal. i said i don't know -- they're going to have to convince me whether or not this is something i'm willing to watch my daughter go through. >> plie. she's testing us. >> reporter: ultimately attie brav t ander hours, she woke up determined to make her dreams come true this holiday season, to star as clara in the christmas classic, and that's exactly what she's done. >> i kind of just wanted to prove to everybody, but mostly self that, like, i had surgery

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♪ you better wa ♪ you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, i'm telling you why ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ santa claus sure is coming to town. ♪ making a list, checking it twice ♪ that santa claus of course making his way around the world in these wee hours of christmas morning. >> yep. checking in with norad there. but aside from santa and his sleigh, nothing says christmas more than christmas carols, of course. so we set our own will ganss on loose on some unsuspecting christmas revellers on the streets of manhattan. >> reporter: it's the most wonderful time of the year and we are in the best city in the world to celebrate christmas, so i hit the streets to ask folks what their favorite christmas carol is, what messages they'd like to send to their loved ones back home, and of course, what they're asking the man in the north pole to send them for christmas this year. >> do you have a favorite christmas carol?

>> ooh, "baby, it's cold outside." >> a controversial pick this year. ♪ baby, it's cold outside >> i like the michael buble christmas album. >> he basically invented christmas at this point. >> "jingle bells." my dad really likes "jingle bells." ♪ bells on bobtail ring ♪ making spirits bright ♪ oh what fun to ride and sing on the sleigh and song tonight ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ jingle all the way ♪ joy to the world the lord is come ♪ ♪ let earth receive her king >> yes. ♪ feliz navidad ♪ prospero ano y felicidad >> cha-cha-cha. >> you guys, that was like you rehearsed it and then you showed up here. >> okay. one, two, three.

>> kick, ball change. some very special guests approaching. this is my mom. >> hi there. >> what are you doing in town? who are you coming to visit? >> we came to visit you. >> oh, shocker. >> what are the odds? >> what do you want from santa claus? >> toys. >> toys. >> toys. >> do you have a favorite christmas song? >> uh, no. >> do you have a favorite holiday song? >> no. >> do you know how to floss? >> uh, yes. mom? >> here weo. now we're asking the right questions. there it is. there it is. is there anyone you want to wish a happy holidays to? >> my teachers. >> my mommy, my brother, my mama, family, everybody in new orleans, in the boot, ya heard? >> i want to wish to my family over back in wales. yeah, merry christmas, guys. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> of course we can count on will to get out there and get people singing on the street. >> will can get anybody to do anything. >> yeah, apparently. >> he's got such a good attitude. man, i really appreciate it. don't miss our updates on

♪ this morning on "world news now," celebrating christmas around the world. the last-minute shopping is done and santa seems to be everywhere all at once.e pe is telling his followers to embrace simplicity and thousands gather in bethlehem to mark the start of the holiday. president a intrp umatndte as the government shutdown meso steirto another day. and new this half hour, kevin spacey raising eyebrows with a puzzling new video posted online. the actor facing his first criminal sexual assault charge d new may be saying. and some christmas inspiration courtesy of a young ballerina and a little guy who just wants to help those who are less fortunate than he is. it is christmas morning,

from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ it's the most wondeul t of the y ♪ of the year what, you don't like singing? >> we made it. where else would you rather be? >> you have a good voice. >> thank you. singing these christmas carols. all be need is some mariah carey to get the party started. >> mariah, that's your go-to for christmas? >> the queen of christmas. >> i thought maybe neil diamond or something like that. snow no? >> that's a little before my time, zachary. zachary kiesch joining us again this morning. >> good morning. we begin this half hour with christmas celebrations around the world. in rome, pope francis urged christians to part with the materialism of christmas and embrace simplicity, charity and love. francis also condemned the divide between the world's rich and poor. >> in bethlehem, worshippers attended a midnight mass ceremony at the church of --

>> president trump and melania trump were among those at a service at the national cathedral in the nation's capital. and despite the government shutdown, norad is tracking santa in flight as he puts in an all-nighter for billions of children around the world, santa still has lots of toys to deliver, but don't worry, word on the street is he's stopping by your house pretty soon. >> he's not stopping by my house, but -- >> not your crib? no. >> maybe everybody else's. >> what i can tell you is it has not been a time for investors to celebrate heading into the holiday. all the major stock market averages fell at least 2 percentage points christmas eve as wall street tumbles towards its worst december since the great depression. >> the market chaos wasn't helped by the partial government shutdown. it's now in its fourth day and the president says the battle over border wall funding will continue.ton. >> reporter: the nation is feeling and seeing the impacts of the holiday shutdown. lawmakers at home due back

thursday to pick up negotiations on funding the government and president trump's southern thauerall. t es tpre o say -- >> it's nothing new. nothing new on the shutdown. nothing new. >> thank you. >> except we need border security. >> reporter: the president officials to the white house to discuss border security. earlier, trump tweeted, "i am all alone. poor me.g r the democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed border security." democratic leaders struck back in a new response, "it's christmas eve and president trump is plunging the country into chaos." adding, "the president wanted the shutdown but seems not to know how to get himself out of it." the president is backing down on his $5.7 billion demand for a wall. his incoming chief of staff says they're waiting on democrats to respond to a counteroffer. >> i think they offered us $1.6 billion a couple of weeks ago. then they offered the president $1.3 billion this week. that's a ns ket'gog in t dictn. ntury stragy, rather than imove

border security is something that we're just not going to do. >> reporter: in washington, a glimmer of hope. the national christmas tree damaged by a trespasser who climbed the tree over the weekend. with the ongoing shutdown, the tree expected to remain rkda until the national park foundation and private donors stepped in to light up that holiday symbol. >> it likely won't be a good holiday for 800,000 workers. more than 400,000 are being forced to work without pay and the rest are on nonpaid leave. zachary? janai. >> thank you, kenneth. some states are paying washington to keep sites open dungri state governments along with lip uberty and the uekiicf grand canyon up and running. estimates say the collective cost nationwide to keep sites open could be more than $500,000 a week. >> wow. well, president trump may be visiting turkey next year. the white house says turkish president erdogan has extended an invitation for 2019. it follows trump's promise to

pull the u.s. out of syria. he says erdogan has vowed to eliminate what's left of isis. the invitation came the same day defense secretary jim mattis signed orders authorizing the syria withdrawal. the number of people killed in that violent tsunami in indonesia has passed 400 now, but rescue workers aren't giving up the search for survivors. hee searchers have been using y av enjuuist about everything in between. they're also on alert from another eruption from the child of krakatau volcano. abc's ian pannell is on the scene. >> reporter: there are hundred office military personal and emergency workers now down in the tsunami zone looking for people buried under the rubble, but also trying to help the injured. you can see some of the destruction is pot marked all along the coast here. every now and again you go through a small coastal village, you can see housesvehat a boat there has been flung inside the building. we now know hundreds of people were killed, over 1,000 were

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warmbier was accused of stealing a propaganda poster while visiting north korea. he was sentenced to hard labor. north korea eventually returned warmbier in a coma and he died shortly after. the ruling came the same day president trump said he's looking forward to his next summit with kim jong-un. christmas eve violence at a south florida mall ended with a police dog dead. sheriffs say the dog was shot chasing an attempted murder suspect at a mall parking lot in palm beach county. deputies fired at the gunman, hitting him a number of times. both the suspect and another man are under arrest. so it's christmas morning, but it won't be a white christmas in most of the country. >> but one of the places that does have some snow on the ground in ogden, utah, which received several inches and residents sathat's exactly what christmas is supposed to look like. >> accuweather paul william's has the rest of the christmas weather forecast. paul, good morning. >> good morning and merry christmas. look for a white christmas where you see the dark blues throughout the west, northern parts around the great lakes and for portions of the northeast, but nowhere else.

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iconic frank underwood, the central character on netflix's "house of cards," until multiple real-world sexual assault allegations drove the network to kill off his character. >> despite even my own death, i feel surprisingly good. and my confidence grows each day that soon enough you will know the full truth. >> reporter: the 59-year-old spacey will be arraigned on a felony indecent assault and battery charge in a massachusetts court january 7th all for his alleged encounter with a then 18-year-old man whose mother, heather unruh, tearfully announced the allegations in a press conference last year. >> kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink, and when my son was drunk, spacey made his move and sexually assaulted him. th a which netflix says it had nothing to do with, appears to be a bizarre attempt at a defense. >> i'm certainly not gonna pay

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been gathering toys, food and anything else that might help other children who are in need. this morning we're hearing more about how such a little guy grew such a big heart. >> i was watching tv, and on the commercial it was kids crying and i asked my mom, why are they crying? and my mom said because they don't have no food or toys. >> when we explained it to him, he seemed to have gotten it, but he said, what can i do to help? >> oh, my gosh. i hope santa brings him everything he wants. help he certainly has. so much so he's even been honored by the mayor of his community south of atlanta, declaring march 19th treandos thornton day. >> the dude's got his own day already? >> yes. >> that's a beautiful thing. little treandos told us what he would like for christmas this year. >> what i want for christmas is a cool reef toy and lego fish set and some more cans for my food and toy drive. merry christmas, everyone. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh, this little boy, hl this year he collected more than 1,000 toys and food items for

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christmas carol? >> ooh, "baby, it's cold outside." >> a controversial pick this year. ♪ baby, it's cold outside >> i like the michael buble christmas album. >> he basically invented christmas at this point. >> "jingle bells." my dad really likes "jingle bells." ♪ bells on bobtail ring ♪ making spirits bright ♪ oh what fun to ride and sing on the sleigh and song tonight ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ ♪ jingle all the way ♪ joy to the world the lord is come ♪ ♪ let earth receive her king >> yes. ♪ feliz navidad ♪ prospero ano y felicidad >> cha-cha-cha. >> you guys, that was like you rehearsed it and then you showed up here. >> okay. one, two, three.

>> kick, ball change. some very special guests approaching. this is my mom. >> hi there. >> what are you doing in town? who are you coming to visit? >> we came to visit you. >> >> what are the odds? >> what do you want from santa claus? >> toys. >> toys. >> toys. >> do you have a favorite christmas song? >> uh, no. >> do you have a favorite holiday song? >> no. >> do you know how to floss? >> uh, yes. mom? >> here we go. now we're asking the right questions. there it is. there it is. is there anyone you want to wish a happy holidays to? >> my teachers. >> my mommy, my brother, my mama, family, everybody in new orleans, in the boot, ya heard? t an w toyeah, merry christmas, guys. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> of course we can count on will to get out there and get people singing on the street. >> will can get anybody to do anything. >> yeah, apparently. >> he's got such a good attitude. man, i really appreciate it. don't miss our updates on

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