making news in america this morning, another migrant child dies in u.s. custody along the border. this time an 8-year-old boy. new details overnight about what happened hours before his death and the new action border patrol officials are now taking as they try to cope with a surge in children illegally crossing the border. the government shutdown, day five. a new claim from president trump that federal workers are on his side when it comes to the border wall. as millions of americans prepare to return unwanted presents today or spend new gift cards, the new figures just in on the christmas shopping season, what it means for the economy. the record mega millions drawing on christmas night. the numbers and what we've

learned overnight about the jumbo jackpot. and the lakers win big against the warriors but lose lebron. new details on his injury. snow and ice causing this nasty highway pileup. the new storm moving across the country hampering travel for tens of millions this holiday week. >> watch out. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with new details from the southern border overflight where an 8-year-old migrant boy from guatemala has died in u.s. custody. >> he is the second migrant child to die in u.s. custody this month. his death comes as president trump continues to push for billions of dollars to fund a border wall. a battle that rages on as the government shutdown enters day five today. >> abc's stephanie ramos begins our coverage from washington. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

after speaking with american troops overseas yesterday, president trump denied collusion with the russians again, and he also said he'd be willing to me to talk about a budget deal, but he also says he still doesn't know when the government will re-open. today makes day five of the partial government shutdown. an estimated 800,000 federal employees are likely impacted. on christmas day, president trump claimed those federal workers support his position in the fight with democrats over billions of dollars in funding for the border wall. >> many of those workers have said to me and communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. >> reporter: the president also saying he'll meet with congressional leaders, but right now there is no end in sight. >> i can't tell you when the government will be open. i can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they'd like to call it. >> reporter: congress is still away for the holiday, but many lawmakers are reacting to the death of an an 8-year-old guatemalan boy who died while in u.s. custody. this is the second immigrant

child to die in detention just this month. democratic representative jerry nadler, the next house judiciary chairman, tweeting, another tragic death in cbp custody just reinforces the need for the ig to investigate conditions in cbp's short-term holding facilities and, of course, the general suitability of such facilities for families. u.s. customs and border protection say the boy died shortly after midnight tuesday and showed signs of, quote, a potential illness. >> it's just tragic, and we're thinking about his family right now, just what they must be feeling to have lost their child on christmas day. >> reporter: customs and border protection say they've directed medical checks on all of their kids in their custody nationwide. that's about 2,500 kids. now, the president has said separately that he plans to visit the u.s./mexico border in texas at the end of january. janai, zachary.

>> officials say migrants are entering the u.s. just at the height of flu season. stephanie, thank you. overnight asian markets are mostly lower because of bad financial news from the u.s. wall street is having its worst december since the great depression, and the government shutdown is a major factor. the markets could turn around this week, but that aparunlikely. abc's rebecca jarvis reports. >> this is traditionally the time where you see stocks go up between christmas and just after new year's. historically the market goes up a little more than a percent but this christmas eve following that 650-point dow plunge, we are now in the midst of the worst december for stocks since the great depression in 1931, and there are a lot of factors leading to the plunging stock market. first of all, you have interest rates which are rising. trade, the uncertainty over that with china and finally the slowing economy, not just here in the united states, but around the globe. that spells trouble ahead for

what's to come in the new year even though currently the u.s. economy is on relatively firm footing with the jobs pictur healthy continuing to improve and wages going up. there are still some big questions about what comes in the next year. plus, add to that the political uncertainty and that spells trouble and volatility for the stock market. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> we turn now to the tsunami disaster in indonesia. survivors are traumatized and are afraid of what might come next. more than 420 people were killed and thousands more injured. authorities are warning people in the tsunami zone not to return home. abc's ian pannell is there. >> reporter: yeah, janai, zachary, good morning from one of the areas hardest hit by that massive tsunami that swept through here on saturday night. the sea is behind me i guess probably about 150 yards but so big were the waves that they surged right between these two

buildings. originally the government said the waves were only three feet high but residents and survivors say they were closer to 15 feet high. you can see the damage that they have brought. look at this building here, the waves surged through. and we were told there were three waves through the the back of the house punching out the front wall. you can see this is a solid brick wall. a massive search and rescue operation is under way. we were speaking to a team leader of one of those teams and he told me that they, just their small team operating this area, have recovered 42 bodies and even today they're still out looking for more and that's because more than 150 people are still missing from this tsunami. more than 400 have been killed. 1,500 injured and, of course, hundreds of people have lost their homes, and even so we are seeing people coming back trying to pick through the wreckage trying to get some belongings and all the while in the background we can hear the rumbling of the volcano that triggered the tsunami in the first place. it continues to erupt sometimes as many as 99 times a day as it has since june, and the government is warning people do not come back into this area.

the danger still exists. there could be another tsunami at any moment. janai, zachary. >> and survivors remain on edge there. our thanks to ian in indonesia. also overseas an airport in italy is back open after an ash cloud from mt. etna forced it to close. lava could be seen shooting from europe's most active volcano into the night sky. check out that scene. it's been spewing lava and ash over nearby villages forcing residents to evacuate. back in this country at least one person is dead after a small plane crashed into a residential neighborhood in sioux falls, south dakota. the victim was reportedly the pilot. two homes were badly damaged. no word yet on what caused the crash. federal investigators are headed to the scene. a large storm system is bringing snow to the plains and severe weather to parts of texas and louisiana later today. for now let's take a closer look at your forecast for this wednesday. good morning. now we are keeping a close eye on this low pressure system that's going to create massive

thunderstorms throughout the south central part of the country and the cold side of it creating massive snow as well. here's how that's going to happen. this low pressure system will push right between warm air coming out of the south, cold air in place, snowstorms north of the track, flood and severe storms south of that same track and here's how it's going to develop. we're looking for a mix to slide right in between these two areas with storms to the south and snowstorms to the north. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, a gamble at the poker table that paid off big time. also ahead, the big news overnight about the record-breaking christmas night mega millions jackpot still up for grabs.

this guy is about to hit this, people. watch out. oh, my gosh. look at this guy. a scary scene. this chain reaction in cajon pass shut down interstate 15 for hours. dozens of vehicles involved and one slid off the freeway into a towing company's law. ten people were hurt. bernie madoff's former secretary wants to use a new law signed by president trump to get out of prison earlier. annette bongiorno has been in prison since february of 2015. she was one of five employees convicted in the elaborate multibillion dollar ponzi scheme. her lawyer says she's eligible for early release under the prison reform act. they say the 70-year-old qualifies because of her advanced age and time served. despite the bad news on wall street, it appears retailers had their best christmas in six years. mastercard said we spent more

than $850 billion this holiday season, 5% more than a year ago. that includes both in-store and online sales. analysts say shoppers are happy with their jobs and wage increases and low gas prices also helped. online shopping was up 19% compared to last year. americans are expected to return nearly $90 billion worth of holiday gifts and today and tomorrow are going to be the busiest days for returns. some stores give you just 15 days to bring back items, but experts warn even if stores have extended return periods, the extension may not include all products. well, the mega millions lottery set a christmas record last night and now the jackpot is getting even bigger. >> we learned overnight that nobody won last night's $321 million jackpot. that means the jackpot for friday's drawing grows to at least 348 million. meanwhile, tonight's powerball is worth $294 million. but you know who needs mega millions or powerball when you

have a great poker hand. this new jersey man won a million dollars on a $5 bet at a casino in atlantic city. he drew three cards. the dealer had the other three for a six-card royal straight flush. the odds were less than 20 million to 1. he says he plans to give most of it to his kids. lucky kids. coming up, new concerns about lebron james. the latest on his injury that he suffered last night. but first how to control screen time. tips for parents whose kids refuse to put down those electronic toys. a very special gift for the holidays. a couple that adopted seven little boys from the same family. the beautiful thing about care, is knowing that it's always there... ...and that it always will be. ♪

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so big, his family is asking the public to help sew him a 20-foot-long scarf. that snowman is a monster. >> it's huge. turning now to a very different kind of tall order. setting limits on tech time for your kids. >> on this day after christmas kids everywhere are gleefully playing with their toys but now while toys are new is a good time for parents to set healthy time limits. here's abc's becky worley with some tips. oh, an xbox. >> reporter: the joy of the gift. the excitement of playing. but before christmas is even done -- >> you guys, you've been on that thing all day. get off. >> reporter: -- jim steyer of commonsense media explains the issue. >> so with kids self-regulation is tough so it's really helpful to set time limits. >> reporter: his first tip create a media contract. common sense has them available for download. >> you can talk about what the limits ought to be and get the sense in their brain as tough as that may be for them that, you know, this is a privilege, not a right. >> reporter: for many families that's not enough. i fire up the gaming consoles with common sense parent editor sierra filucci. >> i think they finallyha paren

more control over what their kids are doing. >> reporter: next tip, use those parental controls. create a separate user profile for your kid, and do it today. final tip, do not try and set alt this up on the console itself. this is not easy. instead for both the xbox and ps4, go to their websites and create a family group and add your child. from there it's pretty easy to create time and content limits and think about the interactive elements too. >> you can also change whether they can have voice chat so they can talk to people whether it's friends or strangers. >> reporter: for another popular gaming system, the switch. >> in order to set them up you first have to download an app and then you follow the registration process through the app. >> an app on this thing or your phone?

>> your phone. >> it can take about an hour but trust me in the end it'll save you so much arguing. >> they're going to be spending soan technology over the holidays and in general this is now part of parenting 101, whether we like news, new york. >> our thanks to becky. a georgia woman says her prayers have finally been answered this christmas thanks to seven little boys. >> candace and larry logan recently adopted the boys all cousins between 3 and 7. the couple previously served as their foster parents, and logan says every year she prayed to god for a child. she spoke to our atlanta station, wsb. >> it was like a rubber band, we wanted it for so long and finally we got it. our whole life has changed. i thought they rescued me just as much as we rescued them. >> the money is tight for the new family so the relatives have set up a gofundme page to pay for a new van to carry out their expanded family. the nba, the ctar kyrie irvd

down some clutch shots including a pair of three-pointers against the sixers in overtime. >> irving led all scorers with 40 points. the celtics won the game, 121-114. it was boston's second victory over philadelphia this season. and the lakers took on steph curry and the warriors. big game here, james went down with a groin injury in the third quarter. it didn't matter, though. the lakers just had too much for the defending nba champs. l.a. wins, 127-101. the lakers say james will have an mri exam on that injury today. >> well, get well soon, bron-bron. up next, a look at what hollywood is serving up to fill your holiday break. the big week at the box office. later we ride along with some special kids as they take the ride of their lives. stay with us. with special skids quids a kids. t ruin my day.

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peaceful look over new york city there. the empire state building all still lit up for christmas on this morning after christmas. a lot of people will probably be heading out to return those christmas gifts. good luck with those lines. so christmas is over and maybe you're looking for something to do today besides fighting those crowds in the stores so maybe a movie is an option. >> yeah, hollywood has plenty on its menu and abc's chris connelly lets us take a look. >> reporter: at the movies this holiday season, it's all about those songs. ♪ nothing's gone forever >> reporter: that umbrella. >> as i live and breathe. >> reporter: and "mary poppins returns." >> really. >> reporter: yet there's more to see including nicole kidman starring as a detective in "destroyer." "rogue one's"

jones speaks out in "on the basis of sex" on the turning point in the future supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. > you don't get to tell me when to quit. >> reporter: while "vice's" christian bale is all but unrecognizable as former vp dick cheney with fellow oscar winner sam rockwell as bush 43. john c. reilly stars in two hollywood movies. a good doctor to will ferrell's sherlock in "holmes and watson." >> amazing. >> reporter: half of laurel and hardy with steve coogan in "stan and ollie." >> i already got one of those. >> not like this one, you don't. >> reporter: that trident, those pants, jason momoa says come on in, the water is fine as "aquaman." >> my parents made me what i am. i am the protector of the deep. >> reporter: jennifer lopez gets some careeecd t. you for com

>> yeah, okay.87 with hailee steinfeld again displaying some true grit, this "transformers" spin-off is cute as a bug called "bumblebee." director robert zemeckis helped steve carell say "welcome to marwen." >> i created a world where i can heal. >> reporter: and sandra bullock battles unseeable horror in "bird box." meanwhile, oscar minded audiences can make a point to seek out director barry jenkins' "if beale street could talk." "vox lux" a different look at music stardom with natalie portman. >> do you mind if i get a quick picture with you? >> mom, i'm worried about you. >> you're worried about me? >> reporter: on the animation side a fresh take on superhero in "spider-man." chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> and "aquaman" is on a roll, made more than $11 million mas eve surpassing $500

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hi there. good morning. it is wednesday, december 26th. thanks for joining us. we hope you had a lovely christmas. yeah. we are back in action. we have the full crew. you are never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. yeah. don't show me another piece of food. >> i know. >> my goodness. i can't wait to get to the gym. let's talk about what's going on weather-wise. we have upper 30s to upper 40s. so it's definitely cooler this morning. our destination this afternoon under sunshine and maybe a passing cloud or two. how about 57 to about 60 degrees. so pretty close to average. we'll look at our day planner next. here's sue with traffic. we are hoping for a little . a look at the san mateo bridge. no delays there.

14-minute drive across the span. no fog. looks good across the golden gate bridge. nice and clear with three lanes in both directions. that will be changing. one hot spot on 237. i'll update that in just a couple of minutes. we begin with a deadly shooting on christmas morning. a woman was called by san jose police early yesterday. now an investigation is still under way. >> abc 7 news reporter matt keller is in san jose with the details. matt. >> reporter: good morning, alexis and jessica. the police chief eddie garcia is scheduled to talk to the media tomorrow afternoon about this officer-involved shooting. four officers are on paid administra ourse this happened. it all happened early christmas morning. they got a call just after 2:00 a.m. on story road and clemens avenue gunshot wounds.

they survived. they tried to with the suspect vehicle crashing several miles away on lee and fruitdale avenue. the female ran into a patrol officer. a witness captured it on video. a driver died at the scene. she is yet to be identified. a female passenger had one gunshot wound. she was booked into jail on an outstanding warrant. the district attorney's office is conducting its own investigation. reporting live here in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. it is 4:29 right now. if you're just joining us, let's check our weather and traffic with mike. take a live look at the explore item. doesn't it look nice and beautiful right now? we will get back to that in a second. i will show you how dry it is on live doppler 7. you can put the umbrellas away for the next several days.

back to the exploratorium as the back drop for my accuweather 12-hour planner. waking up cooler. mid-30s to mid-40s by 7:00. look at that. right around 1 degree at noon. 2 degrees at 4:00. 55 to 57 with a passing high cloud as a dry cold front comes through. that pushes us to 47. inland by 7:00. 53 for the bay and coastal neighborhoods. take a look at the dry cold front coming up next. here's sue. all right. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a couple of cars stacked up on the cash-paying lanes. dry from hercules into san francisco now. less than 25 minute. it is smooth sailing. so far so good. you can see the sensors are highway 580. looking great in the westbound direction. our problem spot is an accident blocking the slow