america this morning. s making news in america this morning. making news in america this morning, the balance of power shifts in washington today. democrats take control of the house. the new proposal to end the government shutdown and president trump's response. plus, what he said about his military generals that's raising eyebrows. new worries about the economy. overnight apple's stocks plunge after a new warning about iphone sales. how it could affect the markets today. plus, the new prediction about gas prices. breaking overnight, history in space. china lands on the far side of the moon while nasa releases the first image of an object 1 billion miles beyond pluto. teenager accused of cheating on the s.a.t. exam.

was her score too good to be true and how she's fighting back. going dry for january? the effects giving up alcohol for one month has on your body. and that mystery poster on the table at the white house. the many questions this morning. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the shift in power in washington. the 116th congress just hours away from convening. >> here's a live look at the capitol where the newly elected lawmakers will be sworn in this afternoon as democrats take control of the house for the first time in eight years, but republicans will hold an even bigger majority in the senate. >> they'll be immediately tasked with reaching a compromise to end the government shutdown. it's a tall order after the first talks in three weeks with no deal on the president's proposed border wall. abc's zachary kiesch has the details from washington. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, janai.

you know, no breakthrough as the president met with congressional leaders yesterday at the white house. in fact, the president said he would, quote, look foolish to compromise on a deal. that came as more than 800,000 federal employees are still waiting to return to work. day 13 of the government shutdown hinges on the president's demand for $5.6 billion for a border wall with mexico. >> when they say the wall is immoral, well, then you got to do something about the vatican because the vatican has the biggest wall of them all. >> reporter: the president met with lawmakers at the white house wednesday but with no real intention of compromise. this photo from inside the situation room where those contentious conversations were had. even publicly rejecting a $2.5 billion compromise proposed to democrats by his own vice president. >> we're asking for 5.6 and, you know, somebody said 2.5. look, this is national security we're talking about. >> reporter: democrats made clear they aren't budging

either. >> we're asking the president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? >> reporter: this morning, the president is waking up to a new reality as democrats take control of the house. senate my north leader chuck schumer and house democratic leader nancy pelosi said they plan on moving forward with two bills to re-open the government that were once backed by senior republicans. but that's a nonstarter for gop senators. at joshua tree in california, no deal means nobody to help keep the place clean. >> i just hope we can end the shutdown soon and kind of come together as a people because this is getting ridiculous, what we're doing. >> reporter: you know, in addition to the federal employees, there's at least 2,000 contractors that are also impacted by this. and they feel they face the very t recee p.ial that they will naand mausback to you. >> the president facing a less

friendly congress as democrats take control of the house. zachary, thank you. and president trump has taken a jab at the former defense secretary jim mattis claiming essentially that he fired him. the president actually forced mattis to leave early after he had already resigned in protest but yesterday the president slammed the job mattis did in afghanistan and criticized the strategy of his generals. >> we have an area that i brought up with our generals four or five weeks ago where taliban is here, isis is here and they're fighting each other. i said, why don't you let them fight? why are we getting in the middle of it? i said, let them fight. sir, we want to do it -- they go in and they end up fighting both of them. it's the craziest thing i've ever seen. i think i would have been a good general but who knows? >> reporter: the president making those comments in a cabinet meeting with the acting defense secretary pat shanahan sitting right next to him. the u.s. ambassador to russia says an american facing spy charges in moscow is in good

condition. paul whelan is being held in a notorious russian prison charged with spying. a russian news site claims whelan was caught with a classified list of russian secret agents, but whelan's family insists he's not a spy and say he was in russia for a friend's wedding. >> let's talk about some money news this morning. apple's stock could be in for a rough day amid concerns about sales slowdowns. ceo tim cook says apple sold far fewer iphones particularly in china during the holiday season. growing concern about the slowing chinese economy is one reason for the recent volatility on wall street. and analysts are warning that apple's slowing sales could lead to a more widespread sell-off. a 14-year-old houston boy accused of driving an suv that caused a fatal car accident is now charged with murder. police say he and two friends had been throwing eggs at other cars when another driver began chasing them. this surveillance video shows the suv running a red light and crashing into a pickup truck killing the driver. that driver was in town to visit her kids andrandkids.

>> wonderful woman always, happy, independent. she was about to come home and get her stuff and say bye, and she was about to leave, and, yeah, but she couldn't say bye. he did what he did, and he took my mother's life, so he has to pay for what happened. >> awful. police say the driver who chased after the teens is cooperating but he could also face charges. we got word overnight that a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, and this is the first image from that lander showing the side of the moon that faces away from the earth. it's the first time a spacecraft has actually touched down there showing china's growing ambitions in space. the lander has a rover on board which will conduct experiments. meanwhile, we are seeing the first images of an icy object 1 billion miles away from pluto. it's the farthest space object ever explored. a nasa spacecraft passed it this

week. it's about 20 miles across and appears, as you can see here, to be two objects linked together well, turning now to weather, a storm sweeping across the south could mean icy conditions or heavy rain for the morning commute. let's take a closer look at your thursday forecast. good morning. big-time problems with the winter storm in the center part of the country. oklahoma pounded literally by more ice, more snow. and flooding rains throughout the lower mississippi valley region but not just there. the entire southeast because they've been hammered over and over again by more rain, so the water is already there sitting in the first place. then you add more on top of it and snow pushing throughout the northeast and the southern new england states courtesy of this low pressure system. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, an airline mistakenly sells tickets way below the real price, so will they honor the deal?

but first caught on camera, the terrifying moment a dust devil throws a guy into the air out of control. and new developments in the case of a missing colorado mother. authorities now investigating another woman's alleged role in the case.

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we're back with video of a dust devil tearing across this yard in nevada. surveillance cameras show the suv outside the house rocking then the dust devil. look at all that debris flying around. it tears apart a children's playhouse out back. it happened this week about 50 miles west of las vegas. nobody was injured. and check this out. this is in australia where another dust devil took this paraglider on the ride of his life.

and you can hear his wife screaming in the background. he was actually getting ready to take off when the dust dicked hd tossed him around. thankful to report this morning he was not hurt. the reward leading to the person who killed a 7-year-old girl in houston has now reached $50,000. police say a white bearded man pulled up next to the barnes' family car and fired a gun killing jazmine barnes. activists say they believe the shooting was racially motivated. police say that until they track down the gunman, they're not ruling anything out. and with tips pouring in, police say they are ramping up patrol in the area. the investigation into the apparent death of missing colorado mother kelsey berreth seems to be expanding. abc news has learned that a 32-year-old female nurse from idaho is being investigated for possibly disposing of berreth's phone. idaho is where berreth's phone was detected after she vanished. so far only berreth's fiance patrick frazee is charged with her murder. court documents claim that three months before berreth vanished, frazee allegedly tried to find

someone to kill her. cathay pacific airlines says it will honor first class tickets sold at a fraction of the real price, this due to a new year's day computer glitch. travelers going from vietnam to new york usually pay about $16,000 for first class seats but because of the glitch, those tickets only cost $675. >> good deal right there. perhaps it was the straw that broke the camel's back at this mcdonald's in florida. look. police say a customer clearly lost his temper after not finding straws at the condiment bar. look at this. then police say that man kicked another employee in the stomach as he was escorted out. he was arrested for assault. it was the first day of a new law in st. petersburg restricting the use of plastic straws. >> wow, just terrible scene there. okay. coming up, the dramatic 911 call from a woman trapped in a sinking car and the life-saving decision she made. also, a string of high-profile burglaries targeting celebrities. what was stolen and how police

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but you will still need the sunglasses. all right. here's alexis i had frost on my windshield too, mike, and i do not have an ice scraper. i didn't use a credit card. i put the heat on high and used the wipers. good news in the east bay. westbound 4 at 680 merge in martinez, we had a full closure scheduled until 6:00. caltrans crews got tha that dony ahead of schedule. all lanes are back open. and the bay bridge toll plaza. somebody tried to use the carpool lanes before they were open. other than that, no issues, no delays into san francisco. drive time in the green at eight minutes alexis, i know what to get you for your birthday now. ice scraper. apple is warning about the last quarter of 2018. the warning comes as wall street is on a down trend and apple stocks are falling matt keller is live in

cupertino. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. below expectations are never the words you want to hear as an investor. apple stock is getting hit pretty hard. it is down more than 8%. all of this news broke yesterday after the markets closed in the early afternoon here on the west coast. apple ceo tim cook wrote a letter to the shareholders saying the need for an iphone is lessening. the official results of apple earningings are scheduled to be released at the end of this month. it comes from increased competition and slowing economy in china. and trade tensions between the u.s. and china has put pressure on. one factor could be $1,000 press for the top of the line models. cook said apple will expand its

financing plans and make it easier to trade in older models in its stores. thank you, matt. new developments about pgetubbs. according to the press democrat, court documents named the land owner pg&e believes is responsible for the fire. the company singled out a care taker who says there was no license for electrical work done on the property outside of calistoga. the tubbs fire killed 22 people and destroyed near 4,700 homes. >> 4:30 right now. if you're just joining us, a quick update on weather and traffic. here's a look at what's going on as far as the visibility. i showed this because, as we talked about yesterday, there is more moisture in the air but not enough to create any fog. a thin layer of frost on your car sitting outside in some of our colder neighborhoods this morning. here's a look from the tam