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man. >> wow. a lot of action at dinner. >> he got pretty far. turning now to los angeles where sheriff's deputies are investigating a second death at the home of a prominent democratic party donor. >> yeah, it's the second suspicious death at the man's house in the past 18 months. kabc's carlos granda has the latest. >> reporter: after the second death at the west hollywood apartment of democratic donor ed buck neighbors are outraged. >> i'd love for him to get the hell out of here, quite frankly. >> reporter: buck's attorney told us his client and the man who died in this apartment were long-time friends. >> the individual came over, had already been partying, apparently had already taken some substances. >> reporter: tepper says she saw the victim when he walked in. >> he was fine. he was buzzing in. this close. so he was buzzing in and then he was using his phone. he wasn't stumbling. he looked perfectly fine. >> we're going to be out here every night! >> reporter: protesters came to the apartment last night and accused buck of luring black men with the promise of sex and drugs. buck was not arrested or charged

in the 2017 death of 26-year-old gamel moore. authorities at the time ruled that an overdose. >> mr. buck had nothing to do with either individual who passed away in his apartment. do we have a problem in drugs in our society? yes. >> reporter: according to public records, buck is an activist who's donated tens of thousands of dollars to democrats over the years. the lgbt center in los angeles is very concerned about what is happening. >> law enforcement and the d.a.'s office treat this as serious. it needs to be there and do whatever they need to do to make sure that another black gay man does not end up dead in this man's floor. >> big thanks to carlos granda out there in los angeles. also out west a utah couple wasn't looking for an adventure when they got stuck in more than five feet of snow. >> they were traveling along a mountain road they usually use when they got caught between not one but two avalanches. david and erica kennenbeck say it happened in a split second.

at first they thought it was just blowing snow but then several feet of snow was up against their car door. >> went through my head first i remember thinking maybe this is how we're going to go. >> at first you think wow, what bad luck that we're the only car that got trapped in it. you know, all the other cars were stuck on either side. but after the fact it's like wow, how blessed we are that it wasn't worse. >> a lot of wows there. the kennebecks both climbed out the driver's side door and they were not injured. but their car wasn't moving. they left a note and a good samaritan caught on the other side of the slide took them home. the one thing david said he will be carrying in his car from now on, what he's using right there. a shovel. >> i bet. oh, my goodness. he's right. i'm lucky to be caught not between just one but two, but it worked out for them. >> it did. and we have some tips. how to survive an avalanche. jump the slope, move to the side of the avalanche, let go of your

heavy equipment, hold on to something like a boulder or a large tree, start swimming in the snow. you wouldn't think that. >> no. i wouldn't know what to do in an avalanche. >> but we've got you covered. >> yes. thank goodness. coming up right here, lindsay lohan's big comeback on the small screen. >> we're going inside her new reality show. up next. reality show. up next. mr. clean magic eraser. just add water, squeeze, and erase. mr. clean magic eraser works great on burnt-on food in the kitchen. it's perfect for cleaning stubborn bathroom soap scum. even on glass. and it even removes four times more permanent marker per swipe. try mr. clean magic eraser, for your impossible kitchen and bathroom messes.

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♪ i'm just a little bossy it's been a while since we heard that song. ♪ it's been a while since we heard that song. but there is no question who's the boss these days on her own reality tv show. >> lindsay lohan is getting a fresh start. here's abc's will reeve. ♪ i'm just a little bossy >> reporter: she may be bossy, but on her new mtv show lindsay lohan is the boss. >> just like everyone watches me i'm watching them. camera's flipped now. >> reporter: lohan taking her celebrity international to the glamorous greek island of mikonos. now the backdrop for her reality show "lindsay lohan's beach club." >> i want to do things

differently. i want to be my own boss. >> reporter: the new mtv docuseries follows lohan not the movie star -- >> don't [ bleep ] with my family. you're fired. just pack your [ bleep ] and get out. >> reporter: but the business mogul behind lohan beach house. >> i didn't want to go back to l.a. and be part of the scene again. i wanted to just really focus on what i'm great at. and i was like, you know what? i'm smarter than this. i can make my own business. i can build my own brand. >> reporter: the series shows just how far the actress has come from when we first saw her all those years ago. >> yes! >> reporter: lohan began acting at age 3. her career took off when she starred as twins in "the parent trap." >> honey, you never looked better. >> reporter: her profile grew with hits like "freaky friday." >> this could make you blow up like a balloon but it will do nothing whatsoever to me. >> was i the new queen bee? >> reporter: and the iconic "mean girls." >> i can try to get out of it. >> just the same as i was in "the parent trap." i'm everyone's friend.

i'm not the mean girl. >> reporter: she even went double platinum with her debut album featuring the hit song "rumors." ♪ i'm tired of people lying, saying what they want about me ♪ lohan's private life played out publicly in the tabloids for years. legal troubles, drug and alcohol abuse, even trips to jail. >> i know the ups and downs of being in the spotlight. it's so easy to just keep going, going, going, going. but sometimes you have to stop. >> reporter: she moved to dubai to find peace. bringing a more serene sense to greece for her new business endeavor, which includes clubs in athens and rhodes as well as mikonos. lohan recently sat down with my colleague, george stephanopoulos. >> any concerns about going into the party business? >> no. i mean, i'm running the place, so i don't have time for any of that. and also people have said so many negative things about me when i went out to clubs and dancing, having fun. i want people to see the positive side of it. >> reporter: on the show lohan takes her business very seriously. making a surprise visit to her

host's villa on the first episode of the show. >> what the hell is going wrong with these people? are they like stupid or something? >> in the pool and drunk. i want to build an empire here. this is not "girls gone wild." >> how real is it? >> all real. >> people may think reality tv is scripted. it's not. >> i don't know about other shows. but it's not. >> but ours isn't. it's all real. so don't judge me. >> what was it like for you living with the other hosts and castmates? >> very bougie and high maintenance. it was a recipe for disaster. >> is there a disaster impending on the show? >> it's a dumpster fire for sure. >> reporter: lohan says she's working on a script for a new film she plans to star in but for now she's all in on building her business portfolio and has a reflective message for her younger self. >> listen, digest it, and then respond. i think we just move too fast. we've got to slow down. just slow down. everything will come if you're good. if you're a good person, that will come to you. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm

will reeve in new york. >> hashtag bougie and high maintenance. i like that. good for lindsay. coming up, a treadmill for cats. >> and that's it. weird science is next. hd-5 hd-5

♪ you guys ready for some ♪ you guys ready for some weird science? >> i love what just happened with the graphics here. >> weird. we'll start it off with will ganz, our consumer electronics show guru. >> did someone say weird? >> weird. break it down. >> all right. so this first one from the consumer electronics show is something i think you might be interested in. >> okay. >> smart diapers. >> not for her. >> not for you. for your baby. >> thank you, gio. >> yeah, for your baby that you have. a company called monnet has a cookie-sized attachment you can put on a diaper and it's bluetooth enabled.

so anytime the diaper gets dirty you'll get a notification on your phone that that's what's going on so you can go change the diaper, whether it's in the middle of the day, middle of the night, whatever. and it's so your baby can avoid diaper rash. but it also will track sleeping patterns and things like that. >> okay. >> so it's got a lot of new parents super excited this year at the consumer electronics show. >> what's the radiation like? >> oh. wow. >> i'm just saying as a parent we have all these worries. >> that's a follow-up. >> yeah. i will get back to you. >> was i just debbie downer on that? >> what is the radiation like? >> all right. moving on to -- there's a new cat treadmill from a company in korea. >> that's what we all need. >> well, i have a few friends with some plus-sized felines. but it will shine a light inside the treadmill. you know when you shine a laser and it gets your cat to run around?

this will do it for it. and also while you're gone you can play voice recordings of yourself to be like hey, kitty, let's go for a jog to try to encourage your cat to exercise. but it's all app-controlled as well. so you'll see on your phone if your cat is exercising and how much exercise they're doing. and you can keep track of weight loss. >> that was incredible. that was like one of those rhyming games. like what is a plus-size feline? fat cat. fat cat. >> oh, man. i missed it. >> thanks to will ganz for that. >> thank you, will. now equally as weird, spicy tomato? a spicy tomato. apparently this is a new study that's going on. and scientists think that they have genetically engineered a way to get a spicy tomato -- >> do we want it? >> yes. for salsa. >> also, turns out singing with friends, that's a great way to relieve stress at work. >> okay. >> a study found 96% of people in singing groups feel less stressed by their demands at work. right, guys? ♪ together ♪ together ♪ together

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this morning on "world news now," president trump takes the border wall fight to primetime tv. >> the president says the wall is the only solution to what he calls a humanitarian crisis. the democrats attacking his claims right away. we're fact-checking both sides. still developing, a shocking revelation in the russia investigation. the former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's team accidentally revealing he's accused of sharing campaign polling data with a russian associate, and that's not all. caught on camera, an alarming attack on a police officer. th officer fighting for her life as she comes face to face with a fugitive with a gun. you have to see how this dramatic struggle comes to an end. and if you've been on google, maybe you saw it. we'll tell you the sweet story

about that doodle featured on google and the 7-year-old behind it. it is wednesday january 9th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." have you seen the doodle? >> i have not seen the doodle. i'm going to have to do it. it's so cute. >> it is. a cool story behind it. we will get to all of that. i'm back, guys. >> you are back. >> whoo. yeah. >> there's the slow clap. i got the slow clap yesterday, and i was honored. >> good. i'm always a little like that's it, guys? got some sun. i'm ready to go. my winter tan going on. we'll tell you all about it. we begin this half hour with president trump's primetime appeal from the oval office casting his demand for a border wall as a crisis of the heart and soul. >> the president did not declare a national emergency. remember, he said he could do it if he wants. but he used his nine-minute speech to blame democrats for the government shutdown and attach unchecked illegal immigration to drugs and

violence. >> house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer delivered a live rebuttal. they accused the president of stoking fear and hurting millions of americans. and they called on him to reopen the government. abc's jon karl has the details. >> reporter: president trump made his case to the nation, selling his border wall in a primetime address from the oval office. as the government shutdown takes a toll. >> democrats in congress have refused to acknowledge the crisis. the federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only. because democrats will not fund border security. some have suggested a barrier is immoral. then why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences, and gates around their homes? they don't build walls because they hate the people on the outside but because they love

the people on the inside. >> reporter: but minutes later a blistering response. democratic leaders accusing the president of holding the american people hostage as he demands $5.7 billion for his border wall. >> much of what we heard from president trump throughout this senseless shutdown has been full of misinformation and even malice. he promised to keep the government shut down for months or years no matter who it hurts. that's just plain wrong. >> this president just used the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration. >> reporter: 800,000 federal workers are not being paid. farmers aren't getting their government subsidies. pilots are warning about airline security. as tsa officers work without paychecks. christine vittel, a single mother, works for the tsa at chicago o'hare. >> i live 39 miles away from the airport. that's one way. my gas is what takes up my

money, right? i could go probably one more pay period without getting paid. but most people can't go one more day. >> reporter: the president says he understands what workers are going through. >> i can relate. and i'm sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustment. >> reporter: still, he insists those workers support shutting down the government to build his wall, a wall he has repeatedly said that mexico would pay for. the president in his speech invited the democratic leadership to come back to the white house on wednesday for more negotiations, but we heard very little different from either the democratic side or the president in their addresses. there's really no sign of any resolution to this anytime soon. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> and our abc news fact checkers identified a number of misleading claims in the president's remarks. >> yeah. as for his insistence that mexico will pay for the wall through the new trade deal, there is no evidence of that.

we also found little justification for the president's claim of a growing security crisis as thousands of illegal immigrants try to enter the country every day. total apprehensions at the border have actually been trending downward for the past two decades. >> and the shutdown is sparking growing concern from food banks that depend on federal programs to keep their shelves fully stocked. >> organizations like food share in connecticut, you see them right there, worry that if certain agencies remain closed for a prolonged period assistance will be cut off to those who need it most. >> csfp program, food for seniors, we don't know if it's going to exist next month. it's a very real problem. >> and the government is funding -- is buying more time for the 44 million americans who rely on the s.n.a.p. program, more commonly known as food stamps. the program was funded only through the end of this month, but the agriculture department found a loophole that would cover another 30 days. that means recipients will have full benefits at least through february, even if the government remains closed.

and turning now to a stunning revelation in the case against former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. accidentally disclosed by his own lawyers. >> yeah, we now know that manafort is accused of sharing campaign polling data with a business associate linked to russian intelligence. and prosecutors say manafort lied about it. abc's pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: the bomb shell revealed. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort accused of repeated lies to the special counsel's office. in his legal team's rebuttal to the accusations they accidentally exposed the details of a new startling allegation. robert mueller's team claiming manafort lied about sharing polling data from the 2016 campaign with russian national konstantin kilimnik. >> it certainly raises a lot of questions about yet additional discussions and meetings and exchange of information in which trump campaign people are lying. >> reporter: investigators say kilimnik had strong connections with russian intelligence during

the 2016 campaign. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. >> reporter: the court filing was manafort's response to charges he violated his plea deal agreement. if the accusation of handing over polling data is proven true, it could be the first finding that a senior trump campaign official colluded or offered information to russians about the race for 2016, a charge the president has consistently denied. >> there was no collusion because there was no collusion. >> reporter: a new word on manafort's condition. his attorneys claim he has severe gout and at times is confined to a wheelchair. they also say he's suffering from anxiety and depression. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to pierre there. turning now to the sadness and singing that filled a houston church as a community said good-bye to 7-year-old jazmine barnes. hundreds of mourners came together to honor the second-grader. many of the church wore purple, which was jazmine's favorite color. she was shot to death last month as she rode in a car with her mother.

police say it appears to be a case of mistaken identity. as mourners prayed for jazmine the second suspect was charged with capital murder. detectives say 24-year-old larry woodruff fired the bullet that killed her. investigators say woodruff and 20-year-old eric black jr. thought they were shooting at people they fought with at a club. prosecutors are deciding whether to pursue the death penalty. some ohio residents are cleaning up after a rare january tornado. it uprooted trees and damaged cars and homes just north of youngstown. the tornado also cut power to many homes and businesses. its winds were clocked as high as 100 miles per hour. no injuries were reported. thank goodness. this was only the sixth tornado in the area. nearly 70 years. the storm also produced a water spout on nearby mosquito lake. a waterspout is basically a tornado that forms over water, but they're usually weaker than tornadoes. great video right there. now, that same storm system is now moving across the northeast, bringing snow and rain to new york and new england.

several inches of snow are possible overnight in northern new england with lake effect snow later in the day in western new york. so a second-grader from northern virginia just had her artwork seen by millions of people around the world, and you probably saw it. >> ah, there it is right there. she's 7-year-old sarah gomez lane. and her artwork is a colorful collection of dinosaurs. sarah was the winner of the 2018 doodle for google competition. it's an animated version of her doodle. and it appeared on google's home page. she drew dinosaurs because she wants to be a pale now, sarah says her inspiration for the doodle came on a stormy day last spring. >> there was no work and no school 'cause the power went out. so -- so the only thing we could do was like do the -- do the doodle for google.

>> the only thing she could do. how cute. sarah received a $30,000 scholarship for winning the google competition. her elementary school in falls church, virginia got $50,000 to spend on technology. the school used the money to buy interactive smartboards. >> so cool. >> so cool. >> yes. >> and the fact that she wants to be a paleontologist. obviously, we love all girls that are going out for anything s.t.e.m. incredible. this year's google doodle already under way. the theme is when i grow up i hope. open to kids kindergarten through 12th grade. >> i mean, even this artwork would affect that. >> yeah. even last year's theme works. >> watch "jurassic park," sarah. live it, do it. >> she's probably seen it. >> i'm sure she has. coming up, the new development in a sex assault investigation into celebrity chef mario batali. >> but first, the story behind this newly released video showing a terrifying life or death struggle between a police officer and an armed fugitive. lots more ahead. you're watching "world news now."

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a snowy street in auburn, maine, yesterday. took out a stop sign before slamming into the porch of this house. the driver's okay. she reportedly told the homeowner she was from georgia and didn't know how to drive in the snow. >> oh, my gosh. look at that right there. it's scary. i've been in a situation like that. not like that. but it's scary. a little more than 100 miles south in boston a driver was seriously hurt when this car slammed into a liquor store. look at that right there. the force of that crash sent the store's check-out counter and other debris just flying. the impact caused the car to flip and knock the driver unconscious. but she is expected to be recovering right now. but wow, look at that car right there. >> absolutely. well, turning now to the chilling images of a life or death struggle between a police officer and an armed fugitive. >> yeah, the officer's dash cam captured the moment the man surprises her with a gun and we have to warn you the video you're about to see is difficult

to watch. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: newly released police videos capturing the heart-racing moments an officer comes face to face with death. >> what are you doing parked back here? >> reporter: early morning in the chicago suburbs last july officer brianna tedesko approaches a suspicious suv parked on a gravel path. >> i just have to make sure you don't have any warrants or anything. which i'm sure you don't. >> reporter: the driver gives a phony name but he's actually kenneth martell, wanted in pennsylvania for the murder of an 88-year-old man. >> do you have anything in the vehicle with your name on it? >> reporter: martell hands over a slip of paper but quickly reaches for a gun and pulls the trigger. >> no! no! the gun jams and for 20 agonizing seconds she tries to disarm him, pleading for her life. >> no! don't touch it! no! don't! please! >> a backup officer racing to the scene. [ gunshot ] >> shooting and killing martell. >> shots fired by the police. one suspect down. >> reporter: authorities discovered the suspect actually

had a number of weapons. the officer involved was not hurt. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> all right, alex, thank you so much. the sex assault investigation now against celebrity chef mario batali is over. >> batali won't be charged with two alleged attacks in manhattan restaurants. one woman claimed he raped her in 2004. another said she was sexually assaulted the next year. sources tell abc news police couldn't find enough evidence. batali has acknowledged engaging in deeply inappropriate behavior. well, coming up in our next half hour, the baby known worldwide for her head of hair. she's 1 years old -- >> whoa. >> and now she is cashing in. >> but first, the woman who gave birth to her daughter by sperm donor, then met and fell in love with that donor. that's next right here on "world news now." ght here on "world news now." ergent. stain removers. and odor fighters. all fit in the palm of your hand.

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this is the perfect song. >> perfect song. >> to get us into this story. "we are family." this is the story of a truly modern american family. get this. a woman gives birth to her daughter, then meets and falls in love with the child's father more than a decade later. >> yeah. and he's her sperm donor. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: aaron long only started dating the mother of his 13-year-old daughter last year. >> it's kind of like i'm living in a science fiction story. >> reporter: confused? you see, aaron was a sperm donor in the mid '90s. in 2005 jess selected his sperm to have her daughter with her female partner. >> what was it about aaron's profile, his sperm donor profile that attracted you? >> you build this story in your head of the values that you have, what kind of person might not just share your values because i don't think those are genetic, but be drawn to the

same kinds of things that we're drawn to. >> reporter: that's when alice came into the picture. jess and her wife at the time split up a couple of years ago. at just the time that their precocious daughter, alice, started poking around the dna testing site 23 and me. there she pretty quickly found her father. and so alice's mother and biological father got to talking as well. >> when we met in person, the -- i don't know. the attraction seemed harder for either of us to deny. >> reporter: how long was it before you realized that the father of your daughter might actually turn out to be your boyfriend at some point? >> longer than for aaron. this was not my relationship or my journey to jump into and mess up forever. >> reporter: the relationship so unconventional and surprising it reminds some of the plot to the hollywood movie "the kids are all right." >> i just keep seeing my kids' expressions in your face. >> really? >> reporter: aaron had invited jessica and alice to live in the same communal home as him, and they did. turns out aaron has a lot of other kids as well.

>> bryce, maddie, jamie. >> do you think you might have more kids? >> it's very hard to say. i did a little bit of pretty shoddy math and came up with a figure of 67 as a maximum. it's hard to say. >> reporter: several of aaron's kids featured in the upcoming documentary "$40 a pop." including bryce, who's now in the military, and 21-year-old maddie, who also lives in the communal home. >> we have the nose. >> we have like these large noses. >> what was it like when you met him? >> we hit it off right away. >> i'm not going to be these kids' parents. but i feel like i can be their friends and i can be just someone for them to look at and think about when they contemplate nurture-nature questions. >> i mean, this is a wild story. >> it absolutely is. like the whole story beginning to end is incredible. seeing this family come together like this, it's amazing.

and by the way, dna kits so popular for christmas this year, last year. we may see more stories like this. >> we will. i think we will. >> stay tuned. >> stay tuned. . >> stay tuned. >> stay tuned.

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it is time for "the mix" on it is time for "the mix" on this wednesday. and we are starting out with quite a story. a pharmacy mix-up. so a woman goes to the doctor because she has a dry eye condition. she gets a prescription for a drug called -- a lubricant called vitapos. vitapos. remember that. so the pharmacist read it and prescribed her vitaros. one letter difference. turns out that vitaros is actually for erectile dysfunction. >> no. so she put it on her eye? >> she put it on her eye. so then she gets pain, blurred vision, swollen eyelid. >> no.

>> right? antibiotics cleared things up quickly. but quite a mistake, right? >> okay. so she's okay? >> she's okay. and doctors are going to start doing things a little different. using block letters. so that one letter doesn't -- >> i bet. >> doesn't turn out so bad. >> come up with a new name. there's a million ways you can name this thing, right? we're going to shift gears a little bit. it's sad, but there's -- just listen. bear with me. this is the oldest person in america. she died. she's 114 years old. leslie brown. you see her right there. >> lived a lot of life. >> lived a long, long life. in fact, when her daughter had told her she's the oldest person, you know what she said? >> what? >> "that's good." "that's good." >> so unimpressed after all those years. >> so unimpressed. and she says she attributed her long life to god's will. but her family says that really it's because she ate a sweet potato every day. >> oh. i wonder how she ate it. with marshmallows and pecans? good to know. not bad. add this to the list of

strange sights on houston highways. >> okay. >> look at this man. trying to get that tire. got to get that tire. middle of traffic. he's going. he's going. he's not even looking both ways. >> he was using his chevrolegs there. >> yeah. runaway flat tire. he sees someone recording him. got a little upset they didn't stop to help him. he takes off going. this is just the latest of the sights on houston highways. we've seen all these spools. multiple spools just loose on the highway in houston. >> okay. what is that? what is going on? >> where does that spool go? who's knitting with yarn that big? i don't know. everything's bigger in texas. >> that's got to be a prank, no? >> even the car troubles bigger in texas. >> i thought there was going to be someone inside. >> texas, not florida. >> you've got to see this video real quick. little girl on a motorcycle. she was about to get in trouble with her mom because she wanted to touch that motorcycle. the cop said no, you want to try

it out? here you go. >> vroom, vroom. >> vroom, vroom.

the federal government the federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only. because democrats will not fund border security. this situation could be solved in a 45-minute meeting. >> no president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or else the government shuts down. >> this morning on "world news now" the shutdown standoff. taking to primetime tv. the president and democratic leaders addressing the nation on why the government closure is entering day 19. neither side giving an inch. but a new meeting is now just hours away. breaking overnight, police swarming several foreign

consulates after they received suspicious packages. new details about the envelopes being investigated. and new this half hour, bizarre behavior at an airport. >> yeah. this flight frustration is going viral. what was this woman shouting all about? it will shock you. and hair we go. ah, yeah. the adorable instagram star has just landed a major modeling gig, and she's only 1 year old. we're combing through all the details in "the skinny." it is wednesday january 9th. ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i haven't heard that song in a long time. >> that is the way you start a newscast. >> absolutely. and that little girl is adorable. >> so cute. >> she's got years of hair detangling and stuff ahead of her. oh, my goodness. her poor parents. but good for them. >> i love that's what you're

thinking about. >> yes. all that hair. look, it's a whole thing. we will show you all of that later. we begin this half hour with president trump's latest pitch for his long-promised border wall, going on live tv to make his case and turn up the pressure on congress. >> yeah, the president offered no new arguments for what he's calling a crisis, but he slammed democrats and called the impasse over the government shutdown a choice between right and wrong. central american migrants were also paying close attention, watching the president's address from a facility in san diego. and there was immediate pushback from top democrats, accusing the president of governing by temper tantrum. abc's kenneth moton has the latest. >> my fellow americans -- >> reporter: president trump in a rare oval office primetime address selling his border wall as the partial government shutdown takes a toll. >> this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. >> reporter: the president did not declare a national emergency but urged immediate action to handle what's happening on the southern border. >> my administration has presented congress with a

detailed proposal to secure the border and stop the criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and human traffickers. >> reporter: before his address the president and the white house were under fire for making false statements in the fight for $5.7 billion in wall funding. democratic leaders in their response pounced on many of those claims. >> the fact is we all agree we need to secure our borders while honoring our values. >> reporter: just before the president addressed the nation senate democrats blocked an unrelated bill in their promise to not vote on any legislation until the government reopens. >> there is no excuse for hurting millions of americans over a policy difference. >> reporter: 800,000 federal workers not getting paid. farmers aren't getting their government subsidies. pilots are warning about airline security as tsa agents work without paychecks. the president invited congressional leaders back to the white house wednesday. >> hopefully, we can rise above partisan politics in order to

support national security. >> reporter: trump will travel to the u.s.-mexico border tomorrow. gio? janai? >> kenneth moton, thank you so much from washington there. the president cited thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country every day as part of his claim of a security crisis on the border. but our reality check on the ground shows otherwise. the number of people crossing into the u.s. illegally has actually plunged over the past two decades, going from 1.6 million in 2001 to about 360,000 last year. but he's not far off when he says there is a humanitarian crisis. the number of unaccompanied migrant children in custody today is approaching 15,000. and turning overseas now, we're following breaking news from australia. suspicious packages have sent emergency crews racing to the u.s. consulate and other diplomatic buildings in melbourne. >> initial reports say the packages contained white powder mixed with asbestos. at least 13 locations have been affected in melbourne and

canberra, the australian capital, including the uk, british and german consulates. today's incident follows monday's discovery of a suspicious white powder at argentina's consulate in sydney. we of course will stay on top of this breaking story. and this morning questions surround the arrest of a navy veteran in iran. michael white's family didn't even know he was in custody until months after he was imprisoned. the news came amid growing tensions with the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal. here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: there's no official explanation as to why american michael white, a 46-year-old navy veteran from california, is imprisoned in iran. he went missing six months ago. his mother filing a missing persons report. but only learning he was in prison a few weeks ago. the state department does warn americans not to travel to iran, citing a very high risk of arbitrary arrest of u.s.

citizens. white's mother told abc it was last july, just two months after president trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement, that her son traveled to iran to see his iranian girlfriend, which he had done before. the state department now telling her there is no indication of when or if he will be released. turning now to the female russian lawyer who is involved in a trump tower meeting during the 2016 campaign who's now charged with obstruction of justice. federal prosecutors say natalia veselnitskaya attempted to block a u.s. money laundering investigation that involved an influential russian businessman. she's based in russia and is unlikely to ever appear in a u.s. court. a rare january tornado in ohio is just a taste of the bad weather now hitting the northeast. >> its winds reached 100 miles an hour about 50 miles east of cleveland. the tornado, however, is just the leading edge of a storm system barreling into the northeast. >> let's get the details from accuweather's paul williams. paul, good morning. >> good morning, janai, gio.

you know the same storm that caused problems in ohio, now it's leaning its way toward the northeast, combining with cold air, having a chapter two to this same system. snow showers throughout pennsylvania, new york, vermont, new hampshire as well as maine for the southeast. much colder with gusty winds accelerating beyond 25 miles per hour. waterlogged along i-5 from seattle down toward medford and the rain continues all the way into sacramento and as far south as los angeles. gio, janai. >> all right, paul, thank you so much. moving on now to a final farewell for a purdue university super fan tyler trent. the 20-year-old gained national attention last year as he bravely fought a rare bone cancer while becoming an adopted captain of the purdue football team. he passed away on new year's day. purdue's quarterback represented the team at trent's funeral in indianapolis, while one of peyton manning's jerseys hung behind him. a long cold case has come to an end with a suspect's guilty plea for a murder committed back in 1992. raymond rowe is a deejay in

pennsylvania. in court yesterday he admitted to sexually assaulting and killing elementary school teacher christine mirack 27 years ago. prosecutors broke the case by linking dna found at the crime scene to rowe's relatives. rowe is sentenced to life in prison without parole. sears is staying in business for at least another week. a bankruptcy auction will be held next monday for the 126-year-old retailer. sears' ceo is trying to buy the company and keep the 400 stores open. at stake, though, are some 50,000 jobs. let's hope they got that done. across the pond london air travelers are hoping for a normal wednesday after another day of drone chaos. a sighting at heathrow airport yesterday stopped departures for about 90 minutes. a criminal investigation is now under way. the sighting comes three weeks after drones caused havoc at london's gatwick airport during the holidays. the facility was shut down for parts of three days, delaying thousands of travelers. anti-drone equipment is now in

place at gatwick. imagine those travel headaches. >> i mean, just keep those drones away. >> absolutely. >> enough. >> 100%. well, drama on the slopes in france was captured on camera. >> yeah. a helicopter made its way up a snowy mountainside to rescue an injured skier. the pilot couldn't land because the mountain was just too steep. he put the chopper at an angle to -- >> whoa. >> wow. that's unbelievable. he slowed down the helicopter's blades, which were just inches from the mountainside, while police loaded the skier on board. >> oh, my gosh. >> give that guy a raise. >> yes. can we see that again? how incredible and quick thinking of that pilot. >> straight up 007. >> absolutely. i was going to say who trained this -- >> like if you saw that in the movie you'd be like -- >> yeah. >> that doesn't happen. >> no, no, no. but seeing this -- oh, my gosh. >> look at that. >> i'm sure that person who was trapped, very thankful.

>> very, very thankful. >> thank you for your skills. >> and he has it on tape. >> absolutely, yeah. >> the story's forever. >> if i was that pilot, i would make sure someone was rolling. get this. coming up, just when you thought you've seen it all, there's this. police are trying to track down this man. you guys, caught on surveillance video. who spent three hours licking the doorbell of this home. yep. what investigators are now saying this morning. >> yep. and later in "the skinny" how this tot is cashing in big-time on her luxurious locks of hair. the major ad she's now featured in at just 1 year old. you are watching "world news now." ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ my hair back and forth ♪

welcome back. bystanders raced to the rescue as a police car slammed into a building in miami. the car was among a number of police cruisers speeding through the liberty city neighborhood monday night. it crashed into the wall so hard that half the vehicle went into the building. the officer was able to get out. he suffered minor leg injuries. >> wow. >> unbelievable. also in florida now, a bizarre incident that played out inside the airport in fort lauderdale.

>> a woman had an apparent and very vocal meltdown at a ticket counter. you have to see this. janine sandwood of our miami station has the story. >> no! no! >> reporter: in a navy blue top and plaid skirt she hoists herself right up on the airline desk. >> get me out of here! >> reporter: before calling a very calm jetblue worker a rapist and later taken away in handcuffs yelling among other things that she hates white cops. >> i hate white cops! >> reporter: call it a rant or rage or some unexplained illness. no doubt catching the attention of travelers inside terminal 3 at fort lauderdale hollywood international airport on sunday. according to the arrest report, a gate agent at jetblue apparently thought that woman was delusional. even after asking her if she was okay. so he decided to rebook her on a later flight. >> get me out of here! >> reporter: and that's when the woman identified as 26-year-old

sabrina thomas from san marcos, california lashes out, telling the help desk "i have an expletive gun on me because i'm homeless." allegedly yelling "i hate white people. white people raped me." >> get me out! >> reporter: and then casually grabbing her duffel bag and walking away before being stopped by deputies. an assisting officer said thomas denied being drunk or on medication but that her behavior did not seem normal and it appeared that she was delusional and mentally unstable. and so she was baker acted, meaning committed to a nearby hospital for a mental and medical examination. >> wow. >> wow. >> yeah. airport frustrations, we all get it. imagine seeing that, though. >> i mean, that was -- and she was calling -- she was calling the gate agent racist. >> yeah. >> what a mess. what would you do if you had three hours to kill on a friday night? i can think of a couple things. police in california say this

guy -- you guys, look at this. spent his time licking a doorbell. for three hours. and he did it in front of the home security camera. >> and it's not his doorbell. police in salinas say they've identified him. he could face prowling and other charges. the home's owners were away, thank goodness. they say they made sure to clean the doorbell when they got back. >> so many questions. so many -- three hours? how? >> why? >> yeah. >> how dirty was it? how clean was it after? >> yeah. >> right? >> mm-hmm. when we come back, the baby with a brand new hair-raising endorsement. >> and what stormy daniels was doing during president trump's first oval office address. "the skinny" is coming up right here. "the skinny" is coming up right here. which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms. anybody seen my pants? nothing cleans better. put those on dad!

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correct me if i'm wrong, jack. the diane macedo. >> every time i hear it -- >> uh-huh. lasting lega. time now for "the skinny." we're kicking things off with a brand new viral sensation. >> move over kendall jenner. there's a brand new instagram influencer who's gaining followers. and will ganz right here, our chief influencer will ganz. >> i thought you were going to say will ganz is the influencer who's taking over. >> yeah. >> unfortunately that's not correct. >> you've got the hair for it, though. >> thank you guys. i also whip my hair back and forth. when it comes to social media superstardom sometimes the biggest deals come in the smallest of packages, from beyonce's babies sir and rumi who broke the internet when they first showed up on mom's instagram. to their older sister blue ivy who isn't afraid to break the internet or the the bank. you remember last year the then 6-year-old showed up at the wearable art gala in l.a. and proceeded to bid $19,000 for a piece of art? >> mm-hmm.

>> there's also little legends like luna and miles who have racked up millions of miles on mom chrissy teigen's insta. but now there's one small celeb who's new to the block and she's cashing in on her own instagram in an incredibly cute clip here. take a look. say "hairlo" to baby chanco who just turned 1. but thanks to her luscious locks she's racked up 300,000 instagram followers and now she stars in a new ad for pantene in japan. >> good for her. >> of course she does. >> right? ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ >> there it is. >> in the ad she's next to a japanese tv announcer. there they are. and this is taking everyone by storm overseas and here. of course pantene also created a digital short based on baby chanco's life. and it's called what else? "the hairy tale." take a look.

>> so cute. >> incredible. >> the ad goes on to say that what makes us unique is what makes us special. well, baby chanko is definitely special. absolutely adorable. and now a full-blown and blown-out model. she's got the blowout going on. >> oh, my goodness. like i could not love her more. >> she is just so adorable. >> it's just how is that possible? >> i know. what do her parents look like? do they have all that hair too? >> i did not do any investigative reporting on mom and dad's hairdos. it's all about baby chanco. >> we love. love, love, love. >> will, thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. next right here, we're going to turn to the alternative programming last night during the president's oval office address. >> maybe you watched it. apparently, just to mix things up, porn star stormy daniels live-streamed herself during president trump's address folding laundry in her underwear. >> some 17,000 followers tuned

in to watch her. just sitting there going about the mundane task of folding some clothes. >> how about that? she did it while listening to taylor swift. we've got more coming up. >> bonus "skinny." >> bonus "skinny." do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth, or one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose. from crest 3d white, the whitening therapy collection with new spearmint and peppermint oil. it gently whitens, plus it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life.

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it. >> yeah. she totally looks like barbie. good start. next to a snack combo that is anything but skinny. >> mm. remember the woman attending the u.s. open back in september who was caught on camera dunking her chicken tenders into the soda? this is just anxiety right here. >> really. it's like probably soggy now. she's now released a music video that's all about, you guessed it, chicken tenders and soda. and it's set to the tune of the chicken dance. a video for alexa greenfield. "chicken soda." ♪ take the chicken with your right take the soda with your left ♪ ♪ and then you dip, dip, dip ♪ ♪ it's the only way to eat your fried chicken ♪ ♪ when i dip you dip we dip >> and this all comes before

alexa releases her cola-flavored dipping sauce which she says is the first of its kind. you don't say. on her website -- you've got to have some weird dipping habits of some food, right? >> cola dipping. no. honey mustard. i'm good with honey mustard. cola dipping sauce? >> i used to every now and then get chicken nuggets and french fries and dip them all in an oreo mcflurry. oh, my gosh. i called it like my big kid meal. i would like -- >> that was yesterday? >> no. i gave up -- i gave up the meat. i gave it up. >> uh-huh. next right here, to a stunning likeness to justin trudeau in afghanistan. >> how about this? singer abdul salam matu competing on an afghan tv talent show is an absolute dead ringer for that very handsome canadian prime minister. >> here they are side by side. let's show you the photo. that's crazy. that's unbelievable. >> that's him. >> that's him.

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>> that is what is making news in america this morning. >> have a great day. making news in america this morning, the president makes his case, but did it make a difference? >> this is a humanitarian crisis, a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul. >> reaction overnight to the president's prime time message. the fact checkers weigh in ahead of a crucial white house meeting today. plus, as the government shutdown enters day 19, new details on how it's affecting food stamps, airport security, medical research, and the national parks. breaking overnight, several consulates under evacuation amid a security scare. the packages being investigated and the police response. new trouble for singer r. kelly.