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and crashed into that overpass. you can see that truck burst into flames. fortunately the driver only suffered minor injuries. both lanes of the highway were closed. they are now back open. we know the roads can be treacherous during those winter months, and there is big concern about black ice on the highways. >> abc's gio benitez has tips on how to avoid having a black ice accident. >> reporter: it's a worst-case scenario. vehicles losing control. this deputy nearly hit by an out-of-control car in wisconsin. to find out how debilitating black ice can be -- >> the vehicle can spin out. >> wow. >> reporter: we head to the frigid gm proving ground in milford, michigan. here they use state-of-the-art tiles to simulate icy road conditions like invisible black essentially a runway to put its vehicles through the worst

winter has to offer. josh is a chevrolet engineer, and he says some of those scary spinouts likely occur in older cars without anti-lock brakes or electronic stability control. for our first demonstration, we intentionally disabled those systems. >> i'm only doing 30 miles an hour. but if i slam on the brakes you can see that, with no system active, you can see that i don't have any control. i'm just sliding no matter what steering input i put in. >> you're turning that wheel, nothing's happening. >> correct. >> what should people do when they're on this road and they see this black ice and they hit the black ice? >> you can drive across this slippery surface with very light throttle inputs, very slight steering inputs, and the vehicle doesn't spin out of control

because there's nothing upsetting the vehicle. >> reporter: when you do need to turn, no matter what kind of car you're driving, josh says to perform one action at a time. while still in a straight line, gently press on the brake to slow the vehicle. once at a safe speed, release the brake, and then make your turn. once the wheel is straight again, that's when you accelerate. steering combined with braking or accelerating increases your chances of losing control. >> you should try to do one and only one thing at the same time. >> reporter: if you can't avoid a fishtail, you want to steer calmly in the direction you want to go. >> basically if the rear of the vehicle is moving right, you want to steer to the right. >> reporter: now we reactivate the anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control. that tells each wheel when to brake. now required on all cars and most trucks and suvs built after 2012. >> i'm braking. you can see i'm steering. the vehicle is going where i want to, it's not out of control. >> when you start turning, that's when you start losing control. the system though is activating, and the system is keeping the car pretty much in control. >> reporter: josh warns no system is foolproof. his number one tip for all drivers, a simple one. >> if conditions are inclement out there, slow down. >> gio benitez, abc neyork

a important things to remember as you're out on the road traveling during this holiday as a the roads are not ideal. >> gave the big tip to slow down. but if you're down south, just don't go out, stay off the roads. they go get the bread and milk when they see the forecast. >> and the liquor. i'm just saying. yes, you do. >> oh no, uh-uh. we just get the extra milk down there. >> i heard. >> i don't hear talk about the liquor. we don't make eye contact in the liquor store. >> i don't know you. now to dramatic video of new jersey firefighters rescuing a deer trapped on a frozen pond. >> the deer was first spotted by concerned drivers who alerted authorities. firefighters tied ropes around themselves, placed a lasso around the deer, then carefully pulled it across the pond and back onto land. firefighters dried her off, warmed her up, and turned her over to animal control. >> to be honest, it is a risk. we're just animal lovers, we

don't want to put that deer in that unfortunate danger. >> those firefighters have been trained in frozen ice rescues. that deer is okay and animal control officers plan to release it back into the wild. coming up, barry mitchell knows music, he brings us "the polka" every week. >> but he also knows books. his top picks of 2019 next. books. his top picks of 2019 next. ." you've tried retinol, but you have never tried one like this. olay's retinol24 complex hydrates better than the #1 retinol. visibly smoother brighter skin in just 24 hours. a skin upgrade? crushed it. new olay retinol24. face anything. olay. now available with retinol serum and retinol eye cream.

♪ play that funky music white boy play that funky music now ♪ ♪ play that funky music it's hard to believe they wouldn't pay you more money at abc. >> oh, looks like our polka meister, barry mitchell, may be the only one to frighten howard stern. >> he's taken off the accordion long enough to review stern's latest book and a few other favorites of 2019. >> i like reading about show business. i also like cat videos. but that's for later. howard stern fans will love this compilation of his best radio

interviews of the past three decades with new essays by stern. i gifted my friend joey the limo driver with it, and he was delighted. me, i personal don't care about megyn kelly's bra size. nowadays stern presents himself as family friendly, the compassionate judge on "america's got talent." he seems to want it both ways, disavowing his shock jock past, while publishing transcripts of those very interviews. you may remember comedian greg geraldo as the writer-performer of lethal put-downs of comedy central roasts. geraldo died in 2010 of an accidental prescription drug overdose at age 45. he was a columbia university and harvard graduate who gave up a promising law career to follow the funny. his videos are all over youtube, and they are funny and worth a look. and so is this biography by matt balaker and wayne jones, "greg giraldo: a comedian's story." ♪ broadway broadway here's a scholarly yet engaging book by conductor/lecturer rob capalo, "listening for america: inside the great american

songbook." he also mentions "hamilton." he examines trends in musical theater over the past 100 years as an evolving america finding its voice. he even explains why the iconic song "over the rainbow" is so beloved. if you laugh at the minister of silly walks and howl at a dead parrot nailed to its perch you'll enjoy "monty python speaks!" an oral history by david morgan. this revised and updated edition celebrates 50 years of the british troupe that combined intellectual slapstick, literate and generally far-out characters into a show that became a cult hit in america. nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what i mean, know what i mean, say no more. and speaking of comedy

innovators, garry shandling broke us up and broke the fourth wall with his sitcom "it's garry shandling's show." he went on to lampoon late-night talk shows with his groundbreaking series "the larry sanders show." shandling died unexpectedly in 2016 at age 66, and his disciple the writer/director judd apatow has put together a beautiful homage with "it's garry shandling's book." apatow had full access to shandling's personal journals and reproduces many of those actual scribblings. it's loaded with photos and testimonials from shandling's comedy contemporaries like sarah silverman and jim carrey. this is a book where you should skip the kindle edition, get the actual book. and now, cat videos. no? >> no cat videos. i also like a good book. >> you like to read. >> you pointed out before when i'm pregnant i like to read. a couple of books, "couple next door." it was really just a great thriller that i liked. "ride of a lifetime" by the big boss iger.

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was willing to give it a shot. serpent tessa was there to help. she's the former belly dancer turned snake priestess making headlines. >> i was experiencing a healing in myself where i felt like i came back into my body. ♪ >> reporter: imagine channeling britney spears but more. think bigger. >> i was feeling everything. >> reporter: that's right, bliss, from slithering creatures that eat live rodents. >> it's just like this big muscle that seems to be bigger than any muscle i have. >> reporter: but soon enough, here we were. these snakes wrapped around my head, one at my feet, and honestly, it felt amazing. it kind of makes my hair stand up on end.ng

ateightens your instincts, keeping you, or at least me, right on the edge of terrifying and thrilling. because, i mean, a snake wrapped around your neck in any other setting would be absolutely horrifying. but serpent tessa says these snakes in this setting are comfortable. not feeling threatened, and thus safe. >> i can't guarantee they're going to move this way on you or that way. through the smell we become a nonthreatening part of their environment. >> i just said, you've got something. he's already ready to make a slick comment. what is it, moton? >> it got you ready for the year ahead. >> boy did it ever. >> that was in january, you were a baby back then. >> i was so naive and young.

this morning on "world news now," a powerful and deadly storm that's been hammering the southwest is on the move and heading east. >> snow stranding drivers on busy highways and flash flooding causing problems. we're tracking this powerful system as the new year is around the corner. also this morning a break in the case of barnard college student tessa majors. the nypd locating and uestioning a teen wanted in death. we'll have the latest in the investigation. plus a mom is trying to put an end to lunch shaming, raising thousands of dollars to erase student lunch debt. her efforts straight ahead. looking forward to new year's fashion. meet a 66-year-old woman who became adental icon and social media superstar. it's friday, december 27th, the final friday of 2019. ♪

good morning, everyone. final friday. >> final friday of 2019. >> how are you going to spend this final weekend of 2019? >> working. >> yeah, that's true, you do work. >> everybody's working for the weekend. >> then you'll see me, i'm going to her house later. just telling the people. >> it's true, he is. >> so i'll see you this weekend. >> uh-huh. >> i hope my travel is much easier than what the travel nightmare was for so many people at the end of the holidays. >> absolutely, a severe winter storm has moved out of southern california, although it's lingering in the mountains near los angeles. >> heavy christmas night snowfall and those mountains forced the closure of high ways. drivers were stranded for as much as eight hours. abc's will carr reports. >> reporter: snow snarling traffic in the golden state. with millions trying to drive home on the busiest travel day of the holiday season. >> looks like a car spun out.

>> reporter: just outside of los angeles, a one-two punch. up to 2 feet of snow in some places coupled with strong winds. with low visibility, authorities shut down the part of i-5 known as the grapevine and part of i-15, trapping drivers in whiteout conditions. >> never imagined this would happen. yeah, look around, this is us. >> reporter: johnny lim stuck eight hours before help finally arrived to get him out. this stranded in the snow overnight, including a truck driver found dead this morning in his rig. the cause of death now under investigation. at lower elevations, torrential rain. >> it's pretty bad out there. >> reporter: leaving cars swimming through intersections. one stranded, pushed out by a police cruiser. the l.a. fire department rescuing a 52-year-old man from six feet of cold water overnight. >> we have a victim back to the shoreline.

>> reporter: racing to get him checked out out for hypothermia. more water recess cause. massive trees crashing into cars and homes. one man killed by a huge falling redwood in northern california. this is i-5 where drivers were stranded for hours. some tell us it was an absolute nightmare. that storm is now moving to the midwest with more of those blizzard conditions. in los angeles county, will carr, abc news. all right, let's find out exactly where that storm is headed and when it will get there. >> kenneth and janai, we're talking about rain and snow here across the southwest with lots of travel headaches in and around flagstaff, back towards phoenix and tucson, albuquerque as well, right along i-40. that is very tricky for those travelers. and guess what, look at all

these watches, advisories that have been posted all across the southwest from southern california back towards arizona and new mexico. and then carrying in towards the midsection of the country. we also have the rain risk that brings in for some localized flooding. so lots to watch here. kenneth and janai, we'll be talking about it. back to you. >> all right, chris, thank you. now to the impeachment battle. president trump has been fired up on twitter aiming his social media assault right at house speaker nancy pelosi as he vacations at his resort in south florida. >> the president's newest attack against pelosi addresses homelessness in her san francisco district. in a tweet the president cited some statistics, then said pelosi quote should focus on that in her very down district and helping her incompetent governor with the big homeless problem. here in new york a

14-year-old has been questioned by police about the murder of college freshman tessa majors. police say the boy was found after a two-week manhunt. while in custody the teen was photographed, fingerprinted, and a sample of his dna was taken. he hasn't been charged and was released into the custody of his family. a 13-year-old boy is being held. he's facing a felony murder charge for majors' death. family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil for two men stabbed to death at a nashville bar. one of those victim was 22-year-old clayton beathard, younger brother of c.j. beathard, a quarterback for the san francisco 49ers. michael mosley, the suspect, was arrested christmas day after several days on the run. he'd been on the state's most wanted list. mosley is due in court this morning. >>. >> an intense manhunt is under way for two suspects in a deadly armed robbery of a denny's restaurant in virginia. two people were shot including a food delivery driver who did not survive. abc's adrienne bankert has more. >> reporter: a manhunt for these two armed robbery suspects who manassas, virginia.

the suspects seen entering the restaurant after 2:00 a.m., one pulling a pistol, the other a baton, demanding cash from employees and customers, ordering 20 people to the ground. >> one person shot in the stomach and right leg, one person supposedly shot in the head. >> reporter: one of the men shot a 34-year-old customer seated on the floor, cooperating with their orders. then police say yusuf oscar, picking up a delivery order, unwittingly held the door open for the suspects, the 56-year-old hit in the head with a baton then shot to death. >> two males, 6 foot, all dressed in black, handguns. >> reporter: the 34-year-old in the hospital with serious injuries but expected to survive. the suspects didn't get away with any money. police believe this incident is linked to three armed robberies in the area that occurred in the past few days. wall street opens with this three major averages at record

highs. traders were in a buying mood as they returned to work after christmas. >> the rally sent the nasdaq to its first close above 9,000 points. that index has risen for 11 straight trading sessions. one of the factors fueling wall street's current rally is how much people are spending. one estimate says this year's retail sales for the holiday season were nearly 3.5% higher than last year but online sales were up nearly 19% over last year. probably not surprisingly because amazon says it just completed its best holiday season ever. >> lots of amazon orders. it's an annual holiday tradition, regifting those fruitcakes, often dry, stale fruitcakes that no one likes to eat. >> for a family in suburban dallas, their holiday treasure hunt is for a piece of cheese. they've been hiding it from grandma for 26 years. it started as a joke but the kids forgot about the cheese. it was still there a year later. so they kept checking it every year.

every year it was still there until finally they showed to it grandma. >> before i could tell her what it was, she got that piece of cheese and throws it in her mouth. no, no, no, no! >> we thought that was the funniest thing. >> oh, that's a good memory there for them i'm sure, the laughs will just keep coming about that story for generations to come. >> yeah. that is very sweet. >> these traditions. i know about the fruitcake but i forget about it because i'm like, who wants a fruitcake? >> i was going to say, i didn't know people really actually ate or gave fruitcakes you thought it was an urban legend or myth? >> like meatloaf. >> meatloaf is good, gift me meatloaf. >> really? >> i want that. >> my friends in college, i used to make my mom's meatloaf. i didn't really make it into a loaf, i spread it out. >> what? a meat sheet? >> it's a pan of meat, not meatloaf. that's my annual tradition. >> a pan of meat and drumettes.

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we're back with this wild car chase in los angeles. police pursued a suspected carjacker as he ran red lights, sideswiped cars, drove on sidewalks, jumped out of the car after crashing into an lapd cruiser. the man was quickly swarmed by police and taken into custody. if you got a drone for christmas you may soon have to register it with the faa. >> the agency wants to be able to track all drones in realtime. un ls woulbe empnes a working on a traffic management system for drone flights. a virginia mom is on a mission to settle school lunch debts. >> with help from community

donors raised more than $40,000 for students in prince william county and she's looking to do even more. our friend anna-lysa gayle has the details. >> i grew up in a small town outside of detroit. things were a little harder there. >> reporter: adele knows what it's like to see kids struggle. >> i've always been motivated to try and alleviate hunger. >> reporter: in 2017 she saw another need. >> i heard this story on the radio about some boy in new mexico i think that was trying to get a lunch, he got up to the lunch lady, and his account didn't have any money in it. she took his lunch out of his hands and threw it in the trash. >> reporter: this year she officially coined her nonprofit called settle the debt, to ensure it never happens in prince william county where she says students owe more than $300,000 in lunch debt. >> i mean, we have over 90,000 kids, 100 schools. >> reporter: with hen from community donors, settle the debt recently made its largest donation, giving more than $40,000 to 20 elementary schools. >> every kid in those schools

will show up after winter break to a zero balance. settling there. >> but now we are focusing on four more schools. >> so many of us are celebrating our holidays and generosity is just -- it's just a part of december. people feel motivated to do a kind thing for other people at the end of the year. and it's just a great time to make a difference in children's lives. >> reporter: she's working with county officials to draft legislation to protect kids who owe lunch debt from harsh consequences. to learn more about settle the debt, visit our website wjla.com or download the abc7news app. in prince william county, abc 7 ig tha aa- th i amazing. and miss settle, she's got the name for it. >> she does. it's tough to hear about a kid

who had their lunch taken out of their hands and thrown in the garbage. instead of just given to a kid. they have so much to worry about at school. hunger and paying for food shouldn't be one of them. >> or getting some type of bland sandwich just because they can't settle that debt. so we've got to help kids and this woman, she is doing it. i'm sure others will follow in her steps as well. coming up next half hour, the unexpected porch pirate, an amazon driver caught on camera allegedly stealing a package he was delivering. how police tracked him down. but first looking ahead to the new year means looking ahead to some new fashion. and if you need style inspiration, look no further than lynn slater. she's a 66-year-old women. >> yes, lynn. >> became an accidental icon and social media superstar. that's next on "world news now." ext on "world news now." i'm 52. but in my mind i'm still 25. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex - now in triple strength plus magnesium.

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looking ahead to the new year means looking ahead to new fashion. if you need style inspiration, look no further than lynn slater. >> will ganss has her story. >> reporter: lin slater is a social worker, professor, mother, grandmother, oh, and this. >> like a bad-ass. bad-ass. bad-ass. bad-ass. >> bad-ass. >> i have always been a bad-ass woman. >> reporter: with that strength and sass she's earned quite a few titles along the way. to thousands of people, lynn is a social media star. at the age of 66. >> it was really a passion project. i had absolutely no agenda. and it was just me, you know, doing my thing. >> reporter: her instagram page is filled with hundreds of images of her posing in her trendiest fits. online she's accidental icon, the professor turned influencer capitalizing on a lifetime love of fashion. as the story goes, it was new

york fashion week, and lynn was waiting for a friend in front of lincoln center. photographers began to swarm, taking pictures, and passersby thought she must be important. friends later laughed saying she was an icon by accident. lynn enrolled in classes at parsons fashion institute of technology. taking advice she began her blog with newfound name "accidental icon." >> that's the bizarre moment, right? because i'm in the cafe with calvin, we're changing, then i walk to the space. then i'm surrounded by photographers. so it's like -- one moment, a very ordinary life. and then the next is my extraordinary life. >> age is just an illusion. >> reporter: next came godaddy campaigns. >> some people say, dress your

age. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: kate spade ads. a shorty award for best in fashion. >> accidental icon! >> reporter: even being featured in a charlotte gainsbourg video. more than 600,000 followers later, her blog becoming a source of inspiration. >> there's some women who got so wrapped up in family and career that they forgot about that part of themselves. and now that they're this age and everyone's gone, they're kind of like, what about me? and so now they're remembering, hey, i was a bad-ass when i was young, and i want to be a bad-ass again. >> reporter: a place for discourse about what aging means today. what would you say is the biggest misconception about aging? >> that you're going to become invisible and no one's going to care about you.

and i think in looking back, you know, i always say, i didn't have an agenda. perhaps unconsciously, by putting myself out there, you know, i was kind of giving the finger to that notion, oh, i'm not going away, i will not be invisible. >> reporter: will ganss, abc news, new york. >> so not everything works for everyone, but i think there's tidbits in there for people to learn from. >> i absolutely agree. >> she's now working with fashion students at parsons institute of technology here in nyc. so she's teaching the youth. >> the conversation about what it means to get old in modern times. do we even say old? seasoned. >> seasoned, veteran. >> veterans, yeah. >> boomer. okay. coming up, barry mitchell's new decade polka. and the museum of hangovers. the museum of hangovers.

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♪ time for "the mix." how about this, a student opens a museum of hangovers in croatia. >> how does that sound? >> it says reno said he was sharing stories of drunken mishaps with friends when he came up with an idea for a museum chronicling unusual hangover stories. >> they had to black something out there. looks like they should have blacked out another word there too. guys, the fcc might be awake. >> no, that's somebody's richard something -- okay. so -- >> they say in the future we want to make people aware of the bad things related to alcohol. so there are some lessons here. >> i'm sure there are. >> sounds like a good time, though. >> might be a buzzkill, though. we've seen this before also, when there's been a roomba going to town. >> oh, yeah.

>> people think it's a burglar. that happened in forsythe county. came and searched the home, found out it was a roomba. then a bear, some bears opening gifts. >> that's pretty cool. >> a "beary" merry christmas. >> beary. >> what about the honey? >> polka! ♪ ♪ another decade's come and gone and we made it through somehow ♪ ♪ and thanks for spending time with us every day on "world news now" ♪ oh no he's going to sing ♪ ♪ politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the "world news" polka ♪ ♪ if you're an insomniac and a good night's sleep you lack do

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this morning on "world news now," a 14-year-old wanted in connection with the stabbing death of barnard college student tessa majors has been questioned by police in new york city. where the investigation stands now straight ahead. a powerful storm system that's been pounding the west snarling roadways with severe snow and rain is on the move headed toward the midwest. what the weekend weather looks like with the full accuweather forecast ahead. new this half hour the unexpected porch pirate. >> an amazon driver caught on camera allegedly stealing a package he was delivering. how police tracked him down and luck of the draw. how one woman hit the jackpot with her secret santa. it's friday, december 27th. good morning, everyone. great to have you on this last friday of 2019. >> happy friday. >> we are headed into the

weekend. i'm sure some people are going to party it up. >> yeah. >> like it's 1999 instead of 2019. >> you're right, preparing to welcome the new year shortly here. we begin with that murder investigation here in new york. police are calling the questioning of a teenager in connection with the murder of college freshman tessa majors a significant development. >> that 14-year-old boy was released by police, and he's waking up in the custody of his family, but his fate is far from certain. this morning a dna test is all that stands between police and the person they believe murdered tess majors. the break in the case comes two weeks after the barnard college freshman was stabbed to death in what investigators say started as a robbery. majors apparently fought back during the attempted mugging, even biting one of her three alleged attackers before she was killed. nypd officers say they believe they found the suspect that was holding the knife. the 14-year-old was located in

the bronx after he jumped out of a car on the way to turn himself in. police say they tracked him using electronic surveillance. he was brought in, photographed, fingerprinted, and swabbed for dna in the presence of his lawyers. the city's chief detective announcing the end of the weeks-long manhunt, tweeting, this is a significant development. although he has since been released to the custody of his attorneys the investigation remains very active. >> i think it should disturb any new yorker when we have a child involved in something this serious. >> reporter: police were led to this latest suspect after another one of majors' alleged attackers, a 13-year-old boy, implicated himself and two others during police questioning. while the 13-year-old is now facing felony murder charges the others have not been charged. the 14-year-old who was released reportedly underwent a cheek swab to collect his dna.

it's unclear when the results of that test will be known. policing searching for two suspects after a deadly armed robbery at a denny's restaurant in manassas, virginia. investigators say two men stormed into the business, ordered everyone to the ground and demanded their cell phones and wallets. a food delivery worker was hit in the head with a baton and shot to death. his family is urging anyone with information to come forward. another victim was shot but is expected to survive. the fbi is assisting with the investigation and offering a $10,000 reward. authorities in alabama are searching for a woman missing for a week. 29-year-old payton houston was last seen leaving a birmingham bar with two men. police say it appears she left the bar willingly with the men. houston later sent a text saying she didn't know where she was and might be in danger. calls to her telephone are going straight to voice mail. her debit card hasn't been used. investigators are searching surveillance video for leads. turning to the weather now, it is making the trip home from christmas celebrations even more miserable than usual. >> a severe storm dumped as much as 2 feet of snow on the highways through southern

california's mountains. the interstates were shut down, stranding drivers for as much as eight hours. >> drivers at lower elevations were stranded by heavy rain. up to 3 inches in some areas. >> that storm system is now moving out of the west into the plains. >> accuweather's chris nallan has the forecast for today and the weekend. chris, good morning. >> well, janai and kenneth, back to the southwest we are looking at some very active weather here, winter weather advisories and winter storm potential across northern new mexico. all right, so i would say just north of i-40 here from flagstaff back towards albuquerque, we're looking at a bit of snowy activity. and that's going to be the big weather story as we head forward. now as we roll into the weekend midsection brings us the late potential here. and then back towards the east, all of that weather that we've been talking about out west,

there it is. from chicago back towards memphis and houston. janai, kenneth, back to you. >> all right, chris, thank you. the death toll is rising after a devastating typhoon in the philippines on christmas. it caused severe flooding and landslides in both remote villages and popular tourist destinations. many homes were destroyed with 58,000 people forced to evacuate. typhoon winds were as high as 120 miles per hour. for the first time we are hearing from the fiancee of espn reporter edward aschoff. he passed away tuesday at the age of 34. aschoff and his fiancee katy berteau were to be married in april. >> in a series of tweets last night berteau offers thanks for the outpouring of support. abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: an outpouring of tributes. >> i'm edward aschoff, espn. >> reporter: after the sudden death of 34-year-old espn reporter ed aschoff following a battle with pneumonia. >> people wanted to be around him.

they wanted to get to know him. that's why he connected with everybody. >> reporter: aschoff, who covered college football for the network, tweeting just before thanksgiving, for someone who never gets sick i've had some fever, cough, fatigue flu thing for about two weeks now. by early december aschoff said what started as a virus had turned into bilateral pneumonia, pneumonia in both lungs. he was put on antibiotics but was still struggling. quote days are getting better but nights are basically fever and coughing and sweating. aschoff passing away on christmas eve, his 34th birthday. >> we have to remember. old, young, healthy, or chronic medical condition, pneumonia has the potential to be fatal. >> reporter: and doctors remind us that dying from pneumonia is relatively uncommon for 34-year-olds, but it does kill 50,000 people every year.

there is a pneumonia vaccine for anyone over age 65 or with certain medical conditions. as always, check with your doctor. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> thank you, gio. >> did not know there was a pneumonia vaccine. when you hear it kills up to 50,000 people a year, you can understand why. >> this was an incredible young man. i think a lot of people are learning a lot about pneumonia, the symptoms, how really things can change so rapidly. and i do implore you to go to cee.twitter page and read that it's really touching. the outpouring of support, it's just incredible for this young man. a bright light, big future, on the top of his game, it's just extremely tragic. i've said it the past couple of days, our hearts go out to our sister network, espn, and the aschoff family. >> a big reminder to take care of yourself, your own star

player, when you feel something and it's lasting for too long, get it checked out. moving on to a youngster who's about to start sharing her life with the viewing public in a big way. she's zhuri james and she's the daughter of lebron. >> she's got a lot of personality. zhuri just launched her youtube channel, all things zhuri. her first video promises more upcoming videos beginning in the new year. she says december spite being 5 years old and in preschool, she's got a lot going on. i mean, can you imagine? her youtube channel already has nearly 20,000 subscribers. >> them children are blessed. >> they certainly are, but look at this. she's 5 years old and, i mean, you can call it what you want, she's star work. >> right. >> this girl probably never has to work a day in her life, that is incredible work ethic. >> it really is. >> hats off to lebron james and savannah james. >> i agree. so that youtube channel, it explains a bit more of what's going on here. it will have episodes of a show

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we're back with dramatic video of an avalanche barreling toward skiers in switzerland about 50 miles south of zurich. six people were buried, two of them sustaining minor injuries. other skiers got out of the way as fast as they could. a ski resort about 200 miles east in austria was hit by three avalanches yesterday. there were no injuries there. back here at home a young girl from a new york suburb escaped a frightening incident without being seriously hurt. >> you can see her right there running out into the street. >> oh my goodness. >> i'm going to tell you, she is okay this morning. she ended up on the ground and the bus passed right over her. a woman picked her up and brought her to safety. the 5-year-old suffered some facial bruises, but other than that she was fine. >> oh my gosh, that is very

tough video to see. >> yes. >> such a reminder about school bus safety, not only for the people walking nearby, but for cars driving nearby, got to watch out for those kids. >> we'll have much more on that story later on "america this morning." a florida amazon driver was arrested and charged with burglary and theft. >> he was allegedly caught on surveillance video delivering a package and allegedly stealing it while on the job. police say they couldn't get much help from amazon tracking him down. abc's victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: this home surveillance shows what florida police say is an amazon driver dropping off a package at a front door right next to a christmas tree, marking it delivered, even snapping a photo, then picking it back up and stealing it. the homeowner reported it immediately, but despite having video evidence, the polk county sheriff's office says amazon would not cooperate and told

them to get a subpoena before identifying the driver, forcing police to take a different route. detectives pulled the license plate and eventually tracked down and arrested 27-year-old jose campos. turns out even using his girlfriend's car to make deliveries and police say he has admitted to the crime. >> we thought, this is a no-brainer case. here's the address, here's the date, here's the time, can you tell us who the driver is? wrong. amazon wouldn't tell us. >> reporter: in a statement amazon now says it's working to understand what occurred here to make it right. it happened before christmas. >> hey, stop! put that back! >> reporter: peak season for porch pirates across the country. turns out the stolen package contained soap and other products from bath and body works, total value about $19. the driver has been charged with theft and burglary. victor oquendo, abc news, miami beach. >> thanks to victor.

amazon put out a statement, we work regularly and closely with law enforcement across the country and are working to understand what occurred here to make it right and reach out to polk county sheriff's office to apologize. we've mentioned before, we used to cover that area and we know grady judd in polk, very outspoken. if he feels there's an issue he's going to bring it up and bring it up loudly. so obviously there is either miscommunication here -- hopefully they can all work it out. >> they say the driver admitted to it, but of course we'll wait to see what happens in court before saying he absolutely did it. when we come back, microsoft's bill gates is spreading holiday cheer. >> "the skinny" is next.

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♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time now for "the skinny" starting with one very lucky >> the woman identified as shelby joined a gift exchange on social media platform reddit only to discover her secret santa was none other than the world's second richest man, bill gates. gates also wrote shelby a note which she shared on her youtube channel. >> at the same time, i know no gift will ever make up for losing someone so important to

you. i was very sad to hear about your mom, and i made a donation to the american heart association in her memory. i know he usually likes to give a donation out during his gift exchanges, so that means a lot to me. >> the multibillionaire showered shelby with 81 pounds of presents, including memorabilia from the show "twin peaks" as well as a bound manuscript of. f. scott fitzgerald's "the great gatsby." that's so cool. according to a report the microsoft cofounder participates in reddit's gift exchange every year. i know someone from back home who does the reddit defendant exchange and she's said nothing but incredible things about it. >> this is the first time i've heard about it. >> i've heard people put a lot of time and energy into it and get a lot of really great gifts. >> you might even get one from a multibillionaire. t re. stuffed oreos. >> that's very cool. next, no plane no problem. at least for the naval academy football team. the team in need of a ride from

annapolis to memphis to attend the liberty bowl was loaned a plane by patriots owner robert kraft. >> the spare aircraft was otherwise not expected to be in use this week as the nfl team gears up for a home game this sunday. the number 23 ranked navy midshipmen will go head to head with kansas state on tuesday. >> in the giving mood. a surprising revelation about a christmas classic. the netflix series movie that made us is shedding light about a little-known fact about "home alone." >> the film features shots of a real home outside chicago. as it turns out the scenes shot inside that home were all filmed in a nearby high school gymnasium. production staff built a detailed replica of the home's interior in that gym after realizing the real home was too small to film within. "home alone 2," one of my favorite christmas movies. >> people love to talk about the home in the first "home alone" because it was beautiful, it was

big. you know that meme of, hey, you know you're an adult when you wonder how much the bills are, the utilities, what's the mortgage payment? the plot thickens in the infamous peloton ad. the controversial ad triggered a swift backlash after it premiered last month from those who felt it contained sexist elements. >> actor sean hunter who played the husband in that ad is doubling down, announcing on social media he bought his real-life girlfriend a peloton for christmas. the actor captioned the post here's to hoping this goes over better the second time, merry christmas to my actual girlfriend, please don't leave me. >> i wouldn't be mad if i got a peloton. >> not at all, those things are expensive. i didn't understand what the whole controversy was about. >> i know, me either. we're learning kylie jenner loves beanie babies a lot. the reality star recently bought a bling-encrusted version of the collectible stuffed toy for $12,000 at a charity auction run by friends justin and hailey bieber.

>> it was not the princess diana beanie. that was worth a whole bunch back in the day. the custom-made beanie baby bear designed by artist dan life came covered in green crystals and features a shamrock on its chest. proceeds from the auction went to nonprofit organizations serving low-income communities in los angeles. you know, kylie's got money to blow. >> she does. she's a billion, billionaire. >> right. not mad at it. >> what's she going to do in 2020? >> i don't know. >> going to double it up? >> sounds good. what are you going to do in 2020? >> get a billion dollars. >> there you go, there you go. i'm going to be that friend like, remember, i knew you back when, when you were broke. >> i'll send you all a little something, something. coming up, "clemency." >> and "little women." "insomniac theater" is next with two big movies this weekend. ekend.

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♪ time for "insomniac theater" and a look at two movies getting pretty good reviews on this last weekend of 2019. >> we kick off with "clemency." years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden bernadine williams played by alfre woodard. back-to-back executions have put a strain on her marriage, career, and convictions. >> you want to play this good guys and bad guys. and i'm one of the bad guys. i got to give these men respect. all the way through. >> "clemency" is getting 96% on rotten tomatoes with critics agreeing it brings together social issues for a gripping drama. one saying "clemency's" end critics arrive with relief, not because we're unengaged but because unlike bernadine, we're

finally allowed to breathe. another measured advocacy drama with the capacity to change minds. good reviews there, i'm going to see it. >> also in theaters this weekend, "little women." writer/director greta gerwig has crafted a drama that draws on the classic novel and writings of louisa may alcott. it follows the lives of the marsh sisters, four young women as they come of age in america in the aftermath of the civil war, each determined to live life on their own terms yet standing by each other. >> my girls have a way of getting into mischief. >> well, so do i. >> this is meg, amy, beth, and jo. >> i intend to make my own way in the world. >> no one makes their own way. least of all a woman. you'll need to marry well. >> you're not married. >> well, that's because i'm rich. >> oh, meryl. >> among the film's stars, saoirse ronan, who plays jo, emma watson is meg. meryl streep there you saw is aunt march.

"little women" is getting 94% on rotten tomatoes. critic peter howell saying, gerwig's take on the alcott classic may shock people who really know the story, and to expect a more leisurely pace. but it could also invigorate them with its bold approach. and another simply stating, ronan is flawless. >> we got a lot of good reviews this morning. good things to say. i saw "jumanji" last night. >> oh yeah, how was it? >> next level, next chapter, whatever they called it. it was good, i enjoyed it. got some chuckles, got some laughs, the rock. all good. >> go ahead, make your way to the movies on this final weekend of 2019. >> yeah. screen. >> you're not going to see any. you don't do the movies. >> i don't do movies.

making news in america this morning, travel trouble. a deadly storm slams the west. heavy rain flooding roads. snow closing a major highway. a trucker found dead. where this storm is heading next and the top concern for the weekend, and the new year's holiday. breaking overnight, a plane carrying 100 people crashes into a building. more than a dozen people killed. the video just coming in. what we're learning from the scene right now. the new video as a girl is run over by this school bus. what the driver is saying this morning, and how the girl escaped. caught on camera, the avalanche on the slopes. the desperate rescue after reports of people buried. a new record on wall street. what'seh