>> this morning on world news now. new signs that the accused killer could be sent to new york within days. >> it was supposed to be weeks, but legal wranglings over the

weekend mean he could be sent from pennsylvania as soon as tomorrow. plus, what his mother told the fbi just before his arrest. >> also this morning, new details about the sightings over the northeast, the resources that federal officials are now sending as thousands of tips flood in. but how many are there? >> plus, former speaker nancy pelosi having surgery over the weekend overseas after a serious fall. >> also, severe storms, the deep freeze in the midwest, making a mess out of the roadways. and a rare tornado in california as part of the state. braces for more warm, dry winds and possibly fires. just days after a fire in malibu forced people, including dick van dike from their homes. he says thanks to his rescuers, on this monday, december 16th. >> from abc news. this is world news now. >> good morning everyone. thank you for starting your week with us. i'm rhiannon ally alongside andrew dymburt. that dick van dike story is great. his dog

also made it out. bobo i believe his name was. so we're going to hear how he's thinking of first responders, because they obviously are putting their lives on the line out there battling these wildfires, devastating so many people, losing their homes and livelihoods. yeah, we will have more on that coming up a little bit later in the show. we begin this morning, though, with suspect. the suspect in the brazen murder of a health insurance ceo is expected to abandon his fight against extradition, as luigi mangione sits in a pennsylvania jail cell. >> he added a prominent attorney to his legal team. and we're getting new details about what his mother told authorities before he was taken into custody last week. prosecutors are preparing for luigi mangione to arrive back in new york as early as tomorrow, after charging him in the murder of unitedhealthcare chief brian thompson, sources tell abc news. mangione is almost certain to waive extradition from pennsylvania. a grand jury in new york could also hand down an indictment against mangione at any moment, speeding up the extradition process. mangione

was arrested in altoona last week, five days after thompson was gunned down. abc news has learned mangione's mother spoke with fbi agents and nypd detectives the day before his arrest, indicating surveillance photos could be her son. the task force was still working on the information she provided when mangione was spotted by a mcdonald's employee. sources also said writings police seized from mangione suggests he was fixated on united health care for months and gradually developed a plan to kill its chief executive. over the weekend, mangione added a high profile defense attorney to his legal team, karen friedman, agnifilo, spent seven years as second in command at the manhattan district attorney's office. earlier this week, before becoming mangione's attorney, she offered a preview of a potential defense strategy. >> he was brilliant his whole life. he comes from this great family. i mean, something changed, right? significantly. something changed. and they're going to, i think, potentially have a not guilty by reason of insanity potential defense.

>> his attorney tells abc news mangione intends to plead not guilty. police say they're investigating whether he allegedly targeted the health care giant because of its size. >> president biden is looking to his legacy as he prepares to leave office in just five weeks. he attended the democratic national committee's holiday reception with vice president kamala harris and encouraged the crowd to keep going after their defeat. >> the measure of a person or a party is how fast they get back up, and to know what we believe in is really worth fighting for. that's the road ahead. to never give up, to keep the faith, to know, to know that what we're doing matters. >> biden also declared that they are leaving the country in better shape than they found it, saying many of the laws they passed were consequential. the reported drone sightings along the east coast is prompting action in hopes of providing answers about what it is people are seeing up in the sky. that includes new specialized drone detection equipment being brought in by the feds to new

york state. abc's jay o'brien has more. >> federal authorities now deploying additional resources to solve a high flying mystery. after reported drone sightings across the northeast. the fbi saying they're processing roughly 5000 drone related tips, but less than 100 have generated credible leads. >> some of those drone sightings are, in fact, drones. some are manned aircraft that are commonly mistaken for drones. but there's no question that drones are being sighted inside of multiple drones all over this airport airport. >> tonight, new york governor kathy hochul saying in a statement, this has gone too far. she's joining lawmakers in calling for states to have additional authority to confront drones. and new york senator chuck schumer pushing federal authorities now to deploy special drone spotting technology. >> we certainly want to first get the answers to the questions and then we'll take further action. >> look at it. >> the recent reported drone sightings in at least seven

states, from new york to maryland, coming after dozens were reported in the skies above new jersey, including at a naval weapons station. but federal officials reiterating many of these sightings can be explained as civilian drones or planes, and there's no evidence of a foreign threat. >> this one's going to fly over us right now. >> new jersey senator andy kim, who posted these viral images on a drone patrol with local police, saying upon closer review, most of his possible drone sightings were almost certainly planes. and i'm told members of the house intelligence committee will receive a classified briefing in the coming days on these purported drone sightings. but federal officials, adamant that there is no evidence of any threat. in washington. jay o'brien, abc news. >> jay, thank you. former house speaker nancy pelosi is said to be on the mend at a u.s. military hospital in germany after undergoing hip replacement surgery. she tripped and fell on friday during a congressional delegation trip in luxembourg. pelosi is 84. it's not clear

when she'll be returning home to the united states. >> a live look right now at a soggy new york city where it is raining overnight. areas to the north are seeing some snow. the work week gets underway after some wild weather across the middle of the country, and also in california this morning. a slick commute is expected in parts of the northeast with light snow and freezing rain, but it won't be as severe as this weekend's deep freeze in the midwest. in iowa, wind chills getting down to negative six degrees, freezing rain leaving everything encased in a thick layer of ice, including roads. the slick conditions proving perilous. this was the scene on saturday in des moines, a car spiraling out of control on the ice, sliding sideways down the road before the driver can regain control. in california, more than a foot of snow burying i-80, leaving cars stranded outside of lake tahoe and closer to the coast. oh my god. >> oh my god, no! >> a chaotic scene caught on camera as a rare tornado touched

down near santa cruz over the weekend. >> you can see the traffic lights just leave the poles. >> an ef one twister bringing 90 mile per hour winds, flipping cars, snapping power lines and injuring several people. >> one was seriously injured, but nobody died. and that's that is the most important factor in this, in this event. >> the storm system triggering the first ever tornado warning in san francisco. it comes as southern california braces for yet another bout of warm, dry santa ana winds. wet weather over the weekend helped firefighters as they battled the nearly week old fire in malibu, which is nearly halfway contained. but when the winds pick up on tuesday, so will the threat of new fires. well, that progress against the wildfire malibu is really great news for the thousands of people who were forced to evacuate. >> they include actor dick van dike, who is speaking out about how he was helped to safety last week. so van dike is thanking his neighbors and good samaritans who took action as

flames were erupting last week. even a security camera captured van dike being led out of his home. >> he's a tough guy and what a gentleman. got him in the car and buckled him in. and just as he did, he grabbed my arm and he said, please don't let my house burn down. >> i couldn't get up and they had to pick me up and carry me to the car. they saved my house and my life. these guys, otherwise they wouldn't even be here. >> a thankful van dike turned 99 years old last friday. he says he hopes next year's birthday will arrive with a little less drama, at least from one mother nature. right now, that fire, known as the franklin fire, is 49% contained, according to cal fire. >> let's talk about how they saved his home. a lot of people wondering that they used a neighbor's fire suppression system. some of these homes have those types of systems, and then they use garden hoses to save the house. so using whatever they can while they're out there. >> yeah. >> good for dick van dike there.

>> coming up, the warning from the former head of google about the dangers of ai. >> plus the attempted heist of an atm. the thieves who tried to steal that cash machine from inside a store. >> and a florida dog. okay. does good. how? he quickly managed to track down a lost child. you're .

>> admit it. it's not easy parenting during the holidays. >> if only you know what would be great. a parenting playbook to help moms get through the holidays and actually have some fun. oh, wait, that's exactly what we're doing on gma. >> police near seattle are still searching for suspects and a different type of smash and grab. investigators say two people drove a truck through the front of a walgreens to try to steal the store's atm. the pair attached the machine to a cable, but it snapped and broke the atm in two. and check out these scenes. tense moments for rescue crews in southern california over the weekend. they had to pull a driver to safety after his car went over the side of a highway, and the angeles national forest. responders worked from the air and then from the ground to get the man out of there. no word on his condition this morning. >> the former ceo of google is warning that i may be moving too

fast for everyone's own good. eric schmidt calls artificial intelligence a remarkable human achievement, but he's also concerned we're getting to a point where computers will be able to run on their own. schmidt told abc's george stephanopoulos, we need to consider putting brakes on the technology. >> when the system can self-improve, we need to seriously think about unplugging it. >> but wouldn't that that kind of system have the ability to counter our efforts to unplug it? >> well, in theory, we better have somebody with a hand on the plug, metaphorically. but the important thing is that the power of this intelligence, the ability for this kind of new intelligence, means that each and every person is going to have the equivalent of a polymath in their pocket. in addition to your show and all your notes and writers, you're going to have an einstein and a leonardo da vinci to give you advice on your show. that will be true for everyone on the planet. we just don't know what it means to give that kind of power to every individual. >> schmidt says ai systems should be able to police themselves because humans won't be able to.

>> wow. scary. okay, now to a very good boy on florida's gulf coast. k-9 officer duke is getting credit for helping police in largo find a missing child in less than 20 minutes. the dog used its nose to track down the missing youngster, who'd run off from their parents on friday. the child was found safe hiding under a car. >> all right. good story from florida there in a very good boy. coming up, just nine days away from christmas. we've got ideas for useful holiday gifts, especially those shiny gadgets that light up and flash. >> and later, the dramatic rescue of a sick passenger from this cruise ship on the high seas. yo

>> somebody to lean on. christmas. all. over >> great news. we are getting holiday gift ideas from the expert, the giz wiz dick debartolo dick. always great to see you, my friend. this first one is perfect for helping me make sure that my alarm is set for my holiday traveling flights. >> absolutely. >> a lot of other features. take a look at this. with this clock you get to pick the color you would like the numerals to be. you can even do rgb colors. there's a brightness control. you can go all the way down to off. there's a night light at the top in the back, usb for charging your phone and the shaker plugs in here. if you have trouble waking up, just wait to the shaker goes, oh, is that my alarm? >> oh, i think it is.

>> i love how you can customize the lights and the colors. that's really fun. and speaking of lights and colors, this next one i would have loved to have in my room growing up. >> i love it and kids will love it. watch this. kids will like this little astronaut who is also a projector. you just turn them on. it's remote control and then turn his head up to the ceiling. and you can put on your own little night show. you can vary the colors, you can vary the stars, and it's a great way kids could use this to go to sleep. or they could watch one of my spots. >> it's like you're camping in your room, i love that, okay? and if you need to take that camping, maybe on the go. if you need to charge something, this next one will help you with all of your devices. exactly. >> this is the most powerful charger i know of at the current time. take a peek. the slick anker prime power bank has a 9600 milliamp battery, 65w of

charging output, two ultra fast usb-c charging ports, a built in fold out ac plug port, led display offers real time updates on battery levels and power output, and it ships with a usb cable and a travel pouch. >> it's crazy. you can see it on the screen exactly how it's charging. what's charging? that's really fun. >> yeah, and 65w is like a lot. you can run a laptop from it for a while, and you couldn't ever do that with one of those little charges that most people carry. they normally put out ten watts. this puts out 65w a little different. >> okay. and this last one, it's dark. it's cold out. i think this will be really useful for dog owners. >> absolutely. my dog he loves it. and i think your doggy will too. see this. this rugged doggy harness has easy to open buckles, a handle in case you need to control your dog. great for nighttime walks. this dog

harness has seven changing colors or you can go into slow flashing or fast flashing. it mounts from the side, so there's nothing to go over the dog's head. there's foam for comfort, and on a full charge you get about eight hours of led lighting. >> so, dick, was that your dog? >> yes, that was charlie. charlie? charlie dog. he's been on abby on world news now. twice. he was in a backpack once, and now he's out in the cold for this show. >> well, i'm glad i finally got to virtually meet charlie dick. always great to see you, my friend. thank you so much. >> thank you. happy stores. if t

poop, it stinks. >> hey everyone, we are back now with the mix, starting with the dramatic rescue of a man from a cruise ship and the coast guard

apparently getting fancy with their editing for social media. hey, whatever. >> whatever. psychs you up to save someone's life, right? the coast guard soundtrack this clip with vintage metallica showing the medevac of a 56 year old man from a cruise ship about 40 miles southeast of miami. >> over the weekend, the coast guard says he was suffering severe abdominal pain and is currently in stable condition. isn't this a little much? intense of a song for this. i mean, thank you for your service to the coast guard. enter sandman is about like. you know. >> i mean, it's an intense situation. you know, you're flying a helicopter, but it's, like, about a bad guy. >> it's just. yeah, but thank you for helping him and saving him next to the youngest chess champion in the world. >> we are talking about 18 year old gorgeous damaraju of india earning the title after beating defending champion ding liren of china in the final game of a 14

game match in singapore at age 18, damaraju becomes the youngest world chess champion since 1985. >> wow. and he won 600 grand. >> wow! look at those tears of joy. >> got a good beard for 18. i could not grow that when i was 18. >> you're right. >> i very impressive all around. >> i can't grow that now. >> and you got a pretty good beard, my friend. you do? >> next to the event in which everyone is a winner. >> this is such a nice story. over the weekend, a united airlines flight carrying about 30 children and their families took off from newark international airport and then landed at the north pole. >> technically. keep your voice is low. they really landed at another gate that stood in as the north pole. it was all part of a partnership with some children's hospitals in the garden state, such as the children's hospital of new jersey. >> but we'll never tell them, because to us and all those kids, that is the north pole. the kids were treated to games, treats, a real reindeer and a visit from santa who we all know is really one of santa's

helpers. but because santa is kind of busy. >> yeah. santa is getting ready for the north pole. >> prime time. >> finally, i got to see some of this this weekend. oh, yes. and by the way, you both are shaking your heads. i think you did too. it was santacon here in new york city and beyond. apparently, this happens in a lot of u.s. cities that it does. >> new york city seems to be the capital. there it is. thousands of kris kringle's participated in what really has become just an annual bar crawl here in new york city, along with similar christmas themed debaucheries like you mentioned in san francisco, phoenix, winnipeg, and even london and in suburban paris, france, they were at least a little more healthy about it. >> 3500 people suited up

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