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getting under trump's skin. >> donald can feel a rout. >> reporter: cruz's campaign continuing to hammer trump over his, quote, new york values, releasing the 1999 video, trump in his own words. >> hey, i lived in new york city, it happened all my life. my views are a little bit different than if i lived in perhaps. i'm very pro-choice. and again it maybe a little bit of a new york background. >> reporter: that message now hitting home with some. rush limbaugh saying trump won't live over conservatives by bashing cruz. >> there are a lot of conservatives that say she's a wolf in sheep's clothing. that he's a traditional lifetime new yorker and that means something. there are all kinds of conservatives with suspicions of donald trump. >> reporter: we're inside headquarters in des moines. the volunteers hope to make 12,000 calls a day. they're convinced is this how you win the race, the ground

he's hoping to make the argument that he's the real gop hero. tom llamas, des moines. residents of a small ohio village are in shock and in houring after a police officer was is shot dead in an ambush. the body of toms cattrall was found behind the danville building. the suspect now in custody is an ex-con with a long record. this is a really sad one out of the utah, the veteran officer who was shot to death over the week was working over time to pay for his cancer treatments. doug barney was killed when he encountered a fugitive who went missing. devote noted as a devoted family man, barney had fought cancer for 12 years. the extreme temperatures are life-threatening without proper precautions.

centers where people without proper heat or shelter can get in out of the cold. temperatures if upper midwest will climb today. a consumer alert is voluntarily recalling one of its nuts over possible salmonella contamination. the concern involves 16-ounce bags of raw cashew pieces distributed to its stores in 30 states with a best before code including 0717, it reveals the presence of salmonella. complete details at our website, abc.com. with little one, parents look forward to when the little one gets tired and falls asleep. case in point. take a look at this toddler. >> after eating chocolate pudding. ben can barely keep his eyes open. in fact, can't keep his eyes open at all. he's trying but continues to lick the spoon.

he is just ready for a nap, oh, but -- wait, wait, where's that spoon? ah. sleep. >> oh. >> that feels good. >> the video was posted on monday. we don't know where it came from. 170 views. >> we feel your pain. >> when you want to finish your dessert, you're too tired. ever have that on the overnight. >> i usually pig out still. >> it's usually boots for you. >> coming up -- hey, hangover, alcohol-free, can this really be a thing? >> let's hope. north korea says they've got it, but first, the shocking move on the court that got this college player banned. called for tripping the ref. what it's now cost him and his team. and downward dog, quite

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next four games without jamal reed. the forward has been suspended from the game for intentionally tripping. it happened when reed said has was upset he didn't get a foul call right there. his conduct over the next two weeks will determine if the suspension will last longer. okay, moving on to another sport. tennis is the latest sport now, the new scandal. >> apparently there are new allegations rocking the world of professional tennis as some of the world's top-ranked players face serious allegations of mixing matches. abc's david wright has more. >> reporter: as the australian open kicks off down under, a bombshell threatening the integrity of professional tennis. a report on allegations of widespread match fixing implicating some of the more competitive players on the grand slam circuit. buzzfeed news and bbc report on documents they say were leaked by a secret investigation commissioned by professional tennis. >> this is a growing problem.

and the integrity unit is just not getting the tips. >> reporter: including wimbledon, serena williams and novak djokovic, the two top-seeded in the world asked about the australian open, djokovic called it a crime against sport. admits people offered $200,000 to throw a first round match in russia in 2007. he said he dropped out of the tournament said and doesn't want to be linked to this kind of thing. williams says she doesn't know anything about it at thing the assembled media, quote, when i'm playing, i play very hard and every player i play seems to play hard. among the players implicated in the reports more than a dozen who rank in the top 50 in recent years including eight players scheduled to play in the 2016

>> with a group of six and ten players really, who are the main focus of the evidence that we had dug up. >> reporter: officials with pro ten physical insist they take the issue seriously and that the sports tennis integrity unit always follows up. david wright, abc news, new york. >> it's true. like tennis. enjoy the sport. coming up in our next hour, hollywood is under fresh fire from within. outrage over a lack of diversity among this year's academy award nominations. both spike lee and jada pinkett smith boycotting the oscars. first, hollywood takes on one of the most politically charged "13 hours" in recent

well, movie gores are flocking to see hollywood's latest action thrill per. >> talking about "13 hours the secret soldiers of benghazi." it took in $19 million over a four-day weekend. and as the movie generates more buzz as a political football, the more heroes behind the story are speaking out. here's abc's juju chang. >> reporter: it has all the epics of unsong tale. unsung heroism, bravery, honor, a two-hour recount of events in benghazi, also sparking controversy. >> someone who lied to the families of those four victims of benghazi can never be president of the united states. >> she proved in that benghazi hearing that she could stand her

>> reporter: explosive armageddon isn't a surprise. >> it basically turned into a political hot potato. why would you want to pick that up? >> because there was a great human story underneath it. this was a really heroic night. really heroic, and no one knew that. >> none of you has to go. we are the only help they have. >> we knew to get out of there, we were going to have to depend on each other. simple, kill them before they kill you. >> reporter: mark dyke known as oz. chris fuentes known as pronto and john lee were three of four commandos who volunteered for a rescues operation when terrorists attacked a mile away from their secret base. contractors believe they're either adrenaline junkies or mercenaries. >> we're going to give our life for others, we're going to do it.

critics hold her accountable. >> do you know who i hold accountable? that's who attacked us. >> reporter: "13 hours" is the men's account of that night's battle which killed four americans including ambassador christopher stevens. although the cia calls men's claims a distortion of events and people. >> the most important thing i hope people are surprised by is how long if any politics are involved in the movie. because we had the luxury of -- all the politics came after this night. so when these guys were trying to survive and trying to save people. there were no congressional hearings, no e-mails. >> reporter: to take on the physically demanding control, chris krasinski trained hard core going from 26% body fat to 4%.

things are definitely things unlike i've ever thought of doing. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news. >> wow, all of these movies that take events and turn them. i'm hoping juju is working on the story how he got from 26% body fat to 5s. >> yeah. that's interesting. (ugh.) does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty? don't avoid it, resolve it. our formula with a special

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okay. so topping "the mix," you know, north korea is well-known for many, many scientific okay. and apparently, they've come up with another one as well. they have found definitive cure for a hangover. it's actually a drink in north korea ginseng liquor that can be drunk without fear of hangover. so it will get you to party, but

you the hangover in the morning. >> you sure that's not a bottle of olive oil? >> it might not be. it kind of looks like the bottle jeanie pops out, i dream of jeanie. it includes ginseng, of course, scorched glutenous rice which, of course, helps eliminate both bitterness and hangover. once again -- >> it's something everything you would eat put into a bottle? >> yeah. and they've made some it. >> don't you eat rice after you have a hangover? >> oh, you eat everything. >> apparently, there's a thing called dog yoga? are you aware of this? >> i've heard of downward dog. >> there's new meaning to it. this is in hong kong. they're trying to break a guinness book of world records and it was led by a doga teacher. 270 dogs participated the furry friend are yet to confirm whether they did break the

all of the proceeds go to the hong kong dog association, we like that. but i didn't know that it was even it. >> the dogs looked thrilled. >> if i was a dog, that would be my response. >> that's our rabid dog here on "world news now." how about this for a sticky situation in ontario, sticky being the key word. check out this guy, he, apparently, stole $1,500 of chewing gum. surveillance cameras capturing him twice going into this convenience store and just walking out with chewing gum. apparently, the equivalent of 904 packs of gum. he's called the fresh breath bandit there in ontario. they still haven't found him and they haven't found a reason why. by the way, do you know what they called the detective that's looking for him? >> no. >> a gum shoe. >> that was pretty good. i'm curious, was it sugar free? >> let's ask him, why?

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this morning on "world news now" -- deep freeze. an arctic blast settling over much of the country reaching deep into the south and making driving into some regions treacherous. the latest forecast. and when relief may be coming jut ahead. remembering an eagle, the sad passing of glenn frey, founder of the eagles, his death at the age of 67 marking another iconic voice loss early this year, what being an eagle meant to him in his own words. and new this half hour, hollywood under fresh fire from within.

year's academy awards, growing anger over what's being called the lack of diversity within this year's class of nominees, oscars. fresh drama has unfolded in week three of the bachelor with one hopeful contestant getting a rose from ben and another finding a target on her back. wheel have a complete wrap-up "the skinny" on this tuesday, january 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i watched "the bachelor". good morning, everybody. >> i knew that you watched it. >> i love it. so happy the black girl got her own single date. it's like reality chance, i have a better chance of getting an oscar nomination than she does, black girls never win. that's great. >> really? >> no. >> this could be the season. >> we'll see. she's had some progress. jack will give us real update. >> we look forward to senior

>> is this all for yourself to be on "the bachelor"? >> i'm hoping. >> is that what this is about? >> no. >> well, we'll get right to our top story, chillier story, the arctic blast gripping the midwest and spreading eastward. thermometers posting single digit temperatures. >> yeah, winter has arrived, folks. it is only getting started with us. we'll get some more now from abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: 20 below, freezing guard rails on great lakes, steam rising from the ice as this vessel comes into the port of duluth. that pipe freezing dangerous cold marching east for the first snowfall of the season final ly hit this weekend from massachusetts to new york, more than enough to wreak havoc on road, in yonkers, new york.

careful on those bridges and they can be up to 6 degrees cooler than the road down below. it gets slick and icy up there first. in michigan, police say drivers following too closely led to deadly pile ups. >> what i saw were people that were traveling with less than one car length between them and the vehicle in front of them. at high speeds. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> so that cold weather is going to stick around for a while. actually see snow. >> let's get the complete forecast from paul williams, good morning, paul. >> thanks, kendis, reena. you know, in the deep south, downright rude. hoping the mother nature raised towards the mid south and down towards the deep south and stay at least chilly and cool conditions will persist throughout florida. now, the evening time the coldest of air will lift to the north. we'll have somewhat milder air that will move, though, towards the lower mississippi valley

more snow showers to the northeast. more snow showers to the west and the northern rocky mountain states. and a duluth of rain along the west coast. that's going to keep california along the wet side. additional showers between 3-6 inches reaching down towards st. louis, kendis. reena. >> all right, paul. days after the deaths of natalie cole and david bowie, both in their 60s, by the way, fans now mourning another music legend, gren frey. eagles co-founder glenn frey who died yesterday. he co-wrote one of the group's mega hits including "take it easy" he was only 67. he had faced several health challenges, we'll have more reaction to the death coming up later this half hour. mayor of flint michigan, will be back in washington today seeking help with the city's water crisis. back in flint two class action lawsuits will be announced holding the state officials responsible amid a citifinancial crisis. in april 2014 the state decided

water supply to flint river. residents say levels have risen since then. protesters caused a rush hour nightmare in the san francisco bay area, the protest froze traffic on one side of the bay bridge, members of black sea, which is an off chute of black lives matter drove five cars on to the bridge and stopped one in each lane. the groups demands include the firing of city officials in san francisco. southwest oakland. well, politics now. first donald trump at liberty university. the candidate vowed to protect christianity but raised eyebrows corinthians." it's usually called second corinthians. he used the word "hell" the audience mostly forgave his

>> new testament, it's sequel. meanwhile, the british parliament was debating whether to ban trump from visiting. they did so because half a million people signed a petition asking he be excluded over his calls to ban muslims in the u.s. debate was required. vote wasn't. so trump is still free to visit. >> a lot to go for the new testament sequel. >> you crack yourself up, right. >> sorry. the firing from sunday night's democratic debate are still echoing on the campaign trail. no name-calling but some loud back and forth. with the iowa caucuses less than two weeks away now, the clinton camp knows it's going to be a nail biter. here abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: bernie sanders saying those attacks nothing personal. >> hillary clinton and i have differences of opinions, it's call democracy. but i'm not into personal attacks. >> tell me why.

>> regulators -- >> reporter: -- a sign of just how tight this race is and the bitter battle ahead. for hillary clinton, the strategy boiled down to one name. >> president obama has led our recession. that is one of the greatest obama. i'm going to defend president obama. >> reporter: she referenced president obama 13 times, trying to tap into his popularity with the democratic race. clinton making a big push for african-american voters, supporting black lives matter and addressing that water crisis in flint, michigan. >> i think every single american should be outraged. we've had a city in the united states of america where the population, which is poor in many ways and majority african-american, has been drinking and bathing in lead-contaminated water. >> reporter: sanders coming down hard on clinton with his key issue, wall street's hold on washington. >> secretary clinton, you're not the only one, i don't mean to

received over $600,000 from in speaking fees from goldman sachs in one year. >> reporter: promising not to throw any personal punches the her husband. but when asked whether bill clinton's past should matter -- >> that question annoys me. i cannot walk down the street, secretary clinton knows this, without being told how much i have to attack secretary clinton. we've been through this, yes, his behavior was deplorable, have i ever once said a word about that, no i have not. i'm going to debate on the issues facing the american people, not bill clinton's personal behavior. >> reporter: and hillary clinton was asked what kind of role her husband would play in her administration. she said his place in the white house would start with her right at the kitchen table, and they would figure it out from there.

new details are emerging what mexico is doing to keep el chapo from escaping again. it's our first look since his recapture 11 days ago since his first five nights he was moved seven times. there are more than 30 cells he can be moved by guards with cameras on their helmets. new surveillance cameras make sure there are no blind spots. >> let's hope. american pie singer-songwriter don mcclain has been arrested for domestic violence. police in maine say they were called to his home early monday morning, after his arrest, he posted $10,000 bail and was released, "american pie" was a born hit from mcchange back in the early '70s. another celebrity in trouble. former supermodel, stephanie seamour arrested for dui. authorities say seamour was drunk when she backed her range rover into another car on highway exit ramp friday night.

next morning. >> i'd ask them to play "bride in rain" by guns n' roses. one of my favorite music videos. i don't think's appropriate when someone is arrested to run music video. it was a rematch of last spring nba championship series it didn't go well. before the game golden state steph curry posted about winning the title saying "he hoped he still smelled the champagne in the visitor's locker room" no surprise that he and cavs star lebron james got into it, it didn't matter, curry finished with 35 points as warriors thoroughly conquered sort of a beatdown on the cavs, 132-98. >> okay. >> ouch. >> and this screen grab pretty much sums up sports in cleveland. >> oh, that's so wrong. >> one fan there at the game dozing off, the other one picking a winner, or maybe he's indicating that, you know, they'll get the second pick of the draft. >> number one, baby. >>

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roof of his prius. you see that? unbelievable. the man said the pole was about six inches from his head at impact. he said it was god that saved his life. look at that. >> wow. >> wow. >> incredible. hollywood is facing growing outrage from within as its high holy days of award season draws ever closer. >> high holy days. >> spike lead and jada pinkett smith say they are boycotting the oscars. here now is abc's lindsey davis. >> reporter: more stars choose martin luther king day to take a stand about the lack of diversity in this year's nominations. >> i won't be watching or at the academy awards. >> reporter: she's expressing her plans to boycott the show. also not attending director spike lee released a statement how it is possible for the second consecutive year all 20

again. with the revelation after the second year in a row only white actors have been considered for the most coveted award in hollywood. snubbed for nominations, idris elba, will smith and michael b. jordan. the only nominee from the predominant black cast is sylvester stallone. who decides the nominees, long held secret. in 2012 los angeles times investigation found academy voters are nearly 94% caucasian and 77% male with blacks accounting for about 2%. the big screen has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to tv where a record 18 black performers got nominated last year for emmy awards. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i should point out late last

in that job, cheryl released a statement saying while they celebrate the extraordinary achievements of this year's nominees, she is quoted here frustrated and hard heartbroken at the lack of inclusion. >> she went on to say academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the make up. >> tyler perry nomination next year. when we come back, we got the rose with "the bachelor" last night. the story behind leonardo

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skinny so skinny time now for "the skinny," we'll start with the drama that unfolding on week three of "the bachelor." >> gentlemen, joining us with the details is "world news now" senior "bachelor" analyst. >> good to be back. we'll get straight to it here. 17 women started the broadcast last night, first off we had the one on one date lauren b., she's a fight attendant. she knows her way around, you know, a plane or two. these two, they really hit it off up there. and then when they got back on the ground, they wound up in a hot tub in the middle of nowhere. of course, they did.

get the king at the end of this whole ordeal. she's going far, she got the rose on the date. >> good thing she packed bikini. >> group date was hosted at the l.a. memorial coliseum over the 1932 and 1984 olympic games, as well as numerous notre dame football victories over the years. >> okay. >> this had nothing to do with that. folks, this was not the barclays premier league by any stretch of the imagination. the team with the striped jerseys wound up winning 4-3. amber got the rose on the group date. now, we had the one-on-one date with jubilee. she wasn't too thrilled about all of that, let's say, but between the two of them. they fly off. there was no sunset. but you get the idea. when they got back on the ground, things really started to heat up. they're back in the hot tub, so jubilee kicked up a bit of a fuss when she got back in the

still in the house, she's all good, she got the rose. lace, she was controversial from the start. well, you can love her off the show because she took herself out of the competition. so much for lace. all right. so lace is gone. excuse me, there were no roses for jamie and tushana. there were 14 women left. as for the kiss count, the kiss count stops at six. >> wow. >> so, that's pretty good. week three, three words, vegas, baby, vegas, analyst, out. >> all right. pack your bikinis and hot tubs. folks. >> okay. >> there could be rose in the future of rhianna. >> leo decap. yo and rihanna are sparking romance rumors. the two spotted together in a

eyewitness report sweet moment that includes, yes, a kiss. >> he went with model kelly robach last hung out with rehan rihanna on february, dancing close, nice. >> as for sunday night, a source says the two arrived at the club separately and left separately. but it was paris and they rendezvous. >> a kiss. >> so, how are you doing, enough pressure in here for you. t. they're new liquid gels. and you're coming with me... wait, what?! you realize i have gold status? do i still get the miles? new mucinex sinus-max liquid gels. dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. ditch the misery. let's end this. a skin transformation leading department store moisturizer. revives skin to fight 7 signs of aging. with olay, you age less, so you can be ageless.

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like that, it makes me feel like we're both... when she enjoys it, we enjoy it even more. and i enjoy it. feel the difference with k-y ultragel. by the time i got to new york, i was living like a king "david bowie's final album "black star" has debuted at number one in the billboard 200 start. it's giving him his number one ever. bowie died on january 10th, two days after the album was released. of course, on the heels of bowie's death comes the news of

world of music. >> glenn frey, one of the founding members of the eagles has died at the age of 67. complications of rheumatoid arthritis, intestinal issues and pneumonia. >> and this morning, we're looking back at a special moment from 1998, when frey made an impassioned acceptance speech during the group's induction into the rock and roll hall of fame. >> we got along fine, we just disagreed a lot. tell me one worthwhile relationship that has not had peaks and valleys. [ applause ] you know, that's really what we're talking about here. and you cannot play music with people for very long if you don't genuinely like them and i years that the eagles were together during the '70s, over the three years we were together during our reunion, the best of times ranked in the 95th percent sent tile. the worst of times ranked in a

obviously but the seven of us have dwelt on for a long, long time. get over it. [ cheering and applause ] >> on behalf of all the eagles, on behalf of all the people, we're so lucky to be enshrined with the people we admire. you honor us, therefore, you honor yourselves, thank you. >> tribute poignant all over the world. >> celebrities of all stripes have been taking to tweeter. >> "god bless glenn frey, peace and love to all his family and friends". >> and olivia newton-john whose star was rising at the time of eagles tweeted i'm so sad to hear the loss of glenn frey. the eagles played a great part in my music. >> i thought it was called "the eagles" it's actually just "eagles". >> years ago when they broke up,

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good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. here's some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now". the pressure is on the presidential candidates with less than two weeks until the first votes are cast until the iowa caucuses, battle for frontrunner is race between trump and cruz on the other side. and clinton and sanders on the other. with more from the campaign trail, we'll have much more straight ahead. the mayor of flint, michigan, will be in washington, d.c. today looking for federal help for the city's water crisis. meantime back home, two new class action lawsuits will be announced holding the governor and state officials responsible.

marines missing after two helicopters crashed off hawaii have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft. but there's been no sign of the marines. another music legend lost, fans are remembering eagles co-founder glenn frey. the rock and roll hall of famer died yesterday after facing several health challenges. he was 67 years old. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, january 19th. take it easy take it easy >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". good morning everybody, we're going to start this half hour with the battle for the white house, and it really is a battle. although it may seem like this race has been going on for several years, now, the first primary votes are just coming into view.

>> than this? >> just a pause. >> more timely than this. >> frontrunners desperately want that first victory. abc lana zak has the details. >> reporter: some members of the british parliament debate banning donald trump from their country -- >> let's be clear, donald trump is an idiot. >> reporter: on the crooner report, ted cruz hit the front-runner on his inheritance. >> i don't come from wealth. unlike donald, i didn't inherit millions of dollars. >> reporter: while at liberty university he made his case for the christian conservative vote, they called his scripture clumsy. after fumbling corinthians. >> 2 corinthians, that's the spirit soft lord, right, where the spirit of the lord is there >> reporter: with iowa poll numbers in flux, there is no republican frontrunners. >> the truth is he's a nasty guy.

democrats, they were freed from critiquing each other focusing on the legacy of dr. martin luther king. >> dr. king died with his work unfinished and it is up to us to see it through. >> what dr. king said is we have got to combat racism, but we've as got to combat income and wealth inequality. >> reporter: different tone where the barbs were sharp. >> he voted for amtrak -- >> you've received over $600,000 in speaking fees from goldman sachs. >> reporter: and going back to the republicans for a moment, it seemed that ted cruz had a bit of fun with donald trump's attack. he tweeted out janet jackson's video "nasty" in response. marine na reena, kend igs. three of the five americans released by iran are in a military hospital in germany

and friends. >> we're seeing pictures as you see here of the former captives with big smiles on their faces. abc's jonathan karl tells how this all came about. >> reporter: free the at last, "washington post" reporter jason rediane, reres zee rezaian. with his family at u.s. military base in germany after spending 544 days in prison. here alongside his wife skyping with relatives, spoke with abc. >> definitely lost some weight. you know, he was joking, we were having a good time. >> reporter: the former marine reunited with his family and congressman after enduring more than four gleers years in police. and the pastor celebrating his freedom after 3 1/2 years. >> i told my kids i will come up and said daddy is released from prison, you'll see him soon.

mother in boston is the first back to the u.s., all of this after dramatic 24 hours, the u.s. confirs the prisoner exchange. four hours later, the iran nuclear deal goes into effect, sanctions lifted. but the plane doesn't leave. iran won't less jason rezaian's wife to join him. sunday morning they agree to allow him to join her. they announce paying $1.7 billion to the iranian government to settle an old financial dispute. the white house says that none of the seven iranians that were freed as part of this exchange had any tice terrorism. but four of them were convicted on charges related to smuggling military equipment to iran. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. now to weather back here, this is not shaping up to be a good week the at least for travel. more than 100 million americans are dealing with extreme cold and tough driving conditions.

multiple pileups automatic across the country, and a major snowstorm is taking aim at the northeast for the weekend. let's get a complete forecast from accuweather's paul williams. >> thanks, kendis, well, that rude cold air from the north will bother the good old southern folks and bring very cold air down towards the tennessee valley region and then as we go into the evening time, it will stay cool throughout portions of florida. travel problems, great lakes and towards the northeast more lake effect snow and snow showers developing throughout the northern iraqi mountains and along the coast, widespread scattered showers is going to cause serious travel problems, kendis. >> thank you so much. forecast for gas prices is cheap in some places, it's dipping gloun 1 $1 a gallon. a price had people filling up for 47 cents a gallon. the national average stands at

gas buddy predicts another 20 cents to 40 cents drop this week. >> nice. surprisingly the asian stock markets are more or less flat this morning, despite a poor economic report from china, its economy last quarter grew at its slowest pace in 25 years. but that actually wasn't a surprise. investors figure the chinese government will step in with more stimulus measures. many are ready on the sidelines waiting to see what happens next. and here's an eye-popping statistic about the global wealth divide. the richest 62 people in the poorest 3.6 billion people. that's half of all the people on the planet. that number is from a new study by oxfam which includes that it's time to end the era of tax havens. it's a good time to look skyward, five of the solar system other eight planets will be visible at once with the naked eye in the predawn skies, weather permitting, of course.

a diagonal line, you see it from left to right, mercury, venus, saturn, mars, jupiter and first time that's actually happened since 2005. my very -- do you remember, my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas. that's how you remember it. >> no uranus. >> let's move to the chargers, why don't we. well, the san diego chargers apparently still considering whether to move to los angeles. the chargers rams held their first meeting to discuss sharing a stadium. neither is saying what was discussed or if there will be further meetings. the chargers have one year to decide if they will move. >> cool. and the answer is, nobody got it right. the question on "jeopardy!" is why are all three players being

the final "jeopardy!" category was state captains and all three contestants wagered everything they had. >> the answer given was a 1957 event led to the creation of a national historic site in this city, signed into law by president whose library is now there, too. all they had to do was say what is little rock. >> all three contestants finished with zero dollars, zero plans for tonight. >> zero plans for tonight. >> how you can wager everything? that's gutsy. >> yeah, they got the strategy completely wrong. that's a rarity for "jeopardy!." i don't know if i would have gotten it right. >> i think i would watch "jeopardy!" that day. my only moment. coming up, a day on, not a day off, celebrating the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. from the first family to the elementary school children carrying on his message for hope for america. plus, the giz whiz.

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in texas it was a group of elementary school students who put together their own very special tribute. >> yeah, the fourth and fifth graders were asked if martin luther king jr. were running for president today, what would his campaign look like. here's abc's linsey davis. >> i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. >> reporter: his words moving a nation, that promised land inspiring generations. >> it's dr. martin luther king, jr. were to run for president today, i believe he would say this in his campaign speech, we are a nation of promise and a land of opportunity. >> my brothers and sisters, i challenge you to keep the dream alive and uplift one another. >> we have made progress in the 21st century, but we have not overcome.

done, white and black lives must matter, hispanic lives must matter, native and asian lives must matter, all lives must matter. >> i am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other, they fear each other because they don't know each other, they don't know each other because they don't communicate and they don't communicate because they are separated. >> reporter: today's youth asking if king's message can build more bridges. >> imus limb. if dr. king were rung for president, how would he treat me and my family. >> men, we should all come together, all races, all >> reporter: and if there were one thing our nation's kids will tell dr. king. >> thank you. >> thank you for helping me to

things to do in our nation and society tote. >> thank you for being a role model to me and all the people around the united states. >> thank you for everything. >> for making our world a better place. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> those kids are so well spoken. future politicians. >> possibly. >> or tv anchors. a picture there of the memorial in d.c. well, coming un, a pique of some of this year's hottest gadgets. whiz shows us his favorite offerings from this year consumer electronics' show,

okay. let's call it fashion week for geeks. the annual consumer electronics show, this year's offering in los angeles certainly did not disappoint geeks or nongeeks. showing us some of his favorites. we're not going to call him a geek. he's our whiz. dick debartolo. >> i have some fun stuff. >> what caught your eye? >> these five things, a couple of more will be shown here. first of all, if you wear magnifying, these are from thin optics, it's a way to have glasses with you. i'm going to take off my regular glasses, they come in three magna ification magnifications. you click them on.

they're very rugged. the company says if they break, they'll replace them. >> and they hang on. >> they just hang on like that. >> and they come three ways. >> you want to try them? >> pull them out, clip them on your nose. the plain glasses are 20 bucks. >> you can't quite break them, right? >> no, you can't break them, don't worry. >> i can't -- that's really a senior moment there, sorry. >> it's okay. they're like $20 to get them and universal part for $25, or you can get them built in to a phone case for $40. this is the galaxy s5. and my thin optics. >> yes. >> three different magnifications. >> okay. got it. >> this is really great, this is called kangaroo. so this is a windows 10 computer with wi-fi, blue tooth, fingerprint. >> that thing? >> i know. so on the -- comes with a little dock. so the dock has usb in, two of them, keyboard goes in one. >> like that.

and mouse goes in another, hdmi out goes to any monitor you want. so i look this up to my 40-inch or 4k tv. and then i had windows 10 huge in my living room, and i can do my e-mail. and this is $99. >> the price fits. is this the smallest computer you've seen? >> absolutely. >> wow. >> it has built in battery, there are things called pc sticks. this can operate on its own with a built-in battery. >> all right. cool. >> this is great. this is called zalt, it's if you travel, you have the adapters for your two chargers, smartphone, tablet, your computer, the company said they can power 90% of all laptops, it comes with all of these tables and tips. this folds out, goes in the wall, now one of these charges your laptop and runs it.

smartphone. >> very cool. >> one of these can run your tablet. if the plug is facing the wrong way at the hotel, you can rotate the plug. >> great, because that stuff usually takes up a lot of space. >> yes. >> you get all of this stuff in a small bag. >> so this is, you plug in your router, this is for small devices that during a black out, you want to stay powered. what's neat about this, if you need power on the run, take that out, throw it in your backpack, you can charge your phones and tablets. >> this is in case of an emergency. >> exactly. keep it plugged in all the time. >> right. >> our final guy is that little -- i'm going to pick this up here, it's called temp track. and peel this plastic off. this goes under the baby's arm. >> okay. >> this is blue tooth enabled, now anywhere in your house, up to 40 feet, you can be reading the baby's temperature. you don't have to wake the baby. you can set it for like 100

will ring to tell you the baby's >> that's great. >> $25. >> good looking toys there. from ces. >> thank you. you're watching "world news

well, we're closing in on this year's academy awards, well with every award show leading up to hollywood's biggest night, anger is building from some within. >> the outrage is filled by what many say is a lack of diversity. there really is, even the academy president late last night saying she's disappointed with the outcome and they plan to do some work. we got more from abc's lauren lyster. >> i will not be at the academy

>> reporter: jada pinkett smith taking that firm statement to her facebook page. coming days after her husband's will smith got snubbed for an academy award for "concussion." none of the nominations went to person of color reviving last year's controversy. she's not alone, director spike lee voicing his disappointment on facebook, writing he won't be attending the ceremony. lee addressed diversity in his acceptance speech at the academy's governors award in >> it's easy to be the president of the united states as a black person than to be the head of studio. >> they're about to lose their mind. >> reporter: "straighting out of compton" overlooked for best picture category. rapper ice cube speaking out on >> i'm not surprised. >> oscar's host tweeting out a new promo with the caption, the

2012 los angeles times found they're nearly 94 caucasian and 77% male, with blacks accounting for about 2%. president of the academy cheryl boone isaacs who herself is black, said she has sought to improve diversity. >> we are working inside the academy in order to make sure we have inclusion. >> reporter: both spike lee and jada pinkett smith in their messages referencing martin luther king jr. >> that was a big day, for kings' birthday, commemorating him. michael moore coming out and saying i join jada. i believe the academy awards will fix this. >> i'm sure next year there will be nominees of color. remember viv from fresh prince

statement saying, you ain't directing the show. get over yourself.