♪ the best part of wakin' up is folgers in your cup ♪ anything but a silent night for president trump. his fiery message to nancy pelosi amid the impeachment battle plus his response to the christmas threat from north korea. >> and stores rfr hong kong as a new wave of anti government protests sweep the city. >> and prince phillip returns home for christmas with his family from midnight mass to fun in the sun, how the world is celebrating christmas today. >> and he already proved to america he got talent. we will catch up with cody lee

to see what's next for this special singer >> and good morning, everyone. >> apparently no christmas break for the impeachment break. president trump is celebrating christmas on mar-a-lago. accusing nancy pelosi of hating the entire republican party. the moment standing in sharp contrast >> the president's making his own list of who's nice like mitch mcconnell. >> a very good guy, a very fair guy. >> and who's not like fanly pelosi >> she hates the republican party. she hates all the people who voted for me

>> reporter: frus stated as democrats back the house speaker has she holds off on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate until she's confident that process will be fair. instead the president insists it's republicans who have the upper hand >> ultimately that is going to be made by mitch mcconnell and he has the right to do what he wants. >> the trial start date in question overseas. the so called christmas surprise north korea's been hinting at for weeks. officials releezed these photos on horse back. >> we'll find out what the surprise is and we'll deal with it very successfully we'll see what happens >> on alert for a long range

missile test with photos the president trump downplaying that christmas gift threat with a quip >> maybe it's a nice present maybe it's a present when he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a my l test >> as tart of uts on going legal fight the house judiciary committee is now suggesting if potential testimony reveals new evidence they may consider new articles of impeachment against president trump but right now that seems highly unlikely >> still waiting for those first articles to be delivered before leaving office he issued hundreds of pardons now the fbi is reportedly taking a closer look at just who walked free pete williams has more >> kentucky's former republican governor is out but now the fbi

is asking questions about his sentence reductions for more than six hundred people. chris harris, a democrat in the state legislature says he's now been contacted by an investigator there's little choice but to take an initial look the pardon of patrick baker convicted of murder in a home invasion his relatives hosted a fundraiser for baker last year >> i am innocent i just want to thank him for his courageous actions and allowing me to come home to my family >> the man accused of rapes a nine-year-old girl >> didn't review the police zvpt fierlt and he never talked to

the victim or her mother >> he says there was no impropriety in any of the pardons but now members of the republican party are urging state officials to conduct their own investigation. chaos grips hong kong on christmas eve. thousands clashed with police at a shopping mall. >> reporter: in hong kong on the eve before christmas, clashes. one of the city's luxury shopping mauls christmas watch everies watch in shock as they beat back demonstrators. protesters say it's a fight for greater democracy and what some are sarcastically dubbed hong

kong's white christmas tear gas and pepper spray. they told us the clashes lasted into christmas day >> 3:00 in the morning in hong kong >> reporter: at one point police vans broke through a makeshift barricade erected in a high end tourist hub, a cycle of violence now in its latest month. but with more protests in the months questions will give protesters momentum going into the new year >> trader joe's is recalling two premade salads over a possible listeria condition they both have a best buy date of december 27th their recall date is due to a

recall date by hallmark foods. >> pope francis led the world's 1.3 billion catholics into christmas. he also called on catholics to be transformed by jesus' crazy love and to stop trying to change others. wor shupers gathshippers gathere sight of jesus' birth. >> hundreds of santa's helpers spent christmas eve catching some waves the ocean as well as the beach full of surfers wearing santa hats and some of them wearing santa suits and the grinch, trying to steal christmas on the water showing up up at the santa water event in virginia.

he took to the water causing some trouble there on his jet ski. part of a 30-year tradition. now to the royal family's christmas and there is news about where prince phillip will be spending the holiday and who is missing from the photos during the queen's christmas message. >> after four months in a london hospital prince phillip has walked out just in time for a royal christmas. good news for a royal family in need of some holiday cheer prince phillip will be home for the queen's annual christmas message. she will elude to a rough year she may have times felt quite bumpy but small steps have made a world of difference. >> it's only wise that the mother of the nation sets a very

calming note >> speculation is rampant whether she's talking about the stark divisions over brexit or maybe divisions within her own family she's watched a cscandal and she's watched relations between ore sons become strained not pictured this year, harry and meghan and the palace just releasing this video of four generations and futuew king -- future kings making pudding. >> even by royal standards there has been a lot of drama for them this year. >> let's hand it over to janessa webb with the holiday forecast merry christmas. >> we're going to continue to

see that warm air building across the midwest and the plains today we're starting off kind of a cool start for the northeast new york city 35 degrees for philadelphia you're below the freezing mark but i promise you that warm air is going to start to shift well to the east. 71 for tulsa, so some of these spots today are going to be 25 degrees above average. well above average for december sta standar standards. here's a closer look at your day ahead. >> the cloud coverage plays from central texas into new orleans, a high of 69 i'm still kind of split in

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femelted our hearts and now kodi lee is taking his talent to sin city >> he first captured our hearts with his angelic voice then delighted the nation with his big win at "america's got talent" this year. >> how does it feel? >> it was unbelievable. >> and now the 22-year-old mu siegs is taking his craft to a new level taking las vegas by storm head lining six shows.

>>. >> i love the audience >> his mom says winning has transformed the way he communicates >> with all of the interviews and the excitement of performing i think that's what helped give him that confidence in that want to speak to people >> he's also back at the piano writing new songs. >> i got a few songs, the most exciting about >> and for mom his lyrics will be more than just words. she hopes they'll lift other families up too. >> all of us parents want is for our kids to have opportunities and he gave all of these kids opportunities. >> closing in on a high and hopeful to note. >> well, thanks to two firemen

it will be a very merry christmas for one lucky dog. two firefighters rushed to help add at one point breaking through the ice themselves they managed to reach the dog and pulled him out of the frigid water. everyone made et out to home without any major injuries and captain ahas been, a huge white whale was spotted in minnesota. this amazing snow statue right in their front yard. every wasn'ter they sculpt an icy creation it might give your leg frostbite. >> i wonder how long it took to make that. that's a process >> it was only a kwup l couple

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a vallejo boy fighting for his life after he was shot on christmas eve. a live report is moments away. the holiday spirit is alive and well in the south bay. coming up, the money now pouring in to a church robbed of its donation box just days before christmas. "today in the bay" starts now. >> that's right, but we're also tracking some rain out there. thunderstorms, rain passing over the bay area. when will it all clear out? meteorologist kari hall has our christmas day forecast for us. a very good morning and a merry christmas to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm