the california massacre... day two of searching a lake. plus... a grinch is stealing holiday spirit in the valley. we'll tell you how and why... but first.... it's hard to miss today's weather change. good afternoon. i'm rikki cheese. one step outside and you can feel how drastically our weather has changed. let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and 'weather first.' a wind advisory is still in effect for the las vegas valley until 6 this morning but gusty winds will persist throughout most of the day. winds pushed temperatures very warm yesterday, mccarran hit 70 around 7:00 last evening and those same winds kept the temperatures very warm overnight. that will bring las vegas into an odd situation where the warmest temperatures came in around midnight to 1am and the into the valley as the cold core of the storm moves overhead this afternoon and evening. the core will bring some more moisture and better dynamics to force some rain showers to form

most of the showers will stay in the mountains but a few will push into the valley and give a hundredth or two of rain. 2-4 inches of snow is possible in the mountains up above 5,000 feet so mt. charleston and the ski park will see some more accumulating snow. sunday will see temperatures climb ahead of the next system with more sunshine around and highs near 60 but another very powerful storm shoves in monday with a decent shot for more rain showers, gusty winds and highs in the 40s. those chilly temperatures will stick around through midweek next week. now to a story you'll only see on action news... we are trying to track down a real life grinch. laser lights are selling out all over the country - and now thieves are trying to take advantage of that. action news reporter yasmeen hassan has the story. these are such a hot commodity partly because they are so easy to setup.

in and they're to go. plus - they don't need a timer. they automatically turn on at lasers light up your whole yard. that's part of the problem right now. they work so well - and they are so easy - stores can't keep them in stock. now they're selling for way above sticker price - and thieves want in on that. take a look at this surveillance video that was just taken yesterday near southern highlands. you can see two people pull up in a car. it looks like a man and a younger girl. she walks right up to the lights - takes them - and they both take off. the homeowner told me he's not upset about the money. it's just a sad reminder of the times we live in. take sot/no font "it's christmas. it's ba hum bug you know. it's almost like you can't have anything anymore without somebody else

you." so i told you these things are selling out all over town all over the country.? let me must put that into perspective for you. amazon doesn't even sell them anymore they were a number one seller, now you have to buy them from a third party. the cheapest i could find was 90 bucks.. but if you can find them in a story, they will run 35-40 reporting yasmeen hassan channel 13 action news. right now, divers are searching every inch of a small lake in san bernardino... because the couple behind that mass shooting their visited it on the day of the attack. the fbi won't say exactly what they're looking for, but there are reports they're trying to recover a digital device. they believe the husband and wife came to the lake after the shooting spree, just before their deadly shootout with police. we'll have more in our next half hour. meanwhile, an abc news investigation now revealing that isis has its hands on at least one official passport

authorities say when the terror group took over syrian cities last year, they took a government passport printing machine that's the kind used by other countries. several fake passports have already been found in europe, and even one of the suicide bombers in the paris attacks used a forged syrian passport to come to europe as a refugee. four people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed in bakersfield, california. the chopper was on its way to a california hospital. went missing last night... fire crews looked for it and later found debris in a nearby field. kern county fire crews later found found its debris field near highway- 65. the f-a-a and the n-t-s-b are investigating. and an update to a story that broke overnight... people living near pecos and bonanza were in the dark this morning.. thanks to a truck that crashed into a light pole, and an electrical box. it also crashed into a golf course fence. this all happened just around 1 this morning. the driver took off on foot. police are still searching for that person.

way to las vegas! a jetblue flight was forced to return to new york just last night. ((pause/05 seconds of nats)) the airline says... the flight from j-f-k was forced to turn around after a disturbance between passengers. after the plane landed several people were escorted off the flight. the other passengers were able to continue on here to las vegas. in today's red, white and blue political coverage... a new poll shows that despite his controversial remarks, donald trump holds a commanding lead in new hampshire, but new jersey governor chris christie is starting to rise. the w-b-u-r poll says 27 percent of likely new hampshire g-o-p primary voters back trump. christie is now second at 12 percent. the new jersey governor was helped by a critical endorsement from the new hampshire union leader newspaper. senator marco jess is third at

ted cruz at 10 percent. meanwhile, ben carson saw his support tumble to just six percent in new hampshire. that's down from 13 percent last month. ((i think here's what's going on. i think donald trump knows how to play the media like a every single network. i'm not being critical of cnn anymore than anyone else. but he knows how to dominate the news coverage, and i think it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in the polls.)) republican opponent carly fiorina lashes out at trump... as you just heard- not happy about the amount of attention he is getting. in today's contact 13 consumer alert... the holiday shopping season is already delivering good news to retailers and restaurants. the commerce department says retail sales rose two-tenths of a percentage point in november. that's up from a tenth of a

clothing and sporting goods stores saw healthy gains. and shoppers are apparently hungry too... restaurant sales rose seven- tenths of a percentage point. the good retail news is a sign that americans are feeling better about the economy and are willing to spend. and u-p-s is reportedly getting slammed with holiday deliveries, according to the wall street journal. its on-time delivery rate for ground packages fell six percent last week, compared to the same time last year. fedex numbers were also reportedly lower than usual. an increase in online sales that started around thanksgiving, is likely fueling the slowdown. extra pick-ups and low staff aren't helping. still to come on action news at midday... getting ready to book a holiday flight? don't do it just yet... we can tell you how to save money. and the parking lot of your favorite store turns into a dangerous place around the holidays. how to stay safe when we come back. and a look at today's closing numbers.. the dow is down more than 309 points... closing at 17,265.

year's ... you'll be among about 38- million passengers traveling by plane. that's up three percent from the same time last year ... meaning 73- thousand more people angling for the good seats. and if you don't already have your plane ticket ... do not buy one today! analysts say on average ... tickets purchased on fridays are about 13- percent higher than those bought on sundays. overall, they say, you can find the best airfare deals on saturdays and sundays. and finally... if you're flying for the holidays you better plan to check your hoverboard. delta, united and american airlines are not allowing the new hot items on their flights. they say the device's lithium batteries are a safety concern. the batteries are the suspected cause for the hoverboards catching fire. a warning for holiday shoppers... the parking lot of your favorite store is a very dangerous place. a-b-c's david kerley has tips to stay safe. script: (shopping) tis the season... of packed malls.... (timelapse lot) and mall parking lots... which can be dangerous

backing out... nats: crash triple a says this morning most of us are parking the wrong way... sot: kerley su 112634 the majority of us when we park in a parking lot actually take the vehicles nose in first in to the parking spot, the aaa says that is actually putting [end retrack] every year.... drivers backing out of a automotive engineering 4645 dk: so i am going to try and back in to this space, and this you are telling me is the right way/ jn: this is the right way to park. dk: and i have a camera that is tests showed.. that technology doesn't always work - in its tests systems failed to detect passing vehicles 30 percent of the time, and passing bicycles 40 percent sot: standing john nielsen/ aaa automotive engineering 10;27;31;43 jn: understand your car but never let the technology replace you being a safe driver dk: i see somebody right here backing in, in.... sot: marie byard/driver 102940 dk: so you do this all the time? woman: i do it most of the time, i would say. it is just a good idea. of course...

first open spot you see... and look near less popular stores.... or use this mathemetician's theory.... pick an aisle with at least 10 cars on each side... and wait... within 9 minutes... he says someone will come out.. and leave... sot: joseph pagnano this model it works like sure fire. that was a-b-c's david kerley. still ahead on action news at 3... some far out pictures... and bryan's chilly forecast. we'll be right back. welcome back.

looks like. nasa's new horizons spacecraft took these images of pluto's surface over the summer. they are the highest resolution images of the intricate pattern of "pits" across pluto's heart-shaped region.

form through ice fracturing and evaporation. the pictures were taken as the spacecraft passed within about 95- hundred miles of the dwarf planet. pluto was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system before its demotion. and a high surf is slamming southern california... the big waves are pummeling coastal areas and flooding streets. the ventura pier proving it's no match for the high surge of water. aerial shots of the pier show some wooden posts have broken loose. officials closed the pier out of safety concerns. the high surf is expected to fuel big waves across beaches in the region through saturday. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and 'weather first.' a wind advisory is still in effect for the las vegas valley until 6 this morning but gusty winds will persist throughout most of the day. winds pushed temperatures very warm yesterday, mccarran hit 70 around 7:00 last evening and those same winds kept the temperatures very warm overnight.

will bring las vegas into an odd situation where the warmest temperatures came in around midnight to 1am and the low will likely be 11pm to midnight tonight. that's because some very cold air will continue to filter into the valley as the cold core of the storm moves overhead this afternoon and evening. the core will bring some more moisture and better dynamics to force some rain showers to form over las vegas. most of the showers will stay in the mountains but a few will push into the valley and give a hundredth or two of rain. 2-4 inches of snow is possible in the mountains up above 5,000 feet so mt. charleston and the ski park will see some more accumulating snow. sunday will see temperatures climb ahead of the next system with more sunshine around and highs near 60 but another

shoves in monday with a decent shot for more rain showers, gusty winds and highs in the 40s. those chilly temperatures will stick around through midweek next week. donald trump has his fair share of opponents... but this one isn't human. how he got into a scuffle with an eagle, when we come back.

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it's the video that's gone viral. but why would america's national symbol try to bite a presidential candidate and muss his hair? cnn's jeanne moos found out. donald trump is great at winging it. but now he's become prey for comedians thanks to an eagle. (jimmy kimmel/abc) "he's agitated cause his dead brother's on donald's head. watch. ohhhh!" the video is from a time magazine photo shoot with an eagle named uncle sam. as his owner jonathan wood helped set up the shots.... (nats: donald trump) "how's my hair?" more than feathers got ruffled... (jeanne moos/reporting) "you were trying to handle the bird, you ended up handling trump's hair? (voice of jonathan wood/master falconer) "yeah, and it's real." but the bird really became a headache when the donald inadvertently invaded his territory by reaching... (nats: donald trump) "you don't show the aspirin over there do you?" (nats) "his aspirin." (voice of jonathan wood/master

courage to work with a bird like that. he is the most difficult bird i have to work with." uncle sam the eagle was hit by a car more than 20 years ago and wood helped rehabilitate him. now 27 years old he's blind in one eye and off balance. (jeanne moos/reporting) "but you can't call the bird a left winger. he actually had part of his left wing amputated after the car accident." turns out uncle sam has also snapped at stephen colbert and bill clinton. (voice of jonathan wood/master falconer) "yeah, he's an equal opportunity biter." the trump eagle photos were part of a cover story back in august. (jeanne moos/reporting) "so time magazine decides to release the outtakes about 4 months after they were taken." around the time trump was criticizing the magazine for picking german leader angela merkel as person of the year. trump tweeted "i told you time magazine would never pick me despite being the big favorite. they picked person who is ruining germany." instead of being picked, trump is being pecked. (nats of eagle squawk) (jimmy fallon/nbc) "after that i was

eagles from america." and guess who's time has come for bird of the year. jeanne moos cnn new york stay with us for action news at 3:30... we'll go to san bernardino for the latest on the investigation there. investigators learn new details every day. plus... laser tag is supposed to be fun. but one mom said it turned violent for her daughter. we'll explain. right now on action news live at 3:30... police are getting ready for a

plus.. safety experts are trying to figure out how a train left a commuter station with no one at the controls. find out how they were also able to stop it. and the latest on the search for answers in san bernardino. action news at 3:30 starts now. thank you for joining us on action news live at 3:30...i'm rikki cheese. and i'm steve wolford. but first.. a live look outside at the las let's check in with chief meteorologist bryan scofield in the weather center with more. bryan. bryan/wx a wind advisory is still in effect for the las

warm yesterday, mccarran hit 70 around 7:00 last evening and those same winds kept the temperatures very warm overnight. that will bring las vegas into an odd situation where the warmest temperatures came in around midnight to 1am and the low will likely be 11pm to midnight tonight. that's because some very cold air will continue to filter into the valley as the cold core of the storm moves overhead this afternoon and evening. the core will bring some more moisture and better dynamics to force some rain showers to form over las vegas. most of the showers will stay in the mountains but a few will push into the valley and give a hundredth or two of rain. 2-4 inches of snow is possible in the mountains up above 5,000 feet so mt.