christie brinkley is defying aging. the former model has been showing off her a hayesmazeing bikini body on social media. so we thought it was a perfect time to take a look at this 61-year-old. the ageless beauty has been a vegetarian for 48 years and admits her one cheat food is oysters. she also cheated death in 1994, the actress was in a helicopter crash while skiing in colorado with a group friends. uptown girl the uptown girl and her second husband billy joel were just friends before things turned romantic. they wound up staying married for nine years. despite having more years behind

brinkley hasn't slowed down. in 2013, she and her 15-year-old daughter signed a joint modeling contract with ing. today she has a hair extension line, hair to wear, where you can choose from 11 different shades. she wears the shade medium golden blond. a beauty icon like christie has the bank account to go with it. she has a net worth of $80 million. and that's christie brinkley by the numbers. from the heart of new york city, thanks for watching. we'll see you next time. laquan mcdonald who was holding a small knife. >> he is very scared about the consequences that he's facing.

his children. >> there will be no more cops shooting unarmed kids. >> reporter: there were more protests on the streets of chicago with demonstrators calling for the resignations of top officials. >> we're here to bury police misconduct in the city of chicago. >> reporter: and police have made an arrest for an online threat that shut down the university of chicago campus. federal investigators say jabari dean posted on social media he will execute 16 white male students. this is not a joke. 16 the same number of times mcdonald was shot. van dyke's lawyers say he acted lawfully. >> it's a case that is defensible. >> reporter: and van dyke now preparing for a legal battle in court. the police union president saying they are asking their members for donations to help with van dyke's defense. alex perez, chicago. >> nearly a quarter of u.s. bridges are structurally deficient according to a new congressional watchdog report.

supposed to improve the nation's infrastructure. the report found that 10% of bridges were categorized as structural little deficient and 14% as functionally obsolete. today is the 27th annual world aids day. out front and marking the day, bono will perform at carnegie haul for a fund-raiser look with the edge, hozier, jesse jay, miley cyrus and others. vice president joe biden will be there. bono's aid organization called red will kick off a raffle that will give people who donate $10 a chance to win experiences with a cast of all-star celebrities. >> and this is the time of year we start to hear about what's turning up in the salvation army red ket counsels around the country. >> yeah, before the bell ringing and the money collecting ends this year, there will be gold. >> kenny:s and plenty of other booed stuff turned in by donors. >> here's one example.

twin cities salvation army this past weekend, the largest donation ever in minnesota. the previous largest $25,000. the donors have asked to remain anonymous. >> i've always wondered how successful those kettle campaigns are when you leave the supermarket or another outlet. we don't have cash anymore. we're all using cards. >> or checks evidently, right? >> i guess. that's making up for us. coming up from adult fantasies to fantasy football. the former important star who now leads the ever growing crop of female fantasy players. lisa ann's expert advice as playoff hopes hang in the balance. >> from fantasy sports to a real-life athlete taking the swimming world by storm. the 15-year-old just name add sports kid of the year will be diving in at next year's olympics. first a look at today's weather.

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we're up "up all nightline"" with abc's nick watt. >> reporter: mad dog sports radio. >> reporter: she is the public face of a movement. >> first i'm going to go with the fantasy question. as crazy as this sounds, mcfadden has been the strongest on this field right now for the cowboys. >> reporter: breaking down barriers into a world once associated with bearded men, gentlemen, you can pretend you don't recognize her. or pretend you're familiar only with her radio work. the truth, this 43-year-old recently switched adult fantasy for fantasy sports although nearly a year after she hung up her g-string, she's still one of the stop rated stars on important hub. from an industry notorious for chewing up and spitting out its stars -- >> people will tell you once you've done important, you're never going to be accepted back into society.

i don't know who i'd rather go up against. >> reporter: lisa ann is a barely plausible success story on sirius xm radio. >> monday nights, lisa ann does fantasy with adam ronas. >> adult film star lisa ann. >> on thursday mornings, i do a fun show called "the morning men." and they're not changing the name even though there's a woman involved. >> reporter: women are now one-third of all fantasy football managers. staggeringly, that's up from 20% just last year. millions of women spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year and maybe listening to lisa ann. for those of you who, like me, don't know what's fantasy sports really are, you choose players and score points and win money based on how well they do. >> what sport is this? >> we're going to do football. >> so we're looking tom brady. >> frank gore. >> emmanuel sanders, calvin johnson, the gronk, adam

broncos. >> just so much better. >> her new career has her dividing time between new york and l.a. where her apartment is filled with memorabilia. >> this is the world series play ball that's signed by derek jeter. >> it does look like a guy lives here. >> it does. i know. this is terrell owens, a michael jordan ball and a trade agcard from my childhood sports collection. >> memorabilia from her different lives. >> on the way up to my bedroom, i thought the very last landing would be a good place to scare guys. and put all of my awards right here. this is your last chance to bail on this situation. >> yeah, that -- okay. >> it's mean, right? >> adult nightclub exotic dancer award winner. >> hall of fame. this is a big award for avn. >> reporter: that was then, this is now. so that was a good play, right? he threw the ball and caught it. >> they're moving the chains, getting the ball down. >> reporter: i'm nick watt on a

the quarterback stays on the whole time. by a retired important star. >> she is schooling him. >> she is teaching him a few things. avn is similar to the pulitzer. rob gronkowski who we thought was seriously injured is now considered week to week. he had a strain and bruise. that's like a hang nail for him. but it would be season-ender for tony romo. but he's got a strain and a bruise. >> okay, good to know. >> we should point out that that young lady played sarah palin in one of her movies. coming up, a very different kind of film. >> it's all about youth trying to hang on to it. to recapture it and ultimately letting it go. you're watching "world news

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life as a retiree. kabc has more. >> may i ask, are you still directing or composing? >> no, i'm retired. >> i'm sure you've not forgotten how it's done. >> in "youth" michael caine plays a man in his 80s who is not sure how he should behave now that he's older. his daughter is trying to help him realize you can find your youth at any age. >> i have arranged the full service for you. you're going to have a massage, sauna, checkups with the dr. every day to help you get back in shape. >> at my age getting in shape is a waste of time. >> reporter: kaine said there are several lines in the movie he could relate to personally. one had a doctor asking his character how it feels to be old. >> i don't understand how i got here. and that's exactly how i feel. i don't understand how i got here. suddenly i'm this old man. how the hell did that happen?

because you don't need words and experience to understand it. it just is. >> kaine and weiss hadn't worked together before filming but during the shoot, they became fast friends. >> it's always intimidating before you get to know somebody when they're just a legend and an icon which sir michael is. but then i got to know the human being. he's incredibly human and humble and down to earth and unpretensious. most unpretentious person i've work worked with. very quickly he became my mate. >> we became great friends. it's easy. if you can get that relationship when you're acting, it's lovely. >> reporter: this is george pa knack coio reporting for abc news. >> i can't get enough of his french accent. it's beautiful. >> we love rachel weisz, as well. >> they're both great. coming up, speaking of youth, "sports illustrated" sborts kid of the year. >> the young olympic hopeful who

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so hello from the other side, i must have called a thousand times to tell you i'm sorry for everything that i've done but when i call you never >> i really don't think we've heard this song enough. >> no. >> we really need to play just a little bit more. adele, of course, on top of the charts are again with "hello." >> on top of the world beating justin believer. >> stuck at number two. i think he's all right about that. >> he was a young like phenom, justin believer. >> he's still young. >> but you know, he was in his teens when he had had success. speaking of another kid who's having success at only 15 years

foot eight the young hopeful making a splash in the pool. >> reece whitley is being called the next best thing in the breast stroke. about this man is larger than life. >> he's a 68'8" swimming sensation. at just 15 years old, reece whitley is being called the next michael phelps. he attributes his success now to a failure at summer camp when he was just 7. >> i failed. the water test the first time i did it. i told my mom that night and she enrolled me in lessons the next week. >> today whitley holds five national age group records and has fast enough times to have already qualified for the 2016 olympic trials. just as much as he's breaking records, he's also breaking barriers. >> 70% of black people don't even know how to swim. >> yeah. >> what's your reaction to that. >> i think i'm going to need to

integrate agswimming in intercities a lot more. >> reporter: when people compare you with the best of swimmers, how do you take that. >> at the end of the day you can't get caught up in that stuff. it throws your mind off. >> reporter: he is as humble as he is a hull king figure. and kind enough to give an olympic hopeless like me enough of a head start to experience the thrill of victory that's now old hat for him. >> who won? >> linsey davis, abc news, new york. lindsay has a future as a swimmer. very nice. that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. thanks for joining us.

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this morning on "world news now," an early winter blast. >> parts of the midwest getting hit with a one-two punch of heavy rains turning to snow and ice, treacherous roadways promising a rough morning commute. up to 10 inches in the forecast. we'll have the latest on the storm as it moves east. more troubles for trump. a meeting with black leaders not exactly going as planned and facing a fight from fellow republican chris christie on trump's claim of 9/11 celebrations. plus, the candidate's cyber-monday discounts from their online stores. a data breach for a popular toymaker. parents and children's personal info stolen from the company's server and the hackers feared to have found pictures of child users. and sleep it off. the wild experiment to see just how important getting those zs can be.

hooked up and stayed awake for 50 hours. he's here with alarming results. it's tuesday, the 1st of december. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. i'm aditi roy in for reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. great to have you back. we were talking with dan a little bit later on about staying up for 50 hours or as us correspondents would call it, any day that ends with a "y." >> i know exactly. i know. it's rough, right? even today, i feel like we're trying to beat his record. >> that is true. that is one of the tests on these hours that many of you folks know about. one of the true tests rights now going on in the middle of the country. the severe weather which is what we're going to start with. a snowstorm that is coating the upper midwest. snow has been coming down in minneapolis since yesterday afternoon making roads there a mess. >> and that snow is heavy and wet and that's not good for tree

some areas could get up to a foot of snow. rob marciano reports from the minneapolis. >> reporter: a white knuckle ride home in the upper midwest. in minneapolis, cars in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. in kansas, tree limbs crashing right through vehicles. this storm coming on the heels of an icy mess that killed at least 14 people. oklahoma's governor declaring a state of emergency in all 77 counties. >> do it again. oh, wow! >> reporter: street lights exploding in el reno. more than 100,000 in the dark at the storm's height. in bethany, an 80-foot pecan tree landed on len capparo's house. >> it's going to get worse before it gets better, because of the weight of the ice as it melts. >> reporter: another danger overhead, ice-coated power lines. >> look how big these pieces of ice are. >> reporter: a 300-foot power line covered in an inch of ice adds more than 750 pounds to those lines. and that leads to this. >> oh, it's coming down! hit record! hit record! >> it's recording.

didn't freeze flooded. and a warning about thin ice. a 32-year-old woman in utah also lucky to be alive tonight. she was chasing after one of her dogs when she fell through. >> okay, okay, i got your dog. come on. >> i can't stand. >> here. grab her. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: the rescue caught on an officer's body camera. >> good to see they're okay. the ice still thin in many spots in the country, above average temperatures for the month of november. there's the first significant snowstorm for minnesota. potentially the largest snowfall that the twin cities has seen in nearly two years. rob marciano, abc news, minneapolis. >> so we move from that to client change. president obama is wrapping up his trip to paris today after attending the climate summit with 150 other world leaders. the president acknowledged that the u.s. shares the blame for climate change saying we embrace the responsibility to do something about it. he also joined the french president for dinner at one of

most nations have pledged to reduce greenhouse gases but the biggest issue is who should bear most of the burden. the president returns to d.c. this evening. republicans have pounced on the president's climate agenda even before an agreement is reached. house majority leader kevin mccarthy says the house will not back the president if he tries to commit taxpayer dollars to support a climate accord. the house is voting this week on several bills aimed at the president's climate policies. the suspect in the planned parenthood clinic shooting made his first appearance before a judge. robert dear appeared from the krooent county jail where he's been held. by his side was the same public defender who represented colorado theater shooter james holmes. dear will likely be charged with three counts of first degree murder. >> the chicago police officer who shot laquan mcdonald 16 times is free this morning on bond. jason van dyke has been charged

death of the 17-year-old. prosecutors wanted him held without bail but van dyke's lawyer argued successfully he is not a flight risk. a judge then released him on $1.5 million bond. van dyke put up 10% of that amount. and federal officials say laquan mcdonald's murder is what motivated 21-year-old jabari dean to make online threats that shut down the university of chicago on monday. dean allegedly wrote that he wanted to kill 16 white students or staff as well as white police officers there. he was arrested monday morning and charged with transmitting a threat in internet -- interstate commerce that carries a maximum sentence of five years. talk about politics now. the race for 2016 and donald trump on the defensive after a meeting with black religious leaders didn't turn out exactly as he had planned and trump is also under renewed attack from one of his rivals. here's abc's lana zak. >> the beautiful thing about the

ask me to change the tune. i think they want to see victory. ultimately it is about we want to win and win together. >> a wonderful time in the meeting. we made a lot of progress. not the last one. >> reporter: the event heralded as a major endorsement originally scaled back after several controversial comments and tweet biz trump including one where he retweeted black stikz about black on white crime and after suggesting a black protesters deserved to be roughed up by trump supporters. these pastors coming to his defense. >> he's probably the least racist person there is. >> reporter: in new hampshire, new jersey governor chris christie taking on trump for maintaining that american muslims rejoiced by the thousands in new jersey during 9/11. something he says is untrue. >> it didn't happen. and the fact is that people can say anything but the facts are the facts and that did not happen in new jersey that day and hasn't happened since. >> reporter: other candidates

focusing instead on cyber-monday shoppers. mark koeg rubio's campaign offering a flash sale on then tee and ted cruz supporters offering a limited edition sweater. democrats also tried to get in on some of the cyber-monday dollars by offering a special discount to liberals in their online store. aditi, kendis. >> thanks to lana there. we're exactly two months away from the iowa caucus. another big data breach to tell you as the holiday shopping seen heats up, v-tech announces hackers have stolen the personal information of 5 million customers and their children. the hong kong-based company says credit cards and social security numbers have not been compromised but the breach includes addresses, names, gender, and birth dates of child users. i guess this might qualify as perhaps the cutest picture to emerge from the holiday season so far.

>> let's an look at there little guy right there. he fell asleep waiting for his turn to have a picture taken with santa. so santa made the best of it and acted like he was taking a nap, too. he probably could have used the rest. >> the little guy's name is zeke. his dad was taking the pictures. since he posted them online, they've gotten nearly half a million likes. it's very, very cute. picture was taken at a mall in evansville, indiana. and so. >> making a nice comfortable cushion for him. >> exactly. who knew that santa's belly made a nice pillow. it does. an dad can't believe how adorable our son's pictures santa came out. >> it's the most unique picture rather than him sitting on the lap. >> have you done that with your daughters yet? >> we're kind of not excited about the lines and everything, but we're going to having to brave the lines and do it. >> cool.

coming up, a historic in the halls of the united states congress. >> it may be tuesday but many of those cyber-monday deals are still out there. why retailers are keepinging up their end of the bargains and which purchases offer the best value. >> the man who decided to stay up more than two days straight for you insomniacs take note. our medical editor dan child's is taking one for the team to see the true effects of sleeplessness. he's with us in the studio. check out our behind the scenes pick on instagram.

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check out this bizarre accident in china. watch as those two vans suddenly rise off the ground before one flips. the video left people guessing what happened. turns out, a street sweeper had pulled a cable up off the road which acted as a trip wire. fortunately, no one was injured. >> yeah, you can see the sweeper over there on the right i guess. kind of cool. and trippy. >> here at home in the meantime, a major trip wire was apparently pulled online at both target and paypal. >> so many cyber-monday shoppers caused slowdowns and interruptions or both sites. but still shoppers barely missed a beat. here's abc's rebecca jarvis.

>> reporter: tonight, a glimpse of the not too distant future. 30-minute delivery by drone, brought to you by amazon. >> lowers itself slowly to the ground, drops off the package and flies straight back up to altitude. >> reporter: the retail giant hoping today's sales will top last year's record. retailers fighting for your attention. >> cyber monday is arriving at target.com. >> reporter: target offering 15% off everything on its website. leading to that temporary crash. best buy offering a rare discount on some apple products, like $200 off this macbook air. plus, according to the number crunchers, now is one of the best times of the year to book that family vacation. up to 65% off hotels at liberty travel. and big discounts on cruises. like this one to the bahamas. five nights for as low as $309. 70% off on travelocity.com. if you can afford to wait, try leaving that shopping cart for a while. a number of retailers will e-mail you coupons for an

the deal. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> and it does appear like cyber-monday is starting to take over. sales were once again down on black friday for the big box stores. >> yeah. >> are you all set? >> not even like 1%. i'm one of those people who shows up at the store december 24 at 5:00 p.m. and does all my shopping. >> your poor hubby. >> i did do some shopping for the most important person in my life. >> you? >> myself. >> got to take care of number one first. >> i love you immediately knew that. but i was amazed how quickly i got to my apartment last night. >> you were saying a matter of hours. >> afternoon, boom, i was there. coming up in our next half hour, where your tax dollars are being spent. the stung new report that has taxpayers seeing red. millions of dollars spent on everything from weight loss

studying the dating habits of senior citizens. >> but first, it's something about which we all know all too well. the science behind what really happens to our bodies when we don't get enough sleep. that's coming up next on "world

throw back to our head banger days. >> i can't imagine that you had any. >> well, it is a subject that's near and dear to our hearts here at "world news now." sleep deprivation. if you're watching us right now, you're probably in the same boat. >> you may recall during gma's epic live stream event two weeks ago, the managing editor of our medical stayed up for 50

would happen to his body and mind. boy, did he ever. >> reporter: we're a nation running on empty. up to 70 million americans are not getting enough sleep. one night of bad sleep can lead to problems concentrating and accidents like car crashes. so we wanted to put the human body to an extreme sleep test to find out how it would react. >> it's quite likely i'll start to lose it a little bit. >> reporter: under the supervision of doctors at mount sinai center for sleep medicine, dan childs stayed awake for 50 hours to find out the effect of sleep deprivation on concentration, coordination and the ability to complete tasks. dan was not allowed a wink of sleep or a sip of caffeine. >> when you're sleep deprived, humans eat more. >> he craved carbs like cereal and pie and forced himself to be active to stay awake. >> this lego is is apparently for ages 6 to 12 into he even

was much more awake after exercising. but his low points came in the morning hours. >> i'm doing i can to stay awake. >> reporter: after being awaking for 50 hours, dan was disoriented and unable to complete simple tasks not to mention utterly exhausted. >> probably have a couple of hours left in me and then we'll see happens. >> dan childs joins us now live. what did happen after the experiment? >> well, the experiment after the 50 hours, we went back to the hospital room where i had been staying for 40 hours. i was completely disoriented as if someone picked up the room and turned it 90 dgds. i couldn't find my way around or my way out. i went directly home. i slept for about ten hours. woke up. ate like half a chicken, fell back asleep for ten more hours. in the first 24 hours after the experiment, i was asleep for 20 of them it took a lot of recovery. >> what surprised you most about the whole thing?

number one, i think that it was even possible that i could get through this 50 hours but the other thing, and this is really interesting was that i felt as if even during the end of the experiment, as if i was capable of doing certain things. but then when we did like the sobriety test, the cogmytive test, it was very clear that i wasn't actually doing these things very well at all. i think that reflects one of the problems with acute sleep deprivation. people get behind the wheel or do something else and they run a risk of hurting themselves. >> they feel as if they're quite fine. sleep is a major issue for many viewers. what sort of advice after coming out of all there do you have for people who have to keep odd hours perhaps because of work? >> most experts say the trick is to keep a schedule, no matter what your shift happens to be, make sure you have a regular sort of schedule that allows enough sleep and stay discipline disciplined to that.

need, you're probably going to be okay. once you start cutting into that or making it irregular, that's where you run into problems. >> many of us have been in be that situation of tossing, tun turning, not being able to go to sleep. what's your advice for that snug. >> there are a couple things people can do. one of the things is practicing what's called good sleep hygiene. kind of a funny sounding term. what it means is making sure that the place in which you're sleeping it dark enough and cool enough to let you sleep through the night to, make sure to minimize distractions. if you're really running into problems, if you find that you have trouble falling asleep every single night, that's really the time where you need to seek out your doctor's opinion. you need to see a sleep expert and see what can be done to improve thingsing and see if there's a larger underlying problem that's keeping you awake. >> okay. dan childs, appreciate it. >> thank you. and stay with us. we'll be right back.

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okay. time now for "the mix." we're going to start off with something that is seems to be growing in washington. take a look at this. so we've all seen the new speaker paul ryan looking very young in his early 40s. well, yesterday on his instagram and twitter feed, he posted a new look. do you see that? >> that's not a beard. it's scruff. >> well. that probably took all of november for him to. >> completely emasculating him. >> he put it out to the world and to the u.s. capitol historian asking, you know, he's waiting on confirmation from the house historian, but an apparently he thinks he's the first speaker to sport a beard in about 100 years. the historian said yeah, you know what the last speaker to do it was well-known frederick huntington who was a speaker

>> we'll see if he'll have it for the state of the union the 12th of january. we've been talking about christmas gifts. we have one coming out today which a lot of people might be excited about. a remote control oscar mayer wienermobile. like a miniature wienermobile. it's remote controlled. it's coming out today. this is the best part i thought. it's large enough to deliver two hot dogs. a special compartment inside. i love loft hot dogs. available for purchase for $25 through the oscar mayer website but only in limited numbers. >> if it can bring you a beer, as well, i would relish the thought of it. this is really cool if you're a traveler. this coup ol norwegian couple from the very start of their journey through southeast asia from the couch, they captured all of it on video.

owes, vietnam, cambodia, malaysia and australia. you saw them kayaking, partying, surfing, swimming. you saw them doing it all. finally they made it back home after this much three-month journey. they made it back home and they were just absolutely. >> look at all the mail. >> tired. the mail piled up in that time. >> you no he that feeling when you come back home? you just want to be on your couch and veg out. >> absolutely. >> that's cool. by the way, after all those miles, they're still flying coach. >> yeah, and they're still together. >> yes, well that's probably the biggest victory there of all. >> cool video in as you trail that we should get to. take a look at this. >> a competition. >> a music competition i guess in australia near melbourne. this sand tornado just popped out of nowhere. these guys said why not. we're going to keep the party going. >> and followed that tornado. >> not wise i would think.

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this morning on "world news now," an urgent challenge. the world's leaders coming together to combat climate change. president obama's promise to the world as the fight against terrorism also very much in the picture in paris. breaking news. police in atlanta involved in a fatal shooting near a downtown hotel. one person killed in a s.w.a.t. team operation. the latest details just coming in. >> new this half hour. wasteful government spending. >> the latest report on how taxpayer dollars are being spent. the embarrassing programs being fueled by your money and how some lawmakers are aiming to get the pork pulled. >> just when you thought this guy was gone, he's back. psy, the man responsible for gangnam style and all after its terrible wedding dance moves has returned with a new even more bizarre song.

globe giving everyone a daddy complex on this tuesday, december 1st. where did you get that body i got it from my daddy >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> once you see it it, you cannot be unseen. >> unfortunately, you can't get it out of your head. >> i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm aditi roy in for reena ninan. i was wondering where he went. i forgot he existed in the first place. >> and now he is back. we're going to get to that video because it will no doubt be an ear worm, an eye worm all of those things you just wish never existed. he's fun at least. we're going to talk about climate change now and the climate summit in paris. the largest gathering ever of world leaders. >> president obama and russian president vladimir putin you see here met on the sidelines. this was to talk about syria and turkey's shootdown of a russian fighter jet.

loomed large with ultratight security in paris. major streets in the capital was shut down to protect the heads of 150 nations. we get more now from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: in france, climate change is on the agenda but terrorism is on the mind. >> we salute the people of paris for insisting this crucial conference go on. an act of defiance that proves nothing will deter us from building the future we want for our children. >> reporter: interspersed among the speeches about the environment, discussions continue on the growing threat of radical islamic terrorism. terrorism that little more than two weeks earlier led to the deaths of 130 people in paris. president barack obama paying tribute to all the victims with a single white rose and with nearly 200 world leaders in paris so soon after the attacks, the city is in lockdown, all public protests are banned.

defiance. police and protesters clashing. while inside the conference, major meetings between world leaders including president obama and chinese president xi jinping. the chinese considering a greater role in the terror fight after a chinese hostage was killed recently by isil. >> i look forward to discussing how china can play a greater role in addressing this crisis, especially supporting the political transitioning in syria and assisting humanitarian needs. >> reporter: at the same time, china's president is discussing climate change, beijing issued kits worst pollution report of the year, 25 times beyond what is considered safe. lana zak, abc news, washington. >> what an image there. one more note on this. pope francis is chiming in on the climate change conference saying, quoting here, "it's now

on the plane back from africa, the pope said, "we are on the brink of a suicide." he said the problems are

and he added that he's trusting paul williams has more on the changing conditions. good morning, paul. >> thanks, kendis, aditi.

deal of snow from sioux falls down towards omaha and minneapolis. the darker blue indicating 6 to possibly 10 inches of snow from the same system that was just a little bit of a problem with flooding to the west but now has changed over to snow showers. by wednesday, we'll actually have something that's going to help us out. the jet stream will divide us between church and state. a slow-moving cold front brings scattered showers along the east coast. much colder air behind that. we really want this jet to stick around because it will keep them separate because if not for the dividing line, we'd have a monster of a snowstorm to tell you about. annoying snow showers maybe in the upper elevations. aditi, kendis. >> the state department released the largest batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's private server to date. some 7800 pages. these e-mails cover the period of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. they include the message clinton sent to her daughter chelsea about that attack but there don't appear to be any new bombshells we're told in this

donald trump has told a crowd of 5,000 in macon, georgia, that cnn should pay him for appearing in the next debate because he'll draw such a big audience. trump's under fire for claiming that muslims in new jersey were seen cheering after the 9/11 attacks. new jersey governor chris christie says flatly that never happened. abc's tom llamas asked trump about that. >> today governor christie said that you muslims celebrated in new jersey on 9/11. today he said that never happened and you should stop talking about that. >> he didn't say that the other day. he was very weak the other day. the other day he said it like well, he doesn't know. now i guess he feels emboldened. he must be careful with what he says. >> trump failed to get the endorsement of a minister's group which he claimed would happen. something new is popping up on menus across new york city, a warning about too much salt. starting today, a tiny salt shaker in a black triangle will

sodium containing a tea spoon of salt or more. the new label is part of an effort to combat heart disease and stroke. only chain restaurants will be affected. and if you want to live a long life, be fit in your 20s. a new study finds when 20 somethings had good cardiorespiratory health, they were less likely to die in middle age even if they were overweight or had high cholesterol, blood pressure or blood sugar levels. they even put a number on it, finding for every extra minute a young adult could endure a treadmill stress test, they were 15% less likely to die of any cause. >> why couldn't we have had this study a good four years ago in our 20s. not very good at math. >> some sports now. the baltimore ravens and cleveland browns are having seasons to forget but they delivered one of the most memorable monday night football endings in recent history. pick it up late in the fourth quarter when cleveland backup quarterback austin davis hit

touchdown. that plus the extra point tied the game. that tied the game. then this happened. it has to be the browns. they attempted what would have been a game-winning field goal but it was blocked and even worse, will hill took it to the hill to the end zone to secure a 33-27 win for the ravens. painful for the browns. well, let's talk about basketball. if you're a basketball fan who wants to see kobe bryant play for the lakers one last time before he retires, well, be ready to pay for that pleasure. >> since bryant announced he's retiring at the end of the season, ticket prices on the secondary market for the games have spiked. one example the cheapest seat for the lakers final regular season game is more than $570 on one ticket service website. >> for that same game, the most expensive listed at an astronomical $21,000. >> wow. coming up, the latest ways your tax dollars are being

and you probably won't be impressed, what la mas and senior dating programs have do with government spending. > celebrities taking it all off. the new calendar shoot showing famous and successful women. wow, that, of course, later in "the skinny." first a look at the forecast map. philadelphia the lakers are in town. but the phillies -- the 76ers are so bad, tickets are still available for 80 bucks. "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex sinus max. so how ya doing? enough pressure in here for ya? ugh. my sinuses are killing me. yeah...just wait 'til we hit ten thousand feet. i'm gonna take mucinex sinus-max. too late, we're about to take off. these dissolve fast. 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.

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lots of it. >> every year, senator tom coburn of oklahoma would list his 100 top wasteful spending projects. well, this year, his success ker senator james lankford has no shortage of material. abc's mary bruce on the money trail. >> reporter: remember these guys? the llamas on the loose that took over the internet? after their great escape, the federal government took time to tell the owners, they needed permission from washington to showcase the animals. just one out of 100 examples of alleged federal overreach and wasteful spending, highlighted in a new report. it's the kind of federal pork that makes taxpayers squeal. $65,000 to study what happens to bugs when the lights go out? $2.6 million on a weight-loss program for truck drivers. and $375,000 to study the dating habits of seniors. leaving the study's author asking, government spending or match.com? we couldn't find any lawmakers

spending. pennsylvania congressman joe pitts, who oversees some spending, is pointing the finger at the agencies spending the money. why are we seeing $2.6 million for weight-loss programs for truckers? >> it's just mind boggling. i'm sure they'll come back with some kind of an excuse. >> reporter: waste watcher republican senator james lankford who compiled the list is putting washington on notice. >> they get away with it because no one's watching, and that's the challenge. >> reporter: but watchdogs say don't expect to see any of this change any time soon despite the $105 billion identified in the study, its author tells us he's confident he'll see more of this kind of government spending. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. and when we come back, amy schumer and serena williams like you've never seen them before. >> the big reveal. batman versus superman. "the skinny" is next.

are verb nay. slug skinny, so skinny it is time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines this morning, that new video from psy. i know you've been waiting for it. >> just when you thought it was safe to click on to youtube again, it's been three years since we last saw the korean pop sensation when he nearly broke

>> and now psy is out with an even creepier video titled "daddy." >> where did you get that body from? where did you get that body from? >> i got it from my daddy. i got it from my daddy. i got it, got it. >> hey, where did you get that bodied from? >> okay, so the song is apparently a gender swap tribute to will.i.am i got it from my mama. psy says though that he doesn't expect daddy to even approach the success of gangnam style. i got to say now, it's the third time i've heard it. >> don't say it. >> it's actually only less irritating. >> but it is catchy. it's like a train wreck. you can't help but watch it. i can't stop watching it.

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so hello from the other side, i must have called a thousand times >> another feel good song from adele. >> in case you missed it, adele has been taking the world by storm after taking a break from the limelight, her new album is shattering records. >> why "25" is her magic number and what really is the secret to her success? >> here's abc's kayna whitworth. hello, it's me >> reporter: it's been a little over a month since adele gave the world "hello." hello from the other side >> reporter: and you probably can sing along with every word. adele is everywhere. topping the billboard hot 100 charts for four weeks straight, appearing in these minimalist target commercials.

forcing insync to say bye-bye bye to a record they've held for 15 years, the title for most album sales in a single week. now in the digital age, adele's "25" sold more than 3 million copies can the week of its debut. the first week her record was out, every minute about 335 people bought it. that's crazy. never mind i'll >> the one like you singer's magic seems to lie in almost a universal appeal. even her bodyguard amassed a following online. >> adele is a multigenerational artist. kids who are 14 years old, people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, basically if you can walk, you can buy an adel album. if you can't walk, you can buy it online. >> reporter: many say a large part of adele's appeal is her relatabilityeability relatability, unlike many other pop star divas. flawless beyonce or the polished taylor swift, adele seems like

>> she is a new kind of pop star. she is not a pop star who's chasing the now or a pop star trying to be untouchable and perfect. >> reporter: she relies on the biggest driving factor behind her unmatched success, undeniable talent. >> most people when they put out a record, they make all sorts of brand deals to increase their exposure. she did it by singing music. >> reporter: as long as she keeps rolling out new music, fans will help her rewrite the record book. i'm kayna whitworth in los angeles. seems like you can't just escape her at all these days. >> so talented. >> we're okay with that. >> yeah, i know. you just want to keep listening more and more. the old songs they're playing, it's great. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. >> this is abc's "world news