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welcome to "world news tonight." the historic deal to tackle climate change. the world coming together, nearly 200 countries, finally reaching agreement. the cheering, the protests, too. the landmark pact called the decisive deal for the planet. a california mosque firebombed. tonight, authorities suspect it's a hate crime, apparent backlash after that deadly attack in san bernardino. now divers there pulling up objects from a lake. were they put there by the terrorists? and, the race to find hundreds of newborns, their moms and hospital workers exposed to tb. the medical emergency traced to the nurse who treated them. and, buyer beware. the online shopping sites that
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your money. who to trust, as we scramble for gifts, and how to avoid being scammed this holiday season. good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm cecilia vega. as we come on the air tonight, people around the world are celebrating a turning point on our planet. it took two decades, but now, a historic agreement on climate change signed by nearly every nation in the world. the bang of a gavel cementing the deal, a limit on greenhouse gas emissions that could reduce the effects of climate change. president obama offering his praise a short time ago, saying the agreement offers the best chance to save the one planet we have. but there are protesters weighing in, too. criticizing that deal for not going far enough. what is certain tonight, the affect of this agreement will be felt for generations.
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off tonight. >> reporter: a standing ovation and tears tonight, as almost every country in the world agreed to the landmark deal aimed at preventing catastrophic climate change. tonight, the white house called it the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. >> this agreement represents the best chance we've had to save the one planet that we've got. >> reporter: 195 countries signing onto the agreement. the culmination of two decades of negotiations that had failed, until now. in the end, two weeks of intense talks outside paris, including several all-nighters for the delegates, led to the deal that goes into effect in 2020. whose goal is limiting the warming of the earth to less than 3.6 degrees fahrenheit. each country came up with a plan to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and will be required to publicly report them. >> we've reached an agreement here that is the strongest most ambitious global climate change agreement ever negotiated. >> reporter: but much of the agreement is voluntary and not
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developing countries, like china, which has seen horrendous smog in recent weeks, won't be required to report as much about their emissions, and the deal doesn't have a way to punish countries that don't live up to the agreement. climate scientists agree that global warming won't end because of this deal and while some are saying it falls short, it's being celebrated around the world as a momentous breakthrough. cecilia? >> alex, thank you. and we want to turn now to our other top story, to california. police tonight questioning a person of interest in a firebombings at a mosque there. investigators say it was a hobble hate possible hate crime. abc's aditi roy reporting in from the scene tonight. >> reporter: inside the blown-out door of this southern california mosque, the charred lobby, barely recognizable, after a fire authorities believe was arson and are now arresting 23-year-old carl dial for a possible hate crime. >> commercial structure fire with battalion 6-a on scene. >> reporter: the blaze erupting
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hurled at the mosque's front door. >> there's a huge plume of smoke. mushroom cloud. >> reporter: several inside managing to escape as the lobby caught fire. worshippers later moved prayers to the sidewalk. when you look at this, what goes through your mind? >> sadness, actually. it's a family place. it's a social place for us. rebuilding it again. >> reporter: the islamic society of the coachella valley mosque is just 75 miles from san bernardino. the fire, one of several incidents that officials are investigating, as possible backlashes to those terrorist shootings. in all, there have been three times as many cases of vandalism and harassment at mosques this year than last. says the council on american/islamic relations. in philadelphia, surveillance video of a pig's head thrown at a mosque. threatening voicemails left at a mosque in st. louis.
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[ bleep ] you all. cut your [ bleep ] head off. >> reporter: are you worried about other attacks happening? >> we are concerned about other attacks. the answer is yes. >> reporter: the acting imam here tells me it is unclear how long it will take them to rebuild. meantime, they are doubling security and reassuring families here that they are safe. cecilia? >> and that damage just devastating. aditi, thank you. not too far from where aditi is reporting tonight, the desperate hunt for clues in that terror attack in san bernardino. fbi divers recovering objects from the bottom of this lake. no word yet on whether they are linked to the husband and wife killers. and a childhood friend of one of the shooters being questioned again today, police saying he bought their most deadly weapons. all of this as more victims are are laid to rest. abc's kayna whitworth reporting in from san bernardino tonight. >> reporter: for the third day, searchers combing through this muddy lake in san bernardino. the fbi telling abc news, divers have pulled items from the water and are now analyzing them for any connection to syed farook
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investigators are still looking for the couple's missing hard drive. tonight, farook's childhood friend, enrique marquez, who bought the two rifles used in the attack, now in his sixth day of questioning by the fbi. >> he is probably sitting somewhere, what i would describe as fbi hotel. so, he continues to talk and describe whatever he knows about syed and the female that was, you know, part of the attack. >> reporter: marquez hasn't been charged with a crime, and says he knew nothing about the plans for the san bernardino attack. but what he has told investigators is that farook had planned an attack in 2012, but got cold feet. nick rodriguez, who knew marquez from a local bar, said he remembered one chat back in 2013, but shrugged it off as drunk banter. >> he would just talk about how there are so many sleeper cells and when it's going to happen, it's going to be big. >> reporter: rodriguez believes marquez is partly responsible, no matter what he knew about the attack ten days ago. >> he turned his back on
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like i said, innocent people are dead. families broken up this holiday. people are missing. tree that are never going to be opened. >> reporter: today, those families saying good-bye to three victims, including shannon johnson, who saved the life of his coworker, denise perazza, by shielding her from the bullets. his last words to her? "i got you." >> he's always about taking care of those who can't take care of themselves. >> reporter: shannon's brother described him as fearless today. he was certainly that in the face of terror. and now his name is inscribed on this wall of remembrance, along with the 13 other victims. cecilia? >> fearless indeed. kayna, thank you. we turn to politics now. donald trump somewhere he's not used to being. second place. there is also a big republican debate just days away, the gloves are already coming off.
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>> reporter: tonight, the bromance between donald trump and ted cruz is on the rocks. >> it's not a contest between the two of us, just so we understand. >> reporter: as cruz gains ground, trump for the first time is taking aim at the texas senator, targeting his faith. >> i do like ted cruz, but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba. >> reporter: in iowa, trump jabbed cruz for opposing popular ethanol subsidies. >> if ted cruise is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa? because that's very anti-iowa. >> reporter: this iowa farmer tells us it's trump or bust. >> anybody else gets in, it's the same old garbage. nothing gets done. >> reporter: you think he's the only one? >> i think he's the one that can get it done, yeah. >> reporter: but trump also has kind words for his chief rival, saying cruz would have a role to play in a his administration. >> we would certainly have things in mind for ted, to be honest with you. >> reporter: in south carolina today, trump came under fire for his call to ban muslims entering the u.s. but he stands by his controversial proposal.
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in and knocking down world trade centers and having what happened last week. >> reporter: now, trump is already responding, blasting that new poll that shows cruz with a ten-point lead. trump tweeting tonight, "don't trust the des moines register poll." he says it is biased towards trump. cecilia? >> mary bruce at the white house tonight. thank you. and there will be a big democratic debate, too, right here on abc. join david muir and martha raddatz for the new hampshire democratic debate, your voice, your vote. one week from tonight, saturday, december 19th, 8:00/7:00 central. we turn now to that extreme weather this weekend. at least two reported tornados so far in east texas. take a look at this. homes damaged this afternoon in lindale. this neighborhood in shambles. you can see it there. first of all, welcome to abc news, it's great to have you with us. we have to start with tough weather out there with this forecast extending through the
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concern. portions of oklahoma and middle sections of texas, going to be watching for isolated tornadoes and a lot of strong winds, large hail and damaging winds out there. not to mention rainfall. oklahoma city, dallas, even austin could see as much as four and five inches of rain. talking about a threat for flash flooding. >> here on the east coast, it does not feel a day like december. you brought some warm weather with you. how long is this going to last for us? >> reporter: i feel very guilt, as they are suffering in the middle of the country. but temperatures, 25 degrees above normal. doesn't feel like december. we're talking about temperatures that should be in the 30s in chicago, they are looking for 60s. d.c. in the 40s, almost near 70 degrees tomorrow. i don't think there's many complaints. >> keep the weather. thank you for joining us. nice to see you. and we do turn now to hundreds of parents in california's bay area. they are worried about what their newborn babies might have been exposed to at the hospital. what one nurse may have spread to those hundreds of patients.
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>> reporter: the news was 350 newborn babies at this san jose, california, hospital, possibly exposed to a nurse who tested positive for tuberculosis. those infants will now undergo daily treatment with antibiotics for the next six to nine months as a precaution. >> we have to assume they might be infected and start them on medications, until we can show for sure that they're not infected. >> reporter: in addition to the babies, 368 mothers and 338 hospital employees, who came into contact with the nurse between september and november, will be monitored, but not treated unless they test positive for tb. according to officials, the nurse's annual tb checkup in september was negative. but in november, she saw her doctor for an unspecified complaint. and that doctor ordered a chest x-ray, which led to the diagnosis. the nurse has been placed on paid leave of absence. tb is transmitted through the air, by a person coughing or
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>> she was not coughing up tuberculosis during the period of time that she was working. >> reporter: but the hospital decided to act just the same, and local health officials and the hospital say they have identified everyone who may have been exposed to the disease. and they're working through the weekend to contact them and begin scheduling appointments. and i should add, cecilia, doctors we spoke to said the antibiotics the newborns are getting are very safe and side effects very rare. >> tough for that hospital, but really scary for those brand new parents. >> reporter: really is. >> something else scary, if you haven't finished your christmas shopping tonight, i haven't. a warning tonight for all us procrastinators. before you click your way to checkout, here's abc's gloria riviera with the holiday scam that is causing some big holiday headaches. >> reporter: this holiday season, beware of scam artists online, waiting for you. shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80% off. >> i was like, oh, great deal.
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those boots never arrived. the online retailer apparently a fake. >> when i got my confirmation e-mail, it just didn't look legitimate. >> reporter: mindy, an avid online shopper, who works in i.t., was out $83. experts warn it could have been worse. more money or even her identity. >> clicking that link puts you in danger, it also puts your family and friends in danger. >> reporter: all of that can happen with just one click. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so, what should you be looking for? safe sites have an "s" with a lock in the url. fake sites often have typos and real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. facebook quickly investigated, this website from placing future ads." working on getting her money back. >> it's hard to know who you can and can't buy from online. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. we still have much more ahead on "world news tonight."
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as america's most notorious crimes. tonight, it is being forced to pay big bucks for the guns it sold. the settlement over the landmark ruling that could change america's gun debate. and, this, the hunt for more than $80,000 worth of stolen jewels. the accused crook. why some nearby college students might recognize that face. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her she's agreedt to give it up. that's today? p we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. t after the deliveries, i was ok. r now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. zmore pills? seriously? seriously. pall these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? for my pain,ti want my aleve. get all day minorr arthritis pain relief r with an easy open cap.
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in this surveillance video, you see a man police identified as hans wrage, casually stroll into the cleveland natural history museum last week. 30 minutes later, investigators say, there he is slipping out through a service door, getting away, according to this police report, before anyone noticed. the shattered display case, missing seven valuable sapphires. >> as long as i've been down there, this is the first time it's happened, that any of these museums down here got hit like this. >> reporter: the 36-year-old part-time lab tech and physics teacher arrested yesterday and put on administrative leave by john carroll university. >> i'm surprised. i don't see that. kind of a quiet guy. does not seem like he would steal stuff, i don't know. especially $81,000 worth of jewelry. >> reporter: police telling abc news, wrage is still being questioned tonight, as detectives try to figure out where the jewels ended up. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. still ahead on "world news tonight," the photo that had all
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and finally tonight, from a half million dollar check to a diamond ring to an entire layaway bill, paid off. the secret santas are working overtime, spreading their generosity to so many when they least expect it. could you be next? here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: as sure as stars on trees and ribbons on boxes, our annual anonymous angels zigzagging across the map, the stories popping up like this one. in alcester, south dakota, where at this toys "r" us, someone walked in and asked to pay down a bunch of bills for families buying christmas gifts on layaway. a gift to parents like ashley hanzlik. >> it was pretty amazing. i've never had anything like that happen to me. >> reporter: one of a kind, hardly, because, hop east, to bellingham, massachusetts. same thing, toys "r" us. debbie pendlebury goes in to pay her bill and -- >> i honestly was stunned. >> reporter: go west again, and
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a man handing out $100 bills. >> that's for you, buddy. >> wow. >> you can cry. i cry all the time. >> thank you! >> reporter: on onward, a salvation army kettle in billlerica, massachasetts, a diamond ring turns up there, another one in minneapolis gets a check for half a million dollars. but as in epping, new hampshire, scene of yet another layaway payoff this week, benefits robin ayers and company, when you don't know whom to thank, and that's on purpose, this is what you say -- >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas, you say? he said merry christmas. >> reporter: john donvan, abc news, washington. morning. we will see you right back here tomorrow night. i'm cecilia vega in new york. have a great rest of your saturday.
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