emanuel to resign. hundreds of demonstrators shout down the city's famed magnificent mile over the growing police scandal and accusations of emmanuel concealing a series of controversial police videos. he says he accepts responsibility, but he is not stepping down. >> more than five inches of rain have fall in portland this week and rainfall records all over the northwest have been shattered. you see there the storms have caused flooding, mud slides and power outages. and now extreme weather has turned deadly. here's neal karlinksky with more. >> reporter: meteorologists are calling it a fire hose coming in off the pacific. >> lord, help me get through this. >> reporter: from seattle to portland, three days of storms haven't just brought widespread flooding, but mudslides. near portland, a 60-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her bedroom. a series of mudslides temporarily blocked roads. one barreled through this waterfront home outside seattle,

tearing through the first floor, the garage and cars, all of it while tyler ford's grandmother was still inside. >> devastating to see everything get turned upside-down in an instant. but very thankful that everybody is alive. >> reporter: in some places, people have been rescued by boat. >> next thing you know, it's time to get out. >> reporter: the waters have now begun to recede. not before portland smashed rain records two days straight. and seattle broke a record with 2.13 inches of rain. >> the force of these landslidesed is absolutely incredible. not only taking out a huge chunk of the house but there's a pickup truck down there and there's a car that was swept down there. it's these hillsides they'll be so worried about over the coming days because they're just so saturated. neal karlinksky, abc news, washington. conditions in the northwest could be even more dangerous in the hours ahead. there's another storm with

70-mile-an-hour wind, heavy rain moving in. up to two feet of snow in the mountains and 20-foot waves on southern california shores. blistery, blustery in the midwest and spring-like in the east. >> 60s in washington, d.c. and los angeles. 40s in seattle, portland and minneapolis. 50ss in chicago and new york. nearly 40 years after the birth of the first human test tube baby, comes the first ever litter of test tube you. is. >> researchers created 19 emb o embryos in a lab and implanted them into a surrogate mom who gave birth to seven healthy puppies. a mix of beagle, labrador and cocker spaniel about half a pound each. >> an amazing thing. one female have already been adopted and she's being kept by the lab to have her own litter. >> they're adorable. who test tube doggies? have to say, i've got to take this public stance.

>> they're hot on the sound effects. >> i want to translate that bark for you. also go to your local shelter because there are a lot of dogs that need good homes in the shelter. >> you can speak dog? that's what that dog was saying? >> didn't you know that? >> i didn't know that. >> that dog is saying don't touch her. she bites. >> reena is lying, she can't speak dog. coming up later, this happens. our collection of irony in the news from primates cracking up, it's a great video to farm tractors speeding on the highway. >> also ahead, brazen theft caught on camera. who stole snoopy? a homeowner's outrage. >> and remote controlled toys are almost too much fun for kids. our toy insider mom is here with her favorites for the holidays. you are watching "world news now."

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victims. i feel like applauding him. >> oh, boy. there's a will. near san antonio though, he took the time to disconnect what he was stealing watch as a man calmly walks up to an inflatable snoopy christmas lawn decoration. he takes it away. he didn't take any of the other figures just the dog. the homeowner says the crook is a grinch. look at him walking away. we're going to catch you because you're on home video. >> why does that happen more often? >> i think it's pathetic. you're going to steal decorations that people spent their hard earned money on. >> the fact it happens so rarely makes me like humans. >> on the other hand, may be the thief didn't need any of the other snoopys or decorations. coming up, a remote controlled gift guide. >> we're riding along with the toy insider mom with the hottest toys on the go. you're watching "world news

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the selection of radio controlled toys. laurie schacht, thank you for joining us this morning. >> there are so many cool things about radio control these days. we'll start with the smart rover voice command helicopter. i have a headset on. we're going to see if i can fly this helicopter by just using my voice. it's going to talk and tell me when it's ready. take off. smart hover. >> wow. >> well, so it takes off by itself. you can tell it to make a right or left turn. and it's really a lot of fun. you can also use the regular remote control on this. sometimes in the studio, i don't know. >> maybe it picks up great shoes it wants to land next to. >> maybe. all right. so kids love video games. they love the ones that turn to life in the video games. sky landers super chargers is what the kids are playing with. now those sky landers super

chargers come to life. we have our crib crusher and hot streak. look at these cars. they have cool lights. >> sandy our director says i have experience in crashing cars. >> look how much fun they are. what i love about them is boys and girls both love them. >> really girls? that's to think about radio controlled. >> the girls love them, too. these are a lot of fun. now, let's move on to some 4 x 4s. are you ready. >> i'm ready. >> i'll give you the controller. this is the rock roller 3 xl. look at this. it's gorgeous. it's big. it's got huge wheels. if you pick it up, you will see it's very lightweight. >> can you take it to the beach 1234. >> not to the beach but it will tackle any terrain. go ahead. you have a hobby grade controller for this. you can turn the wheels. it will tackle boulders, mountains, hills. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. major crash. major krsh. >> just about anything. now i have the vaporizer two

here. forward and backward. but look at this. 360 spins. >> wow into really, really cool. and what i love about this is this one you can take out. you can run this in the snow, in the water. it will go anywhere. both of them are a lot of fun to play with. >> heavy duty on that one. >> yeah. the world of nintendo. so this is mario driving the racer rc. what i love about this is if you want to start, you can go forwards and backwards in this with this controller right here. but watch. watch the wheels. we have now gone into just like the way the kids see him drive around in the mario car 8 game, it's likehat anti-gravy motion. it is really, really a lot of fun. he'll take on any kind of walls, curves, anything. awesome. >> if only they did it in a vacuum cleaner too, that would be terrific. >> right. are you ready for the smallest helicopter in the whole wide

world? so this is our nanofalcon xs for extra small. it is just a little over 2 inches. >> wow. >> what i love is this little case is what it comes in. your controller, your charger. you can make it your landing pad. i don't know how good i am at that. let's see if we can get this up in the air. >> wow. it's so tiny. >> it's so tiny. >> it reminds me of those micromachines from the '80s. the tiny little cars. oh. there you go. that's great into but it is great. it's pretty easy to fly. sometimes the larger, the quad copters the drones are a little bit easier to fly. it takes work but it's a lot of fun. a lot of these toys are for kids a little bit older >> boys or girls or older folks clearly. toy insider mom laurie schacht, we love when you come to visit us. for more information please head to our facebook page, wnnfans.com. you're watching "world news now."

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speed limit in more rural parts. it's a farm tractor hauling a trailer passing a driver. >> he's going over 100 kilometers an hour. it's unusual someone that outrageous would also own a caravan. it's one or the other. it's time to choose. next. an orangutan enjoying a magic trick. this affects me. there's a chap performing a magic trick. okay. watch how the orangutan reacts to the trick. >> he's looking in the cup. >> he's laughing because it disappeared. things like that really get to me, a, because the orangutan reminds me of my daughter ivy who would react in the same way. >> it shows how much they're really like humans and they're smart creatures. that's pretty funny. >> that's point too why it gets to me. it reminds me how close they are to humans and three, how the hell does he do that magic trick. >> had he appreciate good humor

and magic tricks. makes me think of getting an orangutan instead of a dog, too. finally a newly wed couple symbolizing hair union for letting go of two heart balloons to float on together together forever. they go up, up, boom. they get caught on that little power line. sizzle and burn. >> it reminds me, have you seen the episode of the simpsons in which marry pop bins comes to visit and at the very end she says good-bye to the kids to lisa and to bart and to maggie. she opens her umbrella. she floats up into the air and goes into the engine of a jumbo jet. >> that's actually pretty funny into that is it for this half hour into remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. we'll have more news. stick around.

this morning on "world news now," disturbing revelations about the san bernardino attacks. >> investigators are uncovering new details about the radical couple. their desire to wage jihad and terror plots they may have planned years ago. drama in court. the outburst from the juneman accused of killing three people at a planned parenthood clinic. what happened in front of a colorado judge. trump uproar. outrage over the presidential candidate's plan to ban muslims goes worldwide. there's a new poll reveals he's as popular as ever. >> and later all of the singing and dancing on youtube and the viral videos that exploded in popularity in the past year. did your favorite video make it to the top of the list? >> they're good. >> he loves them.