terrain. there's no word on the conditions of the three people on boards or the cause of the crash. it's back to work for the jury in the first freddie gray case. the jurors will continue deliberating even though they say they are deadlocked on the charges against police officer william porter. gray died last spring after suffering neck and spinal cord injuries in a police spran porter is one of six officers charged in gray's death. a massachusetts teenager has been convicted of rape and murder of his high school math teacher. phillip chisholm was just 14 when he attacked the teacher in the school restroom. his attorneys never denied he committed the crime but blamed severe mental illness. he face az long prison sentence. debris spilled from a cargo ship off san francisco could pose a danger to marine wildlife. meanwhile, the cleanup of the shipping containers and packing containers continues. a dozen containers fell off a ship in the storm this weekend. some are still floating offshore waiting to make landfall. there's a state of emergency in flint, michigan because of

lead levels in the city's water system. it affects the city's children in particular because lead can cause mental retardation. the crisis began after the city began taking its water from flint river. the mayor wants federal disaster relief. a preseason snowstorm nearly paralyzed america's mile-high city in denver yesterday. flights were delayed, shooi highways were shutdown. by a snowstorm 245 dumped over a foot in some jarz. mountain snow were in the one to two-foot range. the winter write conditions continue again today in the west. here's accuweather's paul williams. hey, paul, good morning. >> thanks, richard, reena. we have cold air expected to take over the southwest part of the country. making it a little bit chilly in l.a. as well as vegas and neenks, bneenks phoenix, but then along the east coast totally different story. here comes a low slung through with a jet stream guiding it through and it's going to translate into widespread scattered showers as we go into

thursday. wednesday is clear, thursday is wet, and over here this is where the weekend's going to come into play. much colder air dropping temps below the norm for this time. year. reena, richard. >> okay, paul, thanks so much. across the pond the lady who transformed he britain with her free market policies has managed to raise millions after her -- >> oh, yeah, her. we're talking about former british prime minister margaret thatcher. speeches, books, and even outfits belonging to the iron lady were turned into auction gold. soaring above their estimated prices at christie's in london. >> there's even a signed copy of the speech she made on becoming britain's first prime minister in 1979, first female prime minister. sold for $56,000. and her blue velvet wedding dress. that fetched 38,000. i would love to have something from margaret thatcher. >> where there is discord that will bring harmony. that's what happens when you're a political anarak. you can remember speeches that were made when you were 4 years

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a stunning blow. i don't know if you followed this story. it's a gripping story but a stunning blow for actress kelly rutherford in her custody battle. reports say a judge in monaco has awarded her ex-his full custody of their two children. and the "gossip girl" actress can only visit them in monaco and in france. she cannot bring them to the u.s. there was a gripping article, to use that word again, about this case in "vanity fair" a couple months ago. but rutherford is appealing the decision. if you haven't yet filed for obamacare, you have a little more time. the government says there was unprecedented demand yesterday on the healthcare.gov website. the deadline now the end of the day this thursday. the penalty for not being insured jumps to nearly $700 next year. returning to politics and the democratic candidates getting ready for their debate saturday night here, right here on abc. >> hillary clinton has been staking out her position on terrorism. as "your voice, your vote." and abc's tom llamas covering

the clinton dpcampaign. >> reporter: with terror on the minds of voters hillary clinton out to prove she'll take on isis and protect the homeland. >> it is not enough to contain isis. we must defeat isis, break its momentum and then its back. >> reporter: the former secretary of state is pledging to target isis's efforts to recruit online but also slamming republicans for fear-mongering. >> bluster and bigotry are not credentials for becoming commander in chief. >> reporter: clinton heads into saturday's new hampshire debate dominating national polls, but it's senator bernie sanders who's the one ahead in the granite state. and now sanders whose loyal supporters have been packing massive rallies is talking more and more about isis. >> our goal is to put together a coalition to destroy isis and not once again get bogged down in a neverending war in that part of the world. >> reporter: and next month

sanders will have another clinton to worry about. biel we've learned that chelsea clinton will be playing a bigger role in the campaign, headlining two fund-raisers and then off to the new primary states. tom llamas, abc news, newyork. >> great. i like tom's reports. it's going tosh a really good debates, i think, here on abc on saturday night. and it's a bernie sanders -- partly because bernie sanders is so cares mattic and entertaining. but there's also that question of can he thread a route through to the nomination for the democrats? it's very, very difficult for him. so he needs -- he just needs to do something here. >> and he's expected to challenge hillary on foreign policy. one of the things is hillary's vote to authorize the iraq war back over ten years ago and these expected to hit her hafrd on that. >> and he's got a lot to say about the climate change deal as well. >> and we'll be right back. >> we will.

♪ it's the cantina music from "star wars." >> maeve you've heard of the new one. it's pretty amazing, isn't it? >> what reena's really saying there is she fell asleep. fell asleep. >> it's the night shift folks. they turn the lights off. you're sitting down. i doze off for a little bit. it's not because of the movie. it was fantastic. >> here are two people who

wouldn't be happy to hear about you falling asleep. we're up all night with abc's chris connelly. >> reporter: monday night in hollywood. the world premiere of "star wars: the force awakens." >> give it everything you've got. >> reporter: it's action and humor. it's new characters and light sabers. >> it ends up being a story of adventure and loyalty and shock and surprise and uses this amazing and precious thing called the force that tells us that we're all somehow connected. >> camera, action. >> reporter: so much of it the work of producer kathleen kennedy and director co-writer j.j. abrams. all of this inspired by "star wars" creator george lucas. >> there isn't a day that goes by or went by as we were making the movie where we don't talk about george. it's the standard, what would george do? >> the thing that is most remarkable is that george got everything right. >> reporter: a veteran of

"alias," "lost," "mission impossible 3," and the star trek" series. for decades a top producer on steven spielberg's acclaimed films. >> i did pose this provocative idea who is luke skywalker, that that would be something that was said by one of our characters. >> why was who is luke skywalker such a fascinating question? >> i guess because it spoke to a new generation. it was that idea there would be young people for whom luke skywalker was essentially a myth. >> reporter: in crafting and casting "the force wakens" set 30 years after "return of the jedi," abrams wanted its characters young. even bad guys like kylo ren. >> i will finish what you started. >> and kathy's like adam driver. i'm like mike drop. >> reporter: john boyega was cast as the ex-storm trooper finn.

>> are we really doing this? >> while daisy ridley was the choice for rae. >> when she came in and read you just know. and literally i had to not giggle from behind the camera becauses i was amazed at what she was doing. >> abrams hoping this film will have the same emotional punch as the 1977 one had on him as a child. >> the thing i felt when i was a kid when i left the tater was the world was huge and to have people, especially kids go to see the movie and see themselves in it and feel like i'm capable of something extraordinary, that would be the greatest gift of all. >> reporter: for "nightline" -- >> we're home. >> reporter: -- i'm chris connelly in los angeles. >> it's excellent, basically. we don't want to ruin anything. but it takes itself seriously in a good way. there are some good one-liners in there, but it takes the emotional element seriously. and i hope this doesn't give anything away but it also uses as the old one did the emotional

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>> reporter: using the website swap.com the mulders fill two boxes with toys in good condition and clothes that are in season. the company pays for shipping, and once the boxes arrive at their warehouse they'll be put up for sale on the website. on average sellers earn about $150 per box. and bonus points. save the boxes your toys come in. those can be worth cash too. an american girl doll box can fetch as much as $30 on efrmt bai. next up, old electronics. even broken ones. check out websites like kiiboo.com. just box up your items and send them to their california office where they will inspect, price, and post your electronics. two smartphones and an airport express expected to fetch christie about $100. and finally, even old books can make a xwuk. using the amazon seller app christie scans the books' bar codes to find out how much they're worth. then she sets the price before sending them off to amazon, who

will sell them. >> this book is worth $74.50. >> reporter: bringing in a whopping $196. in total the mulders found 6 50 $56. >> how is that going to impact christmas? >> it's going to help out a lot. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> do you know how many times i have that the kids aren't using? that's great. they pay for shipping, box it up, take care of selling. >> kids go off toys after about three days. don't forget to followed follow us. we're on twitter. we're on facebook. posting behind-the-scenes pho s photos. i have an instagram i set up just for this show. it's richardp, letter p, bacon. it's largely pictures -- we never leave this room. so neeshl you're seeing pictures of this room which you've already seen. but if you'd like to see more of it go into sta gram. >> that's it for "world news now" this half hour. we'll see you soon.

this morning on "world news now," las vegas showdown. >> the republicans debate about terrorism, foreign policy, and donald trump's plan to ban muslims from the protests to the surprises. we have extensive coverage live from las vegas. threatening schools. similar e-mails, threats sent to the biggest districts in the country. why some schools were shut down and others stayed open. >> travel trends. the surprises in the air and on the roads for americans vaik vacationing over christmas and new year's. what makes this month different from the last. >> and later, richard nye both just saw "star wars: the force awakens." we're sharing our views after guesting a sneak peek just hours ago. it's wednesday december 16th.