this morning on "world news now," campaign firestorm. donald trump calls hillary clinton a liar. as a political fact checker looks for truth in trump's own comments. the presidential race takes a tense turn overnight. serious charges. the woman accused of intentionally hitting crowds of people with her car along the vegas strip. new details from police including her state of mind. >> and new this half hour, the dangerous search for an accomplished skier. >> the man missing for days and why rescue teams had to delay their search in the mountains. why there's still hope, however, that he will be found alive. and later, chelsea clinton's big announcement setting off social media. it's personal, not political. that's in "the skinny" on this tuesday, december 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news,

this is "world news now." good morning on this tuesday. i'm reena ninan. >> personal, not political. i'm kendis gibson. of course, but some good timing to have a new baby in 2016. >> right in the middle of it all. >> in an election year. we'll get to the details of that. >> there's never a good time to plan to have a child. especially a second child. you don't realize it when you have your first but it's game over when you have your second. >> what does that mean? >> well, so much changes. for me personally. i should not generalize for women and parents everywhere but it was like having a thousand children having my second one. >> i'll take your word for it. hey, it's a great tax write-off though. >> there you go. that's an upside. let's talk about the race for the white house because it is still heating up. we have about 40 days until the first vote in iowa, and that raging war is going on war, war of words between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> if it's a boy it probably won't be called donald.

>> i'm thinking not. >> last night trump took a new swing at clinton using what some might consider a vulgar reference when describing her 2008 loss to president obama and calling her bathroom break during saturday's debate "disgusting." >> the verbal barbs started between the two of them over the weekend and show no signs of easing. abc's megan hughes has more. >> hillary, that's not a president. >> reporter: it may well be a preview of the 2016 presidential face-off. hillary clinton and donald trump going one-on-one. >> you see hillary, did you watch that -- what happened to her? no, she's terrible. >> reporter: and saturday's abc news democratic debate, hillary clinton took jab after jab at the republican front runner. >> mr. trump has a great capacity to use bluster and bigotry to inflame people. >> reporter: capped with this accusation. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting

islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> reporter: after the debate, clinton's campaign could provide no direct evidence that happened. at a campaign rally monday night, trump pushed back. >> and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. no, it turned out to be a lie. >> reporter: and trump is demanding that clinton apologize to which a clinton campaign spokesman replied "hell no." donald trump himself has repeatedly been accused of distorting facts. on monday the fact checking watchdog politifact called his campaign misstatements the 2015 lie of the year. megan hughes, abc news, washington. six american service members are dead and two injured in the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in afghanistan in more than three years. among them was new york city police officer joseph lemm, a member of the air national guard. the suicide attack by the taliban was another setback in afghanistan for the u.s. where a key province is in danger of falling to the taliban.

and the friend and former neighbor of san bernardino terrorist sayed farook must remain in jail. during a hearing yesterday, a federal judge denied bail for enrique marquez deciding that he is a danger to the community. defense attorneys had argued that marquez h been cooperating with the fbi even when he was not under arrest. a suspect in sunday night's deadly crash on the las vegas strip is in jail and on suicide watch right now. investigators are looking into lakeisha holloway's life while they develop a motive for her alleged actions. she's reportedly already told authorities that she was stressed out finding a place for her and her daughter to sleep. abc's brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: a terrifying hit and run on the busy las vegas strip. >> some lady ran, jumped the curb in her car and went through the people. >> reporter: police say 24-year-old lakeisha holloway veered onto the sidewalk up to three times sunday night accelerating into the crowd just

outside the paris hotel and casino. >> video confirms we believe it to be an intentional act. >> jessica valenzuela, a wife and mother from arizona was killed. this go fund me page set up for her family. at least 35 others were also injured while holloway's 3-year-old child sat inside the swerving car. police caught up to the driver moments later. >> we have this driver in custody. >> that's affirmative. she's in custody. >> reporter: investigators don't believe this was an act of terrorism but know very little about her background. she was believed to have been living in oregon, then in vegas, living in her vehicle for days. >> we believe that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. >> reporter: the toddler inside the vehicle was unharmed and is now in protective custody. >> why? why us? why did this happen? and what really happened? >> reporter: investigators don't believe alcohol was involved but they're testing whether holloway was under the influence of drugs. she's facing at least one count

of murder and possibly several counts of attempted murder. >> thank you so much, brandi. an avalanche danger suspended the search for a missing skier in washington state. 43-year-old monty busbee disappeared over the weekend over the area there. police have located his truck with his cell phone inside. dozens of volunteers and four teams of dogs have been combing the area. despite this setback, rescuers are optimistic. >> he could be in a snow cave, he could be under a tarp just waiting for us. maybe you know, who knows? maybe a broken ankle or something waiting for us to get there. >> and in that area, snoqualmie, busbee is described as an experienced back country skier known to carry a backpack with gear and an avalanche beacon. as winter officially arrives, there's proof in the pacific northwest. >> another storm is hitting washington and oregon with heavy snowfall making travel dangerous in higher elevations. accuweather's paul williams has our holiday forecast. morning to you, paul. >> good morning, paul. >> thanks, kendis, reena. like the story line of a bad

movie you wish was over, storms continue to slam into the northwest part of the country. frequent storms continue to pound the northwest and pacific coast with heavy showers and flooding potential along i-5 and believe it or not, now we have feet of snow. yes, significant snow that's going to form in the northwest part of the country. now towards the east, southerly flow will set up for warm conditions with lots of rain. the good news is the rain will clear by christmas. but it's still going to be warm, not feeling like christmas but it still is. reena, kendis. >> that is a bad movie. we have a good movie in florida. good weather though for a bit of space travel history to be made at cape canaveral. spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket since the last one exploded in june. this launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites. in a major first, the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site and landed upright marking the first crucial step in being able to recycle these rockets. congratulations to the folks there. big step.

and two american astronauts made quick work of a repair job during an unplanned space walk outside the space station. scott kelly and timothy kopra took about a half hour to release the brake handles on a rail car and help guide it back into place. the car needed to be moved so a ship full of supplies could land at the space station tomorrow. >> nice work, guys. and if you thought "star wars" has permeated every aspect of civilization, you may be right, especially given this next story. here's a turtle hospital in north carolina caring for 20 new turtles some of which they named after "star wars" characters. >> there's one you see there inside that is darth vader. another one is yoda. both of them and the others just arrived from new england. >> they were found struggling in the cold water and sent south to warm up and continued growing. the hospital's hope is to send darth vader and yoda and the other turtles back into the ocean eventually.

>> yoda said go home i must. >> you have a better yoda voice than that. >> oh, i do. >> not going there. >> >> coming up in "the skinny," the kardashian. >> my darth vader thing. >> that was? >> yeah. >> okay. the kardashian invention that went up for sale and nearly broke the internet. >> also ahead, a health alert for fatigued overnight workers driving home after their shifts. what medical researchers discovered. >> and how to book last minute holiday travel without spending a fortune. stay tuned for expert money-saving advice. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex. now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex. hink you're going? to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours. forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. wait! your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet that starts fast,

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chipotle restaurant chain. this morning health officials saying five more people became sick after eating at two of the mexican style restaurants. it's not known if these e. coli cases in north dakota, kansas and oklahoma are linked to a larger outbreak in october. in all almost 500 people have been sickened after eating at a chipotle in recent months. >> well, alarming news for anyone at work right now. a new study is underscoring the dangers of driving drowsy. harvard researchers found driving after working a nightshift can make you up to six times more likely to crash your car. in fact, researchers had to halt testing because nearly half the shift workers almost crashed even though they knew they were being watched. research shows a driver awake for 24 hours compares to a drunken driver with a ".10 blood

alcohol level. .10. that's pretty high level. >> wow. all right. more reason for us to have a driver. >> or to sleep in your rooms. >> our office. >> you have lots of -- >> yes. if by trains, planes or automobiles 'tis the season to travel. >> and get there by air can be expensive as rebecca jarvis has tips for reducing the price of your journey. >> reporter: mike and stacy have always loved to travel but now as parents to julia and ryan, they've had to recalibrate their destinations and their budget. >> obviously, everything changes and priorities are realigned. >> disney, here we come. >> reporter: first task, flights from new jersey to orlando and now they have an extra cost. julia is about to turn two. >> reporter: she was a lap seat. now she needs her own seat. >> yes. >> reporter: so far they found flights for $317 a ticket, totaling almost $1,000. we bring in travel expert brian kelley to see if he can work some savings magic for their

trip to the magic kingdom. >> reporter: who's ready to save some money? >> we are. we definitely are. >> reporter: brian's first step, flexibility. brian recommends having adjustable travel dates. >> tuesdays and saturdays if you can leave on those days generally will save 20% or more. >> reporter: next tip. when looking online, think outside the box. brian suggests first searching google flights. >> it's not a travel agency. they're not trying to sell you hotel packages and everything else. >> reporter: there, we find some savings on flights. but brian has another trick up his sleeve. >> southwest airlines does not show up on any of the online travel agencies. you always have to go to southwest.com. >> reporter: there, stacy and mike hit the jackpot. by traveling on tuesdays, they can find a round trip fare for 1 $2 a ticket, including two free checked bags and free carry-ones. >> you just shaved about 120 bucks off the cost of every one of the tickets. >> plus no fees in terms of saving money. that one is a no-brainer.

>> reporter: here's another tip. once on the ground, membership has its privileges. you can often get lower rates on hotels and rental cars through memberships with discount warehouses, aaa and even aarp. >> i'm 32 years old and i'm a member. >> reporter: that little tip puts $100 back in their pocket. >> ready to book? >> ready, we're ready. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> so many good tips. >> some good tips. we need more of brian kelley. we don't get him enough on our air. good advice. coming up, kim kardashian breaks the apple store. >> and sarah palin breaks a leg. "skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ♪

>> okay. so up first in "the skinny," christmas indeed coming early for the clinton family. >> former first daughter chelsea clinton sharing the happy news that she's pregnant with baby number two. she made the announcement yesterday on twitter with a photo of her daughter charlotte reading a page in a book that says big sisters are the best. >> it's a beautiful photo there. grandparents hillary and bill are also reveling in the news and took to social media to share their excitement. >> bill tweeting christmas comes early. hillary and i are thrilled for chelsea, mark, and charlotte's growing family. >> mrs. clinton saying we're excited to meet our second grandchild.

>> it's exciting news coming in the middle of the summer. >> very exciting just before the convention. >> uh-huh. kim kardashian issuing an apology to apple for apparently causing their app store to malfunction. >> it was quite a stir all because of her new line of emojis called kimojis. >> did they really name it kimojis? >> yeah. it's for $1.99, people can choose from 250 symbols that in ways that are not entirely clear relate to the life of kim kardashian. they include a higher drier, a peach with cream, gummy bears and the great wave by 19th century japanese artist hokusai. >> you're missing the most important one. >> what's the most important one? >> the booty emoji. can't believe you missed that one, kendis. >> poke your eye out. >> kim has plenty of self-references but perhaps there should be a dollar sign in there because at its peak this

pulled in 9 million downloads in one second according to tmz. all the money going to charity. just kidding. no. >> the charity called the kardashian/west household. >> there you go. >> sarah palin finally getting back to her former "snl" impersonator tina fey. fey was back to host "saturday night live" this past weekend and dusted off that red blazer to play palin. >> after all these years, sarah is playing tina in a trailer released for a series called "31 rock" playing off fey's show of course, that's been off the air for nearly two years. it tells us what lindsey graham will be doing now that he's dropped his presidential bid. >> the only pc i need is right here. >> will she be able to round up a cast and produce a hit show? >> where's the new page? >> or will her writers ruin everything? >> nerds. >> and force her old friend to step in. >> melon, okay, here's what you

do. >> "star wars" didn't actually change cinema. >> oh, man, they look so much alike, don't they? she does look like tina fey. pretty impressive. >> the video is for a website called the independent journal review. they joked the series may be premiering next year. >> i think they're on to something. >> possibly. finally a question over a popular character of fiction and her supposed race. we're talking about hermione granger of the harry potter series. in the movie played by emma watson a white actress. >> since revealing the adult hermione will be portrayed by noma dumezweni, a black actress, it caused confusion among fans and some expressing displeasure at the apparent changing of the character's race. >> hold up. marry potter author j.k. rowling catching wind of the debate and putting it to rest tweeting the correct

description of "brown eyes frizzy hair and very clear of white skin" was never specified. she loves black hermione. she's weighed in. she loves it. >> she has spoken.

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♪ . ♪ oh, is it too late now to say sorry ♪ ♪ yeah, i know that i let you down ♪ >> little jb saying sorry and it is certainly something steve harvey can't say enough. his mistake in announcing the wrong miss universe winner was simply too awkward for words. >> i know, but he fessed up to it. we still love our steve harvey. some people still want to know how it happened and why. abc's david wright breaks it down. >> miss universe 2015 is -- colombia! >> reporter: in the history of beauty pageants, this was the shortest reign ever. two minutes in the tiara, before

a sheepish steve harvey slunked back on stage. >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> before essentially telling her to hand over the crown. >> miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: one of the most awkward moments ever on live tv. >> i will take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. it was on the card. >> steve harvey didn't help matters by sending out an apology tweet that misspells the names of both countries all of which led to a justin bieber sorry meme on instagram and this. ♪ to say sorry now >> reporter: the mistake so bad that the 2015 miss universe panel gent is now fodder for conspiracy theories with some insisting it must be a hoax. our requests for comment have

gone unanswered. >> everything happens for a reason so i'm happy. >> it's a very nontraditional crowning moment. >> donald trump the former owner of the miss universe pageant suggested they share the crown as if he would ever accept sharing the tiara in the beauty pageant he's now competing in. bottom line, there is only one miss universe and for the record, it's not miss colombia. david wright, abc news, new york. can i say what grace both of those women handled themselves with. i really enjoyed watching how they reacted. sometimes it's not what happens to you but how you reacted. >> there goes miss "world news now." according to steve harvey announced it. miss diana perez. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. rming insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, political punches. the attacks between donald trump and hillary clinton getting personal. what some are calling a vicious verbal attack from the public front-runner, the overnight comment causing a new firestorm. we're live in washington. severe storm on this first full day of winter. heavy snow and gusty winds causing damage as millions get set to hit the road for the holiday. where it's all heading. historic landing. the towards space travel, the accomplishment. video of their kids and reaction to old saint nick going viral. good tuesday morning.