he's confident more charges will come, including attempted murder. kayna whitworth, abc news las vegas. well, police in pasadena california are stepping up security ahead of the rose bowl and rose parade. spectators can expect to see more security from surveillance in the sky to officers on the ground. cops are also warning spectators to stay vigilant, and they don't even think -- don't even think about bringing a drone. leave your umbrellas and selfie sticks at home as well. okay. in bay county florida sheriff's deputies aren't handing out tickets. they're handing out $100 bills. it's all thanks to a secret santa who donated $2,000 hoping deputies could spread a little holiday cheer. so they're stopping safe drivers, in particular those who they think could really use the cash. not sure how they determine that. >> exactly. >> at least one driver was moved to tears. that's great. >> that is nice. we love it when the force gives back. >> yes. bay county around the panama city area. >> got to take a drive down

there. well it was bells dribbles and no-look shots at new york's stock exchange. yep. there they are. the harlem globetrotters. handles franklin and ceo kurt schneider rang the opening bell. why are you laughing at me? >> you pronouncing those names. it's like you need barbara billingsley to help out from "airplane." it is one of many stops -- nice job on the hoops there. for the barnstorming basketball team as they celebrate their 90th year. the team tips off its world tour the day after christmas with some 300 games in more than 200 cities. >> did i not get the handles franklin mooseweeks? >> i like that name. >> you broke down and start laughing at me. >> loved it. his hair is pretty interesting too. >> good hair. coming up the biggest heroes and heroines of the past 12 months. what a memorable year. >> also a special report on care packages then and now. the organization that started feeding the hungry after world

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feel more with new k-y love. 60 hours after being buried by a mudslide. this is in chichina. rescuers say the man was able to give his name before being rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery. 70 people still missing following the landslide that was so powerful it collapsed buildings. >> incredible images. this time of year a care package can mean many different things to many people but you might not know that the tradition started 70 years ago this month. >> who knew? and now the original care package has been reinvented to

help syrian refugees so they can make it through their winters. globe tv correspondent mike siray has the story. >> i was one of the very first care package recipients. and having just grown up and not having had any food we were just emaciated. i mean really thin. >> reporter: renata center remembers the first care packages of powdered eggs corned beef and fruit preserves she received as a young german refugee at the end of world war ii. as if they were manna from heaven. >> when i came home to my mother i said the americans did this. it left such an imprint. how americans can do this to the enemy. you know i just said wow. >> reporter: for a $10 donation to care back in december 1945 americans could buy and ship boxes of surplus army rations to post-war europe that could feed ten people during one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century. >> the care package to me is an icon of american generosity. it sort of encapsulates the

impulse to do something directly for one person to help another person. >> reporter: flash forward to the greatest refugee crisis in europe and the middle east since world war ii. more than 4 million displaced people and counting. the majority of them without any source of income living on their own outside of traditional refugee camps. and it's winter. >> this could be described as a new care package. it's an electronic voucher. >> reporter: the food vouchers work like any other debit card but have a monthly limit per family and can only be used to buy food hygiene, and household essentials. new credit is added monthly with funding from the u.n. and international aid organizations. it's faster better, and cheaper for delivering essential food and clothing andeing than shipping, storing, and delivering care packages. >> from syria. >> reporter: care's relief workers in turkey many of them syrian refugees themselves make sure the voucher cards get to the neediest.

like this extended family of 13 living in an abandoned warehouse just across the turkish border from syria. care is also giving families a one-time winterization voucher card to buy heaters and coats and blankets to get them through this winter. >> by getting the voucher rather than getting a set kit of d donations, it enables the family to choose what's right for them and to meet their own needs better. >> reporter: these food vouchers started off with a value of $30 per month per person until a shortfall in international funding forced the u.n. to twitter nearly a quarter million refugees their vouchers are being cut off. today in turkey this voucher is worth about $18 per month per person. that means 60 cents a day for food. >> world spends more on bubble gum than we do on our broader humanitarian responses. we have a historic moment in time and in another generation we want to look back and we want to be able to say we were as

generous at this moment in time as we were for instance after world war ii. >> reporter: like the original these new care packages still depend on public donations. on the turkey-syria border mike cerre reporting for abc news. >> i like the fact that it doesn't feel like a handout, that they're able to pick what they want to make a difference in their lives and families. >> we should point out it really is a big need there because you have about 2 million registered syrian refugees living in turkey alone. 4.3 -- >> and that's only the documented ones. >> exactly. >> they expect significantly more than that undocumented. so we should mention that care usa has set up a designated fund for its syrian refugee program. my.care.com. dot org. excuse me. dot org. coming up the year in hereos. >> the people we admire most in 2015. you're watching "world news now."

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it is always great to look back at people and events that shaped our world. >> we've had lots of ups and downs, and some of the most inspiring people have risen above unthinkable tragedy. here's abc's robin roberts with this retrospective. >> reporter: this year there were no shortages of heroes or shall we say sheroes. >> the u.s. wins the 2015 women's world cup! >> reporter: from the soccer field to center stage. women inspired us all. the u.s. women's national soccer team showed us all that teamwork and determination can lead to greatness. >> u.s. women's soccer team kicked some a. this was the year of the woman. >> i think that was a nice example of what society can be as a whole if we started maximizeing the potential in each other and stopped being divisive and keeping each other a. >> viola davis, "how to get away with murder." >> reporter: with her win, viola

davis was the first african-american woman to take home the emmy in the drama category. for her lead role in "how to get away with murder." >> we won because i did my job. >> when you're a kid sitting there watching tv whether you're black or brown or of any color, and you see someone who looks just like you, then you believe all things are possible. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> viola davis is proof that talent really does win out in the end. >> reporter: off the stage and field there were so many heroes among us. the families of the charleston church shooting victims taught us heroism comes from the heart when there is room for forgiveness. speaking directly to the killer in court, they showed incredible strength in the wake of tremendous grief. >> we have no room for hate. so we have to forgive.

>> i will never talk to her ever again. but i forgive you. ♪ we shall ♪ >> they taught us a lesson didn't they? on how to live on and not let the killer claim even more lives, the lives of the living. >> reporter: in a year with so much darkness a beautiful lesson from all of these heroes on how to view the world. >> that was one of my favorite moments, the u.s. women's soccer team winning. but it was -- robin's right. it was a year of a lot of heartbreak but a lot of people who rose above it all. powerful moments. >> and you forget how powerful the moment was with those folks and just days after the shooting in charleston to forgive. and by doingey achieved change. the flag coming down. >> that's a very good point. coming up animals in airports and giant horns in parking lots. >> all of these things also happened in 2015.

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♪ well hello there. it's time again for those special stories where we can only really say "this happened." >> starting with a coyote at the baggage claim. this is -- take a look at myrtle beach international airport. it's in south carolina. the coyote-u you see there? spotted in a terminal. the animal eventually ran across the ticket check area and toward the tsa checkpoint which is where the coyote was subdued by animal control. who knew animal control is part of tsa. >> but just proof once again that nothing gets past the tsa. because that's where he stopped. >> buck stops at tsa. >> yes. it was coyote ugly after that. next up the apparent war on christmas continues with a teacher from maine forced to remove her hello kitty pink miniature christmas tree from the classroom.

catherine gordon has been teaching at the school for 30 years and says she's always decorated her classroom without issue. she argues that the decorations do not include symbols. the principal is the one who told her to take it down. miss gordon noted that there used to be full-size trees in classrooms and the front office when she first started teaching. >> that is true. you know we've gone down on the christmas tree in schools. and we've also gone down clearly on hello kitty. what is this world coming to? >> i know. seriously. >> what is happening in the world? >> there needs to be more love for hello kitty. >> and how about some music to get us back into the spirit? check out this. it's a musician. we don't know his name. but we do know that he's a player of the alp horn. did you know this existed? the alp horn? >> ricola. >> very good. he got out of his car. he was pleasantly surprised by the acoustics of the parking garage. so what do you do when you like the acoustics in a parking garage? you but the out the old alp horn for a jam.

>> all of them were thrilled. all five of his audience there. >> that's what you call thrilled? >> look at them. can we move now, move our car? for an encore an instrument better suited for the plains than the alps. the trombone. take a look. dark farmer. dirk clingenberg of kansas playing the imperial march until the cows hopefully come home. ♪ and it worked. >> no. they come toward him? >> maybe he had better look turning away from the dark side than playing the main "star wars" theme. but look at that. they're all coming that way. >> and yes, folks, all of this actually did happen. and that does it for this half hour. and all of the news did happen too. >> that's pretty cool. >> that was good.

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this morning on "world news now" -- extreme weather impacting 40 million americans. >> nasty conditions causing fatal crashes just before one of the busiest holidays of the year. accuweather's tracking storms from coast to coast. facing a judge. the woman accused of intentionally smashing her car into las vegas crowds. the serious charges she faces in court this morning. and fearing the worst at one of the busiest shopping centers in the northeast. the gunshots the evacuations, and how police responded. and later, he said/she said. the tense exchange of words between the presidential campaign front-runners where donald trump's remarks about hillary clinton vulgar? what he's saying now on this wednesday, december 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news