breaking news on "world news now." record jackpot. nobody won last night's $524 million powerball prize. the eye-popping amount of money up for grabs this saturday. >> extreme weather flooding downpours drenching california from one end of the state to the other. now other parts of the country are bracing for el nino's worst. >> and new this half hour, chipotle in deep trouble. >> the norovirus outbreak linked to hundreds of illnesses. the investigation into chipotle could move now from the kitchen to the courtroom. and later in "the skinny," songs and tears from tough guy vin diesel. what led to emotional moments on stage at the people's choice awards. it is thursday, january -- oh, sing it, vin -- january 7th. >> announcer: from abc news,

this is "world news now." >> hey, good morning, everybody. it's thursday. by the way, thursday is my favorite day. favorite day of the week. >> why? friday eve? >> a good friend of mine says it's attached to friday. >> it's also attached to hump day. >> but i'm moving forward. and you just wanted an excuse to say hump day. >> i'm kayna whitworth. >> i'm kendis gibson. we're going to start this half hour, of course, with the disappointment or the excitement would you say? >> we're going to go positive on this. >> we're going to go positive. >> the excitement in having more than half a billion dollars up for grabs come this saturday because of last night's powerball jackpot. >> he'so excited that the drawing waa bust. so saturday's prize swells to an estimated $675 million. >> exactly. >> the largest jackpot in u.s. history. so still last night's prize no slouch. it was the sixth largest jackpot ever. powerball players were buying

tickets up until the very last minute. unfortunately the odds against them one in about 292 million. >> i assume those odds are increasing right about now. if you have been holding that winning ticket, the numbers are really cute numbers. it's great to look at. they really mean absolutely nothing for the vast majority of the country. >> so weird. >> is that so depressing? unless you're a partial winner. >> several people, i feel like winning a million dollars i would be so excited about that. >> i would, too. >> after taxes, baby mamas, you know, you're probably down to like $200,000. >> you got problems, man. >> also making news this morning, the world versus north korea. even the north's key ally china has joint in a u.n. security council condemnation. >> so the north claims it has tested its fourth nuclear device. more powerful than any of the others. more now from abc's marci gonzales. >> reporter: north korea's alarming claim. that it successfully tested a

hydrogen bomb for the first time sparking condemnation from around the world. >> i demand the dprk cease any further nuclear activities. >> reporter: the u.n. security council holding an emergency meeting after the televised claims that a 5.1 point magnitude earthquake near north korea's testing facility was caused by a weapon that can be a thousand times more powerful atomic bombs like those dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki in world war ii. the u.s. immediately launched so-called nuclear sniffer planes to determine whether the claim is true. >> the national analysis is not consistent with the north korean claims of a successful hydrogen bomb test. >> reporter: if the claim is later confirmed, this would be north korea's fourth time testing a nuclear weapon since 2006 but the first te testing a thermonuclear weapon. experts are doubtful explaining explosive results were too small

to be from even a failed hydrogen bomb test. >> they're bragging, puffing themselves up. they don't have the capability to obliterate the korean peninsula. the bad news is that they're trying. >> reporter: with north korea already heavily sanctioned, the u.n. security council vows to take further significant measures though they didn't give any specs. kendis and kayna. >> thank you so much. so there -- there was another automatic shutdown of china's main stock market this morning. the shanghai index down more than 7% and not because of north korea but because china's central bank again devalued the currency. investors see it as another sign of problems in china's economy. right now other asian markets are also down. and former cia director david petraeus spent four hours behind closed doors answering questions about the benghazi attacks, and there were apparently no surprises. democratic congressman adam schiff says that pet tray yuts's testimony yesterday was

consistent with what he told congressional investigators more than two years ago when he debunked conspiracy theories. those assaults in libya four years ago killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> in what democrats are calling political theater, congressional republicans made good on a campaign promise to repeal obamacare and defund planned parenthood. the bill is now heading for certain veto by president obama. abc's kenneth moton reports on the political fight. >> reporter: repealing president obama's signature health care law. stripping away federal funding for planned parenthood. the fight continues in the gop-controlled congress. >> with this bill, we are standing for life. we are confronting the president with the hard honest truth, obamacare doesn't work. >> reporter: there have been more than 60 unsuccessful attempts by republicans to dismantle the affordable care act, but this is the first time a repeal will reach the president. it's sure to be met with veto.

the battle against plant parenthood intensified months ago when activists claimed they were selling fetal tissue for profit. republicans insist taking action on planted parenthood and obamacare will fulfill promises to their constituents. >> it is a new year, a new day and as the speaker said it's going to be a new agenda to make sure america is confident again. >> republican and democratic presidential candidates highlighting the clear choice facing voters in november. >> no one's ever won in new jersey being pro-life. you can't be pro-life but i am. >> i will defend the affordable care act which the republicans are trying to repeal but they never tell you what they would put in its place. >> once the president vetoes the bill, gop leaders plan to schedule an override vote to coincide with the anti-abortion right for life event here in washington later this month. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >> we'll turn to the extreme weather in the west where a third el nino fueled storm has been slamming california. the heavy rains turned roads into raging rivers and triggered mud slides, as well.

as of yesterday, l.a. has seen nearly 2 inches of rain since sunday. and pasadena has seen nearly 3 inches. the storm is now heading into the rockies where heavy mountain snow is expected. winter storm alerts are up for six southwestern states. farther north, heavy rains have been causing problems in the bay area turning freeways into lakes and making driving treacherous as you can see. residents have been sandbagging their homes as a hedge against potentially rising floodwaters. more rain we are told on the way. abc's -- accuweather's justin povick has the latest right now from accuweather for us.û good morning. >> kayna and kendis, good morning to you, as well. stormy conditions. that's status quo here in the southwest. another big storm system pounding surf expected. soaking showers and some very heavy almost crippling mountain snow. there is going to be the risk for mud slides and avalanches throughout the next 12 to 24 hours. soaking showers in the arklatex.

the gulf coast dodging gusty thunderstorms, as well along the interstate 10 and the i-20 corridor. later on this weekend, we're concerned about a big storm impacting the northeast. it's january but this is mostly going to be heavy rainfall. along with some gusty winds into sunday night. kayna and kendis, let's toss it back over to you. >> thank you. so a new battle has broken out over same-sex marriage this time in alabama. the state's chief justice is ordering all judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in direct defiance of a u.s. supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage across the country. >> macy's plans big cuts. the largest department store chain is closing three dozen stores and cutting 4500 jobs. about 3,000 of those will be sales clerks. it blames warm weather and the strong dollar for disappointing holiday sales down nearly 5%. that's the sharpest decline since the recession.

cuts are reportedly coming to yahoo! business insider reporting it will lay off at least 10% of its workforce, roughly more than 1,000 people. one major investor, however, only wants a few layoffs, yahoo!'s top management. he says it hasn't turned around the company as promised. abc news has a partnership with yahoo! forgive me hipsters hang on to your beanies. the world is apparently running out of coffee. right? that perked your ears up. rising consumption means global production will have to increase by an extra 40 to 50 million bags of coffee in the next decade. that is more than the entire crop of brazil. some growers blame the looming threat of global warming. growers might have to figure out how to shift production from south america to the pacific region where they can grow their crops at higher altitude. i saw the producer's note in the script earlier this morning. it said definitely panic. >> absolutely. can you imagine the pandemonium

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they're wearing hoods and masks. they backed up the white pickup truck into the store of a texaco station. apparently they were hoping to haul away the safe. they failed, by the way. all they could really do was trash the place and then they took off. some of them on foot. >> all righty. a pennsylvania high school basketball coach who used his head during a game has been placed on leave. take a look. jerry divine allegedly headbutted a referee during a disagreement over a foul call. he was ejected from the game and maybe ejected from both coaching and teaching special education. the school's website says the focus of that school's program includes respect and responsibility. >> wow. so the chipotle restaurant chain is reeling after one illness outbreak after another. >> yeah. so far, it's been health officials looking into the causes. but now there's a criminal investigation into all of this, and it involves norovirus, not e. coli. >> abc's nick watt has that

story. >> reporter: a federal criminal investigation into an outbreak at this simi valley, california, chipotle outlet, where we now know at least 234 people were sickened last summer. the beleaguered mexican grill chain recently served with a federal grand jury subpoena. the u.s. attorney's office and the fda are on the case. >> the news that a subpoena was issued to chipotle is not surprising in and of itself, because the department of justice is taking this so seriously, and it is definitely on their radar. >> reporter: the norovirus outbreak here first flagged august 20th. the restaurant was closed for a deep clean. a chipotle spokesperson told us, "as a matter of policy, we don't discuss pending legal action, but we will cooperate fully with this investigation." sales plunging 30% in december, after several highly publicized foodborne illness outbreaks. just last month, more than 140 people laid low by norovirus in boston, following a salmonella outbreak in minnesota and two e.

coli outbreaks in 12 states. since then, chipotle has made fundamental changes in the way vegetables are chopped, how chicken is marinated. now, even dipping all onions in boiling water. nick watt, abc news, simi valley, california. >> coming up, a stage crasher gets kicked out of an awards show last night. >> the latest hollywood heavyweight to battle with donald trump. this one is a little bit different though. "the skinny" is up next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our

♪ skinny, so skinny okay. first up on the "skinny," last night's people's choice awards. >> we had fans weighing in on their favorites from all around the world of pop culture. the big moment of the evening coming when vin diesel accepted the award for favorite movie of the year. >> he got really emotional citing the loss after his co-star paul walker and then closing his speech by singing a line from the movie's hit song. >> oh. ♪ it's been a long day without you, my friend ♪ ♪ and i'll tell you all about it when i see you again ♪ >> sing it, brother, sing it. we're loving it. >> how sweet.

it's emotional for him. >> it has been emotional. it's great that the fans loved that movie, as well. >> that it got chosen, absolutely. >> by the way, the other big moment of the night was when a stage crasher interrupted the ladies -- >> i love it. >> -- of "the talk" during their acceptance speech. he didn't get much out before cheryl underwood kicked him off the stage ripped the mike back saying you're not going to pull no steve harvey up in here. not today, jesus. >> i think that we feel. >> they continued on. >> oh, that was so good. that was handled so well. no, no, you're not taking over our moment. >> yeah, not at all. all right. >> for years now, we've known that the music industry isn't doing quite as well as it used to. and nielsen is showing how exactly it's changing. it's no surprise that 2015's largest release by far was

adele's album 1325" toelt totaling 8 million units. most surprising is how we're listening and discovering new music. >> vinyl sales up from last year 30%. streaming music got a bigger bump, 93% from last year with 317 billion. >> wow. >> streams. >> and in the internet age, you might be surprised to know that radio is still the number one source of music discovery. so see, newspapers you have a future. >> right. i love it. also. >> big comeback. so next donald trump proving that even though he is running for president, there is no twitter feud that is too small for him. so actor samuel l. jackson was asked in an interview who is a better golfer, he or trump. >> jackson responded by saying i am for sure. i don't cheat. trump apparently caught wind of this and did what he normally does when he gets annoyed by somebody. he took to twitter. and trump tweeted here. i don't know samuel l. jackson. to the best of my knowledge, i haven't played golf with him and think he does too many tv

commercials. boring, not a fan. remembered, tweeting i don't cheat at golf, but samuel l. jackson cheats with his game. trump added he doesn't like jackson's swing saying it's not athletic and adding that he's won many club championships. >> donald trump's a superior athlete? >> just ask him, he'll tell you. >> right. now to a major milestone for the royal family. prince george's first day of school. proud parents prince william and duchess kate shared a couple of shots to mark the occasion. >> they grow up so fast. 2-year-old george attending the prestigious west acre montessori school known for encouraging creative thinking. >> a palace source says they think it's an ideal program for him. he is so stinking cute. finally a quick update to our "skinny" stories yesterday. after reports of a growth being removed from her vocal chord, janet jackson posting a video message saying she does not have cancer. her doctors cleared her to resume her tour this spring.

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the newest face of louis vuitton's woman's line. yes, that's right. jaden smith is styling in ladies fashion. with this post on his instagram. thank you so much at louis viton and nicolas ghesquiere for the opportunity to impact this world. >> we are seeing an evolution and we're also seeing fashion do what fashion loves to do which is to play with our expectations to tug on our prejudices and top surprise us. >> reporter: in a press release, the company saying jayden represents a generation that has assimilated the codes of true freedom wearing a skirt comes as naturally to him as it would to a woman. the 17-year-old is known for stretching fashion boundaries from rocking dress-like outfits to dressing up as batman for the prom. his dad will smith telling ellen degeneres how he and wife jada

support all their children's choices. >> we decided a long time ago it's sort of better to flow with what people are naturally more than like what our egos need them to be. >> jayden telling gq in june, i'm just expressing how i feel inside which is really no particular way because pre day it changes how i feel about the world and myself. deborah roberts, abc news, new york. wow, i think that's interesting. he always does have so much support from his parents either way. >> he does. >> men's fashion revolution maybe. >> absolutely. maybe we'll wear a kilt or something a little bit later. >> maybe you. >> oh, i would be screaming, too. what in the world? >> why didn't you tie your shoes in that picture? you're going to fall down in your dress. >> what in the world is that outfit? i look sort of like a cross from run-d.m.c. from the '80s and just anybody's nightmare. is he wearing a skirt?

making news in america this morning, jumbo jackpot. no winner in last night's powerball pushing the next drawing into record territory. soaking storms pounding the west coast. rain triggered mudslides and flooded highways. a rescuer using a tractor to pull people to safety and another round of rain hitting today. caught on camera. frightening moment for firefighters surrounded by flames and smoke and then falling through a roof. a rude interruption move over kanye west there is a new stage crasher at last night's people's choice awards. and we do say good thursday morning, i'm kendis gibs