♪ >> reporter: for decades, legendary musician david bowie entertained audiences around the world. ♪ >> with favorites including "young americans" and his first hit "changes." ♪ >> he was a renaissance man. he was a superstar. and i truly believe that david bowie's death will be on a par with jfk's, with elvis's. >> reporter: his biographer says the singer was magnificent. david cameron calling him a master of reinvention. >> today we're mourning the los& of an immense british talent. i mean, geniuses are overused word. but i think musically creatively, artis likely, he was a genius. >> reporter: born david jones in south london, his unique sound and style inspired and influenced generations of

musicians from mick jagger to duran duran to madonna, from singing to acting, he did it all. starring in movies like "the hunger" and "the man who fell to earth." just last friday on his 69th birthday, he released his 25th and final album "rock star." this album reportedly a carefully planned finale a parting gift to his fans. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. last known survivor of the 1906 san francisco earthquake has died. william del monte was 3 months old when the quake struck. remembered his dramatic escape from the burning city. his family grabs a horse drawn wagon and made its way out of the city william was still working as a stockbroker then and he was just days away from turning 110 years old. >> well, there's no question that winter has arrived for western new york. some areas east of lake erie, look at these pictures.

>> whoa. >> of nearly two feet of snow on the ground and more is on the way today. that car. arctic air is reacting with the warm water producing lake-effect snow. there could be as much as four feet of snow by tomorrow night. and, of course, it's going to be accompanied by gusty winds. okay, so here's the rest of today's forecast. in the meantime, snow from the ohio valley to northern new england. below zero windchills in minneapolis and chicago. freeze warnings along the gulf coast. heavy rain and up to a foot and a half of mountain snow in the west. >> 4 degrees in minneapolis, teens and 20s in chicago, detroit and kansas city. 60s in los angeles, miami and dallas. well, it won't cost as much to heat your home or run your car this winter. crude oil prices now at their lowest level in 12 years after losing another 5% yesterday. the national average for gasoline below $2 a gallon. it's a combination of a worldwide oversupply and less

demand from the slowing chinese economy. but for many americans oil and gas producers they go bust. >> okay. >> there's a crucial meeting tomorrow between the head of volkswagen and the head of the environmental protection agency. the embattled german automaker plans to present the epa with a plan to fix the diesel engines that cheated on tests. more than half a million volkswagens in this country have the faulty software. >> general motors is taking another giant step towards the self-driving car. many cars have the ability to park themselves, no driver need. this one i guess is going in and out of the garage you see there. >> all by itself. the company says it will work best for drivers trying to get their cars into tight spaces in parking lots. the feature also includes the ability for the car to the parallel park itself, which would be fantastic. >> the ceo elon musk says the car can detect small dogs

crossing its path and there's a feature that engages and automatically stops the vehicle. >> yeah, that would be my self-driving car. >> i was just about to say that. >> it would basically reflect the way we drive. >> there's a reason you take the subway every day. >> coming up, shedding i tears before a judge. the woman accuses of high profile jewelry heists. >> also ahead the monster wave that sidelined one of the most talented world surfers. what what was he thinking? he's comentsds in an abc exclusive. >> using ballet moves to get as fit as a professional dancer. do you have what it takes? you're watching "world news now." >> "world news now" weather. brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program.

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going to have a good time. >> reporter: after the fbi started posting photos from the robberies, they say the calls came pouring in. friends claiming they saw her wearing jewelry that she in no way could you afford. police named this man as her alleged accomplice, 35-year-old louis jones iii, already jailed on other charges. kemp has a bond hearing on thursday. she has not yet entered a plea. if she's convicted of these charges, the maximum punishment is 20 years. survive osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> wow. >> that's a long time. >> all right. >> coming up, beauty through ballet. >> the benefits of dancing are no secret. and now there's a workout routine to get the results. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "wor

♪ >> so apparently not all of us can grow up to be ballerinas. some of us have to settle with being talking heads on tv.

even though we can't live out our ballet dreams, of course, we can benefit from the workout. >> i've been trying to get you to do this. >> i can't. >> there are plenty of models, celebrities all looking to ballet to give them the lean toned look. nikki battiste already has that look and collected it out ♪ >> reporter: we're at ballet beautiful in new york city. and we're about to know you how the super models get those sexy models. >> up, two. >> reporter: what inspired ballet beautiful? >> initially this was just a series of exercises that i put together for myself when i was dancing with the new york city ballet and then later expanded into an entire method. >> so really it's it's ballet meets fitness. >> exactly eb it's exercises that are going to target what i would call your ballet muscles. that's how we're shaping the body. it's about not only the way that you're moving through space but which muscles you're targeting.

>> reporter: is anyone not in pain? >> i'm in pain. so we're focusing on the inner thigh. you do the workout. the back, the insides of the legs and thighs, outside of the hips, the butt. >> reporter: by booty is burning. >> reporter: abs, working on your posture. toning our arms, back, upper body but building the strength to hold that beautiful posture and avoiding muscles that will bulk and build up. don't lift the shoulders. so you're working the muscles really, really hard. but they're stretching. they're elongating and the way they end up being shaped is completely different. >> natalie port olympian in "black swan," you were responsible for her dancing. you trained her for the movie. >> yes, we started preparing a year before the movie even went into production. we started at about the two hours a day, ballet beautiful exercises, ballet class, building her stamina, sculpting her body, giving her the

strength she needed to go through that very rigorous training. ♪ >> you even trained some victoria secret angels. why do they come to you? >> i think the angels end up working with us at ballet beautiful because they're looking for that ultimate expression of their female forms. >> reporter: which move to the angels cringe when you have them do it? what burns the most for them? >> outer thighs we did today. we would put on a one-pound weight so that is like a whole other level of burn. they love it but they hate it at the same time. >> >> having a taste taste of that without any of that is torture. how did i do today? >> you did great. i was so impressed. >> thank you. >> nikki does look great. >> i'd probably watch one of the classes. >> i think of you as like a mikhael baryshnikov. >> hello. >> look at you. >> i look pretty fierce. >> you do look fierce. you've got that posture thing

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this morning on "world news now," deadly fire fight. >> the gunfire, grenades and military might. to take-down. [ applause ] . new video and inside information about the drug lord's arrest and when he'll be sent to the u.s. >> tight races from the democrats exchanging words to donald trump taking his campaign to a new direction. new surprises from the iowa, new hampshire polls. national champions. alabama's exciting win last night over undefeated clemson. the big plays that led to a crimson tide victory. and remembering david bowie. his unforgettable music and his constantly changing style. the tributes coming in on this tuesday, january 12th. ♪