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>> what do you know? >> you'll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> reporter: trump is pushing back against the conclusion of 17 u.s. intelligence agencies that russia was behind the hacking. >> i know a lot about hacking. and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. >> reporter: president obama has just counterpunched with sanctions, but will trump keep them? his team says they're waiting on a full white house review. >> the idea we're jumping to conclusions before a final report is frankly, irresponsible. were but for now trump says there's only one way for sure to prevent cyber attacks. >> if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered the old fashioned way. i'll tell you what. no computer is safe. >> reporter: and trump is weighing in on north korea responding to the claims they're repairing to test a long range missile that could reach the u.s. trump tweeting that won't happen. mary bruce, abc use, the white house. more than
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debris may be linked to a jet that vanished. they have been searching the lake for bodies as well as the plane since the weekend. authorities confirmed a bag that washed ashore sunday belonged to one of the passengers. six people were on board that plane including the pilot, his wife, and their two sons. in texas now four children are dead after an accidental chemical gas poisoning. they say a chemical reaction occurred when one person tried to wash off a des side that was sprayed under the house. monday night neighbors gathered to remember the victims. officials say six others who were hospitalized are not out of the woods yet. a reality tv star used a gun to scare off three people she claims were trespassing at her home. it was captured on security cameras. kenya moore says she has a right to protect herself. moore, a former miss usa is offering
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who can identify the alleged trespassers. and check this out. that's a leopard. it injured at least 20 people during this incident. eventually wildlife officials subdued the animal. the u.s. financial markets reopened after the weekend. they ended an otherwise outstanding year with the dow short of the 20,000 mark. the dollar ended the year strong and appears to be staying that way heading into the new year. and spacex is hoping to start 2017 on a better note. the company plans to resume flights as early as sunday with planned launches for several satellite launches. the company says it knows now why one of the rockets exploded in september. and they figured out how to prevent it from happening again. the launch needs approval from the federal aviation
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football what's being called an instant classic at the rose bowl. it was penn state taking on ucs. >> there was a six point lead at halftime, and then the nittany lions exploded in the third. but the fourth quarter belonged to the trojans. they scored 17 unanswered points including this 46 yard field goal just as time expired. >> usc wins 52-49. the teams combined for more than 1,000 yards on offense. >> at least they did put on a good show. >> absolute lly. >> a good game. an entertaining game to watch. and earlier there were no security issues at the urnment of roses parade. the float that got the most attention was a record setter.
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>> it was a k-9 wave maker float. the dogs riding waves setting world records for the largest and heaviest float in the par e parade's long history. i can only imagine what they come up with next year. how about that. they had a wave machine at the end making the waves for -- >> can we just address the fact that the dogs are better at standing on a surfboard than i am. >> they're better at standing than you much less the fact that they're surfing. >> how do they even do that? >> they get the board back there and then the dogs just go on. >> i am so fascinated by this. >> forget the fact there were 40 other floats apparently. >> something about flowers. >> nice job to everybody there. >> coming up the dramatic rescue of a driver pulled from a car. how one video journalist capturing quickly turned from
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into action. becoming the hero of the story. and keeping your fingers warm this winter, usually can interfere with your smart phone use, but not anymore. we'll take on touch screen gloves and find out which ones work. first, it is good to be 25. not us but the show. the show is 25 years old and starting tomorrow we are going to celebrate, people. you don't want to miss this.
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and my cold medicines' ugh, iwearing off.chtime i'm dragging. yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. no thank you very much, she's gonna stick with the short-term stuff. 12 hours? guess i won't be seeing you for a while. is that a bisque? i just lost my appetite. why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. this could put a damper on your new year vacation, watching your suv just roll right off the ferry. now, no one was actually in the vehicle. this happened in australia. but the backpackers say they lost their phones, debit cards, passports, and other valuables. one member of the group says
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ferry crew wasn't any help other than just telling them to, quote, chill out. >> oh. i mean, really. what else do you have to do? >> chill out, mate. and after leading police on a slow speed chase through los angeles neighborhoods, this assault suspect appeared ready to surrender waving his arms out of the car window, but then i guess he changed his mind and took off on foot. the cops took aim and fired bean bags at him. then he decided it was time to chill out and surrender for real. this sounds like a scene out of a 34movie. >> the photographer covering this ended up jumping in and becoming part of the story. >> reporter: a terrifying new year's crash caught on camera. by the man who would end up saving that driver's life. >> i put my video camera down, grabbed my fire extinguisher and flashlight and ran across
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3:00 a.m. sunday a news photographer spots this stalled vehicle in the middle of a busy california highway with no caution lights. the car burst into flames trapping the man inside. he springs into action. >> i just got met with flames and smoke. i took a deep breath and managed to pull out his shoulder belt and rip him out. >> reporter: he gets the man out of harm's way just in time. >> less than five seconds to live. >> reporter: the man was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. >> i couldn't have lived with myself if i didn't try to get him out. >> reporter: the man is expected to survive. california highway patrol called the reporter to help him. >> the man is very lucky he was there at the time. and we are lucky he caught it on camera as well. coming up, tackling the age old problem of
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it has nothing to do with the dwlov. there's no sensitivity in this entire body. >> not even on the fingertips? >> no. >> it's a 21 st century problem. >> there's a new crop of touch screen gloves that promise to give you warmth and work on phones. >> reporter: typing in the woco, a pain in more ways than one. regular gloves don't work with touch screens and here's why. the fabric blocks the charge from your finger which activates your phone. nick guy from wire cutter.com evaluated 12 pair of touch screen gloves to figure out how well they work. looking at all these, they don't have those tips. >> the technology has advanced. they sew in silver and copper thread that allow you to use your touch s
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>> reporter: he camped out in a temperature controlled brewery cooler like this one keeping it consistently frosty, just above freezing while he texted, used apps and played game. now it's my turn. it's cold in here. 37 degrees. first up, the moshi digits. >> these were our favorite. we found they were nice and warm, but we were also able to type well with the thumbs on them. >> reporter: how well can i type in a brewery cooler? well, no typos. >> looks like you did pretty good. >> reporter: get gloves with gripping material on the palm. see how well the phone stays in the glove. and he says watch out for gloves with extra material or seams on the tip. it reduces touch screen ability. gio benitez, abc news. >> and the wire cutter gets
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>> it had good songs. >> it had a lot of songs. when some expecting parents went to the hospital over the new year's break, they didn't expect to leave there with twins born in separate years. >> that's right. >> minutes apart and yet, a year apart at the same time. what are the odds? >> reporter: new evret arriving during the first minute of 2017. >> i really thought it was going to be pregnant for another day. >> who is this next to him? that is sawyer. same parents. but born in the last few minutes of 2016. and yes, that makes them twins, twins born in two different years, of course, with two different birthdays. a similar thing happened this year in arlington, texas, twin
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girls, and in salt lake city, twin boys. about one in 2 million odds. better than winning the lottery. to the winning parents, congratulations on kids that are special from day one, or is that day one and day two? abc news. >> it kind of is. that's really cool. >> you are four times more likely to get struck by lightning than have that happen? >> but it clearly happened to quite a few parents over the holiday. >> sure. >> that's the news for this half hour. >> follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com, on twitter as well as on instagram. stay with us for more news this morning.
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this morning on "world news now," breaking news. nationwide outage at the country's busiest airports. >> many travelers are returning to a not so pleasant surprised. long lines caused tempers to flare when customs officials had to process people by hand. and storms turning deadly and killing four people in alabama. tornado watches are continuing as high winds are toppling trees. and the growing beef between the world's biggest burger maker and the center of the catholic church. hear why the opening at the vatican is becoming so emotional. and minutes before midnight on
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