good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." the house and senate now have to combine their tax cut bill noose -- bills into a single piece of legislation. the u.s. and south korean air forces are now conducting their largest-ever joint exercise. the five-day exercise comes a week after north korea fired its most powerful missile. north korea says the drills move north korea to the brink of nuclear

aetna. aetna insures around 22 million people. if a deal is reached it could ultimately impact prescription drug prices. and the kennedy center honors have been held without president trump. the president says he skipped the event so the honorees could enjoy the night without any political distraction. they still partied as you can tell. it is december 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." a good morning to you all. we begin this half hour with the republican effort to change how much we all pay in taxes. it took a big step forward over the weekend when the senate passed its tax bill without the support of a single democrat. >> and now we're remembering our schoolhouse rock songs, because that bill must be combined with the one that the republicans in the house have passed. abc's lynda lopez has more about the

need to be reconciled. >> reporter: this week we may see more movement to pass the first tax reform bill in 30 years. >> as amended is passed. >> reporter: the senate passed theirs narrowly, 51-49. now it's up to the house to vote on its tax reform bill. and when that happens the house and senate must work out their differences. >> something beautiful is going to come out of that picture. >> we'll be able to get to an agreement in conference. i'm very optimistic about it. >> reporter: but there are key interests. the mortgage interest deduction, capped at a hundred,0$500,000 i bill. and the senate bill would allow tax cuts to expire in seven years. and there's opposition from students over a hou

provision that eliminates deductions for students. some legislators including republicans are against the high cost of this tax reform bill. the non-partisan committee says it will add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next ten years. lynda lopez, abc news, new york. and this week congress will work on avoiding a government shutdown. legislation to fund federal operations has to be passed by friday. mitch mcconnell says the shutdown is not going to happen. but some democrats said they would try to force a shutdown unless they tried to resolve the future of the d.r.e.a.m.ers. the investigation into russian meddling appears to be getting closer to the presidency. david wright with the details. >> reporter: president trump weighed in sunday on the investigation that threatens to unra

the special counsel's probe into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with trump campaign officials. trump tweeted, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. that tweet rebutting last spring's sworn testimony by fired fbi director james comey that trump had asked him to go easy on his investigation into trump's former national security adviser michael flynn. >> what he wanted me to do is drop any investigation connected to flynn's account to his conversations with the russians. >> reporter: president trump not only disputes that but accuses comb eve run being the bureau into the ground. after years of comey running the fbi, its reputation is in tatters, worst in history, he tweeted. on friday, special counsel robert mueller's probe extracted a guilty plea from flynn for

conversations with the russian ambassador. flynn pled guilty to a felony, his sentence reduced in exchange for his continued cooperation in building a case. some believe that probe is now zeroing in on trump and his inner circle for possible obstruction of justice, for reportedly telling comey to back off. >> i think what we're beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: here's news max ceo and trump ally, christopher ruddy's take on the latest developments. >> my view is that robert mueller pose the an extension threat to the trump presidency. >> reporter: but the president continues to fight back. david wright, abc news, washington. well, today's a big day. it is the deadline for the president to make a decision on the location of the u.s. embassy in israel. now his son-in-law, jared kushner who isn't out in publish often told a

that the president hasn't made up his mind yet. the president can delay the decision. israel wants the embassy in jerusalem. the palestinians say moving it from tel aviv is a deal breaker. overseas, bloody clashes broke out in yemen's capital city. five days of bombings have shake and already fragile alliance. the rebels say they fired a missile toward a nuclear power plant under construction in the uae which the uae denies. alabama senate republican candidate roy moore may have some momentum with the election a week away. new polls have him and his democratic challenger in a dead heat. >> what a man sows, so shall he

reap. >> reporter: new polls showing a tight race. moore up six among likely voters in a virtual dead heat with jones up slightly in a "washington post" poll. moore who campaigned in churches this week was expected to win the stronghold by a landslide until allegations surfaced that he dated high school girls when he was in his 30s. two of them accusing him of sexual assault. he has denied any wrongdoing. the cbs poll finding most alabama republicans, 71% don't believe the allegations. some speaking this week with tom. >> i don't believe it. it's been 40 years through five or six elections, and we haven't heard a single thing about it. >> it will help an agenda, our president's agenda, the people's agenda. >> reporter: with moore finding support, mitch mcconnell appears to be stepping back from his initial condemnation. >> the well women who have come forward are

he's not fit to be in the united states senate 689 . >> do you believe roy moore should be in the senate? >> i will let the people of alabama make the call. >> reporter: but it could prompt a senate ethics investigation. as for the people of alabama, we'll have to wait to see who shows up to vote. that is going to be a key factor in who wins this race. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> it will be interesting to watch in a week or so. the metropolitan opera has suspended world famous conductor james levine because of alleged sexual misconduct. three men have accused the 74-year-old of sexual contact with them when they were teenagers, starting back in the 1960s. overseas, european and african workers are moving to

libyan camps. many are being sold off as slaves. a migrant slave auction was caught on video with men being sold for $400. libya is the main transit point for those trying to reach europe by sea. up to 1 million people are bottled up in libyan detention centers amid reports of robbery, rape and murder among migrants. the and venezuela's president has a solution to the failing economy. the petro, the currency which he says will be backed by gold, oil and diamond wealth. the new krcrypto currency isn't going to happen, one says, it's just maduro being a clown. the prudential center in newark lost power for a few minutes while brooks was in concert. the crowd sang his

in low places" while waiting for the lights to come on. now to a so-called zoo in china that lets some patrons a little disappointed. >> so-called zoo. that's right. visitors weren't happy to find some of the animals were literally blow-up dolls. penguins advertised as being rare birds from the south pole turned out to be inflatable toys from the market. >> they didn't say real penguins, did they say, necessarily? that was a tortoise. they've got chickens and roosters on display, and ducks. they've got ducks at the zoo. >> are those real ducks? >> or decembgeese rather, they' all out. that zoo is really exciting. oh, there's the tortoise again. there you go. >> the second time a zoo with inflatable penguins has popped up in

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francisco's bay bridge. a box truck caused a chain reaction and killed a toll collector as well. the driver remains in the hospital. the crash may affect this morning's commute. we have a health alert about this year's flu season. >> health officials are warning that this year's flu strain is already spreading fast. >> reporter: the doctors are fearing the virus is hitting faster with case already spiking in some regions. louisiana, mississippi and south carolina already showing high levels of flu activity. compared to zero states this time last year. another concern, the national institutes of health warning this season's vaccine only may be 10% effective against this severe strain of the flu, a grim reality for the family of alana murrieta. her family says the 20 year old mother of two was

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this morning on "world news now," the president takes aim at the fbi. >> he says the bureau's standing is the worst in history after it helped bring a guilty plea from former national security advise ir-michael flynn. now the former head of the fbi who was fired by president trump now weighing in. senate candidate roy moore sticks to his church's only campaign tour. while many say they'll let the people of alabama decide. and defiant in detroit. the pontiac silverdome hoping to

proving to be built ford tough. ♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me >> yes, good enough for us, too, cookie monster. cause four celebration on this national cookie day, monday, december 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> national cookie day, not national cookie dough day. cookie dough day is a ditfferen day. i'm confused. i think we should move on. >> we are going to move on and begin with the president's twitter attacks against his own fbi department as it investigates any collusion with russia. >> in a series of tweets, the president said its reputation for fairness is in tatters, the worst in history. lawmakers and others rushed to defend the

saying the only thing in tatters is the president's respect for the rule of law. the president meanwhile may have turned up the heat on himself during the twitter storm. here's david wright. >> reporter: the white house is racing to explain this tweet from real donald trump. it appeared to admit for the first time that the president knew his former national security adviser had committed a crime. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. now the president's lawyer insists he drafted that tweet for trump. another white house official admits it was sloppy. the issue is significant, because former fbi director james comey gave sworn testimony that the president urged him to go easy on flynn. >> i took it as a direction. i mean, this is the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this. i took it as this is what he wanted me to do.

down, and trump ultimately fired him too. >> i think what we're beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: the president tweeted, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey lie. he also attacked the fbi, tweeting after years of comey with the phony and dishonest clinton investigation and more, running the fbi, its reputation is in tatters, worst in history. and trump also raised questions about a top investigator fired last summer by the special counsel after allegedly sending anti-trump tweets during the campaign. >> this president has been obsessed with this investigation, always saying there's nothing there, but each week another shoe drops. >> reporter: a rare public appearance by another top trump adviser. >> you've been in the

last few days. to say the least. >> reporter: son-in-law, jared kushner. sources familiar with the investigation say he's the very senior member of the transition team who, according to the flynn court documents, directed flynn to reach out to foreign governments during the transition, something flynn later lied about. the special counsel continues to build his case. now, with michael flynn's case. >> if there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, i can't think of a person who would know more about that than flynn. >> reporter: as for former fbi director comey, he is now shooting back, taking to instagram to post a montage of fbi agents hard at work. he writes, the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. a quote from his opening statement to the senate select committee. david wright, abc news, the white house. >> david thank you. we saw jared

making a rare public appearance at a forum on the middle east in washington. he acknowledged there are many stumbling blocks to achieving peace between the israelis and palestinians. >> we do think it is achievable. and we think there is a lot of reasons why this is a time why it should happen. >> president trump may decide today whether to keep the u.s. embassy in tel aviv or move it to jerusalem. the palestinians say jerusalem is a kedeal breaker, and curb nr says the president hasn't made a decision. the kennedy honors were

attended by the president and first lady. they canceled the usual reception. the white house said that was done so honorees could enjoy it without any political distraction. and today congressional leaders will start the process of combining the tax bills that were passed separately by the house and senate. the senate's version was passed over the weekend in the middle of the night. no democrats voting for t among the differences between the bills that must be reconciled is the mortgage deduction. in the senate, it's $1 million but capped at $500,000 in the house. separately, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there will be no government shutdown this week. some democrats said they would try to force a shutdown unless congress resolved the future of d.r.e.a.m.ers program. alabama senate candidate roy moore has momentum. a new

points against doug jones, another poll shows jones ahead by try points. an overwhelming number of alabama republicans, 71%, say they don't believe the sexual misconduct allegations against moore. the idea was repeated by some members of a group called bikers for trump. >> how many times he ran for office, and we haven't heard anything. >> we do not need a man that is not in support of our second amendment rights. >> a few weeks ago, mitch mcconnell said moore should end his campaign because of the allegations against him. and there are new developments this morning in the sexual assault case of a former swimmer from stanford university. bro brock turner's legal team is appealing the verdict saying that what happened was consensual. here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: brock turner whose six

outrage across the country is appealing his conviction. the former star stanford university swimmer served just three months behind bars. now more than a year later, his attorney filing this appeal, claiming the actual evidence does not support any of the three convictions. saying turner, who maintained the encounter was consensual did not get a fair trial. >> she was completely unconscious. >> reporter: the district attorney argued the then 22-year-old victim "emily doe" was intoxicated when he sexually assaulted her. two students say they witnessed him on top of her and dhaschasem away. the victim read a powerful statement in court that went viral, saying you tried unyieldingly to save yourself, your reputation at my ex-pension. turner received a fair trial, we were told, n

back emily doe's legacy of raising the awareness of sexual assault. the judge is still facing backlash, but if this appeal is granted it will be presided over by a different judge. santa monica, california. a winter storm is moving across the northern plains overnight bringing snow and strong winds. by tomorrow morning it will be much colder throughout the midwest. it will feel like single digits in many areas. the cold air will keep marching east as they do and may trigger lake-effect snow off the great lakes. woo-hoo! we expect temperatures below average for much of the eastern u.s. for the next two weeks. 19 in burlington, vermont. >> zero in minneapolis, chilly! >> that's the feels-like temperature. >> that's the important one. christmas is a few weeks away, but chr

for some this year. >> they hit the slopes for the sunday santa charity event. they've got some speed. >> lots of santas. and check out what happened in north carolina. one kriss kringle there wanted to practice coming down the chimney. he rappels down the mountain in can chimney rock state park. >> how big of a chimney does he expect. >> the climb is 300 feet, and he's going to be doing it again next week. >> okay. all right. >> why not. >> santa, we hope. >> and in between, he and mrs. claus will be handing use presents. >> we hope he makes it to christmas day. >> be careful. coming up, we're having a cocktail party. no, not that kind of cocktail. we're talking shrimp cocktail and enthusiastic shellfish eaters, mind you. and before you shop online, make sure you know ma you're getting. and remember to find us on facebook on wnn

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until 1:00 p.m. >> too soon. like rough football jokes. >> they're hoping that gravity will take care of the issue? >> yeah. that ought to work, right? >> wait and see. >> all right, we have a new warning this morning for consumers with just 20 days until christmas. >> a number of holiday shoppers are finding that some of this year's most popular toys and electronics sold online are fakes. here's erielle reshef. fingerlings, one of the hottest holiday toys. so when mom found them on walmart.com, she ordered them immediately. but when the package arrived. >> there was miswording on the package. the product inside wasn't, you know, wasn't secured. the color was leaching off of the product onto their hands. >> it was just really scary. we were really disappointed. >> reporter: turns out her toys were fake, sold by a third party on walmart's website. walmart ga

saying they take these issues very seriously. toys, among a litany of items frequently knocked off many more than $1.3 billion in counterfeit goods soo goods seized last year. >> when you're shopping over the holiday season you have to be very aware, especially when dealing with third parties. >> reporter: experts say look out for misspellings or prices too high or too low, and make sure any website you order from has safeguards for consumers. they can be dangerous. authorities have seized toys with lead in them and electronics that can catch fire. coming up, a nanny who watched out for more than the kids, see how she caught a package thief in the act and what you're supposed to do.

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♪ oh, mercy, it was busy, busy weekend for sports. fans are arguing over whether the college football playoff committee made the right choice. >> fans of the ohio state buckeyes are not happy. they think their team should be in the playoffs, surprise, surprise, especially after winning the big 10 fight saturday night. >> alabama will face clemson for the third straight year. clemson of course, the victory from last year, this year. oklahoma will take on georgia. >> more importantly, boston college is going to the pinstripe bowl, yeah, baby. >> woo. is that right? boston college. >> yeah! >> oswego still doesn't have a football team. >> and rob gronkowski grew up outside buffalo, though he

he may have a few people angry with him over there. >> so gronk tapped tra davous white. >> what? what? >> while the rookie was on the ground. >> he just said aye, you okay? gronkowski apologized for that love tap and said he was frustrated after white picked off a pass. he was penalized but stayed in the game as he's allowed to. >> look at that shoulder down, straight for the dive. >> he slipped. >> all right. >> that's all it was. >> and amid some talk that had coach mcado could be fired. the giants played -- [ laughter ] they played without eli manning for the first time since 2004. or they tried to play, to quote jack. he started in oakland, sacked three

the giants lost to the raiders, 17-24. >> if i'm eli, i'm saying, i'm not going in if they ask me to. >> that's what they call my husband when they call my house. mr. mcado. the seahawks flew high over the nfc east. the loss ended the eagles' nine-game winning streak. >> and ended the streak of awesome touchdown celebrations. they play the rams in la. on sunday. >> and finally, the world's best ket competitive eaters were -- no this isn't you. this is an eating competition, and it involves shrimp cocktail. >> it took place there in indianapolis, of course. your all, where they're surrounded by all that water. joey chestnut took the lead early, downing more than ten

cocktail. that's one of the spiciest on the planet. last year he ate 15 pounds in eight minutes. he's slowing down in his old age. >> he's allergic to chest nuts, though.

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day. the 40th annual national cookie day. mrs. fields hooked us up with some good cookies. >> mr. fields did nothing. >> the best part of this is they said oh. >> oh, wow. >> how do you taste? >> guys, i have a cookie! >> i love -- that's my face. >> let's see. >> that's like five years ago. but it's my face. the guy with hair. that looks great, right? all right. how do you taste? >> ready? >> it's going to take a while. i'll just. good. yeah. >> i'm going to bite into it. not surprising, i taste a little salty. >> nutritious. so -- >> happy national cookie day, ev

i'm going to eat all of these. >> so somebody overindulged in florida. >> not on cookies, though. check out what happened to this possum. >> we've heard drunk as a skunk. >> apparently, the possum in okaloosa broke into a liquor store and helped itself to a few different drinks of choice. >> how did he get the bottles open? >> apparently, he was downing some bourbon when wildlife people came in and rescued the possum. i'm not so sure the possum was happy to be rescued. >> nobody likes going to aa do you think that possum is like, hi, my name is -- >> he's been treated and released. the possum is doing well this mourni mourni morning, although he's craving chicken fingers. >> would you pay $5,000 for wine

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this morning on "world news now," bending the bill. the republicans plan to change the tax code has more hurdles before the next vote. and will this one-party push spell political success, or will democrats say "i told you so" if the economy falls flat. and billy bush has a new message for the president. the former tv host lost his job after the release of the "access hollywood" tape. where the president now says that it may not be real. overnight, bush is issuing a direct reply to that. and new this hour, the nanny turned crime-fighter. >> she's being credited for her quick thinking, taking down a

package thief after the get away car takes off. see what happens next. ♪ ♪ shake your body ♪ shake your body >> gloria estefan making history at the kennedy center honors. with fears the eventual would get too political, so did it? and who else got a fancy necklace? we'll tell you, coming up in "the skinny" on monday. december 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ rhythm is going to get you ♪ rhythm is going to get you >> every time i'm at a party and i have a couple too many drink and i start breaking out my dance moves, that's when i'm like, gloria estefan, you were right. the rhythm is going to get you. that's what happens. >> and then everyone looks at you strangely. >> absolutely. gloria's role in my life. but we're going to start this hour with the republican drive to push a tax cut through congress. >> now that the senate has approved its version it has to

passed in the house. the house plans to vote today to formally set up a conference committee to hammer out the differences. republicans are trying to act quickly in order to get it to the president's desk by christmas. >> here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: the senate passing the sweeping tax bill in the dead of the night. >> the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >> reporter: leaving democrats fuming. about the hand-written changes. >> can you tell me what that word is? if you can, you have better eyes than me. >> reporter: now the republicans racing to get the bill on the president's desk before christmas. >> now we go on to conference, and something beautiful is going to come out of that picture. >> reporter: there are some major differences between the house and senate bills. both bills would reduce the corporate tax rate to 20%, but the timing of when the cut kicks in is different. jim owns a small restaurant in chattanooga, tennessee and is excited about the prospect of

a kwut in the future. >> that's what i need so i can give my employees a much-needed increase in pay. >> reporter: the other difference, the mortgage deduction bill, capped $500,000 in the house bill, the senate bill keeps it at $1 million. the medical expense deduction, the house bill repeals it. the senate bill expands it. and the house bill makes the individual tax cuts permanent. the senate bill would allow the tax cuts to expire in seven years. >> why not make it so you can say everybody in the middle class will get a tax cut that's permanent? >> it's impossible to do that. you can't craft any bill that would gaurn guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase. >> reporter: graduate students marching this week over the house bill's provision to repeal deductions for student loan interest rates. >> it will make graduate

class. >> reporter: how much will it cost? many republicans are arguing it will pay for itself by promoting economic growth. but some say the senate bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. stephanie ramos, abc news, capitol hill. president trump makes a quick trip to utah today. he's expected to sign an executive order shrinking two national monuments. it's a move requested by state lead he is -- leaders, recommended by the interior secretary and opposed by environmental leaders. more protests are expected today. so as the president heads to the chopper, i'm sure he will face plenty of questions today about his latest tweets slamming the fbi. they came two days after his former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. michael flynn struck a deal with robert mueller who's investigating russian influence on the presidential election,

but the president himself is saying that the fbi's reputation is in tatters, the worst in history. this as a top democrat on the house intelligence committee thinks this is only the start. >> i do believe he will incriminate others in the administration, otherwise there was no reason for bob mueller to give mike flynn this kind of a deal. >> that plea agreement does not indicate that there's very much else there. >> the president's tweets about the fbi included one that may cause him some bit of trouble. he said he had to fire flynn because he had lied to the fbi. that right there may raise questions about obstruction of justice. new this morning, president trump is catching heat from former tv host billy bush. in today's "new york times", bush is accusing the president of quote, indulging in revisionist history for reportedly denying it was his voice on the "access hollywood" tape. the "new york times" has reported that the president has

privately told aides that the voice making lewd remarks about women was not his. bush says of course he said it, we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical. hot air from america's top-rated bloviater. along with me, there were several other guys on the bus. every one of us assumed that we were listened to a crass standup act. he was performing. surely, we thought, none of this was real. well, now we know better. the u.s. and south korean air forces are now conducting a massive five-day drill. the exercises are said to be the largest ever conducted by the two countries. they include hundreds of aircraft, including two dozen u.s. stealth fighters. lindsey graham said now is the time for u.s. military families in south korea to leave. graham also said he believes conflict with the north is getting close. >> it's crazy to send spouses and children to south korea

korea, so i want them to stop sending dependents, and it's time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. >> the air force drills come a week after north korea fired its most powerful missile ever. kim jong un's regime claim the exercises push the peninsula to the brink of war. neighbors searched the wards near a missing girl's home. chelsea noel walked out of her house in port st. lucie wearing just her nightgown. the little girl is autistic and doesn't speak. divers have searched a nearby canal and bloodhounds have also been used. and a man will be in court today in connection with the missing f missing frisina. rodriguez is in

frisina's parents say they're seeking counseling. a blockbuster deal could reshape the nation's health care industry. cvs is hoping to purchase aetna for $69 billion. now cvs runs nearly 10,000 drugstores and 1100 walk-in clinics. wall street analysts say if the acquisition is successful, it would fuel an expansion of health care services at cvs. big day today, not only is it national cookie day, but it's also a big anniversary. you might want to put your phone down if you're texting. >> all right, cool. we just passed a historic milestone in the history of texting. it was exactly 25 years ago that the world's first ever sms, short message service was sent. >> the british engineer sent the text from a computer to the mobile pho

vodafone. there were two words "merry christmas". >> those two words were the beginning of a seismic change in how we communicate with each other. here's how we reported on the growing phenomenon in 2001. >> the latest edition of the concise oxford dictionary came out today with an interesting new section on abbreviations, such as bblr, call back later, and hnd, have a nice day. it sounds to some people like a whole new language, and it is. here's abc's ned potter. >> h-e-l-l-o and an exclamation point is a capitalized a. >> and now you're thinking why not just give me a phone call. >> reporter: but look around, and instead of calling you will see more people texting. it's cheap, it's cool, it's just like e-mail but with you all the time. >> it will never catch on. >> it will never catch on. >> be one of those trendy, faddy things. >> send a text right now. >> remember when you had to dial

each individual letter for each number? then there it was t-9 next. mind-blowing. >> it was easy. you could just say, "you up"? coming up, the worst get away driver ever. >> left behind an apparent package thief, caught by a very angry nanny. so what happened. and d.j. callan celebrating another one. his birthday bash brought out an elite group of party-goers. >> he's celebrating another one. we're going to run through it in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now." ching "world news now."

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onto the cement truck and it gets him out of the mess. >> ooh, that's going to be a rough repair. >> oops. and here at home, a would-be package thief is in trouble after being caught by the family nanny. >> and by be being caught, we literally mean being caught. >> reporter: it was a sight captured all too often on home security cameras this time of year. those holiday deliveries, disappearing in the hands of thieves, but a warning to would-be grinches. someone like kate anderson, a nanny in washington state may be watching. >> it was very intense. >> reporter: here you see the getaway driver take off. apparently scared by anderson sprinting outside. she tackles the accused thief, brings her back to the house and holds her there until police arrive. >> she literally was like i was just checking your address. no, girl, i have cameras. >> reporter: cameras in michigan helping stop this would-be thief.

the homeowner seeing the video of him approaching and quickly chasing him away. >> the cameras not only deal with the case and the investigation after the fact. but now it's able to alert the homeowners when someone comes close to their home. >> reporter: some advice for experts, install a system with live monitoring on your smartphone that includes alarm and voice features so you can react when you're not home. track packages so you know when they're arriving, then make arrangements for someone to be home or ship to a secure address. and don't put yourself in danger to catch a crook in the act. though anderson says she has no regrets. >> someone's doing something wrong, i am not afraid. >> maybe we'll just have to keep kate as our house forever. >> reporter: instead of approaching someone stealing from outside your home, focus on being a good witness. identify the type of vehicle, license plate number and tak

phone if can you. that will help police on their investigation. >> i think that get away driver missed the memo. you're not the only one who's supposed to get away. >> that was a baby driver. he watched the movie, like, no, i got this, i got this. >> no, you don't got it. when we come back, ladies love cool j and beyond, i would say. so does the rest of the country. plus a -- go ahead. >> yeah, all about cool j and the big birthday bash. >> "the skinny's" next . >> "the skinny's" next

♪ ♪ oh, what a feelin' ♪ when we're dancin' on the ceiling ♪ >> lionel richie tops off "the skinny" for us, because he is one of the newest kennedy center honorees. >> he joins gloria

>> last night's event was the first rapper, the youngest honoree at 49 years old. and a performance of "mama says" >> "knock you out". listen to gloria's. ♪ shake your body ♪ shake your body >> is that like the cast from the show? do you think? gloria estefan, the first cuban american to receive the award. you are bffs with gloria. >> we are bffs. no big deal. by the way, the president was not at the event. he said he didn't want to create a political distraction. >> but there was plenty of partying going on and a big bash that took place in beverly hills that really drew a crowd. is he diddy again? what is he? diddy gathered some of his closest friends for dj callan's 42nd birthday. >> some of the notable names, fergie, chris

williams with very red hair apparently. >> snoop dogg, jamie foxx, the arabian nights theme on a private estate. >> that is kelly rowland from destiny's child who sang happy birthday. to the guest of honor. >> and callan's son made an entrance in his aston martin stroller. you know you've made it when you have an aston martin stroller. and the caterer. >> so the party then ended with a danceoff with love. that's sean p-diddy's son there. >> all going at it there. that is "the" party event. jesse williams as well. yeah. >> i didn't get invited, but whatever, whatever. >> he'll have another one. and prince harry and meghan markle have made their first

public appearance. everybody was very excited. >> yeah. so the crowd was psyched. perhaps no one was as pumped at british tv reporter, alison hamped. >> this is their first royal event together. there she is. can you see them? >> harry! harry! is right here. so exciting! harry! harry! harry! come and get warmed up by me! >> go on, go on. don't give up. >> where's meghan, alison? >> right, i'm looking for meghan, she's on the other side! >> shout at her! >> she looks amazing. >> harry. i think she scared him a little bit. >> she's like harry, come and get warmed up here.

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making news in america this morning, president trump versus the fbi. the president takes on the bureau claiming its reputation is in tatters. this as his personal lawyer comes forward with an explanation about the controversial tweet about michael flynn this weekend that critics claim could build a case for obstruction of justice. new overnight, u.s. fighter jets launching the biggest ever military drill of its kind over the korean peninsula. the north claiming the drill could push them to the brink of nuclear war. this morning, a top senator calls on american military families to leave the region. deadly shark attack. a wall street executive is killed while scuba diving at a popular location. hear what