>> reporter: authorities reveal the terror couple may have had access to a second car, a black lexus, registered to farook's mother. fbi found shooting range targets and empty gopro camerasinside. his mother was put on the u.s. terror watch list and his fher was added to make sure they don't leave the country. >> reporter: officials have discovered some $28,500 deposit into farook's bank account, apparently from an online loan account. the money was likely to be used take care of the baby daughter the couple was leaving behind. brian ross, abc news, new york >> that story moving over time. thank you, brian. last month's terror attacks in paris are costing the travel industry. air france says it lost $54 million from bomb threat hoaxes and other hoaxes.

occurring this month, most to and from flights to paris. tickets are office but the airline expects them to recover. the shortage of air traffic controllers in the u.s. dands urgent attention. that's a warning from a transportation official to congress. he says 13 of the nation's busiest airports are below minimum staffing quirents. that includes new york, dallas, denver and chicago. a union official warns one-third of current air traffic controllers are actually eligible to retire. >> unsettling. as thenation's safety rating system for new cars and trucks is getting a major upgrade. starting in 2019 in order to earn five stars, vehicles will be requiredo have new safety technology including rear visibility cameras, blind spot detection and collision avoidance systems.

more anatomically correct crash test dummies. his name is mark gallagher, aka santa claus and spreading cheer in his golf cart. he started with a few christmas lights and now tricked out with snoopy, a snowman and even rudolph with a blinking red nose. >> he flies his magic sleigh through the neighborhood until christmas day. >> we he to hop on that sleigh, richard. looks like a golf cart with a bunch of christmtmas lights. >> yeah. i'm not getting on it. coming up -- >> it's all yours. >> i'd go for the ride. coming up in "the skinny" -- the highest paid musicians of the years. also ahead, the challenging moving role for chris hemsworth, dropping so much weight for "the

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the question i was asking you, if he were to go independent, which he's notot ruling out, would you if you were a supporter of his, and certainly quite a lot of you bas on the show, based on yesterday's social media, if he went gop, wldou follow him? that would split the vote for the election. a lot of people would think it would hand the white house to hillary clinton. would you follow him? @richardpbacon. >> h apparently signed a pledge back in september saying he would not run as an independent. >> which he had to do, in order to qualify for the primary in two states. he actually had to, didn't he? >> it will be interesting if he goes bac on his word. >> the whole story is gripping isn't it? turning now to holiday decorating and a popular new way to deck the halls without all the effort. >> more and more lasers are used but there's a potential downside. jason whitley from our dallas

>> reporter: the newest christmas lights are laser red, green and blue lasers projected onto hes are a cheaper way to decorate this year. but they're also a problem for pilots of passing planes, according to the faa. >> i don't think anybody who buys one of t these little devices is putting it up wit even the first thought that it might have enough power to hit an aircraft in the sky. >> reporter: you can buy these laser lights at walgreens, targets and other department stores. they'll cost about 40 bucks or so. an american airlines pilot reported to the faa he was flying into df thursday n night and saw lights from tse lasers at 15,000 feet up. >> if the box is aimed a little high, some of the -- some of the laser light will not hit the roof of the house, for example. it will just kp going f into space.

pilots have reported them as well. that america jet was over garland at the time. it's a new fad, festive on the ground, but creating concern in the sky. >> thank you so much. the classic '80s film getting the live tv musical treatment. >> and who gets what? the lest high-profile hollywood divorce? "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.reen red roses too i see them bloom for me and you and i think to myself what a wonderful world music

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boom! there we go. i thought we should try to do that today. >> you have the easier role. >> oh, boy. >> i need more than three hours' sleep, i tell you that. i would be delighted to lift you into the air, reena. >> we give you a pass on that. >> moi point is, these truly iconic films, if you go long enough without watching them, it becomes a point of pride,ven if you've never seen it. >> really? this is an american history ment, pop culture moment. you must see it. it's not good that you haven't seen that. >> that will be on abc, on this channel, when that eventually comes out. what else have you got? >> the "forbes" highest paid musician list. we'll start with number five. eagles, taylor swift, garth

do you know who sings this song -- i've got friends in low places where the whisky drowns >> no. but i bet they sing it better than you. >> that was garth brooks. number one person? >> katy perry. >> katy perry. >> i did know that. she earns more than one direction. >> $135 miion. she's now the industry's main money-maker. she is the highest paid musician in the world. >> and significantly more than taylylor swift. swift with $80 million and katy perry with $135 million. >> this istaylor, right? >> yes. sorry. just enjoying listening to it. that thing i mentioned yesterday, it's called ear worm. ear worm. it's a mashup of all 50 of the most popular songs. >> it'sgood. >> it makes you nostalgic for the year before it ends.

>> i don't like talking about hollywood divorces but antonio banderas and melanie griffith divorcing. guess how much he has to fork out? $65,000 a month. but apparently it's civil. the couple agreed mutually. she's going to get the home in colorado. he's going to keep the condo in new york city.y. so, it's good to see they worked things out. >> and they get -- my favorite detail, other than i just like the detail, they get -- and this makes them look like aliens compared to the rest of us. they get a picasso and a porsche each. i think it's funny they have an even number. two of each. they made have made it a lot simpler, a packicasso and porsche. >> almost 20 years of marriage. coming up, the sexiest man alive turns to skin and bones.

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somewhere the beyond the sea she's there watching for me >> a little sea sick. >> it's great. >> three hours' sleep. i can't pretend to be sea sick. >> we're talking -- doing this because chris hemsworth is on top of the career, happy family and officially the sexiest man alive. >> does look good. >> does work. >> i like it a lot. you bumped into me this time. i like it. but when you hear about what he had to go through for his latest role, you might feel bad for the guy. abc's excellent dan harris has more. >> reporter: you know him as the brauny super ho thor but in his latest film directed by ron

of the sea," chris hemsworth undergoes a body transformation, dropping 30 pounds to portray a starvi and ship wrecked sailor. how did you do that? >> i didn't eat lot. each week or two we would reduce the calories down, down, down until we were at about 500 to 600 calories a day. i wouldn't do it again. if i do it now, if it has any mention of that, i give it a pass. >> reporter: hemsworth place the first mate on a sailing ship attacked by the vengful white whale on the story that inspired "moby dick." >> he's mine. >> reporter: as i understand it, you spent time training in sailing and harpooning? >> yeah. learning how to navigate your way around the ship and tie otts. >> reporter:r: "people magazine

up hollywood to live more private in australia with his wife and their three young chilen. you said the first sign of being a good father is worrying if you're being a a good father? >> yes. i think if your intentional goal is to be a good father and you have a fear of not being that, that's in the right irection. you're constantly questioning what you're doing and you've never been hande such a responsibility before and said, well, here's a loss. so, it makes you feel alive. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> i likike dan. >> and chris. listen, don't miss our updates, facebook, wnnfans.com.

"world news now," informing good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm richard bacon. here are some of the top stories we're following on "world news now." dononald trum says he has no regrets for proposing a ban on muslims enterering the united states. we'll get into the harsh political backlash he's facing and more of what he told abc's barbara walters straight ahead. > attorney for the baltimore police officer charged with the death of freddie gray begin presenting their case today. grayied earlier this day after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. a thi of the nation's air traffic controllers are eligible retire. >> and a study out of britain prov the very real phenomena of smartphone deafness.

hear you because their brain can't text and hear at the same time. those are some of the top stories on december 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world ne now." we begin this half hour with donald trump, not retreating despite the harsh criticism he's facing over his proposed ban of muslims entntering the united states. >> trump says in a eet, nearly 70% of his supporters would vote for h if he left the republican party and ran as an independent. >>he point we were talking abt a lot tonight. with the firestorm over his proposal swirling around him, trump talked exclusively to abc's legendary barbara walters. and he said he has no regrets. >> somebody in this country has to say what's right. i have great respect and love. i have people that i have

and, barbara, they agree with me 100%. it's short term. let our country get its act together. they knocked down the world trade center. they tried doing it twice. other things have happened. there are a lot -- there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough, we have to be smartrt and we have to be vigilalant. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you'veve ever me >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. know how to run things. i know h to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> the least bigoted of anyone he's met, he says. donald trump speaking therere with abc's barbara walters. she asked him a key question as well, which is what he means when he says the ban on muslims would be short term. trump did not put a timeline on it, but he did say the ban could be quick.

could get its act together. well, the political bashlash following trump's proposal has been harsh and widespread. the mayor of philadelphia says trump has taken a book from hitler. >> reporter: on both sides of the aisle, a word not often head in american politics, agreement. even a speaker of the house taking a stand in a controversy that has just about his entire party lined up against the presidential front-rurunner. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. and more importtly, it'sot what this country stands for. >> reporter: challengers like jeb bush lashing out, too, calling trump unhinged. >> it's not about the blow hards outhere just saying stuff. that's not a program. that's not a plan. this is serious business. >> reporter: and in the middle of a heat election, the head of the national republican party choosing sides, saying, we need

islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our american values. a proposal so controversial, it even has didick cheney and hillary clinton on the same team. >> this whole notion that somehow we can just say, no more muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in. >> i think hisisomments are, you know, very ill-advised and potentially quite harmful. >> reporter: now muslim community leaders calling trump un-american. >> the policies enacted by nazi germany against the jews. have we learned anything from history, mr. trump? >> reporte and the opposition is universal. every republican candidate running for president has come out against this plan. members of both parties calling it dangerous, saying it could inspire isis and not one single member of congress has come out in support of it.

riverside, california. >> the house has voted overwhelming to tighten the visa waiver program, driven by concer over terrorism. the new law would require visas for anyone who's been in iraq or syria in the previous five years. the senate isxpected to pass a similar law, which also has the backing of the white house. police officers who were first on the scene of the san bernardino rampage are giving a new view of the terror one week ago today. they describ the first few chaotic moments arriving on the scene to find so many dead a and injured. one officer shot in the thigh, he said. he found the scene, quot overwhelming. he was one of several to speak out. >> never, ever thought i would deal with anything like that. >> it's nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement wod do. i don't feel like a h whatsoever. >> detectiverying to downplay his heroics even though he assured evacuees by ying, i'll

as they take who helped the killer couple, including a $28,000 loan judge days before the assault. police in chicago are, again, under fire with the release of yet another incriminating video. this one shows officicers repeatedly tasering philip coleman while in lockup three years ago, and drag him down the hall by his wrist. the officers involved are now under investigation. rahm emanuel's office released the video last monday in a move towards more transparency after weeks of protests. the pacific northwest, more storm watches and warnings after a day of heavy in. many roads are blocked by landslides and sewage is flowing through some oregon streets. one storm after another is coming in off the pacific. abc's neal karlinksy has the

>> reporter: meteorologists are calling it a fire hose coming in off the pacific. >> just feels likike it literallyly came overnight. >> reporter: so much rain that even rainy portland slat attered its wetty 4 hours, opening up sink holes and flooding homes. two dozen people and even this cat had to be evacuated from portland homes where the water rose faster than anyone was expecting. >> i grabbed my son and whatever he had on and took him to my mom. >> reporter: seattle soo hard hit by this so-called pineapple exess. a surge of tropical moisture melting mountain snow and bringing rains all at once. mudslides throughout the region halgted train service for a time, blocking some roads and making driving in general slow and miserable. more rain and wind are on the way over the next 24 hours. emergency officials urging people to heedigns like this one and not drive over flooded

neilal karlinksy, abc news, seattle. today's forecast with up to 7 inchesf rain with mudslides and floods. surfs up to 30 feet in southern california. also showers in the midwest and spring-like in the east. >> that's aot of additional rain. 50s in seattle, new york and salt lake city. 70s in los angeles, dallas and miami. the holiday season here in america has a number of modern traditions that now pop up like clock work, including the bla friday fist fights, the annual war on christmas and diamonds dropped into salvation army kettles. >> this week already it happened twice. in northern wisconsin, someone dropped in a diamond ring and an appraisasheet saying it was worth 500 bucks. >> nice. >> people are nice. >> but also in the army kettles, there are viagra pills, gold swiss francs and a diamond and

what would you do with gold teeth or the viagra pills dropped in? >> i know what i would do with the viagra pills. gold teeth is the hard element of the question. >> oh, boy. coming up -- who has more twitter followers than barbara walters or ringo starr? we'll find t. also the bombshell about the coach actually accused of drinking who was fired from usc. his huge lawsuit against the school. and later -- >> good morning. i'm america's aunt barbara. if you're looking for holiday gift ideas, i've got you covered. i've got some fresh ideas from tupperware for everyone. you're watching "world news now." important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurancewith a rate lock through

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indianapolis last nit, 131-123. going back to last season, golden state has actually won 27 in a row, which ties them for the second longest streak in league history. the next game is in boston friday night. nfl's michael vick is throwing his support behind a proposed pennsylvania law aimed at protecting animals. aimed joined lawmakers that calls first responders from any liability doneo vehicles saving animals. the former head coach at university of southern california is fighting back. steve sarkisian's public fight was fired after this video went viral. now he's seeking $12 million,

the curb when he sought treatment. >> if steve sarkisian can pve that his alcoholism was a serious condition and usc knew about that and failed to accommodate his request for rehabilitation, then he has a goodhance of winning this lawsuit. >> the school says sarkisian has mischaracterized thefact. sarkisian says he's now sober and ready to return to coachihing. comin up, aunt barbara is back with a tupperware party. snoou. >> she's got the top gifts that work for everyone. that's next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"

abc stations. if you're stressed out, searching for that perfect gift, don't worry. we have just what you need, practical gifts everyone can use. here to h help us out, none other than america's most beloved, most prolific tupperware lady, aunt barbara. >> reena, it's so wonderful to be here, especially with christmas. >> i'm the biggest fan of your tupperware. i use it every day for lunch. >> wonderful. >> aunt barbara, i have to say. you are the ultimate tupperware consultant but no one does it like you. so, let's kick it off.

and let's talk about baked goods. now, we have a pie keeper. look how big that is. that's our largest pie keeper. you can put pastries in there. it's really wonderful. >> that's sup sized. >> if you're bringing it to someone's house, it's nice to leave that as a gift. here we have our wonderful cake taker. look at that. and it holds up to 18 cupcakes or flip it over and hold 24 on the other side. holds a 9 x 13 sheet cake, muffins, pastries. all wonderful. again, i suggest you bring this to someone's house and you leave it. >> that's nice. what a nice gift. >> and, of course, we have other containers to hold cookies and brown anies and all sorts of wonderful things. you think about the holidays and you think of all those fattening things we'll be eating. here's a classic item from tupperware. look at that.

that's been around a lg time. it a wonderful gift. people don't eat enough gelatin. ena, i don't know what's on your christmas list this year, but i have to suggest the tupperware microwave pressure cooker. >> really? >> i'm not kidding you. this actually harnesses the energy of your microwave, pressurizes it. you can make a pot roast in there, 30 minutes. >> have you done it? >> i have. >> chicken, ziti, all sorts of things, stews, 20 to 25 minutes. that's fast. it's really great because i don't know about you, i stand in front of the crockpot and yell, hurry. not anymore. get one of these. they're really great. let's move on to the childrdren. all right, everyone. if you've got little ones at home, boys, girls, we're not here t to judge. i can say one thing. get your credit card out and let it go. we've got "frozen." it's here.

our little "frozen" lunch set available now. pick that up f the kids. and, of course, a classic tupperware toy, the shape-o toy.y. >> i didn't know they were tupperware toys. >> this has been around f decades. everyone seeeems to think it's some other brand. no, this is tupperware. been around for many, many years. this teaches the children color, shape, hand/eye coordination. it's perfect for children 6 months to 6 years or older. i'm not herere to judge them. it's a great gift. you can take the shapes, put them all inside, top shelf of the dishwasher. yeah, sanitize. because the kids have always got their hands and mouths on everything. now, here we have -- look at this. our original, the orinal action hero. noah.

all the animals, they snap together. and it floats, too. >> supposed to be two of each. >> they snap together. you take them apart. >> oh! >> you need two. and ey snap together and they go right up there. how cute is that? >> absolutely adorable. these are such great ideas. from grandma to your toddlers. >> grandma to the tolers, you're absolutel right. tupperware, people don't forget us, we're here. >> you never let us down, aunt barbara. we love you're here. ourultimate. >> i try. >> no one does christmas quite like you. i have to say, you'ree rking that cape. >> oh, thank you. isn't that nice? >> c capes are back in style. >> you're darn right. i stole that from ltle red riding hood. >> merry christmas. >> for more information head to wnnfans.com. you're watching "world news now."

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you're corrected the writing's on the wal >> richard joins us for the next couple of weeks. alalong with his wit, his charm, his journalistic prowess, he also has a massive audience through social media. 1.5 milliontwitter followers. quite a reach. we're going to put this intoo perspective, and embarrass you for a little bit. we're going to put aside hillary clinton and donald trump. richard has more twitter followers than any presidential candidate. >> is that true? >> yes. any presidential candidate except for clintnton and tmp. and also in the building, you have more twitter followe than everyone in abc besides george stephanopoulos because, you know, george is george. >> yeah, george is george. he deserves me. he's got more interesting things to say than me.

>> go on, tell me, the vice president of the united stateses, joe biden. >> you said this would be embarrassing. this isn't embarrassing. >> more than john kerry, more twitter followers than whoopi goldberg, and monica lewinsky who is fend of yours. >> she is a friend of mine. >> you have more fwitder followers. >> than more presidential candidates. i need more things. it's time for me to launch a bid for the presiden. even though i can't. i'm british. >> that might be a problem. >> but, you know, i got in quite rly with social media. >> is that what happened? >> yeah. i had a radio show and i would use social media to talk to the audience. it made me feel as though i knew the auaudience. >> you were telling me something fascinating, that actually in england people follow radio more in the morning than television. >> radio is huge. by far the biggest breakfast shows in britain are radio rather than television. but when i started on social media i got trolled very badly by this guy.

and my kids. he said he wanted to kill me. rather than be scared by him, i actually started to make a documentary about him. it's called "the anti-social network" and i went after him and trying to track him down. this is me tracking down a different troll. i never met mine in the end but i scared him. this is me -- you know, a proper journalist. >> and this guy trolled you. >> he's a different troll. but i confronted him about the trolling he's done and then he says, i like your radio show. i go, oh, thanks.

>> yeah. 3a this morning on "world news now" -- the growing political backlash facing donald trump. >> his ban on muss lips sets up a firestorm. how he's defending himself as fellow republicans speak out against him. >> we have to be tough, smart and vigilant. >> trump speaking out in his ban on muslims in an abc exclusive interview with barbara walters, who asked trump, are u a bigot? >> should be great. health crisis. a popular fast food chain, the outbreak that made dozens of college students ill. the future of shopping. the new target concept that lets you shop, browse and buy. here's the catch. you can't take your purchases home with you. it's wednesday, december 9th.

this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. >> i didn't mean to yawn o camera. i'm obviously hugely excited by the content of the show. i'm not used to this night shift. >> you said you only got three hours' sleep. yesterday you were so pumped up ahead of the show byhe donald trump comments. your fellow countrymen, your prime minister weighed in, and even j.k. rouwling, weighed in. and also boris johnson, mayor of london, made some quite funny comments about it. >> really? >> we're goingng t read some later. i do like the implition from you that they followed me. i made cments last night -- >> they followed you on twitter, saw the broadcast across the pond and -- >> well, i am not going to disagree with that.

with his republican rivals showing no mercy in his ban on muslims. donald trump is not ruling out leavg the gop and running as an independent. >> it could cost republicans the presidential elections. a new development this morning, trump is planning a trip to israel at the end of the month. >> all that as the controversy over trump's plan to ban muslims shows no signs of slowing. it's your ice, your vote and our coverage begins with tom. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.

the ban by painting apocalyptic future if we don't ban them. >> we'll have more world trade centers. we can be p political correct and stupid, but it's going to get worse and worse wrt with even his o party condememning, trump is invoking roosevelt actions against germans, italians and japanese in ameca during world war ii. cover of the philadelphia daily news compares trump to a different figure. >> the new fire over donald trump. you're increasingly being compared to hitler. does that give you any pause at all? >> no. because what i'm doing is n no different than what fdr -- fdr's solution for germans, ilians, japanese, you know, many years -- >> you're for internment camps? >> this is a president who is highly respected by all. he did the sale thing. >> reporter: trump insists he's not calling for internment camps but he is calling for new scrutiny of mosques. >> yes, we have to look at mosques. we have no choice.

because something is happening in there. man, there's anger. there's anger. >> reporter: and from south carolina -- >> i like the ban on the muslims. we just have to get control. >> reporter: trump seems to have no control doing business with muslims, but he's now encouragg profiling, urging his supporters to sound the alarm. america hasn't heard ideas like this or language like this from a presidential candida in generations. the question, the big question, does this stop trump cold or make him more popular? tom yam, abc news. >> does it make him more popular? >> you couldn't stop watching that interview. george, i don't know if i would handle it as well as he did. >> he picked him up very we. >> we'll hear more of trump's critics in a moment. at one point he said bluntly, quote, i don't care about them. >> abc's barbara walters, no

yesterday for his only on-camera interview since his controversial comments. >> do you regret your ban on muslims, which some people think is un-american? >> not at all. we have to d do t right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. i have great respepect and love. i have people that i have tremendous relationships with. they're muslim. and, barbara, they agree with me 100%. it's short term. let our country get its act together. they knocked down the world trade center. they tried doing it twice. other things have happened. there are a lot of -- there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough, smart and vigilant. >> reporter: what is short term? >> it could be very quickly if our country could get its act together. we don't know w what's haening. we have a president tt doesn't have a clue. we don't know what's happening. we need toughness and smartness and we have to do it quickly.

own party, who think that isis is going to like your rhetoric. that your words are putting us in greater danger. >> and the worst thing that's ever happened to isis. the people in my party fully understand that. they're running against me. for the most part, they have no poll numbers. m leading by a .ke they get it. they're trying to getublicity for themselves. when i came out against illegal immigration, everybody for the same thing, two weeks later everybody was on m side, including members of my own party. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm amart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> donald trump there speaking with abc's barbara walters.

fe republicans have been harsh. house speaker paul ryan says this isn't what the gop or u.s. stands for. the head of the u.s. national committeee says, quot we need to radically take on radicalism. trump was an easy target for democrats. >> i think his comments are, you know, very ill-advised and potentially qui harmful. >> a new poll fm new hampshire has trump with an 18 percentage point lead over his nearest rival, senator marco rubio. that's pretty outstanding. the polling end the on monday, on the same day trump first made his muslim ban proposal. we have yet to see how that impacts the polling. >> i was talking about the mayor of londo johnson. another commement trump made is london h some no-go areas because of the muslim population and the mayor of london says, this isn't true. and then he sasays, the only fear i have of walking the streets is that i might run into donald

>> did he really? >> i thought barbara's interview was fantastic. he commented, i'm the least bigoted person you have ever met. i don't know whether it's true or not, but yet another staggering comment that falls from his mouth. >> and so many americans support him and trust him and believe he's the future. >> and so many that watch this program, we asked yesterday on twitter, these comments, do niece make you more devout or off-putting him. >> we are hearing for the first time from some of the first responders who arrived on the horrific scene of the san bernardino shooting. among them, a 15-year police veteran that reassured evacuees by saying, i'll take a bullet for you. here's abc's lren lister. >> reporter: first responders remembering the victims of last week's tragedy. >> never, ever thought i would deal with anything like that. >> it's nothing short of what any other persoson i law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. >> reporter: the happy scene

captured in this photo. survivor jael paez receiving an employee of the year awar denise also surviving the shooting, with help from her colleague. >> he just put his arm around me and said, i got you. >> reporter: shot once in the side, recalls huddling under the table with her friend,hannon johnson, who did not survive. >> he did not just save me. he saved our whole family. >> we have several down. >> reporter: we're learning more about how sayed farook and his wife prepared. they have video taking target practice. >> he came here to shoot his ar. >> reporter: 24-year-old enrique marquez, a former neighbor of

federal officials tell abc news marquez provided inforormation to fbfbi not known. they are considering whether others could beharged as accomplices in the mass murderer. an 8-year-old girl in utah suffering from a rare form of breast cancer has had a mastectomy. thlittle girl is doing well. doctors hope the mastectomy will help her avoid radiation or otherggressive treatments. they say she can have breast reduction -- reconsnstruction during puberty. researchers at george washington university say there's an alarming increase in the number of children diagnosed with adhd. over a 7-year peperiod, researchers say the number of american children diagnosed increased 43%, including nearly 6 million children. most are boys but a big increase in girls diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in the past few years. >> i believe it's because we're better at detecting it.

seem to be ignoring you while teching, there could be a good reason for that. reena, go ahead. >> my read -- >> i was about to do my part. >> go ahead, because i is about britain. sounds sexier with your accent than mine. >> i'll take that. a tiny study out of britain shows vision and hearing share a limited processing capacity. so, when you're both -- when you're doing both, the brain chooses the waunone that is more demanding. people engrossed inin smartphones, tv or book aren't ignoring sounds. they literally do not hear them. you may have to tap them on the shoulder to grab their attention. i don't know if that lives up to the hype -- >> yeah. >> okay, thanks. >> that was jolly good. coming up in the mix, is it rude to send texts in mixed capitalization.

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this dramatic video shows a hover board on fire inside a mall outside seattle. the battery-operated device exploded for no reason. itkidded across the mall. kiosk employee used a fire extinguisher on it but it prompted evacuation of the entire mall. there are other incidents,over boards catching fire because of the lithium-ion battery. chipotle chain, customers mysteriously falling ill and the number of cases doubling i in less than 24 hours.

it's essentially slop in a tray. >> slop in a trtray. doze of people are sick after slop in a tray. eating in chipotle in boston. linsey davis has more. >> reporter: the popular mexican restaurant knownwn for its big burritos has now a bigger problem. it started withh an e-mail to all boston college athletes warning, do not eat at chipotle after half the basketball team fell ill perform over the weekend, this chipotle in boston, 80 students getting gastrointestinal illness after eating there. positive for norovirus. just last month, chipotle spokes peopleried their best to put an e. coli outbreak in nine states behind them, announcing they were reopening the 43 restaurants i seattle and

shuddering them amidthe initial e. coli outbreak there. >> the pain in my abdomen was somethg i've never experienced. >> reporter: since then chipotle stock has plummeted 25%. this chipotle is closed while the boston health department investigates the source of the outbreak. nsey davis, abc news. >> 25%, that seems like a dramatic fall, given companies get past health outbreakaks. >> this is another new onset. how much more will consumers trust them now to go back? >> after my slop in the tray comment, it's probably worth keeping an eye on the stock prices tomorr. coming up in our next half hour, the potentially dangerous decorations. the growing popularity of using lasers foror christmas lights. becoming a growing threat to air traffic. a warning from the faa. first, making them a all ne again. retailers trying to keep pace with online sales.

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targetet, invitg us in for an exclusive first look at their latest concept. is this the future? let's go shopping. >> reporter: target wonderland, a temporary pop-up shop in new york city instead of a shopping cart, customers walk around with these. our id-enabled keys, technologygy that taps what you want to buy and automatically transmits it to a digital shopping cart. > i hope when you walk into a target store in the future, it's as inspiring to shop as here and it can be as easy to shop as sily scanning your token. >> reporter: the new enter akinteractive experience, including a giant etch-a-sketch and santa via satellite from north pole. >> we are testing different things all around the country. the more we can make the actual shopping experience fun again,

really the magic. >> reporter: target isn't the only retailer reinventing the in-store experience, from ralph lauren and rebecca minkoff, to monitors where you can get personalized skin care and fragrance recommendations at the touch of a button. >> target has to improve the in-store experience otherwise people would j just shopnline. target is trying to up the convenience factor so people will come to the stores. >> reporter: 80% of shopping carts are abandoned before checking out. >> our rfid technology will definitely take off. retailers will use this in order to make the shopping experience more convenient for consumers. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, n new york. coming up, why bad grammar may signal you're a nicer person.

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welcome back. it is now time for "the mix." the first story here -- binghamton university, they conducted a study into the use of grammar in text messages. researchers with apparently not enough to do. they concluded if you put a period at the end of a sentence, that makes your texts seem insincere. this is like something on "sin field," -- i always put a full stop or period at the end of a sentence and it's the proper thing to do. i think it shows you having been more thoughtful. but for some reason it shows you to look slightly more aggressive and insincere. if you put a punctuation mark it shows you to be insincere.

something you texted to be funny when it isn't. >> so you're against punctuation. >> i'm against the exclamation mark. i'm for the period. but wt i'm saying is the research is against me. >> oh, okay. i just don't text. i pick up and call so you avoid the whole drama. there is that option. i want to tell you about a hot, sexy santa at the toronto mall. >> i saw a picte. >> of paul mason. he's known as hot, hot santa. he's a hotty santa. he's worked at toronto's yorkdale mallnd also a professional model. look at him. look how dapper, right? he apparently made toronto's best dressed in 2014. he's worn luxury brands. you see him at one point wearing a velvet blazer, long green co,inched belt. hot, h hot santa. >> he still wants you to leave him a little snack when he com

he insists its carb-free. >> well done. here's another story for you. >> tell me. >> that think you will like. this is in -- a cape designer. for people -- for men who go to urinals. they're embarrassed about their private parts. here's a cape you wear. these are for people who are embarrassed. by virtue of wearing the cape you're drawing attention to the think you're embarrassed about. thus the cape is counterproductive. >> it looks like he's about to commit some sort of crime. pull something out of his cape there. i would be terrified if somebody did this. >> that's true. >> you're not for the cape.

>> you're this this morning on "world news now" -- growing uproar over donald trump's plans to ban muss lips. how he's defending his ideas to abc's barbara walters whil sending fellow republicans into a political tailspin. federal agents in california want to know if the couple behind the san bernardino attacks had accomplices as another family member is put on the no-fly list. new this half hour. a consumerr alert about popular new holiday light displays. >> the store-bought laser set popular this season that could threaten air traffic and flights. the warning from the faa. latein "the skinny" -- the remake of the classic movie "dirty dancing," who's taking the lead roles as this s sexy story moves from film to tv. it is wednesday, december 9th.

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i've never seen that. >> you've never seen "dirty dancing"? this has to be one of your experiences. >> no, when it's on abc, that's going to be my original "dirty dancing". >> we were suppose to keep it under wraps. that was a tease. >> if you went back to watch it, do you think it would be good or rubbish? >> i think it would be fantastic. >> then i will have to watch it. so, there's new fallout, as you might expect, from donald trump's proposal to ban muslims from coming to the u.s. >> and a new poll out of new hampshire voters shows trump has an 18-point lead over rubio. the poll was actually completed on monday, that was the same day trump unleashed a firestorm with his claim that muslims should be banned from entering the u.s. >> the fact it's conducted on the day, that's what makes it an interesting poll, doesn't it? he's taken so much criticism

is now not ruling out leaving the gop and running as an independent. >> it is your voice, your vote, and abc has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump off the campaign trail tuesday but still the talk of the world. his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. has been met with global condemnation. trump told abc's barbara walters in a one-on-one interview, he's not a bigot. >> i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. >> do you regret your ban on muslims? some people think is un-american. >> not at all. we have to d do the rit things. >> reporter: asked if his words are putting the u.s. in a greater danger of an isis attack -- >> the worst thing that's ever happened to isis, the people in my partyullyerstand that. they're running against me. for the most part, they have no poll numbers. i'm leading by a lot. they get it. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly, it's not what this country stands

>> reporter: house speaker paul ryan said he would still support whoever bemes the gop nominee, sparking a strong reaction from the white house. >> they should say right now they would not support donald trump for president.t. what he said is disqualifying. >> reporter:r: on the mpaign trail, gop rivals called trump's controversial comments, divisive, ridiculous. and racist. senator ted cruz says he disagrees with ump's plan but refused to pile on. >> i do not believe the world needs my voice added to that chore ris chorus of critics. >> reporter: hillary clinton weighed in from iowa. >>e have to work with h muslims, in our country and around the world. reporter: the chairman of the republican natnal committee disagreed with trump. and said in a statement, quote, we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism. reena and richard? >> ken net, thank you very much, indeed. great piece by barbara walters as well. you see, with the gop condemning

the house, that they should sack him from the party, but the danger for them is that he then goes independentnt and splits their vote going into the election. yesterday things were electric on my twitter handle. >> a lot of excited people. >> yeah. @richardpbacon. if you're a donald trump supporter, and based on the comments yesterday, many of you e, if he went independent, which he's not ruling out, would you follow him? would you take your vote from the republican party over to him as an indedependent? let me know @richardpbacon. >> republicans have asked him to pledge not to do, go independent. it will be fascinating if he does. the mayor of philadelphia among the top elected officials denouncing trump's comments. michchael nutt says tmp has taken a page from the playbook of hitler. the mayor also announced a ful investigation after someone threw a pig's head at a mosque in the city. the act caught on surveillance video.

crime. despite efforts by governors in texas and indiana, syrian refugee families have settled in both states. a family of six joined relatives near dallas. a syrian couple and their two children arrived in indianapolis. this comes as the texas governor greg abbott and senator ted cruz have announced a bill that would give any state the right to reject refugees for security reasons. >> that's an interesting event. the police officers who responded to the san bernardino shooting have had chance to tell their ories, describing the scene as overwhelming and surreal, this as investigators look at who may have helped the killer couple c carry o that attack one week ago today. doesn't it? here is abc's brian ross. >> reporter: as a new photo emerged inside that conference began, a presentation of the employee of the year award. authorities say sayed farook and tashfeen malik may have had help. authorities said they may brin

least, against 24-year-old enrique marquez, a punk rock fan, conveve to islam and a close friend of sayed farook. it was marquez who authorities say provided the two assault rifles used in t the attacand now officials believe farook asked marquez touy them so his name would not be on file in connection with the high-powered weapons. that was almost four years ago. >> that tells me he was thinking of doing something bad up to four years ago. >> mrs. marquez, are you going to see him now? >> reporter: marquez's mother would not talk about an investigation, but on the facebook post on the night of the attack, marquez wrote, i'm very sorry, guys. it was a pleasure. the next day he checked himself into a mental facility. friends say he may have known something about the plot in advance. >> he said something along the lines of there's a lot of muslims in our own backyard, ready to go haywire and attack.

>> reporter: authorities reveal the terror couple may have had access to a second car, a black lexus, registered to farook's mother. fbi agents found shootin range targets and empty gopro camera boxes inside. authorities sayay farook's mother watch list. his father was put on the list in both cases as az precaution to make sure they don't leave the country. officials have also discovered a deposit of some $2$28,500 io farook's bank account in the weeks before the attack. the money apparently from an online loan he took out. officials say the money was likely to be ud to take care of the baby daughter the coue was leaving behind. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> that story moving over time. thank you, brian. last month's terror attacks in paris are costing the tral industry. air france says it lost $54 million in november from cancellations, bomb threat hoaxes and other disruptions. the financial losses are continuing this month.

flights to and from paris. ticket sales are a little off but the airline expects them to recover. the shortage of air traffic controllers in the u.s. demands urgent attention. that's a warning from a transportation department officicial to coress. he says 13 of the nation's busiest airports are below minimum staffing requirements. that includes new york, dallas, denver and chicago. a union official warns one-third of current air traffic cocontllers e actually eligible to retire. >> that is quite unsettling. as the nation's safety rating system for new cars and trucks is getting a major upgrade. starting in 2019, in order to earn five stars, vehicles will be requid to have new safety technology including rear visibility cameras, blind spot detection and collision avoidance systems. also new crash tests simulating cars colliding at an angle with more anatomically correct

in louisiana one guy isn't lucky to go fast enough to be a crash-test dummy. >> surprisingly hard to say. his name is mark gallagher, aka, santa claus, and he's spreading high gear, cheer in his golf cart. he started with a few christmas lights but now it's completely tricked out with snoopy, a snowman and even rudolph with a blinking red nose. >> gallagher flies his magic sleigh through his neighborhood every evening,tarting on thanksgiving right until christmas day. we have to hop on that sleigh, richard. it's really -- it looks like a lf cart with a bunch of christmas lights. >> yeah. i'm not getting on it. coming up - >> it's all yours. >> it's all mine. i'd go for the ride. coming up in "the skinny" -- the highest paid musician of the yeyear. is your favorite artist topping the list? also ahead, the challenging movie role for chris hemsworth dropping so much weight for "in the heart of the sea."

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subjects of donald trump a little later. thquestion i was asking you, if he were to go independent, which he's not ruling out, would you if you were a supporter of his, and certainlyly quite aot of you that watch this show are, based on yesterday's social media, if he left the gop, would you follow him? that would split t vote for r the election. a lot of people would think it would hand the white house to hillary clinton. would you follow him? @richardpbacon. >> you know, richard, he apparently signed a pledge back in september saying he would not run as an independent which he had to do, in order to qualify for the primary in two states. he actctually hato, didn't he? >> it will be interesting if he does this to go back on his word. >> the whole story is gripping, isn't it? turning now to holiday decorating and a popular new way to dk the halls without all of the effort. >> more and more lasers are used in lieu ofraditional strands of christmas lights. but therere is a pential downside.

>> reporter: the newest christmas lights are lasers. red, green and blue lasers projected onto homes are a cheaper way to decorate this year. but they're also a problem for pilots of passing planes, that's according to the faa. >> i don't think anybody who buys one of these little devices is putting it up with even the first thought that it might have enough power to hit an aircraft in the sky. >> reporter: you can buy these laser lights at walgreens, at target and other department stores. they'll cost about 40 bucks or so. an american airlines pilot reported to the faa he was flying into dfw thursday night and saw lights from these lasers at 15,000 feet up. >> if the box is aimed a little high, some of the -- some of the laser light will not hit the roof of the house, for exampmple. it will just keep going off into space. >> reporter: the faaaa says otr

well. that american jet was over garland at the time. it's a new fad, festivon the ground, but creating concern in the sky. >> jason whitley reporting, thank you so much. the classic '80s film getting the live tv musical treatment. and who gets what? the latest high-profile hollywood divorce? "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continueues after is from our abc stations.reen red roses too i see them bloom for me and you and i think to myself what a wonderful world music

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desk. boom! there we go. i thought we should try to do that today. >> you've got the easier role ere. >> oh! >> you see why he fanciys that. >> oh, boy. >> i need more than three hours' sleep, i tell you that. i would be delighted to lift you into the air, reena. >> we give you a pass on that. >> my point is, these truly iconic films, if you go long enough without watching them, it becomes a point of pride, even if you've never seen it. >> really? >> there's a point to say you're disappointed -- >> this is an american history momoment, poculture moment. you must see it. it's not good that you haven't seen that. >> tt will be on abc, on this channel, when that eventually comes out. what else have you got? >> the "forbes" highest paid musician list. we'll start with number five. can you guess? can you guess? we've got the eagles. eagles, taylor swift, garth brooks and one direction. do you know who sings this

places where the whisky drowns >> no. but i bet theying it better than you. >> i think they do. that w actually garth brooks, who was -- he's number three. and the number one person? who do you think it is? >> katy perry. >> i did know that. it's sort of remarkable she earns more than one direction. >> $135 million. she's now the industry's main money-maker. she is the highest paid musician in the world. >> and she earned significantly more than taylor swift. swift with $80 million and katy perry with $135 million. >> yeah, yeah. >> this is taylor, right? yes. >> yes, this is definitely tayl. sorry, i was just enjoying listening to it. that thing i mentioned yesterday, it's called ear worm. ear worm. it's a mashup of all 50 of the most popular songs from this year. >> it's good. >> it makes you nostalgic for the year before it ends. ear worm. you'll thank me. >> you're obsessed with ear worm, aren't you?

hollywood divorces but antonio banderasas and melie griffith divorcing. guess how muche has to fork over to her? >> i don't know. tell me. >> $6 5,000 a month spousal support. but parently it's civil. the couple agreed mutually. she's going to get the home in colorado. he's going to keephe condo in new york city. so, it's good to see they worked things out. >> and they get -- my favorite detail, other than i just like the detail, they get -- and this makes them look like aliens compared to the rest of us. they get a picasso and a porsche each. >> each, yes. >> it's an even number. they had two of each. they made have made it lot simpler, a picasso and porsche. >> almost 20 years of marriage. coming up, the sexiest man alive turns to skin and bones. and why chris hemsworth will never do it again. you're watching "world news now."bones.

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somewhere the beyond somewhere beyd the sea she's there watch willing for me >> a little sea sick. >> it's great. on three hours' sleep, i can't even pretend to be sea sick. >> we're talking -- doing th because chris hemsworth is on top of the world, happy f family man and offfficiallyhe sexiest man alive. >> does look good. >> it does. >> does work. i like it a lot. you can bump into me any time. i like it. but when you hear what he had to go through for his latest role, you might feel bad for the guy. abc's excellent dan harris has more. >> reporter: you know him as the brawny super hero thor but in his last film directed by ron howard and called "in the heart

undergoes a bodyransformation, dropping an estimated 30 pounds to portray a starving and ship wrecked sailor. how w did you that? >> i just didn't e a whole lot. each week or two we would reduce the calories down, down, down until we were at about 500 to 600 calories a day. i can't i wouldn't do it again. i read things w, it mentions anything about being skinny, i go, that's a pass. >> reporteter: hememswth plays the first mate on a sailing ship attacked by the vengeful white whale on t story that inspired "moby dick." toake it authentic, hemsworth learned how to run a ship. >> he's mine. >> reporter: as i understand it, you spent time training in sailing and harpooning? >> yeah. i was learning how to navigate your way around the ship and tie knots and climb the mast. >> reporter: "people" magazine

more private existence in his homeland of australia with his wife and their three young children. you said the first sign of being a good father is worrying if you're being a good father? >> yes. i think k if your tentional goal is to be a good father and you have a fear of not being that, that's in the right direction. you're constantly questioning what you're doing and you've never been handed such a responsibility before and said, well, here's a loss. so, it makes you feel alive. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> i like dan. >> yeah. and chris. >> yeah. cover of "vanity fair." listen, don't miss our updates, facebook, wnnfans.com. >> announcer: this is abc's

insomniacs for two decades. good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm richard bacon. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." donald trump says he has no regrets for proposing g a ban on muslims entering the united states. we'll get into the harsh political backlash he's facing and more of what he told abc's barbara walters straight ahead. > attorneys for the baltimore police officer charged with the death of freddie gray begin presenting their case today. gray died earlier this year after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. a third of the nati's busiest air traffic controllers don't have enough personnel and the problem could get worse. a third of the eligible air traffic controllers are eligible to retire. and a study out of britain proves the very real phenomena of smartphone deafness. people texting aren't ignoring. they literally can't hear you

and listen at the same time. those are some of our top ories on this wednesday, december 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we begin this half hour with donald trump, not retreating despite the harsh criticism he's faci over his proposed ban of muslims entering the united states. >> in fact, trump remains on the attack in a tweet. he says nearly 70% of his supporters would vote for him if he lackedeft the republican party and ran as an independent. >> the point we were talking about a lot tonight. with the firestorm over his proposal s swirling ound him, trump talked exclusively to abc's legendary barbara walters. and he said he has no regrets. >> somebody in this country has toay what's right. i have great respect and love. i have people that i have tremendous relationships with.

100%. it's short term. let our country get its act together. they knocked down the world trade center. they tried doing it twice. other things have happened. they have a lot -- there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough, we have to be smart and we have to be vigilant. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> the lst bigoted of ananyone he's met, he says. nald trump speaking there with abc's barbara walts.er she asked him a key question as well, which is what he means when he says the ban on slims would be short term. trump did not put a timeline on it, but he did say the ban could be quick. and i'm quoting here, if our

together. well, the political backlash following trump's proposal has been harsh and widespread.d. the mayor of philadelpa says trump has, quote, taken a page from the playbook of hitler. as abc reports, it's another example of politics making extremely strange bedfellows. >> reporter: on both sides of the aisle, a word not often heard in american politics, agreement. even a speaker of the house taking a stand in a controversy that has just about his entire party lined up against the presidential front-runner. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for. and more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> reporter: challengers like jeb bush lashing out, too, calling trump unhinged. >> it's not about the blow hards out there just saying stuff. that's not a program. that's not a plan. this is serious business. >> reporter: and in the middle of a heated election, the head of the national republican party choosing des, saying, we need

islamic terrorism, but not at the expense of our american values. a proposal so controversial, it even has dick cheney and hillary clinton onon the samteam. >> this whole notion that somehow we can jussay, no more muslims, just ban a whole religion, goes against everything we stand for and believe in. >> i think his comments are, you know, very ill-advised and potentially quite harmful. >> reporter: now muslim community leaders calling trump un-american. >> the policies enacted by nazi germany against the jews. have we learned anything from history, mr. trump? >> reporter: and the opposition is universal. every republican candidate running for president has come out against this plan. members of both parties calling it dangerous, saying it could inspire isis, and not one single member of congress has come out in support of it. cecilia vega, abc news, riverside, california.

hillary clinton on the same page. good line from cecilia. >> the house has voted overwhelming to tighten the visa waiver program, driven by concerns over terrorism. the new law would require visas for anyo who's been in iraq or syria in the previous five years.s. the senate is expected to pass a similar law, which also has the backing of the white house. the police officers who were first on the scene of the san bernardino rampage are giving a new view of the terror one week ago today. they described the first few chaotic moments arriving on the scene to find so many dead and injured. one officer shot in the thigh, he said. he found the scene, quote, overwhelming. he was one of several topeak out. >> never, ever thought i would deal with anything like that. >> it's nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. >> detective trying to downplalay his heroics even though he assured evacuees by saying, i'll take a bullet for you. investigators continue to look

couple plan the attack, that includes a $28,000 cash loan in just t days before the assault. >> the story just keeps growing, doesn't it? police in chicago are, again, under fire with the release of yet another incriminating video. this one shows officers repeatedly tasering phillip coleman while he was in lockup three years ago, and later dragging him down the hall by his wrists. the officers involved are now under investigation. rahm emanuel's office released the video last monday in a move towards more transparency after weeks of protests. the pacific northwest, more storm watchehes and waings after another day of heavy rain. many roads are flooded or blocked by landslides and sewage is flowing through some oregon streets. e storm after another is coming in off the pacific. abc's neal karlinksy has the story. >> okay, come on, help me get through this.

calling it a fire hose coming in off the pacific. >> just feels like it literally came overnight. >> reporter: so much rain that even rainy portland shattered its wettest 4 hours on record with 32 inches of rain, opening up sinkholes and flooding homes. two dozen people and even this cat had to be evacuated from portland homes where the water rose faster than anyone was expectg. >> i just grabbed my son with whatever he had on and took him to my mom's. >> reporter: seattle hard hit, too, by this so-called pineapple express. surge of tropical moisture melting mountain snow and bringing heavy rains all at once. mudslides throughout the region haed trainin serviceor a time, blocking some roads and making driving in generalal slow an miserable. more rain and wind are on the way over the next 24 hours. emergency officials urging people to heed signs like this one and not drive over flooded roads.

seate. >> today's forecast with up to 7 inches of rain with mudslides and floods. surfs up to 30 feet in southern california. also showers in the midwest and spring-like in the east. >> that's a lot of additional rain. 50s in seattle, new york and salt lake city. 70s in los angeles, dallas and miami. the holiday season here in america has a number of modern traditions that now pop up like clock work, including the black friday fist fights, the annual war on christmas and, of course, diamonds dropped into salvation army kettles. >> this week already it happened twice. in northern wisconsin, someone dropped in a diamond ring and an appraisal sheet saying it was worth 500 bucks. >> people are nice. >> people are nice. but also in the army kettles, there are viagra pills, gold swiss francs and a diamond and emerald necklace worth $1300. whatat would y do with gold

dropped in? >> i know what i would do with the viagra pills. >> we're going to -- >> the gold teeth is the harder element of the question. >> oh, boy. coming up -- who has more twitter followers than barbara walters or ringo starr? find out in a second. >>, yeah we'll reveal that persrson to yoshortly. also the bombshell about the coach actually accused of drinking who was fired from usc. his huge lawsuit against the hool. and later -- >> good morning. i'm america's aunt barbara. if you're looking for holiday gift ideas, i've got you covered. i've got some fresh ideas from tupperware for everyone. you're watching "world news now." iornt message 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

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indianapolis last night, 131-123. going back to last season, golden state has actually won 27 in a row, which ties them for the second longest streak in league history. the next game is in boston friday night. nfl quarterback michael vick is throwing his support behind a proposed pennsylvania law aimed at protecting animals. vick joined lawmakers calng for a bill that shields first responders from liability for any damage done to vehicles during rescues of dogs and cats in extreme heat. vick has advocated for animals since serving a prison sentence for his role in a dog fighting ring. thformer head coach at univsity of southern cal fired for allegedly drinking on the job is fighting back. steve sarkisian's public fight was fired after this video went viral. two nths later he was red. now he's filed a wrongful

million, saying the school kicked him to the curb when he sought treatment. >> if steve sarkisian can prove that his alcoholism was a serious condition and usc knew about that and failed to accommodate his request for gogood chancof winning this lawsuit. mischaracterized the fact. sarkisian says he's now sober and ready to return to coaching. coming up, aunbarbara is back with a tupperware party. >> she's got the top gifts that work for everyone. that's next on "world nenews now." >> announcer: "world news now"

abc ations. if you're stressed out, still searching for that perfect gift, don't worry. we have just what you need, practical gifts everyone can use. of course, here to help us out, none other than america's most beloved, most prolific tupperware lady, aunt barbara. >> reena, it's so wonderful to be here, especially with christmas. >> i'm the biggest fan of your tupperware i use it every day for lunch. >> wonderful. >> aunt barbara, i have to say. you are the ultimate tupperware consultant but no one does it like you. so, let's kick it off.

and les talk about baked goods. now, we have a pie keeper. look how big that is. that's our largest pie keeper. you can put pastries in there. it's really nderful. >> that's super sized. >> if you're briing it to someone's house, it's nice to leave that as a gift. here we have our wonderful cake taker. look at that. and it holds up to 18 cupcakes or flip it over and hold 24 on the other side. holds a 9 x 13 sheet cake, muffins, pastries. all wonderful. again, i suggest you bring this to someone's house and you leave it. >> that's nice. what a nice gift. >> and, of course, we have other containers to hold cookies and brownies and all sorts of wonderful things. you think about the holidays and you think of all those fattening things we'll be eating. here's a classic item from tupperware. look at that. the tupperware jello mold.

it's a wonderful gift. people don't eat enough gelatin. i've seen this. that's wonderful. reena, i don't know what's on your christmas list this year, but i have to suggest the tupperware microwave pressure cooker. >> really? >> i'm not kidding you. this actually harnesses the energy of your microwave, pressurizes it. you can make a pot roast in there, 30 minutes. >> have you done it? >> i have. >> chicken, ziti, all sorts of things, stews, 20 to 25 minutes. that's fast. it's really great because i don't know about y, i stand in front of the crockpot and yell, hurry. not anymore. get one of these. they're really great. let's move on to the children. all right,t, everyon if you've got little ones at home, boys, girls, we're not here to judge. i can say one thing. get your credit card out and let it go. we've got "frozen."

it's really cute. our little "frozen" lunch set available now. pick that up for the kids. and, of course, a classic tupperware toy, the shape-o toy. >> i didn't know they were pperware toys. >> this has been around for decades. everyone seems to think it's some other brand. no, this is tupperware. been around for many, many years. this teaches the children color, shape, hand/eye coordination. it's perfect for children 6 months to 6 years or older. i'm not here to judge them. it's a great gift. you can take the shapes, put them all inside, top shelf of the dishwasher. yeah, sanitize. because the kids have always got their hands and mouths on everything. now, here we have -- look at this. our original, the original action hero. noah. how wonderful is that? all the animals, you get two, it

and it floats, too. i hope it floats or we wouldn't be here. >> supposed to be two of each. >> two of each. they snap together. >> oh, they're there? >> yes. you take them apart. >> oh! >> you need two. and they snap together and they go right up there. how cute is that? >> absolutely adorable. these are such great ideas. from grandma to your toddlers. >> grandma to the toddlers, you're absolutely right. tupperware, people don't forget us, we're here. >> you never let us down, aunt barbara. we love you're here. our ultimate. >> i try. >> no one does christmas quite like you. i have to o say, youe rocking that cape. >> oh, thank you. isn't that nice? >> capes are back in sty. >> you're darn right. i stole that from little red riding hood. merry christmas. >> aunt b, thanks so much. for mor information, hea to wnnfans.com. you're watching "world news

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you're corrected where we've got make sure we're connected the writing's on the wall >> richard joins us for the next couple of weeks. along with his wit, his charm, his journalistic prowess, he also has a m massive aience through social media. 1.5 million twitter followers. quite a reach, i have to say. we're going to puthis into perspective, and embarrass you for a little bit. for the time being, we're going to put aside hillary clinton and mayb donald trump, richard actually has more twitter followers than any presidential candidate. >> is that true? >> yes. any presidential candidate except for clinton and trump. and also in the building, you have more twitter followers than everyone in abc besides george stephanopoulos because, you know, george is george. >> yeah, george is george. he deserves more. he's got more interesting things to s than me. >> do you know who else you top, richard?

>> the vice president of the united states, joe biden. >> you said this would be embaassing. this i't embarrassing.g. >> secretary of state, john kerry, you have more twitter followers. even whoopi goldberg a even moca lewinsky, whoho you s is a friend of yours. >> she is a friend of mine >> you have more twitter followers. >> than more presidential candates. i need more things. it's time for me to launch a bid for the presidency. even though i can't. i'm british. >> that might be a problem. >> but, you know, i got in quite early with social media. >> is that what happened? >> yeah. i had a radio show and i would use social media to talk to the audience. it made me feel as though i knew the audience. more personally. >> you were telling me something fascinating, that actually in england people follow radio more in the morning than television. >> radio is huge in the morning pp, yeah. by far the biggest breakfast shows in britain are radio rather than television. media, i got trolled very badly by this guy. he would threaten me, my wife

he said he wanted to kill me. rather than be scared byby him, i actually started to make a documentary about him. it's called "the anti-social network" and i went after him and the idea was to try to track him down. this is me tracking down a different troll. i met some others. i never got to meet mine in the end but i scared him. this is me, which i've never done before. being a proper urnalist. >> and this guy troed you -- >> no, he's a different troll. but i confronted him about the trolling he's done and then he says, i like your radio show. i go, oh, thanks. >> see, you talk it out. stay calm and cay on, right?

>> yeah. 3a this morning on "world news now" -- this morning on "world news now" -- the growing political backlash facing donald trump. >> his ban on muss lips sets up a firestorm. how he's defending himself as fellow rublicans speak out against him. >> we have to be tough, smart and vigilant. >> trump speaking out in his ban on muslims in an abc exclusive interview with barbara walters, who asked trump, are you a bigot? >> should be great. health crisis. a popular fast food chain, the outbreak that made dozens of college students ill. the future of shopping. the new target concept that lets you shop, browse and buy. here's the catch. you can't take your purchases home with you. it's wednesday, december 9th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> i didn't mean to yawn o on camera. i'm obviously hugely excited by the content of the show. i'm not used to this night shift. >> you said you only got three hours' sleep. yesterday you were so pumped up ahead of the show by the donald trump comments. your fellow countrymen, your prime minister weighed in, and even j.k. rowling, weighed in. saying how horrible, valdemort was nowhere near as bad. >> and also boris johnson, mayor of london, made some quite funny comments about it. >> really? >> we're going to read some later. i do like the implication from you that they followed me. i made comments last night -- >> they followed you on twitter, saw the broadcast across the pond and -- >> well, i am not going to disagree with that. but we begin with donald trump

with his republican rivals showing g no mercyn his ban on muslims, donald trump is not ruling out leaving the gop and running as an independent. >> it could cost republicans t esident's election. a new development this morning, trump is planning a trip to israel at the end of the month. >> all that as the controversy over trump's plan to ban muslims shows no signs of slowing. it's your voice, your vote and our coverage begins with tom llamas. >> reporteter: withust one sentence, donald trump igniteing an international form. >> donald k. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. [ cheers ] >> reporter: trump justifying the ban by painting apocalyptic future if the country doesn't

>> we'll have more worldld trade centers. it's going to get worse and worse. we can be politically correct and stupid, but it's going to get wor and worse. >> reporter: now with even his own party condemning, trump is invoking roosevelt actions against germans, italians and japanese in america during world war ii. cover of the "philadelphia daily news" compares trurump to a very different figure. >> the new fire over donald trump. you're increasingly being comped to hitler. does that give you any pause at all? >> no. because what i'm doing is no different than what fdr -- fdr's solution for germans, italians, japanese, you know, many years -- >>ou're for internment camps? >> thihis is a psident who is highly respected by all. he did the sale thing. >> reporter: trump insists he's not calling for internment camps but he is calling for new scrutiny of mosques. >> yes, we have to look at mosques.

we have to see what's happening because something is happening in there. man, there's anger. there's anger. >> reporter: and from south caroli -- >> i likike the baon the muslims. we just have to get control. >> reporter: trump seems to have no control doing biness with muslims, but he's now enuraging profiling, urging his supporters to sound the alarm. america hasn't heard ideas like this or language like this from a presidential candidate in generations. the question, the big question, does this stop trump cold or make him more popur? tom llamas, abc news. >> does it make him more popular? >> you couldn't stop watching that interview. george, i don't know if i would handle it as well as he did. >> he picked him up very well. >> we'll hear more of trump's critics in a moment. at one point he said bluntly, quote, i don't care about them. >> abc's barbara walters, no less, sat down with trump yesterday for his only on-camera

controversial comments. >> do you regret your ban on musls, which some people think is un-american? >> not at all. we have to do the right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. i have great respect and love. i have people that i have tremendous relationsnships wit they're muslim. and, barbara, they agree with me 100%. it's short term. let our country get its act together. they knocked down the world trade center. they tried doing it twice. other things have happened. there are a lot of -- there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough, smart and vigilant. reporter: what is short term? >> it could be very quickly if our country could get its t together. we don't know what's happening. we have a president that doesn't have a clue. we don't know what's happening. we need toughness and smartness

>> there are many, even in your own party, who think that isis is going to like your rhetoric. that your words are putting us in greater danger. >> i'm the worst thing that's ever happened to isis. the people in my party fully understand that. they're running against me. for the most part, they have no poll numbers. i'm leading by a lot. they get it. they're trying to get publicity for themselves. when i came out against illegal immigration, everybody for the same thing, two weeks later everybody was on my side, including members ofy own party. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. prably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> because? >> because i'm not. i'm a person that has common sense. i'm a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. >> donald trump there speaking with abc's barbara walters. the political backlash against

fellow republicans have been rsh. house speaker paul ryan says this isn't what the gop or u.s. stands for. the head of the national committee says, quote, we need to radically take on radicalism. but not athe expense of the american people. trump was an ey target for democrats. >> i think his comments are, you know, very ill-advised and potentially quite harmful. >> a new poll from new hampshire has trump with an 18 percentage point lead over his nearest rival, senator marco rubio. that's pretty outstanding. the polling end the on monday, on the same day trump first made his muslim ban proposal. we have yet to see how that impacts the polling. >> i was talking about the mayor of london, boris johnson. another comment trump made is london has some no-go areas essentially because of the muslim population. and the mayor of ndon says this isn't true. and then he says, the only fear

trump. >> did he really? > i thoug barbara's interview was fantastic. he commented, i'm the least bigoted person you have ever met. i don't know whether it's true or not, but yet another staggering comment that falls from his mouth. >> and so many americans support him and trust him and believe he's the future. >> and so many that watch this program, we asked yesterday on twitter, these comments, do these make you more devout or off-putting him? we are hearing for the first time from some of the first responders who arrived on the horrific scene of the san bernarno shooting. among them, a 15-year police veteran that reassured evacuees by saying, i'll take a bullet for you. here's abc's lauren lister. >> reporter: fst responders remembering the victims of lasast week's tragedy. >> never, ever thought i would deal with anything like that. >> it's nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever.

moments before t the attac survivor julie paez receiving an employee of e year award. 27-year-old denise perazza also surviving the shooting, with help from her colleague. >> he just put his arm arounme and said, i got you. >> reporter: shot once in the side, recalls huddling under the table with her friend, shannon johnson. he did not survive. she believes johnson saved his >> he did not just save me. >> we have several down. >> reporter: we're learning more about how sayed farook and his wife prepared. the fbi says it has surveillance tape of the killers taking target practice around the l.a. area. >> he was here. he was here by himself. he came here to shoot his a. r. >> reporter: said to have provided the couple with assault rifles, 24-year-old enrique marquez, a former neighbor of farook's, seen here in this facebook photo.

marqz provided information to fbi not known. they are considering whether others could be charged as accomplices in the mass murderer. abc news, los angeles. an 8-year-old girl in utah breast cancer has had a mastectomy. kristi young's mother says the little girl is doing well. doctors hope the mastectomy will help her avoid radiation or other aggressive treatments. theyey say shean have breast reduction -- reconstruction during puberty. researchers at george washington university say there's an alarming increase in the number of children diagnosed with adhd. over a 7-year period, researchers say the number of american childn diagnosed increased 43%, including nearly 6 million children. most are boys, but there is a big increase in the number of girls diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in the past few years. >> i believe it's because we're better at detecting it rather

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this dramatic video shows a hover board on fire inside a mall outside seattle. the battery-operated device exploded for no reason. it skidded across the ma. kiosk employees used a fire extinguisher on it but it prompted evacuation of the entire mall. there are other incidents, hover boards catching fire because of the lithium-ion battery. next the latest outbreak related to the chipotle chain. customers mysteriously falliling ill a the

>> you've tried chipotle, right? >> yeah, it's all right. it's essentially slop in a tra >> dozens of people are sick after slop in a tray dozens of people are sick after slop in a tray. eating in chipotle in boston, linsey davis has more. >> reporter: the popular mexican restaurant known for its big burritos has now a bigger problem. it started with an e-mail to all boston college athletes warning, do not eat a at chipot after half the basketball team fell ill. over the weekend, this chipotle in boston, 80 students getting gastrointestinal illness after eating there. those who were tested came back positive for norovirus. chipotle put out a statement. just last month, chipotle spokes people tried their best to put an e. coli outbreak in nine states behind them, announcing they were reopening the 43 restaurants in seattle and

shuttering them amid the initial e. coli outbreak there. >> the pain in my abdomen was something i've never experienced. >> reporter: since then chipotle stock has plummeted 25%. this chipotle is closed while the boston health department investigates the source of the outbreak. linsey davis, abc news. >> 25%, that seems like a dramatic fall, given companies get past health outbreaks. >> this is another new onset. how much more will consumers trust them now to go back? >> after my slslop in thtray comment, it's probably worth keeping an eye on the stock prices tomorrow. coming up in our next half hour, the potentially dadangerous decorations. the growing popularity of using lasers f christmas lights. becoming a growing threat to air traffic. a warning om the faa. first, making th all nice again. retailers trying to keep pace with online sales. trying new ways to entice online -- entice in-store shoppers. you are watching "world news now.

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re-imamagining t in-store experice. target inviting us in for an exclusive first look at their latest concept. is this the future? let's go shopping. >> reporter: target wonderland, a temporary pop-up shop in new york city. instead of a shopping cart, customers walk around with these. our rfid-enabled keys, technology that taps what you want to buy and automatically transmits it to a digital shopping cart. >> i hope when you walk into a target store in the future, it's as inspiring to shop as here and it can be as easy to shop as simply scanning your token. >> reporter: the new interactiveve experience, including a giant etch-a-sketch, interactive video games, and video of sta via satellite from north pole. keeping shoppers shopping up a storm. >> we are testing different things all around the country. the more we can make the actual shopping experience fun ain,

really the magic. >> reporter: target isn't the only retailer reinventing the in-store experience. from ralph lauren and rebecca minkoff, to monitors where you can get personalized skin care and fragrance recommendations the touch of a button. >> target has to improve the in-store experience, because otherwise people would just shop online. target is trying to up the convenience factor so people will come to the stores. >> reporter: 80% of shopping carts are abandoned before checking out. shopping in stores means customers are much more likely to complete their purchases. >> our rfid technology will definitely take off. retailers will use this in order to make the shping experience more convenient for consumers. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. coming up, why bad grammar may sial you're a nicer person. >> you've heard of urina case.

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welcome back. it is now time for "the mix." the first story here -- binghamton university, they conducted a study into the use of grammar in text messages. researchers with apparently not enough to do. they concluded if you put a period at the end of a sentence, that makes your texts seem insincere. this is a bit like something on "seieinfeld." whereas, i always put a full 4 stop or period at the end of a sentence and it's the proper thing to do. i think it shows you having been more thoughtful. but for some reason it shows you to look slightly more aggressive and, they're say, insincere. if you put a punctuation mark it shows you to be insincere. i think it's a lazy way to make

when it isn't. >> by punctuating? >> yeah. >> so you're against punctuation. >> i'm against the exclamation mark. i'm for the period. but whatat i'm sayg is the research is against me. >> oh, okay. i juston't text. i pick up and call so you avoid the whole drama. there is that option. i want to tell you about a hot, sexy santa at the toronto mall. >> i saw a picture. >> of paul mason. he's known as hot, hot santa. he's a hotty santa. he's worked at toronto's yorkdale mall and also a professional model. look at him. look how dapper, right? he apparently made toronto's best dressed in 2014. he's worn luxury brands. you see him at one point wearing a velvet blazer, long green coat, cinched belt. hot, hot santa. ding, ding, ding, da-da ng, ding.

him a little snack when he comes down the chimney. he insists its carb-free. >> well done. here's another story for you. >> tell me. >> that i think you will like. this is in -- a cape designer. for people -- for men who go to urinals. >> urinals. >> urinals. thanks. still learning. they're embarrassed about ththeir private parts. here's a cape you wear. these are for people who are embarrassed. by virtuof wearing the cape you're drawing attention to the thing that you're embarrassed about. thus the cape is counterproductive. >> it looks like he's about to commit some sort of crime. pull something out of his cape there. i would be terrified if somebody did this. >> that's trueue. >> you're not for the cape. >> it's a disaster.

text messages. making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, investigators in paris naming ththe third taclan attacker. the details just in. firing back, the controversial plan to ban muslims. donald trump responding to critics in an exclusive interview with barbara walters. >> we have a president that doesn't have a clue. we don't know what's happening. >> the backlash growing from his own party and the white house as his leadad widens the newest poll. we are live in washington. caught on camera, one of the hottest toys for the holidays bursting into flames again, this time inside a mall. and art lovers taking an even closer look at th"mona lisa." the secret possibly discovered lurking below the surface.

i'm richard bacon. >> and i'm reena ninan. we beginin with th breaking news from paris. a critical new development in the investigation into the terror attacks. french officials have now identified the third attacker who blew himself up at the bataclan theatre, 23-year-old fouad mohamed-aggad from a city in northeast france. >> he was one of three attackers athe bataclan where 90 people were killed during a concert by california rock band eagles of death tal. he had reportedly gone to syria in 2013 with a group of other radicalized young men. the rest were arrested when they returned to france, but he was not. we'll continue to follow these new developments from paris. the paris attackers are among e incidents being cited by republican front-runner donald trump as reasons for his proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. >> criticism of trump has been withering and widespread. we'll have new reaction in a moment, but in an exclusive

barbara walters, trump remained unapologetic. >> do you regret your ban on muslims, which some people think is unamerican? >> nott all. we have to do the right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. i have great respect and love, i have people that i have tremendous relationships with, they're muslim and, barbara, they agree with me 100%. it's short term. let our country get its act together. they knocked down the world trade center. they tried doing it twice. other things have happened. they have a lot -- there are people that have tremendously bad intentions. we have to be tough. we have to be smart, and we have to be vigilant. we have a president that doesn't have a clue. we don't know what's happening. we need toughness and smartness and we have to do it quickly. >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> donald trump speaking with

we mentioned the harsh criticism that's been raining down on trump since he unveiled his proposal. >> yeah, white house spokesman josh earnest saying the idea should disqualify trump from serving as president. the head of the republican national committee is also criticizing the idea. for more we're now joined from washington by abc's lana zak. lana, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, reena and richard. yes, donald trump has ignited an international firestorm with these comments. some people worry it will be used as an isis recruiting tool. others fear that it could be used to justify hate here at home. all at thehe same ti that the latest poll numbers show donald trump with his largest lead in new hampshire ever, winning that state's primary right now with an astounding 32% support. >> donald trump has jumped the shark. he's gone too far. >> reporter: sharp condemnation for donald trump from everyday americans to fellow republicans. >> we know how you make america great again, tell donald trump to go to hell.

trump's most recent controversial proposal. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> what he had to say about the muslims, we just got to get control. >> reporter: but for young muslim-americans it's hard to see the republican front-runner's opinion as a one-off. >> these children are kind of walking around carrying the weight of their religionon on their shoulders. >> my teachers told me specifically to not only k keep our heads up high. >> i'm used to hearing things like go back to your country, just really discriminatory phrases like that, and i'm kind of sick of hearing it because th is my country. >> reporter: on the front cover of "the new york daily news" today, a parapase of that famous poem about the holocaust. it reads in part, when he came for the muslims, i did not speak out. anthe head of congressional republicans paul ryan said yesterday that donald trump's views do not represent that of

ryan wouldn't go so far as to withhold support from trump shou he receive the nomination. that's something that democrats and even some republicans say should be part of that universal condemnation. reena, richard. >> they were amazingly strong words from lindsey graham, weren't they? lana zak live in washington, thank you. d donald trump capped off his busy day with h a tweet. >> overnight trump sending out this, "w, what a day. so many foolish people that refuse to acknowledge the tremendous danger and uncertainty of certain people coming into the u.s." that tweet getting nearly 8,000 likes. it has been one week now since the shooting rampage in san bernardino, and for the first time we are hearing from so of the men and women whon rushed to help at the scene. veteran police detective geoeorge lozano says s he's no ro despite the fact he e told evaees that he'd take a bullet for them. >> it's nothing short of what

enforcemt would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. anyone behind me or any one of ththe people300 people that were there would have said the same thing. that's our job to put ourselves in the line of danger to prorotect the community. >> the alarms were going off, the sprinklers were on, it was clououdy or smy. e gunpowder was heavily prevalent in the room. but in the end i think that the training just t took ove >> another officer descred how he noticed he had a bullet hole in his leg but he e kept on shooting just the same. and investigators continue to look into who provided help to the killer couple in that deadly rampage. authorities say 24-year-old enrique marquez, a convert to islam and close friend of syed farook, has admitted that he

marquez has since checked himself into a mental hospital but could face criminal charges. and the fbi is also looking into a $28,000 deposit from an online lender to the couple's bank account. well, inashington the house has voted overwhelmingly to tighten the visa waiver program driven by concerns over terrorism. the new law would require visas for anyone who's been in syria or iraq in the previous five years. the senate is expected to pass a similar law which also has the backing of the white house. in the pacific northwest, another day of heavy rain. many roads are flooded or blocked by landslides or sinkholes. and sewage is flowing through some portland, oregon, streets. the state department of transportation is telling motorists to avoid all state highways overnight. amtrak has suspended service between portland and vancouver, washington. one storm after another is coming in off the pacific.

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many enjoy a cup of coffee and an early morning stroll on the beach, but this was too much. thousands of cans of coffee washed up yesterday near melbourne, florida. best case is that the coffee cameme from containers that fell off a barge last weekend. thtravel industry is still feeling the effects from the terror attacks in paris. air france says it lost $54 million in november from cancellations, bomb threat hoaxes and other disruptions. it's mostly on flights to and from paris. the financial losses are continuing this month. well, a transportation department official warns that 13 of the nation's busiest air traffic regions don't have enough controllers. he tells congress the shortage demands urgent attention. a union official air traffic controllers are eligibleo retire. the number of boston college students sickened after eating at a chipotle mexican grill is up to at least 80.

those illnesses are an isolated case of norovirus andnd say they are not related to a multistate ououtbreak oe. coli. the chipotle where all those b.c. students ate is now closed while boston health officials investigate. and the nation's safety rating system for new cars and trucks is getting a major upgrade. starting in 2019 to earn five stars, vehicles will be required to have enough -- to have new safety technologies. that includes rear visibility cameras, blind spot detection and collision avoince systems. new crasash tetests ll ao simulate cars colliding at an angle, and crash test dummies will be more anatomically correct. i do love my back camera, the rear camera. >> i love it. >> yeah. >> how did we ever cope without it? >> i know, but when we come back, caught on camera, a dramatic chase ending in a hail of gunfire.

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drivers should also watch out for wet roads in the upper plains and the ohio valley and possibly in uth florida. new video this morning is likely to give a lot of parents second thoughts about giving a popular gift. >> the dramatic video shows a hoverboard fire happening inside a mall right next to the kiosk where it was on sale. an eyetness says the battery operated device just exploded. no reason given. kiosk employees used fire extinguishers on it but the smoke prompmpted an evacuation of the mall south of seattle. no injurs reported. and this is the video from the body camf an officer in milwaukee going toward a hostage situation after gunfire erupted. the shots were fired by a man who was holding two peopople hostage inside their home. the suspecect took h own life when the hostages -- with the hostages on either side of him. another man involved in the home invasion fled and was later arrested. >> gripping, isn't't it?

cameras, a high-speed shoot-out in seattle. dash cam video showing police chasing and ramming a carjacking suspect. he sti drives away. the 40-minute chase ending with a dramatic move. police ramming his car a second time. the suspect, a convicted felon, was killed by police in a barrage of gunfire. now to the shocking death of douglas tomkins, co-founder of th popular north face clothing ore chain. tomkins died of hypothermia after a kayaking accident in the patagonia region of southern chile. after his retail career tomkins became well known as a conservationist spending millions financing national parks. douglas tofrp kins was 72 years old. >> a brilliant man. breast cancer patients will have a new tool to help them hang on to their hair and dignity. fda says it will allow marketing of the digni cap, which is a

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range. 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. steph curry with 29 points so that's 68 from thehe back cot if you u add it u the warriors got a little scare from thompson, injured an ankle. he'll be okay. play boston friday, 23-0 this season, 7 straight dating back to last season. damian lillardrd with 33or portland. trail blazers in cleveland taking on lebron james. i'm determined to pronounce it like that once every show i have. lebron james highlight. lebron james knocking downhe three anthen lebron james, look at this. >> yeah. >> that is a super stud move going up and drawing an offensive foul. mason plumlee not a little man either. h ran into the wall known as mes. that was a top play. james, 33 points, 14 in the fourth. cleveland, 105-100. >> you know coaches love that when your best player takes a charge like that. >> exactly. >> it's a message to the rest of the team you all need to do it. >> yeah. i need to diet. back to you.

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number one spot, katy perr pulling in 135 million bucks making her not only the top musician but a top earning celebrity on the plalanet. i wish i could sing like her. >> on the planet. next up, a new mystery involving the "mona lisa." she's at it again. >> the more than 500-year-old portrait by leonardi da vinci is hanging in a paris museum and a french scientist has been studying her more for than a decade. it peeled back every layer of paint exposing a new completely different woman. >> noticeably absent is her infamous smile and shehe's looki off to the side. one expert saying, and i quote, throws a big stone into the still lake of art story. >> ooh. intriguing. >> good phrase. >> also a new study about texting. it finds, richard, punctuation

messages that end with a period is perceived as less sincere than with no punctuation at all. >> binghamton university researchers say texting mimi face-to-face communication much more than in noncomputer messaging. and if you want your messages to look really sincere, you use an exclamation point. i don't like exclamation points text but apparently that's what you do. >> your grammar teacher knew what she was talking about. you had to pay attttention. >> i never did. now, a lot of kids live on pizza while in college but a british university is offering students a chance to major in pizza. this is a university in manchester, north of england. a lot of unis in england get accused of having mickey mouse degrees. probably also offer r degrees mickey mouse. >> well, you know, pizza hut is teaming up with the school where the studts will take classes as they work in the chain's reaurant, so it will include food prep, financial analysis skills. i just want to know how do you slice a good pepperoni pizza. >> don't waste your time with that degree. we'll be right back. that degree. we'll be right back. without it the virus spreads

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officials have identified the third attacker who blew himself up at the bataclan theatre in the paririattacks. he had gone to syria in 2013 with a group of other radicalized young men. donald trump tells abc's barbara walters that he's not a bigot and that he has no regrets for proposing to ban muslims from the united states. condemnation of trump's plan is uniting democrats and trump's fellow republicans. roads are flooded, basements are being pumped out and some schools closed after several days of heavy rain in oregon. there have also been seveveral mudslides. a look at today's weather, showers in south florida, the ohio valley and from the great lakes to the dakotas. and finally y this morng, a kettle full of christmas cheer overflowining in oneew england town >> it's an american holiday tradition. those red salvation army kettles dotting the nation's sidewalks and malls but increasingly becoming an annual ritual of

reid lamberty from our boston station has the story. >> repororter: donions come in many denominations. >> god bless you. >> reporter: some fold, others jingle. >> thank you very much. have a great holiday. >> you too. >> reporteter: but lt monday night this salvation army red kettle was rocked. >> i did, i found it myself. >> reporter: captain david childs found the diamond r ring noin the rough but hidden among the hundreds of dollars being tallied at the end of the day. >> it was done in such a way that it was apparent that it was on purpose that they meant for us to have the ring. >> it's incredibleomebody would do something like that. very generous of them. >> reporter: thehe ring's ner is unknown and why such a personal item was donated to begin with is also unclear but it has happened before. just last december, inin fact, when an anonymous widow donated her wedding and engagement rings outside of boston's north station. the roughly one carat diamond

$3500 and will be auctioned off this saturday during a salvation army radio thon. the money raised helps hundreds of families in the area. >> this christmas alone we're helping over 600 families with toys and clothing. >> that will give someone a nice christmas. >> reporter: dime ss may be a girl's best friend but the salvation army is in love too. i'm reid lamberty, wcvb 5. >> people are nice, aren't they? >> they are especially during the holidays. before we go secretary of state johnerry will address the clime change talks near paris in just a few hours. also great interest in the climate change talks at the vatican. nature photographs were projected on to st. peter's basilica last night and an associate says the pope may get involved if the talks stall. >> i'd just like to know how they did that and would like to do it in my living room. >> it's beautiful, isn't it?