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cruz's statements about carpet-bombing isis. anotr day on the campaign trail. that stuff about legalizing illegal immigrants i so inherently interesting to me because marco rubio was pro. there wawas a point when it seemed as eso that was a reasonable position to take. now, the camign has gone under way. and it's the primaryies. and you're eeling to primary voters and you have to say you're never for it. >>eople recalibrate. they get to one side, an extreme. and have to go another direction sometimes. >> it's one of the things that disillusions peoples in politics. where you stand on legalizing illegal immigrants, it's still clear that some people in this race held one position. and now, they're running for office,, old another position. and i wonder if you are against legalizing illegal immigrants, you would rather people had a consistent principle. does that make sense?
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just said is -- that sometimes people in politics don't represent what they truly believe in their heart. >> no one ever thought of that before. have i come up with a blinding -- is that as blinding -- >> deep political thoughts this hour. want to remind you the democratic debate tomorrow night. we're going to be hosting, abc will. martha raddatz and david muir. it will be fascinating. >>t will be great. the last democratic debate was on a saturday night, as well. >> you're going to be watching, right? >> definitely. if you didn't order the hover board gift, it may not arrive for christmas. postal service is only using trucks. airlines have banned hover boards because of fires caused by their batteries. the warmer weathern the eastern u.s. is hurting christmas sales because it doesn't feel like christmas. clothingthe top gift item for the holidays. what stores have on their shelves, cold weather gear.
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retailersre resorting to deep discounts. you need ski boots, a winter hat, gloves, now is time to get them. >> damn stight. >> that's why i wore my summer dress in the dead of winter. >> i like it. what a day for die-hard "star wars" fans in australia. not only did they s "the force awakens" at the chine theater. they got married in front of the theater. >> they got married as darth >> yeah. and o officiate by yoda. idea. >> all we can say to the newlyweds is may the force be with you. divorce be with you. harder. >> we'll give u a second to collect your thoughts. in the "skinny," two
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say are more than just friends. hours after the new "star wars" film premiered, social media is on fire wh reaction from fans. first, tickets for adel's concert tour are gone in a flash. how much tickets are costing now. that's after the forecast map. >> may the divivce not be with you. >> may the judge be with you. so how ya doing? enough pressure in here for ya? ugh. my sinuses are killing me. yeah...just wait 'til we hit ten thousand feet. i'm gonna take mucinex sinus-max. too late, we're about to take off. these dissolve fast. they're new liquid gels. and you're coming with me... wait, what?! you realize i have gold status? do i still get t miles? new mucinex sinus-max liquid gels. dissolves fast to unleash max strength dicine. start the relief. ditch the misery.
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times thousands of adel fans are hoping to say "hello" to concert tickets found no matter how many times they tried, no one seemed to be home at ticketmaster.com. >> the north america tour sold out inminutes. and scalpers are charging thousands for tickets. rebecca jarvis ha the story. >> reporter: tickets to adel's north america tour went on sale at 10:00 a.m. within an hour, they had sold out. of course, the frustrated fans ticketmaster.com. venting theheir angeronline, using adel's own lyrics. one tweeting, hello from the ticket line, i've clicked refrfresh a thousand times. #adeletickets. and the scalpers swarmed. at noon, one on craigslist, for
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30 minutes later, he was asking $9,000. and on ebay, these four tickets to the show in dallas, now on sale for more than $4,4$48,000. the secret? the only method that worked in our newsroom was a phone call to ticket master. a couple of things that a also worked for people who did get the tickets through ticketmaster. first off, downloading the ticketmaster app on to their phones. also, joining adele's fan club. it can help to join the fan club of the artist because tn you get the presale tickets. and those are frequently much easier to come by. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> that's good advice. >> who got tickets? i want to know. >> i don't know. but he was ppy. the heas celebrating like he had a goal in a cupup fil. >> you used to guard her, right? >> that's right.
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became famous. she was trying to make it. and she was vy -- she didn't want to turn up to a gig or recording sessions. >> you held her umbrella like mary poppin's. were you like the mary poppins fo adele? >> yeah. michael out in the west coast, right? got the tickets? in california. we have t hit him up for tickets.s. >>'m happy for him. "star wars" fans are in hyper dririve. andd barbara walters' most fascinating person of 2015. hekinny" is next. her nurse. her personal assistant. her houseeper. her cook. her accountant. when i starled taking care of mom,
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skinny so skinny time, now, for "the skinny." and topping the headlines is "star wars" mania. >> thousands of fans have been liningp at theaters to see "the force awakens." and everyoyone is caht up in the excitement. even mark zuckerberg, saying the force is strong with this one. and social media lighting up, too.
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>> d dylan low said "the force awakens" made my yearar >> i will show you what force looks like. people are upset. they were wried in a we might give away some of the spoilers. by the way, we did not. >> we did not. >> we did not. >> we were e dancing ound the topic. we were analyzing what constituted a spoiler. i was saying when the celebs came out a said there were two plot twists. even though does that constitute a spoiler? didn't somebody unfollow us? >> yeah. we worked it out over twitter. they are watching us again. >> we wooed them back. >> from force to fierce. barbara walters has revealed her fascinating people of 2015. and topping the list this year, shouldn't be much of a surprise, caitlyn jenner. once bruce jenner. she transitioned from male to female. >> her celebrity has launched a
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she has transformed society. >> jenner joins the ranks of jackie onassis, and hillary clinton, as barbara walters most fascinating people. two people may be more than just friends. >> this has been buzzing with the allegedly recent photo, tweeted by a friend of matthew perry and courteney cox, next to a still of their characters, monica and chandler. >> the problem with the photo, is it's from 2005. cox is wearing a wedding ring. >> that is an eagle eye. while the two have been very good friends and reportedly closer in recent weeks since cox's engagement to "snow patrol'sjohnny, the friends with benefits claim is not true. >> oh, well. fans can still dream.
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netflix is out with a date for a return of the "full house" gang. >> on the 26th, "fuller house" off. with d.j. tanner calling on her sister, stephanie, and her friend to raise her three boys. and now, the teaser. >> gogosh,t feels good to be back. can someone help me with the boxes? jesse, c you help d.j.? >> i'm'm trying. >> all episodes on february 26th on netflix. >> that's all we get? >> i want to see more. we will settle for that. coming up, a look back at the week's top stories. >> everything from isis to "star
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time has come today time i'm a big fan of that ng. and i'm a big fan of "friday rewind." it turns the last week into immediate history. >> isis and another republican debate. >> balanceing out "star wars" mania in hyperdrive. >> we're taking out isil leaders, commanders and killers one by one. our next message to them is simple. you are next. >> it is not enough to contain isis. we must deat isis. break i its momentum and then its back. >> wish it was always as easy -- >> we're dealing with islamic terrorism exists. this is a tough business to run for president. >> you're a tough gu jeb. i know. >> and we need to have a leader. >> you're tough. >> you're never going to be president of the united states
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>> i'm not going to take the chance with the life of a student. >> that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital "a." >> freddie is dead. and someone needs to be convicted. >> we have to be remain calm, patient, because we are confident, there will be another trial with a a different jury. >> my fear is, he is gone. we all know what kind of resources andnd mey this family has, to get out of town, maybe get outf the country. who knows? >> how confident are you that our economy won't slip back into recession? >> the underlrlying heah of the u.s. economy, i consider to be quite sound. >> oh, that's the robber. this is live tv, folks. that's the robber, just went by, according to the bank employee. i have to go and call 911. i'll take to you later.
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this movie out there for the audience and see how they feel about it. >> it is a story of adventure and loyoyalty and shock and surprise. and uses this amazing and precious thing called the force that tells us that we'e're also connected. >> j.j. abrams. a gre future ahead of him, huh? >> and a great past behind him. in america, every week, a major week in news, isn't it? >> yes. good to have you here. >> thanks. i loved it.
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go back home. good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm richard bacon. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world newewsnow."
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counterterrori center, president obama said there's no specific and credible credit to the homeland. and he said that agents will be working around the clock during the holidays to keep americans safe. >> oklahoma police have a suspect in custody for a shooting spree along a 60-mile stretch of an interstate highway. they don't havave a motive. two people in two different cars. police say the shooter was drunk. the d defense department has released many of the e-mails sent from ash carter from his personal account. most werere over diplomatic matters. and thousands of adele fans are outraged, as all seats to her 56-day north america tour sell out in a matter of minutes. and now, scalpers are charging as much as $12,000 a ticket. those are some of our top
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18th. >> an awards show. >> you saw adele at the awards show? >> i did. who was asking me -- we should let the audience into our conversation. have i seen a adelelive? yes, the brits, an award show. that really moving song. and she cried as she sang it. >> "rolling in the deep"? >> no. "someone like you." >> she did one here in the u.s. that was remarkable. >> she is drawing from her real life. the sincerity and the simplicity. e brits, adele crying, "you will thank me." >> someone who didn't cry on stage, was president obama. he was trying to reassure the public tt terrorism is in check. >> with the attacks in paris and
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are being met with considerable skepticism. bazi kanani has the story. >> reporter: after an update from his team at the counterterrorism center in virginia, president obama said there is no creditable and spspecific teat to the homeland. but acknowledgedd there remains a different type of threat. one that led to the new bulletin from the department of homeland security, warning of lonone wolfs or self-radicalized actors. >> they are smaller, self-initiating, self-motivating, they're harder to detect. and that makes it harder to prevent. >> reporter: a majority of americans, 77%, are skeptical of the government's abibility to prevent lone wolf attacks. as the president noted, changes are being made to strengthen the security o the visisa waiver program. some lawmakers questioned immigration officials about their inability to keep track of every visa violator. >> how many of those people are
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>> i don't know. >> doesn't that scare you? >> reporter: before the president heads to hawaii for his annual holiday vacation, he will travel to san bernadino lateroday to meet privately with families of the attack victims. reena? richard? >> bazi, thank yoyou. there's been another arrest stemming from m the atta in san bernadino. 24-year-old enrique marquez is in custody right now, facing rror-related charges, including conspiracy to provide material to terrorists. he bought the assault rifles used in san bernadino by his friends sayed farooq and his wife. they had planned attacks on a community college and on freeway drivers. nose attacks, thankfully, were never carried out. >> he has provided them with a lot detail about the weapons. about possibly over attacks planned. ababout cosations in
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>> yesterday, marquez provided one-wowordnswered to a judge. he will be held until monday when he will be back in court. pierre thomas has details on marquez's actions, following the san bernadino attack. >> hours after the december 3rd shooting, a frantic marquez dials 911. at one point, the dispatcher says, why do you feel like you want to kill yourself? here's what's follows. my neighbor, he did the san bernadino shooting. he was the shooter. the expletive, he used my gun in the shootiting. your gun? marquez responds. oh, my god. how do you know it's your gun? marquez responds, they canrace all of the guns back to me. when asked who the shooter was, marquez responds flatly, it's syed farook. marquez checked into the ucla harvard medical center and went
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fbi saidid he had consumed nine battles of peer. >> pierre, thank you. visitors toheme parks will be seeing additional security measures during this holiday season. at disney world, universal and sea world, are screening visitors with metal detectors. visitors are take it in stride. >> i think it's good. it's what we need. >> i think it was bound to happen sooner or later. just because of what's been happening around the world globally. >> california theme parks are taking similar steps, including sea world, san diego and universal hollywood. six flags said it had bag searches and metal connectors since 9/11. disney is the parent of abc news. the presidential race, starting with changes for ben carson. he will not be going to israel
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because of significant security concerns. carson told reporte the exact nature of the threat is classified. the trip was intenlded to improve his credibility on foreign policy. meanwhile, kind words from vladimir pin for donald trump. the russian leader yesterday calling trump a talented, very colorful person. and the ababsolute lder of the presidential race. trump saying in response, it's always a great honoro be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected in his own country and beyond. bernie sanders are touting a couple new endorsements. his campaign picked up the back of if communication workers of america. it was the third union to support his white house bid. also onboard i is democracy for america, which is howard dean's old group. sander's new support comes ahead
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debate in new hampshire. the sage all s. hillary clinton goes into the debate ahead of sanders. and martin o'malley. th will be hosted by martha raddatz and david muir tomorrow night. 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i think it will be excellent. i love watching bernie sanders' perform. >> you enjoy it? >> yeah. i think so. it's partly sin larry david did the impression of him. you hear larry david when he speaks. there's a seriousness and a sincerity, i guess. the republican debate is entertaining for a varieiety of reasons. not least of all donald trump. he is the draw, i think. is the idiosyncratic one, i think. >> you never think of "weekend at bernies." >> i don't think of that. there may be a delay in sentencing of dennis hastert. he was hospitalized after
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that was a week after the 73-year-old hastert pleaded guilty to trying to evade banking laws. the drug company executive called the most hated man in america is out of jail after being arrested on securities fraud. martin shkreli posted a $5 million bond and walked free. as abc's lauren lister reports, the charge he is facing now has nothing to do with the price of drugs. >> reporter: he's the entrepreneur at the center of a fire storm in recent months, for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price ofof a life-saving drug more than 4,000%. tweeted about by hillary clinton. trump. named the most hated man in america in the press. shkreli, defended himself on abc news in september. >> i think they he a fundamental misunderstanding. we've agreed to lower the price
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>> reporter: a promisee later reneged on. the 32-year-old under arrest in new york for securities fraud and conspiracy unrelated to that price hike controversy, or his current drug company. the charges involve his alleged actions as a hedge fund manager, and another company, where he was ceo, from 2012-2014. >> shkreli ran his companies like a ponzi scheme. he used each company to pay off defrauded investors from the prior company. >> reporter: accused of lying to investors, prosecutors say shkreli used retrophin as a piggy bank to repay share holders. >> calls to shkreli's attorne were not immediately returned. an international supermadle.
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dicaprio may be in trouble in her native country. israeli taxes is asking her about failing to declarell income, especially goods and services shehe w given. she cannot leave israel for the next six months without permission. a scary moment at the cleveland cavs game last night. lebron james crashed straight into a woman sitting courtside. look at all that. and the woman is the wife o golf star jasoson day. she was fitted with a nick brace. taken out of the arena on a stretcher. james said she told him she was okay while she was being treated. that's a lot of force. that looks rough. >> doesn't take away the pain. nice sentiment. abby wambach, that we talked about yesterday, has been welcomed back to her hometown
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a big group of fans were there in rochester, new york, when she arrived, following her final match for the u.s. women's national team. >> wambach addressed an event in her honor wearing a t-shirt that said, be a good person. in wambach inspirational style, she told people, if they dream something, they can go after it. a true inspiration. i really like her. >> what i've seen of her, i like her a lot. she is beginning the new chapter. we mentioned yesterday, when everything in your life disappears when you retire from professional sport. and she's still half the age donald trump would be. and she is retiring. one mov opening up in theaters today thats not "star wars." >> the reviews are in for amy poehler. they are looking for laughs. first, the wealthy young man
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want more freshness? add new downy fresh protect. dramatic video caught by surveillance camera, shows a store owner fighting off a masked armed robber with a slipper the 58-year-old flings the slipper at the gunman. the gunman fires back, as you saw there, leaving a hole in the ground. singh suffered a scraped nose. the gunman is on the loose. >> could have been a worse situation. >> that's terrifying. the fbi has turned the search for that missing 18-year-old, better known as the affluenza teen, into a federal manhunt. >> he was given ten years probationn after killing four people in a drunk driving accident. he is now feared to have fled the country. abc's matt gutman has the latest.
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marshals have joined the manhunt for ethan couch. instigators are tracking his family cars and credit cards, and possible passport. in 2013, then-1year-old's legal team cvinced the judge to give him probation for killing four in a drunk driving crash, arguing he suffered from affluenza, too spoiled to know right from wrong. an after this on twitter, showing him at a boozey party, he allegedly nished. skipping checking in with his the country. >> he is number one. >> reporter: when we saw couch, he was also on the run. couch's mother is believed to be on the run with him. in these deposition tapes, a lawyer asked her when she last disciplined her son. >> when do you recall disciplining ethan for anything? >> i don't remember.
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couch's mother who faces consequences. it is a felony to aid and abet a fugitive. investigators tell me if there's any way they can charge her, they will. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> incredible. coming up, a sneak peek at the other movie openings today. >> "sisters." insomniac theater is next, on "world news now." i believe, i believe believe we're still worth the fight you'll see there's hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe yeah
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you might know i wasn't really expecting you to come out from behind the desk. >> you have no socks on. >> i cheat. >> we have another movie other than "star wars" this weekend. >> for film fans looking for a pallet cleanser, we have just the movie. comics tina fey and amy poehler have tead up for "sisters." they may share the same parents. the similarities end there. when their parents decide to sell their childhood home, the siblings decide to throw a sendoff bash. but they had trouble figuring out what to wear. >> what do you think?
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>> i never met brela before. >> i met like three. >> you're trending, god bless. >> also, it's on backwards. >> you think? >> yeah. >> how is it going in there?e? >> i don't get this dress my apple keeps rolls out of the bag. >> when the sisters got the wardrobes found out,t was time to find dates. >> you're lucky, i'm free. >> that's the good news. i'm n not italian. i don't know why i said it like that. >> i like italians. >> okay. i'm half italian. that's a lie. i'm going t casually george jefferson my way out of here, to you. going to ease on down the e road and rerun it to the car. okay, od-bye. >> oh.
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but thehe forces strong when it comes to reviews. >> "sisters" is an old-school laugh riot with a parade of talented comeans. and karen deseuss sa says hanging with amy and tina always makes for an excellent adventure. >> i would watch that. >> you look at the comedies this year, and ty're just good. you r remember tina fey wrote "mean girls." >> she did. she is an increredible wrer. and the two of them paired up is lot of fun. coming up, i will be hiding my legs back under the desk. >> because, we have an encore presentaon of highlights for the week.
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just completed two weeks of anchoring american television. and it's been a joy. i really enjoyed working with you. >> we really enjoyed it, too. >>on-screen marriage. >> yeah. i didn't know we moved to marriage. >> to be -- >> i thought it was courting. >> marriage is the next time around. i'm proping. >> i want to see some bling. >> okay. >> bring the bling next time, before you head back to the pond, across to the pond, for the holidays. we want to send you off with a look back at your gentlemanly humor that you provided us. >> thanks. >> this is "world news now." >> good morning. it is -- i said good morning fofour times i like welcoming the audience to i'll say it for a fourth time. good morning. >> look who is back. show one. no one saw that coming. doing that music.
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did david muir do that? "w"world newtonight"? never. >> schedule. >> why doesn't he just say it's "star wars"? it's eiting. you think it would be good? or you think it would be rubbish? >> i think it was fantastic. >> then, i will have to watch it. >> the hardest word for a british person is mom. we say mum. >> you tried chipotle, right? >> it's all right. it's essentially slop in a tray. >> catching it like beckham, huh? >> i like that a lot. two different types of foototball. has across the atlantic. that's the problem with democracy. we can't trust the public to get it right. >> loo at what you. a sentimental bloke? >> i think i called it a bloke, the last time i checked.
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>> and chewing on your pen. >> chewing on my pen. and i think there's a bit of me, having watched a lot of news people on television, they shufflehe papers. even now, i wish i had papers in myhand. it's been great. >> hands across the atlantic? is that -- what an american and an british do that? hands across the atlantic? >> yeah. we're like churchill and
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and boxing day. this morning on "world news now," the terror crackdown in californiaia. >> a friend of the terror couple in san bernadino busted. federal agents say he was part of a frightening plot to set up
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what led to this major arrest? praise from putin. donald trump gets political support from russia. while two of trump's presidential channelers continue a war on words. professional hockey players seriously hurt. new commands of safety, from the rink to the courtroom. was it worth the wait? the new "star wars" movie finally opened. and we're right there with reaction from fans among the first to see it. it's friday, december 18th. >> i'm going to have that as my alarm. i'm coming back in a few weeks. >> you are? >> it's up to them. last day for a while. it's been fun. i will miss you. i'll miss t that music. and i'm going to miss jack, as well. >> you're going to miss jack. >> bye, richard.
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>> what did he call it in england? >> the long good-bye. i'm sorrrry. what were y saying? >> figgy pudding? >> yeah. >> do you eat figgy pudding? >> i never tried it. i don't know what is in it. it is a british thing. 1970s. pudding? >> i'll go back to the 1970s and find youousome. >> oh, boy. we're going to go on to a serious topic here. with enrique marquez. new charges against him. he was a friend of one of the san bernadino attackers. marquez made a court appearance, with a one-word answer to a judge and not entering a plea. >> he is facing charges, including support to terrorists. marquez will be held until monday at least, when he will atte another court hearing. abc news' brian ross i is on the
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>> reporter: after ten days of questioning by the fbi at a secret location, enrique marquez was brought to the federal courthouse in riverside, california, to face serious terror charges. within hour of the intern tino terror rampage, the fbi figured out that the two assault rifles were caughtt b marquez, almost four years ago. but the charges made public vealed the 24-year-old marquez, and his long-time friend and former next door neighborhood, syed farook, planned to use the weapons and pipe bomb toss attack the cafeteria of a community college in 2011 or early 2012. and later for a rush hourerror attack on this california freeway. quote, the plan was for farook to throw pipe bombs on to the freeway. and then, farook allegedly planned to move among stopped vehicles shooting into them, while marquez shot into vehicles
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according to the federal complaint, it was farook who persuaded marquez to turn to islam. authorities charge that farook got marquez to marry a russian woman, who was antended member of farook's family. marqrquez confided to his friends, itas all a sham. >> he married her for the visa. and gave him 5, 10 grand. that's where he left it. >> reporter: ominously, in the weeks before the terror attack at killed 14 peoe in san bernadino, friends says marquez warned of the plans of what he called a terror sleeper cell. >> he would talk about there were so many sleeper cells >> reporter: a month before the attacks, marquez wrote on facebook, my life turned ridiculous. involv in terrorist plots, drugs, anti-social behavior, marriage, might go to prison for fraud, et cetera. several prosecutors say there is
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marquez was involved in the san bernadino attacks themselves. but they say, there's no doubt his decision to buy the guns for farook, had fatal consequences. if convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison. brian ross, abc news, new york. the man some call the most hated man in america is free, on a $5 million bond after his arrest for securities fraud. hedge funder turned drug company executive, martin shkreli, earned the nickname by buying a life-saving drug and raising its price more than 4,000%. >> shkreli ran his companies like a ponzi heme, where he used each company to pay off defrauded instors from the prior company. >> shkreli's arrest is not related to his drug price increase. that increase was legal.
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charges, shkreli's spokesman says he is confident he will be cleared. now, to the possible political proman between vladimir putin and donald trump. they have traded kind words about each other. and two of trump rivals are maintaining a feud that started at tuesday night's debate. it is "your voice your vote" and cecilia ga is covering the campaign. >> reporter: donald trump getting unexpected a resounding praise from vladimir putin. >> donald trump. >> reporter: putin calling trump, a talented, very colorful person and the absolute leader of the presidential race. trump's response? it is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected in his own country and beyond. while trump is riding high, a tough day for his chief rival,
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marco rubio sayingg cruz once supported legalizing undocumented immigrants. >> he's not told his truth about his position in the past. >> reporter: on fox newsws, cruz stumbling after being shown his own words from 2013. >> i don't want immigration reformrm to fail. i want immigration performrm to pass. >> it sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. >> of cour, i wanted the bill to pass. my amendment to pass. what my amendment did -- >> you said the bill. off the table. it doesn't mean i supported the other aspects of the bill. >> reporter: cruz doubling down. >> i oppose legalization for illegal aliens. i always have. and i always will. >> reporter: the texas senator voters. but fighting against trump on the other side of the aisle, hillary clinton. sending a personal plea to the trump-loving father of this young woman. >> hi, shawn. i'm here with your daughter. i hope you can see, i don't have
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and i really do hope that as this election goes on, you'll list to your daughter. thanks. bye. >> reporter: we'll see how that rk out for her. all eyes on this stage behind me. the final preparations are under way for the final democratic debate of 2015. cecilia vega, abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> watch the democratic debate hosted by abc's martha raddatz and david muir. that's tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern and 7:00 central. that's interesting the story about trump and putin, praising one another. >> and how people demonize him in politics. he took the other route. >> and there's different sideses of the political spectrum, right? the left, putin, socialism, communism. and trump right. you go back around and meet in the middle and get on. >> there you go. deep thghts. on politics.
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that made no sense. you decide. admitting it was a mistake, it's not going to get defense secretary ash carter off the hook. the committeeants to look at the e-mails he had from his personal account. john mccain wants to make sure that sensitive information was not compromised. the push for the "star wars" movie has been over the top. >> what's the name of the movie? >> i said it in the script. i have not heard its name to really have it marked on my memory. but evidence actually -- there is enough evidenc it may have worn down, allll of the promotional push may have worn down one of the film's actual sts. >> this stems from a flight of the cast, including droids and the crew they took from l.a. to london. the plane was painted to look
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>> the character was on cups. and the onboard announcements began withoises that r2-d2 would make. he said the pilot was making "star wars" references which he called corny and not funny. >> i see how he could think that. >> and entertaining it. from we go. >> r2-d2 said he did not appreciate the comments. >> not funny. >> coming up -- >> it's quite funny. >> you think so? >> who has better teeth? the americans or the brits? >> that's easy to prove later. alsoahead, "star wars" fans and their immediate reaction to the new movie, after it opens up lastight. rave reviews? or rubbish? and first, the accident on the basketball court involving lebronon james and the wife of another pro sports star. you're watching "world news now."
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risk of concussions in football, particularly in the nfl. >> but football isn't the only sport with the crowing crisis. a number of hockey players are looking at thnhl. >> reporter: with the issue making headlines in the nfl, the nhl is getting hit with concussion-related lawsuits, as well. hockey players joining a class-action complaint against the league. 140 form e pros alleging that the league didn't do enough to warn them of the long-term effects of repeated blows to the head or protect them from those hits. former captain reid larsen is part of the lawsuit. >> we knew we were going to have separated shoulders, lose teeth. but long-term brain trauma was never brought up. >> reporter: last week, the
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the nhl with their own lawsuit. ten months after the 35-year-old was found dead inside his home. an autopsy found his brain was ravaged with cte. the family claiming the league failed to warn montador of the risks of head trauma. when asked if there's a connnnection bween hockey and cte, the nhl commissioner said, from the medical science standpoint there is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to another. the nhl telling abc news, we don't comment on pending litigation. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i never thought of hockey as a concussion sport. >> you think because of the equipment that it's going to be -- >> and the gear. you think of soccer. for girls, especially, concussions are a big issue. >> you look at hockey, the pace. the pace of the game, isn't it? a sensationally good game to
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coming up, the consumer outrage over adele tickets. concert tickets went on sale and sold out in mites. scalpers are reselling the tickets for as much as $12,000. what's the secret to buying concert tickets before they're sold out? first, it is out. "star wars" is finally here. legions of fans are filling eaters from coast-to-coast. what they're saying with no spoilers, next. today, 1 out of every 4 american kids is hispanic. that means many of the future doctors who will care for us, the engineers who will build our cities,, the scientists and entrepreneurs of our country can be your kids. we all know how hard it is for you to o send theto college. this is why we want you to know you are not alone, and every day, more people support you to make it happen. many support you, and the hispanic scholarship fund helps you prepare, plan, and pay for your kids' college education.
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and there's been anticipation among fans of a all ages "episode 7" of the saga. >> we're getting the first reactions from superfans on day ones. our producers headed to theaters to see how fans felt before an after the big premiere. >> i psyched. i'm real pumped for this thing. i've been waiting for this for the longest, now. >> it's going to be epic. >> we're excited to see what happens to luke skywalker the. if they make luke evil >> this is a clone outfit. easy to run around in. >> do you have a jedi name? >> unfortunately, no. i didn't really think about a jedi name. i use my nickname, like dingo. >> what i'm most excited about is the fact that there's two more movies coming out.
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next two movies? >> there's been an awakening. what did you think? >> i loved it. explosive, sad, scary. on-edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. j.j. abramsicked some butt. it was great. >> i can't talk right now. it was that good. >> it was amazing. >> everything and more. plot twists. action, nonstop. amazing. >> best movie i have ever seen. >> it was amazing. j.j. saved us. >> it was awesome. >> it seriously lives up to the hype. i give it five light sabres. >> we need something here. >> uh-oh. >> yes. ready?
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we can get it longer as eded. >> i need to watch it again. >> you're coming back? >> like 20 minutes. >> i'm seeing it tomorrow and saturday. >> i'm going tomorrow again. >> seeing it again tomorrow. >> i think about three times this weekend. >> do you have an alias? >> tarak. >> may the force be with you. >> and also with you. >> all right. well done. joe brian our producer. >> brian is excellent. >> and really into "star wars." he's the ultimate. >> he saw it tonight. >> over your shoulder there. >> the gentleman he interviewed is the at least intimidating jedi. it can get longer as needed. people are saying they're going to see it again. for "star wars" to overtake "avatar" as the most popular film of all-time, it requires people to see it again and again.
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>> iill be seeing it again and again. >> you haven't seen it a first time, reena. when we went to the special screening the other night, you fell asleep. she actually fell asleep remember that. >> i knew -- >> yes. i knew i would be seeingt again and again. there you go. at the theater. >> more times this weekend. >> why not? >> i'm going to see it multiple times. >> the disney stock price. >> our parent company. and you wted in your own way "avatar."
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that the brits can't have really good teeth. remember the austi powers movie, when they saidnly a spy could have teeth like that? >> he's been -- this is austin powers. he has new teeth, being brought back from being frozen. >> exactly. >> this is "the mix" is viral stuff, right? >> it's viral stuff. there's a british american journal that compared american and british teeth. who has better teeth? they said it's you brits have better teeth than the americans. >> it's been turned around. this is my theory on this. i think that brits, the front of americans' teeth are better. shinier, nicer, cleaner. and the interior of brits' teeth are back. >> are you calling my tth monkey? >> manky. >> you never heard that woword? have it.
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this arrest is so important. executive under arrest. the controversial ceo who set off a firestorm by jacking up the price of a life-saving medication. the serious, new allegations. new this half hour, paying an extreme price to see adele. >> the tickets for her concert tour selling out in an instant. who is trying to resell those tickets at an eye popping price? the advice for fans. and "star wars" fans, praising the just-released movie, burning up social media with their comments. we promise no spoilers in "the skinny" this friday, december 18th. morning. i'm reena ninan. >> yeah. welcome. i'm richard baco let's begin with the new terror charges stemming from the san bernadino attack.
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barsrs at the tropolitan detention center in los angeles. >> he made a court appearance and will remain in custody until back in court for a bail hearing. brandi hitt has the details. >> reporter: he is the man who authorities say purchased the two assault rifles used in the worst terrorist attack since 9 9/11. now, 24-year-old enrique marquez is under arrest. arriving at this courthouse to conspiring to provide support to >> he said something like there are muslims in our own backyard just ready to go haywire. >> reporter: the fbi raided marquez's home shortly after the two killed 14 people. talking about his close friendship and to farook and other terror plots kate dating back to 2011. the two friends planned attacking a southern california community college with pipe bombs. then, wanted to target drivers
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both plots were never carried out. >> he has provided them with a lot of detail about the weapons, about the possibly other attacks planned, about conversations in particular with farook. >> reporter: marquez is facing weapons charges and immigration fraud for an alleged sham marrrriage wita member of farook's family. investigators also say he called 911 after the shooting spree, identifying farook as the killer using his gun. reena and richard? >> brandi, thank you so much. a terrorism-related arrest in harrisburg, pennsylvania, as well. the fbi arrested a 19-year-old on charges he used dozens of twitr accounts to advocate violence against america and to assist people who wanted to travel to fight for isis. he has allegedly posted information on u.s. military memembers. agents said the teen was unemployed and lived with his parents. and in rochester, new york, the first guilty plea in the u.s. for a suspectct accusedf supporting isis. the owner of a pizza shop
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terror sympathizers fofor exchan for a 22 1/2-year sentence. he was caught providing weapons, moneand laptops to would-be isis recruits in what turned out to be an fbi sting. a police have a suspect in custody after a shooting rampage in oklah police say pickup truck driver jeremy hardy, terrorized motorists on a stretch of interstate 40. before it was over, two people dead. other drivers say they were shot at but not hit. >> we are doing our best to gather the information about what sparked this. what was going on in his world to make him do this. >> they say hardy was intoxicated when pulled over. he is being held for driving
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executive martin shkreli, sparked outrage when he raised the price of a life-saving drug by 4,000%. that was perfectly legal. but now, prosecutors say he has crossed the line. linsey davis explains. >> reporter: the 32-year-old known the bad boy of pharmaceuticals, infamous for increasing the price of a life-saving drug, arrested on unrelated security fraud charges. >> shkreli allegedly ran his companies like a ponzi scheme. >> reporter: according to the document, he started a hedge fund and allegedly got millions from investors. when he lost their money, he took m money fronew investors to pay off d ones. then, he took a company cacalled retrophin public. according to investigators, he and the company's attorney, used that company's money to pay off his hedge fund investors. >> the two defendants could you
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>> reporter: when we interviewed shkreli in september. one of the headlines said you're the most hated man in america. he assured us he was going to drastically cut the cast of daraprim. he cut it to $375 a pill. still, a 2,000% increase over the original cost. online, shkreli has posted hours of video of himself. >> i don't really care about people hating me. >> reporter: that devil-may-care attitude, not as apparent as he left this federal courthouse after his arraignmt. he and the attorney pled not guilty. and the amount of bond shkreli paid to walk out of jail, $5 linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> thank you, linsey. and to politics, starting with vladimir putin, offering praise for donald trump. the russian leader calling trump a talented, very colorful person. and the absolute leader of the presidential race.
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great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond. >> we'll talk about that later. senators ted cruz and marcrco rubio are maintaining their feud overer immigraon, which kicked into high gear on tuesday's debate. rubio was accusing cruz of supporting legalizing undocumented immigras. he says that cruz is not being honest about the issue. cruz stumbled in his response on fox news. and then, tried clarifying. >> i have always opposed amnesty, citizenship or legalization. and i will always oppose amnesty, citizenship and legalization. and i encourage senator rubio, or any other candidate running to make that same statement. >> after that statement, cruz was hit with some papers thrown by a protester. he left right after that. the protester was upset with cruz's statements about t
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another day on the campaign trail. that stuff about legalizing illegal immigrants is so inherently interesting to me because marco rubio was pro. there was a point when it seemed as so that was a reasonable position to take. now, the campaign has gone under way. and it's the primaries. and you're appealing to primary voters. and you have to say you're never r it. it's a game as much as anything else. >> that's a good point. people recalibrate. they get to one side, an extreme. and have to go another direction sotimes. it's one of the things that disillusions peoples in politics. where you stand on legalizing illegal immigrants, it's still clear that some people in this race held one position. and now, they're running for office, old another position. and i wonder if you are against legalizing illegal immigrants, you would rather people had a consistent principle. does that make sense?
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just said is -- politics don't represent what they truly believe in their heart. >> no one ever thought of that before. have i come up with a blinding -- is that as blinding -- >> deep political thoughts this hour. want to remind you the democratic debate tomorrow night. we're going to bhosting, abc will. martha raddatz and david muir. it will be fascinating. >> it will be great. the last democratic debate was on a saturday night, as well. >> you're going to be watching, right? >> definitely. if you didn't order the hover board gift, it may not arrive for christmas. postal service is only using trucks. airlines have banned hover boards because of fires caused by their batteries. the warmer weather in the eastern u.s. is s hurting christmas sales because e it doesn't feel like christmas. clothing, the top gift item for the holidays. what stores have on their shelves, cold weather gear. nonobody wan it.
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discounts to sell it. you need ski boots, a winter hat, gloves, now is time to get them >> damn straight. >> that's why i wore my summer dress in the dead of winter. >> i like it. what a day for die-har "star wars" fans from austraa. not only did they see "the force awakens" at the chinese theater. they also got married in front of the theater. >> they got married as darth vader and princess leia? >> yeah. and officiated by yoda. >> that's interesting. the ceremony was performed by the jedi master. they spent two weeks camped out in front of the theater to be first in line. they had camped out before for other movies. but the wedding was the theater's idea. >> all we can say to the newlyweds is may the force be with you. mamaybe don'get -- don't get a divorce be with you. i should have worked on that harder. >> we'll ge you a second to collect your thoughts. in the "skinny," two friends, co-stars that people say are more than just friends. >> yeah.
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times thousands of adele fans who were hoping to say "hello" to concert tickets. found no matter how many times th tried, no one seemed d to be home at ticketmaster.com. >> the north america tour sold out in minutes. and scalpers are charging thousands for tickets. story. >> reporter: tickets to adele's north america tour went on sale at 10:00 a.m. within an hour, they had sold out. of course, the frustrated fans reporting technical glitches on ticketmaster.com. venting their anger online, using adele's own lyrics. one tweeting, hello from the ticket line, i've clicked refresh a thousand times. #adeletickets. and immediately, the scalpers swarmed. at noon, one on craigslist, for
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30 minutes later, he was asking $9,000. and on ebay, these four tickets to the show in dallas, now on sale for more than $48,000. and climbing. the secret to getting t the mos coveted tickets? i must have called a thousand times >> reporter: the only method that worked in our newsroom was a phone call to ticket master. a couple of things that also worked for people who did get the tickets through ticketmaer. first off, downloading the ticketmaster app on to their phones. also, joining adele's fan club. it can help to join the fan cl of the artist because then you get the presale tickets. and those are frequently much easier to come by. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> that's good advice. >> who in our newsroom got tickets? i want to know. >> i don't know. but he was happy. the he was celebrating like he scored the goal in the cup final. >> you used to guard her, right? >> that's right. five years ago, before she
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she was trying to make it. and e was very -- she didn't want to turn up to a gig or recording sessions. >> you held her umbrella like mary poppins. >> were you like the mary poppins for adele? and then i floated across the atlantic. >> it's michael here, o got right? we have to hit him up for tiets. "star wars" fans are in hyper drive. what some of them are saying about "the force awakens." and barbara walters' most fascinating person of 2015. "the skinny" is next. her nurse. her personal assistant. her housekeeper. her cook. her accountant. when i starled taking care of mom,
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epic. >> dyl low said "the force awakens" made my year. >> i will show you what force looks like. people are upset. they were worried in a we might give away some of thspoilers. by the way, we did not. >> we did not. >> we did not. >> we were dancing around the topic. we were analyzing what constituted a spoiler. i was saying when the celebs came out and said there were two plot twists. even though you've n not said what they are, does that constitute a spoiler? didn't somebody unfollow us? >> yeah. we worked it out over twitter. they are watching us again. >> we wooed them back. >> from force to fierce. barbara walters has revealed her most fascinating people of 2015. and topping the list this year, shouldn't be much of a surprise, caitlyn jenner. once bruce jenner. once hailed as the greatest athlete in the world. she transitioned from male to female. >> her celebrity has launched a national discussion about transgender right.
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transformed society. >> jenner joins the ranks of jackie onassis, and hillary clinton, as barbara walters most fascinating of the most fascinating people. the rumor mill is going into overdrive this morning over two "friends" thatay be more than just friends. >> the internet has en buzzing with the allegedly recent photo, tweeted by a friend of matthew perry and courteney cox, next to a still of their characters, monica and chandler. >> reportedly, a problem with eagle-eyed writer points out it's from 2005. cox is wearing a w wedding rg. she was still married to ex-husband david arquette. >> that is an eagle eye. while the two have been very good friends and reportedly clos in recent weeks since cox's engagement to "snow patrol's" johnny, a source tells gossip cop, >> oh, well. fans can still dream.
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friends. netflix is out with a date for a return of the "full house" gang. >> february 16th. >> 26th. >> on the 26th, "fuller house" picks up where "full house" left off. with d.j. tanner calling on her sister, stephanie, and her friend to move in and help raise her three boys. and now, the teaser. >> gosh, it feels good to be back. can someone help me with the boxes? >> i'll grab one. jesse, can you help d.j.? >> i'm tryg. >> all episodes on february 26th on netflix. >> that's all we get? >> i want to see more. we will settle for that. coming up, a look back at the week's top stories. >> everything from isis to "star
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time i'm a big fan of that song. and i'm a big fan of "friday rewind." it turns the immediate last week into history. >> it sure does. terrorism, isis, dominated headlines ts week, along with another repupublican date. >> balancing out "star wars" mania in hyperdrive. so, now, here is the aforementioned "friday rewind." >> we're taking out isil leaders, commanders and killers one by one. our next message to them is simple. you are next. >> it is not enough to contain isis. we must defeat isis. break its momentum and then its back. >> wish it was always as easy -- >> we're dealing with islamic terrorism exists. this is a tough business to run for president. >> you're a tough guy, jeb. i know. >> and we need to have a leader. >> you're tough. >> you're never going to be
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president. >> i'm not going to take thehe chce with the life of a student. >> that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital "a." >> i hope we do get a conviction somewhere because freddie is dead. and someone needs to be convicted. >e have the presence to remain calm, patient, because we are confident there will be another trial with a different jury. >> my fear is, he is gone. we all know what kind of resources and money this family has, to get out of town, maybe get out of the country. who knows? >> how confident are you that our economy won't slip back into recession? >> the underlying health of the u.s. economy, i consider to be quite sound. >> oh, that's the robber. is is live tv, folks. that's the robber, just went by, according to the bank employee. i have to go and call 911. i'll take to you later. >> i really excited to get this movie out there for the
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about it. >> it is a story of adventure and loyalty and shock and surprise. and uses this amazing and precious thing called the force that tells us that we're also >> j.j. abrams. a great future ahead of hi huh? >> and a great past behind him. week in news, isn't it? >> yes. good to have you here. >> thanks. i loved it.
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go back home. >>good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm richard bacon. here are some of the t top headlines we're following on "world news now." after a briefing at the national
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president obama said there's no specific and credible credit to the homeland. and he said that agents will be working around the clock during the holidays to keep americans safe. >> oklahoma police have a suspect in custody for a shting spree along a 60-mile stretch an interstate highway. they don't have e a motive two people in two different cars. police say the shooter was drunk. the defense departnt has released many of the e-mails sent from secretary ash carter from his personal account. most were over matters like waiting at a hotel or what's for dinner? and thousands of adele fans are traged, as all seats to her 56-day north america tour sell out in a matter of minutes. and now, scalpers are charging as much as $12,000 a ticket.
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18th. >> an awards show. >> you saw adele at the awards show? >> i did. who was asking me -- we should let the audience into our conversation. have i seen adele live? show. that really moving song. and she cried as she sang it. >> "rolling in the deep"? >> no. "someone like you." >> "someone like you." wow. she's very emotional. that's why i love watching her. she did one here in the u.s. that was remarkable. >> she is dring from herer real life. the sincerity and the simpcity. the brits, adele crying, "you will thank me." >> someone who didn't cry on stage, was president obama. he was speaking out once again, trying to reassure the public
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>> with the attacks in paris and san bernadino, the assurances are being met with considerable skepticism. zi kanani has the story. >> reporter: after an update from his team at the counterterrorism center in virginia, president obama said there is no o creditab and specific threat to the homeland. but acknowledged there remains a different type of threat. one that led to the new bulletin from the department of homeland security, warning of lone wolfs or self-radicalized actors. >> they are smaller, self-initiating, self-motiving, they're harder to detect. and that mak it harder to prevent. >> reporter: a majority of americans, 77%, are skeptical of the government's ability to prevent lone wolf attacks. ashe presidedent notedchanges security of the visa waiver program. some lawmakers questioned immigration officials about their inability to keep track of
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>> how many of those people are still in the united states? >> i don't kno >> doesn't that scare you? >> reporter: before the president heads to hawaii fo his annual holiday vacation, he will tral toan bernadino later today to meet privately with families of the attack victims. reena? richard? >> bazi, thank you. there's been another arrest stemming from thattack in san bernadino. 24-year-old enrique marquez is in custody right now, facing terror-related charges, including conspiracy to provide material to terrorists. marquez brought the assault rifles used in san bernadino by his friend sayed farook and his wife. they had planned attacks on a community college and on freeway drivers. nose attacks, thankfully, were never carried out. >> he has provided them with a lot of detail about the weapons. about possibly over attacks planned. about conversations in particular with farook.
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one-word answered to a judge. he will be held until monday when he will b be back icourt. pierre thomas has details on marquez's actions, following the san bernadino attack. >> reporter: hours after the december 3rd shooting, a frantic marquez dials 911. at one pointnt, e diatcher says, what's wrong? why do you feel like you want to kill yourself? here's what's follows. my neighbor, he did the san bernadino shooting. he was the shooter. the expletive, farook used my gun inhe shooting. the dispatcher says, your gun? marquez responds. oh, my god. how do you know it's your gun? marqueresponds, they can trace all of the guns back to me. when asked who the shooter was, marquez responds flatly, it's syed farook. according to the fbi, later that evening, marquez checked
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fbi said he had consumed nine bottles of beer. richard? reena? >> pierre, thank you. visitors to theme parks will be seeing additional security measures during this holiday season. florida's disney world, universal, and sea world are screeningisitors with metal detectors. security personnel will be more visible. visitors are taking it in stride. >> i think it's good. it's what we need. >> i think it was bound to happen sooner or later. just because of what's been happening around the world globally. >> california theme parks are taking similar steps, including sea world, san diego and universal hollywood. six flags said it had bag searches and metal connectors since 9/11. news. >> indeed, it is. new developments in the presidenti race, starting with changes for ben carson. he will not be going to israel
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his campaign canceled the trip because of significant security concerns. carson told reporters the exact nature of the threatat is classified. the trip was intended to improve his credibility on foreign policy. meanwhile, kind words from vladimir putin for donald trump. the russian leader yesterday calling trump a talented, very colorful person. and the absolute leader of the presidential race. trump saying in response, it's always a great honor to be so nicely complimted by a man so highly respected in his own country and beyond. bernie sanders are touting a couple new endorsements. his campaign picked up the back of if communication workers of america. it was the third union to support his white house bid. also onboard is democracy for america, which is howard dean's old group. sander's n new suppo comes ahead
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debate in new hampshire. the stage all set. hilly clinton goes into the debate ahead of sanders. and martin o'malley. that will be hosted by martha raddatz and david muir tomorrow night. 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i think it will be excellent. i love watching bernie sanders' perform. >> you enjoy it? >> yeah. i think so. it's partly since larry david did the impression of him. you hear larry david when he speaks. there's a seriousness and a sincerity, i guess. the republican debate is entertaining for a variety of reasons. not least of all donald trump. he is the draw, i think. he is the idiosyncratic one, i think. >> you never think of "weekend at bernie's." >> i don't think of f that. there may be a delay in sentencing of dennis hastert. he was hospitalized after
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more than a month ago. that was a week after the 73-year-old hastert pleaded guililty to tr to evade banking laws. sentencing is scheduled for february 29th. the drug company executive called the most hated man in america is out of jail after being arrested on securities fraud. mart shkreli posted a $5 million bond and walked free. as abc's lauren lyster reports, the charge he is facing now has nothing do with the price of drugs. >> reporter: he's the entrepreneur at the center of a firestorm in recent months, for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%. tweeted about by hillary clinton. calleded a spoil brat byonald trump. named the most hated man in america in the press. shkreli, defended mself on abc news in september. >> i think they have a fundamental misunderstanding. we've agreed to lower the price to a point that is more
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>> reporter: a promise he later reneged on. the 32-year-old under arrest in new york for securities fraud and conspiracy unrelated to that price hike controversy, or his current drug company. the charges involve his alleged actions as a hedge fund manager, and another company, where he wawas ceo, fm 2012-2014. >> shkreli ran his companies like a ponzi scheme. he used each company to pay off defrauded ininvestors om the prior company. >> reporter: accused of lying to investors, prosecutors say shkreli used retrophin as a piggy bank to repay share holders. >> calls to shkreli's attorneys wereot immediately returned. reena? richard? >> thank you.. an international supermodel. the ex-girlfriend of leonardo dicaprio may be in trouble in
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over taxes. israel tax authority is questioning h her about and her mother about failing to declare all income, especially expensive goods and services she was given. she cannot leave israel for the peission. a scary moment at the cleveland cavs game last night. into a woman sitting courtside. look at all that. and the woman is the wife of golf star jason day. she was fitted with a nick brace. taken out of the arena on a stretcher. james said she told him she was okay while she was being treated. that's a a lotf rce. that looks rough. >> doesn't take away the pain. nice senment. erican soccer legend, abby wambach, that we talked
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welcomed back to her hometown with open arms. a big group of fans were there in rochester, new york, when she arrived, following her final match for the u. women's national team. >> wambach addressed an event in her honor wearing a t-shirt that said, be a good person. in wambach inspirational style, she told people, if they dream something, they can go after it. a true inspiration. i really like her. >> what i've seen of her, i like her a lot. she is beginning the new chapter. we mentitioned yesrday, when everything in your life disappears when you retire from professional sport. and she's still half the age donald trump would be. and she is retiring. one movie opening up in theaters today that is not "star wars." >> the reviews are in for "sisters" starring tina fey and amy poehler. they are looking for laughs. first, the wealthy young man who made headlines after his
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for ethan couch. investigators are tracking his family cars and credit cards, and possible passport. inin 2013, tn-16-year-old's legal team convinced the judge to give him probation for killing fourn a drunk driving crash, arguing he suffered from affluenza, too spoiled to know right from wrong. and after this on twitter, showing him at a boozey party, he allegedly vananished. skipping checking in with his probation officer and possibly the country. >> if we have a wanted list, today, he's number one. >> reporter: when we saw couch, he was also on the run. couch's mother is believed to be on the run with him. in these deposition tapes, a lawyer asked her when she last disciplined her son. >> when do you recall
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>> i d't remember. >> reporter: but it may be couch's mother who faceses consequences. it is a felony to aid and abet a fugitive. investigators tell me if there's any way they can charge her, they will. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> incredible. coming up, a sneak peek at the other movie openings today. >> the low down on "sisters." insomniac theater is next, on "world news now." believe we're still worth the fight you'll see there's hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe yeah
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u might know i wasn't really expecting you to you might know i wasn't really expecting y to come out from behind the desk. >> you have no socks on. >> i cheat. >> we are in our l.a. gear. we have another movie other than "star wars" this weekend. >> for film fans looking for a pallet cleanser, we have just the movie. comics tina fey and amy poehler have teamed up for "sisters." the former "weekend update" co-anchors are sisters in the film. they mayhare the same parents. the similaties end there. when their parents decide to sell their childhood home, the siblingsecide to throw a sendoff bash. but they had trouble figuring out what to wear.
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>> i never met a brela before. >> i know like three. >> you're trending, god bless. >> also, it's on backwards. >> you think? >> yeah. >> how is it going in there? i don't get this dress. my apple keeps rolls out of the bag. >> when the sisters got the wardrobes found out, it was time to find dates. >> you're lucky, i'm free. >> that's the good news. i'm not italian. i don't know why i said it like at. >> okay. i'm half italian. that's a lie. i'm going to casually george jefferson my way out of here, to you. going to ease on down the road
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>> oh. >> "sisters" likely won't match "statar wars." but the force is strong when it comes to reviews. >> "sisters" is an old-school laugh riot wita parade of talented comedians. and karen d'souza says, hanging with amy and tina always makes for an excellent adventure. >> i would watch that. >> you look at the comedies this year, and they're just good. you remember tina fey wrote "mean girls." >> she did. she is an incredible writer. d the two of them paired up is a lot of fun. coming up, i will be hiding my legs back under the desk. >> because, we have an encore presentation of highlights for the week.
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just completed two weeks of anchoring american television. and 's been a joy. i really enjoyed working with you. >> we really enjoyed it, too. >> on-screen marriage. >> yea i didn't know we moved to marriage. >> to be -- >> i thought it was courting. >> marriage is the next time around. i'm proposing. i want to see some bling. >> okay. >> bring the bling next time, before you head back to the pond, across to the pond, for the holidays. we want to send you off wi a look back at your gentlemanly humor that you provided us. >>hanks. >> this is "world news now." >> good morning. it is -- i said good morning four times. i like welcoming the audience to the ow. i'll say it for a fourth time. good morning. >> look who is back. >> they didn't sack me after show one.
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>> don't chew your pen. did david muir do that? "world news tonight"? never. >> schedule. >> why doesn't he just say it's "star wars"? it's exciting. you think it would be good? or you think it would be rubbish? >> i think it was fantastic. >> then, i will have to watch it. >> the hardest word for a british person is mom. we say mum. >> you tried chipotle, right? >> it's all right. it's essentially slop in a tray. >> catching it like beckham, huh? >> i like that a lot. two different types of football. hands across the atlantic. that's the problem wh democracy. we can't trust the public to get it right. >> look atat what yo a sentimental bloke? >> i think i called it a bloke, the last time i checked. there's a lot of shuffling paper. >> and chehewing on ur pen.
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and i think there's a bit of me, having watched a lot of news people on television, they shuffle the papers. even now, i wish i had papers in my hand. it's been great. >> hands across the atlantic? is that -- what an american and an british do that? hands across the atlantic? >> yeah. 're like churchill and roosevelt.
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and boxing day. this morning on "world news now," the terror crackdown in california. >> a friend of the terrorouple inan bernadino busted. federal agents say he was part of a frightening plot to set up
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what led to this major arrest? praise from putin. donald trump gets political support from russia. while two of trump's presidential channelers continue a war on words. professional hockey players seriously hurt. new commands of safety, from the rink to the courtroom. was it worth the wait? the new "star wars" movie finally opened. and we're rig there with reaction from fans among the first to see it. it's friday, december 18th. >> i'm going to have that as my alarm. i'm coming back in a few weeks. >> you are? >> it's up to them. last day for a while.. it's been fun. i will miss you. i'll miss that music. and i'm going to miss jack, as well. >> you're going to miss jack. >> bye, richard.
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>> what did he call it in england? >> the long good-bye. i'm sorry. what were you saying? >> figgy pudding? >> yeah. >> do you eat figgy pudding? >> i never tried it. i don't know what is in it. it is a british thing. but i think it faded out in the 1970s. >> will you bring us back figgy pudding? >> i'll go back to the 1970s and find you some. we're going to go on to a serious topic here. with enrique marquez. new charges against him. he was a friend of one of the san bernardino attttackers. marquez made a court appearance, with a one-word answer to a judge and not entering a plea. including support to terrorists. marquez will be held until monday at least, when he will attend another court hearing.
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qutioning by the fbi at a secret location, enriqique marqu was brought to the federal courthouse in riverside, california, to face serious terror charges. withinours of the san bernardino terror rampage, the fbi figured out that the two assault rifles we caught by marquez, almost but the charges made public revealed the 24-year-old marquez, and his long-time friend and former next door neighborhood, syed farook, planned to use the weapons and pipe bombs to attack the cafeteria of a community college in 2011 or early 2012. and later for a rush hour terror attack on this california freeway. quote, the plan was for farook to throw pipe bombs on to the freeway. and then, farook allegedly planned to move among stopped vehicles shooting into them, while marquez shot into vehicles from a nearby hillside. according to the federal
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islam. he radicalized him using online videos and publications from al qaeda. got marquez to marry a russian woman, who was an extended member of franconia fook's united states. marquez confided to his friends, it was all a sham. >> he married her for the visa. and gave him 5, 10 grand. that's where he left it. >> reporter: ominously, in the weeks before the terror attack that killed 14 people in san bernardino, friends say marquez warned of the plans of what he called a terror sleeper cell. >> he would talk about there were so many sleeper cells. >> reporter: a month before the attacks, marquez wrote on facebook, "my life turned ridiculous. involved in terrorists plots,
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marriage, might go to prison for fraud,et set -- et cetera." several prosecutors say there is currently no evidence that marquez was involved in the san bernardino attacks themselves. but they say there's ndoubt his decision to buy the guns for farook had fatal consequences. if convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison. brian rossss, abc ne, , new york the man some call the most hated man in america is free, on a $5 million bond after his arrest for securities fraud. hedge funder-turned-drug company executive, martin shkreli, earned the nickname by buying a life-saving drug and raising its price more than 4,000%. he's now accused of taking millions from one of his companies to pay off investors and others that failed. >> he essentially ran his companies like a ponzicheme, where he used each company to pay off dedefrauded vestors from the prior company. >> shkreli's arrest is not related to his drug price increase.
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after the securities fraud says he is confident he will be cleared. now, to the possible politicalboro -- political bromance between vladimir putin and donald trump. they have traded kind words about each other. and two of trump rivals are maintaining a feud that started at tuesday night's debate. it is "your voice your vote" and cecilia vega is covering the campaign. >> reporter: donald trump getting unexpected and reunding praise from vladimir putin. >> donald trump. >> reporter: putin calling trump, a talented, very colorful person. and the absolute leader of the presidential race. trump's response? it is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected in his own countrand beyond. while trump is riding high, a tough day for his chief rival, ted cruz. marco rubio saying cruz once supported legalizing undocumented immigrants.
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his position in the past. >> repter: on fox news, cruz stumbling after being shown his own words from 2013. >> i don't want immigration reform to fail. i want immigration perform to pass. >> it sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. >> of course, i wanted the bill to pass. my amendment to passss. what my amendment did -- >> you said the bill. >> my amendment took citizenship off the table. it doesn't mean i i supportethe other aspects ofof the bil it was a terrible bill. >> reporter: cruz doubling down. >> i oppose legalization for illegal aliens. i always have. and i always will. >> reporter: the texas senator fighting for the donald trump voters. but fighting against trump on the other side of the aisle, hillary clinton. sending a personal plea to the trump-loving father of this young woman. >> hi,hawn. i'm here with your daughter.
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horns. and i really do hope that as listen to your daughter. thanks. bye. >>eporter: we'll see how that work out for her. all eyes on this stage behind me. the final preparations are under debate of 2015. cecilia vega, abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> watch the democratic debate hosted by abc's martha raddatz and david muir. that's tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern and 7:00 central. that's interesting the story about trump and putin, praising one another. >> and how people demonize him in politics. he took the other route. >> and there's different sides of the political spectrum, right? the left, putin, socialism, communism. and trump right. maybe theolitical spectrum is a globe, you go back around and meet in the middle and get on. >> there you go. deep thoughts.
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>> deep thought or something that made no sense. you decide. admitting it was a mistake is not going to get defense secretary ash carter off the hook. the committee wants to look at the e-mails he had from his personal account. john mccain wants to make sure that sensitive informatition was not compromised. the push for the "star wars" movie has been over the top. >> what's the name of the movie? >> i said it in the script. i've already forgotten it. i have not heard its name to rely have it marked on my memory. but evidence actually -- there is enonough evidce it may have worn down, all of the promotional push may have worn down one of the film's actual stars. >> this stems from a flight of the cast, including droids and the crew they took from l.a. to london.
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like an r2-d2. >> the character was drawn on seat covers, even cups. and the onboard announcements began with noises thatat r2- would make. he said the pilot was making "star wars" references which he calledorny and not funny. >> i see how he could think that. >> and entertaining it. [ sounds ] from we go. >> r2-d2 said he did not appreciate the comments. >> not funny. >> coming up -- >> it's quite fuy. >> you think so? >> who has better teeth? the americans or the brits? >> that's easy to prove later. also ahead, "star wars" fans and their immediate reaction to the new movie, after it opens up last night. rave reviews? or rubbish? and first, the accident on the basketll court involving lebron james and the wife of another pro sports star. you're watching "world news now." lebron james and the wife of another pro sports star. you're watching "world news now."
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a scary moment at the cleveland cavs' game, as lebron james crashed into a woman sisitting cotside. the woman is the wife of golfer jason day. she was fitted with a neck brace, placed on a back board and taken out of the arena on james said she told him she was okay while she was being treated. this is remarkable. >> that is dramatic, isn't it? and we've been hearing about the
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particularly in e nfl. >> but football isn't the only sport with concussion crisis. a number of hockey players are joining the lawsuit against the nhl. >> reporter: with the movie "concussion" making headlines in the nfl, the nhl is getting hit with concussion-related lawsuits, as well. more hockey players joining a class-action complaint against the league. approximately 140 former prosalleging in a lawsuit filed in 2013 that the league didn't do enough to warn them ofof the lonterm effects of repeated blows to the head or protect them from those hits. foer captain reid larsen is part of the lawsuit. >> we knew we were going to have separated shoulders, lose teeth. have knee ligaments, but long-term brain trauma was never brought up. >> reporter: last week, the family of steve montador slapped
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>> hammered him -- >> reporter: ten months after the 35-year-old was found dead inside his home. an autopsy found his brain was ravaged by the degenerative disease cte. the family claiming the league failed to warn montador of the long-term neurological risks of head trauma. when asked if ththere's a connection between hockey and cte, the nhl commissioner said, from the medical science standpoint there is no evidence yet that one necessarily leads to another. the nhl telling abc news, we don't comment on pending litigation. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i never thought of hockey as a concussion sport. >> you think because of the equipment that it's gogoing to be -- >> and the gear. you think of soccer. for girls, especially, concussions are a big issue. >> you look at hockey, the pace. the pace of the game, isn't it? a sensationally good game to watch.
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awakens" has hit theaters. and there's been anticipation among fans of all ages of "episode 7" of the saga. >> we're getting the first reactions from superfans on day ones our producers headed to theaters to see how fans felt before and after the big premiere. >> i'm psyched. i'm real pumped for this thing. i've been waiting for this for the longest now, you know? >> it's going to be epic. >> we're excited to see what happens to luke skywalker. if they make luke evil, i'm never g going to forgive j.j. >> this is a clone outfit. easy to run around in. keep it light for the theaters. do you have a jedi name? >> unfortunately, no. i didn't really think about a jedi name. i use my nickname, like dingo. >> what i'm most excited about
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more moviecoming out. how are they going to set up the next two movies? >> there's been an awakening. what did you think? >> i lovoved it. explosive, sad, scary. on-edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. j.j. abrams kicked some butt. it was great. >> i can't talk right now. it was that good. >> it was amazing. >> reporter: was it everything you hoped -- >> everything and more. plot twiwists. action, nonstop. amazing. >> best movie i have ever seen. >> it was amazing. j.j. saved us. >> it was awesesome. >> it seriously lives up to the hype. i give it five light sabres. >> we need something here. >> uh-oh. >> yes. ready? just a little side blade, right now.
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>> i need to watch it again. process it a b more. >> reporter: you're coming back? >> like 20 minutes. >> i'm seeing it tomorrow and >> i'm going tomorrow again. >> seeining it aga tomorrow. this weekend. >> do you have an alias? >> tarak. >> reporter: i like that, man. >> and also with you. >> all right. well done. >> brian is excellent. >> and really into "star wars." he's the ultimate. >> he saw it tonight. >> over your shoulder there. >> the gentleman he interviewed is the at least intimidating jedi. it can get longer as needed. people are saying they're going to see it again. for "star wars" to overtake "avatar" as the most popular film of all time, it requireres again.
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>> i will be seeing it again and again. >> you haven't seen it a first time, reena. when we went to the special screening the other night, you fell asleep. she actually fell asleep. what do you think of that? >> i knew -- >> yes. i knew i would be seeing it again and again. there you go. at the theater. >> more times this weekend. >> why not? >> i'm going to see it multiple e tis. >> t disney stock price. >> our parent company. and you wanted in your own way to help "star wars" overtake "avatar." >> it's the personal project. taking the kids this weekend. >> we will be right back. to help "star wars" overtake "avatar."
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for a long time, people believed that the brits can't have really good teeth. remember the "austin powers" movie, when they said only a spy could have teeth like that? >> and "south park," as well. this is austin powers. he has new teeth, being brought back from being frozen. >> exactly. >> this is "the mix" is viral stuff, right? >> it's viral stuff. there's a british medical journal that compared american and british teeth. lelet's look -- who has better teeth? they said it's you brits have better teeth than the americans. >> it's been turned around. here's what i think -- this is my theory on this. i think that brits, the front of americans' teeth are better. shinier, nicer, cleaner. and the interior of brits' teeth are better. more of your teeth will fall out. you've got more monkey teeth at the back. i've got more monkey teeth in the front -- >> are you calling my teeth momonkey? >> manky. >> you never heard that word?
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do the "wor news" polka do the "world news" polka s horrible, wasn't it? making news in america this morning, terroror arrest in the san bernardino attack. a friend of the shooter facacing a judge already. his alleged role in the shooting. new this morning, staffers
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accessing confidential data from hillary clinton's campaign. the fallout overnight. a staffer fired. the details just in. courtside collision. lebron james bowling over fans in the stand. famous athlete's wife put on a stretcher. her condition and the late night tweet. fans out in full force. a huge turnout from coast to coast to see "the force awakens." >> explosive, sad, scary, just on edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. >> the wait is finally over. good morning. good friday morning. i'm richard bacon. >> and i'm reena ninan. we begin with that arrest in connection with the san bernardino mpage. enrique marquez is being held right now at a detentionon center in downtown los angeles. >> among the charges against him
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those terrorists are syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik. the couple responsible for this month month's attack. abc's stephanie ramos with the details. >> reporter: more than two weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino, 24-year-old enrique marquez, a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside, californ, to face serious terror charges. authorities say four years ago marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting. marquez himself c called 911 after the shooting spree identifying farook as the killer useing his gun and the fbi raided marquez's apartment soon after the two openedire killing 14 people at the inland regional center. investigators s the two initially planned attacking a southern california community college and wanted to target
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a california freeway by using pipe bombs and shooting drivers dating back to 2011 that never happened. > he ha provided them with a lot of detail about the weapons, about possibly other attacks planned, about conversations in particular with farook. >> rorter: weeks before the shooting, friends say marquez dropped hints of an impending attack. >> he would just, you know, talk about how t there's smany sleeper cells and when it happens it'll be big. >> reporter: president obama will make a trip to san bernardino today to meet with the victims and their families. >> we prevailed over much greater threats than this. >> i appreciate him coming and talking to the families and this is going to go a longay towards healing. >> reporter: stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. a terrorism-related arrest in pennsylvania as well. the fbi arrested a 19-year-old in harrisburg on charges that he used dozens of twitter accounts to advocate violence against america and to assist people who wanted to travel to fight for isis.
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information on u.s. military members, agents say the teen was unemployed and lived with his parents. well, breaking overnight one day before the next d democrati debate there's new scrutiny on the campaign of bernie sanders. >> theres. we l learned tt the democratic national committee suspended its campaign access to itsoter database following a software error that allowed at least one of sanders' staff members to review hillary clinton's private campaigndata. that staff member has now been fired from the sanders' campaign. >> sanders may have a chance to xhintsz at tomorrow night's democratic debate in new hampshire. the stage there all set. hillary clinton goes into the debate well ahead of sanders and martin o'malley in recent national polls but sanders leads clinton among granite state voters. that debate will be hosteted by abc's david muir and martha raddatz tomorrow night 8 p.m. eastern, 7:00 central. >> on the republican side vladimir putin is offering some praise for donald trump.
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calling theepublican front-runner a talented, very colorful person and the absolute leader of the presidential race. trump saying in response it's always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected withi his own country and beyond. well, drug company executivemarn shkreli is free on bond after his arrest for securities fraud, the man who sparked outrage by raising the price of a life-saving drug 4,000%. now he's sparked a criminal investigation and linsey davis explains. >> reporter: the 32-year-old known as the bad boy of pharmaceuticals infamamous f increasing the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a tablet arrested on un unrelated security fraud charges. >> shkreli essentially ran his companies like a ponzi scheme. >> reporter: according to the indictment martin shkreli started a hedge fund and got
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allegedly and when he lost their money he took money from new investors t pay off old ones then took retrophin public. it acquired old drugs and sold them for higher prices and according to investigators, he and the company's attorney, evan greebel used that company's money to pay off his hedge fund investors. >> the two could use rhett fro fin for his personal pig by bank. >> reporter: when we interviewed back in september. >> one of the headlines said you were the most hated man in america. >> reporter: he assured us he would cut the cost of daraprim. >> i'm not a greedy person. >> reporter: he cut it to the equivalent of $375 a pill, still a $2 thousand2,000% increase. he posted hours of video. >> i don't care about people hating me. >> that devil may care attitude not as apparent as he left the federal courthouse after his arraignment. linsey davis, abc news, new
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>> thank you, linsey. quite a story. yet another cabinet secretary is admitting to using a private e-mail account on the job. t a state department spokesman says secretary john kerry followed all the government e-mail rules and the messages are preserved. meanwhile, getting our first look at the e-mails defense secretary ash carter sent from his private account. most deal with administrative matters like waiting for someone else outside his hotel or who pays for dinner. the senate armed services committee now wants to take a look at the e-mails he sent from his personal account. wellll, new details about that los angeles community where methane gas has been leaking for weeks. the l.a. schl board will relocate students in porte ranch, the board also authorized its legal taff to sue the southern california gas company for its cost. the methane has been leaking from a natural gas storage site in elise so canyon and it w't be stopped until spring, 1800 families have already moved to
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beijing bracing for its second red smog alert ever. it put restrictions on motor vehicles and cses schools. the pollution is expected to be more than 20 times the level consered safe. and even more than what beijing experienced earlier thiss month during its first ever reded alert. well, the unreleptszing rain in the northwest is causing serious trouble in newport, oregon. shifting ground has damaged four homes, a sinkhole opened up in a garage and swallowed a car. fifighters responding to the sinkhole found an active landslide. the residents of eight homes are evacuated. well, taking a look at the radar, you see thetorms sweeping off the pacific dumping heavy rain and snow in the northwest. up to a foot of snow expected in parts of washington. still ahea the supermodel under investigation for being questioned by authorities. king james slamming into the crowd. a direct hit from lebron, the wife of a famous athlete taken away on a stretcher.
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millions of dollars in expensive gifts she got for her work. she may have also lied about whether she is still a resident of israel. she is free on bail but can't leave the country. we're hearing for the first time from the hero deputy who savethe driver of a semi. we showed you this video yesterday. it's amazing. so, sergeant todd volk crossed trafc, jumped onto that moving truck you can see there like something out of "indiana jones." its driver was having a diabetic episode because of low blood sugar. volk got into the cab and stopped it. so, why did he do it? >> been asking myself that quite a bit and i've had quite a few other people asking me that but it was just spur of the moment, knew w what we nded to do, felt comfortable doing it in my head so did it. >> comfortable. paramedics arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, shortly after volk's heroic action and says the driver is okay now. an nba player rned
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fiancee unexpectedly went into labor. iman shumpert of the cleveland cavaliers helped deliver his daughter. his mom said it only two pushes to deliver iman tayla. shumpert jr. right into daddy's hands. he was actually on the pho with an emergency operator. he used a pair of headphones to tie the umbilical cord. everyone is fine this morning. impressive. who knew? extra use of headphones. huh? >> yeah. >> shumpert's most famous teammate lebron james apologizing for a scary incident during last nights cavs gameme. mes crushed into a woman sitting courtside. she's the wife of star golfer jason day who posted a pregame picture online. >> afterward james tweeted, "ellie day, i i hope youe doing okay. my apologies. i hope you guys come back to another game soon. love l.j." day was taken out of the arena on a stretcher to applause, quite a nice touch and brought to a hospital where it's believed she stayed overnight. james said she told him she was
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>> just recently gave birth to a so -- >> i do think -- first of all, it's horrifying to watch just the sheer size of him eclipsing her. there's something quite charming about the applause, right, as she leaves. best wishes to her. and for last night's other >> espn. >> i don't want toake this >> he's stan. i'm neil. merchant street. >> we got the rams a buccaneers. it's thursday night football. rams, some questions as to could be moving out here to los angeles. todd gurley moving into the end zone, gurley a thousand yards on the season. just fought his way in there. joins eric dickerson and jerome bettis as the third round rookie running backs with a thousand yards in the rookie season. rams up 21-16, tavon austin on the end
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ten on the season. done it all kinds of way. rams win it 31-23 over the bucs. this happened right across the street, and when did happened, the ground shook. we thought there was an earthquake. right there, kobe bryant, yeah, going up on a thursday. >> that's not -- >> it's not? >> no. >> that's not still going. >> let that one go. >> drake's moved on. >> james harden's beard was too much. the rockets won. all right. that's what you need to know at least from sports. >> that's all we're going to tell you. >> now back to you. >> i'm going to miss you guys. thank you. up next in "the pulse," the long wait is over, star fans -- "star wars" fans giving their first reaction to the movie. plus, hello and good-bye. adele quickly sells out. the outrageous cost for her tickets popping up online.
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what else could top the friday "pulse" but "the force awakens." the excruciating wait for legions of fans is over. >> the seventh episode of the "star wars" opene last night. across the country fan ss finally getting a chance to see it. >> we've heard from the stars, we've heard from the critics and we sent out our jedi procer to talk to the super fans who couldn't wait. >> i loved it. that was great. explosive, sad, scary. just on edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. j.j. abrams kicked some butt. >> i can't even really talk because it was that good. >> it was amazing. >> was it everything you hoped -- ? and more, action, nonstop. >> best movie i'vee er seen. >> it was amazing. j.j. saved us.
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>> seriously, it lives up to the hype. >> i give it five lightsabers. >> i think technically there was a spoiler in there but i won't point out what it was. i ththink techcally there was. if you missed it it's over. the moment passed. >> reaction to ticket sales on movieticket.com says nearly all of the advanced sales for this weekend, 93% were for "star wars," not surprised there. >> and if you want to say hello to adele during her north american concert tour, it's going to cost you. tickets wentn sale thursday and they were gone in minutes. all 56 performances, nearly a million tickets. fans complained of technical glitches on ticketmaster.com. >> then sikhs started showing up on resale sites for as much as $48,000. you might have better luck if you created a profile ahead of time and used the ticketmaster app on your phone or used that phone to call ticket master. and maybe the most unique way we've seen so far to
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this. checking our top stories, enrique marquez, a friend of san bernardino gunman syeded farook in custody facing terror charges. he purchased the assault rifles used in this month's attack. bernie sanders' campaign has had its access to a voter database suspended by the national democratic committee.
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sanders' staff reviewing hillary clinton's private campaign details. and president obama will give his final news conference of the year this afternoon. he'll meet tonight in california with families in san bernardino before flying to hawaii to begin his family vacation. looking at today's weather, hey y rain on e west coast, flooding to the north, quite a bit of snow around the great lakes and getting colder in the south and in the northeast. and finally us, the republican debate provided a lot of material for late night comics. >> of course, it did. good material, strong material, especially the sparring between donald trump and jeb bush, which is also my favorite. it's dononald trump's facial expressions. here we go. your "friday funnies." >> watching jeb trying to take on donald at the debates is tryi to watch youtube videos of 15-second mma fights. >> y you're ner going to be president of the united states by insulting your way -- >> let's see, i'm at 42, you're
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>> but on the other hand. >> they're rapists. he's not a war hero. you got to see this guy, oh, i don't know what i said, i don't remember. loser, loser, loser, loser. total competent jerk. nobody -- hehe's not aeader, a total lightweight. >> there you go. the numbers don't lie. >> you said on september 30th that isis was not -- >> am i talking or are you talking, jeb. >> i'm talking right now. >> you can go back. >> after that trump was like, are you as turned on as i am? i mean, are you feeling it? >> one of my friends was watching trump and jeb fighting last night. he said -- he e-mailed. he said it remind eded him of a pair of guests we had fighting earlier this year. look. it's kermit and miss pig g.i. joe. pretty spot-on. >> you started here. you're moving over further and further, pretty soon you'll be off the end.
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money and pulled his underwear up to hineck. >> at one point jeb was so desperate, he tried to steal trump's face. >> and you're heading, my friend, across the pond. this was great having you. >> thank you very much. i loved working with you, reena. also, just news here is just so sensational. >> you love it, don't you? >> is fascinating and i love the -- >> you feel in your element with american politics for some reon. >> yeah, i'm just -- just watching trump's facial expressions. yeah, you're aough guy. >> i have someing r you. >> what? >> i just want to say, >> that was horrible, wasn't it? making news in america this morning, terror arrest in the san bernardino attack. a friend of the shooter facing a judge already. his alllleged rol innhe shooting.
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