>> thanks kendis, reena. like the story line of a bad movie you wish was over, storms continue to slam into the northwest part of the country. frequent storms continue to pounund the northwe and pacific coast with heavy showers and flooding potential along i-5 and now we have feet of snow. yes, significant snow that's going to form in the northwest part of the country. now towards the east, southerly flow will set up for warm conditions with lots of rain. the rain will clear by christmas but it's still going to be wa, not feeling like christmas but still is. reena, kendis. >> that is a bad movie. we have a good movie in florida. good weather though for a bit of space travel history to be made at cape canaveral. spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket since the las one exploded in june. this launc sucuccessfull deployed 11 small communication satellites. first stage rocket flew back to the launch site and landed upright marking the first crucial step in being able to recycle these rockets.

g step. and two amerin astronauts made quick work of a repair job during an unplanned space walkk outside the space station. scott kelly and timimothy cope pra it took about a half hour to release the brake handles on a rail car and help guide it back into place. the car needed to be moved so a ship full of supplies could land at the space station tomorrow. >> nice work guys. and if you thought "star wars" has permeated every aspect of civillidation, you may be right especlly given this next story. here's a turtle hospital in north carolina caringing for 20 new turtles some of which they named after "star wars" characters. >> there's one inside that is darth vader. another one is yoda. both of them and the others jt arrived from new england. >> they were found struggling in the cold waternd sent south to warm up and continued growing the hospital's hope is to send darth vader and yoda and the other turtles back into the

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skinny, so snny >> okay. so up first in "the skinny," christmas indeed coming early for the clinton family. >> former firstaughter chelsea clinton sharing the happy news she' pregnant with baby number two. she made the announcement yesterdayy on twier with a photo of her daughter charlotte reading a page in a book that says big sisters are the best. >> it's a beautiful photo there. grandparents hillary and bill are reveling in the news and took to social med to share their excitent. >> bill tweeting christmas comes early. hillary and i are thrilled for chelsea mark and charlotte's

>> mrs. chont saying we're excited to meet our second grandchild. >> it's exciting news coming in the middle of the summer. >> very exciting just before the convention. >> uh-huh. kim kardashian issuing an apology t apple for apparently causing an their app store to malfunction. >> it's all because of her new line of emojis called kimojis. it's for $1.99, people can choose from 250 symbols that in ways that are not entirely clear relate to the life of kim kardashian. they ilude a hair drier, a peach with cream, gummy bears and the great wave by 19th century japanese artist hukasaya. >> you're missing the most important one. >> what's the most important one. >> the booty emoji. can't believe you missed that one, kendis. >> poke it your eye out. >> kim has plenty of self-references but perhaps

there because at its peak this pulled in 9 million downloads in one second according to tmz. all t money going to charity. st kidding. no. >> the charity called the kardashihian/west household. >> there you go. >> sarah palin finally getting back to her former snl impersonator tina fey. fefey hosted saturday night live this past weekend and dusted off that red blazer to play palin. >> after all these years, sarah is playing tina in a trailer released for a series called "31 rock" playing off fey's show off the air for nearly two years. it tells us what lindsey graham will be doing now that he's dropped his presidential bid. >> the onlnly pc i need is right here. >> will she be able to round up a cast and produce ait show? >> where's the new page? >> or will her writers ruin everything?

>>nd force her old friend to step in. >> melon, okay, here's what you do. >> "star wars" didn't actually change cinema. >> oh, man, they look so much alike, don't they? shdoes look like tina fey. >> the video is for a website called the independence journal review. e series may be premiering next year. >> i think they're on to something. >> possibly. finally a question over a popular character of fiction and her supposed race. we're talking about hermione granger of the hairy potter series. in the movie played by emma watson a white actress. >> since revealing the adult hermione will be portrayed by noma, are a black actress it caused confusion among fans and some expressing displeasure at the apparent chaing of the character's race. >> hold up. j.k. rowling catching wind of the debate and putting it to rest tweeting the correct

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is it too late to say sorry i know i let you down >> little jb saying sorry and it is certainly something steve harvey can't say enough. his mistake in announcing the wrong miss evers winner was simply too awkward for words. >> he fessed up to it. some people still want to know how it happened and why. abc's david wright bres it down. >> miss universe 2015 is -- colombia! >> reporter: in the history y of beautyageants -- this was the shortest reign ever.

a sheepish steve harvey slunked back on stage. >> i he to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> before essentially telling her too land ove the crown. >> miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: one of the most awkward moments ever on live tv. >> i will take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. it was on the card. >> steve harvey didn't help hatters by sending out an apology tet that misspells the namess of both countries all of which led to a justin bieber sorry meme on instagram and this. >> reporter: the mistake so bad that the2015 miss uniniverse pageant is now fodder for con spir sill theories with some insisting it must be a hoax.

gone unanswered. >> everything happens for a reason so i'm happy. >> it's a very nontraditional crowning moment. >> donald trump the former owner of the miss universe pageant suggested they share the crown as if he he would ever accept sharing the tiara in the beauty pageant he's now competing in. bottom line, there is only one miss universe and for the record, it's not miss colombia. david wright, abc news, new york. can i say what grace both of those women handled themselves with. i really enjoyed watching how they reacted. sometimes it's not what happens to you but how you reacted. >> there goes miss "world news now." according to steve harvey announced. miss diana perez. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now."

decades. good morning, i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." winter's opening act set to disrupt travel plans for millions of americans days before christmas. at lea a dozen states are understand winter weather alerts as heavy snows slammed the western states. full detls straight ahead. army sergeant bowe bergdahl held captive by the taliban for five years after he walked away from his post will be arraigned today charged with desertion and endangering troops. a conviction could landndim in ison for life. bill cosby sued former super model beverly johnson over her claims he tried to drug and sexually assault her. johnson responded to the suit that abusers often try to

>> and christmas coming early for the clintonss chelsea clinton shares the happy news. she's pregnant with baby number two. a soon to be little sister for 15-month-old daughter charlotte. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> get that right? >> yep. >> did iet that right? i said a soon to be little sister but a soon to be big sister. she's not going to be the little one anymore. i think i almost thought i gave away the sex. we don't know the sex of baby number two. >> that will come out in the political year. >> certainly not to be named doesn't or trump. >> let's hope not. happy first day of winter. 11:48 p.m. last night, did you feel it. >> sure, lookhat i'm wearing it. >> dress for the winter. at least it' not white. >> you're right. we're going to begin with the extreme weather. it's set to disrupt holiday

on this first full day of winter. >> at least a dozen states on winter weather alerts. westn states getting slammed with feet of snow and severe storms are hitting the south. we'll get started with our abc's ji joe benitez. >> reporter: strong winter storms slamming the west. 55-mile-per-hour winds ripping this free from the its roots and snow blanketing these streets notice southern california all just in time for holiday tral. this, as more than 100 million people hit the road this week, the most ever. that's nearly 1 in every 3 americans. 38.1 million people are flying over the holidays. an estimated 2.2 milon people expected to fly each day. atlanta, los angeles and chicago among the busiest airports. but the overwhelming majority of travelers will be using their cars. the good news? the average price of gas is at a that's less than a gallon of milk. gas down 32 cents from this time last year.

so, it will help to know that christmas eve, christmas day and new year's day are the easiest travel days. the busiest? december 27th d january 3rd. gio benitez, abc news, new york. thank you, gio. holiday travelers in the northwhwest cou see the biggest delays. >> with the latest storm leaving its impact right now on i big region in washington state t to california all the way over to utah. here's paul williams at accuweather. good morning. >> thanks, reena, kendis. i'd love to change the narrative of this story but it still stays on the not so great side for the northwest. a series of frequent storms will continue to pound literally right into the northwest. creating the heaviest of rain along i-5 and then we'll have to watch out for significant snow developing throughout several of the interstates in the northwest. we're talking feet of snow. not inches, but feet. but to the east, totally different story. southerly flow courtesy of this

we'll havto deal with episodes of rain but even with this exceptional warm there we'll at least get a clans to enjoy a dry christmas, not necessarily a snowy one but dry. if you want snow, y have to go to the west where you have snow poteial. >> temperatures in the 70s in d.c. and new yorkn christmas eve. amazing this year. paul, thank ou. over in the west coast now, the danger of an avalanche has halted the search for a missing skier in washington ate. 43-year-old monty busby disappeared near snoqualmie. he is described as an experienced back country skier. rescuers are optimistic he might be hunkered inside a snow cave or under a tarp somewhere. a a suspect in sunday night's deadly crash along the las vegas strip is on suicide watch at a las vegas jail right now. 24-year-old lakeisha holloway has told authorities she was stressed about finding a place to sleep for her and h her

running down groups of people on the strip sidewalk. one person was killed which is why she is being charged with murder. she could facee additional charges, as well. donald trump and hillary clinton are locked a heavyweight political hodown and neither seems ready to tone down the rhetoric. last night in michigan, trump got a little personal using what some might consider a vulgar reference. he called clinton's bathroom break during saturday's debate disgusting. current round of nattiness stems from that debate as abc's >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign is saying, quote, hell shot she took at donald trump in the abc news democratic debate. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> reporter: after the debate, clinton's campaign could provide no direct evidence that

>> i will demand an apology from hillary. she should apologize. she lies about e-mails. she lies about whitewater. she lies about everything. >> reporter: trump himself has been repeatedly accused of distorting the truth. fact checking watchdog politifact called his quote, campaign misstatements, the 2015 lie of the yeyear. they couldn't pick just one, so, they cited several. including his claim that muslims in new jersey celebrated on 9/11. >> and thousands of people w were cheering. >> reporter: and that president obama wants to take e in 250,0 syrian refugees. when the white house has said 10,000. >> to take in 250,000 people, some of whom are going to have problems, big problemsms, is jus insane. >> reporter: there's no denying trump's words strike a chord wiwith voter as for her big allegation for trump and isis, the clinton

trump's words h have aired repeatedly on arab television adding if we don't think isis is using that, "we're fooling ourselves." jonathan karl, michigan. >> what if we're wrong aut donald trump? i mean the polling out the that it's not as close. what if he has a much more significant landslide? you know, when it was the elections in britain back in may,hey said that the conservatives and labor wrbl 34-33%. 1% difference. >> israeli elections, as well. >> in the end in britain it ended up being 38% to 31%. it was a much greater landslide. we're seeing that. what if the right is far underrepresented in polling? is it a reflective representation? could he have more support than we're actually seeing? >> that t sounds le whatt erybody in the bush campaign is hoping. > that trump has mor support. >> that hopefully the polling is completely wrong. >> my point is whahat if the

follow trump, whatf they are underrepresented in polling and actually have a much greater majority. >> a lot of people said that is exactly the case. a lot of people admittedly when you do the polling and face to face would not admit to you face to face they are in support of ump b but will do so online. >> more feaearful or hesitant. on to prosecutes in baltimore say they'll retry the policefficer whose first trial ended in a hung jury. a new trial set to start in the june for william porter in connection with the death of freddie gray while in police custody. caesar goodson's trial begins january 6th. he was driving the van in which gray was riding. another high pfile case in which a prisoner died in police custody. there will be noo indictments in the death of san dral bland. laster? and later died in her cell.

the trooper should face charges. it's back to class day. schools in new hampshire's second biggest city are reopening. they were closed yesterday after an e-mail threatened to harm students but administrators found n no evince supporting the very specific threats. there will be extra security today. some parents plan to keep their kids home, as well. more troubles for the embattled executive facing securities fraud chges. martin shkreli was fired as the ceo of a pharmaceutical company, a job he held for about month. he sparked outrage over the summer for raising the cost of a life saving drug 4,000%. last week one day after his arrest he resigned as ceo of another company touring pharmaceuticals. >> a utah couple mil from the hospital when a baby couldn't wait. kristinen all red delivered her baby in the family truck on the highway but thembilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck. the baby wasn't breathing.

told the couple tie a shoe lace around the cord. and 30 seconds laterer the b baby was breathing. isn't that remarkable? who knew. >> welcome youngster. >> absolutely. and democratic presidential candidate be bernie sanders is getting somewhat might consider steamy support. >> it comes from the new men who burn 2016 calendar. which features hot guys into bernie sanders. >> feel the bern as you might figure the calendar includes mostly shirtless dudes who aren't afraid to proclaim admiration for sanders. >> he says proceeds will go to help sanders win the state of new york. each calendar costs about 20 bucks. >> you were looking for a christmas idea. that's what mama wanted. >> coming up last minute delivery services to makeure gives make it under the tree on time. >> whipping up delicious desserts f for your liday gathering.

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a joy ride in michigan caught by a police dashcam. the cop gave chase as the driver sped off driving wildly, even passing other vehicles on the shoulder after spinning out, two people inside, well, they took off running. an 8-year-old girl and her 138-year-old brother bh were taken intnto custody and returned to their mother. the teen who was behind the wheel has a history of run-ins with the law. >> well, the search for the so-called affluenza teen is intensifying. ethan cououch killed four people in a drunk driving crash but never went to jail.

the latest from clayton sandell. >> reporter: police say ethan couch is on the run tonight, possibly in this black ford truck that belongs to his mother, tonya. she's missing now, too. >> we're going to prosecute her as fully as we can, if she helps him at all. >> reporter: couch is wanted for violating his probation after driving drunk in 2013, causing a crash that killed four people. he got no jail time after arguing he had so-called affluenza, too rich to know right from wrong. >> those people who dealt with him at the accident scene, and the post accident scene saw absolutely no remorse. >> reporter: earlier this month, this video surfaced on twitter. investigators say it appears to be couch at a party, possibly violating his probation. >> i think that was trigger that sent him running once that video surfaced. >> reporter: the fbi and u.s. marshals have now joined the hunt for couch and his mother, putting ethan's face on this wanted poster. there's now a $5,000 reward.

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>> with just days to go till christmas, many of us have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads right now and probably the image of this jacket burning their brains. apologies on that. joining us with some sweet ideas for the holiday is food and lifestyle guru marla meredith. welcome. >> i decided to get dressed up for you and found this instead. >> i actually live at a ski resort. i'd like to ski down the hill wearing that. >> it definitely would be memorable going down the hill wi there. >> absolutely. >> tried to look sweet in a suit. this is looking pretty sweet, a well. >> great. today we're talking about amazing holiday desserts that you can whip out really quickly for those impromptu guests or too many, you know. and they're really quick and easy. >> because you aren't made enough. >> and need to get at it really quickly.

tiramisu tiramisu. we've taken lady fingers. we've dipped them in some piping who the express so. great mug, by the way. and then we simply make a whole display of them in a brown sugar sweetened marscapone cheese. >> what's marscapone. >> like a creamy yummy amazing whipped cream kind of tasting thing. a classic italian cheese but doesn't taste like cheese. >> does it taste like tiramisu. >> you've got to know. then next up, we have something we can work on together. do you want to get like all messy? dirty with dessert? so what we have is a typically it's called an eaten mess. these are eaten mess parfaits. typically you would have meringue but sometimes those can

we were creating the set. so we have doughnutsts instead which everyone loves doughnuts. we're going to layer whipped eam. shake here. whipped cream and i'll do a lalayer of cranberry sauce while you do that. oh, my. >> is that too much. >> no. put on some cranberry sauce. >> we're going to swap. i'll doll cranberry first. then i'll put craerry on here. boom. now you have your cran ber reeat and mess parfaits with doughnut holes. boom. >> so that's it? >> yeah, that's it. it's super, super super easy. and look how grea we have spoons here too if anyone wants to try. then we have quick and easy pumpkin pudding. all we did was take instant pudding mix it with pumpkin puree, top it with whipped cream and graham cracker. have chocolate sandwich cookies with cinnamon homemade osting.

>> butter, sugar, cookies done and some cinnon. then you have broiled pears with ginger whipped cream and nuts. so easy. >> what do you do first with these? >> you coat those with some butter on them, brown sugar, throw them under the broiler for five minutes and top it with gingerhipped cream and nuts. >> i've come to realize the key to any dessert is just sugar, butter and a little bit of cream. >> sometimes we throw in a little bit of crunch. >> just to make it seem -- >> exactly. >> it's sort of like the equivalent of a suit. all you need is a little bit of reindeer. >> a few patterns. >> patterns. >> snowflakes. >> it's like christmas threw up all over it. all right. marla, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sad thing is i could spray this on here. >> the thing was my hair kept going in my mouth when i was trying to do this. >> marla meredith thank you. we do say merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas.

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we need a few more things so what are the options? let's start online. you can absolutely still shop via mobile or mouse but it will cost. >> you if you're lan planning on shipping gifts this week, prepare for sticker shock. >> sticker shock is right. shoppers can pay two to three times the price of regular shipping just to ensure delivery by christmas eve. >> you could end up paying over $100 for a small package. >> the deadline for two-day shipping tuesday, decber 22nd and one-day shipping december 23rd, wednesday. but that doesn't can mean midnight of those days. most retailers have a cutoff between noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern so shop early. your next option ship to store. buy online, then pick up at customer service. >> you don't have to wait in lines. your package is all there nice and waiting for you. when you get to the store, you can make sure the deal isn't better there. >> reporter: something new na makes it easier. a free service called curb sidide

phone from retailers including target then schedule a pickup. i pull in and fire up the app. ththey bringverything i ordered right to the car. i don't eve have to get out. >> may i see your id? >> got your items here right. >> that was convenient. >>f even a trip to the curb is too much, to delivee i like uber for bringing stuff to your house. the same day delivery option you see in bigetailers like macy's and best buy and in a lot of cases that delivery costs can just 5 extra dollars. it's only in 17 markets. if you're lucky enough to be in one of them, this might save christmas. >> that's interesting. we want to know, dude, what's up with your suit? what's the sorry? >> i'm doing deep reading right here. it's like the new ugly sweater. >> is that what you think? okay. where did you get this from? >> it's actually a dutch company

they say it's 100% polyester. this morni on "world news now," she blamed it on stress. >> the woman accused of slamming her car into crowds of las vegas pedestrians. the police revealing what was going on in her mind moments before the deadly crash. targeted by the taliban. militants taking aim at americans, killing six service members. the deadliest attack of its kind in years. >> sky higighscare. theme park visitors stuck inside a popular attraction for hours. the challenging rescue and the frazzled nerves. and later savaving moy on gifts by waiting until the last minute. the deep discounts in the final days before the holiday. our experts show us the best bets on this tuesday, december 22nd.

this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to you on this tuesday or happy winter. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. we're going to get right to the investigation in that deadly sidewa crash in las vegas. more information about the woman who was behind the wheel now coming to light. >> her name is ca lee shah holloway. she's in custody at this hour and is on suicide watch at a jail in las vegas right now. police say sunday evening's incident took place as she was feeling stressed ovever trying to find a place to sleep along withler daughter. abc's kayna whitworth has more from las vegas. >> reporter: terror on the stres of sin city, as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. >> at least 20 people were ran over. >> reporter: police say 24-year-old lakeisha holloway, with her 3-year-old daughter in the backseat, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. injuring more than 30. killing jessica valenzuela, a mother of threree. >> people were punching the window, trying to get -- apparently the child out of the backseat. but she accelerated again and

>> it looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she had both of her hands on the wheel and was looking straightforward and there were men running after her, trying to stop the vehicle and they couldn't get to her. >>e're going to need somebody to shut down traffic. >> reporter: the famed las vegas strip shut down. police believe she was previously living in oregon. in 2012, she was ftured in a video that helps at risk youth there. >> boy, have i come a long ways. >> police believe she drove from oregon to las vegas where she had been living in her car for days. policece sayhere was no sign of alcohol but they do believe that she was under the influence of a stimulant at the time. it all finally came to an end here at a casino a few blocks away where police say she pulled up to the valet operator and asked him to call 911 that she had just hit people on l vegas boulevard. more charges are pending.

>> enrique marquez friend and of syed farook has been denied bail. a judge ruled marquez should remain behind bars. he has been charged in connection with two abandoned terror plots that he planned with farook and for illegally buying two assault rifles used in the massacre. >> now to another high profile court appearance. sergeant bowe bergdahl goes before a military judge today arraigned on charges of desertion and endangering troops. he was heleld captiv by the taliban for five years. if convicted of the more serious charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. six american service members are dead and two wounded in the deadliestttack on u.s. f forces in afghanistan in three years. among them was new york city police detective joseph lemm, a meer of the air national guard. with more here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: the attack happened this afternoon, not far from the huge bagram airbase, the largest amamerican mitary facility in afghanistan. a suicide bomber on a motorcycle

troo meeting with local afghan officials. six american soldiers, killed. two other americans, and an afghan interpreter, wounded. the taliban imdiately claimed responsibility for the attack on twitter. it was the deadliest day in combat for u u.s. forc in afghanistan since august 2012. across afghanistan, the taliban are on the march again, and making gains in areas once secured nato and american forces. last week, defense secretary carter, visiting troops in afghanistan, admitted things are not going well. >> the taliban's advances in some parts of the country, even if only temporary, underscore that this is a tough fight, and it's far from over. >> reporter: there are 9,800 american troops in afghanistan right now. that number is going down to 5500 by the end of next year. but president obama who last christmas declared an end to the

successor. terry moran, abc news, london. and back here in the states, the political showdown between donald trump and hillary clinton shows no signs of a christmas truce. last night at a rally in michigan, trump seemed to up the ante a little bit using what some might consider a vulgar reference when dcribg her 2008 los to president obama. their current heated rhetoric began with clinton's charge during saturday's abc debate. >> he is becomingng isis' best recruiter. they a going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in o order to recruit moree radical jihadists. >> and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. no, it turned out to be a lie. >> trump is demanding that clinton apologize for the statement that you heard right there. even though there's no evidence of trump appearing in isis

campaign spokesman said quoting here hell know when asked if an apology was forth coming. >> the scramble is on for lindsey graham's endorsement now that he's dropped out of the primary race. in dropping out, graham w warned that drt would not be able to beat a democrat like hillary clinton without some major adjustments. former super model beverly johnson is speaking out about the defamation suit nild against r by bill cososby. she says accusers will do whatever they can to weaken their victims to force them to stop fighting." the suit claims that johnson lied when she said cos drugged and tried to assault her in the mid-'80s. >> the certainly for the so-called affluenza drunk driving teen is now a major case for the u.s. marshals. that frees up resources to look for ethan couch who escaped jail time by pleading he was too

abc's elizabeth hur has the latest. >> reporter: this video posted on twitter showi ethan couch at a boos party standing nr a beer pong table although not seen drinking according to authorities may have prompt d him to skip his probation hearing and turn into a wante fugitive. his mother tonya declared a missing person now oicially part of the investigation, pictures of her pickup truck just released with investigators believingsley is with ethan which could land her in jail. >> if we can find out she helped him at all, i assure you, we will file criminal cases against her. >> reporter: couch was 16 when he killed four people while driving d drunk b using the affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences probation. nowent grad, he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin.

four dead bodies and this guy walked with straight probation. >> i have never in my law enforcement career and that's 35 years now, seen a case that sparked such route outrange. >> reporter: calling an the sentence a miscarriage of justice, authorities say couch turns 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case to adult court even befe he vanished. authorities say they cannot talk about what exactly they're doing how it's being done but they're urging ethan to surrender adding they will find him and his mother one way or another. reena and kendndis. >> thank you so much. now some sports starting with new york giants receiver o'dell beckham junior suspended by the nfnfl forne game following his nasty game long ttle with carolina panthers defensive back josh norman on sunday. he drew three personal foul penalties. the league says his actions

presented an unnecessary risk of injury. beckham already has appealed the suspension pop we kind of saw this one comg. > we did. he should give up that appeal because he will lose it. it was just an ugly 60 minutes of football ththere. speaking of football, monday night football matched a couple of teams who will not be going to the playoffs but it was still pretty entertaining. detroit was in control against the saints in the first half. thanks to two short touch dow catches by golden tate who attended the university of notre dame by the way. >> new orleans rallied in the second half with drew brees throwing three touchdown passes. brees became just the fourth quarterback in nfl history to throw more than 60,000 yards in his career. but wasn't enough. the lions hold on to this one. a win for them, 35-27. >> it was close. they did kind of come back. near t t end. >> coming up "the mix," age old holiday traditions that seem to be going away. will you miss them?

also ahead, the space mission finished in a flash that made history overnight. what makes this rocket launch so significant. and the theme park visitor who's got more than a thrill at a popular attraction. the challenging sky high rescue. >> remember to check our behind the scenes pics on instagram,

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we have liftoff. >> that is the sight and sound of history being made last night at c cape sa nav ral florida. the falcon 9 rocket blasting off, the first spacex launch since june when another falcon 9 exploded destroying two tons of cargo. this launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites but that's not the only success. the second triumph came when the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site. you hear the cheers there. >> wow. it landed upright. that's amazing. the first time a spacex rocket has ever achieved such a feat. how difficult will this maneuver. get this, spokesperson explained it this way. like launching a pencil over the empire state building and having it land in a shoebox on the other side during a windstorm. >> nowow it all makes sense. excitement makes sense. this is such a big deal to the

congratulations to them. big, big congrats to them. very big day. >> that's awesome. nice job, guys. >> n now to earthly drama for 50 seaworld guests and two employees in orlando. family trapped for nearly three hours in the sky power cabin. david kerley has all the details. >> reporter: their seaorld holiday vacation, stuck. >> i want to get out of this thing. >> reporter: the more than 40-year-old rotating, 400-foot sky tower elevator -- >> the tower is stuck with approximately 50 people and two employees. >> reporter: -- didn't move for about three hours, leaving this view for passengers. firefighters -- >> establishing sea world command. >> reporter: -- arrive for the rescue, as parents try to calm children. >> i know you're getting tired. just chill out and rest. >> reporter: finally, a basket. >> they're bringing supplies u up th them. >> rorter: carrying a technician, as well. once on top of the sky tower, that technician able to get the ride to move.

jerk the ride free, which did cause some people a little bit of pan as we jumped a little bit. >> reporter: but finally, the sky tower was lowered back to the ground. customers say they were told the emergency brake malfunctioned, it froze. sea world would not comment. of the 50 on board, none were injured. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> so they still don't know the exactly what caused that to haen. >> messengnger beingtuck up there for three hours. here's the cool part. some kids were actually using periscope to broadcast it live. >> you're kidding. > that is kind of -- it wasn't completely terrifying. >> that wouould he been fun to watch. >> that would have been entertaining and terrifying at the same time. good that it all worked out for them. coming up in our next half hour, the best tips for booking air travel. simple and easy ways to make sure you're getting the best fares including the airlines that you won't be able to find on some sites. >> but first shopping spread. the best last minute deals that

you will actually be rewarded for your procrastination. interesting. you're watching "world news now."

abc stations. waking up on christmas morning hours before the winter sun's >> okay. if you want to wake up christmas morningo some presents under the tree, g to ge moving. you still have a little bit of shopping time. >> a few days. we want to leave it all up to santa, right? thankfully there home run still great deals o there. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it's a christmas procrastination nation. the majority of americans haven't finished shopping.

waiting until christmas eve. while last minute shoppers may not have the time on their side, they doave this going for them. extremely motivated retailers. >> the sales this year are looking better than ever. retailers are desperate to sell us things. let's make them wk for it. >> reporter: while online sales are up nearly 14% from last year, sales inside physical stores are down almost 6%. making this final push crucial to retailers' bottom lines. >> the best deal right now is to look for a stackable discount. that's when an item i islready discounted butut y see a big sign saying 20%, 30% off. anything that's already reduced. go straight to those stacked discounts. >> reporter: and after sluggish thanksgiving sales, right n now it's better late than november. at best buy, this apple watch sports $50 off on black friday. now even more marked down.

and launching tuesda just for last minute shoppers, microsoft offering $50 off the xbox one plus twowo fre games with purchase. after a start to winter that feels a lot more like spring, no deep freeze means the deepest discounts on cold weaeather clothes and accessories. many retailers trying to clear outer wear, boots and knit wear marking them on sale now for 60, even 70% off. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> it's really something to think about that you can go out and get some winteter clothing and gear. >> who would have thought? it's so warm still. >> exactly. >> which is why i wore my sleeveless day in the dead of winter. >> 11:48 p.m. last night. > all rit. got us thinking. we should kind of help each other out. at are other gifts that you can get us? tell us what your last minute shopping secrets are. share with us through social

the best tips will receive the best christmas gift you could get, a "world news now" coffee mug. >> you've got tips for us,, d't you? >> i do. >> do tell. >> this got me thinking. >> do tell. >> this got me thinking what kind of gifts. >> thanks for the warning. >> can you get that make you feel good. i feel like you buy toys, you buy luxury goods for family members. there are a lot of things that can help other people that are great gifts. kiva is a great organization that you can put $100, $50, you gigift it t a person like a gift card. it allows them to pick a charity they like. it's like microfinancing. once they've reached their limit, that money comes back to you in the pot. you can finance somebody else. to help teachers it's called donor's choice. it helps teachers, you can be pick things teachers need for their classrooms. they bought equipment. television equipment for a school in tampa, florida. and also the project where

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and now it's time for "the mix." can you believe it or not, holiday cards people send them out. >> what are those. >> christmas cards, hanukkah cards, new year's cards. they've declined by nearly half. people are not sending them the way they used to. since 2002 apparently it's declined down to 1.5 billion. used to be 2.9billion. comes out to about it was ten christmas cards per every man, woma and child. now it's one per bern. i did not send any this year. i didn't get around to it. hard on nightshift getting your act together. >> to sending holiday cards. here's another sad, sad fact. remember the good old days of like the mistletoe?

and you know, you would have a mistletoe that would pop down and you would have a mistletoe pop down. thank you. and all of a sudden, you'd make out as a result? >> oh. >> well. well. that is apparently noonger the case. i couldn't even get the mistletoe to make that work. >> so the new study says that only one in seven have. >> bring the mistletoe down. >> seriously. this is the worst mistletoe. >> rocco, you're fired. you're fired. you're n not a good mistletoe man. >> 14% have kissed under the mistletoe. man. what's a brother got to do to get a kiss around here. >> you'veot to bring it down a little bit more. right between the people, right there. >> we've got to go to the next story. >> there you go, rocco.

>> oh, boy. >> for -- yes. work rposes. >> for the work purposes. so moving on. >> the point is people are not doing it. >> people are not doing it. one in seven off us have snoged and 14% have kissed under the mistletoe. there's a deejay who was in love with wham's last christmas that he played it. a lot of times. take a quick listen. kiss me now i know you fool me again >> rocco, thank yoyou. nonstop. >> i love the song. >> breaking a record for it. >> can't go wrong with this. >> i think we should challenge them and just do it an entire background. >> that will be our last christmas newscast. >> look at this cute video of kids meeting santa. many, many kids. they did it all in slow mo here. look at these kids kind of like

his breath probably stank. this morning on "world news now," campaign firestorm. donald trump calls hillary clinton a liar. as a political fact checker looks for truth in trump's own comments. the presidential race takes a tense turn overnight. serious charges. the woman accused of intentionally hitting crowds of people with her car along the vegas strip. new details from police including her state of mind. >> and new this half hour, the dangerous search for an accomplished skier. >> the man missing for days and why rescue teams had to delay their search in the mountains. why there's still hope, however, that he will be found alive. and later, chelsea clinton's big announcement setting off social media. it's personal, not political. that's in "the skinny" on this tuesday, december 22nd.

this is "world news now." tuesday. i'm ena ninan. >> personal, not political. i'm kendis gibson. of course, but some goodd timing to have a new baby in 2016. all. >> in an election year. we'll get to the details of that. >> there's never a good time to plan to have a child. especially a second child. you don't realize it when you have your first but it's game over when you have your second. >> what does that mean? >> well, so much changes. for me personally. i should not generalize for women and parents everywhere but it was like having a thousand children having my second one. >> i'll take your word for it. hey, it's a great tax write-off though. >> there you go. that's an upside. let's talk about the race for the white house because it is still heating up. we have about 40 days until the first vote in iowa, and that raging war is going on war, war of words between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> if it's a boy it probably

>> i'm thinkg not. >> last night trump took a new swing at clinton using what some might consider a vulgar reference when describing her 2008 loss to president obama and calling her bathroom break during saturday's debate "disgusting." >> the verbal barbs started betwn the two of them over the weekend and show no signs of easing. abc's megan hughes has more. >> hillary, that's not a president. >> reporter: it may well be a preview of the 2016 presidential face-off. going one-on-one. watch that -- what happened to her? no, she's terrible. >> reporter: and saturday's abc news democratic debate, hillary clinton took jab after jab at the republican front runner. >> mr. trump has a great capacity to use bluster and bigogotry to ilame people. >> reporter: capped with this >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter.

videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit mo radical jihadists. >> reporter: after the debate, clinton's campaign could provide no direct evidence that happened. at a campaign rally monday night, trump pushed back. >> and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. no, it turned out to be a e. >> reporter: and trump is demanding that clinton apologize to which a clinton campaign spokesman replied "hell no." donald trump himself has repeatedlyeen accused of distorting facts. on monday the fact checking watchdog politifact called his campaign misstatements the 2015 lie of the year. megan hughes, abc news, washington. six american service members are dead and two injured in the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in afghanistan in more than three years. among them was new york city police officer joseph lemm, a member of e air national guard. the suicide attack by the taliban was another setbk in afghanistan for the u.s. where a

falling to the taliban. and the friend and former neighbor of san bernardino terrorist sayed farookust remain in jail. during a hearing yesterday, a federal judge denied bail f enrique marquez dececiding that he is a danger to the community. defensettorneys had argued that marquez had been cooperating with the fbi even when he was not under arrest. a suspect in sunday night's deadly crash on the las vegas strip is in jail and on suicide watch right now. investigators are looking into lakeisha holloway's life while they develop a motive for her alleged actions. she's reportedly already told authorities that she was stressed out finding a place for her and her daughter to eep. abc's brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: a terrifying hit and run on the busy las vegas strip. >> somlady ran, jumped the curb in her car and went through the people. >> reporter: police y 24-year-old lakeisha holloway veered onto the sidewalk up to three times sunday night

outside the paris hotel and casino. >> video confirms we believe it to be an intentional act. >> jessica valenzuela, a wife and mother from arizona was killed. this go fund me page set up for her family. at lea 35 others were also injured while holloway's 3-year-old child sat inside the swerving car. police caught up to the driverer moments later. >> we have this driver in custody. >> that's affirmative. she's in custody. >> rorter: investigators don't believe this was an act of terrorism but know very little about her background. she was believed to have been living in oregon, then in vegas, living in her vehicle for days. >> we believe that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. >> reporter: the toddler inside the vehicle was unharmed and is now in protective custody. >> why? why us? why did this happen? and what really happened? >> reporter: investigators don't believe alcohol was involved but they're testing whether holloway was under the influence of

she's facing at least one count of m murder and possibly several counts of attempted murder. >> thank you so much, brandi. an avalanche danger suspended the search for a missing skier in washington state. 43-year-old monty busbee disappeared over the weekend over the area there. police have located his truck with his cell phone inside. dozens of volunteers and four teams of dogs have been combing the area. despite this setback, rescuers are optimistic. >> he could be ia snow cave, he could be under a tarp just waiting for us. maybe you know, who knows? maybe a broken ankle or something waiting for us to get there. >> and in that area, snoquale, busbee is described as an exexperienceback country skier known to carry a backpack with gear and an avalanche beacon. as winter officially arrives, there's proof in the pacific nonorthwest. >> another storm is hitting washgton and oregon with heavy snowfafall makintravel dangerous in higher elevations. accuweather's paul williams has our holiday forecast. morning to you, paul. >> good morning, paul.

like the story line of a bad movie you wish was over, storms continue to slam into the northwest rt of the country. frequent storms continue to pound the northwest and pacific coast with heavy showers and flooding potential along i-5 and believe it or not, now we have yes, significant snow that's part of the country. now towards the east, southerly flow will set up for warm conditions with lots of rain. the good news is the rain will clear by christmas. but it's still going to be warm, not feeling like christmas but it still is. reena, kendis. >> that is a bad movie. we have a good movie in florida. good weather though for a bit of space travel history to be made at cape canaveral. spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket since the last one exploded in june. this launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites. in a major first, the first stage rocket flew bacack to the launch site and landed upright marking the first crucial step in being able to recycle these rockets. congratulations to the folks there.

and two american astronauts made quick work of a repair job during an unplanned space walk outside the space station. scott kelly and timothy kopra took about a half hour to release the brake handles on a rail car and help guide it back into place. the car needed to be moved so a ship fl of supplies could land at the space station tomorrow. >> nice work, guys. and if you thought "star wars" has permeated every aspect of civilization, you may be right, especially given this next story. hehere's a ttle hospital in north carolina caring for 20 new turtles some of which they named after "star wars" characters. >> there's one you see there inside that is darth vader. another one is yoda. both of them and the others st arrived from new england. >> they were found struggling in the cold water and sent south to warm up and continued growing. the hospital's hope is to send darth vader and yoda and the other turtles back into the

i must. >> you have a better yoda voice than that. oh, i do. >> not going there. >> >> coming up in "the skinny," the kaashian. >> my darth vader thing. >> yeah. >> okay. the rdashian invention that went up for sale and nearly broke the ternet. >> also ahead, a healtlth alert for fatigued overnight workers what medical researchers discovered. >> and how to book last minute holiday travel without spending a fortune. stay tuned for expert money-saving advice. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex. now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex.hink you're going? to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. you're not comg. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours. forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. wait! your loss. i was gointo wear a sombrero.

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more trouble for the chipotle restaurant chain. this morning health officials saying five more people became sick after eating at two of the mexican style restaurants. it's not known if these e. coli cases in north dakota, kansas and oklahoma are linked a larger outbreak in october in all almost 500 peop have been sickened after eating at a chipotle in recent months. >> well, alarming news for anyone at work right now. a new study is underscoring the dangers of driving drowsy. harvard researchers found driving after working a nightshift can make you up to six times more likely to crash your car. in fact, researchers had to halt testing because nearly half the shift workers almost crashed even though they knew they w were being watched. research shows a driver awake

drunken driver with a ".10 blood alcohol level. . .10. that's pretty high level. >> wow. all right. more reason for us to have a driver. >> or to sleep in your rooms. >> our office. >> you have lots of -- >> yes. if by trains, planes or automobiles 'tis the season to travel. >> and get there by air can be expensive as rebecca jarvis has tips for reducing the price of your journey. >> reporter: mike and stacy have alys loved to avel but now as parents to julia and ryan, they've had to recalibrate their destinations and their budget. >> obviously, everything changes anpriorities are realigned. >> disney, here we come. >> reporter: first task, flights from new jersey to orlando and now they have an extra cost. lia is about to turn two. >> reporter: she was a lap seat. now she needs her own seat. >> yes. >> reporter: so far they found flights for $317 a ticket, totaling almost $1,000. we bring in travel expert brian kelley to see if he can work

trip to the magic kingdom. >> reporter: who's ready to save some money? >> we are. we definitely are. >> reporter: brian's first step, flexibility. brian recommends having adjustable travel dates. >> tuesdays and saturdays ifif you can leave on those days generally will save 20% or more. >> reporter: next tip. when looking online, think outsidthe box. brian suggests first searching google flights. >> it's not a travel agency. they're not trying to sell you hotel packages and everything else. >> reporter: there, we find some savings on flightk. but brian has another trick up his sleeve. >> southwest airlines does not show up on any of the online travel agencies. you always have to go to southwest.com. >> reporter: there, stacy and mike hit the jackpot. by traveling on tuesdays, they can find a round trip fare for 1 $2 a ticket, including two free checked bags and free carry-ones. >> you just shaved about 120 bucks off the cost of every e of the tickets. >> plus no fees in terms of saving money.

once on the ground, membership has its privileges. you can often get lower rates on hotelsnd rental cars through memberships with discount warehouses, aaa andndven aarp. >> i'm 32 years old and i'm a member. >> reporter: that little tip puts $100 back in their pocket. >> ready to book? >> ready, we're ready. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, w york. >> so many good tips. >> some good tips. we need more of brian kelley. we don't get him enough on our air. good advice. coming up, kim kardashian breaks the apple store. >> and sarah palin breaks a leg. "skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news now"

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kinny, so skinny >> okay. so up first in "the skinny," christmas indeed coming early for the clinton family. >> former first daughter chelsea clinton sharing the happy news that she's pregnant with baby number two. she made the announcement yesterday on twitter with a photo of her daughter charlotte reading a page in a book that says big sisters are the best. >> it's a beautiful photo there. grandparents hillary and bill are also reveling in the news and took to social media to share their excitement. >> bill tweeting christmas comes early. hillary and i are thrilled for chelsea, mark, and charlotte's growing family. >> mrs. clinton saying we're

grandchild. >> it's exciting news coming in the middle of ththe summer >> very exciting just before the convention. >> uh-huh. kim kardashian issuing an apology to apple for apparently causing their app store to malfunction. >> it was quite a stir all because of her new linene of emoj called kimojis. >> did they really name it kimojis? >> yeah. it's for $1.99, people can choose from 250 symbols that in ways that are not entirely clear relate to the life of kim kardashian. they include a higherr drier, a peach with cream, gummy bears and the great wave by 19th century japanese artist hokusai. >> you're missing the most important one. > what's e most important one? >> the booty emoji. can't believe you missed that one, kendis. >> poke your eye out. kim has plenty of self-references but perhap there shouould be a llar sign in

pulled in 9 million downloads in one second according to tmz. all the money going to charity. just kidding. no. >> the charity called the kardashian/west household. >> there you go. >> sarah palin finally getting backo heformer "snl" impersonator tina fey. fey was back to host "saturday night live" this past weekend and dusted off that red blazer to play palin. >> after all these years, sarah is playing tina in a trailer released for a series called "31 rock" playing off fey's show of course, that's been off the air for nearly two yearsrs. it tells us what lindsey graham will be doing now that he's dropped his presidential bid. >> the only pc i need is right here. >> will she be able to round up a cast and produce a hit show? >> where's the new page? >> or will her wririters rui everything? >> nerds. >> a force her old friend to step in.

do. >> "star wars" didn't actually change cinema. >> oh, man, they look so much alike, don't they? she does look like tina fey. pretty impressive. >> the video is for a website review. they joked the series may be premiering next year. >> i think they're on to something. >> possibly. finally a question over a popular character of fiction and her supposed race. we're talking about hermione granger of the harry potter series. in the movie played by emma watson a white actress. >> since revealing the adult hermione will be portrayed by noma dumezweni, a black actress, it caused confusion among fans and some expressing displeasure at the apparent changing of the character's race. >> hold up. marry potter author j.k. rowling catching wind of the debate an putting it to rest tweeting the

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. oh, is it too late now to say sorry yeah, i know that i let you down >> little jb saying sosorry and is certainly something ste harvey can't say enough. his mistake in announcing the wrong miss universe winnener was simply too awkward for words. >> i know, but he fessed up to it. still love our steve harvey. some people still want to know how it happened and why. abc's david wright breaks it down. >> miss universe 2015 is -- colombia! >> reporter: in the history of beauty pageants, this was the shortest reign ever. two minutes in the tiara, before

>> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> bore essentially telling her to hand over the crown. >> miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: one of the most awkward moments ever on live tv. >> i will take responsibility for this. it was my mistake. it was on the card. >> steve harvey didn't help matters by sending out an apology tweet that misspells the names of both countries all of which led to a justin bieber sorry meme on instagram and this. to say sorry now >> rorter: the mistake so bad that the 2015 miss universe panel gent is now fodder for conspiracy theories with some insisting it must be a hoax.

>> everything happens for a reason so i'm happy. >> it't's a veryontraditional crowning moment. >> donald trump the former owner of the miss universe pageant suggested they share the crown as if he would ever accept sharing the tiara in the beauty pageant he's now competing in. bottom line, there is only one miss universe and for the record, it's not miss colombia. david wright, abc news, new york. can i say what grace both of those women handled themselves with. i really enjnjoyed wating how they reacted. sometimes it's not what happens to you but h how you rcted. >> there goes miss "world news now." according to steve harvey announced it. miss diana perez. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs forwo

[male announcer] if you've seserved inhe good morning, i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." winter's opening act is set to disrupt travel plans for millions of americans days beforehristmas. at least a dozen states are under winter weather alerts as heavy snows slammed the western states. full details straight ahead. army sergeant bowe bergdahl held captivey the taliban for five years after he walked away from his post will be arraigned today. he's charged with desertion and endangering troops. a conviction could land him in prison for life. >> bill cosby has sued former super model beverly johnson over her claims that he tried to drug and sexually assault her. johnson responded to the suit that abusers often try to intimidate and weaken their victims.

clinton shares the happy news. she's pregnant with baby number two. a soon to be little sister for 15-month-old daughter charlotte. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, th is "world news now." >> get that right? >> yep. >> did i get that right? i said a soon to be little sister but actually a soon to be big sister. she's not going to be e little one anymore. i think i almost thought i gave away the sex. we don't know the sex of baby number two. make that very clear. >> that will come out in the political year. >> certainly not to be named donald or trump likely. >> let's hope not. happy first day of winter. feel it? >> sure, look what i'm wearing >> dress for the winter. >> you're right. we're going to begin with the extreme weather. it's set to disrupt holiday trav for millions of people. on this first full day of winter.

winter weather alerts. western states getting slammed with feet of snow and severe storms are hitting the south. we'll get started with our abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: strong winter storms slamming the w west. 55-mile-per-hour winds ripping this tree from its roots and snow blanketing these streets in northern california, all just in time for holiday travel. this, as more than 100 million people hit the road this week, the most ever. that's nearly 1 in every 3 americans. 38.1 million people are flyiying over the holidays. an estimated 2.2 million people expected to fly each day. atlanta, los angeles and chicago among the busiest airports. but the overwhelming majority of travelers will be using their cars. the good news? the average price of gas is at a new low, $2 a gallon. that's less than a gallon of milk. gas dodown 32 ces from this time

and with those low prices, you'll see busy streets. so, it will help to know that christmas eve, christmas day and new year's day are the easiest travel days. the busiest? december 27th and january 3rd. gio nitez, abc news, new york. thank you, gio. holiday travelers in the northwest could see the biggest delays. >> with the latest storm leaving its impact on a big region, take a look, from washington state to california all the way over to utah. here's paul williams at accuweather. good morning. >> thanks, reena, kendis. i'd love to change the narrative of this story but it still stays on the not so great side for the northwest. a series of frequent storms will continue to pound literally right into the northwest. creang the heaviest of rain along i-5 and then we'll have to watch out for significant snow developing throughout several of the interstates in the northwest. we're talking feet of snow. not inches, but feet. but to the east, totally different story. southerly flow courtesy of this high pressure system.

of rain but even with this exceptional warmth, we'll at least get a chance to enjoy a dry christmas, not necessarily a snowy one but a dry one. if you want snow, you have to go to the west where you have snow potential. >> temperatures in the 70s in d.c. and new york on christmas eve. amazing this year. paul, thank yoyou. over in the west coast now, the danger of an avalanche has halted the search for a missing skier in washington state. 43-year-old monty busbee disappead or the weekend near snoqualmie. dozens of volunteers and four teams have been coving the area. he is described as an experienced back country skier. rescuers are optimisc he might be hunkered inde a snow cave or under a tarp somewhere. a suspect in sunday night's deadly crash along the las vegas strip is on suicide watch at a las vegas jail right now. 24-year-old lakeisha holloway has told authorities she was stressed about finding a p place to sleep for her and her daughter before allegedly running down groups of people on

one person was killed which is why hollowway is being charged with murder. she could face additional chargeges, as we. donald trump and hillary clinton are locked in a heavyweight political showdown and neither seems ready to tone down the rhetoric. last night in michigan, trump got a little personal using what some might consider a vulgar reference. when describing clinton's 2008 loss to president obama. he also called clinton's bathroom break during saturday's debate "disgusting." the current round of nastiness stems from that debate as abc's jonathan karl reports. >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign is saying, quote, hell no, she won't apologize for this shot she took at donald trump in the abc news democratic debate. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to o people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> reporter: after the debate, clinton's campaign could provide no direct evidence that

>> i will demand an apology from hillary. she should apologize. she lies about e-mails. she lies about whitewater. she lies about everything. >> reporter: tmp himself has been repeatedly accused of distorting the truth. fact checking watchdog politifact called his quot campaign misstatements, the 2015 lief the year. they couldn't pick just one, so, they cited sever. including his claim that muslims in new jersey celebrated on 9/11. >> and thousands of people were cheering. >> reporter: and that president obama wants to take in 250,000 syrian refugees when the white house has said 10,000. >> to take in 250,000 people, some of whom are going to have problems, big problems, is just insane. >> reporter: there's no denying trump's words strike a chord with voters. as for her big allegation for -- about trump and isis, the clinton campaign is nowointing

aired repeatedly on arab television adding if we don't think isis is using that, "we're fooling ourselves." jonathan carl, candidate rapids, michigan. >> what if we're wrong about donald trump? i mean the polling out there that it's not as close. what if he has a much more significant landslidide? u know, when it was th elections in britain back in may, they said that the conservatives and labor were 34%-33%. 1% difference. >> israeli elections, as well. >> in the end in britain it ended up being 38% to 31%. it was a much greater landslide. we're seeing that. what if the right is far underrepresented in poing? can we count these numbers? is it a reflective representation? could trump possibly have more support than we're actually seeing? >> that sounds like what everybody in the bush campaign is hoping. > that trump has more support. >> that hopefully the polling is completely wrong. >> my point is what if the right, the people who really

underrepresented in polling and they actually have a much greater majority than we're giving them credit for. >> a lot of people said that is exactly e case. a lot of people admittedly when you do the polling and face to face would not admit to you face to face that they are in support of trump but they'll do so online. >> more fearful or hesitant. >> we'll move on to prosecutes in baltimore who say they'll retry the police officer whose first trial ended in a hung jury. a new trial set to start in the june for william porter in connection with the death of freddie gray while in police custody. caesar goodson's trial begins officer cesar goodson's trial begins january 6th. he was driving the van in which gray was riding. another high profile case in which a prisoner died in police custody. a jnd jury in houston said there be no indictments against jailers or deputies in the death of sandra bland. she was stopped by a state trooper and later died in her

the trooper should face charges. >> it's back to class today. schools in new hampshire's second biggest city are reopening. they were e closed yterday after an e-mail threatened to harm students but administrators say they found no evidence supporting the very specific threats. there will be extra security today. but some parents say they plan to keep their kids home, a well. more troubles for the embattled executive facing securities fraud charges. martin shkreli was fired as the ceo of a pharmaceutical companany, job he held for about a month. he sparked outrage over the summer for raising the cost of a life saving drug 4000%. last week one day after his arrest he resigned as ceo of another company, turing farm farmceuticals farmceuticals. a utah couple miles from the hospital when a baby couldn't wait. kristin allred delivered her baby in the family truck on the highway but the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby's neck. the baby wasn't breathing.

around the cord. d 30 seconds later the baby was breathing. isn't that remarkable? who knew. >> that's incredible. welcome,e, youngst. >> absolutely. and democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is getting what some might consider >> it comes from the new men who bern 2016 calendar, which features hot guys into bernie sanders. >> feel the bern as you might figure the calendar inincludes mostly shirtless dudes who aren't afraid to proclaim their admiration for sanders. it was created by an actor right here in new york. >> he says proceeds will go to help sanders win the state of new york. each calendar costs about 20 bucks. >> you were looking for a christmas idea. >> that's what mama wanted. >> absolutely. >> coming up, some last minute delivery services to make sure gifts make it under the tree on time. >> whipping up delicious desserts for your holiday gathering.

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a joy ri in michigan caught by a police dashcam. the cop gave chase as the driver sped off driving wildly, even passing other vehicles on the shoulder after spinning out, two people inside, well, they took off running. an 8-year-old girl and her 13-year-old brother, both were taken into custody and returned to their mother. the teen who was behind the wheel has a history of run-ins with the law. >> well, the search for the so-called affluenza teen is intensifying. there's now a wanted poster for ethan couch who killed four people in a drunk driving crash but never went to jail. >> tips are pouring in. the latest from abc's clayton

>> reporter: police say ethan coh is on the run tonight, possibly in this black ford tck that belongs to his mother, tonya. she's missing now, too. >> we're going to prosecute her as fully as we can, if she helps him at all. >> reporter: couch is wanted for violating his prprobation ter driving drunk in 2013, causing a crash that killed four people. he got no jail time after arguing he had so-called affluenza, too rich to know right from wrong. >> those people who dealt with him at the accident scene, and the post accidenscene saw absolutely no remorse. >> reporter: earlier this month, this video surfaced on twitter. investigators say it appears to be couch at a party, possibly violating his probation. >> i think that was the trigger that sent him running once ththat video surfaced. >> reporter: the fbi and u.s. marshals have now ined the hunt for couch and his mother, putting ethan's face on this wanted poster. there's now a $5,000 reward. >> let him get a taste of real

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>> with just days to go till christmas, many of us have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads right now and probably the image of this jacket burning their brains. apologies on that. joining us with some sweet ideas for the holiday is food d lifestyle guru marla meredith. welcom >> i decided to get dressed up for you and found this instead. >> can i borrow that some day? i actually live at a ski resort. i'd like to ski down the hill wearing that. >> it definitely would be memoble going down the hill with this. >> absololutely. >> tried to look sweet in a suit. this is looking pretty sweet, as well. >> great. today we're talking about amazing holiday desserts that for those impromptu guests o or o many, you know. and they're really quick and >> because you haven't made quickly. what we have first is a simple

all we've done, we've taken lady fingers. we've dipped them in some piping hot espresso. great mug, by the way. and then wsimply make a whole display of them in a brown sugar sweetened marscapone cheese. >> what's marscapone >> like a creamy yummy amazing whipped cream kind of tasting thing. a classic italian cheese but itit doesn'taste like cheese. >> does it taste like tiramisu? >> you've got to know. you've got to ask those questions, right? then next up, we have something we can work on together. do you want to get like all messy? dirty with dessert? so what we have is a typically it's called an eaten mess. these are eaten mess parfaits. typically you would have meringue but sometimes those can be hard to find we realized when

so we have doughnuts instead which everyone loves doughnuts. we're going to l layer whped cream. shake here. whipped cream and i'll do a layer of cranberry sauce while you do that. oh, my >> is that too much? >> no, it's like the best. put on some cranberry sauce. >> we're going to swap. i'll do cranberry first. then i'll put cranberry on here. how does that sound? okay, perfect. boom. now you have your cranberry eat and mess parfaits with doughnut holes. boom. >> so that's it? >> yeah, that's it. it's super, super, super easy. and look how great. we have spoons here too if anyone wants to try. then we have quick and easy pumpkin pudding. all we did was take instant pudding, mix it with ppkin puree, top it with whipped cream and graham cracker. we have chocolate sandwich cookies with cinnamon homemade frosting. >> made that quickly.

>> butter, sugar, cookies done and some cinnamon. then you have broiled pears with ginger whipped cream and nuts. so easy. >> what do you do first with these? >> what you do is you coat those with some butter on them, brown sugar, throw them under the broiler for five minutes and top it with ginger whipped cream and nuts. >> i've come to reize the key to any dessert is just sugar, butter and a little bit of cream. >> sometimes we throw in a little bit of crunch. >> just to make it seem -- >> exactly. >> it's sort of like the equivalent of a suit. all you need is a little bit of reindeer. >> a few patterns. >> patterns. >> snowflakes. >> it's like chrhristmas tew up all over it. all right. marla, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sad thing is i could spray this on here. difference. >> the thing was my hair kept trying to do this. >> marla meredith thank you. weo say merry christmas to >> merry christmas.

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let's start online. you can absolutely still shop via mobile or mouse but it will cost you. >> reporter: if you're planning on shipping gifts this week, prepare for sticker shock. >> sticker shock is right. shoppers can pay two to three times the price of regular shipping just to ensure delivery by christmas eve. >> you could easily end up paying over $100 for a small package. >> reporter: the deadline for two-day shipping tuesday december 22nd and one-day shping december 23rd, wednesday. but that doesn't mean midnight of those days. most retailers have cutoff bebetween no to 2:00 p.m. eastern so shop rly. your next option ship to stotore. buy online, then pick up at customer service. >> youon't have to wait in lines. your package is all there nice and waiting for you. when you get to the store, y you can check and make sure the deal isn't better there. >> reporter: something new that makes it easier. a free service called curb side that lets you order on your phone from retailers including

i pull in and fire up the app. they bring everything i ordered right to the car. i don't even have to get out. >> welcome to target curbside. >> may i see your id? >> got your items here right. >> that was convenient. >> if even a trip to the curb is too much, deliv is like uber for bringing stuff to your house. they power that same day delivery option you see at checkout in big retailers like macy's and best buy and in a lot of cases, that delivery costs can just 5 extra dollars. it's only in 17 markets. if you're lucky enough to be in one of them, this might save christmas. >> that's interesting. we want to know, dude, what's up with your suit? what's the story? >> i'm doing deep reading right here. it's like thnew ugly sweater. >> is that what you think? okay. where did you get this from? >> it's actuly a dutch company called oppo suits. they say it's s 100% polster. 200% awesome. >> and 100%, what is he doing?

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>> is it ugly. ng on "world news now," she blamed it on stress. >> the woman accused of slamming her car into crowds of las vegas pedestrians. the police revealing what was going on in her mind momoments before the deadly crash. targeted by the taliban. militants taking aim at americans, killing sixervice members. e deadlit attack of its kind in years. sky high scare. theme parkrk visitorstuck inside a popular attraction for hours. the challenging rescue and the frazzled nerves. and later saving money on gifts by waiting until the last minute. the deep discounts in the final days before the holiday. our experts show us the best bets on is tuesday, december 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now."

on this tuesday or happy winter. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. we're going to get right to the investigation n in that adly sidelk crash in las vegas. more information about the woman who was behind the wheel now coming to light. >> her name is lakeisha holloway. she's in custody at this hour and is on suicide watch at a jail in las vegas right now. police say sunday evening's incident took k place ashe was feeling stressed over trying to find a place to sleep along with her daughter. abc's kayna whitworth has more from las vegas. >> reporter: terror on the streets of sin city, as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. >> at least 20 people were ran over. >> reporter: police say 24-year-old lakeisha holloway, with her 3-yeaear-old dahter in the backseat, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. injuring more than 30. killing jessica valenzuela, a mother of three. >>eople were punching the window, trying to get -- apparently the child out of the

but she accelerated again and just kept mowing everyone down. >> it looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she had both of her hands on the wheel and was looking wheel and was looking straight forward and there were men running after her, trying to stop the vehicle and they couldn't get to her. >> we're going to need somebody to shut down traffic. >> reporter: the famed las vegas strip shut down. police believe she was previously living in oregon. in 2012, she was featured in a video that helps at risk youth there. >> boy, have i come a long ways. >> police e believe e drove from oregon to las vegas where she had been living in her car for days. police say t there waso sign of alcohol but they do believe that she was under the influence of a stimulant at the time. it all finally came to an end here at a casino a few blocks away where police say she pulled up to the valet operator and asked him to call 911 that she had just hit people on las vegas boulevard. she's now facing charges of murder with a deadly weapon and

vegas. enrique marquez friend of syed farook has been denied bail. a judge ruled marquez should remain behind bars. he has been charged in connection with two abandoned terror plots that he planned with farook and for illegally buying two assault rifles used in the massacre. and now to another high-profile court appeance. sergeant bowe bergdahl goes before a military judge today arraigned on charges of desertion and endangering g trps. bergdahl was held captive by the taliban for five years. if convicted of the more serious charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. six american service members are dead andwo wounded in the deadliest attack on u.s. forces in afghanistan in three years. among them was new york city police detective joseph lemm, a memb of the air national guard. with more here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: the attack happened not far from the huge bagram air

american military facity in afghanistan. plowed into a group of u.s. officials. six american soldiers, killed. two other americans, and an afghan interpreter, wounded. the taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on twitter. it was the deadliest day in combat for u.s. forces in afghanistan since august 2012. across afghanistan, the taliban are on the march again, and making gains in areas once secured by nato and american forces. last week, defense secretary carter, visiting troops in afghanistan, admitted things are not going well. >> the taliban's advances in some parts of the country, even if only temporary, underscore that this is a tough fight, and it's far from over. >> reporter: there are 9,800 american troops in afghanistan right now. that number is going down to 5500 by the end of next year. but president obama who last

american combat mission in afghanistan will leave this war to his successor. terry moran, abc news, london. and back here in t states, the political showdown between donald trump and hillary clinton shows no signs of a christmas truce. last night at a rally in michigan, trump seemedo up the ante a little bit using what some might consider a vulgar reference when describing clinton's 2008 loss to president obama. their r current ated rhetoric began with clinton's charge during saturday's abc debate. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. no, it turned out to be a lie. >> trump is demandinthat clinton apologize for the statement that you heard right there. even though there's no evidence of trump appearing in isis

campaign spokesman said quoting here hell know when asked if an apology was forthcoming. the scramble is on for lindsey graham's endorsement now that he's dropped out of the primary race. in dropping out, graham warned that donald trumpould not be able to beat a democrat like hillary clinton without some major adjustments. former ser model beverly johnson is speaking out about the defamation suit held against her by bill cosby. she says accusers will do whatever they can to weaken ththeir cts to force them to stop figing." the suit claims that johnson lied when she said cosby drugged and tried to assault her in the mid-'80s. the search for the so-called affluenza drunk

that frees up resosources toook for ethan couch who escaped jail time by pleading he was too spoiled to understand his crime. abc's elizabeth hur has the latest. >> reporter: this video posted on twitter showing ethan couch at a party standing near a beer pong table although not seen drinking according to authorities may have prompt d him to skip his probation hearing and turn into a wanted fugitive. >> i believe he felt the other shoe was getting ready to drop. >> reporter: his mother tonya declared a missing person now officially part of the investigation. pictures of her pickup truck just released with investigators believing with ethan which could land her in jail. >> if we can find d out she lped him at all, i assure you, we will file criminal cases against her. >> reporter: couch was 16 when he killed four people while driving drunk but using the affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got only

>> now, granted, he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin. but think about it. four dead bodies and this guy walked with straight probation. >> i have never in my law enforcement career and that's 35 years now, seen a case that >> reporter: calling an the sentence a miscarriage of justice, authorities say couch turns 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case to adult court even before couch vanished. authorities say for obvious reasons they cannot talk about exactly what they're doing or how it's being done but theye urging ethan to surrender adding they will find him and his mother one way or another. reena and kendis. >> thahank you smuch. now some sports starting with new york giants receiver odell beckham jr. he's being suspended by the nfl for one game following his nasty game long battle with carololina panthers defensive back josh

he drew three personal foul penalties. the league says his actions particularly a head to heahit presented an unnecessary risk of injury. beckham already has appealed the suspension. we kind of saw that one coming. he should give up that appeal because he will lose it. it was just an ugly 60 minutes of football there. speaking of football, "monday night football," match a couple of teams who will not be going to the playoffs, but it was still pretty entertaining. detroit was in control against the saints in the first half. thanks to two short touch down catches by golden tate who attended the university of notre dame by the way. >> new orleans rallied in the second half with drew brees throwing three touchdown passes. brees became just the fourth quarterback in nfl history to throw more than 60,000 yards in his career. but that wasn't enough, though. the lions hold on to this one. a win for them, 35-27. >> it was close. they did kind of come back. near the end.

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we have liftoff. >> that is the sight and sound of historyry being me last night at cape canaveral, florida. the falcon 9 rocket blasting off, the first spacex launch since june when another falcon 9 exploded destroying two tons of cargo. now, this launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites but that's not the only success. the second triumph came when the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site. you hear the cheers there. >> wow. >> it landed upright. that's amazing. the first time a spacex rocket s ever achieved such a feat. how difficult will this maneuver. get this, a spax spacex spokesperson explained it this way. like launching a pencil over the empire state building and having it land in a shoebox on the other side during a windstorm. >>ow it all makes sense.

this is such a big deal to the spacex folks. congratulations to them. big, big congrats to them. very big day. >> that's awesome. nice job, guys. now to some earthly drama for 50 sea world guests and two employees in orlando. family trapped for nearly three hours in the sky power cabin. david kerley has all the details. >> reporter: their sea world holiday vacation, stuck. >> i want to get out of this thing. >> reporter: the more than 40-year-old rotating, 400-foot sky tower elevator -- >> the tower is stuck with approximately 50 pple and two employees. >> reporter: -- didn't move for about three hours, leaving this view for passengers. firefighters -- >> establishinsea world command. >> reporter: -- arrive for the rescue, as parents try to calm children. >> i know you're getting tired. st chill out and rest. >> reporter: finally, a basket. >> they're bringing supplies up with them. >> reporter: carrying a technician, as well. once on top of the sky tower, thatechnician able to get the ride to move. >> the tecician was able to

cause some people a little bit of panic as we jumped a little bit. >> reporter: but finally, the sky tower was lowered back to the ground. customers say they were told the emergency brake malfunctioned, it froze. sea world wod not comment. of the 50 on board, none were injured. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> so they still don't know the exactly what c caused th to happen. >> just imagine being stuck up there for three hours. and here's the cool part. some kids were actually using periscope to broadcast it live. >> you're kidding. > that is kind of -- it wasn't completely terrifying. >> that would have been a fun periscope to watch. >> that would have been entertaining andnd terrifyg at the same time. good that it all worked out for them. coming up in our next half hour, the best tips for booking air travel. simple and easy ways to make su you're getttting the st fares including the airlines that you won't be able to find onon some sis. but first shopping sint. the best last minute deals that you can m for today and why

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abc stations. waking up on christmas morning hours before the winter sun's okay. if you want to wake up christmas morning to some presents under the tree, got to get moving. you stl have a little bit of shopping time. >> a few days. we want to leave it all up to santa, right? so, thankfully, there are still some great deals out there. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it's a christmas procrastination nation. in the final countdown for christmas, the majority of americans haven't finished shopping.

while last minute shoppers may not have the time on their side, they do have this going for them. extremely motivated retailers. >> the sales this year are looking better than ever. retailers are desperate to sell us things. let's make them work for it. >> reporter: while online sales are up nearly 14% from last year, sales inside physical stores are down almost 6%. making this final push crucial to retailers' bottom lines. >> the best deal right now is to look for a stackable discount. that's when an item is already discounted but you see a big sign saying 20%, 30% off. anything that's already reduced. go straight to those stacked discounts. >> reporter: and after sluggish thanksgiving sales, right now it's better late than november. at best buy, this apple watch sports $50 off on black friday. now even more marked down.

and launching tuesday, just for last minute shoppers, microsoft offering $50 off the xbox one plus two free games with purchase. after a start to winter that feels a lot more like spring, no deep freeze means the deepest discounts on cold weather clothes and accessories. many retailers trying to clear outer wear, boots and knit wear marking them on sale now for 60, even 70% off. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> it's really something to think about that you can go out and get some winter othing and gear. >> who would have thought? it's so warm still. >> exactly. >> which is why i wore my sleeveless day in the dead of winter. >> 11:48 p.m. last night. >> all right. got us thinking. we should kind of help each other out. what are oth gifts that you can get us? tell us what your last minute shopping secrets are. we'd like to know. share with us through social media and e-mail.

best christmas gift you could mug. you? >> i do. >> do tell. >> this got me thinking. >> do tell. >> this got me thinking what kind of gifts. >> thas for the warning. >> can you get that make you feel good. i feel like you buy toys, you buy luxury goods for family members. can help other people that are great gifts. kiva is a great organization that you can put $100, $50, you gift it to a person like a gift card. it allows them to pick a charity they like. it's le microfinancing. once they've reached their limit, that money comes back to you in the pot. you can finance somebody else. to help teachers it's called donor's choice. it helps teachers, you can be pick things teachers need for their classrooms. this was a birthday gift for my husband once. they bought equipment. televivision equment for a school in tampa, florida. and also the project where you'reelping families suffering from hunger and

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and now it's time for "the mix." can you believe it or not, holiday cards people send them out. >> what are those? >> christmas cards, hanukkah cards, new year's cards. they've declined by nearly half. people are not sending them the y they used to. declined by half since 200. apparently, it's declined down to 1.5 billion. used to be 2.9 billion. comes out to about it was ten christmas cards per every man, woman and child. now, it's down to o one per person. i did not send any this year. i i didn't g around to it. hard on nightshift gting your act together. >> to sending holiday cards. here's another sad, sad fact.

like the mistletoe? you get a mistletoe and pop p down and you know, you would have a mistletoe that would pop down and you would have a mistletoe pop down. thank you. and all of a sudden, you make out as a result? >> oh. >> well. well. that is apparently no longer the case. i couldn't even get the mistletoe to make that work. >> so the new study says that only one in seven have -- >> bring the mistletoe down. seriously. this is s the worsmistletoe. >> rocco, you're fired. you're fired. you're not a good mistletoe man. >> 14% have kissed under the mistletoe. man. what's a brother got to do to get a kiss around here. >> you've got to bring it down a little bit more. right betwtween the ople, right there. we've got to go to the next story. >> there you go, rocco. >> back there brandon and jack.

>> oh, boy. >>or -- yes. work purposes. >> for the work purposes. so moving on. >> the point is people are not doing it, huh? >> people are nonot doing . one in seven of us have snoged and 14% have kissed d under th mistletoe. there's a deejay who was in love with wham's last chrisistmas tha he played it. a lot of times. take a quick listen. kiss me now i know you fool me again >> rocco, thank you. >> for two hours played it nonstop. the very next day >> i love the song. >> breaking a record for it. >> can't go wrong with this. >> i think we should challenge them and just do it an entire newscast with this in the background. >> that will be our last christmas newscast. >> look at this cute video of kids meeting santa. it's a horrifying thing for many, many kids. they did it all in slow mo here. look at these kids kind of like freaking out to santa.

his breath p probably ank. making news in america this morning, political punches. the attacks between donald trump and hillary clinton getting personal. what some are calling a vicious verbal attack from the republican front-runne the overnight comment causing a new fireststorm. we're live in washingtgton. severe storm on this first full day of winter. heavy snow and gusty winds causing damage as millions get set to hit the road for the holiday. where it's all heading. historic landing. a big step towards space travel, the huge accomplishment during a late night launch. and you better not cry. video of kids and their reaction to old saint nick going viraral. good tuesday morning. there is no sign of a christmas

front-runners. >> not at all. during a late night rally, donald trump went after hillary clinton in personal terms hours after a very blunt response from the clinton camp to his demand for an apology. >> abc's kenneth moton is cocovering iall for us. he's in washington live. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. yes, this is definitely not the first time clinton and trump certainly won't be the last. hillary clinton versus donald trump, the top contenders' w war of words got downright nasty overnight. the gogop front-nner used a vulgarerm to describe clinton's 2008 loss to president obama. >> she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost. i mean, she lost. >> reporter: trump at a rally in michigan called out clinton fofor taking a bathroooom break ring the abc news democratic debate. >> i know whe she went. it's disgusting. >> reporter: trump's latest attack sparked by ththis claim from clinton. >> he is becoming isis' best

they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. >> reporter: trump called that a lie and demanded an apology. clinton's campaign said, quote, hell no and clarified clinton's claim on msnbc. >> these comments are being aired across the middle east and isis is pointing to them on social media. known isis sympathizers are linking to the remarks donald trump has made and it's making us less safe. it's farcical to suggest from donald trump of all people that hillary clinton should apologize to him. >> reporteter: inste, clinton got creative. >> together they shout with great grinchy zeal. >> reporter: she released this campaign video just in time for christmas featuring the, quote, grinches in gogopville. >> we'll send them back to gopville where they all belong. . >> reporter: clinton's campaign chair went on a twitter rant saying she will never back down from calling out trump. also, there is one less gop

carolina senator lindsey graham has dropped out of the race. he says trump can't beat a democrat like clinton without some major changes. reena and keis. >> hlary clinton with another rally today. we will see if she reacts. kenneth, thank you. and we move on now to some new details about the e deadlies against u.s. forces in afghanistan in more than three years. six americans were killed. among them was new york city police detective joseph lemm, a member of the air national guard. the suicide attack by the taliban was another setback in afghanistan for the u.s. where a key province is in danger of falling to the taliban. the woman accused of that deadly crash along the las vegas strip is in jail and on suicide watch. this morning investigators say she was feeling stress over trying to find a place to park heher car ansleep before mowing down pedestrians. abc's kayna whitworth has more from las vegas. >> reporter: terror on the streets of sin city as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over c crowded sewalks. >>t least 20 people were ran

24-year-old lakeisha holloway with her 3-year-old daughter in the backseat intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders injuring more than 30 killing jessica valenzuela, a mother of three. police believe she was previously living in oregon. in 2012 she was featured in a video by a group that helps at risk youth there. >> boy, have i come a long ways. >> reporter: police believe she drove from oregon to las vegas where she had been living in her car for days. police say there was no sign of alcohol, but they do believe she was undethe influence of a stimulant at the time. kayna whitworth, abc news, las vegas. >> reporter: and this morning we have some new information developing overnight in the case of a woman who died while in houston police custody. a grand jury has decided against any indictments in the death of sandra bland. she was pulled over by a state trooper last summer and later died in her cell. investigators say she e hanged herself, but her family members say there's more to the story.

consider whether to indict the state trooper in this case. and enrique marquez, the friend of san bernardino terrorist syed farook, has been denied bail. a federal judge ruled marquez was a danger to the community and should remain behind bars. marquez has been charged in connection with two abandoned terror plots that he planned with farook d for illegally buyingng two asslt rifles used in the massacre. well, millions of americans are set to have their holiday travel plans foiled by severe weather. this is exactly what a second day of winter looks like in the denver area. at least a dozen states now under winter weather alerts as thwestern states get slammed by feet of snow. and this winter stororm is seto deliver its biggest punch to the lower elevations of western today. high winds and heavy rains yesterday in and around portland with wind gusts approaching 60 miles an h hour. and the weather radar, take a look at this, shows the whole

essentially a solid wall, 800 miles long pushing its way into the west coast. the higher elevations in the cascades and the sierra nevadas to the n northern ckies will likely measure snow by the foot through midweek. and looking east right now, raintretching up the coast. behind it record warmth settling in for christmas eve from floridida upup to ine. >> very busy weather day, indeed. chelsea clinton, by the way, is expecting baby number two. the proud mom made the announcement on twitter with the due date sometime next summer. >> the new baby will join big sister, 15-month-old charlotte. hillary clinton tweeted that she and bill couldn't be happier to be grandparents. angolf is always part of president obama's vacations. he's finishing up a round in hawaii in i would say a memorable way. >> yep. [ cheers and applause ] >> that would be the presint chipping in there from about 40 feet away on the 18th green. he tipped his hat to onlookers and made sure reporters nearby

we don't know what the score -- the final one that the president got. nevertheless, it was a strong finish, wouldn't you say? >> yeah, a fun time down there in hawaii. >> under windy conditions, as well. >> true. still ahead, new e. coli concerns for chipotl plus, sky high scare. a ride malfunctions at seaworld. passengers stuck for hours. what went wrong? and caught on camera, a car chase and a crash.

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shoulder. after spinning out, two people inside took off running, an 8-year-old girl and her 13-year-old brother. both were taken into custody, returned to their mother. the teen who was behind ththe wheel has a history of run-ins with the law. the search, in the meantime, for the so-called affluenza teen is intensifying. ethan couch killed four people in a drunk driving crash butut never went to jail. his defense, he was too rich to know right from wrong. the police have released a photo of his mother's pickup truck which they -- the pair may be using right now. she's missing, as well. tips are pouring in. officials say they're checking phone credit card and passport records but no solid leads yet. more troubles for the reviled executive who boosted the price of that life-saving drug. martin shkreli has now been fired as the head of a pharmaceutical company after his arrest on securities fraud charges.

company turing pharmaceuticals. more trouble for the chipotle restaurant chain. five more e. coli cases have been linked to chipotle in north dakota, kansas and oklahoma but it's unclear if they're linked to a larger outbreak that was in october. in all almost 500 people have been sickened after eating at chipotle in recent months. sales have fallen, and its stock lost another 3% yesterday. last-minute shopping is still going strong b but not t christmas card. we're only sending out half as many cards as in 2002 from 2.9 billion then to 1.4 billion last year. it works out to just four cards per person. >> okay. >> all right. >> send an e-card maybe. >> yeah. i think a lot have moved on to that one. >> okay. i need to do that. when we come back, an experienced skier lost on a mountain in heavy snow. the desperate search right now. dramatic landing t touching

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hospital but baby couldn't wait. kristen allred d delivered her baby in the family truck but the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck and she wasn't breathing and a 911 operator couple to tie a shoelace around the cord. 30 seconds later the baby was breathing. >> tipped her back and she just gasped her first breath. it was like, oh. thank goodness. >> what a relief. and after police and paramedics arrived on the scene, baby and mom were taken to the hospital. baby anne is now at home with her new family. she's actually the couple's fourth child and what a story. >> absolutely. congratulations to them. new york giants receiver odell beckham jr. has already appealed a one-game suspension from the nfl. that p penalty flows beckham's game-long battle with carolina panthers defensive back josh norman on sunday. their skirmishes led to beckham's drawing three personal foul penalties.

head-to-head hit there, that injury. orleans last night on monday night football, the lions beating the saints, 35-27. as for last night in the nba, highlights from our friends at espn. >> welcome into "sportscenter." i'm lisa kerney. he's johohn anders. >> look, i can do this with my paper. so, the warriors didn play. everybody loves the warriors in the nba. you know who is right there and great and has five championships is the spurs. it's not that hard. they were taking on the pacers, kawhi leonard, he was the best player on the floor. a flipsy over the shoulder. that went in, the spurs up three then they took charge in the fourth quarter. they have 24 wins now against five losses. 21 of those wins by double digits. oh, that is tony parker. take another look. george and hill forced leonard to lose the ball and somehow he still makes a play. spurs win it, 106-92. >> other western conference contenders, these guys pretty good too, kevin durant, his team visiting l.a.

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it is time to check "the pulse" starting with history being made in florida. >> the falcon 9 rocket blasted off last night from cape canaveral. is launch successfully deployed 11 small communications satellites. >> it was the first spacex launch since june when another falcon 9 exploded destroying two tons of nasa cargo. but the second triumph of last night, this is really cool, came wh the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site and landed upright. you hear all those guys cheering. landed upright. a first for any rocket that has gone that deep into space. >> so to kind of explain why this is such a feat, a space-x spokesperson says it's like

empire state building and having that pencil land right in a shoe box on the other side during a windstorm. you can see their excitement. >> yeah, you can understand it for sure and, man, that's actually incredible. >> it is pretty remarkable. right? >> good job, fellows and ladies. >> i you had a little trouble accessing the apple app store yesterday, you can blame it on kim kardashian. >> her new app broke the store and produces kimojis as they're called. a lot of back there. those are emojis with a distinctly kardaian flavor. there's a manicure, a hair dryer, and, of course, a selfie. the demand for the $2 app was so great that many couldn't get it to work right away. >> did you mention the booty? >> there is a booty also. >> there is a booty. >> we should mention this isn't her first successful app. her hit mobile game, you remember that, kendis, the mobile game she had was $74 milln that it brought in last year. i bet this is going to be equally as successful.

and it's not going to chaharity. it's going to the kardashians with the west household but good. and some people say it's not christmas until you've seen kids crying on santa's lap. so, nice. so here goes. whether the kids like it or not i guess it's no surprise that some are a little scarred and scared given the old man with the beard and that odd hat. >> but there are a few in every crowd, the adorable kids, oh, look at them there. they're not scared of santa claus. they're so happy to see what st. nick puts under the tree and to give them aittle reminder of what they really want under >> but where are the ones that life that are in tears? i'm sure there are many of those. >> those are probably -- >> oh, there we go. >> there we go, see. >> there we go. fun moments for parents to watch but it could be trautizing for the kids and we're laughing at them. >> is it fun for parents? >> you have to get that photo every year. it's an addiction for. >> who do you give the therapy

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checking our top stories, donald trump getting personal against hillary clinton last night calling her debate -- bathroom break, quote, disgusting and using a vulgar term when mentioning her defeat against president obama in 2008. six american service members were killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan including a new york city police detective serving with the air national guard. severe weather in the northwest is set to foil plans this week for millions of holiday travelers. at least a dozen states are under winter weather alerts as the western states get slammed by feet of snow. looking at today's weather, elsewhere, dry and mild in the midwest. but wet for the eastern third of the nation with severe storms in the south and rain all the way through new england. >> he's sorry something that steve harvey has said over and over and over again after announcing the wrong

>> he's sort of qting justin bieber a lot these days. a report says harvey actually skipped some of the pageant's rehearsals including the part about announcing the winner. abc's david wright breaks it down. >> miss universe, 2015 is -- >> reporter: in the history of beauty pageants s -- >> -- colombmbia. >> reporter: -- thisis was the shortest reign ever. two minutes in the tiara before a sheepish stevearvey slunked back onstage. >> i have to apologize. miss universe 2015 is philipnes. >> reporter: one of the most awkward moments ever on live tv. >> i will take responsibility r this. it was my mistake. still a great night. >> reporter: a great night for one of them. afterwards hary attempted to explain himself. >> when i said the winneof

saying first runner-up i read the me on the card. >> repororter: andiss universe, both of them, did what beauty contestants do. >> well, everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: they made a bid for world peace. >> it's a vevery nontritional crowning, isn't it? >> yeah, very, very 2015. >> reporter: david wright, abc ne, new york. >> say 2015 because then you have social media to rehash it the next couple days, right? >> yes and with all the memes that have taken place. i should point out that harveyey ologized and apologized on twitter all throughout the day after these moments and he felt bad. >> i give it to these ladies because miss philippines really handled it with such dignity and grace and so did miss colombia. give her some credit to for givi up the crown because let me tell you, if you put that own on my head, i ain't giving that one back. >> you would have walked away with it. >> never. >> burger king saying they will never take your crown away. >> that's what's making news in