bernie sanders closing the gap. could she le the first two contests? and ted cruz's birther dli dilemma. and a young woman accused of stealing $4 million in jewels now under arrest. a string of jewelry stores she hit. how the fbi tracked her down. and welcome to "world news tonight." the secret interview with the world's most wanted drug dealer el chapo, told to sean penn. the clandestine trip to a hideout. all that coming up now from mexico. >> the staged hand shake documenting sean penn's secret meeting with the rld's most wanted drug lord. and then this stunning video posted to "rolling stones" website. the video testimonial shot by

espn's co-star who he hoped would make a bio-pic about his life. amidst the squawking of roosters, el chapo was unrepentant for drug trafficking. person quoting el chapo, acknowledging he has a fleet of submarines, airplanes, trucks and boats. two of those planes, penn writes, were used to ferry the academy award winnero el el chapo's hideout. he said the seven-hour conversation was consummated by tequila. but on friday, a very different photo op. el chapo arrested. his face twisted towards the cameras. but the narco who twice busted out of mexican super maxes, squeezing into a drainage pipe as mariness closed in on him friday he pulled up this manhole. >> you see the m-4 with the rocket launcher the two of them

less than chest high in here. it is extremely claustrophobic in here. and you can see down there how far it goes. when they popped up through this manhole, t they left this m-4 rifle with a grenade launcher here and carjacked a car right above and tried to get out to the highway. >> el chapo finally corralled on this road and spirited to a hotel for this iconic photo. they hope to keep him incarcerated by beefing up security at the prison he broke out of last year. and it's the fear of the third escape in his career which is one of the reasons mexicican authorities are now agreeing to begin the process of extraditing him to the u.s. tom? >> making sure he doesn't slip away again. okay, matt, thank you. abc senior juz correspondent pierre thomas joins us now. pierre, did authorities you're talking to say the sean penn interview led to el chapo's arrest? >> authorities suggested as much, the meeting helped narrow down his location.

which el chapo allegedly admits he shipped ua the cocaine and heheroin rldwide, that's precisely the case that u.s. prosecutors have laid out against him, tom. >> is sean penn in any legal trouble for interviewing an international fugitive? >> mexican authorities say th're investigating, but u.s. officials have not commented. penn said he was playing the role of journalist. none of the law enforcement officials i spoke to are suggesting that penn is in their cross hairs. they say they want el chapo. next to that extraordinary other development, the powerball drawing and no winning ticket in the $949 million jackpot. everyone, including myself, checking their ticke with the winning numbers. but no dice. so the millions s now rollover. the new jackpot, too big to even show on the signs. >> reporter: with no winner saturday night. >> the powerball is $1.3 billion. >> reporter: the lottery hopeful

>> definitely house of malibu. >> the $1.3 billion estimated jackpot is a new world record, making powerball, a powerful draw. >> people who don't usually play are picketing up tickets. >> in places like texas, tickets were selling as much as 2525,000 per minute. >> i drove three hours to get here. >> reporter: the jackpot is so big, thanks to last year's new rule that make it harder to win. odds jumped from 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million. the odds of getting killed by an asteroid are a lot better. the massive jackpot is even bigger than the economic output of 18 countries, money that could make a big difference. >> $1.3 billion could build 9,000 apartment units for people who are homeless in los angeles. >> and, of course, many people have told us they would give a lot of money to charity. you can see the line here in hawthorn, california, i so long because this store is considered lucky.

have enough space there to list a $1 billion payout. they're going to need a bigger sign. tom? >> lot of money. clayton, thank you so much. to politics now, and the race for the white house, it's tightening. cruz edging past trump, but still tied within the margin of error. amamong likely caucusgoers in iowa. but the bigger surprise, sanders closing in on hill clinton in the hawk eye state and that has her campaign admitting they are nervous. devin dwyer at the white house. >> reporter: tonight in new hampshire, hillary clinton is playing catch-up. ailing bernie sanders in the granite state, clinton's campaign is sending p panicked e-mails that the race is seriously tight. >> i think we're gaining steam here in iowa. i think we have an excellent chance to win here. >> reporter: now neck and neck with sanders in iowa, too, clinton is sharpening her attacks. >> to stop them, stand with her. >> reporter: in a new tv ad, clinto suggests she's the most

but she's tied with trump in new hampshire and loses to trump and ruo. sanders beats all three. >> the polls go up and down. i stayretty focused. s a under pressure in iowa tonigh republican front-runner, donald trump. >> we're sort of, like, tied with ted cruz. >> krez spent a week barn storming iowa by a bus, and today he knocked trump's signature plan to deport millions of immigrants. >> i don't tend b to send jackboots to knock on your door and every door in america. >> trump fired back for cruz being born in canada. >> is h ea natural-born citizen? i don't know. >> reporter: the first gop debate in south carolina, clinton and sders face off tomorrow night on our sister network fusion as the white house says president obama won't endorse a candidate in a primary. tom? >> devin, thank you. the philadelphia area man accused of firing more than a dozen times at a police officer facing a judge this weekend. the incident caught on security camera. you see it there.

confessing to the attack in the name of islam. arraigned and held without bond, officer jesse harden was struck three times. there you see him giving chase and wounding his attacker. in an interview, archer's mother said he had been hearing voices and felt he was targeted by lice. overseas now to germany where some referees are being blamed for widespread assaults on new year's eve. tonight, the number of attacks reported i growing and so is the anger. many were sexual offenses against women. the attacks fuelling the debate over welcoming immigrants. chief foreign correspondent terry moran reporting from cologne. >> reporter: turmoil and rage in germany as anti-refugee protests in cologne turned ugly. germans are furious about the mass attacks that took place here on new year's eve. hundreds of young men, most described by victims and police as appearing to be of arab or

women, assaulting andd brobbing them. >> they directly surrounded us and we couldn't move. >> michelle spoke to us in the square where it happened. >> everywhere they could touch. >> reporter: more than 500 victims filed criminal complaints in cologne. what happened here put chancellor angela merkel under tremendous pressure. many people are asking, after this country let in more than a million migrants and refugees lastee, are germans still safe? merkel said she will now consider toughening deportation laws on refugees who commit crimes. so far, police in cologne have detained 34 suspects. at least 21 of them are refugees seeking asylum in germany. terry moran, abc news, cologne, germany. to south korea now, an american show of force. a b-2 bomber flying low over south rea, along with south

the flights aiming to send a message to north korea after they detonated a nuclear bomb last week. and a murder mystery. police investigating the death of an american woman. popular in her neighborhood and active on social media, we have more tonight with the clues. >> reporter: tonight, a mystery in the heart of tuscany. american ashley olson found deaead in her studio apartment. investigators say she had bruises and scratches on her neck. police, ouring the buildininin th upscale florence neighborhood. italian media reported she had a fight with her boyfriend a few days a. after not hearing from her, he asked the landlord to let him in and found the body. he and several of her friends have been questioned. so far, authorities say they have nosuspects. >> i can't imagine a person who would hurt her. she's a gentle, a kind, a beauautiful frnd and a lovely girl. and it's an awful shock. we've got a great community here of people, and everyone loved

>> reporter: the bubbly 35-year-old from florida seen here modeling arrived in florence in 2012, reportedly to join her father and work in fashion. olsen was known in her neigorhood with an american often seen with her beloved beaglescout, her social media accounts filled with photos of the pair. the community here in florence is stunned by olsen's death. one friend said she was fun, grounded and worked hard. italy's police chief saying they will devote maximum attention to solving this murder. tom?m? >> alex, thank you. to the weather tonight, an ef-2 tornado. take a look. in cape coral, florida, the neighborhood ripped apart. tens of thousands of people losing power. to theorth, freezing cold. the vikings and seahawks could see their own breath. some freezing temperatures at the kickoff in indianapolis. the coldest vikings game in history. that cold is sweeping across the

>> actually, it's the system that brought the warm air and the rain in the northeast to new york city and d.c. today. here's the catch. it's been very windy. that's because a big change is on the way. that's the cold air on the remember, the great lake the water is still warm. you put cold air over . one to two feet of snow in the but there you go, look at the wake-up temperatures. indianapolis tomorrow morning, watch ouout. 0. new york city, better but i wouldn't say warm. 21. but this is where we're supposed be. it's mid january. >> thank you so much. the college championship football game is set for tomorrow night. the whole season coming down to this game between clemson and alabama. jesssse palmer with how the teams match up. >> reporter: tonight, the epic matcp. number one clemson 15-0, gng against alabama, hoping for their 16th national championship.

deshaunatson hoping to lead the way. >> deshaun watson, touchdown, clemson. >> reporter:r: buthey will have to get past the crimson tide's heisn trophy winner, derrick henry. >> henry breaking free, heading to the end zone, touchdown! alabama. >> alabama, looking for rededemption aer falling just short of making it to the national title game last year. the coaching, two of the biggest personalities in college football -- clemson's dabo sweeney, known for the raucous post game interviews. >> i can't give you guts. i c can't givyou heart and tonight it was by, bring your own guts. >> and those moves. over in alabama, nick say bin. >> sabin with his third national title at alabama. and jesse, clemson is number one, but they're not favored to win? >> that's right. not a lot of respect for the clemson tigers. they're the undefeated tm here.

favored to win by seven points. that's a lot. but regardless of who the favorite is, i think this game promises to be a really good one. >> looking forward to it. tomorrow we'll anchor "world news" from the site of the big game. college football's national championship tomorrow night, 8:30 eastern, only on espn. still ahead tonight, a crime spree targeting jewelry store ace cross the south. this woman, a popular waitress taking whateverr s wants. millions of dollars in jewelry. how police tracked her down. new details. was she living a double life? and later, scandal in spain. why a paren sesz is about to go

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finally tonight, twobandoned at birth turn to the internet hoping to find someone in the world who might be a part of their past. here's abc with their story. >> we have big noses, cheeks, dimples. >> two sisters who today can finish each other's sentences. >> and we smile a lot. >> we smile a lot and we laugh a lot. >> but not because they spent any time growing up together. in fact, tammy was abandoned by their parents as an infant. a newspaper told the story at the ti. >> inside the box wrapped in a blanket was found a baby girl only a few days old. >> remarkably, 4 years later, a second infantt girl was born and abandoned by the same parents. >> abandoned baby found in good condition. he discovered the baby just inside the door of the laundry room. >> reporter: both girls were

50 years and a lifetime go by and then the internet. many connections later, they found each other. >> we jujust had had tt connection almost like twins. >> reporter: but one other connecon from that newspaper story, the night that liz was found. >> she was wrapped in two new receiving blankets, a new kymono and training pants, according to patrolman george jansen. >> well, now george jansen is back in the picture, too. >> you're a lot bigger than the last time i saw you. >> just the other day in the same lun dri room he foundnd z, this time with flowers to celebrate. >> there are times we call each otheher andt was like did that really just happen? >> yes, it did. and it's just really starting. >> i do see a family resemblance. >> reporter: abc news, washington.

we thank john for that story. meet us right back here tomorrow night.

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