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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 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. ethan couch killed four people in a drunk driving crash but never went to jail. >> tips are pouring in. 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. >> let him get a taste of real prison and real adult justice.

>> reporter: officials here say they very received hundreds of leads from around the country. they are also now checking phone, credit card, even passport records but so far no solid leads towards finding couch or his mother. clayton san adele. >> coming up, late night desserts.

♪ >> 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 with there. >> absolutely. >> tried to look sweet in a suit. this is looking pretty sweet, as 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. what we have first is a simple tirami

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 be hard to find we realized when we were creating the set.

so we have doughnuts instead which everyone loves doughnuts. we're going to layer whipped 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. put on some cranberry sauce. >> we're going to swap. i'll doll cranberry first. then i'll put cranberry on here. okay, perfect. 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 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 pumpkin puree, top it with whipped cream and graham cracker. we have chocolate sandwich cookies with cinnamon homemade frosting. >> 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? >> 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 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. >> you're watching "world news now."

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>> that's as awful as the suit. it's the reaction to it. >> pretty interesting i would say. >> we're talking to the control room if you spilled coffee, you wouldn't have to worry about the stain. >> it's not a pretty color on you. >> what's that. >> jealousy. >> whoo. bringing out the claws this christmas. >> okay. so it means it's time to get your gift game going. of course, this year, you're running out of time if you're not done yet. becky worley with some easy ways to help. >> reporter: the last week before christmas. for many a frantic scramble. 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, december 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 side that lets you order on your phone from retailers including

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this morning 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 high scare. theme park visitors stuck 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 this tuesday, december 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, 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 sidewalk 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 over trying to find a place to sleep along withler 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-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. >> people were punching the window, trying to get -- apparently the child out of the backseat. 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 straightforward 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 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 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. more charges are pending. kayna whitworth, abc news, las vegas. >> 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 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 and two 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 member 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 american military facility in afghanistan. a suicide bomber on a motorcycle plowed into a group of u.s. troops meeting with local afghan

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 christmas declared an end to the american combat mission there, will leave this war to his 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 describing her 2008 loss to president obama. their current heated 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 demanding that clinton apologize for the statement that you heard right there. even though there's no evidence of trump appearing in isis recruitment videos, clinton's 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 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 her by bill cosby. 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 cosby 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 spoiled to understand his crime. abc's elizabeth hur has the

latest. >> reporter: this video posted on twitter showing ethan couch at a boos 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. his mother tonya declared a missing person now officially 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 drunk but using the affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got only probation. nowent grad, 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 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 before he vanished. authorities say they cannot talk about what exactly they're doing or 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 kendis. >> thank you so much. now some sports starting with new york giants receiver o'dell beckham junior suspended by the nfl for one game following his nasty game long battle with carolina panthers defensive back josh norman on sunday. he drew three personal foul penalties. the league says his actions particularly a head to head hit presented an unnecessary risk of

injury. beckham already has appealed the suspension pop we kind of saw this one coming. > we did. 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 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 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 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 the end. >> coming up "the mix," age old holiday traditions that seem to be going away. will you miss them? >> curious about those. also ahead, the space mission

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>> that is the sight and sound of history being made last night at 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, a 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. >> now it all makes sense. excitement 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 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 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 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 up with them. >> reporter: carrying a technician, as well. once on top of the sky tower, that technician able to get the ride to move. >> the technician was able to jerk the ride free, which did

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 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 happen. >> messenger being stuck 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 would have 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 can aim for today and why you will actually be rewarded

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♪ ♪ 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 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 out there. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it's a christmas procrastination nation. the majority of americans haven't finished shopping. nearly half saying they're waiting until christmas eve.

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. $100 off the regular price. 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 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 right. got us thinking. we should kind of help each other out. what are other gifts that you can get us? tell us what your last minute shopping secrets are. share with us through social media and e-mail. the best tips will receive the

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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 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 the worst mistletoe. >> 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 between the people, right there. >> we've got to go to the next story. >> there you go, rocco. >> back there brandon and jack. it's just for work. >> oh, boy.

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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. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now."

good morning on this tuesday. i'm reena ninan. >> personal, not political. i'm kendis gibson. of course, but some good timing to have a new baby in 2016. >> right in the middle of it 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 won't be called donald. >> i'm thinking 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 between 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. hillary clinton and donald trump going one-on-one. >> you see hillary, did you 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 bigotry to inflame people. >> reporter: capped with this accusation. >> 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 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 lie. >> reporter: and trump is demanding that clinton apologize to which a clinton campaign spokesman replied "hell no." donald trump himself has repeatedly been 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 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.

and the friend and former neighbor of san bernardino terrorist sayed farook must remain in jail. during a hearing yesterday, a federal judge denied bail for enrique marquez deciding that he is a danger to the community. defense attorneys 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 sleep. abc's brandi hitt has more. >> reporter: a terrifying hit and run on the busy las vegas strip. >> some lady ran, jumped the curb in her car and went through the people. >> reporter: police say 24-year-old lakeisha holloway veered onto the sidewalk up to three times sunday night accelerating into the crowd just

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 least 35 others were also injured while holloway's 3-year-old child sat inside the swerving car. police caught up to the driver moments later. >> we have this driver in custody. >> that's affirmative. she's in custody. >> reporter: 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 drugs. she's facing at least one count

of 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 in a 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, snoqualmie, busbee is described as an experienced back country skier known to carry a backpack with gear and an avalanche beacon. as winter officially arrives, there's proof in the pacific northwest. >> another storm is hitting washington and oregon with heavy snowfall making travel dangerous in higher elevations. accuweather's paul williams has our holiday forecast. morning to you, paul. >> good morning, paul. >> 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 pound the northwest and pacific coast with heavy showers and flooding potential along i-5 and believe it or not, 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 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 back to the launch site and landed upright marking the first crucial step in being able to recycle these rockets. congratulations to the folks there. big step. 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 full 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. here's a turtle 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 just 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 ocean eventually. >> yoda said go home

i must. >> you have a better yoda voice than that. >> oh, i do. >> not going there. >> >> coming up in "the skinny," the kardashian. >> my darth vader thing. >> that was? >> yeah. >> okay. the kardashian invention that went up for sale and nearly broke the internet. >> also ahead, a health alert for fatigued overnight workers driving home after their shifts. 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 coming. 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 going to wear a sombrero. only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet that starts fast,

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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 to a larger outbreak in october. in all almost 500 people 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 were being watched. research shows a driver awake for 24 hours compares to a 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 always loved to travel but now as parents to julia and ryan, they've had to recalibrate their destinations and their budget. >> obviously, everything changes and priorities are realigned. >> disney, here we come. >> reporter: first task, flights from new jersey to orlando and now they have an extra cost. julia 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 some savings magic for their 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 if you can leave on those days generally will save 20% or more. >> reporter: next tip. when looking online, think outside the 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 flights. 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 one of the tickets. >> plus no fees in terms of saving money. that one is a no-brainer. >> reporter: here's another tip. once on the ground, membership

has its privileges. you can often get lower rates on hotels and rental cars through memberships with discount warehouses, aaa and even 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, new 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" continues after this f ♪ skinny, 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 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 to apple for apparently causing their app store to malfunction. >> it was quite a stir all because of her new line of emojis 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 higher 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 the 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 perhaps there should be a dollar sign in there because at its peak this 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 back to her former "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 years. 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 writers ruin everything? >> nerds. >> and 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? she does look like tina fey. pretty impressive. >> the video is for a website called the independent journal 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 and putting it to rest tweeting the correct description of "brown eyes

frizzy hair and very clear of white skin" was never specified. she loves black hermione. she's weighed in. she loves it. >> she has spoken.

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♪ . ♪ oh, is it too late now to say sorry ♪ ♪ yeah, i know that 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 universe winner was simply too awkward for words. >> i know, but he fessed up to it. we 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 a sheepish steve harvey slunked back on stage.

>> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> before 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 >> reporter: 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. our requests for comment have 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 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 it. miss diana perez. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. rming insomniacs for two decades.

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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 public front-runner, the overnight comment causing a new firestorm. we're live in washington. 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. the towards space travel, the accomplishment. video of their kids and reaction to old saint nick going viral. good tuesday morning. there is no sign of a