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a video from houston. two people seen stuffing a teen into the trunk of a car. >> it happened in a fast food parking lot. the boy jumps out of the car, tries to run away, then he was caught, forced back into the trunk. police don't know if it was a kidnapping or whether everyone was just fooling around. it's about to get a little

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this senior was one of the popular kids, athlete and class president. he befriended gorgeorge,owing uo h him about a certain thing. >> i can't do certain things because i have a reputation. >> but are you really being yourself? >> no. no. >> reporter: you exposed some pretty personal moments in lives in this show. were you worried at all about putting these kids in a difficult situation? i mean, they're vulnerable. >> i think when it was as sensitive as somebody confronting their own sexuality, before we put that on television we really wanted to make sure on as many levels as possible that the student was in a place of comfort with that. >> reporter: i'm deborah roberts, in topeka, kansas. >> would you go back? >> ah. >> would you relive it? >> i'm just happy i did not have

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this morning on "world news now," swept away. >> the race is on to find people carried away by deadly mudslides that hit in the middle of the night nearly without warning. several people have been rescued covered in mud. we're on the scene. a federal judge issues a ruling impacting the nation's d.r.e.a.m.ers. those immigrants brought here illegally as kids. and an hour-long live meeting on immigration, the d.r.e.a.m.ers and the border wall. and a schoolteacher who argued that teachers, not only the superintendent should get a raise ends up getting handcuffed and arrested. now we know what's next for her. you ever wonder the best way to prevent jet lag or not get

sick when traveling abroad? we're talking to someone who's been everywhere. samantha brown joins us in studio on this wednesday, january 10th. from abc news, this is "world news now." and we do say good morning on this wednesday. we're going to start with that natural disaster in southern california. we're told at least 13 people are dead in santa barbara county alone after those mudslides swept through the area, devastated weeks ago by wildfires, the greatest damage is in montecito. but there is also damage in burbank and even in los angeles. >> the water swept away not only mud, but also other debris off those burned hillsides. montecito boulders as big as cement mixers were pushed downstream, smashing right into multi-million dlaollar homes. >> reporter: rescuers troubling through chest-high mud in the

frantic search for the missing. >> we have multiple reports of people trapped. >> reporter: up to five inches of rain surging through creek beds with titanic force. >> our worst fear coming alive for us now. people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they possibly can. >> reporter: the thomas fire, largest in california history, denuded the nearby hills of vegetation and anything that would absorb the water. the famed 101 freeway overrun. >> we're retreating and you can feel the debris hitting the car right now. >> reporter: closed for 30 miles in both directions. you can see how fast that water is moving here. that is a torrent of water. at least 13 have been killed and 20 have been injured. rescuers piling in, gingerly pulling out this 14 year old girl so mud spattered it's hard to pick her out. dogs padding through the

eucalyptus and cars and chunks of homes. firefighters are telling us that foundation right there had a house on it. that house is now over there, smashed up against the trees. the crew on the rooftop searching for signs of life. do you think someone's in there? >> we have a strong sense someone nasa that house. >> reporter: some neighborhoods impassable. helicopters and high-water vehicles taking families to safety. >> i immediately ran and woke up jack and pushed him to the top of the bed. i was worried it was going to keep coming and coming. i woke up my wife, and we just did not know what to do. we surrounded by mud. >> reporter: the debris field was a mile long of mud and boulders. so many homes swallowed by that debris field were not under mandatory evacuation. this area had a voluntary evacuation order. and when you see the thickness,

this concrete-like mud i'm standing in, you see were hy soy first responders fear the worst for those missing. montecito, california. >> and the search continues in the early morning hours for many of those people who may have been buried alive. but we should point out, about an hour and a half southeast of there, there's also extensive damage in burbank where a different wildfire struck. >> the surge of mud and debris sheared off several water hydrants, the slides caused a gas leak and cut power to homes. connie wentworth is there. >> reporter: look at this car, totally damaged, mud all the way to the windows. i'm at the bottom of a hill where there was a massive mudslide. and there's another vehicle that got pushed down the hill because the water was so forceful. and you can see from above, there is flooded out streets and homes and overturned rv and a ruptured gas line that

temporarily trapped firefighters trying to make rescues. firefighters don't want us to go any further because the fear of more flooding remains. >> thank you so much. it's tough to see, especially this those voluntary evacuation zones, you never know what's going to happen. >> many people were hoping there would have been mandatory evacuations, but it caught so many people by surprise. accuweather's paul williams did give us a little warning that this was going to be a danger zone. he gives us now the forecast for this. >> mo. good morning. >> good morning, kendis, maggie. what's happening now recovery. that's what we need after receiving such a tremendous amount of rain in a short period of time. and all the debris from the fire causing things to clog up more and not allowing things to go down quickly. now we're going to have a drying pattern. for the northwest, more drying. we will continue to rain out that southwest coast. >> paul, thanks so much. and breaking overnight, a federal judge in to has

partially revived the obama era daca program for young immigrants that president trump is phasing out. the judge ordered the administration to resume accepting renewal applications for those already in the program. he said it was arbitrary around likely to cause irreparable harm. it is after negotiations were made today on live tv for nearly an hour. president trump led the pfree wheeling talks. >> reporter: from the capitol to the white house. negotiations under way to avert a government shutdown. >> so i'm appealing to everyone in the room to put the country before party. >> reporter: immigration at the center of the debate. president trump flanked by congressional democrats and republicans. hark out immigration reform right in front of the cameras. in the balance, the fate of the

undocumented immigrants known as d.r.e.a.m.ers brought to the country as children, a bill to address their fate expected this week. >> should be a bill of love, but it also has to be a bill where we're able to secure our border. >> reporter: the big battle likely to be over homeland security's $18 billion request for the president's southern border wall. >> we do not do something with the security, if we do not do something with the chain migration we are fooling each other that we solved the problem. >> i want to state that emphatically, there is not a democrat that is not for having secure borders. >> reporter: on capitol hill, a harder tone from democrats. >> president trump is fighting for an empty symbol rather than smart policy. >> reporter: leaders are also trying to achieve a funding bill that sets caps. reauthorizes the children's health insurance program. >> we understand these deadlines and we're having good bipartisan conversations.

>> reporter: lawmakers signaling as negotiations continue it's likely congress will once again pass a short-term funding measure to keep the government open past next friday. former white house chief strategist steve bannan on is o of another job after facing backlash. his departure from the conservative website is after he disparaged the president and his familiar any a new book. he backtracked a little bit on a comment about don jr. but stopped short of issuing a full-throated apology. joe arpaio says he's running for senate. the 85-year-old was pardoned by president trump last august after he was convicted of contempt of court. arpaio says that the one reason he's running is to support the president's agenda. he joins an already-crowded field of republicans who are seeking to replace senator jeff flake. south korea's president now says he's willing to meet with

north korean dick territory kim jong un -- dictator kim jong un to resolve the nuclear standoff. this comes amid an agreement for the north to take part in the olympics. it was met by silence from north korea, but both sides agreed to more meetings to reduce tensions along their border. it is january now, that means one thing, cold weather but the end of winter break on college campuses >> there is one college president who went the extra mile. he got himself a golf cart and drove students around a gainesville campus on the first day of class. >> besides the hat, he came equipped with a free ride sign and made a stop at starbucks to buy some students coffee. >> mochachino. >> a little latte. it's just a t-rex enjoying

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surveillance cameras captured the frightening moment a pickup truck slammed into a school bus, the bus driver who was pregnant was also injured. thankfully everyone is expected to be okay. and a crazy scene in louisiana. a teacher there ended up in handcuffs at a school board meeting after she questioned why the superintendent was getting a raise when the teachers there were getting nothing. >> the school board president is calling the whole thing a setup. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: daysha hargrave was speaking her mind at a school board meeting in louisiana. they were giving this man a $30,000 raise while handing out nothing extra to teachers. >> the superintendent is in a position of leadership, i think it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, the cafeteria

workers and any other support staff we have. >> reporter: the board was only trying to hear public comments and not a debate. >> is it against policy to stand? >> reporter: for some reason, the second she walked out of the room -- >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> reporter: she was on the ground, put in handcuffs and charged with resisting an officer. >> the way that females are treated -- i've never seen a man removed from this room. i have never. >> reporter: the city attorney says no charges will be filed against the teacher, and the local police underlined that it was a school resource officer who made the arrest, and they say that any questions should be directed towards the school board. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> quite an interesting scene at a school board meeting. >> yeah, so the school board president says he thinks the whole thing was a setup as we mentioned. we'll see hugh it aow it all pl. in the next half hour, oprah

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so of course our guest is samantha brown joining us from pbs. >> great to be with you, kendis. >> you've traveled to last count, 60? >> 64 different countries. >> all different. >> i like to travel, and i've always wanted to talk to you about different travel tips, first of all, i've been to mexico, some parts of other countries. how do you avoid getting food poisoning? >> well, i'll put my doctor cap on. you always want to stay away from things that have water in them. so fresh fruits and lettuces that maybe they use their local water, stay away from the drinking water, and if you're in any countries, you want to use bottled water to brush your teeth, but i will say i've never gotten food poisoning in 15, 18 years of. tr travel.

it should never be a fear factor. >> should it be a fear factor in whether you get that margarita with ice or not? >> i think liquor kills anything. the tequila's going to do well. >> what would be your tip on avoiding jet lag? >> my jet lag approach is two days before i go somewhere where there's going to be a big time change, i abstain from all caffeine, when i get to the place and i feel so tired i don't have a kip cup of coffee,s only when i feel like i'm going to fall asleep on the sidewalk and i don't care who walks over me, i hit a double shot, and it takes you for the rest of the day. the worst thing you can possibly do is when you get to a destination is go to sleep. you have to stay up. >> that's the number wione thini do. i try to work out immediately to get acclimated. >> who does that? what do you mean you work out?

>> the gadget that you can't do without? >> oh, my smartphone, but the one thing that i always travel with are these two rubber balls called pinky balls. you get them in any toy store. i stand on them, they get my joins, roll down on my back so it's totally, no batteries included. but it makes you feel so much better, like a $200 massage. >> you mentioned the place that you've been to that you liked the least is belize. >> yeah. and i didn't go to the islands. i was in, i was in belize city. it was a little rough. but plenty of people have had wonderful experiences there. >> so as a native belizean, what can i -- >> oh! >> somebody who was born and raised. >> i can't believe, kendis, i can't believe. >> what can i do to make up for our people. >> i'm sorry.

i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> see what happened was. >> people have had the exact same experience that i've had in brooklyn. so that's why i say, listen, i would never not go to a destination. >> it's awesome, you know, people think travel shows and they think it's going to be these amazing, exotic locations and in part they are. but the first episode being houston. >> houston, texas. >> it's not necessarily about the place but the people. >> i want to change your idea of what travel destination is, because a lot people, houston, texas is the most diverse place. there is no majority there. you feel that in the food, the art, the architecture. it is the number one refugee city in the united states and plays out in wonderful ways that as a traveler you get to be a part of. it's not just that i got access to it. you will get there and have the same access. >> we'll put it on our travel map for 2018. >> please do. >> check out places to love on

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this morning on "world news now." the search for survivors in the overnight hours right now in california, as devastating rains triggered flooding and massive mudslides. houses and cars swept away, mud and debris rushing down onto hills from hills onto major highways. team coverage ahead. president trump is fighting back, making a rare public move just days after a controversial book asking questions about his mental state. he opened up a live white house meeting to live tv cameras. a new bombshell sparking debate about pay in hollywood. >> new reports out that mark wahlberg made 1500 times what michelle williams made during reshoots for "all the money in the world."

we've got new reaction just in. >> you say tongue first, o-vie-lowa. >> year' -- we're all saying it. that clears things up. the most popular guy in alabama. he's got skills off the field, as well, wait until you see in "the skinny" on this wednesday, january 10th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and good morning everybody on this wednesday. we are going to get to all that in a little bit later. but let's start with the latest natural disaster in southern california. >> heavy rains hit areas damaged by wildfires stripped of all vegetation. more than 13 are killed and many more are missing. several homes caught fire, most likely because of gas leaks. but firefighters were unable to reach them. take a look at this. this is from oprah winfrey's house.

she could see a neighbor's home on fire. that's from outside of her montecito home. mud destroyed another neighbor's house and filled up her back yard. >> we've been watching this in the past hours, the live traffic map. you see all that red, a 30-mile stretch of the 101 freeway is shutdown. impassable. the only way around is a detour that will take more than four hours. incredible scene there from montecito. donya baucus is in the area. >> reporter: it's an all-out search for rescuers. they're plowing through the walls of mud, standing on top of homes and using search dogs hoping to find those reported missing. >> our worst fear coming to life for us right now. people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they possibly can. >> reporter: the rain fell hard. officials say two to four inches

fell in less than 30 minutes in some areas, bearing down on the same parts of southern california blackened by the devastating wildfires. >> the only words i can really think of to describe what it looked like is a world war i battlefield. >> reporter: and with nothing to hold the soil in place, debris and mudflow wreaked havoc, coming quickly in the middle of the night. >> i woke up my wife. we just did not know what to do. we were surrounded by mud. >> i ran and jumped on the bed and in seconds it was as high as the counter top inside the house. >> reporter: the mud sweeping homes off their foundations, prompting rescues from the air and on the ground. rescuers pulling a 14 year old girl from the mud after she was trapped inside a home for hours. cars stuck in mud. intersections inundated with water. in burbank, a debris basin partially collapsing. >> there was a lot of water that rushed down this hillside. >> reporter: officials fear the number of people dead could rise.

about two dozen people are unaccounted for. and there are at least 25 people injured. maggie and kendis? >> it really does look like a war zone out there. thanks to you. and the weather we should point out will be good for the search and rescue operations today. >> for more on the forecast, here's accuweather's paul williams. >> good morning maggie, good morning kendis and good morning to drier weather for southern california. we will see snow over towards the inland or the east. but we're going to dry out for today and not just today, we're expecting for it to continue to dry out going into thursday as well. now for the northwest, that's not the case. to the north, we're watching for another chunk of rain to dump into the northwest. and then for the weekend a touch of snow and ice. >> as long as it's mostly rain we'll take it. and breaking overnight, the trump administration has been ordered to restart the daca pro grab that protects nearly

800,000 children who were brought to the united states as kids. the judge says they would suffer irreparable harm, the justice department fired back vowing to defend its position that daca was unlawful because it was implemented without congress. the ruling came just hours after president trump hosted bipartisan talks on daca with the government shutdown looming and cameras rolling. lawmakers are hoping to pass a revised bill on the matter before the deadline. republicans insist the legislation should not be attached to a must-pass spending bill, but democrats tried to convince the president to take a two-step approach. >> what about a clean daca bill now with a commitment that we go into a comprehensive immigration procedure when kennedy was here.

>> i have that's what dick has said. we're going to come out with daca and we can start immediately on the phase two, which would be comprehensive, yeah, i would like -- >> mr. president, you need to be clear, though. i think what senator feinstein's asking here, when we talk about daca, we don't want to be here two years later, you have to have security, as the secretary will tell you. >> i think that's what she's saying. >> it was interesting tv. ah, the president also said any agreement must include a border wall, but the definition of that wall remains unclear and he seemed to push for comprehensive immigration reform, something most conservatives staunchly oppose. turning now to the russia investigation and a controversial decision by the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee. senator dianne feinstein has released the transcript from an interview with the co-founder of fusion gps. the company behind the now infamous dossier accusing the

trump campaign of collusion. glen simpson denied that it is phony. that's something the president has labeled it in the past. he says the british spy who compiled the information was so alarmed by what he found that he went to the fbi, concerned that a presidential candidate was being blackmailed. some members of congress will be following hollywood's lead, wearing black to the president's upcoming state of the union address. female house democrats are leading the movement. they say it's in solidarity with the antisexual harassment movement. they hope men and women from both parties will take part. the president's speech is set for january 30th. and congressman steve scalise is undergoing surgery today, it's part of the recovery from being shot last june. he's giving no timeline for his return to congress, but he intends to work through recovery. the waters around florida have been dropped in the plan to allow new oil and gas drilling

off america's coast. florida was removed from the plan after strong opposition from its republican governor rick scott. ryan zinke says they were removed because they rely heavily on tourism. but california says if that's the case theirs should be lifted too. spacex has insisted it did not lose a classified satellite that vanished after liftoff. we want to know where is it then? an official confirmed that a satellite called zuma fell into the ocean. however, they say the rockets worked properly. the contractor built the satellite at a reported cost of more than $1 billion. it isn't commenting because the mission is classified. so they can keep it a secret, oh, no. we didn't lose a satellite. because. >> because it's a secret. >> because the satellite did not exist in the first place. from space to a texas walmart, because it was there

that unexpected visitors caused a big flap. >> yes, one man thought they were birds. then they were surrounded by about 20 of them. >> 20 bats, like a horror movie! other customers said the bats were hanging around the cooler areas like the meat and cold cut department. >> makes sense. >> they just want a snack. they were apparently living in the lawn and garden section. they had set up shot there. who wouldn't want to live in a walmart, though? coming up in the skin ear, the torch wasn't the only thing heating up the olympics. we'll check out the bobsled team melting hearts around world. president trump is weighing in on a potential challenge by oprah winfrey, giving his prediction on what she will do. but first, a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather,

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ice fell 21 stories onto a car in manhattan. luckily no one was in the car and no one was injured. warming temperatures caused the ice and snow to fall. and we're learning about a major gender pay difference in the reshoot of that film "all the money in the world." >> that film was reworked following sexual misconduct allegations against kevin spacey. mark wahlberg was paid $1.5 million for the reshoot, co-star michelle williams received reportedly $1,000. talk about a pay difference. ridley scott said everyone did the reshoot for nothing. >> the weird part about that is she has more screen time in the movie than mark wahlberg. it was a ten-day reshoot that was done. a lot of people are asking exactly what happened there. when he was only thinks about running for office, donald trump once said he thought oprah would be a great vp running mate.

>> how does he feel about the tv titan? cecelia vega has it all for us. >> reporter: in the white house, president trump had his prediction for a possible 2020 oprah run. >> it will be fun. i don't think she will run. >> reporter: his daughter ivanka calling her speech empowering and inspiring. >> i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon! >> reporter: the megastar instantly catapulted into the political stratosphere. >> there will be no running of office of any kind for me. >> reporter: that was oprah just a few months ago. her best friend gayle king says she doesn't think oprah's position has changed. >> i do think she's intrigued by the idea, i do think that. i also know after watching the oprah show you always have the right to change your mind.

i don't think at this point she is actually considering it. >> reporter: the oprah show, something president trump knows a lot about. oprah once asking if he would run for president. >> i just don't think i really have the inclination to do it. i like what i'm doing. >> also doesn't pay as well. >> reporter: his white house aides aren't laughing. they're already lobbing political hits. what advice would you give a political outsider like oprah who seems intrigued about the idea of running? >> i'm not going to focus on anyone's campaign other than trump's reelection. >> reporter: she qualify? >> listen, i disagree very much on her policies. is she a successful individual, absolutely, but in terms of where she stands on a number of positions i would find a lot of problems with that. >> reporter: well, that's the white house. they say they welcome all challengers. what about the democrats? president obama's director tweeted "call me", so they are intrigued.

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making news in america this morning, disaster in the mud. more than a dozen people dead in southern california. >> every minute it goes by, you know, you have less hope. >> homes wiped off their foundations tossed into trees. freeways turned into raging rivers, this morning, the new concern about more victims buried in mud. more than 5 feet deep. breaking overnight, a federal judge hands down a key ruling in the immigration debate throwing a wrench in the trump administration's plan to end the so-called daca program for young immigrants. >> i don't want to, you know, shut them down in any way. >> james franco speaking out since multiple actresses accused him of sexual misconduct and now an event featuring the a-lister is canceled amid the controversy. >> what are you doing? what are you do