wall street's nightma beforechristmas. how the administration's easorts to ee the minds of investorsd to a major market meltdown. kevin spacey breaks his silence after getting charged with a felony. the bizarre new video that has the actor reprising his role from "house of cards. n >> up against the ropes. the family of a high school wrestler forced to cut his hair befo match speaks out for the first time. their message amid new revelations abo the referee behind the controversial call. it will be a holiday -- >> merry christmas. >> -- they'll never forget. >> ho ho ho. >> get together and have a few laughs over a christmas classic. the minds behind die hard settle that age old debate over whether

it's a holiday movie or n" . "early todarts right now. good rning and merry christmas. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena. investors hing for a christmas miracle this morning after another brutal day on wall et st stocks plunged in their worst day of christmas eve tradinghe ever as s&p 500 officially slipped into bear market territory. theo dow a tanked, plummeting 653 points while the nasdaq didn't fare much better. the market meltdown coming in response to the turbulence in d.c. the shutdown showdown now entering day four with no end in sight. nbc's garrett haake has the latest as the administration tries to steady the ship. >> reporter: christmas eve, the stock market delivering instors a lump of coal. the market down more than 20% from its recent highs. experts say the turmoil in washington isn't helping. >> this has been something that the president has got to own because he has started a fight. he's basically continuing a trade war. he's getting into it with congress, leading to a shutdown. and he is threatening to fire

the head of the federal reserve. >> reporter: treasury secretary steven mnuchin making calls from his mexican vacation to thef heads oe u.s.'s six largest banks,eant to be reassuring but having the opposite effect. the president hunkered down at the white hous his florida vacation canceled due to the troubles on the federal reserve, tweetinghey don't have a feelfeel for the market. and with congress out of town, complaining about the shutdown stalemati' too. all lone. poor me in the white house waiting for the democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed border security fighting back, democratic leaderst blaming the mar struggles and the shutdown on the president. it's christmas eve, andum president is plunging the country into chaos, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer as the white house digs in for a fight that now seems likely to last into the new year. >> this is what washington looks like when you have a president who refuses to sort of go along to get along. >> reporter: the shutdown fight hinges on how much the democts would be willing to spent on border security.

the magic number may be between $1.6 billion and the $5 billion the president originally asked >> that was garrett haake reporting. the death toll continues tr in indonesia following that powerful tsunami linked to a volcanic eruption. the tsunami has killed at lst 373 people, injured over 1,400 more, while another 128 are missing. and those numbers are certain to rise. the killer waves came crashing ashore on one of the largest islands in the country just days abefore christmas, there are still fears that the worst is not over yet. people on the islands are being told to avoid the coastal areas because as the volcano continues to rumble, there are concerns there could be another tsunami. the waves from saturday's deadly tsunami struck a low-lying coastal area that was a resort town. many people were out enjoying what should have been a fun evening. > it was a bloody day in afghanistan as a suicide bomber and gunmantormed a packed government building, killing at least 43 and wounding more than

20. casualty numbers could rise as police comb through the smoldering complex. the violence began when the suicide bomberetated his car filled with explosives before the threed gunmen launcn assault on the multi-story building which houses public welfare offices. all three gunmen were killed. for the first time in over a inar, actor k spacey is back on twitter, this time posting a bizarr video in what appears to be his house of cards character. this was right after prosecutors announced that the actor isel facingy charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a teen back in 2016. the alleged incident involved the 18-year-old son of a f boston tv news anchor at a bar in nantucket. nbc's gadi schwartz has the >> reporter: on the day a massachusetts district attorney announced a felony charge of sexual assault against kevin spacey, a new video posted on his twitter account, speaking in the accent of frank underwood, a house of cards character killed off by the netflix show. >> some believed everything and

have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all. ha reporter: it's unclea he's addressing specifically. prosecutors in nantucket say their case stems fromal gations made by the son of a former boston tvnchor who told kate snow her 18-year-old son was groped by the actor. >> it wasn't until kevin spacey put his hand inside his pants that he really knew he was in trouble. >> reporter: a criminal complaint stating the victim told police he, quote, tried to shift away with his b bod sas spacey kept reaching down his nts, last year, his representative saying spacey was seeking treatment after numerous other allegations of sexual misconduct. his only post on twitter for over a year was this video. >> if i didn't pay the price for the things we both know i did do, i'm certainly not going to pay the price for the things i didn't do. >> reporter: a video now blurring the b linesetween television drama and allegatns of real-life crime.

gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. new developments in the search for the missing corado mom, kelsey bare ith. she's been missing since thanksgiving day. investigators have found a new clue that's taking them across state lines. nbc's steve patterson has mo a. >> reportehorities working across state lines to track down any sign of kelsey ber eth's body. >> sadly, we do not believe kelsey is still alive. >> reporter: friday, they arrested her fiance. held without bond, the 32ear-old facing charges of first-degree murdeti and solici for murder. his public defender providing no comment. now sheriffs in twin falls, idaho, serving search warrants and colleing evidenceear the tower where kelsey's phone was last pinged, 800 miles from her home. the solicitation charge may lead to more suspects. the district attorney ss he's t ruling out a murder for hire plot. >> you don't necessarily haveto complete i to have a solicitation charge, but you have to show firmness of what

yountended to do. >> reporter: the colorado mom last seen publicly on thanksgiving day, shopping with her 1-year-old daughter. police now say little kaley is with kelsey's relatives. her first christmas without her mother. steve patterson, nbc now to new details about the controversial call at a high reschoolling match last week with one athlete forced to cut hisair or forfeit. now his family is speaking out. nbc's matt bradl has their message. >> reporter: the family of a new jersey high school wrestler speaking out about what they call the shocking pre-match m. ultima in a statement, the family of andrew johnson express theud gratite for the overwhelming show of support for their son, arguing that he was underuress and visibly shaken after a referee gave him 90 seconds to either forfeit his match or cut his hair. the johnson family's attorney now saying the ref, alan ho maloney,d up late to the match. and when he did evaluate andrew, he failed to raise any issues with the length of his hair or

the nd to wear a head covering. johnson won, but that hasn't oopped the angry outpouring social media. chance the rapper labelling the incident bogus. and olympic wrestler jordan rroughs saying it's sickening. >> in high sch l as you're establishing who you are, creating an identity, i know as a young black man how much myir meant to me. >> reporter: new jersey ss rts officialy they've opened a civil rights investigation and have sidelined maloney. a new jersey paper reported that in 2016, he called a fellow ref a racial slur. maloneyer l apologized and has not responded to our request for comment. now his latest call leaving a community to wrestle with controversy. matt bradley, nbc news. thousands of people who opened up their wallets for a homeless man one gofun have gotten their money back. the crowdfunding site issued refundsust in time for christmas. the scam raised over $400,000 thanks to 14,000 donors. investigators alleged it was ndoked up by katelyn mcclure and

her then boyfr mark d'amico. the couple went viral after thei tried to money for johnny bobbitt, who authorities say posed as a homeless hrman. all aris faing theft and conspiracy charges and could face up to ten yrs in jail if found guilty. bonnie schneider is here with our holiday fomocast. >> gooing and merry christmas. we are looking at a clipper system that hasn't brought tno much to make it a white christmas for many. some in the great lakes are waking up to a dusting of snow or a little more 'sthan. raining in st. louis further to the west. if you're traveling today, it should be fine. we've got lots of sunshine out there with temperatures that are pretty seasonable for this time of year. there is some snow, and that's across the rockies where we'll see some snow accumulation, especially we'll see that at the higher elevations. but mild conditions elsewhere with highs in the 50s and really comfortable conditions in florida ase climb all the w up to near 80 degrees for miami. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. a peratures are looking little bit cool as you head up

e.to northern ma that's where we're going to see highs in the 20s. but across the utheast, nice and warm and comfortable. in atlanta, lotshi of su. highs in the mid-50s. thenly place we're watching for some storms, i would say, is towards areas of texas, like san antonio. otherwise, a nice day to travel. >> thanks so much, boie. victims of the camp fire in california gathered for a very special service.as church for paradise residents, this was the first large community a gathering sin wildfire devastated the town in november. the paradise alliance church receivederpecialssion to host a community-wide christmas eve service that featured holiday hymns and visits from santand mrs. claus. glad to see the christmas spirit is there as well. new fears take flight over the dangers of drones and justice for otto warmbier, the landmark ruling against north korea for the death of the american student. is changing how the world treats and defeats childhood cancer.

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this christmas -- >> it's a time of miracles so be of good cheer. >> only john can drive somebody that crazy. >> get ready to jingle some bells and deck the halls. >> holy -- >> fox has settled this question bait, okay. they have decked out the original trailer with a holiday twist. the new take is part of a promotion for the 30th anniversary release of the classic action flick. it's a gift that is sure to get yippee-ki-yay this holiday season. this has been more of a debate than i thought it would be. >> if it was released around the

holiday, i'd way it a holiday movie. >> it was released in july. but he's tryinto get home to his family for the holidays. it has a lot of christmas heferences. if say it's a holiday movie, it's a holiday movie. >> right. well, theil rumoris swirling this morning after photos surfaced of mileyyrus and liam hemsworth pafrntly tying the knot. the photo shows the couple cutting what looks like a wedding cake. miley seems to be wearing a whithi dress liam wears a tux. theongtime couple have yet to confirm or deny the rumors. looks like a wedding to b me, maybe a publicity stunt. >> i don't know if it's a publicity istunt. eard an interview with her on howard stern's show not that they're really into each other. they both shared a home in malibu, and it burned down. they have another homehey're living in in nashville right now. just by the way they've talked about each other, i think it's a

legit relationship. >> you're keeping ts onhis one. >> i am. i'm still thinking about that am i thinking a little bit too much about that relationship? maybe so. let's talk about actor chris evs. he loves to share stories about his dog, dodger. he shared this video of his dog dodger bringing his stuffed lioo bed every single night. the pup got a new lion for christmas, and this has caused some competition. [ laughter ] >> imbedt should you get your lion? do you wt this lion? are you going ts bring thi lion? >> in the end, dodger decided to go with his original buddy. captain america commended him for his loyalty. i don't have any pets. are they territorial thatway? i have a cat, and he doesn't bring anything to bed, so i don't know. >> let us know, you guys that have dogs. chime in. is tha normal? still to come, the raiders play what could be their final

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denver failed to down it. the broncos finally got on the board late in the third but not longafter, the oakland defense picking off case keenum, and the broncos never recovers. the raiders win in 27-14. bonnie is back. it looks like a mild holiday in a lot of places. >> absolutely, marlie and phillip. plentiful sunshine. great day to travel but not the great day if you're looking to build a snowman in many locations. gusty winds in the southwest and south central regions. temperatures above normal, and that milder air i on the move. it's working its way eastward so that the numbers should be above normal all the way further to the east as we go rest of the week. i guess nothing to complain about. >> that's right. thanks, bonnie. when we come back, home for the holidays. enjoy at airports all across the country as loved ones reunite on christmas. rebekkah: opioids has taken everything and everyone i've ever loved away from me.

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at the vatican last night, pope francis celebrated christmas eve ma. amidst the pageantry and prayers, the pope emphasizedcehe importf sharing, encouraging all people to break the vicious cycle of greed and consumerism and to spend more time focusing on simplicity and char ty. >> i lovt message. >> yeah. the pope always has those. >> true. as so many gathered together with their loved ones this an christmas, we to celebrate the true spirit of the season. those moments of joy shared witd friends family reuniting for the holidays. ♪

♪ >> i haven't seen him in a long time, and i just really missed him. ♪ >> daddy! >> they live on the other side of the country, so we cherish the moments we have with them when they're here. ♪ >> where's my girl? come he.

♪ >> he's been stationed in saudi arabia for the last six months. so he getom leave to chome for six days for christmas. ♪ >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas to all and to all a good night. >> those family reunions, they get me every time. >>hey do. you know what? it is pretty much the only time of year where the crowded airports, they're just so festive. everybody's happy. everybody's loving each other. it's that time of year.

>>love it. hanks for waking up with us on this christmas morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'mna phillip go give a hug to someone that you love. have a great one.

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