adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >> and that case is scheduled to go to court in may of 2018. but a frightening thing. >> almost all of us went in and had that same procedure done. >> they never give a second thought to it. things can happen. >>> brightest you might say is coming up. >> meet the real life mr. and mrs. claus and their home. she's had a tiny cough. see you at 5! seriously? protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause coughs. lysol. what it takes to protect. ♪ silver bells ♪ silver bells ♪ it's christmas time ♪ time in the city >> you have to go deep, deep, deep. robert goulet there with that. some people sing that. others are like, we've got spirit, yes we do. we've got spirit -- >> great! >> how about you, that's the way it goes. but some people during the holidays take that way too seriously. >> we're up all "nightline" with david wright. where christmas competition in new york, out on long island, peter is feeling pretty good. how many lights do you have? >> you

. >> they are looking into what companies may be doing -- oh, adrian bankert has the story. i just got an update. >> reporter: on the other side of the multi-billion dollar world of gaming and social media are faces like brooke's. 15 years old and a self-professed recovering social media addict. >> i always waited and waited and waited for somebody to reply. it was like my heart, i couldn't put it down. >> reporter: her parents stay it was a knock down dragout fight to get it out of her hand. she received help at an addiction center, but she's not alone. the world health organization listing gaming disorders among compulsive disorders and capitol hill ask if certain companies are deliberately trying to get consumers hooked. even former facebook president sean parker who justin timberlake played in the movie "the social network" says was built to be addictive. >> the process was all about how do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible. it's a social validation feedback loop because you're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. >> reporter:

but as adrian bankert tells us, he was actually -- >> living a lie. >> that was my line. >> reporter:idential motorcade. behind the walls of russia's kremlin. some of the most exclusive and secure places in the world. but for craig schnell, they were a challenge. >> being in places i didn't belong was that escape. it was, i didn't have to be me. when i was there i was a rock star. when i was inside russia walking around selling my jeans, i was a world traveler. when i was driving for president reagan and his motorcade, i was a diplomat. and i didn't have to feel me. >> reporter: in his new book "the uninvited", how i crashed my way into finding myself, he shares stories from his teens and 20s where he frequently talked himself into places he didn't belong. >> the most exciting place was the grammy awards, 1988. >> reporter: taking him to many events, including that grammy stage. >> there i was standing at center stage before a packed house and a worldwide television audience. ♪ >> reporter: but schnell says his antics were really a cry for help. >> i was spiraling out of control. all

abc news reporter adrian bankert explains. >> reporter: if you purchased gift cards as presents this there could be a grinch draining them. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: just two days after josh leighton bought this walmart gift card for his mom, a thief was apparently using the card's number. >> the gift card had been used three different times. >> reporter: leighton checked the balance which plainly showed those charges. what's left? just 48 cents. >> it never left my wallet. >> reporter: security experts say crooks lift the info off of unused cards that are out in the open and then wait until someone buys them. >> if the bad guys know those card numbers, they can keep checking them and seeing if someone has activated them, ask then they can loot them. >> reporter: leighton says he reached out to walmart but didn't get his money back. walmart says they have protocols in place to help protect customers from criminal behavior. the retail gift card association suggests you try to buy cards behind the counter or buy them on line directly from the retailer and register them as soon as

adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >>> this morning the pontiac silver dome is still standing. explosives that were placed in steel beams were set off this morning. spectators cheered, but the stadium did not implode. it did not crumble to the ground. construction crews say the silver dome was built just a little too well. officials say now it's a matter of simply letting gravity do its job. they say it's going to collapse, they just don't know when. and the construction company says it might have to take it down mechanically. the 49ers, by the way, won their first nfl championship in super bowl xvi at the silver dome, and that was back in 1982. >>> the biggest and the brightest moon of the year will rise over the bay area tonight. reports say the so-called supermoon will appear 14% larger and 30% brighter than normal and will be the only one of 2017. you're looking at video of the last supermoon. it was december 13th last year. december supermoons go by a variety of names from supermoon to blue moon to full cold moon and big spirit moon. interestingly, the term supermoon is no

adrian bankert, abc news. >>> and coming up in the next half hour, jimmy's return with billy by his sidete on his son's latest ha latest heart surgery. >>> and the golden globe nominations next on "world news now." the in-laws have moved in with us. and, our adult children are here. so, we save by using tide. which means we use less. three generations of clothes cleaned in one wash. those are moms. anybody seen my pants? nothing cleans better. put those on dad! it's got to be tide. >>> my name is lady bird. >> actually, it's not, and it's ridiculous. >> call me lady bird like you said you would. >> you should go to city college, and then back to jail and you'd learn to pull yourself up and not expect everybody. everybody. >> ouch. that was lori metcalfe who earned a golden globe nomination for "lady bird." it got four nods. >> but many are saying that the film's director along with other female directors were snubbed from the director category. they are totally looking at this diversity in the director's category, i beg to differ. christopher nolan doesn't have a beard. all the others do

that's hard for kids to resist. >> reporter: adrian bankert abc news, new york. >> thanks, adrian.re addicted to it. >> there's a great app called moment that breaks down all your use. eye opening, highly recommend. >> that's my new addiction. >>> coming up we'll count down to 2018 looking back at the wildest and weirdest moments from 2017. >> you won't get addicted to us. i missed you! then i discovered mucinex. one pill lasts 1d i' why take 4-hour medicine? one mucinex lasts 12 hou let's end this. my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish but now, i take metamucil every day. it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. ♪ ♪ >>> it might have been a long december but i'll tell you. the year has certainly flown by for us here at "world news now." >> that's because we got to bring you the news every day but have a lot of crazy along the side >> a little toouch. >> let's take a look back at some of the lighter employments from -- moments for us. your eyes able to unsee it. >>que have >> we have br

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