alex, alex. >> there's another shadow coming into the frame. >> oh, my santa claus. >> stay in the car. >> don't go out. >> stay in the car. >> a person dressed like santa claus comes and stands square over the body and is peering into the car. >> oh, shoot. >> leans down, starts to grab at something. >> no! did he just grab the knife from the body? >> oh, yeah. it's on. >> alex, please come on. >> i'm going, i'm going. >> now santa is headed towards the car. >> have you been naughty or nice? >> oh, no. oh, no. >> yeah, pretty much. >> the car -- stay in the car! [ screaming ] >> what the [mute]! oh, my god! >> it's a prank. >> what do you want for christmas? >> out of this car is what i want for christmas. >> [mute]. >> thafrjs for watching, everyone. we love your company. minute." this is the one place we're not afraid to fail. some of these experiments may not work. but a few might shape the future. like turning algae into biofuel... ...new technology for capturing co2 emissions... ...and cars twice as efficient as the average car today. ideas exxonmobil scientists are working on to make energy go further... ...no matter how many tries it takes.

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alex: (alex giaimo) it's been 25 years since the last rose bowl for iowa and it looks lili missing the chance to see this one wasn't something fans were willing to risk. reporting from the u.s.s iowa i'm alex giaimo local 4 sports deborah: the countdown to the new year is just a few hours away... and the stage is set at the "anthem" over atthe hard rock hotel and casino....for tonight's big celebration. organizers say the second annual new year's party will include a bunch of casino give aways, special food, and live entertainment....in lcuding a dueling manager brad streeter says, this time of year...everyone at the hard rock brings their a- game to throw a special new year's bash. " as it being new year's we want to do a little special extrara inside, so we brought in a little bit more hands we been here since this morning cause the best thing is we'r setting up something that people are going to have fun tonight. and that's the best part of our job is when we see people have a good time and new year's is one of those best times of the year." says entertainment manager brad streeter. deborah the event tonight is free and all of the festivities already underway.... and will go on into the

alex, alex, you are up in nevada, has it let up a little bit or what? >> as a matter of fact, it has, steve, you know, it's very light, right now, barely -- we have had heavier rain. let me show you, right along 101. alameda exit, all of the headlights you see, traffic coming southbound. we are beginning to see all of the traffic pick up this morning. obviously, you can you tell the roads are wet. they are slick this morning, hazardous driving conditions and chp worries about an increase in crashes when you have these conditions, it's awe good idea to drive cautiously as you head out the door this morning. rain may not be as heavy as it is, right now, but roads do remain wet this morning. take it easy out there. this storm expected to pick up as we move through the morning hours and the heart of the morning commute. it's awe good idea to be careful as you head out the door. the system, of course is expected to hit here in the north bay. we should see the strongest rain up in this area, a couple of inches expected here throughout the day, so, it's a good idea to take it slow, out there on the roads, obviously, along with the rain, the other thing we are expecting and i know steve has touched on it is the winds. we are expecting strong winds, i heard janine speaking a short time ago. she is seeing some strong gusts on the peninsula. that's the other concern with this system is the strong winds. we have seen a few strong gusts in this area,ing to to speak of, but that's an issue, potentially when you talk about the concern for downed trees and that could keep public works crews busy in this area as the storm system picks up throughout the day, so far, mostly light rain, pockets of heavier stuff. we'll keep an eye on things up here in marine county as the storm system arrives. >> alexl of your gear on, but you say it's letting up a lit bill, like -- a little bit, as of right now. >> at this time, i probably don't need the hood, how about that. that. >> i think steve touched on it, but you will you get the cells, the little pocket, it will pick up all of a sudden, that's why i keep the hood on, just in case. >> we'll keep checking back with you. thanks, alex savage, make sure you stay with us. for updates on the storm. you can you get the latest information on ktvu. com as well as our twitter and facebook page and make sure you download the ktvu weather app. her app. mr. we are going to check in with sal for a look at the commute. >> i done need the hood, either. i think i'll take the hood in fact, i don't think i need the jacket. jacket. >>> let look at what we have, traffic is moving along okay if you are driving around the bay area. despite the wet weather. it will be he wet out there. you will see the crowd at the bay bridge toll plaza is about the same. moderat

alex, tom brady looked relaxed today. >> alex: looks like the pats are things will be good in the meadowlands and bc coach is in the giving season. you don't want to miss this and now time for 7 sports with alex corddry. >> alex: the night before christmas and all through gillette not a creature was stirring, another even bill belichick. the game plan was deviced by the coach with care, with a help there. the copy was a giving mood. the last full practice of the week, giving christmas off to be with their family. today was an important practice as they break in even more players to the system. the newest edition is running back steven jackson. >> we have guys out there playing what weren't here a month ago that are helping us win. so, that is just the way it is. every team is looking governor romney good players and to add a certain player. you will know what the team is about, and if there are players that have available to help, you >> alex: get agreed hot today a season-long four game win streak but on the outside looking in. new york, has a lot to play for, but pats look to win the top pot? the afc. gronk and the guys will be ready. >> they have had a solid defense, very competitive and t

alex the last time the unity christian alex the last time the unity christian girls lost a baetball game was march 8, 2014 when the knights fell to cross town rival moc floyd valley in the 3a championship. chris: since then, coach jay schuiteman's squad has run off 33 wins in a row, including the 2015 class 2a crown. tonight looking for win number 34 in a row against gehlen catholic opening possession...alyss a fedders dishes it to anna kiel...knights out to the early lead. then kiel, this time she's the one paing...josie blankespoor on the receiving end for two more. gehlen's jolee linden gets the jays on the board...she hits from down town. but it was all knights...kiel out in transition for 83-22. chris back to boys action...sioux center looking for a 6-0 start hosting rock valley tonight. alex bancroft rosalie, one of the best teams in nebraska valley tonight. alex one of the best teams in nebraska the last couple of years, taking on homer. second quarter.....jacob zuhlke tosses a dime and dayne wortman capitalizes.....pant hers up 27-22..... next trip down the floor for homer....alex lundeen shows off the touch on the low block.....deficit now at four.... and they would hang strong....micheal arnold....off balance but he hits the shot and gets fouled....that kid is fired up....... but it wouldnt matter...aaron ras with an easy two off the outlet pass....bancroft- rosalie wins it x------x. alex and in hockey...the musketeers, hosting tri-city tonight at the tyson. opening period....game tied at one.....el-lay tolvanen rings one off the pipe......close.....but no cigar...... a few minutes later....justin dixson......creates some space on the wing and fires off a shot....but cam gornet stands talll. 33 saves for him....but it was in a losing effort....c.j. dodero cant finish

that's alex's house. alex and perry, thanks for inviting us out here.s is going to be open till when. >> the lights will be on till when. >> the first week of january. >> you got plenty of time. put the kids in the car, it's snowing here in south philadelphia. we got frosty the snowman. we got the grinch who turned a little nice on us tonight. we even got the big man himself santa claus. so from all of us here in south philadelphia to all of you at home -- >> merry christmas! >> south philly style. howard, back to you in the studio. >> gee, thanks. i wish i was there. >>> all right. the eagles are looking at some injuries to some of their players with what is really a playoff game for the eagles on saturday. and running back demarco murray coming off a blow up after his last game for lack of playing time. he talks about how he's dealing witness and almost being an holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my giant

>> what do they say. >> can you take this out of here, jim kelly. >> yes, my lord. >> so alex is in d.c. >> alex >> mike, did i hear you have a

alex giaimo. thanks alex. jenna: coming up in sports...the iowa wrestling team is gearing up for another run at the midlands championships. alex has the details after the break. jenna: plus...iowa's offense is in for a challenge against the stout stanford defensese hear from the hawkeyes when iowa versus them all. of preparation out in southern california. the hawkeyes have practiced a handful of times in the gololn prepare to f fe the stanford defense.this cardinal unit the high-octane held opponents to just 16.4 points per game. that ranked second in the country. when asked about the cardinal defense, iowa offensive coordinator greg davis said they reminded him of a big ten foe. "they would probably remind me of wisconsin because they are a 3-4 team, they base eveything out of a 3-4, one thing that you start t ticing when you look at stanford, is thenumber of linebackers and athletes they have." "they are a great team and they have been playing in big games. they are the pac-12 champs and that speaks for itself. its a great league, they are extremely we- coached on defense and they play their system really well that they do.

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alex is doing here. but alex is an fmx motocross rider. it's his passion, what he's all about. in order to advance his career, he has to perfect the backflip. essentially has to put that trick into his arsenal if he wants his career to continue progressing. the skull candy youtube channel documented alex's progress and it's scary and it hurts. >> oh! >> during alex's practice at his home base, he comes down hard. >> oh, gosh. even though he's wearing all the gear, that impact was strong enough where you can see it kind of knocked him out. because listen to alex now. he doesn't know where he is. he doesn't know what just happened. he's not even sure that he was riding his motorcycle. he's in the hospital for a severe concussion. >> alex was laid up for three weeks while he rested and recovered, headed off to germany to continue his practice this time with a foam pit. >> this was a bad accident but i'm glad that they're showing this side of it because so many times we don't see the process of them falling, hurting themselves to get to that greater thing. >> now he knows it's now or never. >> nice. well done. >> there it is. >> practice makes perfect. >>> cody peterson, the host of breaking trail has animal adventures. purpose he had a snapping turtle bite him to see how that felt. >> this

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from framingham, massachusetts please welcome alex rubington. hey, alex hi, chris. >> good to meet you. >> nice to meet you too. >> welcome to "millionaire." >> thank you.

s/alex lubbers so what we have here is the piano key effect. 14 year old alex lubbers started working on the display in september. s/alex lubbers you need to keep going and when you keep going you'll have stuff like this. incredible displays that amaze the whole family. but what makes this work even more impressive..... is alex's story. s/alex lubbers my autism allows me to visualize what's going on in my head. he was diagnosed with autism at 17 months old. s/rebecca kerl/alex's mother the likelihood of him talking was rated very very low and i just wasn't willing to accept that and boy were the doctors wrong. right mom? s/rebecca kerl/alex's mother this boy is now a freshman in high school, he's fully mainstreamed, he's part of the robotics club, he is hoping to go to college, the world is wide open for him. so this december he's using his success by bringing light to others..... s/rebecca kerl/alex's mother i don't think i could be prouder of him. showing us, you really can do whatever you want.... s/rebecca kerl/alex's mother and i know every year it's just going to get bigger and better. all you have to do is believ

alex corddry has more now on the matchup. >> merry christmas. >> shopping done? >> yeah, late last night. >> alex: tom brady's crossed every item off his list. now he's going to get to play with an early christmas gift bill belichick got him, three-time pro bowler steven jackson. >> just what you would expect. i think he's a real professional, takes good care of himself. so hopefully he can add a lot to our team. >> alex: and making his new running back feel right at home right away is important to brady. >> you always try to welcome the guys and get them up to speed. these guys can help you win. we have guys out here playing that weren't here a month ago that are helping us win. that's the way it is. >> alex: derrell revis helped brady win his fourth super bowl title, and brady says his hasn't changed despite some less-than-in thering comments about fleet fleet. >> it's fun to watch him play. he has a very unique style. but he certainly locks his guy down. i think that's pretty impressive to do it for as many years as he has. >> alex: and brady will have his hands full with revis and gangrene again this sunday. >> this defense has never been walk in the park for our offense. it's always been a big challenge. it's tough. we're grinding through it, trying to get everyone on the same page. i'm sure we'll feel pretty good about our game plan. >> alex: alex corddry, 7news "today in new england." ism and s

alex nos tiene los detalles. alex: con la lluvia se ensayan los eventos en time square donde el conteo regresivo comenzÓ para darle la despedida al aÑo. >> la seguridad muy bien, alex dÍa de 2015. se esperan muchas personas para despedir el aÑo como estos amigos. >> hay muchas camionetas de la policÍa y veo que estÁn alrededor entonces me da un poco de confianza. alex: hoy el comisionado de policÍa dijo que nunca la ciudad habÍa estado tan preparada y que serÁ el lugar mÁs seguro del mundo para disfrutar el evento. >> el aÑo nuevo es una de las fiestas mÁs grandes y maravillosas en nuestra ciudad. la policÍa esta trabajando para garantizar la seguridad de toda las personas que tendrÁ a celebrar en time square. alex: habrÁn cerca de 6000 policÍas en la seguridad y perros antibombas que patrullarÁn el área. tambiÉn habrÁ cámaras de vigilancia. >> tenemos mÁs de 100 grupos de control contraterrorismo y contamos con la policÍa. alex: la policÍa ha confirmado que no hay amenazas creÍbles de actos terroristas contra la ciudad. desde nuestro alex. cÉsar: el uso terapéutico de la mariguana ha sido un tema de este aÑo. alexandra nos amplÍa. alexandra: dorado estÁ haciendo e

alex, mike, look at you. you let me come to your house and do this for you. i think i have another profession. >> that looks like it is relieving stress. i would love doing that. >> oh, alex? >> yes? >> all of the guys here on the construction site say hello. >> okay. hi, fellows, how are you doing? so sweet. okay, thanks, quincy. well, the brothers are here with some special guests. or you can catch them this weekend, getting into the holiday spirit. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ the ford holiday sales eve. with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on select vehicles. see your local ford dealer. >> your name? >> my name is alex alex, can we see you okay? >> what's your name? >> you may be in the picture the entire time. that's fine. you're really good looking. so what is this mix of groups here? >> the brother band, and also couple of members from the philadelphia youth orchestra. >> when are you going to have it perform? >> perform december 11 at the sellersville theater, also in sellersville. >> that's why they put it there, yes. >> which came first? >> and your albumn, when it is christmas time? >> when it is christmas time is the name of the record. we'll be performing slay bells from that record. sleigh ride, all christmas music? >> it is. >> some different kind of songs, though, not the traditional. not all of them. >> the show will be casino of -- a loft christmas music, have other extraneous music, as well. going to have a lot of fun. >> what is the name of the youth group? >> the philadelphia youth orchestra. >> what ages would that be? >> we'll have to ask them. >> what ages? >> mostly, teenagers.

im alex giaimo. " jordan/bam: thank you alex...as we get closer and closer to the game... the clock is ticking for the hawkeyes to find ways to limit and ap player of the year christian mccaffery! the redshirt sophomore has been on a tear this season, setting the ncaa single season mark for all purpose yards with 3,496, that broke barry sanders' old record which stood for 27 years! along with qb kevin hogan, mccaffery will be tough to stop, but iowa's defense is up to the challenge... "even though he's small, he's still very athletic, very elusive and i can see it's hard to bring him down, he knows how to keep his legs moving and knows how to get out in open space and he can make you miss at any time." "you know with a guy like that, you just have to be prepared for everything, he's shown that he can hurt you in a lot of different ways, through the pass game, obviously through the run game, and he's even thrown the ball a couple times, so you just gotta be prepared for everything." "stop him in the backfield, that's all we can do. he's very great back, just keep him at the

alex corddry. >> alex: good morning. what do you get the football team that has everything? if you're shopping for the patriots, how about a running back with eight career 1,000-yard seasons? steven jackson has a lot of pats are hoping there's enough left in his tank to get them through the playoffs. the 32-year-old saying he's been staying in shape by working out three days a week and jogging. he's about to jump on board a team where the chance to sow up the number-one seed in the a.f.c. this time of year jackson says you can't ask for more than that. >> it's exciting. you know, couldn't ask for a better christmas gift. just looking forward to, you know, continuing to get better and continuing to learn the way of the patriots. this team, they're already a championship team, and they just need some depth to the chart. i'm just coming in here to be the best running back for the organization i can be. >> alex: celtics and hornets and it was the kelley olynyk show in charlotte. the big fella not known as a big-time dunker, but you wouldn't know it here. k.o. throwing down two of his toe. celts win. they're off until saturday night in detroit. after hearing his appeal yesterday afternoon, the nfl upholding odell beckham, jr.'s, meltdown in sunday's loss to the panthers. `i'm alex corddry, that's a look at 7sports. >> christa: the gronkowski family feature nerd a new visa commercial, and dan steals some of the spotlight from his younger brother rob. >> i made this for ya. >> cheese. >> gronk. >> dan, what do you think you're doing? >> i'm dan gronkowski... >> there's a confrontation. in the end dan walks around southie wearing his brother's jersey. i like the bunk beds. that's hilarious. dan is no stranger to a passenger si. he played alongside rob for the pats for a couple games in 2011. and the bike, that's great. >> sarah: wouldn't you want to know how christmas goes at their house? doesn'

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alex >> i'm alex holy. >> i'm chris murphy and this is the trend. >> we have to talk about one of the best in the world. i always got hit by drone. >> and about one of the most popular christmas gifts. my friend was taking part in italy when this happened. you can see the drone come crashing down nearly hitting him. the drone charities no dozens of pieces and he finishes his run. instagram afterwards with a picture. air traffic in italy. >> soon, chris, it might be heavier traffic everywhere because i'm sure a lot of people got drones for christmas >> look how close that came to hitting him >> let's talk about president obama because he enjoyed his holiday in hawaii, and boy did he enjoy it in a big way. >> take a look at this, in monday on vacation in hawaii for the holidays, president obama stuck a 40 foot chip at the 18th green at an exclusive country club. people gathered as he took few practice swings before he took the big shot right after he made that shot, the president pointing waving to spectators. he knew he had this in the bag, alexve the way he dropped the club like he was dropping the mic like i'm done. did you see that? did you guys catch that? we caught it. president obama >> that's heart to do, that means you've been playing a lot >> you would know because you had all the time. can you do that. >> i'm trying never done it yet >> keep on trying and let us know. that's a look at the trim for this week. >> see you. just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda®... ...no calorie sweetener. splenda® lets you experience... ...the joy of sugar... ...without all the calories. think sugar, say splenda® >>> welcome back, it is 8:29. take a live look at a foggy trenton. that's like a full sweep of the delaware valleyly where we have fog in about every single corner. a little bit of music right there. all right. let's take a live look to at some of our top stories making headline this morning. the "the force awakens" sets a new record at the box office. the new "star wars" brought in 49.3 million dollars on chr

alex press is in chicago now with more. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the victims' families are demanding answers at this point. chicago police haven't explained why the officer fired his weapon. the chis mrig department is once again facing backlash. >> officers fatally shot 19-year-old college student and accidentally killed a 55-year-old mother of five, betty jones. after responding a domestic disturbance call at his home. he was allegedly threatening his father with bat. loud, but not violent. >> reporter: jones lived on the ground floor of the two-story home shared with him and was opening the door when she was caught in the line of fire and shot once. >> upon their arrival, they were confronted by a combatant individual. >> reporter: the shooting came two days after protests against chicago police department's actions. shut down parts of the magnificent mile, a high-end shopping district in the city. >> why do police have to keep killing our innocent youth? >> reporter: rahm emanuel facing calls for his resignation said in a statement, any time an officer uses force the public deserves answers and regardless of the circumstances we all grieve any time there's a loss and an independent police review this. >>> we're going to move on now, this morning, we're hearing from perhaps the most wanted man in the world, the leader of isis, audio recording in which he specifically threatens israel. >> reporter: with isis under pressure and losing ground in both is syria and iraq, this latest message could be more of desperation or a threat. this is believed to be the voice behind isis. a statement delivered by the man claiming to be isis' leader. after seven months of silent, baghdadi seems desperate to rally his followers. the u.s.-led coalition has killed his second in command and the isis in charge of the oil parts of syria and iraq. the supply lines have been heavily damaged. retreat. in this message he appears to be issuing a call to arms. quote, waging this battle is a duty upon every muslim and no one is excused. he also threatens israel directly. to liberate palestine. one administration official dismisses it as more isis propaganda. dan. >> thank you, jim avila reporting from hawaii this morning. >>> back to business in the race to the white house. this morning, the candidates hitting the campaign trail after a brief christmas break. >> and abc news' chief white hosting "this week" this morning. you spent some time with republican front-runner donald trump, he's starting to throw his line of attack to bill clinton and hillary clinton. >> yeah, he spent so much tearing apart each and every one of the republican opponents with the exception of ted cruz. now he's gone after hillary clinton hard. hillary clinton has made it clear that bill clinton is going to be out on the campaign trail which prompted this tweet from donald trump. basically accusing bill clinton of sexism. he got a whole long list of sexism. he made it very clear. he'll be bringing up that past, monica lewinsky, et cetera. get ready for trump to train that negativity on that. one point on this, the clinton absolutely thrilled to run against donald trump, that would be her easiest path to victory. but take a look at this poll, the most recent national poll, head to head matchup between hillary clinton and donal trump. hillary clinton slightly ahead. they are statistically tied in the most recent national poll. >> yeah, the clinton campaign would love nothing more than a run against trump. all eyes on iowa and new hampshire. that gop field is still completely packed. ted cruz riding high in iowa. rubio, christie, bush, all hoping to be in new hampshire. >> first of all n iowa, the big thing as you mentioned ted cruz in many of the recent polls is slightly ahead of donald trump. one of the big questions is, how does trump react if he loses in you know, he's built his whole campaign by being the winner. in new hampshire, you have a whole gaggle of candidates who are banking their entire future of winning in new hampshire. chris christie, marco rubio, john kasich. not all of them can survive losing in new hampshire. >> a tight race in new hampshire jon, thank you. much more on that sit-down with donald trump. he's also reviewing governor john kasich. all coming up on abc's "this week." >> that's later this morning. thank you, john. >>> over to ron for a look at the other stories developing this morning. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with yet another mall shooting, this one in georgia, inside of a commercial complex packed with shoppers, many of them taking their christmas gift returns back to the store. came running out of the mall after multiple shots were fired. several stores put on lockdown. a group of men were arguing outside the mall, one pulled out a gun and started shooting. the shooter ran into the mall and fired more shots while people were shopping there. >>> and the leader of a muslim american advocacy is calling for a hate crime investigation after a possible fire bomb was thrown at this california mosque, it was thrown over the fence and landed at the door of the mosque. a day after officials in texas that a fire at a houston mosque was arson and early this month, a suspect was arrested for allegedly setting fire to mosque. >>> a reported holiday terror threat, police in austria they got a tip from an unidentified firms in major european capitals have been warned of that possibility of an attack and stepped up surveillance of locations where large crowds were expected the. >>> back here at home and the battle against that enormous blaze, this morning, fire officials saying the wildfire is just 60% contained. they have been working since early saturday to gain the upper hand and locate possible hot spots, shutting down parts of saturday. >>> and homicide investigators in maine are trying to unravel a double murder mystery. the bodies were discovered inside the front seats of their suv parked on a remote dirt road on christmas day. the couple reportedly died of gunshot wounds. christmas wish lists this, many of them who got them are paying a different price. the a baseball player wiping out on his new howeverboard on christmas day. he was distracted. rachel, possibly listening to justin bieber. >> he's not alone, congressman learned it the hard way, tweeting a picture of himself saturday with an arm in his sling. saying the gift was his daughter. he hended up in the hospital for using his kid's howeverboard. >> what a supportive wife of her husband wiping out. >>> finally a saturday night college football game right here at yankee stadium when this happened. check this out. >> going in, touchdown, alex rodriguez! touchdown, alex rodriguez! the indiana against duke at stadium. shares the name with, well, a-rod. the freshman a-rod ran for his third career touchdown in the third quarter. the yankees tweeting -- >> that's pretty good. >> dan doesn't who know he is. >> you had over/under. >> which is which? >> do you even know who -- >> he won big in vegas. >> my wife went to duke, i would be rooting for duke and what sport was that again? >>> let's change the subject to talk weather. what do you have? >> i wished i had good news. i wanted to show what happened yesterday across the plains. it's such a warm season, but look at the amount of snow plains, we're talking wind drifts as high as -- snow drifts high as 15 -- now, you're looking at this and you're thinking it's the plains. it's so nice in the northeast. this isn't going to affect us, think again. this picture is a about to change, look at that cold air is spilling right in. by monday morning out here in the northeast, temperature

alex nos pone al tanto. alex: con la lluvia de confeti francÉs a los eventos en el emblemÁtico time square y dar la bienvenida al 2016. >> todo muy bien siempre ha habido buena vigilancia en esta parte. alex. con agentes que se verÁn y otros que no serÁn visibles pero que estarÁn cuidando. >> el aÑo nuevo es una de las fiestas mÁs grandes y maravillosas en nuestra ciudad. la policÍa estÁ trabajando para garantizar la seguridad de toda la gente que vendrÁ a festejar en time square. >> la mayorÍa tiene entrenamientos antiterroristas, grupos y los antibombas que patrullarÁn el área y serÁ cerrada desde las tres de los antibombas que patrullarÁn el Área y será cerrada desde las tres de la tarde del 31 de diciembra con apoyo logÍstico del fbi. > grupos de contraterrorismo, estamos con la policÍa. son compaÑeros de nosotros. alex: se ha confirmado que no hay amenazas creÍbles de actos terroristas contra la ciudad. marÍa leticia: consumir cafeÍna antes de hacer ejercicio podrÍa afectar su rendimiento fÍsico. le contamos lo que dice un estudio al volver. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ marÍa leticia: apreta el frío en toda el Área de la bahÍa. aquÍ estÁ sandra. sandra: que gusto saludarlos, y los que nos siguen en r

alex savidge is checking all things out in. what's going on, alex? >> good morning to you guys. inside city national civic, the auditorium here at san jose. getting everything set up for the so you think you can dance tour happening here tonight. we're lucky enough to be joined by some of the finalist from season 12. introduce yourselves. >> i'm hailey. >> i'm marissa. >> i'm eddie. >> they're here from all over the country. neptune grew up in the east bay. your friends are going to be coming and enjoying some of the bay area shows. what can people expect? what is the show like? >> they're going to expect a lot of different variations of dance styles. plus also different numbers on the show that people favorite. different ones, all stars dancing that we're filling in for. we have a few new numbers that we're doing too. >> it's constantly a work in progress. >> yeah,. >> how do you do this. staying limber and being able to get up and perform every night, to me that sounds hard. how do you do it? >> you go with the flow and you do it. we got ourselves in the routine, wake up, get ready, warm up, meet and greet, show. repeat. drive to a new city, whatever. it's getting in the rhythm of it and making sure we stay healthy and warming up, doing what we need to do. everyone has their own specific things they do. like i said, just a rhythm. we have to find our own rhythm. >> i know it's hard work, but is it fun? >> it's so much finance being in a new -- fun being in a new city almost every day and i haven't seen half of these cities. >> are you surprised at how dedicated the fans are? 12 seasons of so you think you can dance and you fill these arenas every single night. >> the fans are amazing. that's what keeps us going. the meet and greets and getting to hear people's feedback and how we inspire them. it's an amazing feeling. on the show, we're not -- there wasn't that many people in the audience and now being on tour it's a completely different element. we get to see all the fans, they're screaming and it's amazing. >> i know. i know you've got to save yourselves for tonight, so we're not doing any big dance numbers, but anything you can help me out with. i'm a struggling dancer. i'm trying to learn that hotline bling. how would i do that? help me out, man. >> side to side, follow with your right hand. >> i like to dance like that. it's simple. yeah. yeah. >> i love it. >> not bad, right? >> drake would be proud. >> drake would be very proud. >> i'm going to keep working. >> thank you, alex. >> thanks, guys. >> alex has a ways to go. but the pros are on stage tonight at 8:00 at the city national civic theater on san carlos street. tickets are still available and we've posted a link at ktvu.com. check the web links section when you get to the top of the home page at ktvu.com. >>> and we will be right back with more of mornings on 2: the 9 coming up. ming up. . >>> getting to the bay bridge from 880 is a no go. this is horrible. people are indeed stuck in that backup. you see they're going to have to figure out a way to get those cars out of that transition ramp. this is terrible because the bay bridge already had problems. this is just another one. we'll be following this for the news at noon and tell you more about what happened. unfortunately it looks like someone is injured. >> it's friday. today you can win a 4 pack of tickets to jack hannah's into the wild. it's january 10th. go to the ktvu facebook page and click on the contest things. entries accepted until 11:59 p

alex rodriguez! that's indiana against duke in the pinstripe bowl in yankee stadium. shares the name with, well, number 13 on the yankees. a-rod. third career touchdown in the third quarter. the yankees tweeting -- alex jusus scored his first touchdown at yankee stadium. # nonotthatarod. >> that's pretty good. >> you had over/under. >> dan had the over and he won big. >> do you even know who -- >> he won big in vegas. >> my wife went to duke, i would be roooong for duke and whatat sport was thatatgain? > let's change the subject to talk weather. what do you have for us? >> i wished i had good news. i wanted to ow what happened yesterday across the plains. i know we have been saying it's such a warm season, but look at the amount of snow that's gushing across the plains, we're talking wind drifts as high a-- snow drifts ten fe high. all of this, as people are gearing up hopefully to make it home today. now, you're looking at this and thinking it's the plains. it's so ni in the northeast. this isn't going to affect us, think again, this picture is about to change, look at that cold air is spilling right in. by monday morning out here in the northeast, temperatures in the new w rk city, they are going t

alex witt. our top story this morning, the severe weather leaving it's mark on the south, the cleanup after the devastation. my colleague continues our coverage in just a moment. be sure to join alex for a two-hour edition of weekends with alex's today at noon eastern. ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >>> good morning, everyone. a live holiday washout. a wave of severe weather sweeps the southeast that causes hundreds of rescues. the death toll from this week's storms is now up to 15. >>> president obama and the first lady spend the holiday visiting troops in

alex giaimo was outside as iowa fans were tailgating. she spoke with some hawkeye fans about what they think of the big ten championship. " cg: 0:01/alex giaimo/lucas oil stadium-indianapolis (alex giaimo) there's no doubt this is the biggest game in iowa history. hawkeye nation is absolutely electric they are taking over indianpolis right now as the hawkeyes look to continue their already i was in school when there that was great. i was there when we went 9 and 0. i remember carving my pumpkin. it was 7 and 0 and made it 8 and 0 and now it's and then i crafted it into a 9 and 0. you know that was really big and awesome. but ten and 0 and winning out the buckets what is this. should be you go to kinnick and you're the way it should be. i halloween i just fun. iowa had a not to starting wearing it again this season and we were winning so i figured if we won this many this year i might as well wear it again. i mean if you walk around here today we will have them outnumbered about twenty to one hawkeye are out in droves so everybody is here to show their support and we are ready to yea this is the best season we've ever seen it's really come from a program that doesn't get five sta

alex is in d.c. >> alex, how is it going. >> hi guys. >> mike, did i hear you have a box of chocolates, that is never good, mike, sugar, no sugar. >> people that join us at 9:00 n washington d.c. at our sister station there in the d.c. area. >> well, we are so excited because there will be a new show, it is call aka 2015 and it is call aka because i'm doing this with kevin mccarthey our movie critics and annie hughes, one of the anchors here at fox d.c. we will get together and talk about our best moments from 2015 and discuss. it will be a lot of fun. it will air next week at 10:30. >> i see a problem. it should be alex, kevin, ann ie. >> you are just biased, mike. either way in your mind it can be alex first and in their mine annie, they can fix it. >> so, it is a celebration of the 2015. i hope you play uptown funk. >> you know, we probably should. it did go viral, didn't it. >> we will sianni watch, and see if we do. >> you know people love our dab too. >> that is a lot of list. >> people also hate our dab. >> 2015. >> boom, a little tab will do you. >> was that brill cream. >> alex, i want your opinion, college hook up culture is nothing new. so i think person that should lead this story is karen hepp. >> a new study says some colleges are more pro miss cuss then others. >> is there a miss. >> i went to nyu. it all depend on the ratio of men to women. guys to girls. >> explain. >> in this study by society for personality and social psychology, they had a 129 students read fake articles, schools mail or female dominated. they talk about a survey about feelings of casual sex. the school was more fe

alex dickson. [cheers and applause] hey, alex. >> hi. >> how you doing?t's good to see you. >> nice to meet you. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> so, i hear you're a woman of many faces. >> yeah. >> so, okay, let's just run through some of ththese. >> okay. >> if and when i ask you

alex rodriguez! >> that's right. touchdown, alex rodriguez. the indiana against duke at pinstripe bowl in yankee stadium. the hoosiers happen to have a with number 13 on the yankees. the freshman a-rod ran for his first career touchdown in the third quarter. the yankees tweeting -- alex rodriguez scores his first touchdown. #nonotthatarod. >> that's pretty good. >> dan doesn't who know he is. >> you had over/under. 44-31 in overtime. >> which is which? >> do you even know who -- >> dan had the over, and he won big in vegas. >> my wife went to duke, i would be rooting for duke and what sport was that again? >>> let's change the subject to talk weather. indra, what do you have? >> i wish i had good news. i wanted to show what happened yesterday across the plains. it's such a warm season, but look at the amount of snow that's gushing across the plains, we're talking wind snow drifts high as 10 feet, wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. now, you're looking at this and you're thinking it's the plains. it's so nice in the northeast. this isn't going to affect us, think again. this picture is about to change, look at that cold air is spilling right in. by monday morning out here in the northeast, temperatures in new york city are going to feel like they're below freezing. an

alex giamio has more from iowa city. "(alex giaimo) the goal from day one for the hawkeyes has been winning a big ten championship. now they'll get their chance on saturday against michigan state in indianapolis. two teams that pretty much match up dead even on paper. (kirk ferentz) in a lot be here right now so you know, but it is, you know, i say that tongue and cheek because it is important to us. it's not like we are out there just winging it. uh, we are probably the team that's not supposed to be there so you know, what the heck, let's go cut it loose and see what happens. (giaimo) ferentz will take his chances against a team with striking similarities to his own. both averaging about 33 points per game and dead even in turnover ratio. (henry kreiger-coble) top to bottom they are super experienced and the guys they have out there. i mean they are big guys, i mean they look like an nfl d-line, they are just huge, atheltic, and explosive guys, so that's what makes them good. (austin blythe) yea they've got a lot of good athletes up front and they work to finish plays and we got to get after them to, you know, kind of neutralize that. (giaimo) ferentz and his hawkeyes know that it's not a matter of stopping the spartans but more a matter of containing them. (cj beathard) it's hard to play a perfect game but we are going to have to play well and execute. we can't make many mistakes you know they are a good team but i think we are a good team, as well. (kirk ferentz) they are going to make plays. they are going to make plays offensively, defensively, special teams. and how we respond to those things really is going to dictate the success that we have or not. championship your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, local 5 sports we are iowa. jordan/fullscreen jordan/fullscreen saturday's b1g championship 7:17 and not a that game can be seen on fox. we have you big ten championship all myself and alex starting on thursday for coverage of the game. friday we'll be bringing you a special 30 minute big ten championship preview, hosted by jon schaeffer and jeff woody, with reports from indy. and of course plenty more throughout the weekend as iowa and sparty most likely battle for a trip to the college football playoffs. jordan/fullscreen coming up tonight the 5th ranked cyclones are back at hilton, fresh off their emerald coast classic title. isu welcomes in the bison or bizzzon of north dakota state. game tips at 7 and we'll have highlights tonight at 10. (rohach transferring, isu campbell hires) jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six. watching local five news at six. now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad

>> abc's alex perez in chicago. alex, thank you. >>> now, to the race for 2016 tonight. donald trump is standing his ground this evening and taking our reporter's question. trump accused of mocking a journalist with a physical disability. he said he had no idea the reporter had a disability. just as another republican contender, chris christie, snags a major endorsement tonight, and christie now taking aim at trump. abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump meeting with more than 100 black religious leaders, convincing some, but not all, to have faith in his campaign. >> i saw love in that room. i see love everywhere i go. >> reporter: the meeting comes as trump finds himself in a fox hole, full defense mode after mocking "new york times" reporter serge kovaleski, who has a disability that limits flexibility in his arms. >> now, the poor guy, you got the see this guy, oh, i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember. >> reporter: trump insists he doesn't remember kovaleski and had no idea he was disabled. but kovaleski say

alex giaimo has a look at the game. alex giaimo has a look at the game. " (alex giaimo) the hawkeyes head into ames for the annual cy-hawk battle as winners of their last four games. they are playing sound basketball right now but they know the task this thursday against the unbeaten and fourth ranked cyclones will be much harder. (fran mccaffery) yea you know we are playing the fourth ranked team in the country with a lot of experience, yea a lot tougher. (giaimo) iowa is looking to rebound from last year's blowout loss on their home court. (mike gessell) you know we had a really bad taste in our mouth after that game we felt we didn't play very well. you know, like that to an in-state rival it's not fun. (giaimo) the hawkeyes are hoping third time's a charm. in 2013 they went into hilton colliseum..eventually losing the lead during the last seconds of the game. (adam woodburry) obviously they got a very good team. they got us the last couple of years. last time we played there it was a tough loss. i think that anytime we step on the court we want to win. (jarrod uthoff) it was a good game it was a tough loss. we were u

>> shirleen is going and alex, my little alex is going. >> i am going tonight and i have a date. >> who's your date? >> i'll show you. my date is the maxi moose. >> yeah. >> this is my date max sky skywalker. >> i am your father. >> you are the master. >> wow. >> and also cleo pup is here this morning. >> i thought the movie was something to look forward to. i want to see this. >> you can see him in a storm trooper out there. he's 80 pounds, 60 pounds fuzz. >> yeah, all fuzz. >> you guys have a great day. >>> i want to tell you what's happening as we take it over to the 1 train, downtown delays and on the 7 train delays with signal problems at willets point, delays hudson yard bound. lincoln only 5, holland looks okay, throgs neck, whitestone and watch for this closure on 63rd between 1st and 2nd blocked after last week's partial building collapse over there. let's go out to the webcam, the fdr drive southbound moving slowly down towards the 70s. our other camera, the grand central parkway westbound moving really slowly heading out toward the rfk bridge. alternate side parking rules are i

alex giaimo has more from iowa city... "(alex giaimo) in college football if you're home over the holidays then you most likely did not have a successfull regular season. tomorrow is christmas eve but it's also the day the hawkeyes fly to pasadena for the rose bowl. and although the hawks won't be home for christmas they are grateful to be spending the holiday with their football family. (kirk ferentz) christmas? it's actually like a wednesday of practice for us. ho ho ho...so uh we will celebrate christmas as a team that evening but it's just we do things a little differently i guess but i explained to our guys, first of all, as a coach, it's bad luck to not be coaching over christmas or over the holidays. we tried that a couple years ago it's not much fun. (cj beathard) i love being home whenever i can but when you're in college or a professional athlete, especially football, it's probably a good thing that you're not home on christmas because that means (matt vandeberg) this is a family so being here is exciting. being a college football player you don't want to be home for christmas so that's kind of a good thing we just push it back a few days. (cole croston) being a collegiate football payer you dont really want to be home for the holidays you know otherwise you haven't doen something rigig during the season and uh it's a great feeling and you know i'm always going to have time to go back home and celebrate christmas later with my family but right now it's great to be with these guys. (cole fisher) we had one year, obviously, when we didn't make a bowl game um you know i was home for christmas and yea it's great seeing the famly but at the same time sitting at home with the family watching the football games it's not ideal. (alex giaimo) the hawkeyes head out tomorrow morning for warm weather and sunny skies. not to shabby of a christmas after all. in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report. i'm alex giaimo. " and a week from friday, the 102nd rose bowl game kicks off between iowa and pac 12 champ stanford. things get underway at 4 pm new years day on espn. stanford remains a 6.5 point favorite. on a sadder note. this evening is the track coach randy hinkel. hinkel died sunday evening at the age of 58. the visitation has been going on at the high school since 4 and will run until 7 pm, when the funeral will be held also at the school. we'll have more on the celebration of the legendary coach's life coming up tonight at 10. we'll be right back... go -- check this out! it seems some robots could put santa's hard-working reindeer out of a job! sabrina: rudolph and the rest of the gang might not have to work this christmas, thanks to these robotic reindeer. three of the robots are seen pulling santa's slei

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alex dickson. [cheers and applause] hey, alex. >> hi. >> how you doing?t's good to see you. >> nice to meet you. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> so, i hear you're a woman of many faces. >> yeah. >> so, okay, let's just run through some of these. >> okay. >> if and when i ask you a difficult question today, give me your face. [laughter] >> [laughs]

alex giaimo has more from iowa city... "(alex giaimo) tomorrow is christmas eve but it's also the day the hawkeyes fly to pasadena for the rose bowl. and although the hawks won't be home for christmas they are grateful to be spending the holiday with their football family. (kirk ferentz) christmas? it's actually like a wednesday of practice for us. ho ho ho...so uh we will celebrate christmas as a team that evening but it's just we do things a little differently i guess but i explained to our guys, first of all, as a coach, it's bad luck to not be coaching over christmas or over the holidays. we tried that a couple years ago it's not much fun. (cj beathard) i love being home whenever i can but when you're in college or a professional athlete, especially football, it's probably a good thing that you're not home on christmas because that means you didn't have a good season. (cole fisher) we had one year, obviously, when we didn't make a bowl game um you know i was home for christmas and yea it's great seeing the famly but at the same time sitting at home with the family watching (alex giaimo) the hawkeyes head out tomorrow morning for warm weather and sunny skies. not to shabby of a christmas after all. in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report. i'm alex giaimo. " jordan we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. brad: weather adlib: weather we hadthunder and even a tornado watch was issued for se iowa. there were no tornadoes in iowa, but several touched down in il wednesday. the rain/snow mix is gone for the night, and travel conditions should improve. however, watch out for any moisture on the roads refreezing by morning stephanie: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. " "

alex perez, abc news, nashville. >> alex, thank you. >>> now, to the extreme weather we're following tonight. that winter storm in the plains. a dangerous ride home on i-94, this is in minnesota right here. and this car buried in snow in martin, south dakota. and in fargo, whiteout conditions. the roads nearly empty. it's that time of year. tonight, that storm front on the so, what are we in for for christmas? let's get right to ginger zee, tracking this all week long for us. >> reporter: hey there, david. before we get to that christmas warmth, which i will show you in just a bit, we've got a little roller coaster of cold before that. winter weather advisories for the next couple of hours on the map there. the trailing cold front going to move through the northeast, all the way to florida, bringing showers, a few imbedded thunderstorms through thursday night and friday. then an injection of real december air. by friday morning, the actual temperature in minneapolis is 11. chicago is 0. even dallas there was 38. just slightly above freezing. philadelphia at 32 by saturday morning. re

>> alex marquardt in geneva for alex, thank you. >>> and there is news from the pentagon tonight. three top isis leaders killed in iraq. the three taken down in separate coalition air strikes late last month, including one of the more senior members of their financial network. and here at home, a terror suspect arrested in minnesota. accused of supporting isis in syria and iraq. he allegedly tried to help nine terror group. authorities saying he helped pay >>> we turn now to an abc news investigation tonight. a troubling new development, just one month after the terror attacks in paris. you'll remember this image, authorities say, one of the alleged suicide bombers using this fake passport to slip into europe among the syrian refugees. tonight, a chilling new warning. isis now has its hands on at least one official passport printing machine. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the concern those fake paz ssports could be used here. >> reporter: with the u.s. and other countries on high alert tonight for isis attacks, american authorities are warning the terror gro