here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: no christmas eve quiet on donald trump's twitter feed. retweeting this -- "why is hillary even allowed to run? she's a criminal." his campaign spokeswoman even summoning the ghost of her husband's scandals. >> hillary clinton has some nerve to talk about the war on women and the bigotry towards women when she has a serious problem in her husband. >> reporter: trump's campaign upping the rhetoric after he described clinton's loss to president obama by using offcolor slang of the male anatomy. >> she was favored to win and >> reporter: trump insists his use of the term was neither vulgar nor misogynistic. >> to me, that's really a reference to getting beaten and really pretty decisively. and when i said it, nobody in the audience thought anything about it. they clapped, they didn't view that as being a horrible thing. >> reporter: but clinton's campaign calls trump's language degrading and disgusting. >> i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric. it's not the first time he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism.

>> jim avila, traveling with the president in hawaii, thank you. >>> here at home, investigators are now calling attacks on two mosques this holiday weekend intentional. in houston, they're combing and near sacramento, california, a firebombing of an islamic center. no one was hurt in either attack. >>> we turn next to a shocking allegation against football star peyton manning. claims that he used a human growth hormone. banned by the nfl. but tonight, he's not backing down. this player known for his dominance on the field is now playing defense. here's mary bruce. >> it's a joke. it's a freaking joke. >> reporter: tonight, star quarterback peyton manning is furious and fighting back. telling abc's sister network espn that allegations he used performance enhancing drugs are simply not true. >> it's completely fabricated, complete trash, garbage, there's some more adjectives i'd like to be able to use. it really makes me sick. >> reporter: explosive allegations against a member of the first family of football. the denver bronco is a five-time league mvp. a new al jazeera documentary c

jim avila, abc news, washington. be. >> ghost of christmas past like the ku klux klan.t was just a bad idea. it was. coming up in our next half hour, couples fighting over food. those sell by dates prompting people to throw out food. do you have to? that debate translating to a battle of the sexes. >> first, a century of sinatra, 100 years after his birth. old blue eyes inspiring entertainers to follow in his foot accepts. we will look back at the truly original, frank sinatra. that is next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" ♪ fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars. ♪ and let me see what spring is like on jupiter and mars. >> the chairman of the board, in other words, one of the greatest entertainers of all time, we are talking about frank sinatra. >> hailed as the most iconic cultural figure of the 20th century. tomorrow he would have turned 100 years old. bruno del gra na doe looks at his influence. bruno, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, that's right. frank sinatra, one of the truest american icons. and 17 years after his passing, arti

jim avila, abc news, with the president in hawaii. where a train has derailed, it was carrying 44,000 gallons of sulphuric acid. local flooding is making the recovery effort difficult. it can cause severe burns. >>> back here at home, an indiana man is dead after falling off a cliff in a beach in san diego and it may be the fault of his phone. firms say he may have been distracted while walking. he slipped and fell 44 feet. passers by rushed to help. but he died before paramedics could reach him. >>> peyton manning is going on the offensive over doping allegations. he said he'll probably sue the alga zeer ya network. >> now the report featured a former clinic intern seen there that former intern has now recanted his story in an online video. >> coming up, outrage in chicago over yet another police-involved shooting. >>> then a first of its kind claim at the nation's busiest airport. someone there has been doing a lot of counting. >>> and a music star adele once again entering the record books >>> welcome back. wall street gets back to

jim avila is in baltimore. >> reporter: the reaction to the hung jury and mistrial after officer williamorter was swift. sheriff's deputies marched in quickly, clearing the street surrounding the baltimore courthouse. prepared for trouble. >> no peace. no justice. >> immediately, disperse. >> reporter: porter was charged with five other police officers in connection with the 25-year-old gray's death, after a fatal ride in a police van last spring. gray's family urging calm, after the jury of seven blacks and five whites, telling the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict on any of the charges. >> we ask the public to remain calm. patient because we have confident there will be another trial with a different jury. >> reporter: 26-year-old officer porter did not make freddie gray's arrest, or drive the police van where he suffered fatal injuries. but prosecutors charged him with manslaughter, claiming he could have put a seat belt on him or called a medic when freddie asked for one. every cop in the city of baltimore is on duty, hoping to avoid a repeat of the kind of unrest that e

abc's jim avila is traveling with the president. >> reporter: the voice of isis. after seven months of silence, and for only the second time, abu bakr al baghdadi appears desperate to rally his beleaguered fighters who have lost ground and leadership. iraqi forces backed by u.s. coalition air strikes have taken the strategic city of ramadi. 2015 has not been a good year for isis. losing its second in command to american bombs, its territory in both syria and iraq shrinking. >> isis is under a lot of pressure. and he felt the need of sending a message to his followers. we're still here, we're still strong, we're undefeated. >> reporter: in this message, baghdadi issues a call to arms among the world's 1.5 billion muslims. quote, "waging this battle is a duty upon every muslim and no one is excused." he also threatens israel directly, promising to liberate palestine. the president here in hawaii did not interrupt his vacation to comment on the isis message or its validity. 2 defense department did issue a statement congratulating iraqi forces for their success in ra

jim avila, abc news, with the prididt in hawaii. >>>>breaking news from australia where a train has derailed, it was carrying 44,000 gallons of sulphuric acid. when it went off the tracks. in a remote area. local flooding is making the recovery effort difficult. it is highly corrosive substance that can cause se viewerr burns on skin.n. >>> back here at home, an indiana man is dead after falling off a cliff in a beach in san diego and it may be the fault of his phone. officialses say that he may have been distracted while walking. he slipped and fell 40 feet. passersby rushed to help. but he died d fore paramedics could reach him. >>> denver broncos quarterback peyton manning is going on the offensive over doping allegations. al jazeera network. for defamation. after it accused him of using human growth hormones following his neck surgery four years ago. >> now the report featured a former clinic intern seen there making the allegations. that former intern has now recanted his story in an online video. >> coming up, outrage in chica

jim avila reporting in tonight. >> reporter: the voice of isis. after seven months of silence, and for only the second time, abu bakr al baghdadi appears desperate to rally his beleaguered fighters who have lost ground and leadership. just today, iraqi forces backed by u.s. coalition air strikes have taken the strategic city of ramadi. for isis. losing its second in command to american bombs, its territory in both syria and iraq shrinking. >> isis is under a lot of pressure. and he felt the need of sending a message to his followers. we're still here, we're still strong, we're undefeated. >> reporter: in this message, baghdadi issues a call to arms among the world's 1.5 billion muslims. quote, "waging this battle is a duty upon every muslim and no one is excused." he also threatens israel directly, promising to liberate palestine. the president here in hawaii did not interrupt his vacation to comment on the isis message or its validity. cecilia? >> jim avila, traveling with the president in hawaii, thank you. >>> here at home, investigators are no

>> jim avila from baltimore tonight. thank you, jim. >>> now, to new developments in the race for 2016. the fallout after fight night for the republicans. donald trump, center stage, but the real duel was between two others on that stage, who are hoping to break through, should trump falter. tonight, we take you into the massive crowd in arizona, welcoming trump after the debate. tonight. >> reporter: donald trump today, pulling his private plane right into his arizona rally, to what else? the theme song from the movie "air force one." >> please welcome the next president of the united states, donald j. trump! >> reporter: trump is riding high. he's calling last night's debate his best yet. and these supporters agree. there are thousands of people inside this hangar just to catch a glimpse of donald trump. >> we have the biggest crowds by far. because there's a movement going on, folks. this isn't just, let's go and have a good time. somebody said, "oh, trump is a great entertainer." that's a lot of [ bleep ]. >> reporte

abc's senior national correspondent jim avila with the outrage and the school's response tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the citadel, under scrutiny for these images, showing cadets dressed in white with pillowcases over their heads, in a scene some say resembles the ku klux klan. posted on facebook by a woman who saw a video of the scene and was disturbed by it. the south carolina state military school, founded by the civil war, to defend slavery, and still flying the con federal flag on campus. today, those eight cadets suspended and removed from campus after they were seen dressed all in white. the students told school administrators they were portraying ghosts of christmas past. but the school president, in a "offensive and disturbing." minority students, who make up less than 8% of the student body, said the cadets in sheets reminded them of the klan. >> it's stupid if these college students did not find the optics of that to be disturbing. >> reporter: the school has launched an investigation and further punishment is possible. jim avila, abc news, washington. >> jim, thank you.

here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: no christmas eve quiet for donald trump today. retweeting this, why is hillary even allowed to run? she's a criminal. last night, his campaign spokeswoman even summoning the ghost of her husband's scandals. >> hillary clinton has some nerve to talk about the war on women and the bigotry towards problem in her husband. >> reporter: trump's campaign upping the rhetoric after he described clinton's loss to president obama by using offcolor slang of the male anatomy. >> she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost, i mean, she lost. >> reporter: trump insists his use of the term was neither vulgar nor misogynistic. >> to me, that's really a reference to getting beaten and really pretty decisively. and when i said it, nobody in the audience thought anything about it. they clapped, they didn't view that as being a horrible thing. >> reporter: but clinton's campaign called trump's language degrading and disgusting. >> i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric. it's not the first time he's demonstra

jim avila, abc news, washington. >> jim, thank you. president today replacing no child left behind, signing a rare bipartisan law, preventing the government now from mandating common core. giving states more power over education standards, requiring them to improve low performing schools, but students will still be required to take federal math and reading exams. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. for the first time, bowe bergdahl in his own words. why he left his fellow american troops on that base in afghanistan and what he's now saying that's making headlines tonight. >>> also ahead here, breaking news involved the tv star married to that nfl quarterback. new developments this evening in the search for her missing brother. what we've now learned. >>> and then, the close call on the sidewalk. the incredible moment. pedestrians never saw it coming. the facade comes crashing down. we'll be right back.those seats cost a ridiculous number of miles... or there's a fee to use them. i know. it's so fru

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jim avila, abc news, with the president in hawaii. >>> thank you so much, jim. the families of two people shot dead by police in chicago over the weekend, they're demanding answers. investigators admit one of the five was killed by accident. bettie jones answered the door when officers arrived about a domestic dispute. >> why you got to shoot first and ask questions later? >> she should not have to come outside, open the door and be shot down by a police officer. >> the other victim quintonio legrier was a 19-year-old college student. he was shot seven times. >>> three men are in custody after leading authorities on a wild speed boat chase in the gulf of mexico. this is insane. the suspects were accused of stealing a speed boat in ft. myers, florida. they fled after trying to ram the sheriff's department boat and get this the coast guard eventually joined the 20-hour chase. the about your suit spanned more than 300 miles. they were captured about 70 miles from the coast of cuba. >> we'll go the extra mile. in this case, we had to go an extra 344 miles. >> they w

jim avila is with president obama in hawaii. >> reporter: with isis under pressure and losing ground in both syria and iraq, this latest message could be more of desperation than a threat. this is believed to be the voice behind isis. a 23-minute statement delivered by the man claiming to be isis' leader, al baghdadi. after seven months of silence, baghdadi seems desperate to rally his followers. who have lost ground and leadership. 2015 has not been a good year for isis. the u.s.-led coalition has killed his second in command and the isis amir in charge of oil and gas in the terrorist-controlled parts of syria and iraq. the supply lines have been heavily damaged by bombing runs. isis troops have been forced to in this message, baghdadi appears to be issuing a call to arms. among the world's 1.5 billion muslims. quote, "waging this battle is a duty upon every muslim and no one is excused." he also threatens israel directly. promising to liberate palestine. bolding claiming that islam will dominate the world anew until the day of judgment. one administration official dismisses it as m

jim avila with the details. after months of silence and for only the second time, abu bakr al baghdadi appears lost ground and leadership. iraqi forces have taken the strategic city of ramadi. 2015 has not been a good year for isis. losing its second in command to both syria and iraq shrinking. >> isis is under a lot of pressure. and he felt the need of sending a message to his followers. strong, we're undefeated. >> reporter: in this message, baghdadi issues a call to arms among the world's 1.5 billion muslims. quote, "waging this battle is a duty upon every muslim and no one is excused." he also threatens israel directly, promising to liberate palestine. the president here in hawaii did not interrupt his vacation to comment on the isis message or its authenticity. the defense department did issue a statement congratulating iraqi forces for their success in ramadi. jim avila, abc news, with the president in hawaii. >> thank you very much, jim. >>> and the families of two people shot dead by police in chicago ov