in madagascar, 50 percent drop out before they finish. ernie: unbelievable. there's a reason to be there. tell us about the feedback and the response. must be wonderful to feel you're making a difference. >> it's amazing. everybody is coming out of the wood work to help. our friends, the entertainment community, the diplomatic community over there. everybody loves kids, man. to see them open up and to harness their power and to get the adulation they're looking for -- >> it's really giving back. you know what it's like to be out there and perform. the benefits of being able to do that for an audience. look at the benefit you can do one-on-one, right? you see this all the time coming back to you. you know, when we first worked with kids three years ago, our class of 15, none of them passed the national exams. this year all of them passed their national exams. we think it makes -- the stage is a powerful place to cultivate better students and citizens. ernie: you have youth workshops and teacher training? >> absolutely. we have tons of artists in the broadway c

something wrong in the toilet. headed to paris from an island off madagascar. everyone onboard was safely evacuated. >> nick: hillary clinton taking aim at donald trump last night in the democratic debate, saying he is encouraging terrorists and the republican front-runner fighting back. >> he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in jihadists. >> nobody has been able to back that up. it's nonsense. it is just another hillary lie. she lies like crazy about everything. >> nick: clinton took aim at bernie sanders after his campaign allegedly accessed her campaign voter database. >> nancy: convenience store customers make a dangerous decision, teaming up to stop fast would-be robber in his >> nancy: a suspect orders men into a store to get on the ground. one customer jumped into action. >> nick: the entire encounter was caught on camera. >> reporter: fists fly as an accused would-be robber gets more than what he asked for. surveillance video showing two men fiting back after an armed m

madagascar. soccer's governing body were arrested in switzerland in predawn raids. the arrests of the two fifa vice presidents were made in zurich. the raids were made at the same hotel 14 soccer and marketing officials were arrested at back in may. "the times" reports the u.s. justice department is expected to unseal indictments in the case later today. >>> it is 5:40. still ahead, the new secret service breaches that we're just finding out about overnight. >>> plus, the right place at the right time. why a local couple was very glad to see these officers. >>> and the sun is about to make its return today, along with gusty winds. temperatures still not too bad. turns a little chillier tonight. it's sunshine throughout the weekend. next chance of rain not until the middle of next week. we'll have that seven-day forecast coming up. lauren? >> thanks, chris. long island commuters, we have reports of an accident westbound on the northern state parkway out by round swamp road. i'll have the latest on your morning commute coming up on the 4s. >>> and a lifesaver in conne

indian ocean if they want to go up past the horn of africa into the atlantic were to go south of madagascar are. but what they do intend to do is that sometime they will sail up the potomac to greet the hawaiian president. it seems like a wonderful place to do. [laughter] and then through dead straits of magellan then now back through the pacific within four years. but what makes this so important is at long last western people who were beginning to a understand what is going on the we have regarded them to be inferior to us but now the realization is growing the people out there that we should respect but it means respect for the world in respect for the planet. and head for the last 300 years to respect and learn from the aged to institutions something that we owe to the pacific to be that pattern of the future of how we treat the most important bush did in the world. [applause] >> fait que. i thought you were leaving. [laughter] could you talk about the confrontation between the tidies david the united states about was is happy there is and where it is headed? >> i am fascinated by it is

in july, searchers found a wing flap in madagascar. >>> today, congress planning to release a report calling the secret service an agency in crisis. in one of these cases a man pretending to be a member of congress is actually able to walk up to president obama and talk to him. today's "washington post" reports the secret service will be cited for low morale and understaffing. >>> in switzerland, two high-ranking fifa officials were raid at the same hotel where 14 soccer officials were arrested in may. the two arrested in this round are the fifa vice president. >>> it's 4:40 right now. families. a day care in the bronx suddenly shut down. coming up, what a police investigation revealed about that facility. >>> and things looking up in the weather picture today. improvement with sunshine peeking throh the clouds. it will be a windy day. the sunshine lasts through the weekend. next chance of rain perhaps the middle of next week. the seven-day forecast just ahead. lauren? >> not a bad early commute this morning. overnight track work is under way on six different subway lines. expect del

the world and-- you know, you try different types of-- of strain of cocoa bean from jamaica, from madagascar, from cameroon, and it's-- you know, it's amazing. it's different flavors. and i think the big conglomerates are trying to make it a globalized taste, which is sweet, so we'll all accept that. it's very cheap, we'll make lots of profit. but-- but of course, you know, they have to make money, which is fair enough. but chocolate can taste amazing. and it doesn't have to, you know, taste like what people think it does taste like. >> like gunk? >> yeah-- a lot of the time, yeah, exactly. >> you should know because you have eaten as you say, an awful lot of chocolate? >> i have, yeah, and look at the size of me. >> well, you don't like a chocoloholic, but--. >> no, i mean, you know, there's precautions i have to make. you know, i-- you pe--. >> what-- but wait, what's your dre-- i mean, you have the dream job, half of (laugh) the world's--. >> i know. >> certainly children, and a whole lot of adults would say, "angus kennedy--". >> i know. >> has the greatest job in the world." >> no, real

netflix offered the countdown last year featuring a critter from "madagascar" and is expanding its characters this year. parents can set the 3- minute countdown for any time they want./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > the kennedy center honors air tonight right here on channel 8. you won't want to miss aretha franklin saluting carole king during the special. other honorees include legendary actresses rita moreno and cicely tyson as well as star wars creator george lucas and conductor seiji ozawa. there will be a few changes to the special-- like a fresh set, and the president won't be there the first half of the show. the kennedy center honors begin ((brian loftus)) > christmas is over... and now, some of you may be wondering what to do with that unwanted gift card. you can get rid of it at target. the company is partnering with two companies... to buy the gift you're trying to get rid of. target will exchange gift cards from more than 600 brands, including old navy, cheesecake factory, tiffany & co, staples and pottery barn. the company listed one example: claiming they would exchange a 100- dol

the democratic republic of congo to saudi arabia to madagascar to brazil, to the u.s., russia, india, turkmenistan to approve the first global agreement to limit carbon emissions. its aim is to stop the world from heating up beyond two degrees celsius or 3.6 degrees fahrenheit. that's the outer temperature limit scientists say we can't exceed if we are to avert catastrophic effects of climate change. there's even language in the agreement that pushes the world to be even more ambitious, to "pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees celsius. now, this has been hailed as a tremendous victory for the planet and for international diplomacy because nothing like it has ever been done before. at least on paper. but just the fact that it got to a paper agreement was never foreordained. negotiators blew past friday's deadline before resolving their issues and signing the landmark climate agreement amid great fanfare and celebration on saturday. >> i see no objections. the paris agreement is adopted. >> a big part of this can be chalked up to the work of the united states. som

working toward madagascar.ant to show you what happens when you take this into consideration. because we know with a one centimeter rise in sea levels, the sea will be increase in sea level ten meters. bring it to ten centimeters, now you're pushing that farther back. in parts of china, the forecast has the water coming up 14 centimeters. that would submerge the city and push the water into the city 140 meters away from the coastline, creating a new coastline. that's what's concerning over this portion of china. something they're watching carefully. the other big story is the incredible pollution taking place across the region. look at the satellite from the past 24 hours. fascinating to see from space what's happening at the surface. here's beijing. the valley, you see the something that's in place. the fog easy the to pick out as well. and the mountain snow north of the region. all of this, the pollutants are trapped there across the city center, and that area of the bay seeing the dense smog that's currently

>> right this moment, santa is off of east coast of africa headed towards madagascar. >> where is his him if he is headed around to this neck of the woods? >> so we have been tracking santa for almost eight hours since he launched today. he is working in a westerly direction in general but zipping north and south at the speed of starlight in order to hit all of the homes of all the good boys and girls throughout the world. >> we thank you for all the work you have been doing there tracking him every year, six decades running. captain scott miller. thoughts? >> drone risk is a significant problem. gopro if they could find santa, that might help the stock. >> we were wondering what kind of tracking technology they were using. >> right. there are many different competing to pick from. in any way, christmas eve show, early close to the market, a quick recap. the dow going out with a decline of 50 points. the s&p down. the nasdaq was higher there by 2.5 points on the session. we talked about nike which was weighing on the dow. it did a stock split. we don't think that's the reason. >> we d

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. >> madagascar. >> i love the movie, i like to move it move it. that song?> chris rock steels the show. >> too, when you have little kids, please touch museum has the countdown to noon. on new years eve. so that's a lot of fun for the kids. >> beautiful. >> high school project going viral. student at notre dame high school in lawrenceville new jersey produce special christmas video which already has tens of thousands of views. so here it is. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> that's awesome. >> they went through a lot of trouble. 1300 student and staff worked together. they had props that matched the song. they all rehearsed. i think that's the whole school and the whole faculty. >> one take. they couldn't screw it up. they all had to be in concert. >> i always wonder what i see these, how many tries do you have to do to get this right on time, to make sure you can go through, everybody's ready, have your dance prepared, seriously? >> that's great. >> perfect. >> so excited about the holidays. >> we should do that. >> let's do