. ♪ >> early sunday morning on the island of oahu. asleep, warned of the dangers threatening from within, tired from wrangling with his conscience and fatigue after a dark night full of disturbing of 1941hat the year was. he slept in the early sabbath dawn. safe behind its military ramparts, the city of honolulu was also asleep. all the army and navy establishment on the island, after warnings, and alert had been in effect for 11 days. it provided suitable defense for powerful acts of sabotage and uprisings in the island itself but made no provision for attack our nation. at hickam field, precautions were taken to safeguard equipment against sabotage. morning,the sunday planes were concentrated in hangers or lined up row by row on the open field. immediately adjacent to hickam field is pearl harbor, the navy's $100 million fist. here, on this morning of a tragic day of reckoning, capital ships, heavy and light cruisers lay at anchor. tenders,s, minesweepers, repair ships. 86 vessels and all. by 7:00, the city began to stir. for the mo

. >> south shore of oahu here is a great spot for parasailing and water activities because it's on the side of the island and the water is generally calm and the weather is consistent. >> for 16 years, captain jamal nichols has worked on the water, taking tourists out to experience the thrill of parasailing. >> this job is very rewarding. and to fulfill people's excitement on an hourly basis is awesome. >> captain nichols and his crew are trained to deal with just about any problem that arises on the water. >> as a captain, my number one job is to make sure everybody knows about the safety briefings so that nobody gets injured. i basically treat all of my customers like my own children. >> but on this afternoon, captain nichols finds himself in a situation he never anticipated. >> as i was leaving the harbor, almost to the surf break, i looked to my right. and i seen a high-speed boat coming at us. >> the boat appears to be one of the local patrols which sometimes travel at high speed when responding to calls. >> last minute within 50 yards of the boat i realize that that was not a pat

. >> reporter: the coordinates placed him 60 miles south of oahu. in st. zachary ingrah ingraham's telephone rang. >> they said we found your dad. he's alive and well. >> reporter: ron ingram loved was sailing. on thanksgiving day he radioed that his 25-foot vessel was taking on water. a 12-000 square mile search found nothing. it was suspended december 1st. >> when the commanding officer for the coast guard told me he was going to call off the search, i said, man, i don't think you should call off the search because i don't think he's gone. >> reporter: the 67-year-old ingraham is an experienced fisherman who lives on the island. the coast guard said he was hungry and thirsty when the navy reached him and his sailboat. >> both his masts were broken. he was sitting on a little auxiliary sail trying to make his way back. >> there's a lot of joy around the command center to know that, okay, he's alive and he's going to be okay. >> 12 days, man. he's a champ. he's tough. >> reporter: it appears that toughness saved him. >> that was kgmb's jim mendoza reportin

taking questions from reporters before departing to oahu for 17 days.bc will carry that news conference live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. >>> it's official now that the huge fire in downtown los angeles has been declared an arson. that's the word from investigators about an unfinished apartment building. there was extensive damage to a freeway and other buildings. they are looking for two men who may be witnesses. >>> and huge flames from a chevron refinery causing alarm for people in northern california. this smoke and flames were seen for miles, they are part of the normal operation and pose no threat to the public. >>> and shoppers may not be the only arrives at a shopping center, lava is half a mile away. it could reach the strip mall late wednesday. it only moves a few dozen yards a day. the shopping center's gas station and super market have been closed already. >>> talk about fast delivery. amazon's new service that will have your packages aryour door in no time. >>> and grilling in court. a pop star forced to come face-to-face with her accused stalker

they took a trail offering sweeping views of the oahu coast. he carved out time for his morning workout and, of course, a game of golf. >>> well, coming up the race is on. the christmas eve sprint to the retail finish line, you can call it. the stores open right now to help you wrap up your shopping. >>> and starbucks new policy. it's not about coffee, it's about >>> today the final push by retailers before christmas. a major chain, including toys"r"us and kohl's are open right now for shoppers looking for deals. retailers expect sales to be up more than 4% this year. the government reported that consumer rose at the fastest space in three months. >>> and positive economic news that sent wall street into record territory. the dow jones opens above 18,000 for very first time ever. the index has gained nearly a thousand points in just five days. the latest good news, economic growth and consumer spending. >>> and starbucks is making a change to the food policy. the coffee chain wants to phase out eggs from caged chickens. it will no longer use po

then 12 days after he made that call, ingram suddenly surfaced on radar 65 miles south of oahu. >> for the man to know he's alive and going to be okay. >> 12 days, man, he's a champ, he's tough. >> that was the man's son. the 57-year-old ingraham is an inexperienced fisherman. the coast guard said he was hungry and thirsty when the coast guard got to him but he's doing just fine. >>> and children are extending a helping hand to children in other countries. they packed more than 10,000 meals for children in haiti. those children are still recovering from the december stating 2010 earthquake. the feed the need project and gm$25,000 in a few weeks with more to come. >>> they protected america's coastline during world war ii. now two local men are being rewarded for their service. they were awards the congressional medal. they flew their own or borrowed planes to protect the u.s. from u-boat attacks. the 85 tells us this award, it means a lot. >> we get together at the air show. they're always wearing the congressional gold medals. they don't know next year when i see them, i'm going to ha

here in oahu averaging 75 degrees and the only sign of white christmas is the sand on that beach. >> you're making us all a bit jealous. >> tough duty, mr. reed. >>> millions of americans will hit stores to see if there are any bargains. there are estimates holiday sales this year rose between 4% and 5.5%, compared to last year. jill schlesinger is with us. >> good morning. >> are retailers celebrating this morning? >> i think it's a mixed bag. the season started a full week before black friday and early estimates were all over the board. there was one estimate from the national retail federation that spooked everyone. oh, my gosh, sales dropped 11%. the problem is that survey is completely unscientific. it's, how much did you spend last year? how much are you going to spend this year? nobody can tell you what they spent yesterday. the news has been pretty good. traffic may be down. the online sales are surging. that's what we do now. >> when do you think we'll hit that tipping point? everyone i speak to say they go online but then i look at the numbers and it's still the brick and m

picture postcards from oahu's famed north shore. now, something out of place comes into view. >> well, in your heart it kind of hurts. >> kent fonoimoana lives in the rural neighborhood of kahuku. in 2011, 12 wind turbines, tall and loud, were erected close to his home. >> i'm opposed to their proximity. when they put those things in i thought it was a blatant disrespect and a desecration of the valley. >> but mark glick, the states energy commissioner would also prefer to break hawaii's dependance on oil. over the past year the island state imported more than 46 million barrels of oil, that's 36 barrels for every person living in the state according to hawaii energy dot com. >> keeping our sights on the true goal, which is to rid ourselves of imported oil, which has created such a stranglehold on our economy. >> it's estimated the north shore wind farm will provide power for some 14,000 homes and now there are plans to build 15 more near this elementary and high school, but resident kent fonoimoana says he's grown weary of wind ene

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. >> he was in the islands of oahu. >> i tried all night. backwards all night long. >> after four days the coast guard called off the search for the boat. they couldn't find it. that's when ingraham's son zakary got a call saying his dad was missing. >> i was crushed like anybody would normally feel after they find out their dad's probably gone. >> reporter: miraculously after 12 days at sea, a navy ship found the 67-year-old and his boat after the coast guard heard a short mayday call from ingraham and his son received yet another call from the coast guard. >> they said we found your dad. i had this image of somebody floating with a life vest around him that wasn't alive. i said, okay. you know -- was he with his fishing boat when you found him. they said oh, no we found him and his boat and he's alive and well. so, yeah, it was awesome. >> reporter: found dehydrated and desperate for food and still ingraham refused to leave without his boat. he not only uses his boat to make a living but it's his home. so the coast guard towed it back home

his boat 200 miles away from where he was trying to go in the waters off the huh hiawaiian island of oahuds all night long. >> after four days the coast guard called off the search for the boat. that's when his son's zachery got a call from the coast guard telling him his dad was missing. >> i was crushed. like you know anybody would normally feel after they find out their dad is probably gone. >> mackous >> miraculously after 12 days after sea, the navy ship found the 67-year-old and his boat after the coast guard heard a short mayday call from ingram. and his son received yet another call from the coast guard. >> they said we found your dad. and i had this image of somebody floating with a life vest around him, you know, that wasn't alive. and i said well okay you know. was he with his fishing boat when you found him. they said oh, we found him and his boat. he's alive. he's well. so yeah, it was awesome. >> found dehydrated and desperate for food and still, ingram refused to leave without his boat. he not only uses his boat to make a living, but it's also his home. so the coast guard t

their vacation in hawaii to bring some christmas cheer yesterday to troops at the marine corps base in oahupresident thanked service members for their sacrifices and dedication and reminded them that the $1 trillion war in afghanistan is winding down. >> we've been in continuous war now for almost 13 years, over 13 years, and next week we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own you know. we are safer. >> while the country is more protected, the president says there are ongoing and difficult missions around the world, including the battle against the islamic state in iraq and syria. >>> today is the first day of the american holiday of kwaanza. ♪ >> the seven-day holiday runs through january 1st. a professor at california state university at long beach created it in 1966 as a nonreligious celebration of family and social values. it's also meant to help african americans reconnect with their roots. each night, a new candle is lit on a candle holder with seven branches. >>> each day is dedicated to a different principle. the seven principle

picture postcards from oahu's famed north shore.but now, something out of place comes into view. >> well, in your heart it kind of hurts. >> kent fonoimoana lives in the rural neighborhood of kahuku. in 2011, 12 wind turbines, tall and loud, were erected close to his home. >> i'm opposed to their proximity. when they put those things in i thought it was a blatant disrespect and a desecration of the valley. >> but mark glick, the states energy commissioner would also prefer to break hawaii's dependance on oil. over the past year the island state imported more than 46 million barrels of oil, that's 36 barrels for every person living in the state according to hawaii energy dot com. >> keeping our sights on the true goal, which is to rid ourselves of imported oil, which has created such a stranglehold on our economy. >> it's estimated the north shore wind farm will provide power for some 14,000 homes and now there are plans to build 15 more near this elementary and high school, but resident kent fonoimoana says he's grown weary of wind

in oahu, hawaii was part of a ceremony at the visitor's center today overlooking the uss arizona memorial. december of 1941, this happened. hundreds of japanese warplanes attacked the homeport of the u.s. pacific fleet. the results were devastating. 2400 americans were killed. another 1200 were wounded. because of the attack, the entered world war ii. >>> remembrance ceremonies were held in the bay area today, marking the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. >> it was on the u.s.st hornet where the flags were flown at half-mast. a navy veteran and eyewitness to the attack was a special witness to the guest. he told the audience he was 19 years old and a crewmember aboard the uss san francisco the morning before the attack. some last-minute changes actually saved his life. >> the battleship went to dry dock instead of us. we were moored across the way. >> now the hornet's resident chaplain offered a special service to remember and honor those whose lives were lost followed by a wreath-tossing ceremony. >>> coming up next, our investigative unit uncovered a rule keeping postal workers

. >> modjeska and his hercules c-130 are dispatched from barbara's point on hawaii's oahu island.earch-and-rescue plane is equipped with state-of-the-art cameras housed in this dome attached below the nose of the airplane. operators from inside the plane can zoom in and track vessels and planes for miles around. once modjeska reaches the distressed pilot, they are still 350 miles off the coast. >> we followed him for about an hour and a half. >> and it's still unclear if the cessna will make it to land. >> i did not think that he was going to make it based on what he was telling us with the amount of fuel that was in his tanks and the speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side by side for 90 minutes, it becomes obvious he's not going to make it. but will the pilot survive the crash into the open seas? >> it's a very dangerous scenario. luckily, his type of airplane is capable of flying very slow, it's very light, it really is the ideal type of airplane to ditch into the water. >> modjeska gives the cessna pilot instructions on how best to prepare t

and local fishermen know this is one of oahu's most dangerous. >> heed the warning. the water when it's rough. >> it's called the moi hole, and, at 20 feet deep, it's home to lurking sharks and giant waves, waves that crash into the cave and explode onto the cliffs above. january 25, 1993. during the heart of the winter vacation season, local tv producer jerry cayman follows the sounds of sirens to the moi hole and takes his camera out to record the scene. >> moi hole is very treacherous. the rocks alone, which are all lava rocks, they're razor sharp. >> swimmer is in distress. >> cayman quickly learns that a tourist that was sightseeing and posing for pictures with a friend has been knocked off this cliff by a rogue wave. a rescue is under way to save the man trapped inside the cave. >> whomever was trapped inside the cave was too scared to come out. and, quite frankly, we thought the poor guy was going to drown. >> a crowd gathers. the situation looks grim. no one is sure if the trapped tourist who has been identified as hugh alexander is still alive. >> they're ye

ron found floating 65 miles off the coast of oahu. >> he's doing okay. a little tired and weak.hey got him some food and water. he's doing all right. >> thought i was going to die. i hung in there. took mental discipline. these guys are real heroes and save people's lives. >> reporter: weather pushed him almost 200 miles offshore. that's why he couldn't communicate. he also says he was able to survive on fish. ted rowlands, abc news, los angeles. >> do you know because he was a fisherman, he was able to keep fish. i would never have been -- how do you catch fish? i can't imagine being out there. >> you would find a way. >> i'd drink the salt water which you can't drink. >> you wouldn't have lasted two weeks. >> i bet you would. you're resourceful. it kicks in and you'd be thinking about your family. you'd be just fine. >> he has more faith in me than i have in myself. >> we probably would have called off the search earlier. >> there's no way reena is going to make it past day three. >> you'd have been fine. >> some truth to that. >>> coming up, something every shopper needs to k

>> reporter: the coast guard picking up the call, locating him 64 miles south of oahu, and 14 miles fromoast guard says it's extremely rare to find someone after rescue efforts are stopped. he is expected back this morning. >> thank you so much. >>> and in medical news, american's waistlines are expanding. the obesity rate rose by 2% to 29% of adults. nearly a quarter of people in a recent survey admitted they had not exercised at all in the last month. mississippi was ranked as the unhealthiest state. hawaii topped the list followed by vermont and massachusetts. >>> and finally we know that no one likes getting pulled over the police. those blue lights, your stomach drops, right? but hear what happened in one michigan town. when people were stopped for minor traffic violences. but instead of getting a ticket, police gave them christmas gifts. officers chatted with them about what they wanted for themselves and their kids, radioed the info to the helpers and had the presents wrapped and ready within minutes. the idea and the money came from a religious tv network. the goal was to uplift

here in oahu, it's been averaging about 75 degrees and the only sign of a white christmas is the sand on that beach. >> you're making us all a bit jealous. thank you so much. >> tough duty, mr. reid. >>> millions of americans will hit stores today, searching for bargains and sales. so far, it's too early to see if christmas retail figures are worth celebrating but there are estimates holiday sales rose between 4% and 5.5% compared with last year. business analyst jill schlesinger is with us. are the retailers celebrating today? >> think it's probably a mixed bag. we know the season started a lot earlier. full week before black friday. and early estimates were all other the board. there was one estimate from the national retail federation that spooked everyone. they said, sales dropped 11% over black friday weekend. the problem with that survey is it's completely unscientific. like they say, how much did you spend last year, how much will you spend last year? most people can't tell you what they spent yesterday, let alone last week. the news has been pretty good. traffic may be down. p

would not have been possible given the $640,000 medium price of a single family home on the island of oahu. i would like to give you an example of a family on the island of molokai. they could not have afforded to remain in the neighborhood where brent grew up. but they partnered with the habitat for humanity and hawaiian homes to build a new three bedroom, one bath house in 2007. they invested 700 hours of work towards construction of that house and their four children will now learn the responsibilities of homeownership from a young age and have a safe home to grow up in. passage of this legislation will continue to have a tremendous impact by enabling other families like this one. nationwide, passage of this legislation also would represent an important step to removing roadblocks to economic success in native communities and would reaffirm the house's long-standing commitment to tribal sovereignty and self-determination. i would like to thank my colleagues, chairman hensarling, ranking member waters, representative moore for their outstanding leadership in allowing this legislation to

a ship that has been missing for more than 60 years has been found near the hawaiian island of oahu. researchers say that many parts of the usskalua are still in tact. the ship was used to rare underwater cables in world war ii. >> it was sunk on purpose. no records of its location were kept. its whereabouts remains a miss city until now. >> a top priority is to get rid of obamacare, which he said is pounding the american people. the senator elect also said he believes the supreme court will overturn the affordable care act. >> we are joined now by professor of campaign management at n.y.u. great to see you. with louisiana senator mary landrieu's lost, the south has no democratic senators, but the republican have a 54 seat majority in a senate. is that a mandate? >> it certainly is a mandate. they picked up now nine seats and this is a historic change, the end of an era. mary landrieu was the last southern democratic and now they are pretty much extinct. you find some in the house, about 39 democrats in the house are from the south, but beyond that, there are no senators. they also w

before the obamas takes off for obaja, the president -- oahu, the president will hold his press briefinguestions about sony, north korea and cuba. then the first family heads to hawaii for a 17-day break on the island where the president was born. he's set to return to washington the day after new year's day. >>> a depiction of santa is getting second looks in southern california. this shows santa smoking a joint and a smoeman holding a pottle of prescription pills. outraged neighbors demanded the display be taken down. the owner had someone come out and spray the painting off. >>> people affected by the south napa earthquake have ten more days to apply for fema disaster reef lee.. the deadline is december 239th to get help -- 29th to get help. fema announced that federal assistance for the august quake has already reached more than $30 million including housing help for nearly 5300 families. >>> there's new research showing the west napa faultline where the big quake in august was centered, it do mean a bigger, more dangerous quake is coming. many buildings in downtown napa are still be

the two had planned their wedding for the 16th green of the marine base on the honolulu -- on oahu it it last night on nightly. but the night before the wedding, they got a call about the president's golf game and the change in plans. the couple had been warned it might happen and the president only learned about it later, that he had caused the wedding to be moved to a nearby location and he called the couple after the ceremony to congratulate them and apologize for the inconvenience. they're both in the army and they said are you ready to complain that your boss's boss's boss's boss had to move the wedding? they said no no it's fine with us. it worked out because we had a better view from a little bit above the 16th green and the president was very charming. and he was very charming when he called on the phone and said he feels awful. he had no idea that was going to happen. >> before he plays golf or goes to a restaurant do you think he asks, by the way, who are we displacing? because i think i would. >> they asked him what he shot too, and he said he shot an 84. at first i doubted

sucked his boat 200 miles away from where he was trying to go, in the waters off the hawaiian island of oahugh the night, the weather came up, i couldn't make it. >> after four days, called off the search for the boat, they couldn't find it that's when ingram's son zachary got a call from the coast guard telling him his dad was missing. >> the commanding officer of the coast guard told me they were going to call off the search. i just, i broke down and started crying. >> miraculously after 12 days at sea, a navy ship found the 67-year-old and his boat. after the coast guard heard a short mayday call from ingram and his son received yet another call from the coast guard. >> i was thinking of an image of somebody you know, floating in the water. and i said well did you find his sailboat, too. and they said no, we found your dad and the sailboat and he's alive. >> i would love to be able to go see him and you know give him a big old hug. merry christmas, pop. >> sarah sidener, cnn, california. >> he said his dad is no tough that rambo would have a picture of his dad on the wall. >> he must be,

the two were all smiles as they came off the mountain trail in eastern oahu.many years. >>> it's 8:05. let's go back outside to the gang. >> natalie, thank you very much. by the way, natalie just mentioned "the interview," the controversial movie will be shown in some theaters tomorrow. we asked earlier on if you could go see that movie. according to our facebook poll results, pretty evenly split. 53% said no will not go see that movie. 47% saying yes. >> well, they got people yelling they'll see it over here. we'll see what that results in in box office numbers. meanwhile, dylan is here with a check of our forecast. a lot going on. >> it's chilly, but there is -- it's not stopping anybody out here. we have an awesome crowd out here for christmas. we have a lot going on weatherwise. let's take a look at the weather going on in the country, especially in the southeast where we have a tornado watch in effect until 2:00 this afternoon. in atlanta, a major airport hub. we have fog and heavy rain. that is going to stick around through at least the thoermornid will

yesterday, the president was spotted hiking in oahu with daughter malia and spotted giving a piggybackday or flip-flops under there, too, or are you taking it easy as well? >> well, i know that i am doing a little bit of work first, francis, and then a little bit of down time, but nothing official on president obama's schedule. he is at the gym right now. this vacation is a chance for him to spend some quality time with the family. as you mentioned, he went hiking yesterday, and tomorrow, on the official holiday, he is going to be be visiting with the troops scheduled to be in honolulu and then he going to be placing phone calls to service members who are stationed overseas. tomorrow, they will traditionally sing christmas carols and have a christmas feast, and having said that, he is the president, and the office of the presidency travels with him wherever he goes, so he continues to monitor the situation with north korea and prepare for 2015, and what he hopes will be a more productive led legislative agenda, and both the president and the republicans who are set to take over congres