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it happened in bountiful, north of salt lake city. police there say a student pointed a shot gun at the ceiling of the classroom and fired. seconds later, the.'s parents from their son. the police say the parents noticed the gun missing from the home and rushrd to the school. nobody got hurt. >>> meanwhile, in florida, a hostage situation. police say the suspect first tried to rob the bank before forcing people inside to come together in one area. one hostage negotiator -- once hostage negotiators got there to do their work, the suspect made several demands. he even threatened to kill the their heads. the suspect released the hostages and s.w.a.t. got in with the help of employees that were hidden. >> those two people took an opportunity to flee the bank. when they did that, it distracted the hostage taker. at that point, the s.w.a.t. team made entry into the bank. >> nobody got hurt. police were able to take that armed man into custody. >>> violence against police continues to be a disturbing trend as three officers recover after bei

causing pileups in salt lake city. in nebraska, wind gusting up to 75 miles per hour. flipping this semi on its side. bringing traffic to a standstill backing up cars for miles. those dangerous winds putting about 3 million people in arkansas, missouri, kentucky and tennessee at risk for isolated tornadoes. in minnesota, high winds knocked out power leaving m 19,000 customers in the dark and grounding flights. janai norman, abc news, washington. >>> our thanks to janai, let's check in with accuweather's paula far paul williams with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. we're looking for terrible conditions throughout portions of north dakota, south dakota, going into montana. we're expecting poor travel conditions. they received over 18 inches of snow and even for the dakotas that's a bit much. better travel conditions just about everywhere else. green, we can travel without seeing much of a problem. the northwest, about to become really messy because we're going to see a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow covering the entire northwest corner of the country bearing d

and abc's neal karlinsky with the scene playing out in salt lake city. >> reporter: tonight, a near tragedy at this junior high school outside salt lake city, stopped in a way police have rarely seen. >> there was an active shooter, he's under control now. >> reporter: police say a 15-year-old student, armed with two guns, fired one shot into the ceiling, threatening students. but investigators say his own parents were already on the way, concerned about his recent behavior. they rushed to the school, heard the shot and went towards the sound. these two students were one classroom away and say it was the shooter's dad who intervened. >> he took him out of the room and told him to put the gun down and everything. >> reporter: police say they disarmed their own son before anyone was hurt. the teen's parents were worried about their son acting strangely. then they noticed two guns missing from their home and assumed the worst. they were right. police haven't said whether the shooting was intentional or not. they credit the boy's parents with the fact that no one was hurt. david. >> neal karlin

. >>> the sixers play the jazz at salt lake city. >> things go well until the fourth quarter. how things changed in those final minutes. and how their game tonight may and little different. pat's doing double duty. back in a second with sport same nose. same toughness. and since he's had moderate alzheimer's disease, the same never quit attitude. that's why i i asked his dtor about once-a-day namzaric. (avo) namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimer's disease in patients who are taking donepezil. it may improve cognition and overall function, and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. namzaric does not change the underlying disease progression. don't take if allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine or any of the ingredients in namzaric. tell the doctor about any conditions including heart, lung, bladder, kidney or liver problems, seizures, stomach ulcers, or procedures with anesthesia. serious side effects may occur, including muscle problems if given anesthesia; slow heartbeat, fainting, more stomach acid which may lead to ulcers and bleeding; nausea,

. >> salt lake city, utah, is where he is right now but did you ask specifically for anything? maybe some socks? >> i wanten xbox. wait, did you say something about my sogs? >> maybe a new tie. >> i got one of those from you. i have been exceptionally good this year. >> you're always right on it with the weather. hope you stay warm this evening. have a merry christmas and a happy hanukkah. we'll see you back here tomorrow. (slow instrumental music) - i've covered so many of these fires that i felt like at one point i didn't notice the smoke. but i will say when i woke up the next morning, your throat is sort of messed up. if i did smoke cigarettes, it would probably feel like i smoked multiple packs of cigarettes when i wake up the next day. you're sort of hawking up stuff, but i can't complain because i didn't lose everything like all these people. - tonight almost two weeks after the clayton fire began, we're gonna give you a bird's eye view of the damage in lake county. yesterday air restrictions were lifted.

causing pileups in salt lake city. nats of wind up to 75 miles per hour. nats of semi flipping this semi on its i traffic to a standstill, backing up cars for miles. ose dangero nds ople in arkansas, ion tennessee at risk for isolated . in minnesota, high winds knocked out power, leaving re than 20 thousand ounded flights. ross the country, more than 3 thousand flights were delayed and hundreds more were cancelled. travelers may not be out of the clear yet. jn abc news washington. remember - you canmember - you n get the latest on weather and road conditions - as well as top headlines - anytime using the wjla news app. it's free. you'll find it in the app store or google play. turning to politics-- donald trump is firing back- after president obama's claim that if he could have run for a third term- he would have defeated trump. president made the comments in an interview for his former adviser david axelrod's podcast. as you can expect-- the comments did not sit well with the president-elect who took to twitter to respond. trump tweeting obama "should say

. >> salt lake city, we are zipping to the east, it will be pushing across the plains into our neck of the woods. >> and 1 west bend. and 19 west bend. the air is plenty cold for the system to develop. we'll see snow. 15 is the wind chill. bundle up tour if you are going out. breaking news. >> it is five hours later, there's no sign of a man who fell through the ice. that's where eric is live with the challenges that the rescue crews are facing. >> good evening. >> it is much easier to carry out search efforts in the daylight. it is not making the service efforts any easier. it is very unlik could survive being under water for hours. >> exhaustive search effort to recover a man who fell through the ice. a 911 call was placed this afternoon. >> it is quite a while since we received the intencall. air boats and dive teams spent get the deputies with wet suits. they immediately broke through the ice. >> neighbors watched and more police, and fire and rescue agencies arriving. >> it is a scary thought to start off the season, and so close to the holidays. it is tragic. it is not clear what

rodriquez was arrested in salt lake city utah. he's the suspect of a shooting on november 3. one man survived but another was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> the area voters may be asked to improve increasing tolls on bay area bridges to as much as $3. the commission began discussing the issue this week. the commission is seeking state legislation. the ballot measure would need a simple majority to pass. if approved it would apply to all bay area bridges but the golden gate. >> sick children in san francisco got a special visit from santa. he arrived on fire trucks. he gave the kids special gifts and took pictures with them and listened at what they wanted. >> we're here to help children with the spirit. help them heal by having life experiences. even if they are in the hospital we want santa to be part of the experience. >> he visited the rooms of children would were too sick to leave their rooms. >>> a warning this holiday season about thieves who steal packages off your front porch. >> you feel like, we paid for it, we bought it. it's something for our family and he took

winter blizzard watches, bismarck to rapid city and a winter storm warning for salt lake city. at's coming in tomorrow. the mountains near salt lake city could be 1 to 2 feet and generalized in the northern plains and milwaukee, green bay, areas of northern iowa. so travel forecast, areas on the east coast and see light rain going to the big cities tomorrow afternoon. maybe minor delays and the big storm on christmas eve in the rockies. and then we'll head out into the central plains and watch out. severe weather possible. oklahoma, kansas and then a blizzard on christmas day. you wanted snow? you're going to get way too much with blowing winds around negative 30 in the dakotas. more "msnbc live" and katy tur when we come back. 6- . >>> now to breaking news on the berlin terror attack. europe's most wanted man is dead after a shootout with police in milan, italy, overnight. nbc's claudio lavango in europe. how did they get this guy? >> reporter: in the end, what got him was a routine check. two young policemen in a quiet and residential area, they noticed this guy was hanging ar

watching this next storm system push in bringing snowfall into montana, idaho, starting to roll into salt lake city. for us it's still dry in eastern colorado and will be if you're traveling overnight in that direction, you night find a little bit. -- might find a little bit. in town mostly cloudy skies, temperatures falling to the upper teens, 7 degrees in kremmling tonight and craig, 2 in telluride, teens in southeastern colorado. high pressure has been around and kept us dry a couple days. it starts moving out as this next storm system starts digging into the southwest. this will churn up a little bit of an upslope flow. that me into the foothills. we could watch for a few flurries in the metro area tomorrow afternoon. i'm not anticipating a ton. if anything, i think the snowfall will be the heaviest over the mountains. by 11:00 tonight partly to mostly clear skies, clouds continuing to increase. the snowfall is beginning to form around the foothills throughout the morning to 2:00 or 3:00. heavy snowfall towards the santons as well. evening, we'll be wasping skies starting to clear out. tomorrow

salt lake city. u. in flag staff, arizona, the snow left people getting home late.he freeway was closed last night. the national weather service issued a blizzard warning. >>> 14-year-old boy and a suspected dui driver died in a crash in san jose. police responded to capitol expressway and snell avenue and found a chevy malibu and a lexus involved in a crash. the 25-year-old woman driving the malibu died. she was under the influence of. a boyus wasled. two others in the car were injured. >>> berkeley police investigating a shooting that shattered the win deand struck a car. the person inside the car was shutter by -- shattered glass. officers found multiple shell casings on the ground. >> fog being ruled out in the investigation of a predawn crash of a russian military plane. dozen of men's of the red army choir are presumed to be among the victims. the plane wasn't down in the black sea minutes after takeoff. the defense minimummer stays more than 3 thon people are searching the sea. >>> rescue work in italy safely reached 153 broken cable car. it took seven hours

first of all, police are responding to reports of a shooting on a university campus in salt lake citywe have word from our fox station in salt lake city that officers were dispatched to the university of utah about 90 minutes ago. video from the scene shows a parking lot on the campus that's been cordoned off with police tape. at least one person is dead at the scene, but so far we have no official word from police. we'll keep you posted on this shooting at the campus of the university of utah. >> police are on the scene of a shooting in san francisco right now. they say it happened along golden gate avenue near market street. details are limited right now, but we are working to get more information and when we do, we will bring you the very latest. >> we just showed you a few minutes ago trouble opt bay bridge. here is another -- on the bay bridge. leer is another live picture of the westbound bay bridge. you can see emergency vehicles there live. the right lane of the bridge is blocked and we are told there are injuries there. >> we want to show you a live picture of the bay bridge

this happened in salt lake city. the student fired 1 shot to the ceiling and his parents on the way to the school. they heard the gunshht and followed the son. >> we came out of the room and told him to put the gun down. >> the parents said their son was acting strangely and noticed the guns missing and one teacher talked to the student until his right now after falling ill during a trip to the south pole. he was evacuated from the area and he's at a hospital in new zealand. officials says he has fluid in his lungs and he's the second man to walk on the moon. >>> 4:46 and chilly start. you say it's going to get cooler. >> temperatures in the low to mid 30s. near freezing, so you want to sta slight chance for snow across the metro. we're not looking at heavy measurable snow fall, but still we could see a few flakes here and there this afternoon. warmer for the weekend. this storm system will roll through. clearing skies for saturday and a big change come next monday into tuesday where we're tracking a cold front that

on the phone with us right now, the elector from salt lake city, utah.i'm sure you were exposed and saw -- i don't know if the same applied in your state -- protest movements to make sure electors, maybe like yourself, change their mind. did you? >> yes. was greeted by protesters as i entered the state capitol this afternoon in salt lake city. in spite of that all six republican electors cast their vote for donald trump. >> is that right? so, was there any pressure on any threats that some of your colleagues were face that's entered that room to do so? >> well, a boisterous crud but despite some shouting there wasn't any pushing or shoving. they were respectful the pressure came over the last few days and weeks where he received -- -- in my case received thousands of e-mails and letters and phone called. most of. the have been respectful. encouraging me to which to hillary clinton. a few were somewhat over the top, intimidating. one actually said that are you aware of your pending death of a family member? >> my god. >> so, there were those -- took it mu

saturday, out west in the inner mountain regions, l.a., salt lake city, atlanta and boston could have delays. and on christmas day itself, the upper midwest will be the hardest hit with a chance for rain and snow showers. what about our holiday weekend? saturday and sunday? what was a for rain is now a legitimate chance for showers. not expecting anything that heavy, but on and off rain showers during the day on saturday. dry for christmas day and the beginning of hanukkah. the five-day forecast is coming up in a few more minutes. let's go to melissa mollet. >>> it's a lot of m's. no problems in and out of town when you're taking a look at 95 as we fly up 95. you can see it doesn't look bad at all. when we're talking about quantico to the beltway, that will take you 18 minutes. you're on time. there we'll look at prince georges county in a couple minutes. >>> new dramatic video of a tragic crash, a deadly the peruvian government says several officers were kill ed. the road the bus was on was unpaved. >>> you can help honor the life of montgomery county police officer noah leotta by do

it is snowing up around salt lake city and into much of idaho, montana and wyoming. aound here it's going to be pretty quiet, except for this little bit of drizzle that we have got going north and west of us in the vaey temps, as i said, they are rather small, 57 in gila bend, 39 in show low. you know, it's 38 at the south rim. it was one degree up at the grand canyon this morning, so that's the kind of weather we have been seeing the last few days. now, tomorrow morning will be a bit milder than that, so we have got some better temperatures ahead as we roll into your friday morning. but here's a look at the rest of the country, a kind of typical day in december, first day, that is, for much of the nation, cool and boy this is a time of year, as you saw in alabama and mississippi, that can kick up some serious weather. the cold front that brought trouble to the deep south yesterday has now pushed itself off here into the atlantic. we do still see some weather in new england, scattered rain and snow showers this morning, but they have really started to push their way

in salt lake city -- >> lost control and drifted over. lindsey: a driver died after drifting into oncoming traffic. gusts up to 70nd miles per hour, flipping the semi on its side. a rear christmas day tornado leveled a building in kansas. in minnesota, the wind knocked down power lines. and hundreds of flights grounded in minneapolis. across the country, more than 3000 delays and hundreds of canceled flights. >> i've been here since 4 p.m. yesterday. forcedy: thousands may be to spend another night away from home. and there is more severe weather possible in the southeast parts. in the northeast, already dozens of cancellations and delays nationwide. michelle: get the latest on the weather and road conditions any time by going to the wjla news app. to the developing story we mentioned at the top of the newscast, the yoga teacher who disappeared in d.c. the police say that some of the else's driving her car. tim barber is following this developing story. a lot of activity. tim, describe the scene for us. tim: we are at the center of this i

and it was a highly anticipated homecoming at salt lake city international airport this weekend. families waited for their loved ones -- utah national guardsmen -- to arrive home from a special six-month mission overseas. due to the sensitivity of the overseas mission, the national guard asked that the soldiers full faces not be shown. as for the reunions, for these families, it was the perfect early christmas plans all day, kind of like in that movie, the 'elf.' you know? 'first we're gonna get a christmas tree and then we're gonna go ice skating and then we're gonna go skiing and then we're gonna do this and we're gonna have hot chocolate and so, they're super excited." a commanding officer with the soldiers told reporters. with reunions like this, timing is everything. now these family members have time with each other. finally-- hopefully you had a chance to enjoy the snow this weekend. milwaukee police shared these this is k9 nando non-doe -- and he had a great day off playing in the powdery snow. nando was just sworn in to the milwaukee police department this sign you can n

a close call at a high school outside salt lake city today when police say two parents confronted their son in the hallway after he took weapons to school this morning--those parents noticed their guns were missing, so they rushed to the school fearing the worst. by the time they got there.. the 15-year- old boy had shot once into the ceiling. his parents were able to talk him down and get the gun away. terrifying video captures a teenager..... hanging over the railing..... of carnival cruise line's liberty ship..... as someone films.... the stunt. fortunately... the scary situation.... ended safely. carnival says... it's now.... investigating. a valley woman is feeling safe again..... after 13 action news.... helps deliver.... some much needed help!!! it's an update.... to a story.... contact -13- first brought you.. < jennifer: you guys are the ones who did it for me. it's moving day for jennifer robinson . jennifer: without you guys, i would still be here. a happy ending... to a story with an awful beginning. it was back in september when we told you how jennifer was violently attack

jonathan: a possible disaster averted in salt lake city. a teenager firing a gun in a school was wrestled down not by a teacher or classmate but his they had been concerned about his travel -- troubling behavior, noticed guns were missing from the home, rushed to the school and got there just in time. students had already hit the deck, terrified. inc. fully lead the teenager was subdued and nobody was hurt. alison: former astronaut buzz aldrin is said to be in stable condition tonight and in good spirits because today he was evacuated from the south pole come of all places, for medical reasons. -- had the flu, but is responding well to antibiotics. 7 on your side with a holiday warning. there was a lot of online shopping and themes are waiting to pounce on presence. we now and the first of the year, one point 5 billion packages will be delivered across america. every year, 23 million people across the country fall victim to porch pirates. what can you do to preve a option to choose delivery options and pick a time when you are home. surveil

butted with :36-:41 i was the desk and covered a close call at a middle school outside salt lake city...when police say a student fired a shot ina his parents were able to stop their son before things could have gotten much worse... police say the teen's parents realized their guns were missing so they went to the school to find their son. as officers were responding the parents were able to talk him down and get the gun away. police say the student hid a shotgun underneath a long coat he wore to school. fortunately no one was injured. fire for comments he made about undocumented immigrants... students leaked these facebook screenshots. in them.. assistant professor george buch wrote he would report students in his class if he found out they were undocumented. some students are outraged and want the school to take action sot from 6 pm pkg im not susprised thaty there are more racists here at unlv than we suspect and i think that as we stirve torward become a sanctuary campus we cant continue to allow them to hold positions at unlv. buch has since apologized. story about a petition goi

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. >> at the san jose airport this afternoon a direct flight from salt lake city delivered a lot of university of utah football fans. >> what was it like on the plane? >> a lot of red shirts. >> this woman arrived wearing her utah necklace and matching earrings. >> when we moved back to utah we had football season ticket business a house. so you can see the family i married into. red-blooded. >> wednesday night utah will be fighting for this trophy as they take on the university of indiana. seen here in a team photo at levi stadium. >> we don't go to too many bowl games. we are a basketball school so this is a treat. >> the bowl game is also a treat for his father wearing red gear from his head to his toe plus a carolina panthers sweat shirt. >> carolina has been the star junior. >> his older star star, jr. plays in the nfl for the panthers and played in the last super bowl at levi stadium. >> now his 6'2", 310 baby if you will will take to the game. >> we came to the super bowl and lost so hopefully this is better. >> that is great history to have two sons and play in the stadium again and i

. >> he is talking about his son, edmond, the 34-year-old is originally from salt lake city. >> he made an impact. and you often wonder, what he would have been if he had survived. >> wondering and wishing. those are the thoughts passing through the minds of so many who missed their loved ones. authorities notified her family on sunday. her body arrived today. that is also when her parents arrive from south korea. her you think remembers her fondly. >> she will stand out in the thousands of people that i can spot her in a split second. because she had a smile, and very loud laughing voice. >> the 29-year-old was a painter and lived in oakland. >> he immediately made his presence felt very strongly here. >> in san francisco's green apple books and music. everyone is feeling the loss of johnny. >> as brief a period of time he was here, only a couple of months, he touched everyone deeply. >> he was drawn to the ghost ship to be with friends and the music friday night. and he was the music buyer at green apple books and music. and it was really the music and art scene that drew so many peop

snow coming down in northern arizona and more mountainous region utah seeing snow in and around salt lake cityarts of weren't montana seeing snow coming down and we do on average have a chance at a white christmas in philadelphia and south jersey but it is pretty slim. generally about less than 20 percent. up towards the lehigh valley a better chance of a white christmas on average, about 20 to 40 percent an pretty good chance at a white christmas in the poconos at 40 to 60 percent but of course not going to get that this year and some christmas name towns across the region will have a high of 48 degrees in philadelphia tomorrow but evergreen north carolina 65 degrees, christmas florida is going to be at 80 degrees, garland texas 73 degrees and holly washington a temperature tomorrow for your christmas holiday at 36 and high temperatures across our region tomorrow 47 down the shore, sunny for santa and clear for christmas in the poconos. 40 degrees the high temperature. not too bad of a day on the holiday and then as we head into monday up to 51 degrees, chance of a late day shower. we'll see

around salt lake city, you're under winter storm warnings.e some type of winter weather advisory or warning. the big deal in the middle of the country is t first arctic outbreak. some o that cold air has now made it to the ohiovalley. be prepared stepping out the door later tonight into tomorrow is when it reaches the east coast. you'll feel it friday in areas of the east. miami will have a chance of a shower and storm. by far one of the warmest spots in the entire country will be there in miami. again, the arctic outbreak is with us. you have to remember, we just got some of the data in from november and the fall. our temperature rankings are still extremely warm right now for around the country. we're still top five in almost every state except louisiana. as far as this year goes, third warmest is everywhere in orange. second warmest is areas in red. warmest on record, we still have about five or six states here in areas of the south. this has been extremely warm year and these cold outbreaks is what you'd expect. >> which means we're payin

maybe touch of rain and the snow in the pacific northwest, salt lake city. 44 in the sunshine.rapid city a week ago below zero. sunshine and 36. if you are staying home, we will take care of the weatherf you for the next ten days in nine minutes. maureen: thank you, doug. stay connected with the storm watch 7 weather team wherever you go. the latest forecast and whether alerts are available online at wjla.com. on the facebook and the twitter pages or by downloading the free stormwatch7 weather app. jonathan: still ahead for us at 6:00, the search for missing lynxes. where thieves made off with two of the wildcats and what they left behind. >> they are lining up as far as the eye can see. i'm stephen tschida. in a moment i will tell you what they are trying to see. i will give you a hint. it has to do with arrest that has temporarily shut down a local police drug lab. next at "abc7 news at 6:00". maureen: the exodus and the fighting is over in the syria war-torn city of aleppo. the government of bashar assad says it is now in control of the city for the first time in the rebel f

salt lake city could ??have problems today, inch or two of slow, so maybe delays there. around colorado no major ?? problems. light snow in our mountains, not enough traffic disruptions. after ??severe weather weather the southeast portion of the ?? country, quieter today. all major airports across the country are in good shape now. let's get over to joel. he has the latest on ??our commute. >>> should be a great drive if you are heading out to dia now. this is the drive through the tech center. filling in, so ??you're going t have company, but nothing that will slow you down. looks like we have a new trouble spot popping up along ?- we'll keep an eye on that. drive times heading eastbound along i-70 on the ??approach to that accident, you're going to have speeds into the 60s. >>> thanks, joel. 5:26and the temperature outside about this morning. another police officer is killed in the line of duty. we'll ?zave response from a witness who was in the home when shots were fired. >>> more than a dozen twisters ? hit the southeast. i'm roxana saberi in new york. coming up, th

a christmas weekend looking relatively wet for these locations, vancouver, salt lake city, a white christmas by sunday, also for denver, showers in san francisco friday into saturday. further to the east, low pressure weather up toward the great lakes, the look out for some snow in toronto. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that the top of the hour wi be the final watching france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. german police offer a 100,000 euro reward for information linked to the main suspect in the christmas market attack in berlin. a manhunt is on for 24-year-old tunisian anis amri. still leavings eastern aleppo as the evacuation in syria continues. with rare snowfall slowing

. >> he is talking about his son, edmond, the 34-year-old is originally from salt lake city. >> he made an impact. and you often wonder, what he would have been if he had survived. >> wondering and wishing. those are the thoughts passing through the minds of so many who missed their loved ones. authorities notified her family on sunday. her body arrived today. that is also when her parents arrive from south korea. her you think remembers her fondly. >> she will stand out in the thousands of people that i can spot her in a split second. because she had a smile, and very loud laughing voice. >> the 29-year-old was a painter and lived in oakland. >> he immediately made his presence felt very strongly here. >> in san francisco's green apple books and music. everyone is feeling the loss of johnny. >> as brief a period of time he was here, only a couple of months, he touched everyone deeply. >> he was drawn to the ghost ship to be with friends and the music friday night. and he was the music buyer at green apple books and music. and it was really the music and art scene that drew so many peop

it was a scary scene outside of salt lake city when shots rang out in a middle school. >> kid with a gun. >> he has a gun. >> did he fully fire off any rounds? >> he did. jummy: police say a 15-year-old student at mueller park junior high arrived at the school with a 12-gauge shotgun and handgun. the parents noticed the guns missing from their home and rushed to the school and when they arrived they heard >> a teacher and student in that room immediately engaged him verbally in trying to talk him out of doing this. i believe those seconds played a big role in the outcome today. jummy: police say the parents coming to the school may have made all the difference. luckily no one was hurt in this incident. well, we are 23 days away now from christmas. can you believe it? and right now preparations are underway for a very special trip. group of kids to the flight to the north pole. we have details on their meeting with santa. kidd: good afternoon from the world famous kane show studios in rockville hanging out with the kane show all day today because you guys right now are in final prepar

jeff rossen, nbc news, salt lake city. >>> when we come back, troubling new details about iconic popstareorge michael's final days. ♪ >>> we are learning more tonight about the final hours of popstar george michael. the iconic singer's partner tells a british newspaper that michael died alone after revealing on social media that he was the one who found michael dead on christmas morning. michael's manager says he died from heart failure. no word yet on funeral plans. >>> the party was only supposed to be for family and friends, but tens of thousands descended on a small town in mexico monday for a teenage girl's traditional 15th birthday celebration after the invitation video was accidentally posted publicly by her father. well, it quickly went viral with more than a million people rsvp 'ing and many of them showed up. >>> and let the countdown begin, a big sign the new year is almost upon us. the iconic ball is 12 feet in diameter and covered in more than 2,600 waterford crystals. more than a million people are expected to witness it drop in times square on new year's eve, with millions

is sdmrch three days in salt lake city. systemers taking on utah jazz. sixers down by 7. t. j.son high 20 minute for him, 13 points. 2nd quarter we go. joe johnston hits from the corner. late in the second sixers up by 3. how about jayliel okafor big job 13 points in frame and finished with same number. this was led by five -- sixers led by five and late in this game you knew what would happen they flat off go off. utah takes lead and they go nuts in the 4th quarter and win 100 to 83. by now you may have heard carson swents giving offensive line men custom made shot guns for the holidays as response organization called sees fire pa is sending players gun locks as safety measure. they were at practice prepare are for the match-up at the linc he said he wanted to give them something different. it's more like a keepsake. here's reaction from a couple teammates. >> i mean i appreciate it. he's looking out for us. and a gift say gift. it's the thought that county appreciate it. >> carson can do whatever he wants a gift say gift and i know he meant it you know he appreciate us and we

. >> reporter: a near tragedy at this junior high school outside salt lake city stopped in a way >> junior with a gun. there was an active shooter. he's under control now. >> reporter: police say a 15-year-old student armed with two guns, fired one shot into the ceiling, threatening students. his parents were on the way. they were concerned about his recent behavior. they rushed to the school, heard the shot and went towards the sound. these students were one classroom away and say it was the shooter's dad who intervenes. >> came out of the room and told him to put the gun down. >> reporter: police say they disarmed their own son before anyone was hurt. the parents were worried about their son acting strangely, and then they noticed two guns missing from their home and assumed the worst. they were right. police credit the boys' parents with the fact that no one was hurt. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> that's an amazing story there. >>> the man some describe as the down as ceo of starbucks. howard schultz built the chain to a globally known brand with more than 25,000 stores in 75 c

we go to the southeast, miami and fort lauderdale reporting delays. 30s at salt lake , delays at salt lake city. the weather is expected to continue as we get into the weekend. let's talk about tahoe, we have clearing for the weekend, there's an advisory in place but good weather saturday and sunday. temperature will be cold in the overnight hours dipping into the teens. for the afternoon, sunny, dry and in the 30s. if you're headed to tahoe the winds will be light and dry. the frost freeze advisories for our area, we're looking at cold temperature and a freeze watch. we'll focus at home, expect a saturday and sunday morning for the valleys and mornings, we're expected to dip into the 20s from midnight to 8:00 a.m., we'll have the freeze warning in place. and the lighter shade is for the bayside communities, san francisco and the coast. midnight the 8:00 in the morning. we'll wake up with freezing temps around the bay and 20 for the inland communities. bring in the pets. cover the pets. it will have an impact. temperature on the cool side and breezy. we talked about that. 51 in santa rosa. low

. >>> if expect delays in san francisco and salt lake city. >>> a nevada high school student is in critical condition after he was shot by a police officer. the 14-year-old had allegedly threatened another student with a knife during a fight. the cop ordered him to drop the weapon but he refused. >> dozens of others witnessed the entire encounter and it was captured by several on youtube videos. classes will be held at that school today with counselors available for any students who want to talk with them about the today in the death penalty trial of dpylann roof who confessed t gunning down nine black people who invited him to their bible study. some who survived describe their horrifying ordeals in court. abc's steve osunsami is there. >> reporter: the united states versus dylann roof is moving forward this morning in this charleston courthouse with more testimony from first responders who raced to this historic black church after reports of the shooting. police are telling dif they found nine people killed in the house of their lord in this basement of mother emanuel ame methodist church

saturday, salt lake city, snow and rain, vegas, there could be rain showers with a low ceiling due to minor delays, i think you ll sunday, minneapolis could get a wintry mix, if the blizzard conditions will be outdoors, rapid city area, further north up into the central portions of north dakota. that's a big look at the story today. now a closer look at your day ahead. >> today the very ligwintry mix moving through kansas and northern portions of missouri. we will watch that through iowa and wisconsin during the day today. i'll take you 32 you the complete holiday forecast a little later in the show. >> all important, bill, thank you very much. >>> coming up, what one florida officer dressed as the grinch is handing out in place, speeding tickets this holiday season. there is. hey! hey! ♪ this is for you. did you really? didn't have too! ♪ getting the gift you almost kept for yourself? mini miracle. and it's easy to create your own at walgreens... with most stores open till midnight, and till 10 p.m. on christmas day. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. but pantene is makin

in parts of north dakota cars careening off ice covered roadways causing pileups in salt lake city nraska winds gusting up to 75 miles per hour flipping this semi on its side bringing traffic to a standstill backing up cars for miles. those dangerous winds putting about 3 million people in arkansas, missouri, kentucky and tennessee at risk for isolated tornadoes. in minnesota, high winds knocked out power leaving more than 19,000 customers in the dark and grounding flights. and across the country more than 3,000 flights were delayed and hundreds more canceled. and travelers may not be out of the clear just yet. jenae norman, abc news, washington. >> organizers are hard at work getting ready for the times square new year's eve ball drop. they announced united nations secretary general ban ki-moon will push the waterford crystal button to begin the official 62nd countdown to 2017. it will be his last ceremonial duty before ending his 10 year leadership of the world body. >>> and to see the ball drop live don't forget to tune into dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest o

across the country, not bad. 22 in minneapolis, 46 in dallas and 39 in raleigh and 28 in salt lake cityit's cold, but it was really cold four or five days ago. mostly clear here and the advisories are out for snow on friday. shasta, be advised if you are traveling today -- you will be fine -- tomorrow, 4:00 friday two to 4:00 p.m. saturday and the higher peaks above lake level, 1-3 feet. the snow level will start at 4000, but may get down to 2500 feet by saturday. be advised. 30s on the temps. walnut creek, san ramon, dublin -- there are two observations. 30s and 40s. if you get a breeze, that can hold it up. clouds will increase. 38 in truckee, sacramento, lake tahoe, 20s. state line is 28 and reno is 36 with south lake tahoe airport at 27. if you are going, the snow will come way down when the system arrives tomorrow. today looks good with rainfall not that great. the forecast model has already cut back and i'm not surprised. most of it will be friday night and saturday, it will linger into the sierra and cold air will spill in. christmas looks dry but very cold. 60s for some and 50s

it was at a junior high outside of salt lake city. police say the 15-year-old took two guns for his home, fired one shot into the ceiling, threatening students, and his parents were already on the way to the school. they heard the gun shot, and they followed the sound. >> it was like, yeah, like told him to put the gun down and everything. >> the parents say they knew their son was acting strangely, and they noticed missing, and they assumed the worst. >> we are just getting started. >>> imagine catching your landlord having sex in your bed. it happened to a colorado man. >> the first thing that went through my mind was like complete and utter disbelief. >> it's what he caught his landlord doing next that made it worse. >>> a new study rating drivers across the country. why they say colorado drivers are some of the worst. with our $3.50 sub of the day, there's never been a better time get a featured six-inch subway sub for just $3.50. all with no artificial flavors. the $3.50 sub of the day with our $3.50 sub of the day, there's never

flying bets are you'll probably be delayed because a whole lot of cities are on the list including salt lake city there. >>> the penalty phase will begin january 3rd for the man convicted in the charleston church massacre. >> a south carolina jury yesterday took only two hours to convict dylann roof on all 33 counts. in last year's mass murder of nine parishioners at a historic black church. the same jury will decide whether the 22-year-old white supremacist should be executed. roof intends to handle his own defense during the sentencing phase. >>> well, deep into the holiday baking season more than 300,000 residents texas, have been told to the to use their tap water indefinitely. a chemical used to emulsify asphalt leaked into the water supply and residents are being told to only use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing and that boiling or freezing it will not make it safe. >> ah, how frustrating. >>> well, the college holiday bowl between minnesota and washington state could be in jeopardy. minnesota players threatening a boycott now over the indefinite suspension of ten of the