The warm east Coast Weather opened up more than just a pandoras box. It is hot. It is all of a sudden. Its so warm in washington, d. C. The Cherry Blossoms bloomed again or three months early. The National Park service says the late blossoms will not coming spring. Because that was my question. If only one bud ens,t would already be open for the spring. Maybe they have an sunday study bud that can open in the spring. I like it. The understudy bud opens in the springing. I know nothing about Cherry Blossoms. Im fumbling in the dark. Last week on this program, i start add Instagram Account for you to take you behind the scenes richard p bacon. Ive done that badly. Richardp, thanks, noel. Like the meat, if you go to instagram. Im going to put up a couple of youll be able t see them a little bit later. One, theyre last weeks photos. Thats reena in her curlers holding some coffee. Who knows what brand of coffee that is. Yes, starbucks. And thats look, on the left, that is us holding signs. I had Food Poisoning and you scenes. Very exciting including a picture of reena. Well post this in a minutef reena in her civies. You weree explaining them to me. If youre not in the police or the military, youre a civie. Not in uniform to present the show. Preshow clothes. If this doesnt get us thousands of instagram followers. Reporter i dont know what will. Im going to show you the news meeting where we discussed Cherry Blossoms. Buzzing about an aaggressive gang of thugs targeting a in particular. A postal carrier u uer attack by wild turkeys determined to make his workday living hell. The gobblers have become so beling rent, the mail mann is forced to fend off with a pole just so he can do his job. This may be living hell for him but hes the hit of youtube. A million followers were talking about. What will be bigger . That or our Cherry Blossom news meeting chat. This is impressive video. Its great video. Coming up, riah carries holiday tune all i want for christmas is you. No longer the song of the season. Wait till you hear what song is on top. The mad house at the post office even at this hour. Were taking you there live on this busiest shipping day of the season to see how your precious parcels are being handled. The hover board, its potentially explosive problem. Another retailer refusing to youre watching world news now. World news now weather, brought to you by olay. We are in the age of ageless. Age neutral. Age defiant. Age agnosticic olay is a purveyor of ageless. Only the best 1 of ingredients make it into our products. For tranormed skin without expensive brands or procedures. Its the ultimate beauty victory. Nobody has any idea how old you are. With olay, you age less. So you can be ageless. Olay. Ageless. Theres moving. And theres moving with move free ultra. It has tripleaction support for your jnts, cartilage and bones. And unlike the big osteobi flex pills, move free ultra. Get your move on. H c im alex trebek. 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[coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Thats three times longer than the leading cough liquid. All night. Listen to me. Listen to me. No, no, no, no, no. Oh, my god. Gosh. Just another afternoon at the dmv in deerfield beach, florida. This woman reportedly giving the clerk a hard time. Think asked the trooper to remove her. She had another idea, kicking and cursing and refusing to leave till finally the trooper arrested her. There shes being arrested and faces one count of resisting violence. Incredible. Touching now to a concern among parents looking to buy or have already bought one of the hottest Holiday Gifts of the season, the hover board. With reports of the selfbalancing scooters catching fire, amazon is warning sellers to make sure they comply with standards. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter after frightening scenes like this. Holy cow. Reporter a hoverboard suddenly catching fire in a Washington State shopping mall, theres new concern about someme of the seaeans hottest gifts getting way totohot. Its on f fe reporter r he federal Consumer ProductSafety Commission says it is now investigating ten hoverboard blazes in nine states that have even sent a couple of riders to the emergency room. Now, megaretailer amazon has stopped selling at least one brand firefighters say was being charged when it ignited this new york home. That manufacturer, swagway, says it meets all safety requirements. Telling abc news, were glad that this is taking place, concerns with the fires with the poor quality batteries. Concern over lithiumion batteries is also prompting american, delta, united and jetblue to ban hover boards on planes. And experts say not to charge them overnight. Theres so many of them out there with different prices, battery life. Brian fong says buyers should avoid lowerquality boards. Under 300. Shana haines bought one for her 10yearold daughter hanna but now has second thoughts. So you sent it back, why . Not willing to take the risk, the thing catching on fire with no warning. Reporter even hannah says the oncecoveted hoverboard is now off her list. I dont really want it anymore. Reporter really . Youre kidding reporter Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. Exactly. Coming up, taylor swift takes a few steps closer to global domination. Meanwhile mariah carey skinny. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. [male announcer] if youve served in the military, certain habits may be hard to s ske. For reintegration and adjustment issues big, small and everything in between, visit easter seals dixon center. Org. Jones. Zero, three, two, six. Here to make a deposit. Tt2w`tsi`r bt q];\ tt2w`tsi`r a qm78 tt2w2wsi`r bm qf apparently the superstars birthday spurred her resurgence. Lots going on for taylor including a huge deal with apple music, former nemesis. After going toe to toe after permission to stream her songs, taylor wants exclusive streaming for a live concert she recorded last month with her many super friends. Also announced yesterday, simon schususr will publish a book with material from her super fan. They say it will have the feel of a scrapbook. Theyre looking for one super swiftie to be is an editorinchief overseeing the project. Taylor celebrated her birthday yesterday and turned 26, which, of course, means she was born in 1989. That year also the name of her latest album. Swift intends on trademarking 1989. You cant own a year. What . Along with other phrases that include the term swiftmas. She can have that. Anyone else want the phrase swiftmas . Thanks. Taylor, have it. Next, this is a story about, its probably, do you know the website humans of new york . Yes. Its such a fantastic website. If youve never read it it, i would urge you to have a look at it. There was a story last week about a syrian refugee. We dont know his name who is coming to troy in michigan. Hes an elderly man, a scientist of some repupu. He createded an invention that is used on the raiaiays in istanbul. He has cancer and lost his wife and daughter in a bombing in syria and his story was on this website, humans of new york. Barack obama saw the story and sent him a message on facebook. Now edwin norton the actor is raising money for him. Its just, if you go to that website, almost all the stories are moving. I can see why norton responded to it. The story of that syrian doctor and not cry. He kind of gives t light to the idea that anyone comingg an from syria might be trying to do america home. He said ive got a lot left to give as a scientist. Its a fantastic story i think. Reena. Yeah. Its the Holiday Season. Mariah carey has this is fantastic song, a fe holiday song for many people all i want forchristmas. Apparently its losing its top spot. It used to be number one. The number one song most likely to be heard while shopping till now, richard. The person whose job it is to go around shopping malls working on songs are the most populathe song most likely to be heard while shopping is this. This time of year the shins with their cover, of Paul Mccartneys wonderfulp people think is Paul Mccartneys worst ever song. This is now making a resurgence. Finally star wars premiere tonight. Happening tonight. But where will it be, richard . Theyve closedd down hollywood boulevard and theyre b bng crypt tick where the p pmiere will be. Its not that hard to work outut because theres only three big theaters on there. One of them the dolby theater. Terrible talking over the trailer. This is such a beautifully composed trailer. Just the music on this trailer. I will finish what you is that the listen. My theory, that bad guy is luke skywalker. Remember, darth vader, Luke Skywalkers dad. Im predicting it now. Well know by tomorrow night. On twitter. I think itt going to o a theater. I think it will be somewhere everybody waiting outside. Theres going to be no satellite and well be blacked out and not able to see until you buy your ticket. Thats a funny idea. And i hope its true. Luke skywalkers father, if im right, dont call me a hero. If im wrong, dont mention it. Even at this hour, the post office hard at work. Well be right back. Enough pressure in here for ya . Im gonna take mucinex sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. You realize i have gold status . Mucinex sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Lets end this you get a cold. You cant breathe through your nose. Suddenly, youre a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Sometimes we use ky ultragel to enhance my bodys natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. And when i know shes into it, i get into it and. Feel the difference with ky ultragel. Whoa, yes, wait a minute mr. Postman, wait, wait mr. Postman welcome back. Todays the busiest day of the year for americans sending christmas cards and gift packages. Also the biggest day for online sales. Even though it may be quiet at this hour where you are, there are some places busier than santas workshop. Live to abcs trina trinh. What going on . Im here at thehe morgan mail facility. One of the largest in the country. On a typical day, over 500 million pieces of mail processed here. Today is actually the busiest day of the year though. So that adds an extra 112 million pieces of mail that are going to be processed. Im right behind a bar code scanning machine. This is where all the holiday cards and letters that you send start off. They all get scanned by the barcode here. And sorted into carriers binns where ill show you this machine right here. Once they pass through the machine and are scanned, they automatically get sorted into binns for carriers, individual carriers. So theyre going right now into zip code, very specific zip and theyre going to be shipped off to individual post office stations in the city where the carriers will pick them up and deliver them to your mailbox. So just because its middle of thee night right now doesnt mean that they stop working here. Its busy all over the place as you can see. Lots of mail. Lots of letters. Lots of holiday packages. To get shipped off. And make it in time for the holidays and theyre working round the clock here to make sure that all those packages get sent on time. Yeah. I would imagine middle of the night is like peak time. Yeah. To do that sorting. It looks like reems of paper behindnd you. Are people buying paper at this lawyer . Whats going on . Reporter yeah, you know, paper is one of the few things you actually end up mailing this time of year, right . Every other day its an email we all send off. Paper passing through this place over the next couple ofweeks. Thats why they throw in started delivering on sundays. Tina, how many of those pieces of mail are fan letters talking about the british guy on havent g g time to hearer goodmorning. Im richard bacon. Im reena ninan. Here are somef the top headlines were following thihi morning o o world news now. Parts of texas are cleaning up this morning from at least three confirmed tornadoes that damaged dozens of homes and even threw 64 cargo trains off their tracks. After a weekend of severe storms, not a single injury has been reported. Full coverage straight ahead. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department says a man shot and killed by deputies on saturday was armed. 33 bullets were fired at nicolas his relatives say the shooting was unjustified. Jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the first trial of a Baltimore Police officer in in the connection with the death of freddie gray. That d dth triggers i das of violent protests. A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio over what appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a weekend of Severe Weather. All across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one town to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the reporter a view from the air of devastation across the state of texas. Wow. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Tornado just hit. Reporter tiny lyndale, texas, described as a disaster a totoado damaging up to 50 homes. We ararstriving to keep unnecessary pele out and have into this area. Reporter the twister coming home. Where did it go . It just started back that way towards the high school and you can see up there on that lane where it started and just came right through here. It was just a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. Reporter jennifer skender, out Christmas Shopping when the tornado ripped apart her home of 11 years. A neighbor texting her these photos of her house. Im just thankful we werent home. I think the lord sent us away and he spared d. Reporr two dozen severe some parts of the state receiving up to half a foot of rain and wind gusts powerful enough to throw 64 large cargo train cars from the tressel and on to a roadway below. As people all across texas begin the passive cleanup effort, residents and authorities alike are astounded there wasnt a sing injury reported in this weekends storms. Kendis gibson, abc news, lyndale, texas. Thank you. In the northwest, its a punishinginter storm taking its toll. Watches and advisories are posted across a wide region including the cascades east of attle. This could dump up to two feet of snow on themans before moving the midwest. Accuweathers Paul Williams has the predictions. Good morning. Thanks. Im looking for somewhat of a ontwo punch to hit the midwest. Heres the jab in the form of scattered showers pushing from chicago to st. Louis over towards nashville. Everywhere you see the green mornininand thean the Early Morning commute. Here comes the hayemaker later in the week. Well have much colder air whats going to settle in and another low pressure system that is going to create snowstorm. Not snow flurries, not a few flakes, real all together bigtime storm. And so we have to watch out for much colder air thats going to filter through. Were looking for cold and snowcovered roads and then blowing snow on top of that. Get ready. Here comes old man winter. Always good to hear from you, paul. Thank you vy much indeed. We expect to hear from president obama later today in the battle against isis. Mr. Obama will make remarks after he visits the pentagon for an update from his National Security council. The white house spokesman said last week no major policy shifts are expected as a rult of this meeting. And after a threeday search, the fbi finished drying out a lake in San Bernardino. Whether they found any trace of that missing computer hard drive belonging to syed farook and tatafeen malik. There are n n questions why they didnt scrub thehe socialedia accounts. After the attack they found mahliks Facebook Post how she wanted to be part of a violent jihad. Also in california, a San Jose Hospital on alert. Officials are tracking down nearly 1,000 patients including 350 newborns 0 who may have been exposed to tb. Aditi roy has the story. Reporter a Major Medical scare in san jose, california. Officials at the Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center are racing to contact more than 1,000 people who may have been exposed tb after a Maternity Ward nurse tested positive for the deadly disease. The hospital has identified 350 newborns, 368 mothers and 308 workers who may have had contact midaugust to midnovember. The hospital posting this letter to its website, while the risk of infection is low, the consequences of a tuberculosis infection in infants can be severe. Hospital officials recommend that the babies protottively take an antibiotic for the next six months to nine months even if they test negative. The judgment is, its safer to treat than not to treat. Reporter hospital Officials Say the nurses annual t. B. Test was negative but she was diagnosed with t. B. In november during treatment for an unrelated illness. Since she showed no symptoms, they say the risk of exposure is extremely low. Nearly 10,000 people in the u. S. Develop tuberculosis every year. Here in california, health Officials Say t. B. Rates are twice as high as the nations avavage because the state receives so many globaba travelers. Aditi roy, abc news, anaheim, california. Thank you so much. Have died following a house fire in fresno. Neighbors say that they woke up to the sounds of victims screaming. And pounding on the windows trying to get out. The house had been abandoned, boarded up. But Authorities Say that vague inside. Firefighters had to use chain saws to gain access because of doors. Plannedparenthoods suing ohios state attorney general over what it calls a political attempt to ban abortions. A political attempt amid claims that the organization disposes of fetal remains in landfills. Planned parenthood calls the allegations false and inflammatory saying their clinics comply with all laws and regulations that require safe and respectful fetal tissue tissue disposal. Tomorrow night, the republican president ial candidates face off for the fifth time. Donald trump will be at the Debate Center stage once again, but next to him for the first time, ted cruzuz the texas actually leading trump in two recent polls. The hot topics the threat of terrorism as well as who has the right to and judgment to lead. I wonder which will get more tweets, the star wars premiere or that debate. Well report that the tomorrow night. A major defeat for the far right wing in france. Maureen la pens collapsed failing to take a single region. But Prime Minister manuel warned the antiimmigration far right remains a danger despite its you sharpie lek ral defeat and urgede country 0 rally together against extremism. A historic election. This is really interesting. A historic election in saudi arabia this weekend. For the first time ever, women were allowed to vote and even run for office. As the nation held elections for local government positions. About 1 of all elected officials. But since women, are you ready for is, since women arent allowed to drive, many took uber to their polling site to cast those ballots. The good news, ladies, google cars will soon be available to drive you anywhere. Then apple cars. Weve been following instagram, havent we . We have been following. This is an account i set up purely for you, the dear viewers of this show. We have 488 followers right now. Wow. Its richard p. Im just putting on the behind the scenes photos of the program. My name is richard p bacon on instagram. This one of you and i in what i call civie clothes. See that . Yes, thats the civie clothes picture. As in civilian as in what we dont wear when were presenting the news. Me, im like hang on. I wear my civie clothes on air. I have had the decency to put onon a tie. I putut on a were free dress. Kept it on. You wore this all day. Youre wearing it on the show. Thank you for outing me. The picture of you Holding Coffee from our last show on friday, had 227 likes. Thats pretty good. Yeah. Ive not yet connected it to my twitter account which has a lot of followers. Then iut another i put a shot of the cameras. Yes. Look, by the way, theres some great comments on there. I didnt realize that that would be so popular. But its enormous. Its always the simple things. If f ure bored right now in the middle of the night, keep us on but read the comments about reena, hair color and coffee. Most of us are just beginning to wrap our minds around the idea of driverless cars. Be outdated before they hit the road in large numbers. Because researchers in china have come up with a new twist on the concept of driverless cars. Making them mind controlled. Hands, no feet. Instead, these cars can go forwrwd or backward on a signal from brainaves pickedp by an eeg. One problem with mind controlling driving is how to keep ones brain clear of distractions which probably means no listening to music, no talking to passengers. Hard to follow. I mean, what if youre not a rational person . Thats a terrible idea. Yeah, all of. Coming up, the winning street broken and tom bradys big night. It is sports with reena. Cant wait. Mrs. Ahead, the thieves caught stealing christmas from a paralympic athletes hoho. The most valuable item stolen. Later Holiday Shipping going into a frenzy right now. Office is underway. We are there live. Youre watching world news now. 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[coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Than the leading cough liquid. All night. Or all day. An ohio eighth grader named jacob is using his electronic skills to help a friend in need. His frid ethan suffered a brain injury when he was struck by lightning leaving him paralyzed and unable to talk. Jacob came up with a device to help him communicate. It lights up when ethan leans one way or another or wants to answer yes or no. Its remarkable this eighth grader came up with this. A high profiled disabled american has been the target of thieves breaking in to her home. The thieves were caught on camera rummaging through the home of Stephani Victor who has medals for team usa. Marci gonzalez has the story. Reporter this is not the only video on ef knee victors mind. Grinchlike thieves caught on cameras breaking into the fivetime pair olympic medalists Los Angeles Home leaving littlebehind. They went into our kitchen. Started eating ice cream out of the freezer. And then slowly over the course of the evening dismantling tv, computer, Christmas Gifts. Reporter at least eight surveillance cameras in and outside of the home giving police alear picture of the suspects and the details of their crime. But its what else was missing from this ransacked mess that haunts victor. Videos of her most treasured memories. Lots of speed across the finish line and Stephani Victor takes over the lead. Reporter including this, the first step she took after losing both legs in an accident in 1995. I have been shooting from the surgeries. All the doctors telling me youll never walk again. Reporter hard drives holding the raw footage of 20 years of irreplaceable memories all stolen. Along with most of her olympic medals and rings. And they say medalist. That doesnt mean anything to anyone but it meansomething to me. Los Angeles Police so far finding the couples two missing cars but nothing else. Saying they are still searching for these men who in just moments stole what took decades of grueling work to earn. Marci gonzales, abc news, new york. What a sad story that is. Coming up, getting your head in the game. Johnny manziel trying to absorb the game plan in a new way. Sports with reena up next. Reena. Announcer world news now continues after this from our may have. Certain. Issues. 2. 30. 70. If only everyone had this issue. No matter what challenge they face, easter seals is here tt0w ti h, 4 h h tt0w ti h, el bg i h, ed de tt0w ti h, 8h ;< tt0w ti h, kzh9t tt0w ti h, nhl l tt0w ti h, 0phrzt tt0w ti h, shb 4 tt0w ti h, uehajd tt0w ti h, 7hh]h0 last week, sports with reena left me wanting something more. Here we go. Something more like you want more or Something Like i want more of reena. Football american style, of course, because of the patriots and consider tom brady captain hes back and in the end zone in the first half, taking the lead over the Houston Texans who could never get rolling. Patriots win easily on the road, 276. Smack. In case you missed it, the nbas top team suffering its first loss of the season over the weekend. The Golden State Warrior were finally toppled losing to the milwaukee bucks, 95108. Steph curry and the reigning champs brought back down to earth after 24 wins to start the season. Its a new record. They can rest before attempting their next streak taking on the phoenix suns. Thats wednesday night. Smash. In case you missed it, the most honored of honored of honors, College Football was awarded over the weekend. Its going back to tuscaloosa. Do you know tuscaloosa. Were talking about alabama running back derek henry won the heisman. The Heisman Trophy saturday night here in new york. You can see derek henry in action when bama takes on michigan say the in the cotton bowl on new years eve. By the way, i should say that fellow heisman winner Johnny Manziel show us hes not always such a cool cat. Taking his frustration out on a dont do that. Theres concussion issues. Come on. That was his reaction after throwing an interception late in game. 2410. I do believe hes okay. Hes okay. What about the tablet . Its like 200 to get those screens replaced. I think theyll have to make him pay for that 200 screen. That was more. Last week when we had sports with reena, i just wanted maureen na. I wanted more you talking about sport. With authority and with passion and with knowledge and that is what we got. Critique on sports with reena. I like it. My nba and american football. Im a spectator and you are on the field and you are performing that sport and right now, you scored a touchdown. A goal. A try, a six. Whats your favorite sport, by the way. Probably athletics, athletics. Athletics are your favorite sport . Were headed back to the post office. Stick with us. Is that funny . It is funny. Redo . No,that can go in. No it cant what are you, nuts . Thats bakedon alfredo. Bakedon . Its never gonna work. Dish issues . Trust your dishwasher with cascade platinum. It powers. Through. Your toughest stuckon food. Better than finish. to the hostess see, told you it would work. turns to girl 2 you guys heard me say that, right . Cascade. The tougher toughfood cleaner. [cough, cough] mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . Stop dont pull me spoiler alert she doesnt make it only mucinex dm relieves bothwet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Im alex trebek. 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Move free ultra has tripleaction support for your joints, cartilage and bones in one tiny pill. Move free ultra. Get your move on. And now try move free night. The first and only 2in1 joint and sleep supplement. Whoa yes, wait a minute mr. Postman, wait, wait mr. Postman welcome back. You mightot realize it, but right now there are hundreds of millions of ralphers trying to make their way to their respective destinations. We should note however, they are in boxes or envelopes. Thats right. Mail on the move and at th post office on the busiest shipping day of the year is our tina trinh. Hey, tina. Reporter hey, reena. Im here at the morgan processing and distribution center. One of the largest Mail Processing centers in the country. And im here with jeannie martinez, who is the Customer Service manager. Jeannie, on a typical day, you guys are already tons of mail and packages. What about the official busiest day of the mailing season which is today . Is it like a hundred times crazier . Today is officially the busiest mailing day of the year. Were looking to process about 61 million pieces of mail today. Were prepared for it. I mean you guys are working around the clock. Some of these guys are pulling 16hour shifts. Its crazy. We are ready. No ones more ready for the holidays than the United StatesPostal Service. Talk to me what youre seeing in terms of the volume here. I know a lot of people mailing thing i guess for christmas. But youre saying packages are becoming more and more common, right . Yes, typically now with ecommerce, were able to process a lot more parcels. We work in conjunction with many other delivery companies. We do the last mile delivery. We get to those customers homes where people cant. So ultimately, it boils down to guys on the ground, right . Theyre the ones sending out the getting the packages and right . Shifts now . Are they working even more days . Well, typically, december 14th is the busiest mailing day of the year. But the busiest delivery day of the year is next monday, the 21st. Thats when all our carriers will be very busy with all the mail theyre going to try to get to everyones home in time for christmas. You heard it here first. Its definitely busy. Everybody, get your packages. Get your letters out right now as soon as you can. Get to the post office or go online even and get those packages ent. Shes filming that herself. Hes pretty remarkable. Stick with us. This is pretty this morning on world news now, the stage is set for tomorrow nights republican debate. As the latest polls show a big setback for donald trump and a Major Political boost ted cruz. How trump and his challengers are reacting. Security questions. How did the woman accused in the deadly terror shootings in San Bernardino get into the country after posting threatening messages on social media . The latest demands for better homeland security. Consumer alert. They look like real online retailers offering deep the warning to Shoppers Looking for deals. And snooze and lose. The alarming medical study about getting too much sleep and what it really means. You will want to stay awake for this on monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. No. Good morning, everyone. Look who returned. Hi. I didnt get sacked over the weekend. No one predicted this outcome. The polls did not lean in this direction. But returning . Im back. Im here. Not having too much sleep, having had too little. Thats what happens when youre british and get to n york and youre overexcited. You dont really go to bed. You were talking about the poll numbers for one of your favorite people of all times. Yeah nate silver of the website 538. He famouy calls the outcome of elections correctly. I made a documentary with him in which he didnt predict the outcome of the election. Got it wrong. I went to his flat on saturday night. Im still learning. I went to his apartment on saturday night and we talked about trump and cruz and specifically trumps chances of winning the nomination for the republicans. What he said is interesting. Admittedly i was a bit drunk but im going to indiscreetly relay to you the private conversation later. Thats a tease. A good one. We call it a tease. Were going to talk about the race for the white house and particularly Donald Trumps numbers. Everything he said, hes oo tried to justify so far by pointing to his great poll numbers. This morning not so much. The Des Moines Register bloomberg poll of iowa vote ares showing ted cruz is surging ahead. Now up 10 points. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs mary bruce is covering the campaign. Reporter senator ted cruz is cruising, passing its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. So far cruz and trump have been iendly rivals, but trump is now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted. Reporter cruz responding, tweeting this clip from the movie flashdance. And saying in honor of my friend donald trump and goodhearted maniacs everywhere. This after cruz questioned trumps ability to be commanderinchief. Its a question of judgment. I would say i have far better judgment than ted, and i think i have a really great temperament. Reporter and trump has a new message for any gop party leader conspiring against him. Im sorry i did this to you, but youve got to get used to it. Its one of those little problems in life. Reporter trump maintains strong support in iowa even as he denounces the polling. The Des Moines Register is the worst. [ cheering ] they are the worst. Ben carson is falling. Poll numbers go up and down. I wasnt i wasnt excited when they were up. Im not excited when they were down. You know, this is a very fluid contest. Reporter and it looks like they may have a new candidate to contend with. Ive made a big decision, im entering the race for president of the United States of america. Reporter saturday night live bringing back will ferrell as president george w. Bush. The field of republicans out there is so messed up, i figure it makes you miss me, doesnt it . Reporter cruz is rising just as republicans get to ready to face off in their fifth debate on tuesday. Where donald trump will be center stage but for the first time, ted cruz will be standing right next to him. Mary bruce, abc news, the white house. I love it when the comics trot out the old impressions. The cast for tuesdays big debate in las vegas has been shuffled some. Chris christie will be back on in the undercard last time. Rand paul just squeaked by thanks to a new poll released just yesterday morning that helped him make the cut. Mary said ted cruz will be at center stage right in Donald Trumps face. Its a treat though, isnt it, to see the old george w. Bush impressions. Seize so good at it. Will ferrell is just fantastic. Jon stewart one. Its a bit like that. Thats pretty good. So nate silver was saying so 538, the website that predicts the outcome of elections they had trump at 2 chance for a long time of getting the nomination. Now its either still only 5 or 10 chance not of being president of getting the actual nomination. There are i think four points where he could completely collapse. If they go to the convention, theyre now talking about that being a brokered convention. All the mainstream republicans comments about muslims, right . So if it goes to a brokered election, hes not going to get it. There are several points where he can go badly before that. According to 538, while good at this, the chances of donald trump being the republican nominee are very slim. Interesting, huh . Thats very big. Thats what we talked about. At 2 00 in the morning. Over little cocktail sausages and some wine. We expect to hear from the prez later today on isis. He will makera, after he visits the pentagon after an update from his National Security council which includes top military and intelligence leaders. A spokesman said last week no major policy shifts are expected as a result of the meeting. After a threeday search, the fbi finished dragging a lake in San Bernardino, drying a lake in San Bernardino where syed farook and Tashfeen Malik may have dumped evidence on the day of share shooting spree as new evidence surfaces and details in abcs Kayna Whitworth has the details. The fact that one of the terrorists was able to get a visa to enter the country despite social social media messages supporting jihad is prompting calls for a wider vetting process. Im asking for a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using words and talking about jihad, explosives, mass shootings. Its outrageous that this had isnt already done. Reporter meanwhile, one of the officer whos chased melik and her husband down is speaking out. Sergeant andy capps pulling up behind them in their black suv after the shooting. His sirens on. But they havent stopped and then the back window of their suv shatters and i see gunfire coming out of the back of it. Reporter the black suv pulse over. Farook gets out and starts firing. I saw him shooting towards the deputy that i know is across the street. I hoped fire on him. The fbi concluded their search in a nearby lake. Investigators not commenting if its related to the terror investigation. Kayna whitworth, abc news, San Bernardino. Twitter is warning some their targets may have been targeted by state sponsored hackers. It was a small group that were targeted and there was no indication that hackers succeeded in stealing sensitive data. Google and facebook have also starred issuing similar warnings about statesponsored attacks. Jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the first trial of a Police Officer in connection with the death of freddie gray. Baltimore officer William Porter is charged with negligence for failing to get gray medical help. Hes also charged with assault, Reckless Endangerment and misconduct. If convicted, porter faces up to 25 years in prison. The l. A. County sheriffs details about a controversial shooting over the weekends. Authorities say the blackmon shot by deputies kept holding a gun as he laid dying on the ground. Thats why they continued firing 33 times in all at 28yearol nicolas robertson. They reapedly told him to put down the weapon but he refused. When he walked toward a crowded gas station, thats when they fired. If he goes into that gas station, either takes hostages or shoots somebody, were going to be having a different topic were going to be talking about like why didnt the officers do something before he went in. Robinsons family demanded justice. Sheriffs officials a theres no evidence the fired he fired at deputies. His widow says when robertson drank, he acted more like a child. There were frightening moments about r aboard a Southwestern Airlines flight forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio because of this. A piece of the wing that redues drag that appeared to be at an irregular angle. Photos described the flight as a near death experience with other passengers screaming in panic. Plane landed safely. Passengers continued hair trip on another plane. Scary. Major medical scare at a hospital in san jose, california. 350 newborns, their mothers and hundreds of staff potentially exposed to tb. The hospital is recommending they be treated with antibiotics. Fortunately the nurse showed no symptoms so the risk of exposure is slim. A new study out of australia suggests too much sleep could shorten your life span. No. Right. I know what you mean. Hang on. It does make some sense when you listen to the details. One of the studys authors suggest a person sleeping longer than nine hours that might be a sign of a more serious undiagnod Health Problem or could indicate fragmented restless and poor quality sleep. That be the real reason behind increased mortality rates, as well. Not theyre working so hard they need extra zs . If you get nine hours sleep, its good quality sleep, dont worry about that. I dream of sleep. Just getting some. Its hard on the nightshift. Barely a week goes by before we hear about near fatal collisions between a drone and a plane. Here at home, not just here but also around the world. In japan, theyre fighting fire with fire technologically speaking using drones to catch droughns. Police department now has especially designed droughns equipped with long hanging nets that can chase down rogue droughns and scoop them up. Oh. Its sort of spectacular, right . It is kind of scary. Why dont they take this down under the sea. Like a fly on a spiders webb. Life is better down where its wetter. Its like robots fighting in coming up in the mix. Should televise it. Researchers discovered about fourletter vo back larrys. Well talk about that later. And also ahead, a consumer alert. Holiday Shoppers Look for bargains online. How one woman learned the hard way about unknown retailers. An angel showing up at lay Way Department stores paying for everything. The spirit of the holidays. You can find us on facebook. Wnnfans. Com and twitter abcwnn. Now. Ever since darryls wife started using gain flings, their laundry smells more amazing than ever. sniff uh honey, isnt that the dogs towel . dog noise hey, mi towel, su towel. 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Shopping for her daughter, mindy hayes clicked on an ad in her facebook feed for ugg boots, over 80 off. Great deal. Too great. Those boo never arrived. Fake. When i got my confirmation legitimate. Mindy an avid Online Shopper experts warn it could have been worse. More money or even her identity. Clicking that link puts you in danger and puts your family and friends in danger. All of that can happen with absolutely. Reporter so what should you be looking for . Safe sites have an s with a lock in the url. Errors. Real online businesses have extensive privacy policies. Facebook quickly investigated telling abc news it has blocked ads. As for mindy hayes, shes working on getting her money back. Its hard to know really who online. Reporter Gloria Riviera, abc news, washington. Thats good to know. Thank you, gloria. I worry about that kind of thing all the time that you dont have companies liuget necessarily but it looks it. I always order just from the stores that you know. Go. Or go in the stores. Commercial break. Coming up i our next half hour, hoverboard hazard. The popular crist gift causing major safety concerns. The scooters bursting into flames and now some sellers pulling them from those online stores. First Anonymous Angels buying gifts for strangers. The simple way some secret santas are paying it forward. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our is hispanic. That means many of the future doctors who will care for us, the engineers who will build our cities, the scientists and entrepreneurs of our country can be your kids. We all know how hard it is for you to send them to college. This is why we want you to know you are not alone, and every day, more people support you to make it happen. Many support you, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund helps you prepare, plan, and pay for your kids college education. Hsf. Net. Welcome back. As we all rush around this time of year, it can be easy to lose sight what the Holiday Season is truly about. But thankfully we do have plenty of stories to remind us. From a half Million Dollar collect to a diamond ring to an entire bill paid off, secret heres john donvan. Assure as stars on trees and ribbons on boxes our Anonymous Angel zigzaging across the map, stories popping up like this one in south dakota where at this toys r us someone asked to pay down a bunch of bills for families buying Christmas Gifts on layaway. A gift to parents like ashley. It was pretty amazing. Ive never had anything like that happen to me. Oneofakind. Hardly because bellingham, massachusetts, same thing, debbie goes if had to pay her bill and i was stunned. Go west and the Kansas City Star followed a man handing out 100 bills. Thats for you, buddy. Wow. You can cry. I cry all the time. Reporter a Salvation Army kettle in massachusetts. A diamond ring turns up there valued at 3500. Another one in minneapolis gets a checking for half a Million Dollars. Of yet another layoff payoff benefiting robin and family when you dont know the whom to thank and thats on purpose, this is what you say. Merry christmas. Merry christmas you say . John donvan, abc news, washington. Thats good enough. Merry christmas. Right . That there are good people in the world, right . I like that a lot. I didnt know the idea of layaway. We were explaining that to you in the meeting. Do you like that idea. I like it a lot. Better than piling on your credit card. Were learning from each other. I was explaining the wordcy have is to you, as well. Collect on instagram for that one. Were going to have more details of this conversation to come. If youve got a gift to send over a distance and dt have reindeer, then youll likely need to use the mail. Today is one of the busiest days for the Postal Service. Lets check in with our tina trinh who is live, live right tina, good morning. Reporter hey, richard and reena. Im here at the morgan facility, one of the largest Processing Centers for u. S. Mail in the United States. The busiest mailing day of the season. Im going to show you what its all about. Going to go behind the scenes stay tuned to world news now. Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. Silent night holy night sleep in heavenly peace your clever moves wont stop the cold and flu. But disinfecting with lysol can. Lysol wipes and spray are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. To help keep your family healthy, lysol that. Ive got two reasons to take care of my heart. Thats why i take meta. Meta is clinically proven to help lower cholesterol. Try meta today. And for a tasty heart healthy snack, welcome back. Its time for the mix. These are our viral stories. The first story is about a study. This is doing the rounds from two u. S. Psychologies. According to this study, people who swear have a bigger vocabulary than people who dont. So this is a great endorsement for swearing. Really . It appears that way. Break it down logically. That is going to be literally true because if you swear by virtue of embarrassing, you need to have more words in your lexicon than people who dont yeah . I follow. But you know they got people to swear as much as they could over 60 seconds. Do you want to know the real big hitters . This was the single most popular swear word. Followed by [ muted ] and then. That second one i said even though they put sound effects over it was the most illegal swear word you could say on television. Instant dismissal. You want to know what it was . Were being very silly. Whats very nice. That is a real study. Reena. Yes. Im going to go on to a sweet topic. You know, starbucks has these cookies for christmastime. Polar bears. Apparently theyre slightly discounted and some are saying there might be a reason. They look like theyve been wounded in the process. Theyve got little red scarves. We dont have the video but they there you see. Okay. Little red scarves that look like you can see like theyre bleeding from the neck. These have been doing the rounds virally. People have been saying theyre look like theyre bleeding from the neck. We touched on this last week. Polar bears whilst appearing in cuddly in shop toy form in the wild are really violent animals. Theres an argument these cookies are more realistic. These are starbucks realism cookies. They just wanted it to be polar bear with a red scarf. It was definitely a mistake. I was trying to bail them out. We did ask the crew to go down to starbucks and theyre sold out. Clearly theyre doing well. Our third and final viral story on the mix today. This is a cat that boxes. Sensational. Boxing a tiger . That tiger is using the ropeadope technique and not responding. Thats an amazing punch from is tha real . Wow. Oh, my gosh. Right hook, left jab. What . What and neck dote that cat has down at the pub. I took out a tiger last night. Well, Ronda Rouseys cat or coming this morning on world news now, terror investigation. Fbi vers complete their search of a lake near the scene of the San Bernardino rampage while serious questions are surfacing about the woman terrorist and how she got into the country. Tough questions about the Police Shooting in los angeles caught on camera. Why did deputies fire 33 bullets at an armed suspect . The dramatic scene and search for answers. New this half hour, the meltdown at the department of how one womans rage and dispute with a deputy landed her in trouble. What led up to this drama. And later in the skinny, taylor swift wants a trademark, a very common phrase as the world wishes her a happy birthday. Her celebration and her unusual monday, december 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning this busy monday. Im richard bacon. Im reena ninan. We begin with new questions this morning about the terror attack in San Bernardino. Yeah, did the government miss potential Warning Signals about Tashfeen Malik and her extremist views that might have been posted on social media . Abcs Kayna Whitworth has the latest. Reporter investigators testing what they dredged out of this lake after days of searching. Still no word whether theyve found any traces of that missing hard drive belonging to syed farook and Tashfeen Malik. Prove critical for investigators amid new questions about the screening that allowed malik into the country in the first place. Had they checked out Tashfeen Malik a little more, maybe she wouldnt have gotten a visa. Maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive. Reporter malik vetted by homeland security, the state department, and had a criminal background check. But investigators dont always scrub social media. After the attack they found maliks Facebook Post critical of moderate muslims. Now the New York Times reports she also talked openly on social media in support of violent jihad and wanted to be a part of it. Im asking to immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using words and talking about things like jihad, explosives, mass shootings. Its outrageous that this isnt already done. Reporter one of the officers who chased the killer couple down is speaking out. Behind them with his sirens on. They havent stopped. And the back window of their suv shatters. And i see gunfire coming out of it. Reporter the black suv pulls over. Farook gets out and starts firing. Capps gets out to return fire. I saw him shooting at a deputy that i knew was across the street so thats when i opened fire on him. Reporter the terrorists were killed in that shootout. That was his first time in 23 years on the force that capps ever fired his weapon while on duty. Kayna whitworth, abc news, San Bernardino. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today, the first trial of a Police Officer for the death of freddie gray. Gray died following a spinal injury while in a police van. His death set off a series of violent protests in baltimore. Officer William Porter was tried on a number of charges including failing to get medical help for gray. And new details now in that controversial shooting by two Los Angeles County sheriff deputies. Authorities say the man who was fatally shot on saturday had a to drop. Abcs linsey davis has the latest. Reporter the video shows Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies fatally shooting a man walking away from them. They fire repeatedly even after he falls to the ground, attempting to crawl away. The Sheriffs Department says the man, 28yearold nicholas robertson, had a gun pointed at them and refused the officers repeated demands to drop it. They say they recovered a loaded. 45caliber semiautomatic handgun at the scene. Re than a dozen people gathered to protest saturday evening. Relatives who saw the video saying the shooting seems unjustified, and accusing the officers of using excessive force. They shot him in his shoulder, and he was crawling to this gas station. Reporter Police Released this video on sunday, which clearly shows robertson, walking down the street with a gun in his left hand. When he was shot, he was in front of a crowded gas station. There are two people, two women and three children, in a five feet of him at the time. If he goes into that gas station, either takes hostages or shoots somebody, were going to be having a different topic. Were going to talking about why didnt the Police Officers do something before he went in. Reporter they say robertson had fired six or seven shots in a nearby residential area. For now, investigators say theyre not making any judgments until all the facts are in. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Residents across a wide swathe of texas are cleaning up from at least three confirmed tornadoes. Twisters damaged up to 50 homes in the town of lyndale. Where the mayor declared a state of disaster. About 100 miles south in lufkin, strong winds threw 64 cargo train cars from their tracks onto the railroad below. Heavy rains ggered flash flooding. Further north and west, snow finally falling across the cascade mountains. The latest storm system has brought a good blanket of snow summit over there. By the time its over, this storm could bring up to two feet of snow to the northwest. Accuweathers paul william has the latest. Well, it looks like old man winter is making a comeback. Were not talking about sequels to movies here. Were talking about significant snow showers thats going to slow things down along i159 as well as i0 down to 90. The reason why is this significant dip in the jet stream will open the door or pandoras box for widespread snow showers that will accumulate between 12 inches to 24 in some areas. Thats whats expected for the west just on monday alone. Now, keep in mind, were watching out for salt lake city, dealing with a significant amount of snow shower activity. Then towards the east, we have more in the way of misery because of widespread scattered showers. This is where were expecting thunderstorms and a few lightning showers with blinding rain all along the mississippi. Reena, richard. Thank you so much. Good to hear from you. The warm east Coast Weather pandoras box. It is hot. Its never hot in our studio. It is all of a sudden. Its so warm in washington, d. C. The Cherry Blossoms bloomed again or three months early. Depending how you look at the calendar. The National Park service says the late blossoms will not affect the blossoms in the coming spring. Because that was my question. I was going to say, if only one bud opens, it would already be open for the spring. Maybe they have an understudy bud that can open in the spring. I like it. The understudy bud opens in the spring. I know nothing about Cherry Blossoms. Im fumbling in the dark. Last week on this program, i started an Instagram Account for you to take you behind the scenes. It is richard p bacon. Ive done that badly. Richard p, thanks, noel. Letter p. Bacon like the meat. If you go to instagram. Im going to put up a couple of photos i have taken today. Little bit later. One, theyre last weeks photos. Thats reena in her curlers holding some coffee. Who knows what brand of coffee that is. Yes, starbucks. And thats look, on the left, that is us holding signs. I had Food Poisoning and you were very tired all on the same day. Well take you behind the scenes. Very exciting including a picture of reena. Well post this in a minute of reena in her civies. You were explaining them to me. If youre not in the police or the military then youre a civilian. Not in uniform to present the show. Civilian clothes. Preshow clothes. If this doesnt get us thousands of instagram followers, i dont know what will. Im going to show you the news meeting where we discussed Cherry Blossoms. One of the social media sites buzzing about an aggressive gang in particular. A postal carrier under attack by wild turkeys determined to make his workday living hell. The gobblers have become so belligerent, the mailman is forced to fend off the flock with a pole just so he can do his job. This may be living hell for him but hes the hit of youtube. A million followers were talking about. What will be bigger . That or our Cherry Blossom news meeting chat . This is impressive video. Its great video. Coming up, Mariah Careys holiday tune all i want for christmas is you, no longer the song of the season. Wait till you hear what song is on top. Also ahead, its the mad house at the post office even at this hour. Were taking you there live on this busiest shipping day of the season to see how your precious parcels are being handled. And the popular gift of the season, the hover board, its potentially explosive problem. Another major retailer refusing to ship it. Now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by olay. We arethe age of ageless. Age neutral. Age defiant. Age agnostic. Olay is a purveyor of ageless. Only the best 1 of ingredients make it into our products. For transformed skin without expensive brands or procedures. Its the ultimate beauty victory. Nobody has any idea how old you are. With olay, you age less. So you can be ageless. Olay. Ageless. Theres moving. And theres moving with move free ultra. It has tripleaction support for your joints, cartilage and bones. 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With reports of the selfbalancing scooters catching fire, amazon is warning sellers to make sure hoverboards comply with standards. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter after frightening scenes like this. Holy cow. Reporter a hoverboard suddenly catching fire in a Washington State shopping mall, theres new concern about some of the seasons hottest gifts getting way too hot. Its on fire reporter the federal Consumer ProductSafety Commission says it is now investigating ten hoverboard blazes in nine states that have even sent a couple of riders to the emergency room. Now, megaretailer amazon has stopped selling at least one brand firefighters say was being charged when it ignited in this new york home. That manufacturer, swagway, says it meets all safety requirements. Telling abc news, were glad that this is taking place, especially in light of recent poor quality batteries. Concern over lithiumion batteries is also prompting american, delta, united and jetblue to ban hoverboards on planes. Experts say avoid charling them overnight. Theres so many of them out there with different prices, battery life. Cnet tech expert brian fong says buyers should avoid lowerquality boards. Under 300. Shana haines bought one for her 10yearold daughter hanna but now has second thoughts. So you sent it ba, why . Not willing to take the risk, the thing catching on fire with no warning. Reporter even hannah says the oncecoveted hoverboard is now off her list. I dont really want it anymore. Reporter really . Youre kidding reporter Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. Exactly. Coming up, taylor swift takes a few steps closer to global domination. Meanwhile mariah carey dethroned. We will explain next in the announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. [male announcer] if youve served in the military, certain habits may be hard to shake. For reintegration and adjustment issues big, small and everything in between, visit easter seals dixon center. Org. Jones. Zero, three, two, six. Here to make a deposit. Tt2w`tsi`r bt q];\ tt2w`tsi`r a qm78 tt2w`tsi`r bm qf birthday spurred her resurgence. Lots going on for taylor including a huge deal with former nem na sis apple music. After going toe to toe after permission to stream her songs, taylor wants exclusive streaming of a live concert special she recorded last month with her many superfriends. Also announced yesterday, Simon Schuster will publish a book crowd sourced with material from her super fans. They say it will have the feel of a scrapbook. Theyre looking for one super swifty to serve as editorinchief overseeing the project. As we mentioned, taylor celebrated her birthday yesterday. She turned 26, which, of course, means she was born in 1989. That year also the name of her latest album. Swift intends on trademarking 1989. You cant own a year. What . Along with other phrases that include the term swiftmas, as in christmas. She can have that. Anyone else want the phrase swiftmas . No, im good. Thanks. All right. Taylor, have it. Next, this is a story about, its probably, do you know the website humans of new york . Yes. Its such a fantastic website. If youve never read it , i would urge you to have a look at it. There was a story last week about a syrian refugee. We dont know his name who is coming to troy in michigan. Hes an elderly man, a scientist of some repute. He created an invention that is used on the railways in istanbul. He has cancer and lost his wife and daughter in a bombing in syria and his story was on this website, humans of new york. Barack obama saw the story and sent him a message on facebook. Now edwin norton the actor is raising money for him. Its just, if you go to that website, almost all the stories are ry moving. I can see why norton responded to it. Its almost impossible to read and not cry. He kind of gives the light to the idea that everyone coming here from syria might be trying to do america home. He said ive got a lot left to give as a scientist. Its a fantastic story i think. Reena. Yeah. Its the Holiday Season. Right . Mariah carey has this fantastic song, a favorite holiday song for many people all i want for christmas. Apparently its losing its top spot on a crucial Christmas Music chart. It actually used to be number one. The number one song most likely to be heard while shopping till now, richard. The person whose job it is to go around shopping malls working out wysongs are the most popular. The song most likely to be heard while shopping is this. This time of year the shins with their cover, of Paul Mccartneys wonderful christmastime, a song a lot of worst ever song. Really . Famously. This is now making a resurgence. Finally star wars premiere tonight. The force awakens happening tonight. But where will it be, richard . Theyve closed down hollywood boulevard and theyre being cryptic where the premiere will be. If you know hollywood boulevard its not that hard to work out. Theres only three big theaters on there. One of them the dolby theater. Terrible talking over the trailer. This is such a beautifully composed trailer. Just the music on this trailer. I will finish what you started. Is that the listen. My theory, that bad guy is luke skywalker. Luke skywalker is not in the trailers. Remember, darth vader, Luke Skywalkers dad. Im predicting it now. Well know by tomorrow night. Someone is bound to release it on twitter. I think its going to be a combination of manns chinese theater. The dolby theater is the third theater there. I think it will be somewhere in africa and a surprise to theres going to be no satellite and well be blacked out and not able to see until you buy your ticket. Thats a funny idea. And i hope its true. Bad guy, Luke Skywalkers father, if im right, dont call me a hero. If im wrong, dont mention it. Even at this hour, the post office hard at work. Were live with tina trinh. Stick around. Well be right back. Enough pressure in here for ya . Im gonna take mucinex sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. You realize i have gold status . Mucinex sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Lets end this. You get a cold. You cant breathe through your nose. Suddenly, youre a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Sometimes we use ky ultragel to enhance my bodys natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. And when i know shes into it, i get into it and. Feel the difference with ky ultragel. Whoa, yes, wait a minute, mr. Postman, wait, mr. Postman welcome back. Todays the busiest day of the year for americans sending christmas cards and gift packages. Also the biggest day for online sales. Even though it may be quiet at this hour where you are, there are some places busier than santas workshop. Live to abcs tina trinh. Whats going on . Reporter hey, reena. Its one of the largest in the country. On a typical day, over 500 million pieces of mail processed here. Today is actually the busiest day of the year though. So that adds an extra 112 million pieces of mail that are going to be processed. Im right behind a bar code scanning machine. This is where all the holiday cards and letters that you send start off. They all get scanned by the barcode here and sorted into carriers bins where ill show you this machine right here. Once they pass through the machine and are scanned, they automatically get sorted into bins for carriers, individual carriers. So theyre going right now into zip codes, very specific zip codes for all of the areas in off to individual post office stations in the city where the carriers will pick them up and deliver them to your mailbox. So just because its middle of the night right now doesnt mean that they stop working here. Its busy all over the place as you can see. Lots of mail. Lots of letters. Lots of holiday packages to get shipped off. And make it in time for the holidays and theyre working round the clock here to make sure that all those packages get sent on time. Yeah. I would imagine middle of the night is like peak time. Yeah. To do that sorting. But it looks like reems of paper behind you. Are people buying paper at this hour . Whats going on . Reporter yeah, you know, paper is one of the few things you actually end up mailing this time of year, right . Every other day its an email we all send off. Paper passing through this place over the next couple of weeks. Thats why they throw in started delivering on sundays. Tina, how many of those pieces of mail are fan letters talking about the british guy on world news now . We havent got time to hear her answer. Lots. Good morning. Im richard bacon. Im reena ninan. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Parts of texas are cleaning up this morning from at least three confirmed tornadoes that damaged dozens of homes and even threw 64 cargo trains off their tracks. After a weekend of severe storms, not a single injury has been reported. Full coverage straight ahead. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department says a man shot and killed by deputies on saturday was armed. 33 bullets were fired at nicolas robertson. His relatives say the shooting jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the first trial of a Baltimore Police officer in the connection with the death of freddie gray. That death triggered days of violent protests. A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio over what appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with a weekend of Severe Weather all across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one tn to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the latest from east texas. Reporter a view from the air of devastation across the state of texas. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Tornado just hit. Reporter tiny lyndale, texas, described as a disaster by its first responders. A tornado damaging up to 50 homes. We are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have only the people that need access into this area. Reporter the twister coming within feet of Luke Griffins home. Where did it go . It just started back that way towards the high school and you can see up there on that lane where it started and just came right through here. It was just a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. Reporter jennifer skender, out Christmas Shopping when the tornado ripped apart her home of 11 years. A neighbor texting her these photos of her house. Im just thankful we werent home. I think the lord sent us away and he spared us. Reporter two dozen severe storm reports over the weekend, receiving up to half a foot of rain and wind gusts powerful enough to throw 64 large cargo train cars from the tressel and on to a roadway below. As people all across texas begin the massive cleanup effort, residents and authorities alike are astounded there wasnt a single injury reported in this weekends storms. Kendis gibson, abc news, lyndale, texas. Thank you. In the northwest, its a punishing winter storm taking its toll. Watches and advisories are posted across a wide region including the cascades east of seattle. This storm could actually dump up to two feet of snow on the mountains before moving to the midwest. Accuweathers Paul Williams has the predictions. Good morning. Thanks. Im looking for somewhat of a onetwo punch to hit the midwest. First of all, heres the jab. Its in the form of scattered showers pushing from chicago to st. Louis over towards nashville. Everywhere you see the green with blinding rain for Early Morning and the Early Morning commute. Mississippi valley region. Then here comes the haymaker but its later in the week. Well have much colder air thats going to settle in and another low pressure system that is going to create snowstorm. Not snow flurries, not a few flakes, real all together bigtime storm. And so we have to watch out for much colder air thats going to filter through. Were looking for cold and snowcovered roads and then blowing snow on top of that. So get ready. Here comes old man winter. Always good to hear from you, paul. Thank you very much indeed. We expect to hear from president obama later today in the battle against isis. Mr. Obama will make remarks an update from his National Security council. The white house spokesman said last week no major policy shifts are expected as a result of this meeting. And after a threeday search, the fbi finished drying out a lake in San Bernardino. But theres still no word on whether they found any trace of that missing computer hard drive Tashfeen Malik. Now there are new questions about why investigators didnt scrub their social media accounts. After the attack they found maliks Facebook Post how she wanted to be part of a violent jihad. Also in california, a San Jose Hospital on alert. Medical officials are tracking down nearly 1,000 patients including 350 newborns who may have been exposed to tuberculosis. Abcs aditi roy has the story. Reporter a Major Medical scare in san jose, california. Officials at the Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center are racing to contact more than 1,000 people who may have been exposed tuberculosis after a Maternity Ward nurse tested positive for the deadly disease. The hospital has identified 350 workers who may have had contact with the nurse between midaugust to midnovember. The hospital posting this letter to its website, while the risk of infection is low, the consequences of a tuberculosis infection in infants can be severe. Hospital officials recommend that the babies protectively take an antibiotic for the next six months to nine months even if they test negative. The judgment is, its safer to treat than not treat. Reporter hospital Officials Say the nurses annual t. B. Test was negative but she was diagnosed with t. B. In november during treatment for an unrelated illness. Since she showed no symptoms, they say the risk of exposure is extremely low. Nearly 10,000 people in the u. S. Develop tuberculosis every year. Here in california, health Officials Say t. B. Rates are twice as high as the nations average because the state receives so many global travelers. Aditi roy, abc news, anaheim, california. Thank you so much. Also in california, five people in fresno. Neighbors say that they woke up to the sounds of victims screaming and pounding on the windows trying to get out. The house had been abandoned, boarded up. But Authorities Say that vagrants still managed to go the inside. Firefighters had to use chain saws to gain access because of the boarded up windows and doors. Planned parenthood is suing ohios state attorney general over what it calls a political attempt to ban abortions. A political attempt amid claims that the organization disposes planned parenthood calls the allegations false and inflammatory saying their clinics comply with all laws and regulations that require safe and respectful fetal tissue tissue disposal. Tomorrow night, the republican president ial candidates face off for the fifth time. Donald trump will be at the Debate Center stage once again, but next to him for the first time, ted cruz, the texas senator surging in iowa. Recent polls. The hot topics the threat of terrorism as well as w has the right to have the and judgment to lead. Expect the gloves to come off tomorrow night. I wonder which will get more tweets, the star wars premiere or that debate. Well report that for you tomorrow night. Turning to politics overseas, in a major defeat for the far right wing in france, marine lee pens collapsed failing to take a single region. But Prime Minister manuel valls warned the antiimmigration far right remains a danger despite its sharpie electoral defeat and urged the country to rally together against extremism. A historic election. Is is really interesting. A historic election in saudi arabia this weekend. For the first time ever, women were allowed to vote and even run for office, as the nation held elections for local government positions. Officials. But since women, are you ready for this, since women arent allowed to drive, many took uber to their polling site to cast those ballots. The good news, ladies, google cars will soon be available to drive you anywhere. Then apple cars. Weve been following instagram, havent we . We have been following. This is an Instagram Account i set up purely for you, the dear viewers of this show. We have 488 followers right now. Wow. Its richard p. Im just putting on there behind the scenes photos of the program. My name is richard p bacon on instagram. A couple of photos. This one of you and i in what i call civie clothes. See that . My arms are folded. Yes, thats the civie clothes picture. As in civilian as in what we dont wear when were presenting the news. I look at you sitting next to me, im like hang on. Air. Thats the difference between you and me. I have had the decency to put on a tie. I put on this very wrinkle free dress. Kept it on. You wore this all day. Youre wearing it on the show. Thank you for outing me. Its got quite a few likes. The picture of you Holding Coffee from our last show on friday, had 227 likes. Thats pretty good. Yeah. Ive not yet connected it to my twitter account which has a lot of followers. Ill do that at some point. Then i put another i put a shot of the cameras. Yes. Look, by the way, theres some great comments on there. I didnt realize that that would be so popular. But its enormous. Its always the simple things. If youre bored right now in the middle of the night, keep us on but read the comments about reena, hair colors and coffee. Most of us are just beginning to wrap our minds around the idea of driverless cars. But its possible that theyll road in large numbers. Thats because researchers in china have come up with a new twist on the concept of driverless cars, making them mind controlled. No hands, no feet. Instead, these cars can go forward or backward on a signal from brain waves picked up by an eeg. One problem with mind controlling driving is how to keep ones brain clear of distractions which probably means no listening to music, no talking to passengers. Hard to follow. I mean, what if youre not a very rational person . Thats a terrible idea. Yeah, awful. Coming up, the winning streak broken and tom bradys big night. It is sports with reena. Cant wait. So ahead, the thieves caug stealing christmas from a paralympic athletes home. The most valuable item stolen. 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Abcs Marci Gonzalez has the reporter this is not the only video on Stephani Victors mind. Grinchlike thieves caught on surveillance cameras breaking into the fivetime pair olympic five time medalists Los Angeles Home leaving little behind. They went into our kitchen. Started eating ice cream out of the freezer. And then slowly over the course of the evening dismantling tv, computer, Christmas Gifts. Reporter at least eight surveillance cameras in and outside of the home giving police a clear picture of the suspects and the details of their crime. But its what else was missing from this ransacked mess that haunts victor. Videos of her most treasured memories. Lots of speed across the finish line and Stephani Victor takes over the lead. Reporter including this, the first steps she took after losing both legs in an accident in 1995. I have been shooting from the moment i woke up in icu three years in the hospital, 14 all the doctors telling me youll never walk again. Reporter hard drives holding the raw footage of 20 years of irreplaceable memories all stolen. Along with most of her olympic medals and rings. Then they say gold medalist. That doesnt mean anything to me. Los Angeles Police so far finding the couples two missing cars but nothing else. Saying they are still searching for these men who in just moments stole what took decades of grueling work to earn. Marci gonzales, abc news, new york. Coming up, getting your head in the game. Johnny manziel sitting on the sideline, trying to absorb the game plan in a new kind of way. Sports with reena up next. Reena. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Continues after this from our certain. Issues. 2. 30. 70. If only everyone had this issue. 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They can rest before attempting their next streak taking on the phoenix suns. Thats wednesday night. Smash. In case you missed it, the most honored of honored of honors, College Football was awarded over the weekend. Its going back to tuscaloosa. Do you know tuscaloosa . Were talking about alabama running back Derrick Henry won the heisman. He was the favorite all along. You can see Derrick Henry in action when bama takes on michigan sta in the cotton bowl on new years eve. By the way, i should say that fellow heisman winner Johnny Manziel show us hes not always such a cool cat. Taking his frustration out on a tablet. Dont do that. Theres concussion issues. Come on. That was his reaction after throwing an interception late in the first half of yesterdays game. The browns still beat the niners 2410. I do believe hes okay. Hes okay. What about the tablet . Its like 200 to get those screens replaced. You know what . I think theyre going to have to make him pay for that 200 screen. That was more. Last week when we had sports with reena, i just wanted for reena. I wanted more you talking about sport. With authority and with passion and with knowledge and that is what we got. Critique on sports with reena. I like it. The fellow brit critiquing my nba and american football. On the field and you are performing that sport and right now, you scored a touchdown. A goal. A try, a six. Whats your favorite sport, by the way . Probably athletics, athletics. Athletics are your favorite were headed back to the post stick with u is that funny . It is funny. Is that funny . It is funny. Redo . No,that can go in. No it cant what are you, nuts . Thats bakedon alfredo. Bakedon . Its never gonna work. Dish issues . Trust your dishwasher wiwi cascade platinum. It powers. Your toughest stuckon food. Better than finish. to the hostess see, told you it would work. turns to girl 2 you guys heard me say that, right . The tougher toughfood cleaner. [cough, cough] mike . Janet . 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Mail on the move and at the post office on the busiest shipping day of the year is our tina trinh. Hey, tina. Reporter hey, reena. Yeah, thats right. Im here at the morgan center. One of the largest Mail Processing centers in the country. And im here with jeannie martinez, who is the Customer Service manager. Jeannie, on a typical day, you guys are already crazy with tons of mail and packages. What about the official busiest day of the mailing season which is today . Is it like a hundred times crazier . Today is officially the busiest mailing day of the year. Were looking to process about 612 million pieces of mail today. Were prepared for it. I mean you guys are working around the clock. Some of these guys are pulling 16hour shiftsts its crara. Yes, we are busy working but we are ready. No ones more ready for the holidays than the United StatesPostal Service. Talk to me what youre seeing in terms of the volume here. I know a lot of people mailing letters is really a once a year but youre saying packages are becoming more and more common, right . Yes, typically now with ecommerce, were able to process a lot more parcels. We work in conjunction with many other delivery companies. We do the last mile delivery. We get to those customers homes where people cant. So ultimately, it boils down to guys on the ground, right . Theyre the ones sending out the getting the packages and the letters in your mailbox, right . What does that mean for their shifts now . Are they working even more days . Well, typically, december 14th is the busiest mailing day of the year. But the busiest delivery day of the year is next monday, the 21st. Thats when all our carriers will be very busy with all the mail theyre going to try to get to everyones home in time for christmas. You heard it here first. Its definitely busy. Its only going to get busier. Get your letters out right now as soon as you can. Get to the post office or go online even and get those packages sent. Shes filming that herself. Shes pretty remarkable. Stick with us. More news coming up. Television. This morning on world news now, the stage is set for tomorrow nights republican debate. As the latest polls show a big setback for donald trump and a major politic for ted cruz. How trump and his challengers are reacting. Security questions. How did the woman accused in thth deadly terror shootings inan bernardino get into the country after posti threatening messages on socia media . The latest demands for better homeland security. Consumer alert. They look like real online retailers offering deep the warning to Shoppers Looking for deals. And snooze and lose. The alarming medical study about getting too much sleep and what it really means. You will want to stay awake for this on monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc no. Good morning, everyone. Look who returned. Hi. I didnt get sacked over the weekend. No one predicted this outcome. The polls did not lean in this direction. About you returning . But returning . Im back. Im here. Not having too much sleep, having had too little. Thats what happens when youre british and get to new york and youre overexcited. You dont really go to bed. You were talking g out the poll numbers for one of your favorite peoplplof all times. Yeah. Nate silver of the website 538. Elections correctly. I made a documentary with him last year about the uk election in which he didnt predict the outcome of the election. Got it wrong. I went to his flat on saturday night. Apartment. Apartment. Im still learning. I went to his apartment on saturday night and we talked about trp and cruz and specifically trumps chances of winning the nomination for the republicans. What he said is interesting. Admittedly i was a bit drunk but im going to indiscreetly relay to you the private conversation later. Thats a tease. A good one. We call it a tease. Were going to talk about the race for the white house and particularly Donald Trumps numbers. Everything he said, hes tried to justify so far by pointing to his great poll numbers. This morning not so much. The Des Moines Register bloomberg poll of iowa voters are showing ted cruz is surging ahead. Now up 10 points. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs mary bruce is covering the campaign. Reporter senenor ted cruz is in iowa. Its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. So far cruz and trump have been friendly rivals, but trump is now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted. Reporter cruz responding, tweeting this clip from the movie flashdance. Saying, in honor of my good friend donald trump and goodhearted maniacs everywhere. This after cruz quesesoned trumps ility to be coanderinchief. Its a question of judgment. I would say i have far better judgment than ted, and i think i have a really great temperament. Reporter and trump has a new message for any p party leader conspiring against him. Im sorry i did this to you, but youve got to get used to it. Its one of those little problems in life. Reporter trump maintains strong sport in iowa even as the Des Moines Register is the worst. [ cheering ] they are the worst. Reporter but as cruz rises, ben carson is falling. Poll numbers go up and down. I wasnt i wasnt excited when they were up. Im not excited when they were down. You know, this is a very fluid contest. Reporter and it looks like they may have a new candidate to contend with. Ive made a big d cision, im entering the race for president of thenited states of america. Reporter saturday night live bringing back will ferrell as president george w. Bush. The field of republicans out there is so messed up, i figure it makes you miss me, doesnt it . Reporter cruz is rising juju on tuesday where donald trump will be center stage but for the first time, ted cruz will be standing right next to him. Mary bruce, abc news, the white house. I love it when the comics trot out the old impressions. The cast for tuesdays big debate in las vegas has been shuffled some. The main stage after taking part in the under card last time. Rand paul just squeaked by thanks to a new poll released just yesterday morning that helped him make the cut. And as mary said, ted cruz will bebet center stage right in Donald Trumps face. Its a treat though, isnt it, to see the old george w. Bush impressions. Shes so good at it. Will ferrell is just fantastic. Jon stewart one. Its a bit like that. Thats pretty good. So nate silver was saying so 538, the website that predicts the outcome of elections they had trump at 2 chance for a long time of getting the nomination. Now its either still only 5 or 10 chance not of being president of getting the actual nomination. There are i thininfour points where he c cld completely collapse. If they go to the conventiti, theyre now talking about that being a brokered convention. Have denounced him after his comments about muslims, right . So if it goes to a brokered election, hes not going to get it. There are several points where he can go badly before that. According to 538, while good at this, the chances of donald trump being the republican nominee are very slim. Interesting, huh . Thats very big. Thats what we talked about. At 2 00 in the morning. Over little cocktail sausages and some wine. We do president to hear from president obama later today on isis. He will make remarks after he visits the pentagon after an update from his National Security council which includes top military and intelligence leaders. A spokesman said last week no major policy shifts are expected as a result of the meeting. After a threeday search, the fbi finished dragging a lake in San Bernardino, drying a lake in San Bernardino where syed farook and Tashfeen Malik may of their spoog their shooting spree as new evidence surfaces and details in the investigation. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has the details. The fact that one of the terrorists was able to get a visa to enter the country despite social media messages supporting violent jihad is prompt ing supporting jihad is prompting calls for a wider vetting process. Im asking for a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using wor and talking about things like jihad, explosives, mass shohoings. Its oututgeous that this had isnt already do. Reporter meanwhile, one of thofficer whos chased malik and her husband down is speaking out. Sergeant andy capps pulling up behind them in their black suv after the mass shooting. His sirens on. But they havent stopped and then the back window of their suv schwartz, and i see gunfire coming out of the back of it. Reporter the black suv pulse over. Farook gets out and starts firing. Capps returns fire. The street. Thths when i opened fire onn him. Repepter the fbi concluded their search in a nearbyake. Investigators not commenting if what they pulled out is related to the terror investigation. Kayna whitworth, abc news, San Bernardino. Twitter is warning some their targets may have been targeted pie statesponsored hackers. The company says it was a small group that were targeted and there was no indication that hackers succeeded in stealing sensitive data. Google and facebook have also started issuing similar warnings about statesponsored attacks. Ry deliberations arere expected to begin today in the first trial of a Police Officer in connectctn with the death of freddie gray. Baltimore officer William Porter isharged with negligence for failing to get gray medical help. Hes also charged with assault, Reckless Endangerment and misconduct in office. If convicted, porter faces up to 25 years in prison. The l. A. County Sheriffs Department is providing new shooting over the weekends. Authorities say the black man who was fatally shot by deputies kept holding a gun as he laid dying on the ground. Thats why they continued firing 33 times in all at 28yearold nicolas robertson. They repeatedly told him to put down the weapon, but he refused. When he walked toward a crowded gas station, thats when they fired. Ihe goes into that gas station, either takes hostages or shoots somebody, were going to be having a different topic were going to be talking about like why didnt the officers do something before he went in. Robinsons family demanded justice. Sheriffs officials a theres no evidence the fired he fired at deputies. His widow says when robertson drank, he acted more like a child. There were friritening moments aboard a Southwest Airlines flight forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio because of this. A piece of the wing that reduces drag that appeared to be at an photos described the flight as a near death experience with other passengers screaming in panic. Plane landed safely. Passengers continued their trip on another plane. Scary. Well, a Major Medical scare at a hospital in san jose, california. 350 newborns, their mothers and hundreds of staff potentially extoesed to tuberculosis after a Maternity Ward nurse reported the disease. The hospital is recommending they be treated with antibiics. Fortunately the nurse showed no symptoms so the risk of exposure is slim. A new study out of australia suggests too much sleep could shorten your life span. No. Right. I know what you mean. Hang on. It does make some sense when you listen to the details. One of thehetudys authors suggest a person sleeping longer than nine hours that might be a sign of a more serious undiagnosed Health Problem or could indicate fragmented restless and poor quality sleep. That be the real reason behind increased mortality rates, as well. Not theyre working so hard at their job and the night shift that they need extra zs . If you get nine hours sleep, its good quality sleep, dont worry about that. I dream of sleep. Just getting some. Its hard on the nightshift. Barely a week goes by before we hear about near fatal collisions between a arone and a plane. Here at home not just here but also around the world. In japan, theyre fighting fire with fire technologically speaking using drones to catch drones. Police department now has especially designed drones equied with long hanging nets that can chase down rogue drones and scoop them up. Oh. Its sort of spectacular, right . It is kind of scary. Why dont they take this down under the sea. 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Line shopper who works in i. T. , was out 83. Experts warn it could have been worse. More money or even her identity. Clicking that link puts you in danger and puts your family and friends in danger. Reporter all of that can happen with just one click. Absolutely. Reporter so what should you be looking for . Safe sites have an s with a lock in the url. Fake sites often have typos and grammatical real online businesses have extensive privacy y licies. Facebook quickly investigated telling abc news it has s ocked is website from placing future ads. As for mindy hayes, shes working on getting her money ck. Its hard to know really who you can and cant buy from online. Reporter Gloria Riviera, abc news, washington. I had no idea. Thats good to know. Thank you, gloria. I worry about that kind of thing all the time that you dont have Companies Legit necessarily but it looks it. I always order just from the stores that you know. I find thats the best way to go. Or go in the stores. 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Welcome back. As we all rush around this timim of year, it can be easy to lose sight what the Holiday Season is truly about. But thankfully we do have plenty of stories to remind us. From a half Million Dollar entire layaway bill paid off, secret santa has been working overtime. Heres john donvan. Reporter as sure as stars on trees and ribbons on boxes, our Anonymous Angel zigzagging across the map, stories popping up like this one in south dakota where at this toys r us someone asked to pay down a bunch of bills for families buying Christmas Gifts on layaway. A gift to parents like ashley. It was pretty amazing. Ive never had anything like that happen to me. Reporter one of a kind . Hardly. Bellingham, massachusetts, same thing, bill and i was stunned. Reporter go west again, and the Kansas City Star followed a man handing out wow. You can cry. I cry all the time. Reporter a Salvation Army kettle i imassachusetts. A diamond ring turns up there valued at 3500. Another one in minneapolis gets dollars. But as in epping, New Hampshire, payoff benefiting robin and family, when you dont know whom to thank and thats on purpose, this is what you say. Merry christmas. Merry christmas you say . John donvan, abc news, washington. Thats good enough. Merry christmas. Right . That there are good people in the world, right . I like that a lot. I didnt know the idea of layaway. We were explaining that to you in the meeting. Do you like that idea. I like it a lot. Better than piling on your credit card. Were learning from each other. I was explaining the word civies to you, as well. Collect on instagram for that one. Were going to have more details of this conversation to come. If youve got a gift to send over a distance and dont have reindeer, then youll likely need to use the mail. Today is one of the busiest days for the Postal Service. Now at a very busy location. Tina, good morning. Reporter hey, richard and reena. 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The first story is about a study. This is doing the rounds from two u. S. Psychologists. According to this study, people who swear have a bigger vocabulary than people who dont. So this is a great endorsement for swearing. Really . It appears that way. Break it down logically. True because if you swear, by virtue of embarrassing, you u ed to have more words in your lexicon than people who dont swear. Okaka yeah . I follow. But you know they got people to swear as much as they could over 60 seconds. Do you want to know the real big hitters . This was the single most popular swear word. [ siren ] followed by [ horn ] and then [ fog horn ] that second one i said even though they put sound effects over it was the most illegal swear word you could say on television. [ siren ] instant dismissal. You want to know what it was . Were being very silly. Whats very nice. That is a real study. Reena. Yes. Topic. You know, starbucks has these cookies for christmastime. Polar bears. Theyre discounted apparently, and people saying there might be a reason. They look like theyve been wounded in the process. We dont have the video but they have these little red scarfs. There you see. Okay. Little red scarves that look like you can see like theyre bleeding from the neck. These have been doing the rounds virally. People have been saying theyre look like theyre bleeding from the neck. I would say only this we touched on this last week. Polar bears whilst appearing in cuddly in shop toy form in the wild are really violent animals. Theres an argument these cookies are more realistic. These are starbucks realism cookies. They just wanted it to be polar bear with a red scarf. It was definitely a mistake. I was trying to bail them out. We did ask the crew to go down to starbucks and theyre sold out. Clearly theyre doing well. Oururhird and final viralal story on the m m today. This is a cat that boxes. It took on, look a athat, a sensatatnal. Boxing a tiger . That tiger is using t ropedope technique and not responding. The cat. Is that real . Wow. Oh, my gosh. Right hook, left jab. What . Down at the pub. Something. Impressive. Ab making news in america this morning donald trump versus ted cruz. The republican frontrunner focuses his fire on the senator from texas, who is making big gains in the polls. Theyll battle it out in the next debate tomorrow night. Were live in washington with picking up the pieces after a series of tornadoes wreak havoc across texas. The massive e ss thats been and where this weather system is headed next. A rough day for one driver at the dmv. So why was she so fed up . And, at long last, the new star wars movie is about to hit the big screen. The world premier just hours away. Will the force be with the fans who have been waiting for days . Good monday morning, everyone. Im reena ninan. Im richard bacon. First up, the republican president ial hopefuls lining up for tomorrow nights big debate in some unfamiliar spots. This morning, two new iowa polls show ted cruz surging into the lead. So donald trump will still hold the center spot. Cruz will be to his right. Ben carson to his left. Chris christie back in the main event. And rand paul just hanging on. There could be some fireworks. Stephanie ramos has the story. Good morning, steph. Reporter the horse race between the gop president ial candidates is heating up. With senator ted cruz on the fast track in iowa. Donald trump. Its a swift rise for the texas senator. A 21point gain since october in one poll. Cruz and trump up until now have played nice with each other. That all changed this weekend. In iowa, trump digging at cruz for opposing popular ethanol subsidies. If ted cruz is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa . Because thats very antiiowa. Reporter then on sunday morning shows. You look at the way hes dealt with the senate. Where he goes in there like a frankly, a little bit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted. Reporter cruz, in response, tweeting this video. Saying in honor of my friend, real donald trump and goodhearted maniacs everywhere. In the end, trump still wants to work with cruz. Saying he sees cruz playing a part in his administration. We would certainly have things in mind for ted, to be honest with you. Reporter this back and forth kicking off after cruz could be doors questioning trump and ben carsons ability to run the country. Its also a question of judgment. Reporter as cruz rises, and trump verbally attacks, carson is falling. Poll numbers go up and down. I wasnt excited when they were up. Im not excited when theyre down. Reporter how would the republicans do against Hillary Clinton in the general electn . Well, a new nbc wall street journal poll shows she would defeat ted cruz and donald trump but would lose to marco rubio or ben carson. Reena . Richard . Back to you. Stephanie ramos, thank you. And the democrats will debate this week, too. Join david muir and Martha Raddatz for the New Hampshire democratic debate. Your voice, your vote. Next saturday, december 19th. 8 00, 7 00 central, right here on abc. All right. Cant wait. Parts of texas cleaning up this morning from a weekend of Severe Weather. At least three confirmed tornadoes touched down in east texas, damaging up to 50 homes where the mayor has declared a state of disaster. One twister came within feet of Luke Griffins home. It just started back that way, toward the high school. And you can see out there in that lane where it started. It just came right through here. It was just a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. Im just thankful we were not home. I think the lord sent us away and he spared us. Strong winds in lufkin, texas, threw 64 cargo train cars from their tracks on to the road below. Despite all the damage, not a single injury reported this weekend. Farther north and west, snow has finally arrived. Across the cascade mountains. The latest storm system brought a solid blanket of snow for Opening Weekend at the summit there. By the time its all over, the storm system could bring up to two feet of snow to the northwest. It will also usher in Colder Weather across much of the western u. S. Meantime, temperatures as much as 30 degrees above normal this weekend. It was so warm in washington, d. C. , the nations capitals famed Cherry Blossoms bloomed three months early. The National Parks service says late blossoms will not affect the blossoms next spring. And heres a sight not often seen ten days before christmas here in new york. People picnicking in central park. I saw that with my own eyes yesterday. The springlike weather will soon come to an abrupt halt. Ccuweathers Paul Williams joins us now with the latest. Paul, morning. Thanks, reena, richard. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, here we go. Its monday all over. Particularly in chicago, st. Louis, little rock. Over towards nashville. Anywhere you see the green, look for blinding rain, scattered showers, bigtime travel delays. Mother nature will not just pick on the midwest. Its going to pick on the northeast as well. That front pushes through. It will bring with it more travel delays and in the midst downpours in the middle of december. Back to you. Reena . Richard . I do like pauls passion. We turn now to new details in the investigation of the San Bernardino massacre. After a threeday search, the fbi has finished dragging a nearby lake. Still no word if they have found the missing hard drive belonging to syed farook and Tashfeen Malik. And now there are new questions about why screeners, who let malik into the country, overlooked her social media accounts. On facebook, she discussed how she wanted to be part of a violent jihad. The fbi is investigating vandalism at two mosques in southern california. Treating them as hate crimes. Both were spraypainted and a hand grenade was left in the driveway of one of them on friday. A mosque in palm springs was damaged in a fire that police say was intentionally set well, 20 Saudi Arabian women will soon take up positions in their local town councils. They were elected in the election where women were allowed to vote for the first time. The kingdom bars them from making decisions about marriage, travel, education. Even from driving. Many of them took uber to cast their first ballot over the weekend. And breaking overnight, new details in the october crash of the Russian Airliner that killed 24 people over egypts sinai peninsula. Authorities said a bomb brought it down. This morning, the egyptians saying they have found so far no evidence of terrorism. That conclusion after a preliminary port on the crash. This is not the final word. The investigation continues. And now, today marks the third anniversary of the shooting at sandy hook elementary, which killed 20 children and 6 adults. And even though its the fallen on a school day, there are no events planned at the local schools. Town officials are also taking a lowkey approach with no organized public remembrances. The main event will be an Interfaith Service tonight. At the episcopal church. Antigun groups around the country are marking the day with ceremonies and speeches. Coming up, a new study about sleep and whether too much of a good thing is actually a bad thing. Plus, the outburst at the dmv. An example of how not to behave when your number is called. And check out the working conditions this mailman has to put up with. Never mind about the snow, rain, and gloom of the night. Stay with us. Behind every open heart. Is a story. For some, its about finishing the race. No matter what the obstacles. When you keep an open heart, Amazing Things happen. 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White breast meat chicken every time. So if youre not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, a problem with a wing forced thismergency landing of a Southwest Airlines flight in san antonio. A piece of the wing that reduces drag appeared to be at an irregular angle. Excuse me. The passenger who took the photos desesibed the flight as a a neardeath experience. With othererassengers screaming g in panic. The plane landed safely. Passengers continued their trip on another plane. Glad theyre okay. Twitter sounding an alarm to some users that their accounts may have been targeted by statesponsored hackers. The company says a small group of accounts were targeted. There is no indication that the hackers succeeded in stealing sensitive data. Google and facebook issued similar warnings about statesponsored attacks. Warning. If youre planning a trip to the post office today, expect to wait. The Postal Service says today will be the busiest day of the Holiday Season. Based on last years volume of 640 million cards, letters, and packages. Season, the Postal Service expects to deliver more than 15 billion items by new years eve. What have not been heating up exactly are interest rates. Many economists say dont expect that to change much this week. The fed reserve is expected to make an historic hike in the benchmark rate for the first time in nearly a decade. Its been hovering near zero since the 2008 financial crisis. But dont expect much. The fed is expected to just nudge the rate by a quarter of a rcent. The hungegegames mockingjay part 2 was tops at the box office for the fourth straight weekend. Though thiis likely its last time there, with star wars expected to crush all competition when it opens next week. Mockingjay has made more than 245 million so far. In the heart of the sea debuted in second place. Followed by the good dinosaur. When we come back, a dangerous situation at a hospital. Hundreds of people, many of them newborns, being threatened by a deadly disease. Caught on camera. The family of a young ack man speaking o. Young man speaking out. The holidays bring many challenges to thfeet. By day they must stay warm. But by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. Oh look whats this one . Todays the big day youre going to smash it. music plays throughout right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva s srts to work immediatelelat abreva. Com dont tough it out, knock it out, fast. With abreva. Oh, boy. Take a look at this. Thick, black smoke over portland, oregon, sunday. Veerd off the road and wept into railway cars. The truck driver did not, unfortunately, survive. Now for a look at morning road conditions. Slippery in the midwest and dee south. A rain snow mix possible in maine. A tough travel day for flyers, delays possible in phoenix, chicago, atlanta, salt lake city, philadelphia, and new york. The l. A. Sheriffs department on the defensive this morning after a deadly shoong. Deputies firing 3bullets at the suspect. The department releasing a video that appears to show Nick Lal Robertson holding a gun as he laid dying. Officers say they repeatedly called for him to drop his weapon as he approached a crowded gas station. The video indicates the suspect was looking in the direction of the deputy sheriffs hand as h h was l lking in that direction. There are two people and three chirp in a car within five feet of him at the time. His family returned to the gas station yesterday demanding justice in the shooting. His wife says robertson became child looing when he drank. Jury le dibdeliberations expected to start today in the death of freddie gray. William poert is charged with Reckless Endangerment, misconduct in office. If convicted of thehes expected to face up to 25 years in prison. Hundreds of newborns and hospital staff potentially exposed to tuberculosis. All babies from that hospital be treat frd antibiotics for up to the nurse showed no symptoms. So the risk is slim. A new study show e too much sleep could shorten your life span. One of the study authors suggests that sleeping more than nine hours might be signs of a more serious Health Problem. Or it could be that restlessness or poor quality sleep might be the reason behind the increased mortality rates. Just another afternoon at the dmv. The woman giving clerks hard time. They asked a trooper to remove her. She hadad another idea. Kicking, cursing, refusing t leave. The trooper arrested her smp got out of bail on 10 bond. She was charged with redissing arrest. The gias an dolphins wrap up week 14 tonight on monday night football. Games from our favorite people at espn. Thats jay. Im j. A. The nba this week, over the week end, lost the unbeaten team. The Golden State Warriorlost. But the nfl has its. Panthers up, 70. Newton. Ted ginn jr is really fast. Ted catches it and just runs. That was a illegal contact penalty that the panthers declined. They didnt need it. Carolina up, 140. Later, newton to get again. Ginn again. Ginn again. His second td of the day. Here we go. The rest of the team, they all do the same thing. Panthers win big,380. Sunday night cap. Patriots and texans in houston. Rob gronkowski comes back after a knee injury. Four catches, 87 yards. Their defensive line was a menace. They knocked brian hoyer out of the game. Not before they sacked him six times. A fumble lost there. Patriots beat the texans, 276. First afc team to clinch playoff spot. For more, check out your live sportscenter. First here. Live. 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Up next, the big change if festive holiday music. And a huge night in hollywood tonight. The new star wars movie premiers before a starstudded audience. Details, next. Ills, and fever, theres no such thing as a little flu. And it needs a big solution an antiviral. So when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up t t ante with antiviralalamiflu. Prescripipon tamiflu is an antiviral that attacks the flu virus at its source from spreading in the body. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people two weeks of age and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu, tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions, or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion, or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. bpa[ morning, star wars frenzy reaching a fever pitch. The prereer takes place in los angelele tonight. But where is still a secret. Fans have been gathering outside three l. A. Movie theaters for more than a week. When the film opens in the public on thursday, lit show in all three. Its a good bet the premier will be at one of them. Festivitie tonight on star wars. Com. Beginning at 8 30 eastern. A new shift when it comes to holiday shopping. It has to do with what were all hearing while doing g l that buying. You yeah i dont want a lot for christmas mmhmm. Mariah careys hit, all i want for christmas isyou. Holiday song in stores for the last 20 years. That honor this time of year were simply having a wonderful christmastime that honor now goes to the shins, with their cover of sir Paul Mccartneys wonderful christmas time. Its the new most played song. Careys song at number two. We could have called it a tie. 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Plenty of kid outs there still preparing their lists. We know that lots of members of the Armed Services wont be home for the holidays. Some have already made it. Thats when the fun starts. Examples of some of the greatest gifts of all now from abcs john donvan. Reporter look at that kids smile. Theres santa claus. One of her brothers. Wait,ho is that guy in t t back . Itit the time o o year for the happy prnk, when dads, long deployed in the service, pop out of costume in gym jazz. I missed you, daddy. Reporter or hide behind santa. Theres no words for it. Im just very anxious to see them. Reporter but now this. [ cheers and applause ] ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Reporter where 6yearold jordan took a moment to thank the man in red. With our face of happess. Heres what happened. Rob stella, in the back row, had been gone a year in the navy and it took awhile for the kids to spot him on this day. But heres what you get. 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