Affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got onlyy probation. Nowent grad, he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin. But think about it. Four dead bodies and this guy walked with straight probation. I have never in my Law Enforcement career and thats 35 years now, seen a case that sparked such route outrange. Reporter calling an the sentence a miscarriage of justice, Authorities Say couch turns 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case to adult court even before he vanished. Authorities say they cannot talk about what exactly theyre doing or how its being done but theyre urging ethan to surrender adding they willind him and his mother one way or another. Reena and kendis. Thank you so much. Now some sports starting with new york giants receiver odell nfnf for one gamam following his nasty game long battle with Carolina Panthers defensive back josh norman on sunday. He drew threeee personal foul penalties. The league says his actions particularly a head to head hit presented an unnecessary risk of injury. Beckham already has appealed the suspension pop we kind of saw this one comomg. We did. He should give up that appeal because he will lose it. It was just an ugly 60 minutes of football there. Speaking of football, monday night football matched a couple of teams who will not be going to the playoffs but it was still pretty entertaining. Detroit was in control against the saints in the first half. Thanks to two short touch down catches by golden tate who attended the university of notre dame by the way. New orleans rallied in the second half with drew brees throwing three touchdown passes. Brees became just the fourth quarterback in nfl history to throw more than 60,000 yards in his career. The lions hold on to this one. A win for them, 3527. It was close. They did kind of come back. Near the end. Coming up the mix, age old holiday traditions that seem to be going away. Will you miss them . Curious about those. Also ahead, the spacece mission finished in flash that made history overnight. What makes this rocket launch so significant. And the theme park visitor whos got more than a thrill at a popular attraction. The challenging sky high rescue. Remember to check our behind now. Weve been changing thingsgsp with ky love. Oh yeah. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Music starts and plays throughout gucci guilil the fragrances for him and for her. So how ya doing . Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have g gd status . 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The falcon 9 rocket blasting off, the first spacex launch since june when another falcon 9 exploded destroying two tons of cargo. This launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites but thats not the only success. The second triumph came when the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site. You hear the cheerer there. Wow. It landed upright. Thats amazing. The first time a spacex rocket has ever achieved such a feat. T this, a spokespersoso explained it this way. Like launching a pencil over the Empire State Building and having it land in a shoebox on the other side during a windstorm. Now it all makes sense. Excitement makes sense. This is such a big deal to the spacex folks. Congratulations to them. Big, big congrats to them. Very big day. Thats awesome. Nice job, guys. Now to earthly drama for 50 seaworld guests and two employees in orlando. Family trapped for nearly three hours in the sky power cabin. Details. Reporter their sea world holiday vacation, stuck. I want to get out of this thing. Reporter the more than 40yearold rotating, 400foot sky tower elevator the tower is stuck with approximately 50 people and two employees. Reporter didnt move for about three hours, leaving this view for passengers. Firefighters establishing sea world command. Reporter arrive for the rescue, as parents try to calm i know youre getting tired. Just chill out and rest. Reporter finally, a basket. Tyre bringing supplies up with them. Reporter carrying a tetenician, as well. Once on top of the sky tower, that technician able to get the ride to move. The technician was able to jerk the ride free, which did cause some people a little bit of panic as we jumped a little bit. Reporter but finally, the sky tower was lowered back to the ground. Customers say they were told the emergency brake malfunctioned, it froze. Sea world would not comment. Of the 50 ononoard, none were injured. David kerley, abc news, washington. So they still dont know the exactly what caused that to happen. Messenger being stuck up thereeor three hours. Heres the cool part. Some kids were actually using periscope to broadcast it live. Youre kidding. That is kind of it wasnt completely terrifying. Tt would have been fun to watch. That would have been entertaining and terrifying at the same time. Good that it all worked out for them. Hour, the best tips for booking air travel. Simple and easy ways to make sure youre getting the best fares including the airlines that you wont be able to find on some sites. But first shopping spread. The best last minute deals that you can aim for today and why you will actually be rewarded for your procrastination. Interesting. Youre watching world news announcer world news now waking up on Christmas Morning hours before the winter suns okay. If you want to wake up Christmas Morning to some presents under the tree, got to gett moving. You still have a little bit of shopping time. A few days. Santa, right . Thankfully there home run still great deals out there. Here is abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter its a christmas procrastination nation. The majority of americans havent finished shopping. Nearly half saying theyre waititg until christmas eve. While last minute shoppers may not have the time on their side, they do have this going for them. Extremely motivated retailers. The sales this year are lookingg better than ever. Retailers are desperate to sell us things. Lets make them work for it. Reporter while online sales are up nearly 14 from last year, s ses inside physical stores are down almost 6 . Making this final push crucial to retailers bottom lines. The best deal right now is to look for a stackable discount. Thats when an itemm is alreadydy discounted but you see a big sign saying 20 , 30 off. Go straight to those stacked discounts. Reporter and after sluggish thanksgiving sales, right now its better late than november. At best buy, this apple watch sports 50 off on black friday. Now even more marked down. 100 off the regular price. And launching tuesday, just for last minute shoppers, microsoft offering 50 off the xbox one plus two free games with purchase. After a start to winter that feels a lot more like spring, no deep freeze means the deepest discounts on cd weather clothes and accessories. Many retailers trying to clear outer wear, boots and knit wear marking them on sale now for 60, even 70 off. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Its really something to think about that you can go out and get some winter clothing and gear. Who would have thought . Its so warm still. Exactly. Slslveless day in n e dead of winter. 11 48 p. M. Last night. All right. Got us thinking. We should kind of help each other out. What are other gifts that you can get us . Tell us whaha your last minute shopping secrets are. Share with us through social media and email. The best tips will receive the best Christmas Gift you could get, a world news now coffee mug. Youve got tips for us, dont you . I do. Do tell. This got me thinking. Do tell. This got me thinking what kind of gifts. Thanks for the warning. Can you get that make you feel good. I feel like youou buy toys, you buy luxury goods for family members. There are a lot of things that can help other people that are great gifts. Kiva is a Great Organization that you can put 100, 50, you gift it to a person like a gift card. It allows them to pick a charity they like. Its like microfinancing. Once theyve reached their limit, that money comes back too youu in the pot. To help teachers its called donors choice. It helps teachers, you can be pick things teachers need for their classrooms. They bought equipment. Television equipment for a school in tampa, florida. And also the project where youre helping families suffering from hunger and poverty by buying cattle. Well be back. 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Remember the good old days of like the mistletoe . You get a mistletoe and pop down and you know, you would have a mistletoe that would pop down and you would have a mistletoe pop down. Thank you. And all of a sudden, youd make out as a result . Oh. Well. Well. That is apparently no longer the case. I couldnt even get the mistletoe to make that work. So the new study says that only o in seven have. Bring the mistletoe down. Seriously. This is the worst mistletoe. Rocco, youre fired. Youre fired. Youre not a good mistletoe man. 14 have kissed under the mistletoe. Man. Get a kiss around here. Youve got to bring it down a little bit more. Right between the people, right there. Weve got to go tl the next story. There you go, rocco. Back there brandon and jack. Its just for work. Oh, boy. For yes. Work purposes. For the work purposes. So moving on. The point is people are not doing it. People are not doing it. One in seven of us have oged and 14 have kissed under the mistletoe. Theres a deejay who was in love with whams last christmas that he played it. A lot of times. Take a quick lilien. Kiss me now i know you fool me again rocco, thank you. For two hours played it nonstop. I love the song. Breaking a record for it. Cant go wrong with this. I think we should challenge them and just do it an entire newscast with this in the that will be our last christmas newscast. Look at this cute v veo of kids meeting santa. Its a horrifying thing for many, many kids. They did it all in slow mo here. Look at these kids kind of like i feel this morning on world news now, campai firestorm. Donald trump calls Hillary Clinton a liar. As a political facacchecker looks for truth in trumps own comments. The president ial race takes a tense turn overnight. Serious charges. The woman accused of intentionally hitting crowds of ople with her car along the vegas strip. New details from Police Including her state of mind. And new this half hour, the dangerous search for an accomplished skier. The man missing f f days and why rescue teams had to delay their search in the mountains. That he will be found alive. And later, Chelsea Clintons big announcement setting off social media. Its persosol, not political. Thats in the skinny on this tuesday, december 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this tuesday. Im reena ninan. Personal, not political. Im kendis gibson. Of course, but some gd timing to have a new baby in 2016. Right in the middle of it all. In an election year. Well get to the details of that. Theres never a good time to plan to have a child. Especially a second child. You dont realize it when you have your first but its game over when you have your second. What does that mean . Well, so much changes. For me personally. I should not generalize for women and parents everywhe but it was like having a thousand children having my second one. Ill take your word for it. Hey, its a great tax writeoff though. There you go. Thats an upside. For the white house because it is still heating up. We have about 40 days until the first vote in iowa, and that raging war is going on war, war of words between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. If its a boy it probably wont be called dodold. Im thinking not. Last night trump took a new swing at clinton using what some might consider a vulgar reference when describing her 2008 loss to president obama and calling her bathroom break during saturdays debate disgusting. The verbal barbs started between the two of them over the weekend and show no signs of easing. Abcs megan hughes has more. Hillary, thats not a president. Reporter it may well be a preview of the 2016 president ial faceoff. Hillary clinton and donald trump going g eonone. Y y see hillary, did you watch that at happened to her . No, shes terrible. Reporter and saturdays abc news democratic debate, Hillary Clinton took jab after jab at mr. Trump has a great capacity to use bluster and bigotry to inflame people. Reporter capped with this accusation. He is becoming isis best rereuiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter after the debate, Clintons Campaign could provide no direct evidence that happened. At a Campaign Rally monday night, trump pushed back. And it turned out to be a lie. Shes a liar. No, it turned out to be a lie. Reporter and trump is demanding that clinton apologize to which a Clinton Campaign spokesman replied hell no. Donald trump himself has repeatedly been accused of distorting facts. On monday the Fact Checking watchdog politifact called his campaign misstatents the 2015 lie of the year. Megan hughes, abc news, washington. Six American Service members are dead and two injured in the in afghanistan in more than the years. Among them was new York City Police officer joseph lemm, a member of the air national guard. The Suicide Attack by the taliban was another setback in afghanistan for the u. S. Where key province is in danger of falling to the taliban. And the friend and former neighbor of San Bernardino terrorist sayed farook must remain in jail. During a hearing yesterday, a federal judge denied bail for Enrique Marquez deciding that he is a danger to the community. Defense attorneys had argued that marquez had been cooperating with the fbi even when he was not under arrest. A suspececin sunday nights deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip is in jail and on suicide watch right now. Investigators are looking into Lakeisha Holloways life while they develop a motive for her alleged actions. Shes reportedly already told authorities that she was stressed out finding a place for her and her daughter to sleep. Abcs brandi hitt has more. And d n on the busy las veves strip. Some lady ran, jumped the curb in her car and went through the people. Reporter police say 24yearold Lakeisha Holloway veered onto the sidewalk up to three times sunday night accelerating into the crowd just outside the paris hotel and casino. Video confirms we believe it to be an intentional act. And mother from arizona was killed. This go fund me page set up for her family. At least 35 others were also injured while holloways 3yearold child sat inside the swerving car. Police caught up to the driver moments later. We have this driver in custody. Thats affirmative. Shes in custody. Reporter investigators dont believe this was an act of terrorism but know very little about her background. She was believed to have been living in oregon, then in vegas, living in her vehicle for days. We believe that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. Reporter the toddler i iide now in protective custody. Why . Why us . Why did this happen . And what really happened . Reporter investigators dont believe alcohol was involved but theyre testing whether holloway was under the influence of drugs. Shes facing at least one count of murder and possibly several counts of attempted murder. Thank you so much, brandi. An avalanche danger suspended the search for a missing skier in Washington State. 43yearold monty busbee disappeared over the weekend over the area there. Police have located his truck with his cell phone inside. Dozens of volunteers and four teams of dogs have been combing the area. Despite this setback, rescuers are optimistic. He could be in a snow cave, he could be under a tarp just waiting for us. Maybe you know, who knows . Maybe a broken ankle or something waiting for us to get there. And in that area, snoqualmie, busbee is described as an experienced back country skier known to carry a backpack with as winter officially arrives, theres proof in the pacific northwest. Another storm is hitting wawaington and oregon with heavy snowfall making travel dangerous in higher elevations. Accuweathers Paul Williams has our holiday forecast. Morning to you, paul. Good morning, paul. Thanks, kendis, reena. Like the story l le of a bad movie you wish was over, storms continue to slam into the northwest part of the country. Frequent storms continue to pound the northwest and Pacific Coast with heavy showers and flooding potential along i5 and believe it or not, now we have feet of snow. Yes, significant snow thats going to form in the northwest part of the untry. Now towards the east, southerly flow will set up for warm conditions with lots of rain. The good news is the rain will clear by christmas. But its still going to be warm, not feeling like christmas but it still is. Reena, kendis. That is a bad movie. We have a good movie in florida. Good weather though for a bit of space travel history to be made at cape canaveral. Spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket sce the last one exploded in june. Deployed 11 small communication satellites. In a major first, the first stage rocket flew back to the launch site and landed upright marking the first crucial step in being able to recycle these rockets. Congratulations to the folks there. Big step. And two american astronauts made quick work of a repair job during an unplanned space walk outside the space station. Scott kelly and Timothy Kopra took aboutut half hour to release the brake handles on a rail car and help guide it back into place. The car needed to be moved so a ship full of supplies could land at the space station tomorrow. Nice work, guys. And if you thought star wars has permeated every aspect of civilization, you may be right, especially given this next story. Hes a turtle hospitalaln North Carolina caring for 20 new turtles some of which they named after star wars characters. Theres one you see there inside that is darth vader. Both of them and the others just arrived from new england. They were found struggling in the cold water and sent south to warm up and continued growing. The hospitals hope is to send darth vader and yoda and the other turtles back into the ocean eventually. Yoda said go home i must. You have a better yoda voice than that. Oh, i do. Not going there. Coming up in the skinny, the kardashian. My darth vader thing. That was . Yeah. Okay. The kardashian invention that went up for sale and nearly broke the internet. Also ahead, a health alert for fatigued overnight workers driving home after their shifts. What medical researchers discovered. And hgw to book last minute Holiday Travel without spending a fortune. Stay tuned for expert moneysaving advice. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex. Now. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex. Hink youre going . G . To work, with you. Its taco tuesday. 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A new study is underscoring the dangers of driving drowsy. Harvard researchers found driving after working a nighghhift can make you up to six times more likely to crash your car. In fact, researchers had to halt testing because nearly half the shift works almost crashed even though they knew they were Research Shows a driver awake for 24 hours compares to a drunken driver with a. 10 blood alcohol level. 10. Thats pretty high level. Wow. All right. More reason for us to have a driver. Or to sleep in your rooms. Our office. You have lots of yes. If by trains, planes or automobiles tis the season to travel. And get there by air can be expensive as Rebecca Jarvis has tips for reducing the price of your journey. Reporter mike and stacy have always loved to travel but now as parents to julia and ryan, theyve had to recalibrate their destinations and their budget. Obviously, everything changege and priorities are realigned. Disney, here we come. Reporter first task, flights from,new jersey to orlando and now they have an extra cost. Reporter she was a lap seat. Now she needs her own seat. Yes. Reporter so far they found flights for 317 a ticket, totaling almost 1,000. We bring in travel expert brian kelley to see if he can work some savings magic for their trip to the magic kingdom. Reporter whos ready to save some money . We are. We definitely are. Reporter brians first step, flexibility. Brian recommends having adjustable travel dates. Tuesdays and saturdays if you can leave on those days generally will save 20 or more. Reporter next tip. When looking online, think outside the box. Brian suggests first searching google flights. Its not a travel agency. Theyre not trying to sell you Hotel Packages and everything else. Reporter there, we find some savings on flights. But brian has another trick up his sleeve. Southwest airlines does not show up on any of the Online Travel agencies. You always have to go to southwescom. Reporter there, stacy and mike hit the jackpot. Can find a round trip fare for 1 2 a ticket, including two free checked bags and free carryones. You just shaved about 120 bucks off the cost of every one of the tickets. Plus no fees in terms of saving money. That one is a nobrainer. Reporter heres another tip. Once on the ground, membership has its privileges. You can often get lower rates on hotels and rental cars through memberships with discount warehouses, aaa and even aarp. Im 32 years old and im a member. Reporter that little tip puts 100 back in their pocket. Ready to book . Ready, were ready. Rorter Rebecca Jarvis, abc news, new york. So many good tips. Some gogo tips. We need more of brian kelley. We dont get him enough on our air. Good advice. Coming up, Kim Kardashian breaks the apple store. And sarah palin breaks a leg. Skinny up nextxt continues after this froour ting skinny, so skinny okay. So up first in the skinny, christmas indeed coming early for the clinton family. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton sharing the happy news that shes pregnant with baby number two. She made the announcement yesterday on twitter with a photo of her daughter charlotte readadg a page in a book that says big sisters are the best. Grandparents hillary and bill are also reveling in the news and took to social media to share their excitement. Bill tweeting christmas comes early. Hillary and i are thrilled for chelsea, mark, and charlottes growing family. Mrs. Clinton saying were excited to meet our second grandchild. Its excititi news coming in the middle of ththsummer. Very exciting just before the convention. Uhhuh. Kim kardashi issuing an apology to apple for apparently causing their app store to malfunction. It was quite a stir all because of her new line of emojis called kimojis. Did they reallyame i i kimojis . Yeah. Its for 1. 99, people can choose from 250 symbols that in ways that are not entirely clear relate to the life of Kim Kardashian. They include a higher drier, a peach with cream, gummy bears and the great wave by 19th century japanese artist hokusai. Whats the most important one . The booty emoji. Cant believe you missed that one, kendis. Poke your eye out. Kim has plenty of selfreferences but perhaps there should be a dollar sign in there because at its peak this pulled in 9 million downloads in one second according to tmz. All the money going to charity. Just kidding. No. The charity called the kardashian west hohoehold. Thehe you go. Sarah palin finally getting back to her former snl impersonator tina fey. Y was back to host saturday night live this past weekend and dusted off that red blazer to play palin. After all these years, sarah is playing tina in a trailer releed for a series called 31 rock playing off feys show of course, thats been off the air for nearly two years. It tells us what Lindsey Graham will be doing now that hes dropped his president ial bid. Here. Will she be able to round up a cast and produce a hit show . Wheres the new page . R will her writers ruin everything . Nerds. And force her old friend to step in. Melon, okay, heres what you t do. Star wars didnt actually changegeinema. Oh, man, they look so much alike, dont they . She does look like tina fey. Pretty impressive. The video is for a website called the independent journal review. They joked the series may be premiering next year. I think theyre on to something. Possibly. Finally a question over a popular character of fiction and her supposed race. Were talking about Hermione Granger of the harry potter series. In the movie played by emma watson a white actress. Since revealing the adult hermione will be portrayed by noma dumezweni, a black actress, and some expressing displeasure at the apparent changing of the characters race. Hold up. Marry potter author j. K. Rowling catching wind of the debate and putting it to rest tweeting the correct description of brown eyes frizzy hair and very clear of white skin was never specified. She loves black hermione. She has spoken. coughing coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why theres delsym. Delsyms advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. All night. Oh, is it too late now to say sorry yeah, i know that i let you down little jb saying sorry and it is certainly something steve harvey canttay enough. His mistake in announcing the wrong Miss Universe winner was simplyoo awkward for words. I know, but he fessed up to it. We still love our steve harvey. Some people still want to know how it happened and why. Down. Miss universe 2015 is colombia reporter in the history of beauty pageants, this was the shortest reign ever. Two minutes in the tiara, before a sheepish steve h hvey slunked baba on stage. I have to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. Before essentially telling her to hand over the crown. Miss universe 2015 is philippines. Reporter one of the most awkward moments ever on live tv. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake. It was on the card. Steve harvey didnt help matters by sending out an apology twtwt that misspells the names of both countries all of which led to a Justin Bieber sorry meme on instagram and to say sorry now reporter the mistake so bad that the 2015 Miss Universe panel gent is now fodder for conspiracy theories with some insisting it must be a hoax. Our requests for comment have gone unanswered. Everything happens for a reason so im happy. Its a very nontraditional crowning moment. Donald trump the former owner of the Miss Universe pageant suggested they share the crown as if he would ever accept sharing the tiara in the beauty geant hes now compepeng in. Bottom line, there is only one Miss Universe and for the record, its not miss colombia. David wright, abc news, new york. Can i say what grace both of those womemehandled themselves with. I really enjoyed watching how they reacted. Sometimes its not what happens to you but how you reacted. There goes miss world news cording to steve harvey announced it. Miss diana perez. Announcer this is s cs world news now. Informing insomniacs for two decades. Governor branstad says the three companies that will now manage the states Medicaid Services will be able to accommodate tens of thousand of iowans. Last friday a state official terminatededhe states contract t iowa last week, saying it failed to disclose highly relevant information during the bidding process. Now the department of Human Services will be contact the people who h h been enrolled with wellcare, and d will re assign them equally among the three remaining managed care companies. More news later here on tv9. Good morning, im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Winters opening act is set to disrupt travel plans for millions of americans days before christmas. At least a dozen states are under Winter Weather alerts as heavy snows slammed the western states. Full details straight ahead. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl held captive by the taliban for five years after he walked away from his p st will be arraigned today. Hes chargeded with desertion and prison for life. Bill cosby has sued former super model Beverly Johnson over her claims that he tried to drug and sexually assault her. Johnson responded to the suit that abusers often try to intimidate and weaken their victims. And christmas coming early for the clintons as Chelsea Clinton shares the happy news. Shshs pregnant with baby number two. A soon to be little sister for 15monthold daughter charlotte. Those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Get that right . Yep. Did i get thbt right . I said a soon to be little sister but actually a soon to be big sister. Shes not going to be the little one anymore. I think i almost thought i gave away the sex. We dont know the sex of baby number two. Make that very clear. That will come out t the politicacayear. Certainly not to be named donald or trump likely. Lets hope not. 11 48 p. M. Last night, did you feel it . Sure, look what im wearing dress for the winter. At least its not white. Youre right. Were going to begin with the extreme weather. Its set to disrupt Holiday Travel for millions of people. On this first full day of winter. At least a dozen states on Winter Weather alerts. Western states getting slammed with feet of snow and severe storms are hitting the`south. Well get startetewith our abcs o benitez. Reporter strong winter storms slamming the west. 55mileperhour winds ripping this tree from its roots and snow blanketing these streets in northern california, all just in time for Holiday Travel. This, as more than 100 Million People hit the road this week, the st ever. Thats nearly 1 in every 3 americans. 38. 1 Million People are flying over the holidays. An estimated 2. 2 Million People expected to fly each day. Atlanta, los angeles a chicago among the busiest airports. Travelels will be using theiei cars. The good news . The average price of gas is at a new low, 2 a gallon. Thats less than a gallon of milk. Gas down 32 cents from this time last year. And with those low prices, youll see busy streets. So, it will help to know that christmas eve, Christmas Day and new years day are the easiest travel days. The busiest . Decembmb 27th and january 3rd. Gio benitez, abc news, new york. Thank you, gio. Holiday travelers in the northwest could see the biggest delays. With the latest storm leaving its impact on a a g region, take a look, from Washington State to califoia all the way over to utah. Heres Paul Williams at accuweather. Good morning. Thanks, reena, kendis. Id d ve to change the narartive of this story but it still stays on the not so great side for the northwest. A series of frequent storms will continue to pound literally right into the northwest. Along i5 and then well have to watch out for significant snow developing throughout several of the interstates in the northwest. Were talking feet of snow. Not inches, but feet but to the east, totally different story. Southerly flow courtesy of this High Pressure system. Well have to deal with episodes of rain but even with this exexptional warmth, well at least get a chance to enjoy a dry christmas, not necessarily a snowy one but a dry one. If you want snow, you have to go to the west ere you have snow potential. Temperatures in the 70s in d. C. And new york on christmas eve. Amazing this year. Paul, thank you. Over in the west coast now, the danger of an avalanche has halted the searcfor a missing skier in Washington State. 43yearold monty busbee disappeared over the weekend near snoqualmie. Dozens of volunteers and four teams have been coving the area. He is described as an experienced back country skier. Rescuers are optimistic he might be hunkered inside a snow cave or under a tarp somewhere. Deadly crash along theas vegas strip is on suicide watch at a las vegas jail right now. 24yearold Lakeisha Holloway has told authorities she was stressed about finding a place to sleep for her and her daughter before allegedly running down groups of people on the strip sidewalk. One person was killed which is why hollowway is being charged with murder. She could face additional charges, as well. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton e locked in a heavyweight political showdown and neither seems ready to tone down the rhetoric. Last night in michigan, trump got a little personal using what some might consider a vulgar reference. When describing clintons 2008 loss to president obama. He also called clintons bathroom break during saturdays debate disgusting. The current round of nastiness stems from that debate as abcs reporter Hillary Clintons campaign is saying, quote, hell no, she wont apologize for this shot she took at donald trump in recruiter. They are going to peoplele showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter after the debate, Clintons Campaign could provide no direct evidence that happened. I will demand an apology from hillary. She should apologize. She lies about emails. She lies about whitewater. E lies about everyththg. R rorter trump himself has been repeatedly accused of distorting the truth. Fact checking watchdog politifact called his quote, campaign misstatements, the 2015 lie of the year. They couldnt pick just one, so, they cited several. Including his claim that muslims in new jersey celebrated on 9 11. And thousands of people were cheering. Reporter and that president obama wants to take in 250,000 Syrian Refugees when the white house has said 10,000. To take in 250,000 people, insane. Reporter theres no denying trumps words strike a chord with voters. As for her big allegation for about trump and isis, the Clinton Campaign is now pointing out that trumps words have aired repeatedly on Arab Television adding if we dont think isis is using that, were fooling ourselves. Jonathan carl, candidate rapids, michigig. What if were wrong about donald trump . I mean the polling out there that its not as close. What if he has a much more significant landslide . You know, when it was the elections in britain back in may, they said that the conservatives and labor were 34 33 . 1 difference. Israeli electctns, as well. In the end in britain it ended up being 38 to 31 . It was a much greater landslide. Were seeing that. What if the right is far underrepresented in polling . Can we count these numbers . Is it a reflective could trump possibly have more support than were actually seeing . That sounds like what erybody in the bush h mpaign is hoping. That trump has more support. That hopefully the polling is completely wrong. My point is what if the right, the people who really follow trump, what if they are underrepresented in popoing and they actually have a much greater majority than were giving them credit for. A lotf people said that is exactly the ca. A lot of pple admittedly when you do the polling and face to face would not admit to you face to face that they are in support of trump but theyll do so online. More fearful or hesitant. Well move on to prosecutes in baltimore who say theyll retry the Police Officer whose first trial ended in a hung jury. A new trial set to start in the june for William Porter in connection with the death of freddie gray while in police custody. Caesar goodsons trial begins officer cesar goodsons trial begins january 6th. He was driving the van in which gray was riding. Another high profile case in which a prisoner died in police custody. Be no indictments against jailers or deputies in the death of sandra bland. She was stopped by a state trooper and later died in her cell. The grand jury will decide if the trooper should face charges. Its back to class today. Schools in new hampshires second biggest city are reopening. They were closed yesterday after an email threatened to harm students but administrators say they found no evidence supporting the very specific threats. There will be extra security today. But some parents say they plan to keep their kids home, as well. More troubles for the embattled executive facing securities fraud charges. Martin shkreli was fired as the ceo of a pharmaceutical company, a job he held d r about a month. He sparked outrage over thth summer for raising the cost of a life saving drug 4000 . Last week one day after his another company, turing farm farmceuticals farmceuticals. A utah couple miles from the hospital when a baby couldnt wait. Kristin allred delivered her baby in the family truck on the highway but the umbilical cord wrapped around the babys neck. The baby wasnt breathing. A 911 operator still in training told the couple tie a shoe lace around the cord. D 30 seconds later t t baby was breathing. Isnt that remarkable . Who knew. Thats incredible. Welcome, youngster. Absolutely. And democratic president ial candidate bernini sanders is getting what some might consider steamy support. It comes from the new m who bern 2016 alendar, which features hot guys into bernie sanders. Feel the bern as you might figure the calendar includes mostly shirtless dudes who arent afraid to proclaim their admiration for sanders. Was created by an actor right hehe in new york. He says proceeds will go to help sanders win the state of new york. Each calendar costs about 20 bucks. Christmas idea. Thats what mama wanted. Absolutely. Coming up, some last Minute Delivery Services to make sure gifts make it under the tree on time. Whipping up delicious desserts for your holiday gathering. Im not sure what was more ininresting, kendis oututt or the sweet choice. And the search for the texas teen once accused of affluenza. New details about his mom and the tips coming into police. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by United Health care. Brought to you by United Health care. Approaching medicare eligibility . 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The cop gave chase as the driver sped off driving wildly, even passing other vehicles on the shoulder after spinning out, two people inside, well, they took off running. An 8yearold girl and her 13yearold brother, both were taken into custody and returned to their mother. The teen who was behind the wheel has a history of runins well, the search h r the socalleleaffluenza teen is intensifying. Theres now a wanted poster for ethan couch who killed four people in a drunk driving crash but never went to jail. Tips are pouring in. The latest from abcs clayton sandell. Reporter police say ethan couch is on the run tonight, possibly in thiblack ford truck that belongs to his mother, tonya. Shes missing now, too. Were going to prosecute her fully as we can, if she helps him at all. Reporter couch is wanted for violating his probation after driving drunk in 2013, causing a crash that killed four people. He got no jail time after arguing he had socalled affluenza, too rich to know right from wrong. Those people who dealt with him at the accident scene, and the post accident scsce saw abablutely no remorse. Reporter earlier this month, this video surfaced on twitter. Investigators say it appears to be couch at a party, possibly violating his probation. That sent him running once that video surfaced. Reporter the fbi and u. S. Marshals have now joined the hunt for couch and his mother, putting ethans face on this wanted poster. Theres now a 5,000 reward. Let him get a taste of real prison and real adult justice. Reporter officials here say they have received hundreds of they are also now checking phone, credit card, even passport records but so far no solid leads towards finding couch or his mother. Clayton sandell, abc news, fort worth. Coming up, late night desserts. Announcer world news now with just days to go till christmas, many of us have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads right now and probably t image of this jacket burning their brains. Apologies on that. Joining us with some sweet ideas for the holiday is food and lifestyle guru marla meredith. Welcome. Decided to get dressed up for you and found this instead. Can i borrow that some day . I actually live at a ski resort. Id like to ski down the hill wearing that. It definitely would be memorable going down theill with this. Absolutely. Tried to look sweet in a suit. This is looking pretty sweet, as well. Great. Today were talking about you can whip out really quickly for those impromptu guests or too many, you know. And theyre really quick and eaea. And need to get at it really quickly. What we have first is a simple tiramisu. All weve done, weve taken lady fingers. Weve dipped them in some piping hot espresso. Great mug, by the way. And then we simply make a whole display of them in a brown sugar sweetened mamacapone cheese. Whats marscapone . Like a creamy yummy amazing whipped cream kind of tasting thing. A classic Italian Cheese but it doeoet taste like cheese. Does it taste like tiramisu . Youve goto know. Youve got to ask those questions, right . Then next up, we have something we can work on together. Do you want to get like all dirty with dessert . So what we have is a typically its called an eaten mess. These are eaten mess parfaits. Typically you would have meringue but sometimes those can be hard to find we realized when we were crcrting the set. So we have doughnuts instead which everyone loves doughnuts. Were going to layer whipped cream. Ake here. Whipped cream and ill do a layer of cranberry sauce while you do that. Oh, my. Is that too much . No, its like the best. Put on some cranberry sauce. Were going to swap. Ill do cranberry first. Then ill put cranberry on here. How does that sound . Okay, perfect. Boom. Now you have your cranberry eat and mess parfaits with doughnut holes. Boom. So thatsst . Yeah, thats it. Its super, super, super easy. And look how great. We have spoons here too if anyone wants to try. Then we have quick and easy all we did was take instant pudding, mix it with pumpkin puree, top it with whipped cream and Graham Cracker we have chocolate sandwich cookies with cinnamon hohomade frosting. Made that quickly. So quickly. Butter, sugar, cookies done and some cinnamon. Then you have broiled pears with ginger whipped cream and nuts. So easy. What do you do first with these . What you do is you coat those with some butter on them, brown sugar, throw them under the broiler for five minutes and top it with ginger whipped cream and nuts. Ive come to realize the key to any dessert is just sugar, butter and a little bit of cream. Sometimes we throw in a little bit of crcrch. Just totoake it seem exactly. Its sort of like the equivalent of a suit. All you need is a little bit of reindeer. A f patterns. Patterns. Snowflakes. Its like chrisisas threw up alalover it. Thank you. Sad thing is i could spray this on here. Diffffence. Going in my mouth when i was trying to do this. We do say Merry Christmas to you. Merry christmas. Youre watching world news now. If youre approaching 65, nows the time to get your ducks in a row. To learn about medicare, and the options you have. You see, medicare doesnt cover everything only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So if 65 is around the corner, think about an rp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they help cover some of what medicare doesnt pay. And could save you in outofpocket medical costs. So donon wait. Call to request your free decision guide. And gather the information now to help you choose a plan later. Or hospital that takes medicare patients. 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Were talking to the control room if you spilled coffee, it would get lost in the suit. You the wouldnt have to worry about the stain. Its not a pretty color on you. Whats that . Jeaeausy. Whoo. Bringing out the claws this christmas. Okay. Your gift game going. Of course, this year, youre running out of time if youre not done yet. Abcs becky worley with some easy ways to help. Reporter the last week before christmas. For many a frantic scramble. We need a few more things so what are the options . Lets start online. You can absolutely still shop via mobile or mouse but it will cost you. Reporter if youre planning on shipping gifts this week, prepare for sticker shock. Sticker shock is right. Shoppers can pay two to three times the price of regular shippingngust to ensure delivery by christmas eve. You could easily end up paying over 100 for a small package. Reporter the deadline for twodada shipping tuesday december 22nd and oneday shipping december 23rd, wednesday. But that doesnt mean midnight of those days. Most retailers have a cutoff between noon to 2 00 p. M. Eastern so shop early. Your next option ship to store. Buy online, then pick up at customer service. You dont have to wait in and waiting for you. Can check and make sure the deal isnt better there. Reporter something new that makes iteasier. A free service callecurb side that lets you order on your phone from retailers including target then schedule a pickuku pull in and fire up the app. They bring everything i ordered right to the car. I dont even have to get out. Welcome to target curbside. May i see your id . Got your items here right. That was convenient. If even a trip to the curb is too much, deliv is like uber for bringing stuff to your house. They power that same day delivery option y y see at checkout in big retailers like macys and best buy and in a lot of cases, that delivery8costs can just 5 extra dollars. Its only in 17 markets. If youre lucky enough to be in one of them, this might save christmas. Thats interesting. We want to know, dude, whats up with your suit . Whats the story . Im doing deep reading right here. Is that what you think . Okay. Where did you get this from . Its actually a Dutch Company called oppo suits. They say its 100 polyester. 200 awesome. And 100 , what is he doing . I do. This morning on world news now, she blamed it on stress. The woman accused of slamming her car into crowds of las vegas pedestrians. The police revealing what was going on in her mind moments before the deadly crash. Targeted by the taliban. Militants tatang aim at americans, killing six service members. The deadliest attack of its kind in years. Sky high scare. Theme park visitors stuck inside a popular attraction for hours. The challenging rescue and the frazzled nerves. D later saving money on minute. The deep discounts in the final days before the holiliy. Our experts show us ththbest bets on this tuesday, december 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to you on this tuesday or happy winter. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Were gog to get right to the investigation in that deadly sidewalk crash in lavegas. More informationonbout the woman who was behind the wheel now coming to light. Her name is Lakeisha Holloway. Shes in custody at this hour and is on suicide watch at a jail in las vegas right now. Police say sunday evenings incident took place as she was feeling stressed over trying to find a place to sleep along with her daughter. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has more from las vegas. Reporter terror on the streets of sin city, as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. At least 20 people were ran 24yearold Lakeisha Holloway, with her 3yearold daughter in the backseat, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. Injuring more than 30. Killing jessica a lenzuela, a momoer of three. People were punching the window, trying to get apparently the child out of the backseat. But she accelerated again and just kept mowing everyone down. It looked like she wasnt even trying to stop ththcar. She had both of hehehands on the wheel and was looking wheel and was looking straight forward and there were men running after her, trying to stop the vicle and they couldnt get to her. Were going to need somebody to s st down traffic. Reporter the famed Las Vegas Strip shut down. Police believe she was previously living in oregon. In 2012, she was featured in a video that helps at risk youth there. Boy, have i come a long ways. Police bebeeve she drove from oregon to las veves where she had been living in her car for days. Police say there was no sign of alcohol but they do believe that she was under the influence of a stimulant at the time. It all finally came to an end here at t casino a few blocks s ay where police say she pulled up to the valet operator and asked him to call 911 that she boulevard. Shes now facing charges of murder with a Deadly Weapon and more charges are penng. Kayna whitworth, abc news, las vegas. Enrique marquez friend of syed farook has been denied bail. A judge ruled marquez should remain behind bars. He has b bn charged in connection with two abandoned terror plots that he planned with farook and for illegally buying two assault rifles used in the massacre. And now to another highprofile court appearance. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl goes before a military judge today arraigned on charges of desertion and endangering troops. Bergdahl was held captive by the taliban for r ve years. If convicted of the more serious charge, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. Six American Service members are dead and two wounded in the deadliest attack on u. S. Forces in afghanistan in three years. Police detective joseph lemm, a member of the air national guard. With more heres abcs terry moran. Reporter the attack happened not far from the huge bagram air business from the largest American Military facility in afghanistan. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle plowed into a group of u. S. Troops meeting with local afghan officials. Six american soldiers, killed. Two other americans, and an afghan interpreter, wounded. The taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on twitter. It was the deadliest day in combat for u. S. Fofoes in afghanistan since august 2012. Across afghanistan, the taliban are on the march again, and making gains in areas once secured by nato and american forces. Last week, defense secretary carter, visiting troops in afghanistan, admitted things are not going well. The talibans advances in some parts of the country, even if only temporary, underscore that this is a tough fight, and reporter there are 9,800 american troops in afghanistan right now. That number is going down to 5500 by the end of next year. But president obama who last christmas declared an end to the american combat mission in afghanistan will leave this war to his successor. Terry moran, abc news, london. And back here in the states, the political showdown between donald trump and Hillary Clinton shows no signs of christmas truce. Last night at a rally in michigan, trump seemed to up the ante a little bit using what some might consider a vulgar reference when describing clintons 2008 loss to president obama. Their current heated rhetoric began with clintons charge during saturdays abc debate. He is becoming isis best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. And it turned out to be a lie. No, it turned out to be a lie. Trump is demanding that clinton apologize for the statement that you heard right there. Even though theres no evidence of trump appearing in isis recruitment videos, Clintons Campaign spoposman said quoting here hell know when asked if an apology was forthcoming. The scramble is on for Lindsey Grahams endorsement now that hes dropped out of the primary race. In dropping out, graham warned that donald trump would not be able to beat a democrat like Hillary Clinton without some major adjustments. S. Former super model beverly the defamation suit held against her by bill cosby. She says accusers will do whatever they can to weaken their victims to force them to stop fighting. The suit claims that johnson lild when she said cosby drugged and tried to assault her in the mid80s. The search for the socalled affluenza drunk driving teen is now a major case for the u. S. Marshals. That frees up resources to look for ethan couch who escaped jail time by pleading he was too spoiled to understand his crime. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest. Reporter this video postst on twitter showing ethan couch at Party Standing near a beer pong table although not seen drinking according to authorities may have prompt d him to skip his probatioio hearing and turn into a wanted fugitive. I believe he felt the other shoe was getting ready to drop. Reporter his mother tonya declared a missing person now officially part of the investigation. Pictures of her pickup truck believing with ethan which could land her in jail. If we can find out she heed him at all, i assure you, we will file criminal cases against her. Reporter couch was 16 when he killed four people while driving drunk but using the affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got only probation. W, granted, he is not a major drug lord or a aingpin. But think about it. Four dead bodies and this guy walked with straight probation. I have never in my Law Enforcement career and thats 35 years now, seen a case that sparked such outrage. Reporter calling an the sentence a miscarriage of justice, Authorities Say couch turns 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case to adult court even before couch vanished. Authorities say for obvious reasons they cannot talk about exactly what theyre doing or how its being done but theyre urging ethan to surrender adding they will find him and his mother one way or another. Reena and kekeis. Thank y y so much. With new york giants receiver odelelbeckham jr. Hee being suspended by the nfl for one game following his nasty game long battle with Carolina Panthers d densive back josh norman on sunday. He drew three personal foul penalties. The league says his actions particularly a head to head hit presented an unnecessary risk of injury. Beckham already has appealed the suspension. We kind of saw that one coming. He should give up that appeal because he will lose it. It was just an ugly 60 minutes of football there. Speaking of football, monday night t otball, match a couplele of teams whoho will not be going to the playoffs, but it was still pretty entertaining. Detroit was in control against the saints in the first half. Thanks to two short touch down catches by golden tate who attended the university of notre dame by the way. New orleans rallied in the second half with drew brees throwing three touchdown passes. Brees became just the fourth quarterback in nfl history to throw more than 60,000 yards in but that wasnt enough, though. The lions hold on to this one. A win for them, 3527. It was close. They did kind of come back. Near the end. Coming up in the mix, age old holiday traditions that seem to be going away. Will you miss them . Curious about those. Also ahead, the Space Mission finished in n flash that made history overnight. What makes this rocket launch so significant. And the theme park visitors who got more than a thrill at a popular attraction. The challenging sky high rescue. Remember to check our behind the scenesesics on instagram, abcwnn. Now. Weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensationon it givesess chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Music starts and plays throughout gucci guilty the fragrances for him and for her. So how ya doing . Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gs. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i i ve gold status . Do i stillllet the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. 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Now, this launch successfully deployed 11 small communication satellites but thats not the only success. The second triumph came when the first stagrocket flew back to the launch site. You hear the cheers there. Wow. It landed upright. Thats amazing. The first time a spacex rocket maneuver. Get this, a spax spacex spokesperson explained it this way. Like l lnching a pencil overerhe empire stata building and having it land in a shoebox on the other side during a windstorm. Now it all makes sense. Excitement makes sense. This is such a big deal to the spacex folks. Congratulations to them. Big, big congrats to them. Very big day. Thats awesome. Nice job, guys. Now to some earthly drama for 50 sea world guests and two employs in orlando. Family trapped for nearly three hours in the sky powow cabin. David kerley has all the details. Reporter their sea world holiday vacation, stuck. I want to get out of this thing. Reporter the more than 40yearold rotating, 400foot sky toter elevator the tower is stuck with approximately 50 people and two employees. Reporter didnt move for about three hours, leaving this viuw for passengers. Firefighters establishing sea wod command. Reporter arrive for the rescue, as parents try to calm i know youre getting tired. Just chill out and rest. Reporter finally, a bbsket. Theyre bringing supplies up with them. Reporter carrying a technician, as well. Once on top of the s s tower, that technician able to get the ride to move. The technician was able to jerk the ride free, which did cause some pple a little bit of panic as we jumped a little bit. Reporter but finally, the sky tower was lowered back to the ground. Customers say they were told the emergency brake malfunctioned, it froze. Sea world would not comment. Of the 50 on board, none were injured. Vid kerley, abc news, washington. So they still dont know the exactly what caused that to happen. Just imagine being stuck up there for three hours. And heres the cool part. Some kids were actually using periscope to broadcast it live. Youre kidding. That is kind of it wasnt completely terrifying. Periscope to watch. That would have been entertaining and terrifying at the same time. Good that it all worked out for them. Coming up ininur next half ur, the best tips for booking air travel. Simple and easy ways to make sure youre getting the best fares including the airlines that you wont be able to find on some sites. But first shopping sprint. The best lt minute deals that you can aim for today and why yoyowill actually be rewewded for your procrasasnation. Interereing. Youre watating world news announcer world news now waking up on Christmas Morning hours before the winter suns okay. If you want to wake up Christmas Morning to some presents under the tree, got to get moving. You still have a little bit of shopping time. A few days. Santa, rht . So, thankfully, there are still some great deals out there. Here is abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter its a christmas procrastination nation. In the final countdown for christmas, the majority of americans havent finished shopping. Nearly half saying theyre waiting until christmas eve. While last minute shoppers may not have the time on their side, they do have this going for them. Extremely motivated retailers. The sales this year are looking better than ever. Retailers are desperate to sell us things. Ts make them work f f it. Repororr while online sales are up nearly 14 from last year, sales inside physical stores are down almost 6 . Making this final push crucial to retailers bottom lines. The best deal right now is to look for a stackable discount. Thats when an item is already discounted but you see a big sign saying 20 , 30 off. Anything thats already reduced. Go straight to those stacked discounts. Thanksgiving sales, right now its better late than november. At best buy, this apple watch sports 50 off on black friday. Now even more marked down. 100 off the regular price. And launching tuesday,y,ust for last minute shoppers, microsoft offering 50 off the xbox one plus tworee games with purchase. After a start to winter that feels a lot more like spring, no deep freeze means the deepest discounts on cold weather clothes and accessories. Many retailers trying to clear outer wear, boots and knit wear marking them on saleleow for 60, even 70 off. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Its really something to think about that you can go out and get some winter clothing and gear. Who would have thought . Its so warm still. Exactly. Which is why i wore my sleeveless day in the dead of 11 48 p. M. Last night. All right. Got us thinking. We should kind of help each other out. What are other gifts that you can get us . Tell us what your last minute shopping secrets are. d like to know. Share with us through social media and email. The best tips will receive the best Christmas Gift you could get, a worlnews now coffee mug. Youve got tips for us, dont you . I do. Do tell. Thihigot me thinking. Do tell. This got me thinking what kind of gifts. Thanks for the warning. Can you get that make you feel good. I feel like you buy toys, you buy luxury goodsdsor family members. There are a lot of things that can help other people that are great gifts. Kiva is a Great Organization that you can p p 100, 50, you gift it to a person like a gift cardrd it allows them to pick a charity they like. Its like microfinancing. Once theyve reached their limit, that money comes back to you in the pot. You can finance somebody else. To help teachers its called donors choice. Pick things teachers need for their classrooms. This was a Birthday Gift for my husband once. They bought equipment. Television equipment for a school in tampa, florida. And also the project where youre helping families suffering from hunger and poverty by buying cattle. Some great tips a a around. Well be back. Hey buddy, lets get these dayqyql liquid gels and go. But thesesliquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. Uh. Think fast you dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrenenh and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. And now its time for the mix. Can you believe it or nono holiday cards people send them out. What are those . Christmas cards, hanukkah cards, new years cards. Theyve declined by nearly half. People are not sending them the way they used to. Declined by half since 200. Apparently, its declined do to 1. 5 billion. Used to be 2. 9 billion. Comes out to about it was ten woman and child. Now, its down to one per person. I did d t send any this yearar i didnt get around to it. Hard on nightshift getting your act together. To sending holiday cards. Heres another sad, sad fact. Remember the goo old days of like the mistletoe . You get a mistletoe and pop down and you know, you would have a mistletoe that would pop down and you would have a mistletoe pop down. Thank you. And all of a sudden, youd make out as a result . Oh. Well. Well. That is apparently no longer the case. I couldnt even get the mistletoe to make that work. So the new study says that only one in seven have bring the mistletoe down. Seriously. This is the worst mistletoe. Rocco, youre fired. Youre fired. Youre not a good mistletoe man. 14 have kissed under the mistletoe. Man. Get a kiss around here. Youve got to briri it down a little bit more. Right between the people, right there. Weve got to go to the next story. There you go, rocco. Back there brandon and jack. Its just for work. Oh, boy. For yes. Work purposes. For the work purposes. So moving on. The point is people are not doing it, huh . People are not doing it. One in seven ous have snoged pand 14 have kissed under the mistletoe. Theres a deejay who was in love withthhams last christmas that he played it. A lot of times. Take a quick listen. Kiss me now i know you fool me again rocco, thank you. For two hours played it nonstop. The v ry next day i love the song. Breaking a record for it. Cant go wrong with this. I think we should challenge background. That will be our last christmas newscast. Look at this cute video of kids meeting santa. Its a horrifying thing for many, many kids. They d d it all in slow mo h he. Look at these kids kind of like freaking out to santa. His breath probably stank. A brief break is upon us before more rain moves through the state. Tuesday brings some sunshine, mixed with some clovds of course, but the middle of the week, rain chances once again increase. Christmas eve and Christmas Day travelers across iowa should encounter no major weather issues. By the weekend we see a storm reenter the weather picture bringing showers to the state. Tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510tomorrow partly making news in america this morning, political punches. The attacks between donald trump and Hillary Clinton getting personon. What some are calling a vicious verbal attack from the republican frontrunner, the overnight comment causing a new firestorm. Were live in washington. Severe storm on this first full day of winter. Heavy snow and gusty winds causing damage as millions get set to hit the road for the holiday. Where its all heading. Historic landing. A big step towards space travel, the huge accomplishment during a