Weve had of bergdahl since he was handed over in a the taliban. Hed been held captive for five his unit. He did not enter a plea and makes another Court Appearance next month. One other embarrassing incident for the secret service. A member of the president ial protective division had his gun, badge, radio, and handcuffs stolen from his personal car. The car was parked not far from washington. The agency has struggled lately to overcome issues with agent behavior and Security Breaches at the white house. A hacker to the stars has been busted in new york for trying to sell movie scripts, personal information, and sexually explicit videos of celebrities. The 23yearold bahamasbased hacker was arrested after trying to sell to undercover agents. Things like scripts. Hackers are a common sight on the streets of new york, but in this case u. S. Immigration agents stepped in after getting host. In pasadena, california ahead of the rose bowl as well as the rose parade. Visitors can expect more security from surveillance in the sky to even officers on the ground. Pasadena police are even gearing up with these new utility terrain vehicles. Cops are also warning spectators to stay vigilant and dont even think of bringing a drone. T ts year drones are a very popular item. I understand that theyre one of the most popular items for christmas. But given the faa fly regulations, the parade and the roseseowl game will be a nodrone zone. So keep your new christmas presents at home. Spectators are also being asked to leave their umbrellas and selfie sticks at home as wellll noelfie sticks at the Rose Bowl Parade. Its okay, folks. Youll survive. Youll survive without that stick. It will be like the Rose Bowl Parade 2000. Pretend like its 2000. Exactly. Well, ernie smith of i ia is juststwo years high of 100 on monday he celebrated his birthday with a flight piloting smith is believed to be the oldest activi pilot in the u. S. Hes been flying for nearly 75 years. He takes to the skies a few times a week in order to keep flying. Every two years he must ps an aviation medical exam. Smith says that he plans to celebrate his 100th birthday the same way he did monday, with a flight. And next Year United Airlines going to sign him up. He says people ask him all the time what attracts him about flying, and he said that one just needs to look at the sunrise over the horizon to have your answer. Thats a good deal, right . Would you let him pilot your plane . No. Coming up no doubts about it. How to avoid hurt feelings if you open a gift you that just dont like. Also ahead, danger falling from the sky. On the ski slope the frightening scene as a drone narrowly misses a championship athlete. Ernie, ive got to say you and also t political battle over vulgarities, campaign claims and xism. Trump and clinton going head to head. Tell us what you think on facebook. Wnnfans. Com. And twitter abcwnn. 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Hersher wasnt affected by it, but afterward called the incident horrible. Wow. Can you imagine . Just a couple seconds difference there. Hmm. Well, the nfl is denying a report that its backed out of funding a study about brain injuries. Espn had quoted sououes reporting the league is withholding millions of dollars of funding for research being done at boston university. According to the report the nfl had raised concerns about the objectivity of a professor who would bebeeading the research. But a new statement says the nfl is willing to pay 16 million for the study. The league has been criticized for its handling of concussions. Well, now to the race for presididt. Donald trump says the wordhat he used to describe hillary is not offensive. Trump says what he meant by using the word was that clinton was beaten badly. At the campaign yesterday in iowa clinton said, we shouldnt let anybody bully his way to the presidency. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs bati kinani has more. Reporter on the trail in iowa Hillary Clinton says Donald Trumps language is helping terrorists recruit. It is playing into the hands of the violent jihadists. R rorter the democrarac frontruruer refusing to respond directly to trumps latest attack involving a sexually derogatory term to describe how she was beaten by barack obama in 2008. She bought [ bleep ]. She lost. Reporter trumps fury sparked by an unsupported claim clinton made in her last debate. Trump now mocking that claim. Donald trump is on video and isisiss u ung him on the video to recruit reporter a new quinnipiac need to take aim at someone else. Ted cruz is catching up. Now just four points behind trump nationally. The texas senator still careful not to criticize his gop rival when asked about trumps disparaging slam on clinton. I dont need to o another political pundit. Im going to let donald trump speak for himself. Im going to speak for myself. Reporter but Carly Fiorina has a warning for trump. In a radio interview saying she also has been cacaed derogatory names. Insult women beat Hillary Clinton. Reporter that new poll also found 50 of americans said theyd b b embarrassed if trump were president and that figure is even higher among women. Reena, kendis . Well, you know, the campaigns are kind of on pause mode up. So this is kind of one of the last things thatre lingering outtthere. Yeah. And its interesting, though, she points out that poll saying that 50 of americans would be embarrassed if became president. Still would not be embarrassed if he became president. So those numbers are a little skewed i guess there. There are a lot of republicans who also feel like heheoesnt necessarily represent the c cservative movement. There was an interesting poll looking at the breakdown of economics and how it impacts people who support trump. It found that those who were highly educated, maybe had a college degree, tended to support other republicans like ted cruz or jeb bush or marco rubio but people without a degree were more likely to support trump. That said, on another note, about 30 of americans in that same poll said theyd be barrassed if Hillary Clinton became president. There you go. Well, coming up, in our next half hour, body image and health. While some models may have the ideal figures for fashion, their measurements may prove to be extremely unhealthy. The new law bang ultra thin models and the growing calls for similar regulations. But first a new kind of space race taking tourism to new heights. Rockets and stellar airfares. Now. Ah, for all of you rocket men and women we have some hopeful news today. The private Company Spacex is celebrating the launch and successful landing of an Unmanned Falcon 9 rocket. It really was cool. So what does this milestone mean Abcs David Kerley explains. Repororr this is spacexs retutu to flight after its last rocket blew up. [ cheers and applause ] main engine cutoff. Reporter but this mission was to prove more than delivering 11 small satellites to space. This was about returning the main rocket, the first stage, to earth and land it to be reused. The first stage is returning to land. Reporter finally, spacex workers a a the california headquarters and at Cape Canaveral could see it returning. [ cheers and applause ] the falcon has landed. Reporter spacex ceo and tesla electric car magnate elon musk called the reusable rocket one of the keys to going to mars. He got an upclose look shortly after the falcon 9 first stage landed. But musk is not alone. There is a new space race, a private Company Space race under way. Call it the battle of the billionaires. A month ago this blue origin rocket stage landed after a testt companys founder, amazon ceo jeff bezos. At theime musk needles bezos, tweeting congratulations but adding there is a difference between space and orbit. The back and forth continued with bezos offering congrats to musk but then adding welcome to the club. So the battle continues. But for the f fst time rockets are reusable, making reaching space even more affordable. David kerley, abc news, washington. Just absolutely amazing what they were able to accomplish. Its a big deal. Yeah. But not as big of a deal as you and i. Oh. That would be what we achieved. That would not be a good thing. On an overnight spacex mission. Would you be the captain and i would be tenille . Oh. There you go. I like how you think, kendis gibson. I would be scared to see you in the drivers seat there. I would too. Especially with sleep deprivation. The study we did yesterday about people who work the overnights and drive. Coming up, what women are paying men are. Plus, bad christmas gifts. The mix is next. 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Same shirts. Pink onepocket buttonup levis the mens version 48. The womens version 78. Thats insane. Were talking about t t same sort of matererl right now. Yeah. Just the fact its marketed differently. Ones for a woman, ones for a man. And its thatch more expensive. Thats so wrong, isnt it . Hopefully theyre doing something about it. That is absolututy wrong they do that. You need a blue light special. Yes. Okay. So you know you get that gift from that one person or your aunt that you really, really yeah. To it . Well, a bunch of guys came up with different suggestions on how to react to a bad christmas gift. Take a look. Loving it. Loving it. [ laughing ]. Refuse to say thank you. Thanks. You guys. Oh, my god. Uhoh. You try to get emotional. You just really, really cry and just pretend as if you like it. You try to cover your face with it. And d fferent reactions t t bad presents. Okay. We have a guide on how to react. This is not what i wanted at all. Or be honest. I think honesty always works. A star wars fan changes his name to darth vader. Would you ever do this . If i cared enough. Hes really passionate about the movie. Red about it a lot. But hes really a tough guy. He said that darth vader has an aura of leadership and toughness. Is guy is alsoaising funds for a bone marrow transplant. So youve got to head over to his page and donate. Its eric welch. Im sure erics sons name is luke. Speakiki of star wars, on that theme, fivesecond project clip here. Replicate scenes from the movie using candy canes for the cane wars here. Kind of cool. Even chewyy in on it. F this morning on world news now campaign clash. No holiday truce in the trump versus clinton showdown over vulgarities and accusations of lying. The political heat and whos ahead in the polls. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl seen for the First Time Since he was released by the taliban. Hes telling his story as his legal battle begins. And new this half hour, lighting u uthe skies in the american southwest. It looked like a shooting star or meteor. The pictures cing in. And new details about t at was really falling from the sky. Y. And later, what weve just learned about steve harvey after his epic mistake on stage at the Miss Universe pageant. The big decision in the skinny on this wednesday december 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Im reena ninan. And im kendis gibson. You really are going to want to stick around for the big news we just learned about steve harvey. It will have some of the im not surprised, i have to by this news . Huh. All right. Im surprised by it. Half hour. The timing is kind of interesting. Well get to that later on but we want to get started with the race for president. Donald trump trying to explain a controversial comment that he made about Hillary Clinton. Yeah, trump says that when hehe used a specific term to describe clintons democratic primary loss in 2008 he meant that clinton was beaten badly. Clintons campaign isnt buying the explanation. Its your voice your vote. Abcs Jonathan Karl reports. Reporter Donald Trumps insults were crude and personal. Attacking Hillary Clinton using a vulgar description of the male anatomy. She was going to beat obama. I dont know whod be worse. I dont know. How does it get worse . But she was going to bea she lost. I mean, she lost. Reporter he didnt stop there. Trump also mocked clinton for being late to her podium. Sorry. Reporter after a bathroom break during the abc demococtic debate on saturday. Clintons campaign blasted trumps degrading language and disgusting sexist slurs. And in iowa Hillary Clinton hugged this girl, who asked her about bullying. That was really brave. Reporter then she invoked her own experience. You are looking at somebody whos had a lot of terrible things said about me, and thats why its importata to stand up to bullies wherever they are and bully his way into the presidency. Because that is not who we are as americans. Reporter accusations of sexism have dogged trumped throughout his campaign. Youve called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter account [ applause ] no, it wasnt. For the record, it was well beyond rosie odonnell. Yes, im sure it was. Reporter unhappy with megyn kellys line of questioning, he later took aim at her. You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever. Reporter a few weeks latat he was back k it, criticizing Carly Fiorina, the only female republican candidate, in rolling stone. Saying look at that face. Would anyone vote for that . I think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. Trump said. [ applause ] reporter and through it all trump says he cherishes women. I said i do cherish women. I love women. Reporter and on tuesday Hillary Clinton doubled down on her allegationonhat trump has become a recruiting tool for isis. She pointed out that his words have been broadcast on Arabic Television and that they play right into the hands of violent jihadists who want to portray the United States as antimuslim. But her campaign has still not allegation that isis has shown trumps words to potential recruits. Jonathan karl, abc news, the whitithouse. Okay. One more note on all of this. Theres a new poll that shows the embarrassment index of voters. If the two frontrunners were elected so get this. 50 of those polled say they would feel embarrassed if donald trump was elected to the white house. And 35 of all voters would feel the same way if Hillary Clinton won the election. As for ted cruz z e campaign is getting a boost from a aew poll. Hes just four points behind trump among the republicans. His biggest showing yet in a national poll, with rubio, carson, christie, and bush trailing. Sisirepublicans will be e the stage at t t next debate, late next month, hosted by fox. Well, the woman charged for sundays deadly hitandrun incident along the las vegas rip makes her first Court Appearance in just a few hours. Lakeisha holloway is facing charges of murder, child abuse, and leaving the scene of an accident. Prosecutors say they expect additional charges to be added holloways defense attory says he expects holloway to plead not guilty. Several people injured in the crash remain hospitalized. Panicked shoppers ran for inside a mall on new yorks long island. Rob a highend watch store when a struggle ensued. His gun went off, striking a 67yearold employee. The suspect quickly taken into offduty new York City Police officer who happened to be shopping nearby. The mall employee is expected to be okay. We move on now to army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl, who was held by the taliban for five years and has begun the Legal Process that could end with him in prison. He made s first appearance before a military judge in connection with desertion and other charges. Abcs david wright reports. Reporter this was our first real glimpse of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl since he got back on american soil. Cleanshaven in his Army Dress Blues for his first appearance quite the contrast from the last time we saw him, gaunt and disoriented when his taliban captors traded him for five high value detainees from guantanamo. The taliban had captured bergdahl in 2009, one day after he walked off his post in eastern afghanistan. Bergdahl is now charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Even though he has not yet entered a plea, he is opening up on the serial podcast. From this American Life and wbez chicago its serial. Reporter he talks about how they broke him down in solitary confinement. I couldnt see my hands. I couldnt do anything. The only thing i could do was like touch my face. And even that wasnt like, you know, registering right. Reporter and as he tried to save his life, what he told the taliban about why he had gone awol. I told them i basically was fed up with the commanders. Reporter if convicted, bergdahl could spend the rest of his life in prison. York turning now to the extreme weather hitting much of the country just two days s fore christmas. Fog is blamed on this Chain Reaction tenvehicle pileup on interstate 49 thats just south of texarkana. That killed three people. At least seven other people were injured and rushed to hospitals. Among the tangle of vehicles, a truck transporting glue. Some of that glue spilled onto the pavement. And in the west it was powerful winds that caused this scene on highway 14 in californias mojave desert. Tractortrailers were knocked over by wind gusts, some exceeding more than 80 Miles Per Hour. No injuries were reported. Yeah. And storm watches and coast on this busy travel day. Winter storms in the rockies, heavy rain from the Mississippi River valley to the east coast. Record warmth in the northeast. 68 in d. C. Wow. And Severe Weather in the gulf region. Downpours and gusty winds in the pacific northwest. 60s in washington, new york, chicago, and l. A. 40s and 50s in seattle, boston, detroit 30s denver and minneapolis. An interesting twist to the latest illness outbreak linked to the chipotle restaurants. For the second time people became sick after eating at a restaurant just off a college campus. This time the university of oklahoma officials with the Health Department have confirmed the three new cases in norman are e. Coli. Students at Boston College were sickened by norovirus. Officials anticipate addititnal e. Coli cacas will be reported in the state of oklahoma. Well, starbucks expects to set a record on christmas eve. It expects to sell more gift cards than ever as lastminute gift ideas, easily beating last years 2. 5 million cards that were sold on christmas eve. More than 25 billion in cards have been sold since they debuted 15 years ago. Thats a good idea. Everyone cld use a little caffeine fix, right . T . And its a very lastminute starbucks, there was little thought put into your gift if you ended up getting one this year. Used to be the 7eleven gift card i would give. Now starbucks. Youd buyuyots of unlimited slurpees . Exactly. And big gulp. They add up. This is reallyhaping up to be one of those seriously weird christmas in the northeast. Of course you have the record high temperatures expected. And now a robotic oh, stop. Reindeer. No, come on. Apparently this is the work of boston dinamic, which makes robots. And these spspbots are the latest version from the google subsidiary. Santa there only needs three of them to pull the sleigh, not eight. And you dont have to clean up after them either. Good point. So maybe you should leave a battery charger with santas milk and cookies this year. But you do note there is a human. Mrs. Claus right there. Yeah. Hanging out. All right. coming up in the skinny [ jingle bells ] nice job on the audio cue. Can you name the most overpaid and underpaid actors in hollywood . The list is out. Doctors criticizing the fashion what theyre saying about runway models and their weight. To yoga class. The Southern California trend that could be a bonding experience. Is it really worthwhile . Youre watching world news now. Weather. Brought to you by united healthcare. Brought to you by united healthcare. 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. 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Spain, italy, and israel have similar laws. And now Public Health advocates are calling for action here in the u. S. Reporter they are the epitome of glamour. The models that define style and beauty. But now the fashion industry is under fire from criticwho say that most models are dangerously thin. The modeling industry definitely encourages women, often explicitly so, to maintain extremely thin frames. Reporter in a strong new editorial from the american journal of Public Health, experts and eating disorder professionals say the industry body standard is hazardous and encouraging problems like eating disorders and body dysmorphia. They write, runway models are necessity starving to death. Theyre urging the u. S. To regulate and set a standard bmi a working model must meet. Just last week france passed such a law, requiring models to have a doctors note proving that they are healthy. We have statistics such as 70 of adolescents report that they define the ideal dy image as beiei what they see in fashion magazines. Reporter record says the average model who makes it big on the International Stage has a bmi of 14, two points below the World Health Organizations definition of starvation. She wants the u. S. Occupational safety and Health Administration to require all models to have a bmi of 18 and above. A bmi of 14 or below is not naturally skinny. You are at great risk at any time of the day for cardiac arrest. People dont realize just how being so thin can really affect serious stuff were talking about. It is. Are cracking down on it. It will be good to see some action here. Yes. Absolutely. Well, coming up, urgent. Breaking, breaking news regarding steve harvey and the Miss Universe papaant. Brian working on it right now. The skinny up next. He skinny up next. Skinny so skinny this is huge news. It is breaking. It is urgent. It is developing overnight. Right now this morning according to a report, steve harvey will likely be back to host the Miss Universe competition. [ applause ] everybody wins. Yes. You are Miss Universe. You are Miss Universe. You are Miss Universe. According to entertainment tonight harvey signed a multiyear contract to host the pageant just days before the live event where h hvey mistakenly announced the wrong winner. Earlier in the day one of the shoes producer shows producers said on the jim romemeshow, i definitely want him back and i would hate to see him not come back. And another report from e. T. Cites a source claiming harvey only went to the beginning of rehearsals, missing if only he can host the could win an oscar. Oh. Wouldnt it be nice for a minute . So a lot of people arent really surprised this happened. Im thinking theres a conspiracy. Im joining that wholelerew of folks who think like you think it was intentional . Its kind of weird. The timing was a little awkward. They have new owners. Its on fox. You know, it just timings a little odd. One conspiracy theory. Yes. And next, hollywoods most overpaid actor of the year. According to forbes, that would be johnny depp. Yes. Remember him . Well, theyve calculated for every one dollar depp was paid he has only returned 1. 20. His film mortdecai, you know that one, was a huge flop. Black mass did better but fell outside the period forbes analyzed. And when it comes to value, forbes found that chris evans offers the most bang for the buck at the box office. The captain america star returned on average of 181 for every 1 he was paid. Its got to be the abs. Well, next a tough question. Nicki minaj or drake . In what for . Ll go with nicki. Okay. An artist looking for a boost in listens. If nicki minaj is who you want according to a study by fivethirtyeighgh songs by artists that featured nicki, they were streamed on spotify 172 perfect more times than the tists other songs. 172 more times than any other artist. And for drake appearances he boosted listens 126 on tracks featuring his vocals. So even though drake may be the reigning king, nicki says herself on a track that she guest appears on you could be the king but watch the queen conquer. Ooh, yeah. Thats some smack talk. The cult film dazaz and confused appears to be getting the movie based on an epic last day of high school in 1976 helped launch lots of big names including Matthew Mcconaughey and ben affleck. And with the success ofof boyhood last year writerdirector Richard Linklater seems to be returning to his roots. His new movie is called everybody wants some. And the trailer was just released. Its based in the 80s and follows a group of College Baseball players. And like dazed freshmen get hazed and the characters also get deep. What am i thinking about . Baseball. Having a tailil cereal. Same as sharks. Sharks have tails. Good point. Wisi had a tail. Yeah. That would be awesome. That really is deep. Far out, man. The movie, by the way, is set for release in april next year. Will you go see it . I i sad to say i never even saw the first one. Either did i. I didnt know that thats where ben affleck got his start. But they all come back full circle, dont they, kendis. Coming up, doga. Or doga. Well find out. Weve been changing things up 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. Dare to feel more with new ky love. coughing coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why theres delsym. Delsyms advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Or all day. Ah, yes, barking jingle bells can only mean one thing. Weve got some doggies for you. And to keep your pups happy theyve got to be healthy and zen. And who better to show us this but abcs nick watt . He explores the Wonderful World of dog yoga. Reporter yesi am doing yoga with a dog. Doga. Im no yogi and im no dogi lover. The dogs in doga become props and they even become weights in some of the poses that were going to do. Reporter she aint kidding. ,its been very powerf for both me and peanut butter. Anxiety. And everything that breathes can use a little healing. Theyre going to feel the energy. When were calm and relaxed, they are. Reporter some purists say its denigrating an ancient art. Others that maybe the dogs dont like it. But this is now a thing, a growing thing. And nash does seem rather yoga chill. But if yourra little more outdoorsy traditional exhale up, inhale down. Reporter theres also feet and paws fitness, a daybreak boot camp for human plus caninin nice workout gear. Motivate those dogs. Be excited. Whos exciteto be here . Reporter tracy is a certified fitness trainer and dog trainer. Try to keep that t tt nice and ststdy. Low to theheround. Dogs do nothing. You definitely work up a sweat, but more importantly you get to spend time with your dog. Reporter its about teaching obedience as well. Sit. Sit. Sit. I think doga is actually more my ththg. What do you think, nash . Pretty impressive, huh . Reporter if even i am a convert i predict this might catch on. Place your left hand on your dog. And youre going to just take your right hand up and over. Reporter nick watt, c news, los angeles. So does a dog do downward dog . Yeah. I guess so. Pose. Huh. Youre into yoga and dogs, right . I prefer pilates. But whenever i go to the country club i always take my beagle. Biffy. Biffy. Is that a beagle or is that what kind of dog is that . I dont know. Dachshund. Is it a dachshund . I always take my dachshund and my cocktail fork. To the country club. And your tea. And my tea. Dont miss our updates. On facebook at wnnfans. Com. More news coming up on abc. Announcer this is abcs insomniacs for two decades. Iacs for two decades. Alleged assault near Mckinley Middle School in cedar rapids. His mother says the boys injuries include head trauma that later caused a seizure and a stroke. It happened when her son Miguel Tirado was walking home from school and threw a snowball at an 11 year old in the 500 block of mckinley street. Police say 11 year old then assaulted miguel. Police have referred an a ault charge for the 11 year old to juvenile services tv9. Good morning. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Headlines were following this morning on world news now. Holiday travel warnini. On one of the busiest travel days of the year. Storm zone, facing flash floods, high winds, feet of snow, and even the threat of tornadoes. Details straight ahead. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl l held by the talilin for five years after vanishing from his post has made his first appearance before a military judge. He did not enter a plea on desertion as well as other charges. S next courtroom appearance is in januaryry donald trump says he meant Hillary Clinton was beaten badly when he used a vulgar description of male anatomy to describe her campaign loss in 2008. Without naming trump at an event in iowa clinton said no one should be allowed to bully his way to the presidency. Coast to nevada and arizona saw this mysterious bright light in the sky last night. Was s a christmas miraclele experts say no, it was likely a piece of space junk from a Russian Rocket. Those are some of outop stories on this wednesday. Its december 23rd. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. Good day, everybody. Were going to start this half hour with the recordbreaking weather. Colliding with a recordbreaking travel holiday. More than 40 million americans are in the storm zone. The Holiday Travelers faced hundreds of Flight Cancellations and thousands of delays. Our coverage begins with abcs clayton sandell. Reporter for some drivers hitting the road its no holiday. Gas prices are down this season, but the number of drivers and headaches are up. Near mojave, california winds gusting 80 miles an hour plus taking down more than a dozen in arkansas a tenvehicle Chain Reaction crash killed three people. Police blamed the pileup partly on heavy fog. In the west theyre dealing with snow measured in feet. Parts of utah getting 24 inches in 24 hours. Abcs Neal Karlinsky is in washington state. Here in the mountains east of seattle theyve gotten 12 feet of snow just this month. Its created all kinds of problems for Holiday Travelers as theyve had to intermittently shut down these roads for accidents and avalanche control. It was awful. Eporter bad weather canceled dozens of flights. And in the next few days travelers will be jamming into airports like this one here in dallas, and just one weather hiccup can send shock waves through the system just in time for christmas. Clayton sandell, abc news, at the dallasft. Worth airport. Clayton, why are you going backwards on that escalator . Im concerned about safety. Do that again . I was a little worried about him going backwards. Airport hubs across the country could see delaysysn the hours ahead. And this is why. Especially in the southeast, where a storm is bringing downpours and gusty winds to a wide area. Our coverage continues right now with accuweathers paul williams. Good morning, paul. Thanks, kendis, reena. The ohio valley region. The midatlantic down toward the northeast still remaining very not christmaslike but more springlike. But christmas will actually arrive on time and the western part of the untry throughout theheakotas, minnesota, over toward wyoming, but for the deep south, texas, and the east, snows just not happening. Nowhere soon and no time soon. And were looking for rain to return with a vengeance of sorts for the east and the northeast. Low pressure system will form it tracks to the east and northeast it will bring with it another wave of rain until friday. Kendis, reena . Paul, thank you so much. Sandy hook School Shooting victims will each get 94,000. A settlement of their lawsuit against the estate of the shooters mother has been finalized. Theyll split 1. 5 million from her hohoowners insurance. The families argued adam lanzas mother should have better secured the guns that he used to kill 20 children and six staffers. A state known for its wideranging gun rights is tightening one of its gun laws. As o ofebruary 1st virginia will no longer recognize concealed handgun permits from 25 other states. The dedesion was made by the state e torney general, a democrat. He says the concealed carry laws in those 25 states are too lax to meet virginias standards. Robert durst will return to los angeles this summer for a trial on murder charges. The real estate heir is accused of killing a writer to keep her from cooperating with an investigation into the disappearance of his wife. His attorneys say he didnt kill the writer and doesnt know who l. A. After his trial on federal weapons charges is wrapped up in louisiana. Well, panicked shoppers ran for cover when gunfire erupted at a aighend mall on new yorks long island. Police say a suspect tried to watch a luxury watch store when a struggle broke out. Hjs gun went off, striking an employee. But when people heard that shoho they worried that it might be a terror attack. It was like pure pandemonium. Everybody was running. To tell you the truth, once i see everybody running i started running. The suspect quickly taken into custody with the help of an offduty new York City Police offifir who happened to bebe shopping n nrby. To las vegas now and a defense attorney for the woman charged with sundays deadly hit and run along the strip says his client will plead not guilty. She begins facing justice this morning when she makes an initial Court Appearance. Abcs Kayna Whitworth reports from vegas reporter more charges filed against the 24yearold who police say intentionally drove onto a las vegas sidewalk killing a mother of three celebrating her tenyear of others. Why did she turn into people and run over a lady and drag that lady for many, many feet while her husband was running after her, banging on the window of the car, begging for her to stop . Reporter in addition to the charge of murder with a deadly weapon, Lakeisha Holloway now charged with child abuse and neglect and leaving the scene of an accident. Holloway was convicted of driving without a license in oregon in 2011, but just one year later she was awarded for Program Helping atrisk youth there. I beat the odds and was the first ininy immediate family a a circle to graduate high school. Reporter in the Police Affidavit holloway told she was trying to rest inside her car but kept getting run o o bybyecurity. She ended up on the strip, a if holloway is convicted of murder, she could face life in prison, and the district including attempted mumuer. Vegas. Well, police in pasadena, california are stepping up curity ahead of the rose bowl and rose parade. Spectators can expect to see more security from surveillance in the sky to officers on the ground. Cops are also warning spectators to stay vigilant, and they dont aboubringing a drone. Leave your umbrereas and selfie okay. In bay county, florida sheriffs deputies arent handing out tickets. Theyre handing out 100 bills. Its all thanks to a secret santa who donated 2,000 hoping deputies could spread a little holiday cheer. So theyre stopping safe drers, in particular those who they think could really use the cash. Not sure how they determine that. Exactly. At least one driver was moved to tears. Thats great. That is nice. We love it when the force gives back. Yes. Bay county around the panama city arere got t ttake a drive down there. Well, it was bells, yep. There they are. The harlem globetrotters. Handles franklin, moose weekes, opening bell. Why are you laughing at me . You pronouncing those names. Its like you need Barbara Billingsley to help out from it is one of many stops nice job on the hoops there. For the barnstorming Basketball Team as they celebrate their 90th year. Ththteam tips off its wowod tour the day after christmas with some 300 games in more than 200 cities. Did i not get the handles franklin, moose weekes . Moose weekes. I like that name. You broke down and started laughing at me. Lovov it. His hair i ipretty interesting too. Good hair. Coming up, the biggest heroes and heroines of the past 12 months. What a memorable year. Also ahead a special report on care packages then and now. The organization t tt started feededg the hungry after w wld war ii has a Brand New Mission today. And later a coyote dashing just one part of our special segment, this happened. Thats after todays forecast map, that can only be described in meteorological terms as a hot mess. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex. Seriously . Where do you think youre going . To work, with you. Its taco tuesday. Youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Oh, right then ill swing by in like 4 hours. Forget the tacos one pill lasts 12 hours. Im good all day. Wait your loss. I was going to wear a sombrero. Only mucinex has a bilayer tablet that starts fast, and keeps workinin not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Weve been changing things up 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. Dare to feel more with new ky love. Dramamac images as a man is pulled from the rubble 60 hours after being buried by a massive mudslide. This is in china. Rescue workers say the man was able to give his name before beinggushed to the hospitit, where he underwent surgery. 70 people still missing following the landslide that was so powerful it collapsed buildings. Incredible images. This time of year a care package can an many Different Things to many people but you might not know that the tradition started 70 years ago thisisonth. Who knew . And now the original care package has been reinvented to help Syrian Refugees so they can globe Tv Correspondent mike cerre e s the story. I was one of the very first care package recipients. And having just grown up and not having had any food, we were just emaciated. I mean, rerely thin. Reporter Renata Senter remembers the first care packages of powdered eggs, corned beef and fruit preserves she received as a young german refugee at the end of world war ii as if they were manna from heaven. When i came home to my mother and showed her, i said the americans did this. It left such an imprint. How the americans can do this to the enemy. You know, i just said, wow. Reporter for a 10 donation to care back in december 1945 americans could buy and ship boxes of surplus army rations to postwar europe that could feed ten people during one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the 20th century. Icon of american generosity. It sort of encapsulates the impulse to do something directly for one pers to help another person. Reporter flash forwa to ththgreatest refugee criris in europe and the middle east since world war ii. More than 4 million displaced people and counting. The majority of them without any source of income living on their own outside of traditional refugee camps. And its winter. This could be described as a new care package. Its an electronic voucher. Reportete the food vouchers work like any other debit card family and can only be used to essentials. New credit is added monthly with funding from the u. N. And International Aid organizations. Its faster, better, and cheaper for delivering essential food and clothing than shipping, storing, and delivering care packages. Reporter cares relief Syrian Refugees themselves, make sure the voucher cards get to like this extended family of 13, living in an abandoned warehouse just across the Turkish Border from syria. Care is also giving families a onetime winterization voucher card to buy heaters and coats and blankets to get them through this wininr. By getting the voucher rather than giving a set kit of inkind donations, it enables the family to choose whats right for them and to meet their own needs better. Reporter these food vouchers started off with a value of 30 a month per person until a shortfall in International Funding forced the u. N. To twitter nearlyly quarter million refugees their vouchers are being cut off. Today in turkey this voucher is worth about 18 per month per person. That means 60 cents a day for food. The woror spends more on bubble gum than we do on our broader humamatarian responses. We have a historic moment in time, and in another generation we want to look back and we want to be able to sawe were as world war ii. Reporter like the original, these new care packages still depend on public donations. On the turkeysyria border mike cerre reporting for abc news. I like the fact that it that theyre able to pick what they want to make a difference in their lives and families. We should point out it really is a big need there because you have about 2 million registered Syrian Refugees living in turkey alone. And thats only the documented ones. Exactly. They expect significantly so we should mention that care usa has set up a designated fund for its syrian refugee program. Dot org. Dot org. Coming up, the year in heroes. The people we admire most in 2015. Youre watching world news now. Tt2w`t2n`qd bt q h tt2w`t2n`qd a q, tt2w`t2n`qd bm q tt4w`t2n`qd dztq 6px tt4w`t2n`qd entq ft8 tt4w`t2n`qd gzt s tt4w4w2n`qd hnt o], tt4w`t2n`qd iztq 4t tt4w`t2n`qd jntq 7d4 tt4w`t2n`qd lzt h we can be heroes it is always great to look ba at people and events that shaped our world. Weve had lots of ups and downs, and some of the most inspiring people have risen above unthinkable tragedy. Heres Abcs Robin Roberts with this retrospective. Reporter this year there were no shortages of heroes or shall we say sheroes. The u. S. Wins the 2015 womens world cup reporter from the soccer field to center stage. Women inspired us all. The u. S. Womens National Soccer team showed us all that teamwork and determination can ad to greatness. U. S. Womens soccer team kicked some a. This was the year of the woman. I think that was a nice example of what society can be as a whole if we started maximizing the potential in each other and stopped being divisive and keeping each other apart. Viola davis, howo get away with murder. Reporter with her win, viola africanamerican woman to take home the emmy in the drama category. For her lead role in how to get away with murder. We won because i did my job. When youre a kid sitting there watching tv, whether youre black or brown or of any color, and you see someone who looks just like you, then you believe all things are possible. The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. Viola davis is proooothat talent really does win out in the end. Reporter off the stage and field there were so many heroes among us. The families of the Charleston Church shooting victims taught us heroism comes from the heart when there is room for forgiveness. Speaking directly to the killer in court, they showed incredible strength in the wake of tremendous grief. I will never talk to her ever again. But i forgive you. We shall they taught us a lesson, didnt they . On how to live on and not let the killer claim even more lives, the lives of the living. Reporter in a year with so much darkness a beautiful lesson from all of these heroes on how to view the world. That was one of my favorite moments, the u. S. Womens soccer team winning. But it was robins right. It was a year of a lot of heartbreak but a lot of pele who rose above it all. Powerful moments. Andndou forget how powerful the moment was with those folks and just days after the shooting in charleston to forgive. And by doing that forgiveness they achieved change. The flag coming down. Thats a very good point. Coming up, animals in airports and giant horns in parking lots. All of these things also happened in 2015. Well explain. Now. [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. 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The animalventually ran across the ticket check area and toward the tsa checkpoint, which is where the coyote was subdued by animal control. Who knew animal control is part of tsasa bututust proof once againin that nothing getetpast the tsa. Because thats where he stopped. Buck stops at tsa. Yes. It was coyote ugly after that. Next up, the apparent war on christmas continues with teacher from maine forced to remove her hello kitty pink the classroom. Catherine gordon has been teaching at the school for 30 years and says shes always decorated her classroom without issue. She argues that the decorations do not include symbols. The principal is the one who told her to take it down. Miss gordon noted that there used to be fullsizezerees in assrooms and the froro office when she first started teaching. That is true. You know, weve gone down on the Christmas Tree in schools. And weve also gone down clearly on hello kitty. What is this world coming to . I know. Seriously. What is happening in the rld . There needsdso be more love for hello kitty. Get us back into the spirit . Check out this. Its a musician. We dont know his name. Player of the alp horn. Did you know this existed . The alp horn . Ricola very good. When he got out of his carl the acoustics of the parking garage. So what do you do when you like e the acoustics in a parkingng you bust the out the old alpine horn for an impromptu jam. All of them were thrilled. All five of his audience there. Thats what yououall thrilled . Look at them. M. Can we move now, move our car . For an encore an instrument better suited for the plains than the alps. The trombone. Take a look. Darth farmer. Dirk klingenberg of kansas playing the imperial march until the cows hopefully come home. And it worked. No. They come toward him . Maybe he had better luck turning away from the dark side than playing the main star wars theme. But look at that. Theyre all coming that way. And yes, folks, all of this actually did happen. And that does it for this half hour. And all of the news did happen too. That was good. This morning on world news now extreme weather impacting 40 million americans. Nasty conditions causing fatal crashes just before one of the busiest holiliys of the year. Accuweathers tracking storms from coast to coast. Facing a judge. The woman accused of intentionally smashing her car into las vegas crowds. The serious charges she faces in court this morning. And fearing the worst at one of the busiest Shopping Centers in the northeast. The gunshots, the evacuations, and how Police Responded. And later, he said she said. The Tense Exchange of words between the president ial campaign frontrunners. Were Donald Trumps remarks about Hillary Clinton vulgar . What hes saying now on this wednesday, december 23rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. This wednesday. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Were going to start with the Holiday Travel. Big story here. And theres actually a warning for millions of americans set to hit the roads today. 40 million americans are in the storm zone across a wide swath of the country as Severe Weather triggers hundreds of Flight Cancellations and thousands of delays. Abcs brandi hitt leading us off. Reporter r wet and soggy start to a busy Holiday Travel week. You just have to face it. Right . Reporter more than 100 million travelers are expected to hit the road. The most ever. And Severe Weather isnt helping. Fog may have led to Chain Reaction crashes on interstate 49 in arkansas, killing at least three people. And across parts of the west its slow going in the snow. So much has fallen in washington state, rescue teams have been searching for missing skier monty busby since satuay. Oh, my reporter dangegeus winds are overturning semi trucks in and taking down one tree after the next, keeping utility crews working around the clock. We have another tree down. Were going to have to go respond to. Reporter more than 38 million travelers are also expected to fly through january 3rd. The busiest airports, atlanta, los angeles, and chicago. Where weather could cause flight delays wednesday. Meantime, historic heat in the northeast. 77 degrees forecasted in washington, d. C. , christmas eve. 71 thursday in new york city. Now, today is expected to be the busiest travel day on the road. Families are taking advantage of lower gas prices. Below 2 a gallon in most states. Reena andendis . Our thanks to brandi there on the west coast. And as the west coast gets hit again, the east is in for a soaking. As a huge springlike storm makes its way east from the Mississippi River valley, our coverage continues with accuweathers paul williamam hi, paul. Good morning. The northwest still being socked and soggy along the Coastal Region with rain and then very windy conditions pulling in very quickly and sticking around. Mother nature giving the gift that wont stop giving. More snow and rain in the northwest and snow dipping into a good portion of idaho going into thehextreme western slicece of mononna. Gusty winds for the deep south and throughout the entire Mississippi Valley region, gusts over 30 Miles Per Hour for us on wednesday. So staying very windy for the east. Exceptional warmth will surge from the south but still very mild in genenel, and that will actually setethe stage for more rain to stick around because well have so much warmth in place. And for christmas not a White Christmas for the east coast, but to the west a bit snowy. Kendis, reena . Paul, thanks so much. The woman now charged for sundays hitandrun crash along the Las Vegas Strip begins facing justice today. Lakeisha holloway will be in court this morning. Shes facing charges of murder, child abuse, and leaving the scene of an accident. Prosecutors say they expect a great number oadditional charges to be filed against her why did she turn into people and run over a lady and drag that lady for many, many feet while her husband was running after her, banging on the window of t car, begging for heto stop . Holloway is expected to plead not guilty. Surveillance video of the incident has not been released. Prosecutors do not plan to esent it in court today. A lawsuit stemming frorothe mass shooting in newtown, connecticut, has been finalized. 16 of the 26 families will split 1. 5 million from the estate of the gunmans mother. The money comes from her Homeowners Insurance policy. Three years ago this month adam lanza killed his mother, then walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 26 people. Other lawsuits are still pending. Frightening moments for shoppers inside one of n n yorks biggest malls. Gunfire at a highend Jewelry Store sent people running and screaming. It turned out to be a botched robbery. But shoppers didt know that at abcs Richard Cantu has the details. I came to the mall just to do some lastminute shopping. Theres shooting in there. Reporter lastminute shopping turned chaos. I ieard like three sounds that sound like gunshots. Reporter the sound of gunfire. The scream of police sirens. And crowds of people running and hiding. It was like pure pandemonium. Everybody was running. To tell you the truth, once i seen everybody running, i started running. Reporter Police Responded in force, quickly arriving at the Roosevelt Field mall on long island. Officials say an armed robber walked into a tourneau star targeting the highe watch section. A bullet frohis gun hitting one person. The shot left the store and struck a mall employee in the mall. 67yearold male. Reporter police took the suspect into custody, escorting him away in handcuffs. Officials say it was an offduty nypd officer just out doing his own shopping responsible for the takedown. Im pretty su something drastic had to happen. Reporter while all that was happening, many shoppers were hiding, often in back rooms, inside other stores. Some waited up to an hour and a the first thing that we thought was terrorism. Reporter local officials changed protocols for calls like these after the recece terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, treating each call as an active shooter situation. Everyone breathing a sigh of shootiti. People are still in the mall. They are still going to shop no matter what. Nobody. Reporter Richard Cantu, abc news, new york. Now a highprofile murder trial thats on the docket for this summer in los angeles. Real estate heir robert durst will return to the west coast after a federal weapons case in louisiana is settled. Durst is accused of killing a friend to prevent her from aiding an investigation into the disappearance of his wife. The 72yearolds trial is likely to attract wodwide headlines. Army s sgeant Bowe Bergdahl has made a brief courtroom appearance before a military judge. He was cleanshaven and in his dress blues. This is the first good look that was handed over in a controversial prisoner swap with the taliban. Hed been held captive for five years after walking away from his unit. He did not enter a plea and makes another Court Appearance next month. Well, another embarrassing incident for the secret service. A member of the president ial protective division had his gun, badge, radio, and handcus stolen from his personal car. The car was parked not far from secret service headquartererin washshgton. The agency has struggled lately to overcome issues with agent behavior and Security Breaches at the white house. A hacker to the stars has been busted in new york for trying to sell movie scripts, personal information, and sexually explicit videos of celebrities. The 23yearold bahamasbased hacker was arrested after trying to sell to undercover agents. Things like scripts. Hackers are a common sight on the streets of new york, but in this case u. S. Immigration agents stepped in after getting a tip from an unnamed radio securitys being stepped up pasadena, california, ahead of the rose bowl as well as the rose parade. Visitors can expect re security from surveillance in the sky to even officers on the ground. Papadena police are evenenearing up with these new utility terrain vehicles. Cops are also warning spectators to stay vigilant and dont even think of bringing a drone. This year drones are a very popular item. I understand that theyre one of the most popular items for christmas. But given the faa fly regulations, the parade and the rose bowl game will be a nodrone zone. So keep your new christmas presents at home. Spectators are also being asked to leave their umbrellas and selfie sticks at home as well. Nonoelfie sticks at the rose bowl paradad its okay, folks. Youll survive. Youll survive without that stick. It will be likekehe Rose Bowl Parade 2000. Pretend like its 2000. Exactly. Just two years shy of 100. On monday he celebrated his monday he celebratat his birthday with a flight piloting a plane. Smith is believed to be the oldest active pilot in the u. S. Hes been flying for nearly 75 years. He takes to the skies a few times a week in order to keep flying. Every two years he must pass an aviation medical exam. Smith says that he plans to celebrate hihi100th birthday the same way he did monday, with a flight. And next Year United Airlines going to sign him up. He says people ask him all the time what attracts him about flying, and he said that one just needs to look at the sunrise over the horizon to have your answer. Thats a good deal, right . Would you let him pilot your plane . No. Coming up no doubts about it. How to avoid hurt feelings if you open a gift you that just dont like. Also ahead, danger falling from the sky. On the ski slope the frightening scene as a drone narrowly misses a championship athlete. Ernie, ive got to say you and also, a political battle over vulgarities, campaign claims and sexism. Trump and clinton going head to head. Tell us what you think on facebook. Wnnfans. Com. And twitter abcwnn. Youre watching world news now. Fly me to work, ernie, tomorrow. D twitter abcwnn. Tomorrow. Hey buddy, lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same didierence. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. You dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Weve been c cnging things up 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. Its not often we show a lot now. But this run is special because of that. Wow. Austrias marcel herscher on a slalom run yesterday was nearly struck by that drone that fell out of the sky. It was actually carrying a tv camera and was being used for the race broadcast when it crashed on the snow. Herscher wasnt affected by it, but afterward called the incident horrible. Ow. Can you imagine . Just a couple seconds difference there. Hmm. Well, the nfl is denying a report that its backed out of injuries. Espn had quoted soururs reporting the league is withholding millions of dollars done at boston university. Accoing to the report the nfl had raised concerns about the objectivity of a professor who would d leading the researcrc is willing to pay 16 million the league has been criticized for its handling of concussions. Well, now to the race for president. Donald trump s ss the word that he used to describe hillary is not offensive. Trump says what he meant by was beaten badly. At the campaign yesterday in iowa clinton said, we shouldnt let anybody bully his way to the presidency. Itit your voice, your vovo. Reporter on the trail in iowa Hillary Clinton says Donald Trumps language is helping it is playing into the hands of the violent jihadists. Reporter the democratic frontrunner refusing to respond directly to trumps latest attack involving a sexually she was beaten by barack obama in 2008. She got [ bleep ]. She lost. Sparked by an unsupported claim clinton made in her last debate. Trump now mocking that claim. Donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit reporter a n Quinnipiac University poll shows trump may need to take aim at someone now just four points behind trump nationally. The texas senator still careful not to criticize his gop rival when asked about trumps disparaging slam on clinton. I dont need to be another im gog to let donald trump im going to speak for myself. Repter but Carly Fiorina has a warning for trump. In a radio interview saying she also has been callll derogatory names. We cannot have candidates who insult women beat Hillary Clinton. Reporter that new poll also found 50 of americans said theyd be embarrassed if trump were president and that figurere is even higher among women. Reena, kendis . Well, you know, the campaigns are kind of on pause mode because the holidays are coming up. So this is kind of one of the last things that are lingering out there. Yeah. That 50 of americans would be embarrassed if he became president. But a majority of republicans still would not be e earrassed if he became president. So those numbers are a little skewed i guess there. There are a lot of republicans who also feel like he doesnt necessarily represent the conservative movement. There was an interesting p pl looking g the breakdown of economics and how it impacts people who support trump. It found that those who were highly educated, maybe had a college degree, tended to support other republicans like ted cruz or jeb bush or marco rubio but people without a degree were more likely to support trump. That said, on another note, about 30 of americans in that same poll said theyd be embarrassed if Hillary Clinton became president. There you go. Well, coming up in our next half hour, body image and health. While some models s y have the ideal figures for fashion, their measurements may prove to be extremely unhealthy. The new law banning ultrathin models and the growing calls for similar regulations. But first a new kind of space race taking tourism to new heights. The connection between reusable now. Stellar airfares. Now. Ah, for all of you rocket men and women we have some celebrating the launch and successful landing of an Unmanned Falcon 9 rocket. It really was cool. So what does this milestone mean Abcs David Kerley explains. Reporter this is spacexs return to flight after its last rocket blew up. [ cheers and applause ] main engine cutoff. Reporter but t ts mission delivering 11 small satellites to space. This was about r turning the main rocket, the first stage, to earth and land it to be reused. The first stage is returning to land. Workers at the california headquarters and at capepe canaveral could see it returning. [ cheers and applause ] the falcon has landed. Reporter spacex ceo and tesla electric car magnate elon musk called the reusable rocket one of the keys to going to mars. He got an upclose look shortly after the falcon 9 first stage landed. But musk is not alone. There is a new space race, a private Company Space race under way. Call it the battle of the billionaires. A momoh ago this blue origin rocket stage landed after a test launch, a victory for that companys founder, amazon ceo jeff bezos. Tweeting congratulations but adding there is a difference between space and orbit. The back and forth continued with bezos offering congrats to musk but then adding`welcome to the club. So the battle continues. But for the first time rockets are reusable, making reaching space even more affordable. David kerley, abc news, washington. Just absolutely amazing what they were able to accomplish. Its a big deal. But not as big of a deal as you and i. Oh. That would be what we achieved. That would not be a good thing. On an overnight spacex mission. Would you be the captain and i would be tenille . Oh. There you go. I like how you think, kendis gibson. I would be scared to see you in the drivers seat there. I would too. Especially with sleep deprivation. The study we did yesterday about people who work the overnights and drive. Coming up, what women are paying and why theyre paying more than the mix is next. The mix is next. [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. 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The womens version 78. Thats insane. Were talking about the same sort of material right now. Yeah. Just the fact its marketed differently. Ones for a woman, ones for a man. And its that much more expensive. Thats so wrong, isnt it . Hopefully theyre doing something about it. That is absolutely wrong they do that. You need a blue light special. Yes. For women. Okay. So you know you get that gift from that one person or your aunt that you really, really dont like . Yeah. So how exactly do you react to it . Well, a bunch of guys came up with different suggestions on how to rea to a bad christmas s gift. Take a look. Loving it. Loving it. [ laughing ]. Refuse to say thank you. Thanks. You guys. Oh, my god. This is exactly what i needed. You try to get emotional. You just really, really cry and just pretend as if you like it. U try to cover your face with it. And different reactions to bad presents. Okay. We have a guide on how to react. This is not what i wanted at all. Or be honest. 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