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The faa is offering free registration for 30 days starting next monday. After that, 5 each. The owners of drones already in the air have till late february to register. But if you get one for christmas, you have to register right away. Bill cosby is striking back against some of the women who have accused him from Sexual Misconduct. The comedian has filed a defamation against seven of the more than 50 women who have come forward. Abcs linsey davis has this update. Reporter bill cosby turning the tables, saying hes the victim and filing a lawsuit against some of his accusers. We are taking steps in order to right a wrong. And the burden of proof is supposed to be on the people who are making the accusation, that the media hasnt required these accusers to have to do. Reporter the lawsuit, filed in federal court in massachusetts, is countersuing the seven of the more than 50 women who have come forward accusing cosby of sexual assault, drugging or rape. These seven have all sued him for defamation, after he accused them of lying about the allegations. Cosbys attorney accuses these particular victims of malicious, opportunistic, false and defamatory accusations of Sexual Misconduct against him for their own financial gain. Joe cammarata represents all seven women. My seven clients intend to vigorously proceed with their case. Each one of them are confident that their good name and reputation will be restored at the end of the day. Reporter cosbys legal action to salvage what he can of his legacy comes the same Day Boston University announced its taking away his honorary degree. One of more than a dozen institutions to do so in the past year. The 78yearold has long denied all the allegations. According to his attorney, cosby is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, to the maximum extent of the law. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Coming up, the actor who stole the show at the star wars red carpet. Hes not even in the new movie. 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People like it. Its been around on social media a lot because people like it. It looks kind of cute. There he is with storm troopers in l. A. I think Joseph Gordonlevitt has forgotten the narrative of star wars because in the last one, return of the jedi not the last one to be made, but in the last one sequentially in the narrative, yoda dies. Why did you tell me that . I havent seen that one yet. That film came out 30 years ago. Youve had time. Maybe ill netflix it this weekend. Youve had time all your life. Im just saying yoda died. Its disrespectful to his family. This came out today. This is really interesting. Youre going to like this. This is about the celebrities who when you put them on the front of the magazines sell the most magazines. Ad week released the sales figures for popular magazines that feature famous faces. Were learning which covers sold the best stories of the year. Were going to start with People Magazine here. So the august 3rd issue featuring Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert shocking split was big for them. It sold 800,000 copies off the newstands. This even topped ben affleck and jennifer garners divorce. Theres the worst. Apparently pope francis only sold 450,000 off newstands. Come on, the pope . We cant say he people took to the streets to see him. I dont think hes too concerned with people buying him on People Magazine. This cover did the best for vanity fair this year. Caitlyn jenner sold 400,000. Normally they average about 160,000 vanity fair, it jumped to 400,000 it won a huge award for best magazine cover of the year. It was sensational. And this kind of hurts me to say because i love this gal. Sarah Jessica Parker apparently sales not doing well bringing below average numbers for this cosmo cover and also for harpers bazaar. I think shes a fantastic person. Jennifer aniston doing well. A interesting detail. Kim kardashian doesnt do that well. Caitlyn does well. Kim kardashian not doing as well this year. The pope not doing well . I guess if you are a devout catholic. Hes still a rock star if youre not catholic. Next up, we want to talk about tennis superstar Serena Williams earning another honor. Sports illustrated sports person of the year. Another magazine cover claiming the rightful throne in that photo because of the astonishing year that shes had. I interviewed her father, richard, at length once. Really. And you know for serena and venus, before they were born, he wrote down on a piece of paper that he would make both of them the tennis champions of the world. Wow. If you think about that, thats he didnt know they were going to be good at tennis. His family doesnt play tennis. Isnt that the most intriguing thing . That is kind of fascinating. We do have sad news for the current longestrunning production in las vegas jubilee ending their 34year run. Thats with the women with the tatas hanging out. Find another show to go and see. 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Now for many of us who do listen to music all of the time, headphones are an essential part of the listening experience. And how youre listening just as important as what youre listening to. For the best deals on this hot holiday tech gift, heres abcs becky worley. Reporter headphones, predicted to be the most popular tech gift given this season. So to find the best we turned to brian tong, tech editor at cnet. Teens and 20 somethings, what do they want . The priority is design and then bass. A lot of younger kids love that booming deep sound and the style of it. This is the beats solo two. This is a wireless headset. Youve got the flashy colors and this clean design we have here. Thats going to be really popular. You can go big and large and just you dont care what anyone else thinks. These are the monster 24 ks. Gold, blingbling. All gold everything. Is there a budget model you can get . These are the audio technica. M 50 xs. My favorite best budget overall. Great headphones. I see on ear and over ear. Whats difference . Which is better . A lot of times it comes down to how it feels. Some people dont like cupping your ear off. You typically get better sound that way. On ear rests on your ear little pillows. Reporter next, if youre buying headphones for someone who commutes or a road warrior, its all be noise cancelling. The bose comfort 25s are noise canceling headsets. It hears the outside noise around you, it sends reverse frequency in here and deadens that sound and kind of creates a chamber inside like your own isolated room. Reporter finally lets talk cheaper ear buds. Can you get a good pair on a budget . There are some around the 150, 200 price point. Thats a lot. That 40 to 50 sweet spot, youll get everything that you need. Becky, thank you for that. Reena, tonight is the star wars premiere. Were going to go to it, right . Yeah, but the l. A. One is tonight. The last time a Star Wars Film cape out nearly ten years ago in london, i hosted that premiere. There were two cinemas next to each other, one full of celebrities and one for fans. And as a surprise to the fans, just before the film started, i walked george lucas. Wow. And the reaction, it reminded me i was in grant park when obama was voted for president. I know this is crazy, but that emotional reaction. Youre comparing obama to the star wars. Thats what it means to the fans. Okay. Got some jedi action. Mind tricks or was that star trek . Announcer this is abcs world news now. Informing insomniacs for two decades. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im richard bacon. Here are some of the top headlines were following this good morning. Im reena ninan. Im richard bacon. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Homeland security says it will increase scrutiny of social media sites when looking at visa applications. The female shooter in the San Bernardino rampage had posted extensively about her support for jihad. But officials never saw the messages. Full details ahead. Bowe bergdahl will be courtmartialed for walking away from his unit in the remote part of afghanistan. He spent the next five years as a taliban captive. He faces life in prison if convicted. Police in oklahoma say an angry customer was behind the wheel of this truck. Look at this, its remarkable, as it plowed into the lobby of a comfort inn. Two people barely escaped injury. The driver faces several serious charges. And the stars were out in force for hollywoods biggest movie premiere in recent memory. The big question this morning, who among last nights attendees will be the first to spoil one of woulds most tightly guarded secrets. Those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, december 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. So we begin with the latest on the investigation into the San Bernardino terror attack. The search of a lake not that far from the crime scene has apparently turned up new evidence. Divers were believed to be looking for a discarded hard drive from the killer couples computer. The case is prompting a change in the way Homeland Security reviews visa applications. Heres abcs brian ross. Reporter when Tashfeen Malik came to the United States for the first time last year, she had already sent extensive messages online that she wanted to wage violent jihad. But none of that was known to the officials handling her fiance visa. During that time period, immigration officials were not allowed to use or view social media as a part of the screening process. Reporter former Homeland Security official john cohen, now an abc news consultant, says there was a secret policy that prevented officials from screening the social media posts of visa applicants, fearing bad Public Relations for the obama administration. The primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly, and there were concerns it would be embarrassing. Reporter malik, who had become radicalized after college, had three interviews, showed pictures of an Engagement Party in saudi arabia, and her visa was approved in three weeks, a process the state department admitted failed. You know, obviously, things went wrong. Reporter now, in the wake of the worst terror attack since 9 11, federal agents are reconstructing the online history of malik and her husband, syed farook. A history that shows even before they met, they were on the road to jihad, something authorities could have known, but did not, as she was welcomed to america. The white house has now ordered a top to bottom review of the visa application screening process including that policy that prevented officials from looking at the social media of those wishing to come to this country, a policy that was secret until now. Brian ross, abc news, new york. Brian ross, thank you. Now, the race for president. Starting with Donald Trumps doctors note. In a onepage release, its pretty extraordinary, his longtime physician says trumps physical strength and stamina are themselves extraordinary and he claims if trump wins the white house, he will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. Trump and eight other republicans will face off tonight florida their last debate of the year. The republican frontrunner will be center stage flanked by senator ted cruz and ben carson. A new National Poll has trump leading with 41 . But another poll from iowa as you can see there has trump and cruz in a virtual tie. If this was a reality show, i would have the republican candidates run with george w. Bush. He apparently could do a mile in 12 minutes. Which is pretty good. Right . So i think that would help determine who is the healthiest, who could keep up into its a little bit north korea, that note. Dear leader, played golf today and scored 12 hole in ones. Oh, boy. Baltimore is bracing for the verdict in the freddie gray case. Jury deliberating in the first trial of a Police Officer accused in his death. Activist groups are warning they will protest if William Porter is acquitted. They resent the added security added ahead of the verdict. There were riots in april after gray died after a ride in a police van. Well, residents of newtown, connecticut, gathered at a service last night to mark the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook School shootings. The names of all victims were read. 20 first graders and six staffers were killed that day. In one of the deadliest massacres in u. S. History. Bill cosby is fighting back against seven of the more than 50 women who have accused him of Sexual Misconduct. Hes filed a defamation counter suit against them claiming he suffered serious harm because of their groundless accusations. The womens lawyer says cosbys legal action is simple retaliation. Well, the records have been falling here in the east behind the extremely warm temperatures, though, there have been wild and damaging storms. Gio benitez reports on all the stunning differences that a year can make. Reporter a new storm pummeling the west. Downing power lines in salt lake city. Stranding drivers in washington state. High winds snapping trees in the bay area. She literally saw this tree just come down and she just heard it smash. Reporter a kansas whiteout stranding drivers and in texas, four confirmed tornadoes. You can see from the air, the path of destruction. At least 50 homes damaged. It sounded like the roof lifted off the house. Reporter straightline winds doing damage, too. Meanwhile, the east still waiting for winter. This was the scene in buffalo last year. The temperature right now, it feels like 1 degree. And behind me, that is a car, completely buried in snow. And take a look at this spot right now. No snow. Buffalo hit a record high of 71 degrees. Since the month began more than 1,000 High Temperature records tied or broken across the country. And here at this ice rink, hundreds of people were expected on their skates, but just take a look. It looks more like a swimming pool. No skating here. Gio benitez, buffalo. More proof of our weird december weather. It is chilly in california and surf is up in minnesota. And its like 100 degrees in our studios here. Surfers here are riding the waves along lake superiors north shore in duluth. The water temperature is in the 30s. Paul williams explains the warm spell in the eastern part of the country is short lived. Say it aint so. Thanks, richard. Reena. Weve had the luck of the irish be so far. Beautiful weather for tuesday. Storm departs, get out of way. Well enjoy some kind of sunshine. As we go into thursday though, the worm turns. Jet stream will usher in a low pressure throughout the evening time. That local will sweep towards maine bringing rain and drizzle. Slowing down travel and then mild. Here comes the part where i might not be your favorite guy. I have to tell you the truth anyway. As we go forward into saturday, the coldest air of the month will arrive. Were looking for temperatures to stay below the norm for this time of year. Well Start Talking about that four letter word in the northeast. Snow with lakeeffect connected to it. Richard, reena. Boo, snow. Thanks a lot. Punishment is being handed out florida connection with an incident of violence during a High School Football game. In september, two players from a team in texas purposefully took down a referee. There you can see it. They said they did it at the direction of an assistant coach. Now that former coach has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 18 months probation. Hes also been fined and must do community service. Charges against the players are pending. Pete rose has been banned from baseball for gambling since 1989. Major League Baseball says thats not going to change. Rose had applied for reinstatement to the commissioner. That application was rejected because of roses continued legal gambling and new evidence about his betting on games when he played for the cincinnati reds. The giants are still in the thick of it for the nfl playoff race following a win on monday night football. New york was down in miami facing the dolphins, another incredible touchdown caught by Odell Beckham jr. They checked the tape to see that he had both feet inbounds. That tied the game at 24. Then in the fourth quarter, it was beckham again wide open, horning in the pass and taking it to the end zone. That was the winner. Giants take it, 3124. Look at him, catching it like beckham, huh . Good. You like that . I liked a lot. Tying in two different types of football. Impressive, huh . Tieing in british and american sports. You like that . Its like hands across the atlantic. Coming up, folks, were taking back to 1999 for the last star wars premiere. Boy, how times have changed. Also ahead, could your smartphone habits have an impact on your physical and Mental Health . Medical experts are dialing in. And later im tim laird, americas chief entertaining officer. If youre hosting a holiday gathering, your guests will get a kick out of my mistletoe martini, a milkshake made with left overpie, and a crabfilled appetizer that will zip up your party. Youre watching world news now. 85, this is an important message. So please, write down the number on your screen. The lock i want to talk to you about isnt the one on your door. 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We are have a health alert this morning about expectant mothers taking antidepressants. Researchers are finding women taking antidepressants in the final six months of their pregnancy are 87 more likely to have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. However, they also warn it may be dangerous for pregnant women to go off their meds without first checking with their doctors. Thats a hard dilemma to be in. Now to a warning for everyone who uses a smartphone. Theres a thing called text neck. Apparently its ruining our posture. Some researchers say it could be affecting our Mental Health, as well. As dr. Jennifer ashton explains. Reporter we live in a tech driven world but is Technology Driving us to damage our bodies, even our minds . Physical theyre says the term ihunch. The posture we get whether he bending over a smartphone. What happens when the weight of your head is bent at a 60 degree angle over your gadget . According to august, the stress on a persons neck increases to 60 pounds. That can cause pain. Back and neck problems have profile rated in the last ten years. The big driver is the use of laptops, tablets and smartphones. Reporter thats the physical part. Now researchers are trying to find out if theres a link between that dwrooi hunch and Mental Health. Amy cuddy, author of presence examining this issue in a New York Times article citing small studies that suggest that slouchy posture may be linked to depression and low self esteem. While none of the studies have shown conclusive evidence that it affects your psychology, many professionals say sitting up straight is always a good idea. Good posture affects everything from your confidence level, from your assertiveness level. Feeling good about yourself. Reporter dr. Jennifer ashton, abc news, new york. That is true. That is true about posture. I think about it a lot when im doing this program. Ive had tweets from people saying up straight. I never had a tweet like that. If you overlook at the screen, this is overexposure to blue violet light, some opticians think that can lead to macular degeneration. Time to throw away your phone. The old rotary phones are corded. Well be right back folks. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. It really is the best time of year for entertaining and your holiday guests are in for a treat. Americas chief entertainment officer and cookbook author tim laird is here this morning. His drinks always have an extra kick and his foods always festive. Good morning, reena. Im excited. We have some fun tips for easy holiday entertaining. We love it. I want to start out with my mistletoe martini. Great cocktail. Light, refreshing in a shaker with ice. Start with an ounce of finlandia tangerine vodka. To that three ounces of cranberry juice. That goes in. Then a good squeeze of lime. The citrus really needs to be in there. Give that a good squeeze. Now were going to shake this up. Ive prepared my martini glasses ahead of time by rimming with lime and dipping it in a plate of sugar. You have the sugar rimmed glass. Decorating your glass for the holidays, too. They look beautiful, frosted. Its fun. Then i strain this out into our prepared glass. And finally, the last thing im going to do with this one is top it off with a little bit of korbell champagne which gives it a nice little sparkling note. You can use a lime garnish or you can use a Rosemary Spear with cranberries. That goes in, boom. Thats creative. For an alcoholfree version, i have a little bit of tangerine instead of the finlandia tangerine. Cranberry juice, squeeze of lime and sparkling water. Cheers, happy holidays. How did we do . All right . Amazing. Thats really good. Wow, that is great. This ones kicked up. A little envious you got the kicked up one. You have to go back to work. I get to play. Fair enough, that makes sense. Heres a great idea. This is a fun appetizer especially around the holiday times because it makes a lot. Fairly inexpensive. In my bowl, eight ounces of softened cream cheese. Okay. To that im going to add about a pound and a half of fresh crab or even i like to use this imitation crab. Its very inexpensive and still tastes great. Give that a little stir. To that, im going to add a couple dashes of worcestershire sauce. That goes in. Thats all you need. Seasoned salt. Thats it. Just a little pinch of that. Mix that up really well and ill show you the finished version. Beautiful. I mix that, put it into a dome and pour over the top cocktail sauce topped with capers. There it is. Holiday crab and crackers. Serve it with a little butter crackers. People love that. And finally, heres a dessert item. This is a great idea because during holidays theres always leftover pie. So im going to make a wild berry milkshake out of leftover pie. This is a wild berry pie. A quarter of that. To that, this is half and half. About 4 to 6 ounces. That goes in all the way. Then a couple cubes of ice. Just that easy. Three ingredients. Like i said, we have cherry pie, berry pie, pumpkin pie, whatever you have left over. Wow, it really blended everything. It liquefies. Ready to go. I pour them in the moose mugs. If you want to give it a little taste. This is absolutely delicious. Mm. Wow. It almost tastes healthy like oatmeal but thats the crust. It really works with any pie you have. Cherry, pumpkin, berry, whatever you have. Delicious. That might be better than the drink. Youre always good at breaking it down. Start way ahead of time with a checklist of what you can do in advance such as you can shop for nonperishables. Create your menu weeks in advance. Check it off as youre going down. Youre not doing everything last minute and your party will go smoothly. Santa is not the only one making a list and checking it twice. Tim laird suggests doing it. Absolutely. Thank you so much. We love having you on. You have the best ideas. Check out our Facebook Page for tims fantastic recipes wnnfans. Com. We want to wish everyone happy happy holidays. Youre watching world news now. Friends coming over . Yeah, so . It stinks in here. Youve got to wash this whole room are you kidding . Wash it . Lets wash it with febreze. For all the things you cant wash, use. Febreze fabric refresher whoa hey mrs. Webber inhales hey, it smells nice in here and try pluggable febreze. To continuously eliminate odors for. Up to 45 days of freshness pluggable febreze and fabric refresher. [inhale exhale mnemonic]. , two more ways to breathe happy mike . Janet . Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . It works on his cough too. What . 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Last nights World Premiere of star wars the force awakens featured storm raiders invading a half mile long red carpet. The glitterati were the regular fans camped out for days. We havent seen lines like this since phantom menace opened. Heres how brian rooney covered it for world news now 16 years. Reporter they do their physics homework dreaming of things they could never calculate. They peck away at portable computers wondering about technology they want imagine. And they read magazines about characters theyve never encountered. These star wars fans have camped on hollywood boulevard since april 7th to buy the first tickets to the next installment. And the movie doesnt open till may 19th. Star wars is a life obsession. Watching each movie about eight times maybe. Reporter being the first to see the next star wars movie would be something to tell the grandchildren. They pass the time staying in touch by telephone with friends and family. You wonder about your son waiting in line to see star wars . You wonder about your son about a lot of things. Reporter like the handprints at the chinese theater, theyve become another curiosity on hollywood boulevard. Theyre also a curiosity on the internet. Dial in and see what theyre doing like being interviewed about being first in line. Is there any possibility that this movie wont be worth the wait . This is the movie that Steven Spielberg described as an instant classic. I dont think theres going to be any possibility its going to suck. Reporter now, theyve got too much invested in it not to like the movie. Brian rooney, abc news, hollywood. Im afraid his prediction did not hold true. Whether he said its a thing to tell their grandkids about, i imagine when they tell their grandkids, they will have said tell me you didnt queue up for the phantom menace. Get in line. Seriously. Some of the hollywood celebs have waited. Shonda rhimes tweeting holy crap, the force awakens so good in the best old school way. Is that technically a breach of the embargo . No, no. Shonda wouldnt do that. Thats it for their half. Remember to follow us on facebook, wnnfans. Com. Did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most dont know theyre infected . People can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause Serious Health problems. If you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. So talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. It could save your life. Know more. This morning on world news now, tonights political showdown. The republicans take the debate stage tonight in las vegas for the final time this year as a new National Poll shows Donald Trumps biggest lead yet. Plus, is trump fit enough to serve . His doctor weighs in. Social media investigation. The disturbing messages posted by a california terrorist. Responsible for that deadly rampage in San Bernardino. Why was she allowed into the country . Terror truck. How did a texas plumbers pickup truck wind up in the hands of militants in syria . The traitor truck. The new lawsuits and a search for an plains. And World Premiere. All the anticipation, all the buzz after the biggest stars in hollywood got to see the star wars movie before everyone else. Were there live on this tuesday, december 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Doing that music. Dont chew your pen. Does david muir do that . World news now tonight . Never. Robin roberts, george stephanopoulos, never see them. Hello. The star wars number going to be part of the show because the fans and the celebrities are watching it right now. Theres been this huge embargo. It ends fairly soon. Were going to monitor who has broken the embargo. What did you call it . In our meeting you had a name. Its our feature. A semi regular feature just for tonight called who has broken the embargo. Someone is bound to do it. Its star wars. Oh, you know who might not be . Maybe the republicans because theyve got a big night tonight. They have. Not just star wars. Theres a showdown also in las vegas. Not just l. A. No, but i think this competes with star wars for the title of the best show in town. Tonights debate, if not best show in the world with a fascinating new poll showing donald trump at 41 , his highest level of support and widest lead of any poll so far. The caucus state of iowa, trump is now in a virtual dead heat with senator ted cruz. Your voice, your vote. And cecilia vega is in las vegas ahead of tonights republican debate. Reporter after vowing to release his full medical report, Republican Donald Trump instead offered up just this short note from his doctor, saying trumps physical strength and stamina are extraordinary. And in true trump fashion, the doctor declaring that, if elected, mr. Trump, i can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. And now, the stage is set for a donald trump Ted Cruz Vegas showdown. Trumps frontrunner standing now facing a very real threat from the texas senator, who at a private fundraiser recently questioned the Reality Stars judgment. Trump now on the attack. The way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a, you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. You cant walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. Reporter cruzs response . Tweeting that famous scene in flashdance shes a maniac maniac reporter but not hitting trump back. Cruz has spent months cozying up to the billionaire. Look, its not complicated. Number one, i like donald. But number two, everywhere donald goes, he brings a hundred Television Cameras with him. Reporter cruz hoping to eventually inherit trumps supporters. But the idea of trump and cruz leading the pack has some republicans worried and donald trump will be center stage because of his frontrunner status. And now for the very first time, because of those polls, ted cruz will be right there next to him. They are friends, men vying for the same republican primary voters this entire campaign. But for this debate, the gloves may very well come off. Cecilia vega, abc news, las vegas. You do have that sense of, oh, sorry. We want to remind everyone to stay with abc news for the coverage tonight and tomorrow morning. Our deputy political director will be here on world news now with analysis. You were saying . I cant wait. And i think you get the sense people are slightly bored of ted cruz being nice to donald trump. They want to see them in action. I had a good phrase earlier on the television where someone with said if it whittles down to just ted cruz and donald trump, theyll be like two scorpions in a box. Two scorpions in a box. More of that tomorrow and more later tonight, as well. The stars were out in force and still are in los angeles. For one of the biggest premieres in recent memory. Of course were talking about the World Premiere of star wars the force awakens. It was so big it spanned three different theaters and right in the middle of it all is abcs lauren lyster. Lucky gal live in hollywood. Lauren, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, richard and reena. This movie has inspired lightsabers. Its even inspired toasters. According to fans ive talked to as the premier wraps up it inspired them, too. Im talking about star wars and the force awakens comes 38 years after that first movie debuted. Storm troopers, c3po and r2d2 close behind and tight security for a whos who of alist stars. John boyega starring in the lead role as finn. The best part is meeting with the fans. Reporter plus Harrison Ford, george lucas and a thumbs up from Steven Spielberg, all hitting the red carpet with a highly anticipated film people know very little about, until now. It was everything i expected and more. And there was a lot of surprises. There was a really big plot twist that blew my mind a little bit. I was not expecting that at all. I thought it was really, really well done. Yeah. Im blown away. It was so good. Reporter the force awakens will open later this week on over 4,000 screens across the country. Back in 1977, at the start of the franchise, star wars opened in less than 50 theaters. No red carpet premiere. The director george lucas was so sure it would flop, he was getting away from it all, vacationing in hawaii. Were home. Reporter back then, Harrison Ford says when he first played the role of hans solo, he could not have imagined the success star wars would have now. Im really excited to get this movie out there for the audience and see how they feel about it. Reporter and ill tell you, the anticipation and the secrecy continued through tonight. We had fans that had been camping out that found out they were going to be able to see the premiere and they got to. Also we were told that guests didnt even know which theater they would see the movie in until they arrived here tonight. Reena, richard . Different time zones. Were in new york, youre in l. A. The celebrities, fans are they out, have they seen the movie and have they left now . They have seen the movie. You saw some of the reactions from people we spoke to here in my piece. Theyre partying. Theres an after party going on behind me on this red carpet on this portion of hollywood boulevard thats been shutdown for this huge event. If theyre partying, lauren, any indication about the movies plot . Have we learned anything new about it without spoiling it. Because we know we cant do that. Dont spoil it. We cant spoil it. You know, i actually tried to get some people to spoil it for me. I just wanted to know what happened. These fans are so diehard, they wouldnt tell me. As you heard one person said theres a huge twist they werent expecting. One of the things that people were excited for was the return of the old characters from the original trilogy. And fans told us they really loved how that came out, that the combination of the newcomers with the old characters was done really well. In addition, people really loved the practical effects. Things like the droids, as opposed to the Computer Generated effects in the last trilogy. J. J. Abrams tried to get back to the practical effects. People loved it. Thats a start. Were going to monitor social media to see if people are breaking the embargo tonight because theyre not meant to. Someone is bound to spill, right . You know. You guys are on a mission for that. We are. I want to know if the ewoks are back in or not. I hope they didnt get left out of the movie. She doesnt note. I heard theyre out, if i remember correctly. But dont quote me on that. Lauren, we will speak to you. Abcs lauren lyster. Remember my prediction. She said one of the fans said there is a massive twist. My prediction is Luke Skywalker has gone bad. I dont want to shake on that. Well find out on twitter later. I dont want him to go bad. How about a turn to more serious news. Bill cosby fighting back against some of the women who accused him of Sexual Misconduct. Hes filed a defamation counter suit against 7 of more than 50 women. Who claimed he either assaulted or raped them. Cosby says their claims are driven by hopes of financial gain. Their lawyers disagree. This is a page from the Defense Attorneys handbook. My seven clients intend to vigorously proceed with their case. Each one them are confident that their good name and reputation will be restored at the end of the day. Cosbys legal action comes the same Day Boston University announced its taking away his honorary degree, one of more than a dozen institutions to do so in the past year. A maryland man has been charged with receiving thousands of dollars from isis in order to carry out a terror attack on american soil. Mohamed elshinawy was arrested. Of giving known a terrorist organization. The fbi first became suspicious of him when he starred getting money orders from egypt. He denies the charges. Homeland security plans to step up the process, new coke customer follows the shooting rampage in San Bernardino when Tashfeen Malik came to the United States for the first time and had already sent extensive messages about jihad. But officials were prevented from seeing those because of a secret policy to save the administration embarrassment. The primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly. And there were concerns that it would be embarrassing. Also part of the investigation, that search of the lake nearby turned up no evidence according to Law Enforcement officials. The fbi has not commented. Today is the enrollment deadline for millions of americans signing up for Health Care Insurance under obamacare. The federal government wants 10 Million People enrolled in the new year, 900,000 more than this year. But enrollees can expect to pay 7. 5 more for coverage as Health Care Costs go up. You had a panicked moment earlier. Wasnt sure if you paid your premium. I havent done so. Im uninsured. Dont injure me. Ill try not to. Top investment houses are dialing down their iphone forecasts. They expect sales to go down next year for the first time ever. Why . Higher prices in overseas markets and more users already have smart phones. The iphone is a huge part of apples revenues and profits. Does have to plateau at some point, doesnt it . Heres something no one should try on their own. 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Wash in the wow. Police say a disgruntled customer drove his truck through the lobby of this comfort inn in oklahoma. Bam, unbelievable. Two people jumping out of the way just seconds before the truck crashed through the front doors and then the front desk, the driver was apparently angry over not getting a cash refund. Amazing. Now he faces several serious charges. Amazing footage. Theres a scene like that in the first terminator. Ever wonder what happens to your old truck or car when he sell it or trade it in . Many are shipped overseas. I get it. That proved a nightmare for some texas businesses. Kaitlin mcculley of our houston station has the story. Reporter amidst all the gunfire, bloodshed and overall chaos in syria right now this truck from a texas city plumber ended up in the center of it. This picture shows the former mark one plumbing truck carrying heavy artillery, a terrorist group tweeted out the picture and ever since then the chaos in syria hit home for this familyowned business. His secretary was recently called an isis [ expletive ] so just not flattering things. But also some were scary. Some were people im going to come kick your [ expletive ]. You dont want to be an american get out of here and ill help you go. Reporter attorney craig elan filed a lawsuit on behalf of mark one plumbing against autonation. Sources say autonation was supposed to remove the company decal before selling it, and obviously, that didnt happen. The son started to take the decals off and was told dont do that. You might scratch the paint. We will do it. Reporter autonation resold the truck at an auction in dallas, and someone from turkey bought the truck and had it shipped out of the country from the port of houston. I talked with a spokesman for autonation over the phone. Their company is investigating how this happened. We immediately sent the vehicle to auction and the understanding was that the markings would come off vehicle. Im not sure where the breakdown was between autonation and the auction. Reporter elan says mark one plumbing has lost business because of the ordeal and the employees are still afraid to come to work. They hope this lawsuit will help them recover financially and prevent Something Like this from happening again. Thank you very much, Kaitlin Mcculley reporting from our station in houston. Steve colbert did a good joke where he said a machine gun being fired off the back of a pickup truck in the desert could still be texas. Coming up in our next half hour, hearing loud and clear. Its the top tech gifts for christmas. How can you find the best deals on phones, headphones . Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. I find your lack of i find your lack of faith disturbing. Lord vader using the dark side of the force disturbed by others lack of faith. He may be happy to find out true believers are braving the elements to see the new Star Wars Film. Abcs nick watt has more. Get ready. Okay for what. Happy star warsing reporter nine days these fans have been in line. Caroline and andrew are from australia, getting married in the line on thursday. Who is officiating . We have a good friend that happens to be a celebrant. Reporter obi sean. The force awakens will open on over 4,000 screens this week. Back in 77, star wars opened on just 32. This one included. An instant hit darth vader was soon leaving his footprints it here outside the chinese theater. George lucas watched the first one from here. This is the place to be. Reporter in 1999 for the phantom menace, the line at the chinese tradition was born. I ended up meeting my husband in line. This is the result . This is result. Nates been in line over a week already. That star wars comes up on the screen, its a little kid inside he says is this really happening . If theres a center of the universe glorious nerdom, its right here. Reporter nick watt, abc news, los angeles. And stay with us tonight as we find out later if anyone has broken the embargo. Nicely done. You are my whole life your two blue eyes are shining dolce and gabbana. Light blue weve been changing things up witoh yeah. Ve. 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. Because now ive got pantene i knshampoo and conditioner hair, but im never gonna stop. The prov formula locks moisture inside my hair and the damage from 100 blowdries is gone. Pantene. Strong is beautiful. Welcome back. Its time for the mix where we look at viral stories. Were going to start by talking about starbucks again. Yesterday, we talked about how there have been complaints. This had gone viral of a starbucks polar bear cookie that looked like it had its neck supposed to be a red scarf. It looked like it was slit and people explained about it anyway turns out what we meant was the snowman, not the polar bear friends at starbucks were watching. They weighed in and said guess what, its been discontinued. Theres a reason we couldnt find the polar bears for the show yesterday. It was discontinued in 2010. The snowman is in. By the way, they also have these gingerbread ugly sweater cookies. Thats what they call them which do have red sweaters. Were making amends with our friends at starbucks. These cookies look mm delicious. Have one. Dig in, please. Come on, why not. Help yourself. I think its undignified to do it on the telly but ill do it. These are delicious. Theyre good. Much better than peets. We want to tell you about another story out in chicago i believe. Of a shirtless runner. Its so hot in chicago, a station out there found in the rain a man wearing nothing except maybe a Little Something underneath there. And so they wanted to know why he was doing it. Turns out he ends up using this as a way to explain hes single. Do you know what . They got quite a few hits on this. 25,000 likes. Like 3 million views. By the way, the guy reporting, you see him right there . He used to anchor world news now with me last summer. Thats tahman bradley. Theres a selfie we took right on the show. Now hes out there in the elements. Okay. Helping the single men of the world find love. In the news meeting when we talked about this particular feature, i thought they meant you coanchored with a guy who ran without a shirt in chicago which i thought might provide a challenge to your happy family existence. To you and next man sitting to you in the chair. Yeah, 3 million hits. He remains single. And we have this is the ncaa basketball team, their particular type of celebration. They always show off their celebrations. This going viral. Theyve won six games and lost three. Bang, in it goes. Then they are its orchestrated. And its theyre doing well. 63. Theyre 63. This is a pony in the uk in a onesie. There you go. Look at that. Very cute. Back in a minute. This morning on world news this morning on world news now, challenging trump. The republicans ready to take the debate stage tonight as donald trump sees his biggest lead yet. The latest showdown just hours away. Amazing poll. Demanding answers. How did the woman responsible for killing 14 people in San Bernardino get into the country after her disturbing social media posts . The terror investigation takes a new turn. And new this morning, the star wars World Premiere. First reaction to the film is in after last nights big event. And why the force awakens is so important to moviemakers. We are live in l. A. And later, saluting Serena Williams and her accomplishments as a tennis champ. The big athletic honor in the skinny on this tuesday, december 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Hello there, good morning. It is tuesday. Im richard bacon. Im reena ninan. Star wars star wars on the brain, huh. We are checking social media throughout the night to see if anybody has broken the embargo. Youve not seen anything yet. A lot of people saying if you tweet out a spoiler were going to smash your hoverboard to pieces. L. A. Thats if it hasnt already caught fire. Lets begin with the republicans who want to be president. Tonight, they will be facing off one final time before the holidays. The podiums with the nine candidates will be in use at the venetian hotel. Thats in las vegas. Frontrunner donald trump will be center stage and, of course, flanked by his closest rivals ted cruz and ben carson. Its your voice, your vote. Abc looks at the predebate polls. Reporter donald trump aiming at a new target, two National Polls released show trumps frontrunner status in the gop race for president is now threatened by texas senator ted cruz. And as usual, trump isnt holding back. When luke at the way hes dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a well, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac, youre never going to get things done that way. Reporter cruz taking to social media not to respond with an attack but by posting a link to the movie flash dance and tweeting in honor of my friend donald trump and good hearted maniacs everywhere. Shes a maniac, maniac reporter the source of the new feud, new poll numbers including this quinnipiac poll showing trump leading in iowa with 28 . Cruz in a close second at 27 . In third place, marco rubio at 14 . With cruz on the rise, others are also taking aim. The only budget hes ever voted for in his time in the senate is a budget that cut defense spending. Anybody in any religion. Reporter also surging but on a much smaller scale, new jersey governor chris christie. The governor has been bumped up to the main stage. And will now appear with the other leading candidates during tuesday nights republican president ial debate. And yet, another poll the nbc wall street journal poll suggests if the general election were held today, Hillary Clinton would beat donald trump by ten points. That same poll shows Hillary Clinton would be in a neck and neck tie with cruz, rubio and ben carson. Reena, richard . Karla, thank you so much. Donald trump has released is that a fire alarm . I think its a fire alarm. Its going off. Oh, boy. Ive worked in a few studios in my time. Normally theyre kind of soundproofed and protected from the fire alarm and all you get is a light. You know what i thought that was . I think that somebody may have broken the embargo on star wars and someone has alerted the whole company. I had that alarm installed. I should have remembered. Right. We want to tell you about donald trump. Hes released a onepage statement from his doctors which says that trump is in excellent health. His physician reports that trump has lost 15 pounds over the last few months and he takes a daily aspirin, a low dose of statin. His doctor goes on to say if he wins next november, trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected president. Wow. He might not be that healthy that much longer. An alarm is definitely going off. Something is happening in the building. Disney has alerted all of its entities that star wars premiere has premiered in l. A. I think thats what that is. Find out whats going on. Lets stay with this story. We turn to abc news Early Morning for post debate coverage. Look for analysis from our this is tomorrow. From our deputy political director on world news now. Tomorrow. Thats analysis. Well have that. The terror attack in San Bernardino, the terror attack in San Bernardino could be a topic during the debate tonight. Marco rubio in particular is being critical of the administrations response. That search of a lake for evidence in the attack has apparently turned up nothing. Divers were believed to be looking for a hard drive discarded by the couple who carried out the attack. And spurred by that terror attack, Homeland Security says it will step up scrutiny of social media sites when considering visa applications. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has that part of the story. Reporter anyone wondering what is being done to defeat isis, president obama had this answer. Were also taking out isil leaders, commanders and killers one by one. Our next message to them is simple, you are next. Reporter that message after his visit to the pentagon with top Security Officials talking strategy in tackling terrorism. We are hitting isil harder than ever. Last month in november, we dropped more bombs on isil targets than any other month since this campaign started. Reporter the reassurance comes as new questions are raised about missed cues and warnings in the San Bernardino attacks. Abc news has learned that Tashfeen Malik had extensive social media postings supporting jihad but still got a fiance visa to come to the u. S. Turns out a secret u. S. Policy prevented immigration officials from searching social media as part of the screening process. The primary concern was that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly and there were concerns that it would be embarrassing. Reporter just last year, immigration officials did ask for new policies allowing them to look at applicants social media public posts but were opposed by the Homeland Security Departments Office of civil rights and civil liberties. The Homeland Security Department Says the current screening process is being revised. According to insiders even the new pilot programs are not a widespread policy. Richard, reena. Elizabeth, thank you for that important report. By the way, its a false alarm. In case you the dear viewers who we love very much were worried about us, its a false alarm in this building. Its a false alarm. No one has broken the star wars embargo. Exactly. Heres another interesting story. There are now doubts about what brought down that russian jetliner in egypt in october. The u. S. , britain and russia all said they found evidence of a bomb aboard the plane. An affiliate of isis you might remember claimed responsibility but egyptian investigators now say they have found no evidence of terrorism. Egypts Tourism Industry has suffered since the incident. Members of Kosovos Parliament were tear gassed during a session by opposition members. Its the sixth time in the past two months. The protesters oppose any deals with neighboring serbia and montenegro. Kosovo was once part of serbia and the European Union is trying to get them to resolve their differences. Bowe bergdahl will be courtmartialed for walking away from his army unit in afghanistan. He will be charged with desertion. He could get life in prison if convicted. A preliminary hearing officer had recommended he not be charged. Bergdahl spent five years as a taliban captive after leaving his unit. Pete rose has been banned from baseball for gambling since 1989, and major League Baseball says that is not going to change. Rose had applied for reinstatement to major League Baseballs commissioner but that application has been rejected because of roses continued legal gambling and new evidence about roses betting on games when he played for the cincinnati reds. Hollywood boulevard was locked down tighter than the guest star last night for tinseltowns biggest premiere in recent memory. It was amazing sight. Check them out, those storm troopers on the red carpet stretched for half a mile and the most elite of a list celebrities last night at the premiere of star wars the force awakens was shown to vip crowds in three separate theaters, including the chinese theater, where the original astar wars played 38 years ago. Im really excited to get this movie out there for the audience and see how they feel about it. Of course, the force awakens will open later this week. On more than 4,000 screens from coast to coast. We do want to give you an update here at abc news, our alarms have been going off here. We thought it was a fire alarm. We thought actually it was in fact somebody breaking the embargo. Weve been monitoring because theyve all seen the film. We should say its a false alarm, for the fire alarm and for the embargo for star wars. Thank you. Were safe. The post premiere excitement is very much alive this morning in hollywood. Lauren lyster is there. Good morning to you, lauren. Why is this movie so anticipated and have you gotten any details about the film . Reporter i know you guys are dying for some spoiler alerts. No fan will give them to me. A few reasons why it is highly anticipated. One, the time, it has been years since the last Star Wars Film about a decade since the release of the last one. In addition the return of characters from the original trilogy. Fans were excited about this, hans solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia who is a general in this film. Then the money. Some analysts predictions believe this will be the highest grossing film ever. Now, to break the record of a film held now, this film would have to do 2. 79 billion. Well top that. That was the record set by avatar. Highest grossing Star Wars Film so far has been 1999s phantom menace which brought in just over a billion dollars. This has a way to go. I saw footage the other day of fans leaving the phantom menace. We know the fans didnt like the film. Asking fans on the night, we need to wait. Look at lauren. She asked them to give spoilers. Everybody left her. Theres nobody behind her. Yeah. Hardcore. Yeah. Lauren, thank you so much. Thats true. Well speak to you again later. But theyre just joyous and thrilling occasions, arent they . Things like this. Exciting. Were both going to see the film later this week. We will break the embargo. Coming up in the skinny, though, the Hollywood Alister who dressed as yoda for the star wars premiere. Also ahead, bill cosby fighting back taking legal action against his accusers. What attorneys on both sides of the scandal are saying. And later the best gifts for music lovers on your list from ear buds to headphones. Were getting expert advice for shoppers. Youre watching world news now. 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. 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Reporter the lawsuit, filed in federal court in massachusetts, is countersuing the seven of the more than 50 women who have come forward accusing cosby of sexual assault, drugging or rape. These seven have all sued him for defamation, after he accused them of lying about the allegations. Cosbys attorney accuses these particular victims of malicious, opportunistic, false and defamatory accusations of Sexual Misconduct against him for their own financial gain. Joe cammarata represents all seven women. My seven clients intend to vigorously proceed with their case. Each one of them are confident that their good name and reputation will be restored at the end of the day. Reporter cosbys legal action to salvage what he can of his legacy comes the same Day Boston University announced its taking away his honorary degree. One of more than a dozen institutions to do so in the past year. The 78yearold has long denied all the allegations. According to his attorney, cosby is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, to the maximum extent of the law. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Coming up, the actor who stole the show at the star wars red carpet. Hes not even in the new movie. The skinny is next. Our abc stations. Skinny, so skinny skinny, so skinny announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Skinny, so skinny well, folks, in case you missed it, the hollywood premiere of star wars the force awakens was last night. The stars certainly out. But one star who wasnt in the film had everyone doing a double take on the red carpet. This is Joseph Gordonlevitt dressed as yoda. There he is. People like it. Its been around on social media a lot because people like it. It looks kind of cute. There he is with storm troopers in l. A. I think Joseph Gordonlevitt has forgotten the narrative of star wars because in the last one, return of the jedi not the last one to be made, but in the last one sequentially in the narrative, yoda dies. Why did you tell me that . I havent seen that one yet. That film came out 30 years ago. Youve had time. Maybe ill netflix it this weekend. Youve had time all your life. Im just saying yoda died. Its disrespectful to his family. This came out today. This is really interesting. Youre going to like this. This is about the celebrities who when you put them on the front of the magazines sell the most magazines. Ad week released the sales figures for popular magazines that feature famous faces. Were learning which covers sold the best stories of the year. Were going to start with People Magazine here. So the august 3rd issue featuring Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert shocking split was big for them. It sold 800,000 copies off the newstands. This even topped ben affleck and jennifer garners divorce. Theres the worst. Apparently pope francis only sold 450,000 off newstands. Come on, the pope . We cant say he people took to the streets to see him. I dont think hes too concerned with people buying him on People Magazine. This cover did the best for vanity fair this year. Caitlyn jenner sold 400,000. Normally they average about 160,000 vanity fair, it jumped to 400,000 it won a huge award for best magazine cover of the year. It was sensational. And this kind of hurts me to say because i love this gal. Sarah Jessica Parker apparently sales not doing well bringing below average numbers for this cosmo cover and also for harpers bazaar. I think shes a fantastic person. Jennifer aniston doing well. A interesting detail. Kim kardashian doesnt do that well. Kaitlyn does well. Kim kardashian not doing as well this year. The pope not doing well . I guess if you are a devout catholic. Hes still a rock star if youre not catholic. Next up, we want to talk about tennis superstar Serena Williams earning another honor. Sports illustrated sports person of the year. Another magazine cover claiming the rightful throne in that photo because of the astonishing year that shes had. I interviewed her father, richard, at length once. Really. And you know for serena and venus, before they were born, he wrote down on a piece of paper that he would make both of them the tennis champions of the world. Wow. If you think about that, thats he didnt know they were going to be good at tennis. His family doesnt play tennis. Isnt that the most intriguing thing . That is kind of fascinating. We do have sad news for the current longestrunning production in las vegas jubilee ending their 34year run. Thats with the women with the tatas hanging out. Find another show to go and see. Coming up, music to the ears. Be right back. The ears. Be right back. Approaching medicare eligibility . 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And how youre listening just as important as what youre listening to. For the best deals on this hot holiday tech gift, heres abcs becky worley. Reporter headphones, predicted to be the most popular tech gift given this season. So to find the best we turned to brian tong, tech editor at brian tong, tech editor at cnet. Teens and 20 somethings, what do they want . The priority is design and then bass. A lot of younger kids love that booming deep sound and the style of it. This is the beats solo two. This is a wireless headset. Youve got the flashy colors and this clean design we have here. Thats going to be really popular. You can go big and large and just you dont care what anyone else thinks. These are the monster 24ks. Gold, blingbling. All gold everything. Is there a budget model you can get . These are the audio technica. M50 xs. My favorite best budget overall. Great headphones. I see on ear and over ear. Whats difference . Which is better . A lot of times it comes down to how it feels. Some people dont like cupping your ear off. You typically get better sound that way. On ear rests on your ear little pillows. Reporter next, if youre buying headphones for someone who commutes or a road warrior, its all about noise cancel. The bose comfort 25s are noise canceling headsets. It hears the outside noise around you, it sends reverse frequency in here and deadens that sound and kind of creates a chamber inside like your own isolated room. Reporter finally lets talk cheaper ear buds. Can you get a good pair on a budget . There are some around the 1 is 120, 150. Thats a lot. That 40 to 50 sweet spot, youll get everything that you need. Becky, thank you for that. Reena, tonight is the star wars premiere. Were going to go to it, right . Yeah, but the l. A. One is tonight. The last time a Star Wars Film came out nearly ten year ago in london, i hosted that premiere. There were two cinemas next to each other, one full of celebrities and one for fans. And as a surprise to the fans, just before the film started, i walked george lucas. Wow. And the reaction, it reminded me i was in grant park when obama was voted for president. I know this is crazy, but that emotional reaction. Youre comparing obama to the star wars. Thats what it means to the fans. Okay. Got some jedi action. Mind tricks or was that star trek . Announcer this is abcs world news now. Informing insomniacs for two decades. Making news in america this morning, debate day. The stage is set on the vegas strip. The republican candidates preparing to face off for the last time this year as donald trump hits a new high in the polls. Were live in washington. And Donald Trumps doctor making news of his own issuing a letter about the billionaires health. Why its getting a lot of scrutiny. Disgruntled guest. A man accused of purposely slamming his truck into a hotel. The dramatic crash caught on camera. And star wars the force awakens, the lucky few with a chance to see the movie. Its amazing. Its wonderful. Smiling faces leaving the World Premiere overnight. The first reactions are in
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