Reports, the celebrations have returned. Reporter mixed feeling between the celebration and the sad feeling. Reporter that sad feeling shared widely this year. After months of violence in the occupied palestinian territories and israel left 19 israelis and more than 130 palestinians dead, israel says more than half of those palestinians were attackers. In manger square, the birthplace of jesus, the crowds smaller. Tourism suffering. People say theyve never seen it like this. But at the same time, there resilience. People insist to celebrate christmas to send a message of hope that we, the christians and muslims, the palestinians are here. We were here. And well stay here forever. Natalee. Are you going to celebrate more this year because of the violence . Because the only way you peace by happiness, by music. Merry christmas. Molly hunter, abc news, bethlehem. Back here in the state environmentalists are delivering a bit of a buzz kill over americas christmas lights. While light displays are a small fraction of the electricity we consume annually, a new study finds that the lights we turn on burn up more energy than some nations in a year. Wow. El salvador, cambodia and tanzania are some of the countries that use less power than the u. S. Over the days. Your Big Christmas tree is bad news to the environment. Yeah. Well, there is Something Else burning in denver on Christmas Eve. A Nonprofit Group gave free marijuana joints to the homeless and anyone else who wanted one. The Group Cannabis can says it wants to use pot for good and to bring people together. Thats kind of them. High time, that the homeless had access to restrooms and showers. So its raising money. An its illegal to smoke marijuana in public in colorado but giving it as a gift is okay. The group wishes everyone a happy canamas. Exactly. Thats so theyre a bunch of hungry Homeless People right about now in denver. Munchies with candy canes. Medical use. They have arthritis, too. Is that it . Uhhuh. Coming up in the mix if your gift wrapping technique is less than artful, well make you feel a little better. Who is behind the bombshell plan to crack down and deport immigrants . Well tell you who is speaking out. Later the governments popular Santa Tracking Program following st. Nicks big night of deliveries after six decades. Were revealing how it actually all started. Remember to find us on coughing coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why theres delsym. Delsyms advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. All night. Or all day. P weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Rits a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in placesp weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. P dare to feel more with new ky you are my whole life r your two blue eyes are shining dolce and gabbana. Light blue hey buddy, lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. P but these liquid gels are new. 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The department of Homeland Security is set to deport thousands of Central American immigrants living here illegally since last year. Abcs Pierre Thomas has the latest. Reporter they came over the southern border by the thousands. Children and families, in some cases, fleeing violence and persecution in Central America. Many bussed beyond the border. Inside the u. S. Turn around and go back. Reporter some facing angry crowds, while the government determined their fate. Now, with illegal Border Crossing spiking again, hundreds of those families are being targeted for deportation in a series of sweeps that could begin as early as next month, if approved by the white house. I think what theyre trying to do here is send a message to Central America, saying, dont come. And in order to do that, i think they believe that images of families being offloaded on planes in Central America, that its going to deter people from coming. Reporter the families targeted for deportation had their requests for asylum rejected by immigration judges. But the removal is sparking administration has typically focused on deporting criminals, not families. Very tough day, frankly, for this news to break, on Christmas Eve. Reporter some Administration Critics said the plan is symbolic window dressing that will do nothing to stem the tide of illegal immigration. In many cases these families will have to be tracked down. Our sources say immigration and Customs Enforcement agentses are confident they can be located. Its too difficult for families to hide. Well have to see what happens. Opposition to this plan is fierce. Pierre thomas, abc news, washington. Might be a little bit too late advice. Medical researchers have advice for parents about what not to give your children for christmas. Before you buy flashy electronic device, consider a book or a simpler toy. Researchers at the Northern Arizona university have found that playing with toys and books that dont require a power source is promoted more meaningful interactions between children and parents. Electronic toys fostered less meaningful interactions. And the kids will be thrilled. Im sure theyll be thrilled. For grownups who cant resist those Electronic Devices we have got an after christmas deal for you. Best buy is selling the apple iphone 6 s for just 1. A buck . Yeah. A steep discount from the usual 200 but it applies only to the 16 gig version and its only for verizon and sprint customers. The deal only good through sunday in stores or online. But a whole lot of fine print, as well. So, yeah, weve got to investigate this a little further. Sounds good. Coming up in our next half hour, donald trump turns up the heat. He is now taking aim at not just hillary but bill clintons scandals, as well. And what he called Hillary Clinton in his latest tweet. First for those of us who have been nice this year, santa has taken flight. The team at norad is tracking his every move. Government launched this mission in the first place. Youre watching world news now. Hes in mexico. Ge test text1 underline test text1 italics test text1 plain nice and cozy. So as we fire up, you know, the yule log, santa claus has been flying around the globe for hours. Hes just finishing up his look at him go. Busy, busy man. Worldwide, children have been following his travels thanks to norads Santa Tracker which this year turned 60 years old. Ears abcs clayton sandell. Reporter santa claus is under the watchful eyes of norad. So, on the screen, youll see the last place that weve seen case, was russia. And then it also tracks the number of gifts delivered, which is just over 2 billion. Reporter usually on alert for things like missile attacks, norad takes this very seriously. How important is this mission . Oh, this is a no fail mission. Reporter a mission that goes back to the cold war, as the story goes, back in 1955, a sears newspaper ad gave kids a number to call santa. But that number was off by one, so, instead of reaching the man in red, kids were calling colonel harry shoup on his red phone. That red phone was top secret. Reporter the colonel ordered his men to play along. He was military through and and he loved christmas. Reporter and a tradition was born. Norad has been playing along now for 60 years. Santa loves cookies and milk. Reporter 1,500 volunteers taking 135,000 calls from excited kids in 235 countries. Hes headed for ban galore, india right now. Reporter you might just reach terry, taking calls today for the first time ever. Have you got cookies for him . Reporter colonel shoup was her dad. So, your first call, what does it feel like . Oh, its great. Better than i even thought. Its wonderful. Reporter she says that went for her dad, too. A simple mistake he helped turn into 60 years of magic. Clayton sandell, abc news, colorado springs. That is so cool. Always a tradition in my family, put out the cookies and the mit can and check to see where santa is. Still to this day. Kendis is. Because he might be breaking into your home. I think im stuck. Yeah. Just trapped up there. I have to anchor by myself [coughing] z[coughing] [coughing] [coughing] v [coughing] r coughing disrupts everyones life. T thats why so many people are turning to delsymr for longer lasting t cough relief. R delsym has an advanced time release formula p that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. P thats three times longer p than the leading cough liquid. T all night. T or all day. P weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Rits a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in placesp weve never gotten chills yeah, it makes us feel like. P dare to feel more with new ky love. Does it make you feel warmer . It really does. Loving this, so festive. Can we turn the air up . All right. Time now for the mix and a lot of people are probably pulling an all nighter right now trying to get the last minute gifts wrapped. Take it easy on yourself. As bad as your gifts may look, they cannot possibly be as terrible as these were about to show you. This person forgot to buy christmas wrapping. What is that . Happy birthday paper. Under the christmas tree. Happy birthday baby jesus. That must be the birthday. That might be your gift. This person wraps a chair. I think i know what it is. I think the real gift is an iphone on the chair. So a little clever. This next one someone decided trash bags are the best way to wrap gifts. This woman want to quickly show you this woman in kentucky wanted to include her dogs on the holiday tradition. And look at that. They were there. At the kids table. At the doggy table. This is the time we polka. Hey, Holiday Shopping got you down . Come on, lets polka with the westside sounds. Politics and foreign wars, all the weather all the scores thats the world news polka Business News from tokyo, stuff you saw on koppels show its late at night youre wide awake and youre not wearing pants so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance hey have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal do the world news polka who cares what the network thinks or the sponsors too and if your neighbors call the cops heres all you have to do when they yell its half past 3 00 tell them hey, its nuts to , news to me, thats the world news polka. Stuck here on the overnight but thats okay because when he comes down the chimney we say hi to santa claus hope he brings just one gift get us off this midnight shift thats the world news polka this morning on world news now, the christmas disaster in the south. After deadly tornadoes take a heartbreaking toll, the holiday cleanup and the snowstorm that could delay travelers. Shopping center gunfire. The second shooting incident this week scaring Holiday Shoppers at busy american malls. How Police Responded this time. And new this half hour, an unforgettable way to raise a stink about taxes. Seven chickens left at a department of Revenue Office, what happened to the birds and what police have to say. And later on in the skinny, disappointment for Janet Jackson fans. Her concert tour called off and it is friday, it is christmas day, december 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, and very Merry Christmas to you. Im Marci Gonzales in for reena ninan. And Merry Christmas. Nice to be spending the holiday with you and you, as well. Thank you for joining us here. We want to get to our top story because it is tragic. Deadly tornadoes in the south and mist that killed at least 14 people. Among the hardest hit areas northwestern mississippi where seven people have died. Dozens more have been injured some seriously. Abcs phillip mena has the story. Reporter Severe Weather still on the move. With blinding rain in alabama and flooded roads south of atlanta. This after a devastating christmas week tornado outbreak. Oh i think thats a tornado brewing up reporter over 24 tornadoes reported. I looked up, the roof was blowing off the house. Reporter watch as these two tornadoes merge into one massive twister. Tractor trailer and sending it careening onto its side. In holly springs, mississippi monster tornado. Reporter the National Weather service says this tornado was at least an ef3 and may have tracked over 100 miles across two states. It was like a war zone. Reporter First Responders rushing to help the injured, including retired nurse sherry keel. She was on her way home from lastminute christmas shopping. Theres a lady face down in the ditch. She kept asking about her child. Reporter that child, just 7 years old, didnt survive. Cant imagine what that mom is going to feel when shes told that her child didnt make it. Reporter Gwendolyn Jones had no storm shelter. She and her family took celter in the safest place they could and we laid here on the floor and Holding Hands and praying reporter the room her daughter and granddaughter live the community here coming donations pouring into this shelter, hoping to salvage some kind of christmas. This motor home was parked 100 and the only thing that stopped it was a twostory building, now obliterated. And the trailer attached to that rv, they found it a quarter mile away. Phillip mena, abc news, holly springs, mississippi. A snowstorm hitting the great plains making travel dangerous. The omaha area got about half a foot of snow. The combination made driving a nightmare with a lot of accidents. Meteorologist cam tran tells us snowstorms could make travel dangerous across an even wider area. Good morning, cam. Happy christmas morning, kendis and marci. Christmas, head out west. An area of low pressure forming on the lee side of the rockies. We could pick up about a foot of snow there. And then that system will shift off to the north and east bringing widespread snow across the northern plains. We could see major travel delays visibility and drifting snow and then the system will move off to the north and east into minnesota bringing upwards of 6 inches of snow into minneapolis. The big storm system developing over the weekend. We could see blizzard like conditions across new mexico into the texas panhandle and heavy rain into east texas as well as Severe Weather in the lower mississippi. Heading back home from the holidays could be treacherous. Back to you. Thanks, cam. Other news, there were black lives matter protests on Christmas Eve including in chicago. Investigators released recordings of Chicago Police radio calls from the night teenager Laquan Mcdonald was shot and killed. The traffic shows only five minutes pass between a request for a taser and when officer Jason Van Dyke opened fire. Fired by the police. Gunfire by the police. You guys okay . Everythings fine. To protest that shooting, along chicagos busiest shopping district but the this protest appeared to have less impact on merchants than a bigger one on black friday. And an offduty Police Officer shot and killed a teenager at a North Carolina mall following a dispute between two groups. Last minute shoppers scrambled as the gunfire erupted. Heres abcs ron claiborne. Reporter it happened again. This time, a shooting in a North Carolina shopping mall, packed with lastminute christmas shoppers. Gunfire sending many in the crowd fleeing in panic. Inside, this man finding safety, huddling behind a clothing rack. We were just walking and people just started running, yelling, screaming. So, i just my first thing to do is get safe. Reporter images from the northlake mall in charlotte captured the chaos and confusion. He started shooting. Shooting occurred after two groups of people inside the mall got into an argument. Intervened and fatally shot one person who they say was armed. This is not a random act of this is something that happened between two parties who were beefing back and forth. Reporter this incident comes just two days after a shooting at one of the countrys biggest malls on new yorks long island. There, too, scenes of panic when fired a gun in a struggle with a store security guard. In North Carolina tonight, the at least four people gone to the hospital and yet another community on edge. York. The federal government is making plans for mass deportations that could start as early as next month. The targets would be thousands of Central Americans who have come here fleeing Gang Violence in honduras and el salvador. Their request for asylum in the u. S. Were denied but they havent left. I think what theyre trying to do is send a message saying dont come and in order to do that, i think they believe if there are images of families being off loaded in planes in Central America, that its going the plan has to be approved by the white house and opposition is fierce from both left and security itself. 36 years after their capture, the americans taken hostage in 1979 are set to receive millions of dollars in compensation. Thats after a provision in the spending deal signed last week. Each of the 53 hostages and their estates are set to receive up to 4. 4 million. Spouses and children eligible for a 600,000 payment, the captivity. We got a somber message from the pope during his Christmas Eve mass. Pope francis condemned what he called societys intoxicationing with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth. While noting the simplicity of jesus birth he said jesus calls on christians to act in a way that is simple, balanced, consistent and capable of seeing and doing what is essential. Tradition is to line up for kentucky fried chicken. Whats wrong with that . Yeah, its a little different. Eating the colonels chicken is so popular kfc starts taking reservations in october. The wait time can be as long as six hours if you dont have a reservation. About 3. 6 Million People will feast on kfc today . Japan . In japan. I dont blame them. Good for them. I wonder if they prefer extra crispy or the original. Or the original. I was always an original person back when i ate the bird. It was good stuff. Love it. Good yard bird there at kfc. This is something of a christmas tradition, as well. Water skiing on the potomac near the nations capital. This is the 30th year saint nick has made the splash. He was joined this year by mrs. Clause, elves, reindeer, frosty the snowman. Surprised he didnt melt in this weather and even the grinch was there. Congress out there, but who knows. So there was a grinch you mentioned. So im sorry, kidding. Kids, if santa doesnt bring you what you wan this had morning, now you know what he was doing instead. The temperatures in d. C. , yeah, upper 70s yesterday. Cant resist. I didnt get a lot of sleep in new york because there was an Ice Cream Truck outside my apartment. Ice cream truck on Christmas Eve. First time ever that has been the cause of a sleepless night in new york city. Love it. Coming up in the skinny, christmas treasure coming to the palin family and californias governor sends a gift to hollywood a listers. Also ahead a fowl protest at the revenue department. Why did a taxpayer dump seven chickens and take off . Oo and no immediate holiday truce between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. The war of words on social media takes a new tone. Youre watching world news now. Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. P yeah. 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I guess he got his point across somewhat because were talking about it. Absolutely. If he took those to japan on christmas day, man. Kfc, done. Turning now to the race for the white house and the rhetoric is apparently not letting up for christmas. Not in the Christmas Spirit at all. With the latest polls showing Hillary Clinton and donald trump running in a dead heat, Donald Trumps campaign is turning up the heat and its not just Hillary Clinton herself who he is targeting. Reporter no Christmas Eve quiet on Donald Trumps twitter feed. Retweeting this why is hillary even allowed to run . Shes a criminal. His Campaign Spokeswoman even summoning the ghost of her husbands scandals. Hillary clinton has some nerve to talk about the war on women and the bigotry towards women when she has a serious problem in her husband. Reporter Trumps Campaign upping the rhetoric after he described clintons loss to offcolor slang of the male anatomy. She was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. She lost, i mean, she lost. Reporter trump insists his use of the term was neither vulgar nor misogynistic. To me, thats really a reference to getting beaten and really pretty decisively. And when i said it, nobody in the audience thought anything about it. They clapped, they didnt view that as being a horrible thing. Reporter but Clintons Campaign calls trumps language degrading and disgusting. I really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric. Its not the first time hes demonstrated a penchant for sexism. Reporter and that brought this veiled threat from trump, hillary, when you complain about a penchant for sexism, who are you referring to . I have Great Respect for women. Be careful. Dropping this bomb. I can think of quite a few women that have been bullied by Hillary Clinton to hide her husbands misogynist sexist secrets. Reporter no comment from the clinton campaign, but tonight, trump and his family go to church near his palm beach home, so, perhaps there will be a momentary truce. Jim avila, abc news. Coming up, californias governor has a Big Christmas present for a hollywood a lister. And disappointing news for Janet Jackson fans. Why the singer is stepping off the concert stage. The skinny is next. Announcer world news now continues after this from our st message cc1 te tt2watz f4 bt q6]h tt2watz f4 a q q, tt2watz f4 bm qz tt4watz f4 dztq ajl tt4watz f4 entq 1n, tt4watz f4 gzt it tt4watz f4 hnt 8g8 tt4watz f4 iztq r. tt4watz f4 lzt x3\ skinny, so skinny all right. Topping our look at the skinny on this christmas morning, a very Merry Christmas to Robert Downey junior. The actor has been given quite a present from california governor jerry brown, an official pardon for a drug conviction that sent him to in 1996, police found cocaine, heroin and a pistol in his car speeding and three years later he violated his parole. He was busy during those days. A proclamation from Browns Office says since then, he has lived an honest and upright life exhibited good moral character and conducted himself as a law abiding citizen. The iron mans conviction will remain on his record but so now will the pardon, and he will have his Voting Rights restored. Next. Jerry brown gets another voter right there. Exactly. Coming up next, troubling news from rock star Janet Jackson. She posted this on instagram. Shes postponing her unbreakable world tour till the spring because she must have surgery soon. Jackson did not reveal what kind of surgery she would be undergoing but asked only that fans pray for her, for her family and for their entire company during this difficult time. To those tickets that they would be honored in a special way when her new concert schedule is announced. I was looking forward to it. She was going to be in new york no, but was going to try to last second stubhub. Yeah, exactly. Next to an early Christmas Present for the palin family. Bristol palin who launched an abstinence campaign after giving birth as an unwed teenage mother seven years ago has given birth to a second child, a girl named sailor grace. Palin instagrammed this photo saying our family couldnt be more complete. Okay, so heres the issue. Palin hasnt publicly identified the father of sailor grace but announced she was pregnant shortly after her engagement to marine war hero dakota meyer was broken off this spring, last spring. Meyer also posted best Christmas Present ever. About the baby, not the broken engagement. Okay. To be clear. So yeah, so maybe hes the baby daddy . Maybe theres an episode of maury coming up soon . Tune in. Finally the spirit of christmas comes alive in the locker room. Something you just dont see very often or frankly ever. Carolina panthers running back Fozzy Whittaker dressed up as rudolph the red nosed reindeer singing the temptations version of silent lets have him sing it. Sleep in heaven, heavenly peace Merry Christmas to all of you, all of you we mean it Merry Christmas to all of you Merry Christmas, everybody. The temptations. Do you know that . Its probably im showing my age here. Thats a really classic and great Christmas Song there. I appreciated your attempt singing it. Id like for you to continue that please. A lot of people do not appreciate it. Thats what happens if youre in a reindeer costume, shirtless like that guy. I liked it. You know how hard it is to find red shoes . I think youre festive enough. The best costume change ever. Festive is one word to call it. Yeah. All right, well it is now time for insomniac theater if you can even listen to what were saying with this distraction here. Im trying to not get it close to the fire. Definitely flammable. Checking out two films opening this weekend. This week, were going to start with quintin tarantinos latest adventure the hateful eight, stars kirk russell and samuel l. Jackson. Theyre trying to find shelter involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. One of them fellows is not what he says he is. What is he . In cahoots with this one, thats what he is. One of them, maybe even two of them is here to see she goes free. Hateful eight is getting a solid 75 rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the critics seem to love it. Mike scott writes its get 100 tarantino pleasure entertainment and andy crump calls it a towering work as profound as it is profane. Next up, an appropriate title for christmas joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence, robert de niro, Bradley Cooper and david o. Russell. It tells the story of a family across four generations and the woman at the center of it all who rises to become the founder animatetory arc of a powerful Family Businessdy nasty. But along that road to success than a few surprises. Hi. What are you doing here . Im returning him to you. I dont want him anymore. What . Hes damaged. He has no place else to go. Hes been living in my house for two years. Dad, im so sorry. But you know, tonys living in the basement. Your exhusband shouldnt be living in your basement. Thats not the proper way to be divorced. Okay. Critics are saying that is no way to make a movie giving it a 58 on Rotten Tomatoes. Im disappointed. Pete hammond writes Jennifer Lawrence proves a mop can be just as empowering as a bow and arrow. Wow. Why so angry. Joshua sarns writes the film does little to live up to its title or aspirations. That is such a bummer. What a great cast. J. Law is getting a lot of buzz for that film and a lot of oscar buzz for it. Maybe the critics are wrong. Im going to put this near festive little elf. Much. Nice and toasty. Polyester does burn. This morning on world news now, the christmas disaster in the south after deadly tornadoes take a heartbreaking toll, the holiday cleanup and the travelers. Shopping center gunfire. The second shooting incident this week scaring Holiday Shoppers at busy american malls. How Police Responded this time. And new this half hour, an unforgettable way to raise a stink about taxes. Seven chickens left at a department of Revenue Office, what happened to the birds and what police have to say. And later on in the skinny, disan bint 0ment for Janet Jackson fans. Her concert tour called off and the personal reason behind it. Day, december 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, and very Merry Christmas to you. Im Marci Gonzales in for reena ninan. Marci is, Merry Christmas. Nice to be spending the holiday with you and you, as well. Thank you for joining us here. We want to get to our top story because it is tragic. Deadly tornadoes in the south and midwest that have killed at least 14 people. Among the hardest hit areas northwestern mississippi where seven people have died. Dozens more have been injured some seriously. Abcs phillip mena has the story. Reporter Severe Weather on the move. With blinding rain in alabama and flooded roads south of atlanta. This after a devastating christmas week tornado outbreak. Oh i think thats a tornado brewing up reporter over 24 tornadoes reported. I looked up, the roof was blowing off the house. Reporter watch as these two tornadoes merge into one massive twister. Swirling winds lifting this careening onto its side. In holly springs, mississippi monster tornado. Reporter the National Weather service says this tornado was at least an ef3 and may have tracked over 100 miles across two states. It was like a war zone. Reporter First Responders rushing to help the injured, including retired nurse sherry keel. She was on her way home from lastminute christmas shopping. Theres a lady face down in she kept asking about her child. Reporter that child, just 7 years old, didnt survive. I cant imagine i just cant imagine what that mom is going to feel when shes told that her child didnt make it. Reporter Gwendolyn Jones had no storm shelter. She and her family took cover in the safest place they could find. And we laid here on the floor and Holding Hands and praying all the while. Reporter the room her daughter and granddaughter live in, now destroyed. The community here now coming together. Donations pouring into this kind of christmas. This motor home was parked 100 yards away. And the only thing that stopped it was a twostory building, now obliterated. And the trailer attached to that rv, they found it a quarter mile away. Phillip mena, abc news, holly springs, mississippi. A snowstorm hitting the great plains making travel dangerous. The omaha area got about half a foot of snow. The combination made driving a nightmare with a lot of accidents. Meteorologist cam tran tells us snowstorms could make travel dangerous across an even wider area. Good morning, cam. Happy christmas morning, kendis and marci. If youre looking for a white christmas, head out west. An area of low pressure forming on the lee side of the rockies. That will bring in widespread snow across utah and western colorado. We could pick up about a foot of snow there. And then that system will shift off to the north and east bringing widespread snow across the northern plains. We could see major travel delays in this area due to Poor Visibility and drifting snow and the north and east into minnesota bringing upwards of 6 inches of snow into minneapolis. The big storm system developing over the weekend. We could see blizzard like conditions across new mexico into the texas panhandle and heavy rain into east texas as well as Severe Weather in the lower mississippi. Heading back home from the holidays could be treacherous. Back to you. Thanks, cam. Other news, there were black lives matter protests across the u. S. On Christmas Eve including in chicago. Recordings of Chicago Police teenager Laquan Mcdonald was shot and killed. The radio traffic shows only five minutes pass between a request for a taser and when officer Jason Van Dyke opened fire. Fired by the police. Gunfire by the police. You guys okay . Everythings fine. To protest that shooting, along chicagos busiest shopping district, but this protest appeared to have less impact on merchants than a bigger one on black friday. And an offduty Police Officer shot and killed a teenager at a North Carolina mall following a dispute between two groups. Last minute shoppers scrambled as the gunfire erupted. Heres abcs ron claiborne. Reporter it happened again. This time, a shooting in a North Carolina shopping mall, packed with lastminute christmas shoppers. Gunfire sending many in the crowd fleeing in panic. Inside, this man finding safety, huddling behind a clothing rack. We were just walking and people just started running, so, i just my first thing to do is get safe. Northlake mall in charlotte captured the chaos and confusion. He started shooting. Reporter Authorities Say the shooting occurred after two groups of people inside the mall got into an argument. An offduty Police Officer intervened and fatally shot one person who they say was armed. This is not a random act of this is something that happened between two parties who were beefing back and forth. Reporter this incident comes just two days after a shooting at one of the countrys biggest malls on new yorks long island. There, too, scenes of panic when a wouldbe robber allegedly fired a gun in a struggle with a store security guard. In North Carolina, at least four people gone to the hospital and yet another community on edge. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. The federal government is making plans for mass deportations that could start as early as next month. The targets would be thousands of Central Americans who have come here fleeing Gang Violence in honduras and el salvador. Their requests for asylum in the u. S. Were denied, but they havent left. I think what theyre trying to do is send a message to Central America saying dont come and in order to do that, i think they believe if there are images of families being off america, that its going to deter people from coming. The plan has to be approved by the white house and opposition is fierce from both left and right and even within Homeland Security itself. 36 years after their capture, the americans taken hostage in 1979 are set to receive millions of dollars in compensation. Thats after a provision in the spending deal signed last week. Each of the 53 hostages and their estates are set to receive up to 4. 4 million. Spouses and children eligible for a 600,000 payment, the hostages spent 444 days in captivity. We got a somber message from the pope during his Christmas Eve mass. Pope francis condemned what he called societys intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth. While noting the simplicity of jesus birth he said jesus calls on christians to act in a way that is simple, balanced, consistent and capable of seeing and doing what is essential. In japan, the christmas kentucky fried chicken. Whats wrong with that . Yeah, its a little different. Eating the colonels chicken is so popular kfc starts taking reservations in october. The wait time can be as long as six hours if you dont have a reservation. About 3. 6 Million People will feast on kfc today. In japan . . Japan. I dont blame them. Good for them. I wonder if they prefer extra crispy or the original. Or the original. I was always an original person back when i ate the bird. It was good stuff. Love it. Good yard bird there at kfc. This is something of a christmas tradition, as well. Water skiing on the potomac near the nations capital. This is the 30th year saint nick has made the splash. He was joined this year by mrs. Clause, elves, reindeer, frosty the snowman. Surprised he didnt melt in this weather and even the grinch was there. We didnt spot any members of knows. Cheering them on at least. So there was a grinch you mentioned. So im sorry, kidding. Kids, if santa doesnt bring you what you wanted this morning, now you know what he was doing instead. The temperatures in d. C. , yeah, upper 70s yesterday. Cant resist. I didnt get a lot of sleep in new york because there was an Ice Cream Truck outside my apartment. Ice cream truck on Christmas Eve. First time ever that has been the cause of a sleepless night in new york city. Love it. On Christmas Eve, amazing. Love it. Coming up in the skinny, christmas treasure coming to the palin family and californias governor sends a gift to hollywood a listers. Also ahead a fowl protest at the revenue department. Why did a taxpayer dump seven chickens and take off . Into and. And no immediate holiday Hillary Clinton. Takes a new tone. Youre watching world news now. 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Those guys showed up, seven chickens left by an angry 66yearold taxpayer. The motive . Well, its unclear. Animal control was called in to remove the flock. Its not often that we take in seven chickens at once and certainly not under this circumstance. Not often or ever. You think . The chicken dropper is now banned from returning to the building. The chicken dropper . I guess what else do you call yeah, i mean, yeah. So we dont know why. The delivery man. We dont note why he did it. I guess he got his point across somewhat because were talking about it. Absolutely. If he took those to japan on christmas day, man. Kfc, done. Turning now to the race for the white house and the rhetoric is apparently not letting up for christmas. Not in the Christmas Spirit at all. With the latest polls showing Hillary Clinton and donald trump running in a dead heat, Donald Trumps campaign is turning up the heat and its not just Hillary Clinton herself who he is targeting. Heres abcs jim avila. Reporter no Christmas Eve quiet on Donald Trumps twitter feed. Retweeting this why is hillary even allowed to run . Shes a criminal. His Campaign Spokeswoman even summoning the ghost of her husbands scandals. Hillary clinton has some nerve to talk about the war on women and the bigotry towards women when she has a serious problem in her husband. Reporter Trumps Campaign upping the rhetoric after he described clintons loss to president obama by using anatomy. She was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. She lost, i mean, she lost. Reporter trump insists his use of the term was neither vulgar nor misogynistic. To me, thats really a reference to getting beaten and really pretty decisively. And when i said it, nobody in the audience thought anything about it. They clapped, they didnt view that as being a horrible thing. Reporter but Clintons Campaign calls trumps language degrading and disgusting. I really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric. Its not the first time hes sexism. Reporter and that brought this veiled threat from trump, hillary, when you complain about a penchant for sexism, who are you referring to . I have Great Respect for women. Be careful. Dropping this bomb. I can think of quite a few women that have been bullied by Hillary Clinton to hide her husbands misogynist sexist secrets. Reporter no comment from the clinton campaign, but tonight, trump and his family go to church near his palm beach home, so, perhaps there will be a momentary truce. Jim avila, abc news. Coming up, californias governor has a Big Christmas present for a hollywood a lister. And disappointing news for Janet Jackson fans. Why the singer is stepping off the concert stage. The skinny is next. 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Jerry brown gets another voter right there. Exactly. Coming up next, troubling news from rock star Janet Jackson. She posted this on instagram. Shes postponing her unbreakable world tour at least until the spring because she must have surgery soon. Jackson did not reveal what kind of surgery she would be undergoing but asked only that fans pray for her, for her family and for her entire company during this difficult time. Jackson told fans to hang on to those tickets that they would be honored in a special way when her new concert schedule is announced. I was looking forward to it. She was going to be in new york in february. No, but was going to try to get some. Last second stubhub. Yeah, exactly. Next to an early Christmas Present for the palin family. Bristol palin who launched an birth as an unwed teenage mother seven years ago has given birth to her second child, a girl named sailor grace. Palin instagrammed this photo saying our family couldnt be more complete. Okay, so heres the issue. Palin hasnt publicly identified the father of sailor grace but announced she was pregnant shortly after her engagement to marine war hero dakota meyer was broken off this spring, last spring. Meyer also posted best Christmas Present ever. About the baby, not the broken engagement. Okay. To be clear. So yeah, so maybe hes the baby daddy . Maybe theres an episode of maury coming up soon . Oh, yes. Tune in. Comes alive in the locker room. This is really cool. Something you just dont see very often or frankly ever. Carolina panthers running back Fozzy Whittaker dressed up as rudolph the red nosed reindeer singing the temptations version of silent lets have him sing it. Oh, wow. Peace Merry Christmas to all of you, all of you we mean it Merry Christmas to all of you Merry Christmas, everybody. The temptations. Do you know that . Its probably im showing my age here. Thats a really classic and great Christmas Song there. I appreciated your attempt singing it. 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All right, well it is now time for insomniac theater if you can even listen to what were saying with this distraction here. Im trying to not get it close to the fire. Definitely flammable. Opening at the box office this this week, were going to start with quintin tarantinos latest adventure the hateful wyoming. It stars kurt russell and samuel l. Jackson. Theyre trying to find shelter in a blizzard but end up getting and deception. One of them fellows is not what he says he is. What is he . In cahoots with this one, thats what he is. One of them, maybe even two of them is here to see she goes free. Hateful eight is getting a solid 75 rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the critics seem to love it. Mike scott writes its 100 tarantino pleasure entertainment and andy crump calls it a towering work as profound as it is profane. Next up an offering from another hollywood heavyweight with an appropriate title for christmas, joy, it stars Jennifer Lawrence, robert de niro, Bradley Cooper and david o. Russell. It tells the story of a family across four generations and the woman at the center of it all who rises to become the founder and matriarch of a powerful Family Business dynasty. Is betrail of, treachery, and more than a few surprises. Hi. What are you doing here . Im returning him to you. I dont want him anymore. What . Hes damaged. Hes been living in my house for two years. Dad, im so sorry. But you know, tonys living in the basement. Your exhusband shouldnt be living in your basement. Thats not the proper way to be divorced. Okay. Critics are saying that is no way to make a movie giving it a 58 on Rotten Tomatoes. Im disappointed. Pete hammond writes Jennifer Lawrence proves a mop can be just as empowering as a bow and arrow. Wow. Why so angry. Joshua starnes writes the film does little to live up to its title or aspirations. That is such a bummer. What a great cast. J. Law is getting a lot of buzz for that film and a lot of oscar buzz for it. Maybe the critics are wrong. Im going to put this near the fire and see if it will just i think you should dance. You look like a festive little elf
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