Well, security seemed to find its way under the Christmas Trees across the country in the form of firearms. Handguns designed for women were hot items. Especially at the louisiana gun shop. One Industry Group says 61 of the nations gun shops saw sales increase 61 this year. We sell a lot of girlier guns than we do to men. This team of year. I think it is people wanting their wives to be protected. Women aguns are designed for smaller hands. Brighter colored guns were the hottest selling. Okay. Some families opted out of Holiday Shopping completely this year. No presents exchanged or purchased. Theyre part of the buy nothing movement. 80,000 people are members. Matt markovic of our seattle station has it all. Reporter stuff that lauren didnt buy for her kids. Saddled with medical debt. We didnt have money for christmas this year. Reporter there are presents under the tree. Nice, new handbag. Reporter molly hodges was short of cash. Pretty amethyst earrings. Reporter no shortage of gifts for a teenage girl. All free. Gifted by people in our community. We gift each other. Its it is a buy nothing group. Reporter a buy nothing christmas. A spinoff of the buy nothing project that started with a handful of neighbors on bane bridge island a year and a half ago that boasts 80,000 members in nine nations still about being neighborly. Give where you live we are saying. Reporter a swap, unwrapped, wrapping paper. Exactly. Reporter give what you dont want to some one who wants it. Facebookcentric. People join based on neighborhood. Posts in your neighborhood group. Pick it up or drop it off. I must have driven to 20 houses picking up all kind of items. Its good stuff. Reporter no pressure. No money. What the Christmas Spirit should be. Buy nothing christmas means buy nothing. Have christmas. Enjoy your family. Dont stress about your budget. Reporter thats what thousand of buy nothingers have found out. The Christmas Spirit is a life and well all year long. Awe off it doesnt need to cost a lot of money to have christmas. Or to go through life. And that sometimes just having the people around you, is the best kind of community. Reporter who knows you may find a digital camera like molly did for her daughter for nothing. Merry christmas. Kind of look that idea. You look that idea. I thought. I thought. Being completely honest here. I tried the buy nothing christmas one christmas. Ended up, with being single december 26th, kendis. Dont know. There is boxing day. Still time. An interesting concept. In tough Economic Times as we just got out of. It makes complete sense. If i knew it was that easy. I would just. I think it is good to do for whatever budget allows. Perfect. Perfect. There you go. There is your cup. Done. All right. Well, coming up. We are going to do a little tech time. Now that the holidays are coming to a close, time to think about getting back into shape. You know if youve didnt get any gadgets this christmas. Dont worry, tina has apps you can download right now. You are watching world news now. Announcer waiter heres your check. Oh youyou got it. You know, since i got rid of my car, i really enjoy walking. Ok. Got it . No, im good. Announcer getting pulled over for buzzed driving could cost you around 10,000 in fines, legal fees, and increased insurance rates. Oh, youre home early. You live with your mom . Announcer thatll set your game back a few years. Buzzed, busted, and broke because buzzed driving is drunk driving. It is that time of year when many of us might be discovering that we enjoyed our aunts maple glazed ham too much. Indulged too much. Time to work off some extra pounds. Here with fun fitness apps to get us off the couch and moving again. Abcs tech contributor. Tina, it is a little premature. We have to go through Christmas Day dinner. But, we need to start thinking about it. We should. Ill be the first to admit. I am really not into this exercising thing. A fad. There is fun apps in the mix. I might be game. First one i want to talk about is speed pro multifire. All right. Have it up on the screen here. It is first of all. Really inviting, nice bright colors. Really like user interface. Like candy crusher. Right. Pulls you right in. What i love. You can do any activity. Walking, running, biking. Anything that gets you moving. It uses gps tracking to basically track you as you are moving. And, keeps track of how much distance you cover and how much time. And the fun part is that you get to challenge your friends to something as simple as like, a fiveminute walk. Basically around the block. See who can do it faster. My friends call that a beer crawl. Keeps tabs on that. You are covering distance. Lifting something. Yeah, right. Challenge them to a fiveminute walk around the block. Keep tabs on who went faster. Who beat each other. That kind of motivation, i think is kind of, key. Competing with your best buds and seeing who can like kick each others butts. Thats what gets some people going. Assuming theyre motivated by it. Yes. Yes. Unless theyre on the couch. You have to have a little motivation. Maybe your motivation is beer. Thats mean too. So if you have no clue on the other hand of what you need to do. I am recommending the the nike plus Training Club which is awesome. It has over 100 different workouts. Whats really cool is that theyre partnering with pro athletes like gracie gold you. See here. A pro figure skater you. Get to basically do workouts that are inspired by and some times led by pro athletes. Serena williams, maria sharapova, so if you need inspiration to get in your, rear in gear, you can just start with, with the nike plus Training Club. Is it free . Totally free. Thats the best part. The other really cool thing. You can actually stream the workouts to your tv wirelessly if you have an apple tv at home. Or Google Chrome cast. You can stream from your mobile device. Whether a phone or, tablet. Straight to your tv. And work out in the comfort of your living room. So i really like that. And theyre really comprehensive in terms of, you know, the types of workouts and how long you need to do them for. They have instructional videos as well, too. So it is a really good starting point for, for, somebody who has no clue. Who needs sean t and in sanity when you have that. Exactly. Next step is gym surfing. This one is really cool. Because it basically gives youve discount gym passes to, to whatever city you happen to be in. Its over 20 cities. Nationwide. We have new york up here. So if you dont want to commit necessarily, just yet, to a gym, you can look on gym surfing and find your city and find ape discount passport as low as 5, 15. Cool. Exactly it. It is great. Because i, sometimes get this random urge to work out. Once in a blue moon. This way i didnt have to john a gym. I can download the app. Look up new york. Find, you know all of the these, all of these different gyms that are really cool. That offer for one, one, one day in. 15. Of quickly. Last one you got . Last one i have is actually, we are going to take a step back and go into mental health. Were going to do relax and rest, guided meditations. A soothing app. Want you to take a listen. What does it do . It will guide you through a fiveminute meditation, or 13 minute. Or 24 whole body meditation. You have music, and, very soothing female voice guiding you through this. If we could only get someone to give youve a massage as well. That would be nice. If only we could get the app that sucks the fat from your stomach. That would be awesome. Thank you so much. Abcs tech contributor. Thank you for the tip thousands. By the way, well post it on facebook, wnnfans. Com. Well be right back. Man mr. Mucus tore do you work, with you. Ing . Its taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. [announcer ] mucinex keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. Lets end this we have a serious hairball issue. We clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. Its scary. Little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, weve got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that . The swiffer sweeper. The swiffer dusters. Its some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. Its quick and easy. Pretty amazing that it picked it all up. I would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really . [ kevin ] really . Eh, yea, actually i do. One. Its Mucinex Fastmax night time and its got a nasal decongestant. Is that really a thing . It sounds made up. Mucinex fast max night time for multisymptom relief. Breathe easy. Sleep easy. Lets end this. Looking pretty there. New york city. Seems hard to believe that the Charlie BrownChristmas Special has been around for a generation. Wow. For 50 years. Its ben a tradition to watch that pitiful Christmas Tree and see linus discover the true meaning of the holiday. But there is plenty you probably didnt know about the show. Heres abcs sarah haynes. Christmas time is here reporter its the story of a great big holiday, a little bitty tree, and a group of kids trying to make sense of it all. I just dont understand christmas i guess. Reporter while it may seem like a Charlie Brown christmas debuted only yesterday. Believe it or not the beloved Christmas Special is now in its 50th year. Do you realize that special has been around all most 50 years. You are making me feel old. Reporter thats right. Charlie brown turning the big 50. Good grief. Charlie brown feels depression trying to find deeper meaning to life. I wont let all this commercialism ruin my christmas. Reporter tv historian says interestingly the special known for frowning on the commercialism of the holidays was sponsored by cocacola. Check out the now deleted scene of linus running into a cocacola sign and look at original closing credits. Popularity of a Charlie Brown christmas spawned dolls, toys and above all, Charlie BrownChristmas Trees. What do you call it . Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Blanket around it. You knew that was linus blanket. Of course. For adults and kids alike, the magic of the special comes down to its message. What is christmas . [ indiscernible ] reporter happy birthday, Charlie Brown. Take it from the legions of fans, you havent aged a bit. Sarah haynes, abc news, new york. All right. Thats of course, vince geraldi and jazz sound track equally amazing and memorable as Charlie Brown and linus and peanuts. Frightening to think, that Charlie Brown is getting his aarp card in the mail. They can check in and be senior citizens. Discounts absolutely. Rudolph is 50 as well. Frosty though, the old guy. 64. Of i cant believe. All these characters. Thats the news for this halfhour. All right. Remember, always on line on facebook. Announcer more americans choose abc news to see the whole this morning on world news now on edge. The weapons recovered as the new york police face threats after two officers were gunned down. Todays memorial, the emotion and anger. Speak out, the popes somber message on christmas and whats concerning the queen of england the most this Holiday Season. I have been deeply touched this year. Offering hope after a troubling year. Later, hollywoods victory. The sudden release of the interview after one of the worst hacking scandals to hit corporate america. We thought this might not happen at all. [ cheers and applause ] the stars rejoice. The film fans line up as Sony Pictures rebuilds. Its friday, december 26th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this day after christmas. Im michelle franzen. Im kendis gibson. We will get right to our top story right now. And the backlash following the murders of two new York City Police officers last weekend. An arsenal of illegal weapons was allegedly found in the apartment of the man who was overheard saying, more cops should be killed. And the weak for one of the dead officers, rafael ramos is today. With his funeral tomorrow. Wabcs correspondent reports on how new yorkers are paying their respects. Reporter in a Holiday Season that for so many has been so badly out of tune. Silent night Christine Kim stood for hours at the shrine to rafael ramos and wenjin liu. And at this windswept scene of heartbreak she serenaded, new yorks finest. [ indiscernible ] reporter but there is no end to the tears, no sense to make of last weekends execution. These are the people that protect us. These are the people that take care of us. The ramos family prayed at this hallowed ground. The family is destroyed. They walked the line of officers, thanking every one. It is just crazy. This is, this is really crazy now. Why . Why . Why is this happening . How do you explain this to your children . How do you explain this to your kids . Reporter there will never be an explanation. Under the glare of Police Lights there was on this christmas night peace. Sleep in heavenly peace reporter over the past few heartbreaking days we have seen the memorial grow from a few flowers to thousand of candles, bouquets and memen toetz. With 25,000 people expected at officer rafael ramos funeral saturday the memorial is surely to grow more at what is now a holy place. Really is going to be quite a scene throughout the next week. As new york pays tribute to those officers. In the meantime, an outspoken activist is paying tribute to two officers as well. At his annual christmas dinner for the needy in new york. Reverend al sharpton called for a moment of see if lent prayer for the two men. He was joined by the wife and mother of eric garner, a black man who died in a confrontation with new York City Police and took a moment to remember the unarmed black teenager shot to death by police in missouri. Police in chicago are searching for the man responsible for shooting two people late wednesday. Leaving them in critical condition. They were shot at a busy subway station on chicagos south side. The man and woman who were wounded remain hospitalized. The gunman opened fire after an argument with the woman. And it is unclear if they all knew each other. During the incident another man was hurt by flying glass. Now to weather. We begin with a destructive wind storm in western new york state. Gusts up to 60 miles an hour, brought down part of an old silk mill. Thats in buffalo. Demolition crews quickly came in, taking down more of the building making the surrounding area safe. Neighbors said when it fell it sounded look a sonic boochlt in fact, one guy said his sister came over. And it sounded like the end of the world. The whole thing came down. It was up against my door. And she was shaking. Several residents near the scene had to be helped from their homes. Ironically, developers had actually been considering whether to put apartments in that building. The plans probably changing right now. Of and more snow expected in the upper midwest today. While it is springlike in many parts of the country. Meteorologist justin pavic has the the latest from accuweather. Hey, justin. Quite the change throughout the northeast. Just before the weekend. Jet stream now off to the north. So the cold is locked away. Blocked. So to speak. High pressure around. Well have sunshine. Also mild weather. Southeast looks good as well. High pressuren control. Temperature thousands comfortable in the 50s, 60s. And down in florida, of course into the 70s here. Couple of showers over southeastern florida back into portions of louisiana. May ask where is the snow. There was potential for snow. Friday night into saturday. This is going to beat across the upper midwest into the western great lakes around minneapolis. All of the jen ram, 1 to 3 inches. Kendis, michelle. Back to you. Ten years ago about right now we were starting to learn the unbelievable scope of the destruction caused by an indian ocean tsunami. Set off by a magnitude 1y9 1 earthquake on the ocean floor and that triggered e nor nus tsunami waves from indonesia to thailand and all the way to india and africas east coast. Sounded look a jet plane in the sky. Kind of looked up. I couldnt see a plane. I thought. Then i saw the birds. And the sky taking off. Which i thought was a bit strange. Next thing, i just saw all this walter coming over the wall of the hotel. Survivors and local residents have been leaving flowers and trib uments. At a Memorial Wall in thailand. There are remembrances set for today across the region affected by the disaster in which some 230,000 people were killed. Keeping our focus overseas. For a moment holidays canceled for cabinet ministers in russia. Vladamir putin seltz the country cant afford a long holiday for them. Russia is confronting an economic crisis. The orthodox christmas that russians celebrate is on january 7th. The country will be on holiday for 12 days starting with new years. Russias economy has been hurt, badly by the sharp drop in oil prices. For other World Leaders, yesterday was a day to deliver christmas messages. Some gave thanks for the past year. But of the pope expressed worry about the worlds problems. Abcs lama hasan has the story. Reporter from the balcony of st. Peters basilica, pope francis was delivering his traditional Christmas Day blessing to the faithful. Focusing this years address on the plight of victims of wars in syria and iraq. Calling for peace in the middle east. And an end to brutal persecution of religious minorities and urging dialogue in koconflicts around the world. Around the world celebrations were getting under way. Solemn masses in iraq and indonesia where they were remembering those killed in the 2004 tsunami. To the sublime. This is christmas australia style. Surfers catching waves and waves on bodi beach. And dont forget the animals at the zoo in melbourne. They get to feast on their favorite dish. And unwrapped presents too. In japan they werent running out of santas traveling all the way from the north pole where the elves were feverishly working hard. Back here in britain it wouldnt be christmas without seeing the royal family. Thousand of wellwishers turning up at the queens sprawling estate in sandringham, to catch the queen and family attending traditional Christmas Day church service. The young royals wowing the crowd. As for the queen any Christmas Day message. The monarch this year chose to pay tribute to medical staff who have volunteered to fight ebola in west africa. I have been deeply touched this year by the selflessness of aid workers and medical volunteers who have gone abroad to help victims of conflict or of diseases like ebola. Often at great personal risk. Reporter the theme of this years message is reconciliation. And recorded earlier this month at buckingham palace. Lama hasan, abc news, london. And, shifting gears here. With all of the christmas presents already opened. And all gift wrapping. Already thrown away. We hope. We thought we would show you presents that last a life time. Theyre the newborns at Saint Josephs hospital in orange, california. All decked out in seasonal wrapping themselves. They were put in stockings and outfitted with red caps apz well. Adorable. The hospital put all newborns in these little stockings and nitd hats. The five days, leading up to christmas. So precious, no doubt about that. As if they werent cute enough and enough of a perez opportunity their parents. They got that to boot. Very nice of those who knitted stocks. Thats true. Coming of in the mix, not just a decoration, your Christmas Tree is really food. But not for you. Well, unless you are into that. First. Fans pack theaters to see the interview how a hacking scandal turned into a went fall for Sony Pictures. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by vista print. Man sternly seriously . Where do you think youre going . Mr. Mucus to work, with you. Its taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Mr. Mucus oh, right then ill swing by in like 4 hours. Just set aside a few tacos for me. Man forget the tacos one pill lasts 12 hours. Im good all day. Mr. Mucus to himself wait your loss. I was going to wear a sombrero. [announcer ] only mucinex has a bilayer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Hackers took aim at online video game players this holiday. Microsofts xbox live and Sonys Playstation Network are having connection failures. The hacker group is claiming responsibility for those problems. It all began Christmas Day just as many people unwrapped those new game consoles. Its not known if any user data was stolen. A very different problem with playstation for a man in colorado. When he opened the box he found bags of rocks. He says a walmart employee told him it had been returned to the store by another customer. At first walmart was skeptical. Eventually gave him a refund. Good thing he opened the box before giving it to his niece. That would have been a bad gift. That they similar to getting coal in your stocking i guess. It might be. All right. Sony is claim victory now in its surprise move to release the controversial comedy the interview to theaters nationwide. Despite the hacking scandal and threats of terrorism, film fans lined up across the country to see the movie. Abcs emit miller reports. They. Them. Few days ago you couldnt see it. Now you cant avoid it. The movie, a hacking target and political lightning rod is the hottest thicket in theaters and online. We have a special roone enough for the interviews cowriters to show up at l. A. s first screening. We thought this might not happen at all. [ cheers and applause ] reporter much the same sentiment driving patrons to soldout theaters across the country. I came to express my very strong support for the Free Expression of ideas. We are taking a stand for freedom. We are, we want to show the world that that americans wont be told what they can and cannot see. Reporter even vacationing president obama. Im glad it is being released. Reporter the interview senters around a plot to assassinate kim jungun. Sony reauthorized release a few days ago. Sony says it was essential for for our studio to release this movie especially given the assault pn our business by those who wanted to stop free speech. Earlier reviews by patrons are mixed. Tick ticket sales are so strong. Some theaters are adding more times. Because films usually hit the theaters lodge before theyre offered online. The movie industry is watching closely to see how well a simultaneous release works. Really great to see that movie opening up. If it opened in 300 theaters. Supposed to open to 3 t theyre playing some catchup. See if they make good money on it after all. Exactly. Coming up. Celebrities who caught our attention during 2014. From scandals to successes. Our entertainment editor joins in a moment for an unbelievable look back. Tasty business proposition for the new year. If you are a great cook. Why not throw a dinner party and make money on it . Thats in our next halfhour on world news now. What a year its been for hollywood. Abc News Entertainment editor is here to. Count down the top five celebrity stories of the year. Leslie, welcome. Hi. Nice to be here. Kicking us off at number final the implosion of bill cosby. This was something that took everybody by storm. Bill cosby had his reputation of being a wholesome tv dad people could look to for a since of value and to see him being brought done by allegations of Sexual Misconduct was disheartening. Number four. No one could have had a better year than taylor swift, huh . Totally. Reinvented herself. Some one for years living in nashville making country hit after country hit after country hit. This year she said, im done with this. Im a moving to new york and becoming a pop star. This is one of her most successful albums ever. Did a double take, at the cmas. What are you doing there . She started in country. Country legends are saying where did she go . What happened to her . Now taking over the pop charts. Number 3. The announcement of . The new royal baby. Will and kate just keep, the gifts that keep giving. First we got george. When they came to new york. Next year we will have another Little Prince or princess. Still dont know who, which one yet. Ive dont think they know. Do you believe that . I do. I think they cant know. Because the, idea that they would slip is too scary for them. Never thought of it that way. I think it is a girl. My hunch. She wanted one. Hopefully gets her girl. Right. Number two. The tragic news, robin williams, joan rivers, and Phillip Seymour hoffmans deaths. It was. Tough year for hollywood losing these stars. Robin williams, some one who every generation connected with. His death was shocking. Phillip seymour hoffman. Oscar winner. People look up to him. Actors actor. Joan rivers. I dont know any one who wasnt affected by that one. Such huge superstars. Nobody saw any of them coming. These werent people who had been sick. These werent people, people had time to mentally prepare to lose. And, people took it incredibly personally. All so talented in their own way. Completely. Whose reputations are sort of indelibly burned into the minds of everybody. The idea that theyre gone. Is really hard to come to grips with. And number one. Top wedding baby. All in europe. Why europe . They got away from us. But, i dont know anyone who wasnt so excited to see the different wedding gowns. Gorgeous ceremonies. And the fact that george clooney, the most eligible bachelor ever is off the market. I think, took everybody by surprise. What seems like an incredible woman. Gore just. Ambitious. Accomplished. Could not have picked better. If you were to puck ick it. What will be the buzziest story of 2015. If will and kate have a little girl or boy. And for me and my friends. See if george and amal start a family of their own. And a couple everyone is so invested in. If they expand their family. Awe tau they want kids . Not something they have ruled out. Wait and see. Abcs leslie messer, thank you so much. Thank you. Well be right back. Okay. Topping our look at the mix. We are going to go down under. A tv station in North Central australia went all out. Ran with it. In their coverage of santa. Take a look. Good evening. Some important breaking news to report right now. Darwin air Traffic Controllers approved santa to enter territory airspace. This was the scene directly above. 9 news has been told it is important that darwin boys and girls go to bed now. Can you imagine how many kids actually heed that warning afterwards. Yeah, they had special cameras inside of an airplane. Capturing santa going by. Close call. A buzz there. Didnt know he moved so quickly. Yes, has got to make it around. Out of california. A story about recycling Christmas Trees. You know goats like to eat anything. Theyre chowing down on pine needles here. Volunteer fire fighter out of truckee came up with Fire Protection program. Goats eat all pine needles off. Evidently healthy for them too. So, you know they look to eat. All fun and games until they munch on a lightbulb. Charlie Brown Christmas tree to me. Thats where they were going. Right. All right. Time for the polka. Lets do it [ instrumental world news polka plays ] of my grandkids. Wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. Ive been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family. Its been pretty tough since jack passed away. Its a good thing you had Life Insurance through the Colonial Penn program. Youre right. It was affordable, and we were guaranteed acceptance. Guaranteed acceptance . It means you cant be turned down because of your health. You dont have to take a physical or answer any Health Questions. They dont care about your aches and pains. Well, how do you know . Did you speak to alex trebek . Because i have a policy myself. It costs just 9. 95 a month per unit. Its perfect for my budget. My rate will never go up. And my coverage will never go down because of my age. Affordable coverage and guaranteed acceptance . We should give them a call. Do you want to help protect your loved ones from the burden of final expenses . If youre between 50 and 85, you can get Quality Insurance that does not require any Health Questions or a medical exam. Your rate of 9. 95 a month per unit will never increase, and your coverage will never decrease thats guaranteed. So join the six Million People who have already called about this insurance. Whether youre getting new insurance or supplementing what you already have, call now and ask one of their representatives about a plan that meets your needs. So, what are you waiting for . Go call now well finish up here. Now profit push. The consumer crush today on the second busiest shopping day of the year, the shopping retailers and the bargains for you. Speaking up. Activist al sharpton turns a Christmas Charity event into a sounding board about police and violence. His message as the new York Police Department are on edge. Home cooking. Its called the uber of eating using an app to find a chef serving up Something Special in a private home. Is this the restaurant of the future . Actors struggles, something johnny depp may have to do again. And this is not a movie sequel. In the skinny on this friday, december 26th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this after Christmas Day. Im michelle franzen. Im kendis gibson. Happy boxing day. Happy boxing day. Did you have a good christmas . Absolutely. Going to have a traditional boxing day celebration. Whatever that is. We begin this halfhour with the second busiest day of the year for retailers. Major stores open in a matter of hours to welcome a crush of customers. Thats right. It is a critical retail day because profits did not live up to expectations as more Holiday Shoppers went online. Heres abcs byron pitts. Reporter it is another day for diehard shoppers. Stores are cutting prices. Redeeming gift cards and taking back those unwanted gifts. I got the very fuzzy slippers. Reporter it is down to the wire for retailers hoping customers are willing to spend more after the holidays than they did before christmas. Black friday and Super Saturday sales were lackluster for brick and mortar stores. So on the day after christmas, store managers are seeing dollar signs, because shoppers are anxious to use the gift cards before they lose value. Card Companies Start to charge a fee. A monthly fee for basically doing nothing except, keeping track of the fact that you have this card out there. Reporter expect bargains on clothing not a hot seller this season. And electronics are discounted at stores clearing inventories. For the best deals do your home work and find them online before you head to the mall. If there is a retailer you frequently shop at sign up for their news letters theyre going frequently be leasing special deals, promotions and coupons directly through the channels. Reporter Many National retailers are opening their doors as early as 6 00 a. M. Hoping to squeeze more profit out of the remaining days of 2014. Byron pitts, abc news, new york. If you do not plan to go to the mall today perhaps heading to the theater to be part of the sellout crowd seeing the interview. The sony film being screened in hundreds of theaters nationwide yesterday, which was its original release date of course. Before sony decided to release it. The film had been pulled after threats and the hack attack on sony computers. I am proud our fight was not for nothing and that cybercriminals were not able to silence us. Sony also posted the interview online. The Company Reports connection failures on Playstation Network as well as on xbox systems. Hackers are claiming responsibility. And for its part, russia is offering its support to north korea following that sony hacking controversy. A russian spokesman yesterday said north koreas anger over being accused of orchestrating the hacking was quite understandable. He added the u. S. Has not offered any proof of north koreas involvement. And that threats of retaliation are counter productive. Of the father of that jordanian pilot captured by isis militants is pleading for his sons life. The pilot was captured wednesday morning in syria. While carrying out air strikes against the militant group. His father is asking he be treated well as a fellow muslim. There has been no word about his condition since his capture. Back in the states. New york Police Arrested at least two people for making new threats against cops. In the apartment of one suspect, police say they found a cache of illegal weapons. They belonged to a man who was overheard saying he wanted to kill more cops. New yorkers are paying their respects to the two cops assassinated last weekend, one of the officers, will be remembered at a wake today. His funeral is set for tomorrow. One of those remembering the two Police Officers was the reverend al sharpton, he of course, more often found criticizing police for shooting africanamericans. Sharpton is in a difficult position flight, balancing protests over Police Shootings and the shootings of police. Abcs susan solney has more. Reporter a moment of silence for slain new York City Police officers rafael ramos and wenjin liu. Amen. Reporter reverend al sharpton organized the tribute as he prepared to serve dinner to the needy, joined by the mother of eric garner. The group also took a moment to remember michael brown. The unarmed black teenager who was shot to death by a white Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. I cant breathe sharpton has taken a lead role in mobilizing a protest movement against the excessive use of force by the police. He had only conciliatory word particularly for officers Raphael Ramos and liu who were ambushed and executed in brooklyn saturday. We are against the shedding of any innocent blood. Meanwhile a night of unrest, roiled the suburb of berkeley, missouri, after a white Police Officer shot and killed a black 18yearold antonio martin. Officials cautioned against making direct comparisons between the cases of brown and garner unarmed. Berkeley police say their officer was conducting a theft report tuesday night at the gas station when martin pointed a gun at him. Back in new york a funeral for officer rafael ramos will be held saturday. Officer lius funeral will be held once his family members arrive in the u. S. From china. Thank you, susan. Christmas messages this morning, starting at the vatican. It was a somber pope francis addressed 80,000 people yesterday at the vatican. And spoke of sadness throughout the world making specific reference to violence in the middle east and elsewhere. Francis also spoke about the worlds children who are mistreated. For everyone he offered may christmas bring them hope. In her recorded message, christmas message, Britains Queen elizabeth praised doctors and medical workers fighting ebola in africa. She called their sacrifices selfless. Queen elizabeth has been delivering her christmas message since 1952. Ten years ago, right about now, the world was just starting to learn of the horror that was unfolding after the indian ocean tsunami. It was set off by a magnitude 9. 1 earthquake, which triggered enormous tsunami waves from indonesia to thailand and all the way to africas east coast. Survivors and locals have been leaving flowers at a Memorial Wall in thailand. There are remembrances today across the region that was affected by the disaster which killed 230,000 people. In western new york, there is a major cleanup after some destructive winds. Gusts up to 60 miles an hour brought down part of an old silk mill in buffalo. Demolition crews quickly came in taking down more of the building, making the surrounding area safe. Several People Living nearby had to be helped from their homes and one said when the wall wall came down, it sounded like a sonic boom. Okay, heres how the weather picture is looking for today. Windy in the southwest. Especially in the mountains around los angeles and san diego. Snow from the rockies all the way to minnesota. Up to 7 inches possible in denver, salt lake city. Showers in louisiana, and south florida. 19 in denver. Winter returns. 30s in albuquerque, minneapolis. 40s in the pacific northwest. Mild in new york and boston. And the upper 40s. And 60s in los angeles and dallas. President George Herbert walker bush recovering from his thelt sca thelt health scare this week. His son neil and barbara spent christmas with the former president in the houston hospital. Paramedics took him there tuesday after he was short of breath. The 90yearold former president has parkinsons. A Spokesman Says mr. Bush is in great spirits and in the hospital as precaution. Meanwhile, president obama and first lady spent part of their christmas thanking americas military. They visited an ocean front marine base in hawaii where theyre vacationing. The president says the military sacrifices are paying off. So much of the world he says can enjoy peace and prosperity. Now, a christmas miracle involving a boston terrier. The dog survived a 15story fall from a condo balcony in sacramento. Sam is 13 years old. And doesnt see very well. His owner says the dog became disoriented and fell off the balcony but managed to land deadcenter in a hot tub. Sam has a fractured pelvis and ribs. But the vets say he will be Walking Around in a couple weeks. He may be 13 years old. Pretty lucky after that. One lucky dog. Santa didnt waste much time after his, his around the world odyssey. Before hitting the beach. A surfer of course. Santa and plenty of others dressed like him got in the water at coco beach, florida, for surfing santas events. Organizers say it was a record selling turnout. The event raises money for a local surf museum and an organization that educates people about surviving cancer. Great event for, great causes. And good for them. Of course we saw santa on the Potomac River yesterday. Day before. Got busy. Out water skiing on that day. Hohoho. Im sure he is relaxing right now. Throwing back a couple. Likes to hit the water. When hes not riding the sleigh. Coming up in the skinny, awkward holiday moment. No, not talking about our families, talking celebrities. First, private homes turn into fine dining establishments. Amateur chefs using creativity and Smart Phone App to cook up profits. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by mucinex fast max. Is that really a thing . It sounds made up. I cant sleep when im all stuffy. I take offense to that. Im not going to argue with a talking ball of mucus. I think youre being a little hasty. Hes not with me. Mucinex fast max night time. Multisymptom relief plus nasal decongestant. Breathe easy. Sleep easy. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. She loves to shop online with her debit card. And so does bill, an identity thief who stole marys identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard earned money. Unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. This is Identity Theft, and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. Lifelock has the most comprehensive Identity Theft protection available. If mary had lifelocks bank account alerts, she may have been notified in time to help stop the damage. Lifelocks credit Notification Service is on the job 24 7. As soon as they detect a threat to your identity within their network, they will alert you helping protect you before damage can be done to your identity. Lifelock has the most comprehensive identify theft protection available, helping guard your Social Security number, your money, your credit, even the equity in your home. My years as a prosecutor taught me that we all need to protect ourselves from crime, in todays world that includes Identity Theft. Its a serious problem. We all have to protect ourselves. [ male announcer ] while Identity Theft cant be completely stopped, no one works harder to help protect you than lifelock. You even get a 1 million service guarantee. Thats security no one can beat. You have so much to protect and nothing to lose when you call lifelock right now and get 60 days of Identity Theft protection risk free. Thats right. 60 days risk free use promo code notme. Order now, and get this document shredder to help keep sensitive documents out of the wrong hands. A 29 value, free dont wait until you become the next victim call the number on your screen for 60 days of lifelock Identity Theft protection risk free and get a document shredder free. Use promo code notme. Call the number on your screen now. Okay. Say you got a gift card this christmas. Chances are walmart will honor it even if it is from a competitor. Okay, there is a catch. You wont get the full value. You have to go to walmarts website first to redeem a card. But walmart sees it as an opportunity as much as 1 billion in gift cards wont get spent this year. And most people using gift cards spend more than is on the card. I may have a few of those. There may be hope for those who thing the iphone 6 is too big. An analyst says a smaller version may be released next year. The phone would be the same size as the previous iphones and have a smaller price tag. While iphones get smaller, analysts predict a bigger ipad will be introduced soon. Thats not very apple like to do a smaller phone and smaller price tag. Catering to everyone. Guess so. All right. So the hottest chefs in the country are not necessarily the ones you see on tv or trendy restaurants. Thats right theyre amateurs turning their homes into restaurants inviting strangers like you and me in to eat thanks to a new app linking diners to chefs. Heres abcs juju chang. Reporter don mayfield is hunting for the best shellfish at San Franciscos famous fishermans wharf. Because today only the best will do. We have tons of these guys. Reporter in 12 hours eight strangers will show up at his doorstep and they will be hungry. Load them up. Get out of here. Reporter this is not a restaurant. Don is not a professional chef. He is among hundreds of home chef as chefs across the country selling seats at their own dinner tables, part of a growing dining trend that is being called the air b b of food. Like house sharing website, apps like feastly, eatwith and cookapp take a 15 , 20 cut to connect passionate chefs with adventurous eaters willing to dine with strangers paying less than restaurant prices. This is not something you learned in a book or at a class . Yeah, i have no professional cooking experience. Reporter don is offering a San Francisco themed dinner. Through eatwith. From clam chowder with sourdough bread and local dungeness crab complete with squid ink pasta not to mention dessert. The main course is half a crab steamed. Reporter don is charging 55 a head for a gourmet meal and wine pairing. A steal for this feast. There are catches other than the crab. In many cities, home based restaurants are not eligible for food service permits and run the risk of being shut down. Yet the reviews are pouring in. On a scale of 1 to 5, what would you give it . Seven. Reporter the seven tastes even better, served with an unexpected side of good company. Juju chang, abc news, San Francisco. What do you think . I think it is a good idea. I would do it definitely. I think there is a lot of good menu items out there. For folks like us who make reservations. Are you going to make dinner . Thats going to be a problem. In new york, thats a b restaurant, or a c. [ sirens blaring ] bad. All right, coming up. Awkward moments for celebrity couples on christmas. Shocking. Are they together or not . And holiday drama for johnny depp facing a reallife problem next in the skinny. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Skinny so skinny and topping the skinny this morning. Johnny depp and rumors the actor is battling to get sober again. The 51yearold admitted to struggling with alcohol in the past but said he did not consider himself an alcoholic. Depp however reportedly suffered a recently relapse and appeared intoxicated at hollywood press awards in november. Since then, sources say, the actor has been pressured by those close to him to seek help. Depps movie into the woods debuted in theaters yesterday. But the alister has not appeared at any press events to promote the film. Okay, so, turning now to the kardashians. Of course. Why not . Where the holidays wouldnt be complete without kris Jenners Christmas eve bash. The party didnt go off without drama. Of course. Rumors flew that kim and kanye were no shows. The rest of the kardashian clan made their attendance known by sharing snaps on social media. Could kimye be taking a break from the spotlight. Not so fast. Friends of the couple posted these photos. Proof on instagram. Quickly putting rumors to rest. Even kris exhusband. Bruce jenner showed up in time to party. Oh. Is that him . Hard to recognize him these days really. Turning to a couple that prefers to spend their holidays apart. Mariah carey reportedly banned her estranged husband nick cannon from joining in on family festivities. And that apparently all she wants for christmas this year. According to reports the plan was for the couple, along with their twins moroccan and monroe, to spend christmas together in aspen. But those plans quickly got squashed when mariah asked nick not to come. But why the change of heart . Sources tell e news it is based on ape few things. And mariah is upset with cannon. Following their split. The couple announced their separation in august after six years of marriage. Apparently, mariah told him if he came by she was going to sing all i want for christmas live. While we are at it. Check out how christmas was for some other notable celebrities. Thats right. Britney spears in the christmas jammies spirit with two sons and boyfriend charlie eversol. Looking festive in what we could imagine is colorful plaid. Hard with the black and white filter. Pretty little liar star, lucy hale and family all in their sweater uniforms. Paris hilton posted the shot of her and the rest of her fam enjoying a nice dinner together. And shirtless. Shirtless. Shirtless mario lopez and family, looking more enthusiastic outside for their Christmas Day together. Hey. The only one who doesnt have a shirt on. Exactly. If im 41 and looks like that, yeah, i will do that. Celebrity birthdays right now. Celebrating the big day today, americas most wanted host, john walsh, 69. Oscar winning actor mu vision, jared leto, turns 43. John snow, from game of throne thousands, 28. Happy birthday happy birthday approaching medicare eligibility . You may think you can put off checking out your Medicare Options until youre sixtyfive, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. The rest is up to you. Thats where aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plans insured by Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company come in. Like all standardized Medicare Supplement insurance plans, they could help pay some of what medicare doesnt, saving you in outofpocket medical costs. Youve learned that taking informed steps along the way really makes a difference later. Thats what it means to go long™. Call now and request this free [decision guide]. Its full of information on medicare and the range of aarp Medicare Supplement plans to choose from based on your needs and budget. All plans like these let you choose any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients, and there are no network restrictions. Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company has over thirty Years Experience and the commitment to roll along with you, keeping you on course. So call now and discover how an aarp Medicare Supplement plan could go long™ for you. These are the only Medicare Supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp, an Organization Serving the needs of people 50 and over for generations. Plus, nine out of ten plan members surveyed say they would recommend their plan to a friend. Remember, medicare doesnt cover everything. The rest is up to you. Call now, request your free [decision guide] and start gathering the information you need to help you keep rolling with confidence. Go long™. Very festive. Finally this halfhour, with christmas behind us now. Some of the major headlines from the past week. From holiday wishes from World Leaders to vicious storms to violence on the streets. Here is our friday rewind. They lost their hero. And its for no reason, you know . When they say to me, why . There is no answer. Put aside protests. Put aside demonstrations. Until these funerals are passed, lets focus just on these families and what they have lost. I think, the, the, feelings, emotion tied to this event are certainly understandable. I think the reality is that the mayor did run against policing or Police Practices in his campaign. You know what is more destructive than a nuclear bomb . Words. I have been pleasantly surprised how fervent it was. I knew it was going to be popular. Individual produced a pistol with his arm straight out pointing at the officer from kind of across the hood of the police car. At that point the officer produced his Service Weapon and fired. Oh, man it is storming the wind was blowing real hard. And my wife was hollering trying to get the dogs inside. And looked out in the yard. Stuff was flying everywhere. The trampoline. And shingles flying off the house. In the forest of snapped pine trees you will find the contents of peoples homes strewn everywhere. Pillows. Childrens clothing. And suitcases. They can put guns on the plane this time. They could have easily put a bomb on one of the planes. I can close this chapter of my life. And move on. Doesnt accepting responsibility mean resigning . Absolutely not. She is really a force. The fact that she is coming back, trying again, i think is something that is very admirable. She is a tough cookie. [ speaking Foreign Language ] pope francis is not afraid of anybody. Not afraid of anything. And he is not afraid to ruffle some feathers. Ruffle some feathers. Certainly isnt. He definitely has led the way here for the past year. Of course, its been a busy news week also. But it is going to be a busy day tomorrow. All most like black friday all over again. Part two. Exchanges going on. Lot of people cashing in on gift cards today. The busiest shopping day. Going to use them. Turn them back. I want to know what is in the stockings. Cant see. Im too short. Announcer this is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for two decades. Announcer this is abcs world news now informing n insomniacs for two decades. Making news in america this morning, high alert. An arsenal of weapons found in a new york city apartment. At least half a dozen threats made against police this week. Out in the streets as demonstrators protest against police in missouri, violence and vandalism break out in other American Cities as tensions remain high this holiday. Ready, set, return. Retailers hoping to break out today on what is supposed to be the second busiest shopping day of the year. What you need to know before you hit the stores. And a christmas miracle. A mother goes into labor on a train. No doctor is in sight. The quickacting cop springing into action playing santa as they deliver the most precious present of all