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were at wpbi. >> yeah. overseas nearly a million demonstrators took to the streets across france over a nationwide strike over government reforms. >> fueling the anger is president emmanuel macron's plan he says would make the country's pension system simpler, more fair, and financially sustainable. here's abc's trevor ault. >> reporter: chaos erupting in the heart of france. tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of plans to change the country's retirement system. in paris, demonstrators setting garbage cans and street lights on fire as french police hurled tear gas at an angry mob in the street. abc's maggie rulli is there. >> locals say scenes like this one, scenes like burning cars, those have become almost commonplace in paris. the difference today is the sheer numbers we're seeing across the entire country. >> reporter: the strike crippling transportation in the city. trains shutting down overnight. more than 300 cancelations and 500 delays at paris-area airports. so far at least 87 people have been arrested. at the heart of the turmoil, pension reform. france has one of the most generous retirement plans in the world, where some union workers can retire as early as 52. but president macron is facing a growing debt and says he wants to overhaul the system, including raising the age to get full retirement benefits to 64. these protesters say that's unacceptable, that millions would lose benefits and they'd be forced to work longer for less money. today hospitals, the post office, and schools were impacted, in some cases closed, because of strikes and protests. if they continue it could paralyze the country for weeks. trevor ault, abc news, new york. we're getting our first look at a drug tunnel discovered below an arizona border town. >> the partially built passage is 10 feet under the streets of nogales. border patrol agents say the entrance was hidden inside an existing drainage system. the opening is three feet wide, four feet tall, and extends 20 feet into the u.s. coming up, catching porch pirates. >> see the high-tech methods many police departments are using to keep your holiday deliveries safe from thieves. trying to keep one step ahead of those smooth criminals trying to steal your holiday cheer is a growing number of police departments turning to high-tech methods. >> yeah, they're teaming up with ring doorbell cameras to combat those so-called porch pirates. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: they are the brazen thefts happening across the country in broad daylight and the dead of night. so-called porch pirates getting away with your holiday deliveries. now these doorbell cameras capturing these shocking videos are officially crime fighting tools. >> this is pretty game-changing stuff. >> it makes us a much more effective police department for sure. the bad guys try to stay one step ahead of us, now we're trying to get in front of them. >> reporter: "gma" getting an exclusive look behind the scenes with nassau county police in new york, just one of the 700 police departments in the country now teaming up with ring and their new neighbors app where homeowners can give police access to their videos to try and track down criminals caught in the act. they say those videos are key evidence. >> all of those crimes that we've got to investigate, miles and miles of roadways, you can't be everywhere. now we are everywhere by using those devices to help us. >> reporter: let me show you what they look like. this is a ring doorbell camera. you hit the doorbell button, and right away you see what's happening on your front porch. once something happens in a neighborhood, the police department can set up a digital perimeter to request videos from all of the ring cameras in the neighborhood. homeowners can share the videos anonymously, but police say they need a homeowner's permission to access the video. >> we go through ring, they'll access their customers, tell them the pd's looking for access or the video from that time period. then the customer can push a button and send the video to us. keeping their privacy intact. then we take the video almost like an anonymous tip. >> reporter: according to the "new york times" more than 1.7 million packages are stolen or go missing in the u.s. every day. incredibly less than 24 hours ago, a seasonal u.p.s. driver was actually arrested and charged with stealing packages from homes. so you just never know who might be doing it. we should tell you that that neighbors by ring app we showed you, you can download it for free right now and see what's happening in your neighborhood. you don't even need a ring camera to access that app. so it's a pretty cool service. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> thanks to our pal gio for making sure the porch pirates don't get us. >> let that be a warning to all those porch pirates. >> are you okay? are you okay? >> coming up, playmobile -- they were supposed to play the song. >> there it is, 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"dark waters" is scoring a solid 92% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes. peter howell writes, it's enough to make you want to chuck all your nonstick and waterproof products after seeing this movie. not all the critics are impressed. kelly vance says, it makes for a dreary, warmed-over erin brockovich drama. >> next to an animated adventure comedy for the whole family. >> oh, fun. >> the voices of daniel land cliff and adam lambert star in "playmobil: the movie." it's based on the popular toy in which a young woman travels to the animated world of playmobil to find her missing brother. to bring him home she's forced to embark on a thrilling adventure. >> over the last several months a top-secret organization has caused citizens from different lands to vanish into thin air. >> that's not good. >> i need you two to help rescue them. we're running out of time. >> there's no chance of danger or anything, right? >> i'm 100% almost sure. >> looks cute but apparently people aren't feeling it. "playmobil: the movie" is scoring far less than 100% on rotten tomatoes. it got only a 23% splat. one critic calls it a head-smackingly dumb exercise in corporate filmmaking and mercenary marketing. so crass it makes me rethink my love of toys. and harry windsor writes, anyone who's already reached double digits will find little to enjoy this generic and lifeless promotional tool. this morning on "world news now," a high-speed police chase ending in a deadly shoot-out. >> a u.p.s. truck was riddled with bullets as police closed in on two suspects who carjacked it and its driver. people sitting in their cars watching in horror as they were caught in the crossfire. don't mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> also the heated moment at the capitol. house speaker nancy pelosi's response to a reporter. plus her big announcement on impeachment, saying the president has left congress quote no choice but to act. also this morning the stunning rescue at sea. the coast guard saving a dog seen paddling offshore. the force is strong this friday as "the rise of skywalker," the last "star wars" film, gets ready to hit theaters this month. we sit down with the star-studded cast this friday, december 6th. good morning, everyone. the force is strong with us on this friday because it's friday. >> it's friday. we made it. >> marci gonzalez helping us close out the week. i'm sorry i was only here for a couple of days you being here. >> i took it kind of personally, i'm sorry. >> i'm going to make up for it, i promise. >> we're happy you're here, getting around without your crutches. >> we have a lot of news to get to so i need those crutches. it's been a busy past 12 hours or so. an armed robbery ended with a police chase and a hail of gunfire during rush hour in south florida. >> four people were killed including the driver of a u.p.s. driver that was carjacked by two suspects according to police. it started in coral gables and ended more than 120 miles away in mirimar. >> shots have been fired. you're watching this unfold. you see all those shots fired. >> reporter: this morning the chilling video of a deadly shoot-out. multiple police agencies in mirimar, florida, cornering two suspects in rush hour traffic. you can hear a bullet ricochetting off a car. >> they start shooting. and at that point we just locked down everything. >> reporter: this was the end of a massive chase that started more than 20 miles away in coral gables. police say two suspects held up a jewelry store, then opened fire as they took off in a van. at one point a bullet hit coral gables city hall which was on lockdown. the suspects then carjacked a u.p.s. delivery truck, taking off with police close behind. the suspects running red lights, hopping curbs, packages flying out into traffic. the truck coming to a stop on that busy highway in mirimar as police vehicles closed in. the chase ending in a barrage of gunfire. >> the armed suspects engaged law enforcement, opened fire. there was exchange fire between law enforcement and the suspects. and unfortunately the suspects are now deceased. but two additional innocent civilians were also deceased. >> reporter: among those innocent victims killed, the u.p.s. driver and a bystander inside another car at the scene of the shooting. u.p.s. issuing a statement offering condolences to the family and friends of the victims and vowing to cooperate with the investigation. it's still unclear if the u.p.s. driver and bystander were shot by the suspects or by police. >> incredible scene, that hail of gunfire. so many innocent bystanders nearby. >> what a dangerous situation for so many shots to be fired on such a busy roadway. >> we will have much more on that story throughout the morning and on "good morning america" as well. another major headline we're following, three army national guard members died when their black hawk helicopter crashed in minnesota during a maintenance test flight. the national guard lost contact with the helicopter shortly after it took off from st. cloud. the chopper sent a mayday signal nine minutes later. an investigation is under way. navy officials say tomorrow's pearl harbor remembrance ceremony will go on as scheduled despite wednesday's deadly shooting. they say an american sailor dressed in uniform shot and killed two defense department employees and wounded a third before turning the gun on himself. the navy says two things are still unclear, the sailor's motive and whether he knew the victims. disturbing video is raising questions about the death of a 16-year-old while in u.s. border patrol custody. carlos vasquez was diagnosed with the flu at a texas processing facility about a week after crossing the border into the u.s. from guatemala. he's clearly in distress in this video and collapsed at least twice before his lifeless body was discovered. the video, which was obtained by propublica, suggests officials ignored protocol. but the border patrol says the teen was given tamiflu and the time on the video is incorrect. the storm that hammered the best coast has moved into the rockies. central city, colorado, west of denver, is one spot where between 1 and 2 inches of snow has fallen. >> accuweather meteorologist chris nallan joins us with details of a new storm moving onto the west coast. good morning. >> kenneth and marci, we are keeping an eye on the west coast, specifically with this slow-moving low pressure here really picking up the moisture here off the pacific ocean from san francisco up the i-5 into oregon. so this is going to be a zone of concern with some very heavy rain, even some localized flash flooding as we head throughout the weekend. high-elevation snows here. the sierra nevada could see upwards of 50 inches of snow in spots. kenneth, marci, back to you. >> all right, chris, thank you. turning now to that historic move on capitol hill. house speaker nancy pelosi giving democrats the green light to value draw up articles of impeachment against president trump. >> speaking in somber tones, pelosi said the president violated the constitution and left them no choice but to act swiftly. she restated her point last night during a cnn town hall saying it's not about politics, it's about honoring their oath of office and keeping the president from undermining our system of checks and balances. abc's mary bruce has all the details including the moment pelosi faced off with a reporter. >> reporter: the historic announcement from speaker nancy pelosi. after two months of investigation, the house will move to impeach president trump. >> today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. >> reporter: it's a step the speaker has resisted for months. >> our democracy is what is at stake. the president leaves us no choice but to act. >> reporter: we asked pelosi what changed her mind. was there an ah-ha moment for you personally, a piece of evidence or testimony that swayed you now to take this step? >> the facts of the ukraine situation just changed everything. asking a president of another country to make an announcement that he was investigating the president's political opponent and withholding military assistance. >> reporter: at the white house our cecilia vega pressing the president. >> are you worried, sir, about the stain that impeachment might have on your legacy? >> no, not at all, no, not at all, it's a hoax. >> reporter: just 24 hours ago republicans insisted democrats want to impeach trump simply because they don't like him. as she walked off, a reporter asked pelosi if this is personal. >> do you hate the president, madam speaker? >> i don't hate anybody. not anybody in the world. so don't accuse me -- >> i did not accuse you. >> you did. >> i asked a question. representative collins yesterday suggested the democrats are doing this simply because they don't like the guy. >> it has nothing to do with -- let me just say this. i think the president is a coward when it comes to helping kids who are afraid of gun violence -- >> reporter: pelosi listed issues where she and the president clashed but was adamant their differences have nothing to do with impeachment. >> this is about the constitution of the united states. i don't hate anyone, so don't mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> reporter: things here on the hill are moving at a rapid pace. on monday democrats leading this investigation will present their evidence before the committee that is now drafting these articles of impeachment, and it looks likely that the president could be impeached before christmas. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary. the nation's capital is a little brighter this morning. >> last night president trump along with the first lady lit the national christmas tree. the 30-foot-tall colorado spruce stands in the ellipse in president's park. it has 50,000 lights and 450 stars. this was the 97th national tree lighting ceremony. calvin coolidge was the first to do the honors back in 1923. >> it is just that time of year. it's every day we've got a new tree lighting to talk about. >> we're done, all the trees are lit. we're done lighting the trees and it's time for us to get lit. no, seriously -- >> it's the weekend, you're not wrong. >> it's all done. obviously the national tree lighting, a big ceremony, and they had some big, big, big names. it was star studied. >> huge. >> country singer jessie james decker, former "voice" contestant. spencer baker. former "american idol" contestant colton dixon. that is incredible. >> do you know who any of these people are? >> season 15 winner of "the voice." >> oh, season 15 winner? >> not 16. not 14. >> whoa. they went all out. >> 15. >> you missed it. >> it was something else, y'all. something else. also something else, coming up, behind the scenes of the final "star wars" film. first the heavenly image caught by a doorbell camera. the dozens of reports coming in, look at that. what experts think that actually was. and the very special rescue by a coast guard crew in florida. florida. i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54. alex, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what's my price? $9.95 a month for you too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the #1 most popular whole life insurance plan, available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions. your acceptance is guaranteed. and this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any 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rail. they are taken and up disappear out of frame. moments later the children would fall. in another angle obtained by abc affiliate wsoc in charlotte, people rush to help the child. 3-year-old jaden cowart was taken to the hospital where he later died. the boys' mother said they had just landed from florida and were waiting for their baggage, but police say other video shows she let the children play on and around the escalator for an hour and that she wasn't seen in that video. police charged her with misdemeanor child abuse. in october that mother told wsoc that she was devastated and grieving. her lawyer says she's not guilty of child abuse and that this kind of accident could have happened to anyone. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to gio there. the coast guard was a dog's best friend in florida. >> a distress call about a dog in the waters off ft. myers came in wednesday evening. the coast guard crew tracked it down as the dog was paddling pretty far away from the beach. after pulling it onto their boat one crew member said, you're the best person i've ever rescued. the dog was reunited with its owners. a bright light in the sky has people buzzing in and around texas. >> what appears to be a meteor was captured yesterday morning on a doorbell cam in houston. the american meteor society received at least 50 reports from texas, oklahoma, and louisiana. we hope you made a wish and that it comes true. coming up in our next half hour, the best present ever for a little boy in michigan. the invite to his entire kindergarten class as he welcomed his forever parents into his life. but first we're hearing from the cast of "the rise of skywalker" next on "world news now." skywalker" next on "world news now." struggle. prays and wipes can be a there's an easier way. try mr. clean magic eraser. just wet, squeeze and erase tough messes like bathtub soap scum... and caked-on grease from oven doors. now mr. clean magic eraser comes in disposable sheets. 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"star wars" fans, including marci gonzalez, are counting down the days until the final "star wars" fans, including marci gonzalez, are counting down the days until the final "star wars" movie comes out in two weeks. >> we are huge "star wars" fans. this morning we're getting a few behind the scenes nugget friday the star-studded cast of "the rise of skywalker." here's abc's chris connelly. >> people keep telling me they know me. no one does. >> reporter: few know but millions await what takes place in "the rise of skywalker." the climactic episode ix of the "star wars" saga. for its fans and for members of its cast, it's a conclusion fraught with feeling. joining his cast assembled at disneyland's forthcoming rise of the resistance attraction, director and cowriter j.j. abrams. putting a bow on this trilogy. and 42 years' worth of the biggest movie franchise ever. >> part of the fun of working on this new trilogy has been sort of embracing what has come before as the history of these characters. >> what are you doing there, 3po? >> taking one last look, sir. >> reporter: his blend of the fondly remembered and the freshly imagined rekindled "star wars" severe. 2015, "the force awakens." now he's back at it. >> the force. it's calling to you. >> how do we embrace what came before, the familiar, to tell a new story and go somewhere else. because if you look at this as nine films, not a trilogy or even one movie, but say it's the end of nine chapters. this chapter needs to connect all those that came before. >> reporter: a product of lucasfilm, which like abc is owned by the walt disney company. much of the movie's beating heart is thought to be focused on daisy ridley's rey and her confrontations in the ruins with adam driver's kilo ren. everyman finn getting screen time with his cohorts in the resistance. >> having daisy consistently on a day-to-day basis, having oscar there, it changes the entire movie when you're able to interact with people who you actually have a close relationship with in real life. >> my dearest oscar. >> reporter: boyega thrilled franchise's fans with this instagram video celebrating his on and offscreen bromance with oscar isaac. >> you're the recipient of a tender video that john of course did on your behalf. >> way too much time on his hands. the biggest takeaway is just the deep love that i've acquired for these people that i got to work with over these many years and how rare and special that is. >> reporter: rare and special too is the devotion of "star wars" fans to the late carrie fisher, their eternally beloved leia. j.j. abrams and cowriter chris terio needed to find a suitable way to feature her one final time. >> so we looked at the footage that we had not used from "the force awakens." what we realized was chris and i could use that footage and write scenes around carrie. what's incredible is, you know, she's wonderful in this movie. the heartbreaking reality that she was no longer with us, you know, is so surreal, because literally she's been alive in the editing room every day for nearly a year. and the idea that we're sitting here talking about her in the past tense is still crushing and impossible to imagine. >> reporter: even now her wit and her compassionate insights continue to inspire. >> and the thing she said was, this really matters to people, this is an important thing. it's not ever to take itself too seriously or anything like that, but viewing this whole experience with that level of importance is important in itself because this matters, you know, to millions of people. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm chris connelly in anaheim, california. >> did you know this movie comes out december 20th? >> december 20th, mark your calendars. >> did you know that luke skywalker was almost a girl? did you know that yoda was almost a monkey in a mask? >> all off the top of your head? ember 20th, mark your calendars. >> did you know that luke skywalker was almost a girl? did you know 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shoot. >> i love how marci says all of that and ignored that i was teeing up luna's face here. >> i thought you were just anti-babies. >> uncle k-mo, anti-babies? never. the baby was n ft d i'm here for it. >> she was mean mugging. >> mean mugging indeed. but still so adorable. >> that mean mug. here's another one. >> i can already see her as an adult, mean mugging as well. that's just that -- you know, they call it our resting -- baby face. resting baby face. hey in miami, they like christmas trees as well. we all know what season it is down there -- >> there's one season. >> one season in florida. they got that christmas tree right there in the back, down the interstate, doors open. >> seems safe. >> i'm pretty sure they're going to get that home, put that tree up, it's going to be beautiful. also beautiful, polka time. ♪ >> presenting the multi-talented emory burn. her new single "so it goes" out on spotify and itunes. ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the weather, all the scores ♪ 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went down, killing all three people on board. what investigators are just revealing about the flight. also developing this morning, the deadly shoot-out after a massive police pursuit. the 20-mile-long pursuit ending in an exchange of gunfire between police and the two suspects. the dramatic end to it all caught on camera. new this half hour, the christmas controversy swirling around the man who's now been dubbed the peloton husband. >> the social media outrage building over the actor in the stationary bike commercial depicted as being an overbearing husband. now he's speaking out. the adorable adoption that will touch your heart. a little boy inviting his entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing. you cannot start your weekend without seeing this on this friday, december 6th. heartwarming. >> we need heartwarming, we need children to light up our lives. and that little boy's story, i mean -- >> got me. >> i dare you to keep a dry eye after we show you that video coming up. we do need that on this friday but we do have some other news to get to this half hour. the tragic deaths of three soldiers after their blackhawk helicopter crashed. >> the members of the minnesota national guard were on a maintenance test flight. the guard lost contact with the helicopter and the wreckage was found about two hours later. >> at least two people nearby say the chopper went down hard. abc's david kerley has more. >> reporter: as darkness was falling the search for a missing army blackhawk helicopter ended with a grim discovery. >> it's a catastroph thers rk mar a along in the treeline. >> reporter: the burned wreckage discovered just inside a treeline after an intense search. >> helicopter in mayday, they're not seeing it on the radar at all. >> reporter: the minnesota national guard blackhawk with three on board took off from its base at the st. cloud airport midafternoon. about nine minutes later according to emergency radio calls, the mayday was called in with the helicopter 10 to 15 miles southwest of its base. >> can we get some other transportation out here in case we have to go out into the wilderness? >> any snowmobiles that maybe we should get pointed that direction? >> the crash resulted in the death of all three crew members on the aircraft. my heart breaks for the families, the friends, and the fellow soldiers. >> reporter: even before the discovery of the wreckage, the minnesota national guard tweeted, our thoughts are with our soldiers and their families at this time. while there was snow on the ground, weather does not appear to be a factor, the skies were clear. however, we have learned the crew was on a maintenance flight which means they may have been checking out a recent repair. investigators should get their first good look at the records with first light in the morning. david kerley, abc news, washington. turning now to a wild and deadly scene in south florida. four people killed when police and robbery suspects exchanged gunfire on a busy highway. >> investigators say the armed robbers carjacked a u.p.s. truck after robbing a jewelry store in coral gables. a woman in the store was shot but is in stable condition. during the long pursuit the suspects ran red lights, jumped curbs, and nearly crashed into other drivers. packages littered the highway. the truck got stuck in traffic and was surrounded by police cars. >> 11 officers opened fire, but authorities say that's only after the suspects fired first. the u.p.s. driver and another bystander were shot and killed along with the two suspects. it's unclear if the civilians were shot by police or the suspects. the fbi is leading the multi-agency investigation. now to that major step in the push to remove president trump from office. house speaker nancy pelosi has instructed democrats to proceed with articles of impeachment. pelosi said the president's dealings with ukraine showed he abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of u.s. national security. she said congress must act swiftly because our democracy is at stake. last night she further explained the reasoning behind her decision. >> i believe that we should introduce articles of impeachment. this is a very sad day i think for our country. it's something that i would have hoped we could have avoided. but the president's actions made it necessary. you cannot violate the constitution in full view. the facts are clear. >> president trump called the investigation a hoax and tweeted, if you're going to impeach me, do it fast. that's exactly what democrats plan to do. there will be another hearing on monday and the president could be impeached before christmas. president trump is again asking the supreme court to block the release of his financial records. this time he's objecting to a congressional subpoena issued to his accounting firm triggered by an investigation into hush money payments to a porn star. just last month the president filed a petition to block a similar subpoena from new york prosecutors. the justices could decide by next week whether they will hear the cases. this is making the rounds. former vice president joe biden had a fiery confrontation with a voter during a campaign stop on his bus tour in iowa. biden forcefully pushed back calling the man a liar when he questioned him about his son's business dealings in ukraine and his age. as abc's linsey davis reports, biden even challenged the man to an iq test and a pushup contest. >> reporter: in iowa joe biden confronted by a retired farmer who says he'll vote for anyone but trump, but still had some tough words for the former vice president. >> i've got two problems with you. one is you're damn near as old as i am, you're too old for the job. i got a question i want you to answer. we all know trump has been messing around in ukraine over there. but you, on the other hand, sent your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company that he had no experience with gas or nothing. in order to get access for the president. so you're selling access to the president just like he was. so you -- >> you're a damn liar, man, that's not true. and no one has ever said that, no one has proved that -- >> the hell it ain't, i see it on the tv -- >> you see it on the tv, i know you do. look, the reason i'm running is because i've been around a long time and i know more than most people know and i can get things done, that's why i'm running. you want to check my shape? let's do pushups together, let's run, let's do whatever you want to do, let's take an iq test, number one. number two, no one has said my son has done anything wrong, and i did not on any occasion, and no one has ever said it, not one -- >> i didn't say you were doing anything wrong, i said -- >> you said i set up my son to work in an oil company. isn't that what you said? get your words straight, jack. >> reporter: hunter biden came under scrutiny for making tens of thousands of dollars a month on the board of a ukrainian gas company while his father was still vice president, but there's been no evidence of any wrongdoing by either biden. the candidate insists he didn't lose his cool. >> you lost your temper. >> no, i didn't, you want to see my temper, keep going. >> reporter: biden is currently on an eight-day, 18-county, 800-mile tour of iowa. he's calling it the "no malarkey tour." we're talking about intimate gatherings in rural areas. he wants people to see that he is working for every vote. linsey davis, abc news, new york. a new study links a jump in some cell phone-related injuries to a major change more than a decade ago. >> researchers in new jersey say head and neck injuries connected to cell phone use spiked 250% between 2007 and 2016. 2007 is the year the first iphone hit the market. researchers say the devices became more distracting because users started treating them more like mini computers instead of telephones. and we understand as well, people obviously with the way they're using them, they're distracted, their neck is in a certain position when they're holding on to the phone or walking. >> looking down all the time. >> having accidents as well. so that was all -- played a role, we understand, in that. a child in michigan invited his kindergarten classmates to see him receive the best holiday present of his life. >> michael click jr. was among three dozen foster children in a grand rapids classroom present for annual adoption day. he also brought along a bunch of his classmates. >> love it. >> the kids held up hearts on sticks as andrea melvin and dave eaton became michael's forever parents. >> it is ordered, michael, that your forever mom and dad will be david andrew eaton and andrea louise melvin. >> and i love my daddy! >> wow. i -- >> love my daddy so much. >> this is just too much. this is just too much. >> when everything was official michael's classmates and his new family broke out in applause. his teacher says family doesn't have to be dna because family is support and love. say it again. preach! family is support and love. it's not all about the dna blood right there. >> his dad asked, why do you want to have your classmates there? he said, my class is kind of my family, so it only makes sense. he's just got a huge family. >> stop, i'm not -- you're trying to get me. >> i'm not crying. you're crying. >> don't do it, marci, don't do it. coming up, the new charges filed against singer r. kelly. >> later in "the skinny," the new honor for lil nas x. what billboard says the rapper has done with his single "old town road." you want a fresh-smelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. try febreze one; a range of innovative air fresheners with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home to div neutralis stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lavender & eucalyptus. to eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes, try febreze one. brand 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the greenville county police officer wearing the camera october 20th is deputy ashley cure. >> you cannot touch me! >> reporter: the man she's trying to arrest is 40-year-old sean kaiser who police say was drunk, was already a suspect in a shoplifting case, and tried to run off with his mother's purse to buy more beer. his mother, who's blurred in the video, is seen trying to help. >> let go of me! >> i am stronger than you! >> let go of me! >> i can do whatever [ bleep ] i want. >> let go of me! >> reporter: his son overpowers the deputy. when the deputy breaks free she gets up and fires. but misses the son and accidentally shoots the mother, who stumbles into a chair. the son still coming at her, she shoots again and misses. backup arrives and he's arrested. the son was charged. the deputy was hospitalized with a concussion and is back on the force. the mother is still hospitalized more than a month after this incident. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> thank you, steve. uber now says more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its 1.3 billion u.s. rides in 2018, including 229 rapes. >> as part of a first of its kind safety report the company notes the vast majority, 99.9% of its rides, reported no saty issues. uber says it has enacted stricter background checks for drivers and added safety features to its app, but critics say it needs to do much more to protect passengers and drivers. r. kelly facing new charges involving his late marriage to the late singer aaliyah. new york prosecutors say kelly bribed an illinois government employee to obtain a fake i.d. for his teenage protege, then 15 years old. the i.d. was allegedly used to obtain a marriage license that listed her age as 18 in 1994. their marriage was later annulled. kelly has long denied being aware of aaliyah's age. she died in a plane crash in 2001. colin kaepernick remains unemployed nearly three weeks after his nfl workout but one of the guys he was throwing to has been signed. wide receiver jordan vesey is now with washington. he joined the team's practice squad on wednesday. vesey caught a 50-yard pass that sparked thousands of retweets on twitter. when we come back, the so-called peloton husband hits back at a so-called growing social media outrage. the brand-new song from taylor swift coming up in "the skinny." ck at a so-called growing social media outrage. the brand-new song from taylor swift coming up in "the skinny." taylor swift coming up in "the skinny." ♪ skinny just gimme t ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time now for "the skinny." starting with a growing controversy over a man who wanted his wife skinny no. apparently over this viral christmas commercial we've been talking about about peloton. >> this guy is being called the peloton husband. actor sean hunter playing the part of a husband who gives his wife a peloton bike for christmas because apparently she wanted to get in better shape or lose some weight. >> the ad has faced a lot of criticism on social media, going as far as calling hunter abusive. now he is speaking out in "psychology today" magazine saying he's worried the feedback could not only affect his future acting career but also his current income as an elementary school teacher. >> come on, people, he's an actor. >> and i thought that the level of craziness with this story was like -- had reached its peak, and then -- >> now this. >> this "psychology today" exclusive with this man saying, i'm afraid i won't be able to get an acting job because people are going to see him walking down the street and be like, you're that abusive husband! >> probably not going to happen. >> probably not, right? >> hopefully not. >> talk about delusions of grandeur. >> jack is like -- >> "psychology today" should look into the psychology behind that. >> it was an oscar award-winning performance, wasn't it, jack, from the peloton husband? >> in his own mind it was. >> right. >> the two seconds of sitting there. all right, we have to move on to a special honor for lil nas x. the singer's record-breaking single "old town road" featuring billy ray cyrus is finishing 2019 as the year's top billboard hot 100 song. >> lil nas x, who just turned 20 this year, is the youngest male artist with the year-end hot 100 number one. >> wait, did i know he can't even pop a bottle of champagne legally? >> right. what a huge accomplishment, good for him. >> way to go. >> his story is fascinating. meantime rapper post malone has been crowned billboard's top artist of the year, capping a blockbuster year with his trio of smash albums along with a bunch of hit songs. >> and he's also really young. >> also young. so plenty of room on his face for tattoos. that guy is -- he is talented. >> have you thought about duplicating the look? >> i would but i think abc might have an issue. >> slight. >> but i have no issue with t-swift because we've got some new music from her. >> just crossing our "skinny" breaking news desk overnight, t-swift just 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