And crashed into that overpass. You can see that truck burst into flames. Fortunately the driver only suffered minor injuries. Both lanes of the highway were closed. They are now back open. We know the roads can be treacherous during those winter months, and there is big concern about black ice on the highways. Abcs gio benitez has tips on how to avoid having a black ice accident. Reporter its a worstcase scenario. Vehicles losing control. This deputy nearly hit by an outofcontrol car in wisconsin. To find out how debilitating black ice can be the vehicle can spin out. Wow. Reporter we head to the frigid gm proving ground in milford, michigan. Here they use stateoftheart tiles to simulate icy Road Conditions like invisible black essentially a runway to put its vehicles through the worst winter has to offer. Josh is a chevrolet engineer, and he says some of those scary spinouts likely occur in older cars without antilock brakes or electronic stability control. For our first demonstration, we intentionally disabled those systems. Im only doing 30 miles an hour. But if i slam on the brakes you can see that, with no system active, you can see that i dont have any control. Im just sliding no matter what steering input i put in. Youre turning that wheel, nothings happening. Correct. What should people do when theyre on this road and they see this black ice and they hit the black ice . You can drive across this slippery surface with very light throttle inputs, very slight steering inputs, and the vehicle doesnt spin out of control because theres nothing upsetting the vehicle. Reporter when you do need to turn, no matter what kind of car youre driving, josh says to perform one action at a time. While still in a straight line, gently press on the brake to slow the vehicle. Once at a safe speed, release the brake, and then make your turn. Once the wheel is straight again, thats when you accelerate. Steering combined with braking or accelerating increases your chances of losing control. You should try to do one and only one thing at the same time. Reporter if you cant avoid a fishtail, you want to steer calmly in the direction you want to go. Basically if the rear of the vehicle is moving right, you want to steer to the right. Reporter now we reactivate the antilock brakes and electronic stability control. That tells each wheel when to brake. Now required on all cars and most trucks and suvs built after 2012. Im braking. You can see im steering. The vehicle is going where i want to, its not out of control. When you start turning, thats when you start losing control. The system though is activating, and the system is keeping the car pretty much in control. Reporter josh warns no system is foolproof. His number one tip for all drivers, a simple one. If conditions are inclement out there, slow down. Gio benitez, abc neyork a important things to remember as youre out on the road traveling during this holiday as a the roads are not ideal. Gave the big tip to slow down. But if youre down south, just dont go out, stay off the roads. They go get the bread and milk when they see the forecast. And the liquor. Im just saying. Yes, you do. Oh no, uhuh. We just get the extra milk down there. I heard. I dont hear talk about the liquor. We dont make eye contact in the liquor store. I dont know you. Now to dramatic video of new jersey firefighters rescuing a deer trapped on a frozen pond. The deer was first spotted by concerned drivers who alerted authorities. Firefighters tied ropes around themselves, placed a lasso around the deer, then carefully pulled it across the pond and back onto land. Firefighters dried her off, warmed her up, and turned her over to animal control. To be honest, it is a risk. Were just animal lovers, we dont want to put that deer in that unfortunate danger. Those firefighters have been trained in frozen ice rescues. That deer is okay and animal control officers plan to release it back into the wild. Coming up, Barry Mitchell knows music, he brings us the polka every week. But he also knows books. His top picks of 2019 next. Books. His top picks of 2019 next. Youve tried retinol, but you have never tried one like this. Olays retinol24 complex hydrates better than the 1 retinol. Visibly smoother brighter skin in just 24 hours. A skin upgrade . Crushed it. New olay retinol24. Face anything. Olay. Now available with retinol serum and retinol eye cream. Play that funky music white boy play that funky music now play that funky music its hard to believe they wouldnt pay you more money at abc. Oh, looks like our polka meister, Barry Mitchell, may be the only one to frighten howard stern. Hes taken off the accordion long enough to review sterns latest book and a few other favorites of 2019. I like reading about show business. I also like cat videos. But thats for later. Howard stern fans will love this compilation of his best radio interviews of the past three decades with new essays by stern. I gifted my friend joey the limo driver with it, and he was delighted. Me, i personal dont care about megyn kellys bra size. Nowadays stern presents himself as family friendly, the compassionate judge on americas got talent. He seems to want it both ways, disavowing his shock jock past, while publishing transcripts of those very interviews. You may remember comedian greg geraldo as the writerperformer of lethal putdowns of Comedy Central roasts. Geraldo died in 2010 of an accidental Prescription Drug overdose at age 45. He was a Columbia University and harvard graduate who gave up a promising law career to follow the funny. His videos are all over youtube, and they are funny and worth a look. And so is this biography by matt balaker and wayne jones, greg giraldo a comedians story. Broadway broadway heres a scholarly yet engaging book by conductor lecturer rob capalo, listening for america inside the Great American songbook. He also mentions hamilton. He examines trends in musical theater over the past 100 years as an evolving america finding its voice. He even explains why the iconic song over the rainbow is so beloved. If you laugh at the minister of silly walks and howl at a dead parrot nailed to its perch youll enjoy monty python speaks an oral history by david morgan. This revised and updated edition celebrates 50 years of the british troupe that combined intellectual slapstick, literate and generally farout characters into a show that became a cult hit in america. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what i mean, know what i mean, say no more. And speaking of comedy innovators, Garry Shandling broke us up and broke the fourth wall with his sitcom its Garry Shandlings show. He went on to lampoon latenight talk shows with his groundbreaking series the Larry Sanders show. Shandling died unexpectedly in 2016 at age 66, and his disciple the writer director judd apatow has put together a beautiful homage with its Garry Shandlings book. Apatow had full access to shandlings personal journals and reproduces many of those actual scribblings. Its loaded with photos and testimonials from shandlings comedy contemporaries like Sarah Silverman and jim carrey. This is a book where you should skip the kindle edition, get the actual book. And now, cat videos. No . No cat videos. I also like a good book. You like to read. You pointed out before when im pregnant i like to read. A couple of books, couple next door. It was really just a great thriller that i liked. Ride of a lifetime by the big boss iger. More than enough. In the middle of it right now. You know what i like to read . You. My bladder leak underwear. Orried someone might see so, i switched. 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So the ideal one may be enough to make your skin crawl. Maybe its how they feel. How they use their tongues for smell. Or just stare at you without blinking. But a snake massage may be exactly what you need to channel inner peace and relaxation. At least according to victorias secret model Stella Maxwell who posted on instagram to 4. 3 million followers. This is nuts. Reporter despite my common sense telling me otherwise, i was willing to give it a shot. Serpent tessa was there to help. Shes the former belly dancer turned snake priestess making headlines. I was experiencing a healing in myself where i felt like i came back into my body. Reporter imagine channeling Britney Spears but more. Think bigger. I was feeling everything. Reporter thats right, bliss, from slithering creatures that eat live rodents. Its just like this big muscle that seems to be bigger than any muscle i have. Reporter but soon enough, here we were. These snakes wrapped around my head, one at my feet, and honestly, it felt amazing. It kind of makes my hair stand up on end. Ng ateightens your instincts, keeping you, or at least me, right on the edge of terrifying and thrilling. Because, i mean, a snake wrapped around your neck in any other setting would be absolutely horrifying. But serpent tessa says these snakes in this setting are comfortable. Not feeling threatened, and thus safe. I cant guarantee theyre going to move this way on you or that way. Through the smell we become a nonthreatening part of their environment. I just said, youve got something. Hes already ready to make a slick comment. What is it, moton . It got you ready for the year ahead. Boy did it ever. That was in january, you were a baby back then. I was so naive and young. This morning on world news now, a powerful and deadly storm thats been hammering the southwest is on the move and heading east. Snow stranding drivers on busy highways and flash flooding causing problems. Were tracking this powerful system as the new year is around the corner. Also this morning a break in the case of Barnard College student tessa majors. The nypd locating and uestioning a teen wanted in death. Well have the latest in the investigation. Plus a mom is trying to put an end to lunch shaming, raising thousands of dollars to erase student lunch debt. Her efforts straight ahead. Looking forward to new years fashion. Meet a 66yearold woman who became adental icon and social media superstar. Its friday, december 27th, the final friday of 2019. Good morning, everyone. Final friday. Final friday of 2019. How are you going to spend this final weekend of 2019 . Working. Yeah, thats true, you do work. Everybodys working for the weekend. Then youll see me, im going to her house later. Just telling the people. Its true, he is. So ill see you this weekend. Uhhuh. I hope my travel is much easier than what the travel nightmare was for so many people at the end of the holidays. Absolutely, a severe winter storm has moved out of Southern California, although its lingering in the mountains near los angeles. Heavy christmas night snowfall and those mountains forced the closure of high ways. Drivers were stranded for as much as eight hours. Abcs will carr reports. Reporter snow snarling traffic in the golden state. With millions trying to drive home on the busiest travel day of the Holiday Season. Looks like a car spun out. Reporter just outside of los angeles, a onetwo punch. Up to 2 feet of snow in some places coupled with strong winds. With low visibility, authorities shut down the part of i5 known as the grapevine and part of i15, trapping drivers in whiteout conditions. Never imagined this would happen. Yeah, look around, this is us. Reporter johnny lim stuck eight hours before help finally arrived to get him out. This stranded in the snow overnight, including a truck driver found dead this morning in his rig. The cause of death now under investigation. At lower elevations, torrential rain. Its pretty bad out there. Reporter leaving cars swimming through intersections. One stranded, pushed out by a police cruiser. The l. A. Fire department rescuing a 52yearold man from six feet of cold water overnight. We have a victim back to the shoreline. Reporter racing to get him checked out out for hypothermia. More water recess cause. Massive trees crashing into cars and homes. One man killed by a huge falling redwood in northern california. This is i5 where drivers were stranded for hours. Some tell us it was an absolute nightmare. That storm is now moving to the midwest with more of those blizzard conditions. In los angeles county, will carr, abc news. All right, lets find out exactly where that storm is headed and when it will get there. Kenneth and janai, were talking about rain and snow here across the southwest with lots of travel headaches in and around flagstaff, back towards phoenix and tucson, albuquerque as well, right along i40. That is very tricky for those travelers. And guess what, look at all these watches, advisories that have been posted all across the southwest from Southern California back towards arizona and new mexico. And then carrying in towards the midsection of the country. We also have the rain risk that brings in for some localized flooding. So lots to watch here. Kenneth and janai, well be talking about it. Back to you. All right, chris, thank you. Now to the impeachment battle. President trump has been fired up on twitter aiming his social media assault right at House Speaker nancy pelosi as he vacations at his resort in south florida. The president s newest attack against pelosi addresses homelessness in her San Francisco district. In a tweet the president cited some statistics, then said pelosi quote should focus on that in her very down district and helping her incompetent governor with the big homeless problem. Here in new york a 14yearold has been questioned by police about the murder of College Freshman tessa majors. Police say the boy was found after a twoweek manhunt. While in custody the teen was photographed, fingerprinted, and a sample of his dna was taken. He hasnt been charged and was released into the custody of his family. A 13yearold boy is being held. Hes facing a felony murder charge for majors death. Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil for two men stabbed to death at a nashville bar. One of those victim was 22yearold clayton beathard, younger brother of c. J. Beathard, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. Michael mosley, the suspect, was arrested Christmas Day after several days on the run. Hed been on the states most wanted list. Mosley is due in court this morning. An intense manhunt is under way for two suspects in a deadly Armed Robbery of a dennys restaurant in virginia. Two people were shot including a food Delivery Driver who did not survive. Abcs Adrienne Bankert has more. Reporter a manhunt for these two Armed Robbery suspects who manassas, virginia. The suspects seen entering the restaurant after 2 00 a. M. , one pulling a pistol, the other a baton, demanding cash from employees and customers, ordering 20 people to the ground. One person shot in the stomach and right leg, one person supposedly shot in the head. Reporter one of the men shot a 34yearold customer seated on the floor, cooperating with their orders. Then police say yusuf oscar, picking up a delivery order, unwittingly held the door open for the suspects, the 56yearold hit in the head with a baton then shot to death. Two males, 6 foot, all dressed in black, handguns. Reporter the 34yearold in the hospital with serious injuries but expected to survive. The suspects didnt get away with any money. Police believe this incident is linked to three armed robberies in the area that occurred in the past few days. Wall street opens with this three major averages at record highs. Traders were in a buying mood as they returned to work after christmas. The rally sent the nasdaq to its first close above 9,000 points. That index has risen for 11 straight trading sessions. One of the factors fueling wall streets current rally is how much people are spending. One estimate says this years retail sales for the Holiday Season were nearly 3. 5 higher than last year but online sales were up nearly 19 over last year. Probably not surprisingly because amazon says it just completed its best Holiday Season ever. Lots of amazon orders. Its an annual holiday tradition, regifting those fruitcakes, often dry, stale fruitcakes that no one likes to eat. For a family in suburban dallas, their holiday Treasure Hunt is for a piece of cheese. Theyve been hiding it from grandma for 26 years. It started as a joke but the kids forgot about the cheese. It was still there a year later. So they kept checking it every year. Every year it was still there until finally they showed to it grandma. Before i could tell her what it was, she got that piece of cheese and throws it in her mouth. No, no, no, no we thought that was the funniest thing. Oh, thats a good memory there for them im sure, the laughs will just keep coming about that story for generations to come. Yeah. That is very sweet. These traditions. I know about the fruitcake but i forget about it because im like, who wants a fruitcake . I was going to say, i didnt know people really actually ate or gave fruitcakes you thought it was an urban legend or myth . Like meatloaf. Meatloaf is good, gift me meatloaf. Really . I want that. My friends in college, i used to make my moms meatloaf. I didnt really make it into a loaf, i spread it out. What . A meat sheet . Its a