To you, everyone, on this wednesday. On the 24th anniversary of this little show we called world news now. Im kendis gibson. Still called that. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. And weve been asking why you watch this show. We cannot wait to share your responses. And there are so many people who rupp for differere asons. Whether youre still partying or whether or not their kids keeping them awake. Doctors on shift change. Absolutely. So let us know. Also, though, this morning we do start with these recordbreaking floods that are slamming Southern California right now. The first major el nino storm of the season has brought record rain rain. Nearly 1 1 2 inches of rain poured down on los angeles, and more than two inches in pasadena alone. The rain trigyard a collapse of part of the ceiling at a Marriott Hotel in san diego. And farther north the storms caused p pblems at airport in spokane,e,washington. Abcc rob marciano has that story. Reporter scary moments at spokane airport. A united flight bound for denver skidding off an icy taxiway right into the snow. As we were turning to take off, we kind of just went sideways, kind of like drifting in an airplane. Reporter passengers tweeting photos from the plane. Thankfully, no injuries. Its part of the same el ninofueled system thats slamming the west. From the flooded bay area to van nuys. This man forced to climb out of his car above the rushing waters. At areas burned by wildfires, residents are shoring up homes in case of mudslides. Abcs Andrea Peters is in azusa, california. Take a look what this homeowner homeowners done. Boarded up the side of his home. Seen mud a year ago. Hoping this time with another storm on the way this house may be saved. Reporter meanwhile in the east after a recordbreaking warm december a sudden burst of the coldest air so far this winter, even derailing this train near boston and taking this new yorkers breath away. I was shocked. I was like, the worlds ending. That was my first thought. Reporter that coldir ove the warm Atlantic Ocean e en of north carolina. That cold north wind generating snow pretty much off any large body of water across the eastern third of the country. Here on the Upper West Side of manhattan no snow up the hudson but certainly the coldest air of the season. Will be shortlived. Well see wind chills that will be again in the teens and 20s but then warming up. Lets talk about the west coast. We have several stormds lining up. Had a hardhitting storm come through on tuesday. Wednesday similar timing with heavy rain from San Francisco down to san diego and more waves of moisture coming in thursday, friday, and saturday. Rob marciano, abc news, new york. And breaking news this morning. North korea claims it has tested its own Hydrogen Bomb. Theres no confirmation from other countries, but a strong sides mick event was detected about five miles from the north Korean Nuclear test site. An hour later north korean state tv announced the test, saying it needs to protect itself from the evil threat of america. The National Security council says the u. S. Cannot accept another highly controversialal move by president obama is threatening to further divide the nation over gun control. Making an impassioned plea for a national sense of urgency, the president broke into tears while recalling Mass Shootings including newtown, connecticut. His plan bypasses congress. He says it will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on guns. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. The National Rifle association responded in a statement saying the president s proposals would not have prevented any of the horrific events he mentioned in his news the president s actions yesterday an abuse o o h h power. The alleled accomplice of the couple that staged last months terror attack in San Bernardino will be arraigned today. And the fbi wants the publics help in its investigation of that couples every move, including an 18minute period during which their whereabouts still remain a mystery. Abcs brian ross has that story. Reporter the fbi knows when the attack began and almost everything until it ended, when the husband and wife terrorists, syed fark and Tashfeen Malik, were shot dead in their black suv. But in between, officials said there is an 18minute mystery, an unaccounted gap in their whereabouts not detected by Traffic Cameras or witnesses. We have accounted for three hours and 42 minutes of their time. We are missing 18 minutes of their time. Reporter and the fbi made a plea for the publics help to solve the mystery, showing we want to ensure that if they made contact with anyone that we dont already know about that were able too fully investigate those matters. Rter andndhe fbi also wants to know what happened to the hard drive removed from the killers computer at their home the morning of the attack. The two were tracked to this San Bernardino lake around 11 45 a. M. By the fbi. But a search by divers did not turn up the hard drive or any other evidence on the lake bottom. Solving the 18minute gap mystery is important for the fbi because agents believe that may be when the couple ditched the hard drive of their computer, the hard drive that could provide clues as to other targets that were possible or other people who were involved. Brian ross, abc news, new york. Wow. Also to politics now. And Donald Trumps latest fighting words. The gop frontrunner reprising his doublebarreled attack on the clintons, saying that once again hillary lacks stamina while denying that that was a member of the weaker sex. As for her husband, trump said it would be interesting to ask bill clinton if he has any different if hes any different thanill cosby. He was impeached. He wasnt allowed to practice law. He settled for a tremendnds amou of money. I mean, theres a lot of things going on there. Well, trump also attacked fellow republican ted cruz, saying his canadian birth was a precarious issue. Cruz is challenging trump in the polls, now neck and neck with him in california. As for the democrats, Bernie Sanders blasted wall street in a fiery speech on monday saying the industrys Business Model is flawed. He said that if a bank is too big to fail s too big to exist, and he promised to break them up during his first year as president. Sanders also said that his rival, Hillary Clinton, is too close to the financial industry and that her plan for reform doesot go far enough. We have a health alert this americas changing family dynamics. The cdc says that single moms are the most sleep deprived among all of us. A new survey shows 44 of single moms say they get less tha seven hours of sleep i night, which is a significantly higher percentage than moms in a twoparent family. Men living alone or even single dads are more likely to have more financial resources. And overnight workers are all single moms. Sleep deprivation. Burger king is raising the heat in a battle over cheap fast food. Its new promotion now offers five items for four bucks. That cleverly named 5 for 4 deal cleverly trumps wendys 4 for 4 and mcdonalds 2 for 2, which is two for 2. For their four b bks burger king customers will get a bacon cheeseburger, french fries, Chicken Nuggets and a drink as well as chocolate chip cookie. And a gym membership hopefully along with it. Oh, my gosh. No . This morning were its our 24th anniversary. So to celebrate weve been asking all of you to send in your favorite moment from years past. We got some great responses including some fond memories featuring the former anchor team of paula faris and rob nelson submbmted for yourapproval. Their moment on food on a stick. This is something new from starbucks. What are they called . Cake i was going to say cake balls. But thats not right. Cake puffs . What are they called . Here you go. Cake pops. Itu a little chilly in here. You want to try one . No. Im a popsicle person. Why dont you try that corn dog . Im not putting that in my mouth. Come on. Heck, no. Just the tip. Not going to try that, paula . Have a cake ball. Ive never seen one. Kayna doesnt know this, but we have a special surprise guest. In studio to mark the anniversary. Hi, rob. Oh, hey. Hey, rob. Oh, my gosh. Thats so creepy. Thats so funny. Its just the tip of rob. Oh, man. Only paula could handle that so well. Brian, what are some of the responses were getting . Yes, you guys on social media, we asked you to tell us why youre watctcng. We got some great responses. Star harars tells us on facebook where am i . There i am. I love the anchors. All of them. Theres a few. There are quite a few. Maria ann smi says number one is for the laughs, number two is for the news. I get those other stations with their stuffy boring reports. You make news fun. Whoo. Dont tell my parents i said that. Oh, my god. How old is that person . Youre getting mugs. You get a mug. I dont want to be a party i need espresso in this cup. More than just the water . Were going to keep celebrating. We both went to j school. Cant you tell . Coming up, the real reason why Janet Jackson stepped off the concert stage. Also ahead, giving up social Media Connections for an entire year. Could you break your digital habit . And the woman wanted for a series of Jewelry Store heists in several states. The surveillance pictures, the loot, and whos searching f f her. Youre watching worldldews now. 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Weighs almost 200 pounds. Basically leapt out of the water there. He says as you watch closer he thought it was going to harpoon him. So his instinct maybe to duck and cover could have saved his life. Wow. But did he ever get the fish . That is so scary. Looks like it dove right off the other side. The one that got away. Now to an urgent search for this woman seen robbing Jewelry Stores in at l lst five states. Shes armed. She moves quickly. And may be ready to strike yet again. Abcs Steve Osunsami with more on the suspect. Reporter police say shes armed and dangerous. The young woman with a gun and a fivefingered discount seen here on monday allegedly robbing her sixth Jewelry Store in the last several months. This one in north carolina. Are releasing Surveillance Video from what they say is her biggest robbery of all in panama city, florida on august 10th. Authorities say she made off with nearly 400rand in jewels. They say her m. O. Is always the same, that she likes to take down Outlet Stores where she ties up the salespeople at gunpoint and then steals watches and diamonds, wearing gloves to prevent fingerprints. The day before in Florida Police say this is her in the same store casing the joint, seen here wearing a black dress and looking directly into surveillance cameras. Shes also accused of robbing stores in georgia, South Carolina, and this one in tennessee on october 16th. The fbi says shes probably getting help from thth man, seen th her in images from the first two robberies in georgia. Theres definitely accomplices. Theyre going to do it again and theyre going to get caught. Reporter now a u. S. Jewelry store security associati is offering a 10,000 reward, hoping someone might turn this young woman in. Steve osunsami, abc news, decatur, georgia. Our thanks to steve, and welcome back. He is the father of Bristol Palins newborn daughter. And which hit show may soon the skinny is next. Skinny topping our skinny headlines Bristol Palin and a potential custody battle over her newborn child. She gave birth t t a baby girl saylor grace right before christmas bututas been tightlipped surrounding the identity of the father. Tmz now reporting that dakota meyer, bristols exfiance, has filed legal documents seeking joint custody of the threeweekold. Well, their wedding was called off, you might recall, just days before it was scheduled to go on in may, and a month later she announced she was pregnant. There have been some reports that meyer is seeking child support, but his attorney tells nbc news thats not the case. The attorney adds that he simply seeks to be a part of his daughters life. No word yet from palin on meyers paternityyclaim. Some insighgh now on why Janet Jackson is postponing her unbreakable world tour. Last week s asked for prayers on instagram when she told fans that she had no choice but to postpone the tour. Jackson said she needed surgery. And now according to radaronline after that surgery janets cancerous growth on the 49yearolds vocal cords. s this the second time shes postponed this current tour for medical reasons. Concert dates were also but the on hold in october to giviv her voice a rest. We wish her luck. The hit hbo series rls apparently has an end in sight. This is according to e news. Lena dunhams show will wrap after its sixth season. Season 5 is about to premiere. If youve never seen the show heres a sample. My friend raichsale fully addicted to blueberry red bull. She tells me like with a blue top. I just dont think you understand the nature of female friendship. Youre right. I dont. And i dont want to if it involves avoiding all logic and being totally hysterical. He is awesome. Some great movies as well. Over the past few years girls has become a huge success loved by fans and critics alike, winning a golden globe, an emmy and top honors in the u. K. , a bafta, for its sharp take on the 20somethings in new york city. And the shows creator and star neither nor denied the conclusion of the series. Big fan. Next, star wars the force awakens closing in on vatars record as the highestgrossing film o all time. But merchandise makers are under fi for apparent oversight when it comes to the movies main character, rey, played by daisy ridley. Perhaps because shes a woman. Just saying. Fans are calling out monopoly for not including rey was one of the four main pieces in the board game. The characters they do have are all male including new characters finn and kylo republican, luke skywalker. Joseboro, the maker of monopoly, said in their decision they didn want to give away any major spoilers. Yeah, right. Youre not at all upset about this . But darth vaders in there. Darth vader, what the heck is he doing in there . It makes sense. Movie, so no spoilers. I feel like he would be a popular monopoly piece. That is true. In jail maybe. 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Delsyms advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. All night. Many of you if youre like me youre lost without your android or iphone device. But a popular new years resolution is to stop wasting time on your phone. Exactly. After you download your kemoji. One woman is going on a digital diet and we can learn a lot from her experience. Heres abcs mara schiavocampo. Reportete Darla Bunting has one ambitious new years resolution. Im giving upocial media for an entire year. For the next 365 days darla vows not to use facebook, instagram, snapchat, or twitter. Five minutes here or there turn into hours just scrolling. Reporter the 30yearold education entrepreneur says she was on social media for up to five hours a day and only realized how obsessed she was after giving it all up for one month last year. Im walki to the bus stop, i pull out my phone. I neeee a break from work, i pull out my phone and im scrolling. Reporter but this year she wanted a harder challenge. I have to be honest. Its not easy. I had to delete the apps off of my phone. Reporter levi felix is the founder of Digital Detox, a company that offers phonefree retreats to help people disconnect. Our mission at Digital Detox is to help people reclaim their lives off the screen and gain mindndlness over how much theyre using their devices and when its okay to turn it ofof reporter the retreats offering activities like yoga, art, and medication. Themselves for happiness. And the moment we can start slowing down and say oh, i dont need a like to feel great, thats whe we all feel more connected to each other. Reporter as for darla, she has a long list of things to do in 2016 that dont include looking at her phone. I look forward to going to the gym, saving for a home, spending qualityty time with folks that i love most. Reporter mara schiemavocampo, abc news, new york. Just so you know we have a similar hipster retreat here in new york. Its called williamsburg. Same thing. By the way, you heard mara there. We do have to say congratulations to mara and tommy. And look at that. Oh, my gosh. She gave birth to a baby boy, cruz. Very cute. I think sara haines is next. Yeah. Its their second child for them. Yeah. So cute. Good morning, everybody. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for rie knapp niepn. And im kendis gibson. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Just hours ago north korea claimed it has tested a Hydrogen Bomb. Theres no confirmationn from other countries yet, just condemnation. Rth korea says it needs to protect itself from, quoting here, warmongers like the u. S. Tonya couch, the mother of the socalled affluenza teen ethan couch appeared for an extradition hearing in los angeles where she agreed to be sent to texas to face a felony charge for allegedly helping her son skip out op his paparole. The Militia Group occupying a ploet government compound in oregon is vowing to stay until federal land is turned over to local control. But the local sheriff says steps scenes to resolve this situation. And a new surveve by the cdc shows that single moms are among the most sleep deprived people in america. With nearly half of them reporting that they get less than seven hours a sleep of night. Those are some of our top stories on this wednesday january 6th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start this half hour with the breaking news that developed overseas. Out of north korea. It claims it has tested a Hydrogen Bomb. Andnd theres no confirmation from the u. N. Or other countries. The u. S. , though, keeping a close eye on this and says if its true its unacceptable. Abcs yuki cho is in south korea. Reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv. The secretive nation saying it conduct ed conducted a perfect test of a Hydrogen Bomb. The norths sovereign right to protect against evil warmongers like the united states. The news of the test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear test facilities. Unlike in the past north korea did not give an advance notice to the international community. The nations leader, kim jong un, did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs, far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. The International Condemnation to todays test was swift. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, we absolutely cannot allow this. The u. N. Called it a grave threat to security and a l lely breach of an international treaty. The major concern for the u. S. , with advanced Missile Technology, in tory north korea could possibly hit the mainland united states. But u. S. Officials are skeptical. North korea has often bluffed over what they have, and theres no way to confirm todays claims. Juhi cho, abc news, seoul, south korea. A developing story this storms are hitting the west. Southern california getting slammed with recordsetting trorntial rains tha are flooding roads, trigger mudslides, and inundating entire communities. Nearly an inch and a half of rain fell over l angeles. Pasadena got more than two inches. We want to show you a scene inside a hotel. This is in san diego. The torrential rains too much for the roof of the marriott. It collaps the ceiling there, flooding the lobby. There were no injuries reported. The thing is the worst might yet to have come. More storms threaten the west coast in the next few hours. Here is Paul Williams at accuweather. Paul, good morning. Thanksks kendis, kakaa. Well, its all about el nino and the effect that hes having on the west coast. We have a strong jet along with the moisture building up. And well have a continuous series of storms pushing through that will set the stage for flash flooding. Well have snow levels dropping down to the 4,000foot level and now, what well have is higher temps actually throughout the northeast. Wednesday going into thursday. High pressure system willslide more so toward the east. It will allow for the mild air to finally overtake the entire northeast and give us a break from that singledigit weather. Toward the central part of the country looking for a surge of moist air thats going to overtake and cause problems with flash flooding across the Coastal Region of texas and reaching up toward oklahoma city. Kayna. Our thanks to paul. The next round of trials in the death of freddie gray begins in baltimore next week. Cesar goodson drove the van in which gray died. Hes charged with manslaughter. But 9 first Baltimore Police officer to be brought to trial says he cannot be forced to testify, pleading the fifth. William porters first trial ended in a hung jury. A retrial is set for june. The fbi is trying to solve a mystery from last months terror attack in saab bernardo. Theyve accounted for all but 18 minutes of the terrorist couples time. During the hours between the attack and the fatal shootout with police. Be when they got rid of their computers hard drive. So its asking for the publics help in filling that gap. To washington now and hoping to stem what many call americas rising tide of gun violence. President obama coming under fire for his controversial executive action on gun control. But even as he broke into tears, krit ixz are callinghe president s move an abuse of power. Heres abcs kenneth mouton. Reporter in a defining moment during his last year in Office President obama shed tears as he made good on his promise to act on gun control. Every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. Reporter the 20 firstgraders of the sandy hook massacre. Their families and others pacted by gun violence sat in the audience and stood behind the presesent as he made anoth emotional plea. His executive actions expand background checks requiring all gun dealers to be licensed. The president also plans to ov the fbis background increasing the use of Mental Health information for checks. This is not a plot to take away everybodys guns. You pass a background check, you purchase a firearm. Reporter the nra tweeted the president s plan will do nothing to improve public safety. Gop reaction was safe. Calling it an attack on the second amendment. House Speaker Paul Ryan said, rather than focus on criminals and terrorists, the president goes after the most lawabiding of citizens. President obamas executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens. These orders today i believe are not worth the paper they are written on. If theres an issue related to federal gun laws you ought to go to congress and try to fofoe consensus to make it happen. He cults have this power. R. Reporter the whihi house believes it will sururve any court challenge. Tomorrow president obama will hit the road for a gun remted town hall in virginia. Kend sxis kayna. Strongest criticism now on the democratic frontrunner and it is a doublebarreled attack. Trump saying once again that Hillary Clinton lacks stamina while denying thats a subtle suggestion that shs a member of the weaker sex. As for her husband trump said it would be interesting to ask bill clinton if hes any different than bill cosby. Okay. Lets talk about the democrats because Bernie Sanders is focusing his strongest criticism at the financial industry, telling wall street that greed is not good in a fiery speech in new york he promised to break up the big banks during the first year of his presidency. Abcs cecilia vega was there. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist from vermont, drawing those massive crowds and twice as many donors as president obama had at this stage in 2008, also beating clinton in the polls in his own back yard, new hampshire. E. In new york sanders bringing his fight against Corporate America directly to wall streets front if a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. Reporter sanders pledging to dismantle the nations biggest firms and financial banks within the first year in office. We met up with the senator. [ applause ] thank you. Reporter the mob of supporters there every step of the way. You sound like you despite Corporate America. You sounded angry. What i despise is the greed, is the contempt. Reporter so i asked about that pledge to break up those banks deemed too big to fail. A lot of people are going to ar this promise from you today and say there is no way, it hasnt been done before, this sounds like an Election Year promise. How can you really do this . When enough people demand change, we get change. That is the history of america. This is the history of the civil rights movement. Of the womens movement, of the gay movement. Of any movement that has brought out change 37. Repororr one more promise he told me he hopes donald trump wins the republican nomination. He promises to beat him in a general ele tion by 15 to 20 points. Cecilia vega, abc news, new york. Cecilia, thank you. Americans are buying cars at a record rate. Nearly 17 1 2 million cars were sold nationwide in 2015. That breaks a record set 15 years ago. And analysts predict that if fuel prices remain low another record can be set 24 year. By the way, the ford f150 pickup remains the hottest seller. Thats 34 years in a row. Okay. Weve barely finished off the christmas cookies as yet. Or dessert. But today kicks off mardi gras season. The. The 12th day of cistmas mark the feast of kings. So of course you have to bring in the king and cake. It is the most glorious tradition. I love. There are a lot of cakes braided with simm and plastic. Theres either a plastic like that is baked inside. Little baby jesus. So the perern lucky enough to get a slice with the baby inside then is said to be bestowed with the luck and prosperity of millions and is responsible for throwing the next mardi gras party. The purchasing next years cake. I love king cake. I love new orleans. I got married in new orleans. Is it a different texture than the little pound cake you get from starbucks . Xwrepyes. Its the most glorious in the world. Plus the fooled in new orleans is fantastic. You wouldnt expect anything less from king cake. Coming up its the4th anniversary of world news now. We have some surprises as we celebrate. And also ahead, the controversial hit show on netflix getting so much buzz why making a murderers making some people angry. Also a test drive that could have cost a car salesman his life. After getting locked in a trunk. 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Ohoh. Ill put it back the shelf. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. The cdc is taking new aim on ads for electronic cigarettes. For more than a generation theres been a ban on tv commercials and other types of marketing for regular cigarettes. But there are no restrictions on ads for ecigarettes. A recent survey indndated about 7 out of 10 kids say theyve seen an ecigarette ad. Cdc officials worry ecigarettes may hook a whole new generation on nicotine. In the meantime, a routine test drive took a wild turn on monday. This was crazy. When the car salesman was beaten up and then shoved into the trunk. Two armed suspects still on the loose as the salesman talks about the terrifying ordeal. Kaitlyn mccully from our houston i pulled over. They tried to steal the car. Reporter Jose Martinez is nursing a bruised and bloody face after he survived a kidnapping during aar test drive. They hit me. They put me in the trunk. Reporter martinez was working at a gilman car dealership when he says a man came in wanting to test drive the dodge challenger. Martinez made a copy of the mans drivers license according to Company Policy and they left the parking lot. Then the suspect pulled the car over, hit martinez and stuffed him in the trunk. He hitme. Ey thought they knocked me out. But they didnt. They left the trunk open. I jumped out. I started fighting. Then another guy pulled a gun. He dropped it. I picked it up and shot at him. Reporter according to police, a possible third suspect pulled up and load the injured suspect and another man into a car and drove away. Police found martinez walking took him to the hospital. But lets rewind for a minute. Martinez had his cell phone with him inside the trunk and used it in his escape planan called the cops. Let them know what kind of car i was in, what description it was. Reporter to demonstrate what he was able to do while locked inside the trunk, i climbed inside the back of a dodge challenger. Okay. So he knew this latch was in here, and it glows in the dark. You can see it right there. But before he did that he pulled out his phone and he knew that there was a find my iphone app on his phone. He made sure to hide his phone inside the trunk before pulling the release latch to get out. He saved his life and helped police find the car the suspects ditched. Ill keep working. Reporter the next step for police, finding those suspects. Again, that was Kaitlyn Mccully from our houston station with that report. What an unbelievable story. Geez. Hope he gets better soon. And that they find those people. Coming up, we should point out the headline being that they have found the guys. They got them . Apparentlyly coming up, making a murderer. The popular Netflix Series facing a backlash. Under fire for claims that filmmakers left out critical information about the murder mystery. Youre watching world news now. I believe believe were still worth the fight youll see theres hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe yeah tt2wat 4 bt q9op tt2wat 4 a q c4 tt2wat 4 bm qh8 tt4wat 4 dztq l this has been controversial. But another key player sayay the show isnt very accurate. The story now from abcs linzie davis. Reporter the Netflix Series making a murderer has hundreds of thousands in an uproar after watching the story of steve avery. Who was freed after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit. Not long after, avery is arrested for the murder of theresa hallbeck, a young photographer whose charred remains were found on his property. He wanted us to help him get rid of the body. Reporter the series testimony questioning the states evidence against averyry and hishen teenage nephew. Because i didnt really do it. Reporter the Defense Attorneys suggest he was framed. Youre hearing the evidence of the conspiracy. Reporter avery and his nephew were convicted of hallbecks murder and sentenced to life in prison. Nothing in your life suggests that society would ever be safe from your behavior. Reporter now outraged viewers want them freed. More than 200,000 people have signed a petition on change. Org and another 30,000 are asking for a president iallardon for avery and his nephew. We wanted to present as many sides as we could. But at the same time we also wanted to tell a compelling story. Reporter but in a statement to abc news, prosecutor ken krantz alleges important evidence was left out of the documentary, evidence like avery had drawn a torture chamber while in prison. That avery called the victims job to specifically request hallbeck the day she died. Phone three times, twice using the star 67 feature to hide his identity. Thth filmmakers say they were always concerned with fairness and accuracy. Rom my perspective its a fair representation of what we witnessed going on and that the prosecution and the victims family have voices in the series. We hear them talking about how theyre feeling. We hear the prosecutor talking about why he thinks his case is strong. Reporter when abc news approached netflix, we were told there was no further comment. Linzie davis, abc news, new york. Wow. That is so interesting. I havent started watching it yet. But i will. Yeah, its been very, very popular. And its sort of like its really gone viral. I was watching some of the reaction to this. Mindy kaling tweetg about it, saying makee a murdereror the first serial. I need to know which murder thing to be obsessed with. Oh, no. Putting it all in perspective. Yeah. Were celebrating a big day over here. The birthday of world news now. Tv now, im walking them. 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Donald trumps attacks on bill and Hillary Clinton ramping up even more while hillarys challengng Bernie Sanders makes a Major Campaign promise. Facing justice. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen appears before a judge while details emerge about their trip to mexico. Did mother and son go to a strip club . And later, tonights powerball jackpot, your chance to win 450 million as tickets sell rapidly. Does the quick pick really give you a better chance . Its wednesday january 6th. This is world news now. That really is the defining question of the day. Quick pick or your own numbers . Yes. I dont know. I feel like you do quick pick. Just because its easy and its quick. But well find out whether or not it brings you better odds of winning 450 milon. So much riding on it. But good morning to all of you. Im keena whitt orth. Im in for reena ninan. Its also a really big day around here. It is the 24th anniversary of world news now. So were going to party like were 24. Oh, those were thee days. Ththe were the days. Wereharing your favorite moments all morning long. Brian has his skrillex beats going on in his head. Hes got those moves going. Sadly i dance like a true white guy too. No. But i can swim. Lets get started with the news of this half hour. President obamas controversial executive action on gun control. He really m me a passionate call for a national sense of urgency. The president actually broke into tears as he bypassed congress to push his gun safety agenda that he says will make it harder for criminals t get their hands on guns. But critics call his action executive overreach. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter the president making headlines for more than his controversial move. But his tears as well. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a a bullet from a gun, reporter those children the victims of sandy hook. And behind the president families of victims from countless shooting rampages. He remembers them all and the daily carnage as well. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. When a tear was coming down his face and what did you think when you saw that . I thought that was authentic. I think hes met his fair share of survivors like us. Reporter but his tears drawing fire too. Mr. Obama taking executive action on his own, narrowing the lohole that allows weapons to be bought without a background check at gun shows and online. Hiring more agents to conduct background checks. And asking congress for 500 million to provide better access to mental heaeah services. But opopnents were equally determined. The National Rifle association issued a statement saying the proposals won not have prevented any of the horrific events he mentioned. And gop president ial candidates president obamas executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens. These orders today i believe are not worth the paper they are written on. If theres an iue related to federal gun laws he ought to go to congress and try to forge consensus to make it happen. He doesnt have this power. Reporter one of the countrys most intractable sues for which there are no easy answers. Pierre thomas, abc news, at the white house. Also now this morning there is a new 18minute gap mystery involving the terror couple who carried out the San Bernardino attacks. Investigators know almost everything about that shooting, when it began, when the terrorist couple were killed in that shootout with police, but theres this period the fbi cannot account for and it wants the public health. What weree syedd farook and Tashfeen Malik during t tse 18 minutes. They want to make sure if they made contact with anyone we dont already know about that were able to fully investigate those matters. Grap may be when the couple ditched their computers hard drive. Alleged accomplice Enrique Marquez jr. Is in court for an arraignment. Overnight north korea claiming it successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb this morning. The first indication was a seismic event about five miles from north Koreas Nuclear test site. Then an anchorwoman a35erd on tv confirming the test on state television saying there were no negative effects on the environment. She sadded north edadded north korea has a sovereign right to protect itself from warmongers like the u. S. Donald trump taking on both hillary and bill clinton but also ted cruz, whos nipping at his heels. And then nipping at hillarys heels, bernie sders with a big speech on banks. Abcsrandi hitt with the lineup. Reporter donald trump doubling down and targeting both clintons. Hillary called me sexist. When she said that, i said, well, your husbands campaigning, its open season. Reporter asking if theres a difference between bill clinton and bill cosbys sex scandal. Youd almost have to ask bill clinton that problem, that question. It would be a very interesting question to someday ask him. Theres certainly is a lot of very strong charges against him and thats pretty bad stuff. Reporter the form yes presididt isow out campaigning for his wife while she hits the trail hard in iowa, giving this response to msnbcs hardball. We should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric. Reporter meantime her, democratic opponent Bernie Sanders is drawing large crowds as he vows to break up the nations biggest banks. Its going to be a white house which is prepared to take on the greed of wall street, of Corporate America. Reporter both marco rubio and ted cruz are also in iowa with trump now taking aim at american mother, telling the Washington Post its a very precarious issue. I tweeted out a response to Donald Trumps rizing questions about my naturalborn citizenship. It was a link to fonzie jumping the shark. And i think im going to let my response stick with that tweet. Reporter brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. And one more political note for you. An announcement from the republican South Carolina governor nicki haley will deliver the gops response after president obamas state of the union addresesnext tuesday. Hailey made waves when she called for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the state house grounds after the massacre at Mother Emmanuel Church in charleston. A chicagoarea Christian College now wants to fire a head scarfwearing professor. Laurisia hawkins made headlines last month when she started wearing the hijab to show solidarity with muslims. She got into troubng with her employer was when she declared that christians and muslims worship the same god. Within its line off view. A a u. S. Marine is accused of road rage killing on newyears eve. Sarah mussquackner was a university of north texas student acting as the designated driver for friends after a party. Police say that shots were fired at her car and marine Corporal Eric Jamal Johnson is responsible. Johnson was arrested at his military base in arizona. Were going to turn our attention to the weather, extreme weather in the west. The first major el nino storm of the season has slammed california with record rains. Flooding roads, s sanding motorists. Inundating buildings as well and turning back yards into raging rivers. Up to 3 1 2 inches of rain predicted to fall across the coastal and valley areas of Southern California through saturday. With 5 inches falling in the mountain areas. Not good at all. And in san diego the torrential rains were too much for the roof of this Marriott Hotel. Collapsing the ceiling and flooding the lobby. Fortunately no injuries reported still be yet ahead. More storms threaten the west coast in the hours ahead. We turn to Paul Williams at accuweather. Paul, goooo morning. Thank you, kayna, kepd isndis. El nino inspired storms. This jet stream ll keep it very much wet throughout the Southern California area. The moisture surge and that strong jet, that combination is going to bring a serious and significant amount of misery for the west coast in the form of flash flooding around the los angeles area, as far north as San Francisco, and over toward the east well have the warm mild air running to the rescue. High pressure moves ouou warm air moves in. Kendis, kayna. Paul, thank you. 2015 pretty good year for amazon. The Online Retail giant says customers ordered more than 23 million items on cyber monday from byes selling on amazon. That is 40 more than the previous year. Amazon also says it shipped more its fulfillment by amazon service. Im so responsible for like 60 of that. Are you . Im sure. Yeah. Me as well. Late at night. Totally sober working on amazon. Today is a very special day here for all of us, as you know. It is the anniversary of this very show youre watching right now. I think thats so cool. Soow old is world news now, you might ask. Kendis is leaving already. Oh, no, no. Okay. Sorry. If the show is a person its old enough to survive. Its old enough to vote. My hat doesnt fit in the screen or on my head. Wow. Or if it was a taylor swift song youd be singing youre feeling 24. Shes going to have one of those, you know it. By the way, we asked you to celebrate, all of you insomniacs out there. We wanted you to share your favorite memories on social media. We dug up an oldie but a goodie. Nearly 20 years ago. The tickle me elmo w w a thing on the anchor desk. What is going on with elmo . Elmo. Please. I didnt know elmo did that. Okay. This is world news now. So elmos still doing that. By the way, in honor of this big day were asking you on social media a simple question. So cute. Why are you watching us . Why . Dont get us wrong. We appreciate every single viewer. And both of you know who you are. But its the middle of the night. Facebook, twitter, instagram, and email. 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Apprehended in mexico last week after he violated his probation in a drunk drunk driving crash that killed four people. Couchs mother meanwhile has already been deported to the u. S. And appeared for an extradition hearing in los angeles yesterday. Tonya couch has agreed to be sent from california to texas to faes a criminal charg of hindering apprehension. Abcs matt gutman is on the case. Reporter when ethan couch visited this mexican strip club last month, sources tell abc news he brought someone with him. His mother. Staff at the harem strip club say the 18yearold affluenza teen proceeded too order beer afte beerer and when his mother left, he stayed for lap dces in the vip room, ultimately racking up a 1,000 bill. When he couldnt pay it, sources say a waiter brought him to this resort, where his mother also didnt have the catch. He left his rolex as collateral. Hes now in this mexican detention center. His lawyer meeting him for the first time. Reporr his mother whisked to the u. S. In a los angeles courtroom waiving her right to fight extradion to texas. Politely answering the judges questions. Yes, i do. Our biggest concern is this has become less about the law and whether she broke the law and more about retribution. Reporter tonyas Attorney Says her client has broken no texas law. Its been a hard fall for the suburban mom. She hasnt been allowed to change her clothes since she was taken from mexico on wednesday. And her attorney tells me he will likely remain in texas because she wont be able to make that milliondollar bail. Matt gutman,bc news, los angeles. Coming up in our next half hour, on th run,he brazen thief wanted across five states for stealing thoands in jewelry. Tying up her victims at gunpoint and sporting a different look while she cases the stores ahead of time. But first, hacking the jackpot. You cant really do that. Should know about obsessing that massive powerful payday. Youre watching world news now. There are 16 million children struggling with hunger in america. Thats 1 in 5 daughters, sons, neighbors, and assmates who donttnow where their next meal is coming frfrm. Yet billions of pounds of f od food go to waststevery year. Its time we do something about it. Feeding america is a nationwide network of food banks that helps provide meals to millions of kids and families in need. Together we can solve hunger. Together, were feeding america. Luck be a lady tonight luck be a lady tonight id love to meet that lady tonight because theres certainly a lot of luck involved with the lottery. Filter. But is it better to go with i know. Your numbers or try your hand with the quick picks . Id just like you to assume it is a lady winning. Im all about. Frank said it. I know, he did. How much might you come away with if you take the cash option . Theseeuestions and more now handled by cs nickatt. Repororr a 2 ticket getss you in the game but which snubs 55 has been drawn just 95 times. 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And s s says she does this to try to help others conquer fears. She says they tingle a little bit, is a little painful but its sort of a Performance Art to help people go through this. They call her the bee queen, not to be confused with queen bey, of course. Theres no way. I got stung by a bee last year in the neck, by the way. Thats insane. She could call you a wimp. Probably. Now i think to probably the best video youve seen in a really long time. Thank you for wringng the if youre a dog owner, you know exactly what these people are going through. When they come home, their couch totally torn apar. Thats bad enough, right . Then what . Their husky is stuck inside the couch with its head sticking out. Apparently had chased a mouse in through the couch and tore it apart and then got stuck. By the way, the husky is just fine in all of this. Its one thing to lose your couch, but its another thing to have your dog they still have a mouse problem. 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Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. And we do say good morning wednesday. On the 24th anniversary of this little show we called world news now. Im kendis gibson. Still called that. It is. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. And weve been asking about y you watch this show. We cannot wait to share your responses. And there are so many people who are up for different reasons. Whether youre still partying or whether or not their kids keeping them awake. Doctors on shift change. Absolutely. So let us know. Also, though, this morning we do start with these recordbreaking floods that are slamming Southern California right now. The first major el nino storm of the season has brought record rain. Nearly 1 1 2 inches of rain poured down on los angeles, and more than two inches in pasadena alone. The rain triggered a collapse of part of the ceiling at a Marriott Hotel in san diego. And farther north the storms caused problems at the airport in spokane, washgton. Abcs rob marciano has that story. Reporter scary moments at a united flight bound for denver with 166 passengers on board skidding off an icy taxiway right into the snow. As we were turning to take off, we kind of just went sideways, kind of like drifting in an airpla. Reporter passengers tweeting photos from the ane. Thankfully, no injuries. Its part of the same el ninofueled syem thats slamming the west. From the flooded bay area to van nuys. This man forced to climb out of his car above the rushing waters. At areas burned by wildfires, residents are shoring up homes in case of mudslides. Abcs Andrea Peters is in azusa, california. T te a look what this homeowners donene boarded up the side of his home. Seen mud a year ago. Hoping this time with another orm on the way this house may be saved. Reporter meanwhile in the east after a recordbreaking warm december a sudden burst of the coldest air so far this winter, even derailing this train near boston and taking this new yorkers breath away. I was shocked. I was like, the worlds ending. Reporter that cold air over the warm Atlantic Ocean even bringing snow to the outer banks of north carolina. That cold north wind generating snow pretty much off any large body of water across the eastern third of the country. Here on the Upper West Side of manhattan no snow up the hudson but certainly the coldest air of the season. Will be shortlived. Well see wind chills that will be again in the teens and 20s but then warming up. Lets talk about the west coast. We have several storms lining up. Had a hardhitting storm come through on tuesday. Weesday similar timing with heavy rain from San Francisco down to san diego and more waves of moisture comingn thursday, friday, and saturday. Rob marciano, abc news, new york. And breaking news this morning. North korea claims it has tested its own Hydrogen Bomb. Theres no confirmation from other countries, but a strong seismic event was detected about five m mes from the north Korean Nuclear test site. An hour later north korean state tv announced the test, saying it needs to protect itself from the evil threat of america. The National Security council says the u. S. Cannot accept another highly controversial move by president obama is threatening to further divide the nation over gun control. Making an impassioned plea for a national sense of urgency, the president broke into tears while recalling Mass Shootings including newtown, connecticut. His plan bypasses congress. He says it will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on guns. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. The National Rifle association responded in a statent saying the president s proposals would not have prevented any of the horrific events he mentioned in his news conference. And many republicans a a calling yesterday an abuse of his power. The alleged accomplice of the couple that staged last months terror attack in San Bernardino will be arraigned today. And the fbi wants the publics help in its investigion of that couples every move, including an 18minute period during which their whereabouts still remain a mystery. Abcs s ian ross has that story. Repororr the fbi knows whehe the attack began and almost everything until it ended, when the husband and wife terrorists, syed farook and Tashfeen Malik, were shot dead in their black suv. But in between, officials said there is an 18minute mystery, an unaccounted gap in their whereabouts not detected by Traffic Cameras or witnesses. We have accounted for three hours and 42 minutes of their time. We are missing 18 minutes of their time. Reporter and the fbi made a pictures of their vehicle. We e nt to ensure that if they made contact with anyone that we dont t ready know about that were able to fully investigate those matts. Reporter and the fbi also wants to know what happened to the hard drive removed from the killers computer at their home the morning of the attack. The two were tracked to this San Bernardino lake around 11 45 a. M. By the fbi. But a search by divers did not turn up the hard drive or any her evidence on the lake bottom. Solving the 18minute gap mystery is important for the fbi because agents believe that may be when the couple ditched the hard drive of their computer, the hard drive that could provide e ues as to other targets that were popoible or other people who were involved. Brian ross, abc news, new york. Wow. Also to politics now. And Donald Trumps latest fighting words. The gop frontrunner reprising his doublebarreled attack on the clintons, saying that once again hillary lacks stamina subtle suggestion that she is a member of the weaker sex. As for her husband, trump said it would be interesting to ask bill clinton if he has any different if hes any different than bill cosby. He was impeached. He wasnt alloweweto practice law. He settled for a tremendous amount of money. I mean, theres a lot of things going on there. Well, trump also attacked fellow republican ted cruz, saying his canadian birth was a precarious issue. Cruz is challenging trump in the polls, now neck and neck with him in california. As for the democrats, Bernie Sanders blasted wall street in a fiery speech on monday saying the industrys Business Model is flawed. He said that if a bank is too big to fail its too big to exist, and he promised to break them up during his first year as president. Sanders also said that his rival, Hillary Clinton, is too close to the financial industry and that her plan for reform does not go far enough. We have a health alert this morning about lack of sleep and americas changing family are the most sleep deprived among all of us. A new survey shows 44 of single moms say they get less than seven hours of sleep a night, which is a significantly higher percentage than moms in a twoparent family. Women liling alone or even single dads are more likely to have more financiaiaresources. And overnight workers are all single moms. Sleep deprivation. Burger king is raising the heat in a battle over cheap fast food. Its new promotion now offers five items for fr bucks. That cleverly named 5 for 4 deal trumps wendys 4 for 4 and answers mcdonalds new mcpick 2 for 2, which is two for 2. For their four bucks burger king customers will get a bacon cheeseburger, french fries, Chicken Nuggets and a drink as well as chocolate chip cookie. And a gym membership hopefully along with it. Oh, my gosh. No . This morning were celebrating a very special day. So to celebrate weve been asking all of you to send in your favorite moment from years past. We got some great responses including some fond meries featuring the former anchor team of paula faris and rob nelson submitted for your approval. Their moment on food on this is something n n from starbucks. What are they called . Cake i was going to say cake balls. But thats not right. Cake puffs . What are they called . Here you go. Cake pops. Its a little chilly in here. You want to try one . No. Im a popsicle person. Ill tack a popsicle. Why dont you try that corn dog . Im not putting that in my mouth. Come on. Heck, no. Just the tip. Not going to try that, paula . Have a cake ball. Ive neveseen one. They look good, though. Thats awesome. Kayna doesnt know this, but we have a special surprise guest. Rob has decided to join us here in studio to mark the anniversary. Oh, hey. Hey, rob. Oh, my gosh. Thats so creepy. Thats so funny. Its just the tip of rob. Oh, man. Only paula could handle that so well. Brian, what are some of the responses were getting . Yes, you guys on social media, we asked you to tell us why youre watching. We got some great responses. Star harris tells us on facebook where am i . There i am. I love the anchors. All l them. Theres a few. Tre are quite a few. Maria ann smith says number one is for the laughs, number two is for the news. I get those other stations with their stuffy boring reports. You make news fun. Whoo. Dont tell my parents i said that. Oh, my god. How old is that person . Youre getting mugs. You get a mug. You get a mug. I dont want to be a party pooper but at is hour i think i need espresso in this cup. More than just the water . Cant you tell . Coming up, the rl reason why Janet Jackson stepped off the concert stage. Also ahead, giving up social Media Connections for an entire year. 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To get your toilet truly clean, why choose anything other than the power of lysol . And to keep it that way for up to 4 weeks a new years fishing trip in australia nearly turned deadly for connor cogan. Hes in the blue shirt there. So watch what happens. This marlin oh. Weighs almost 200 pounds. Basically leapt out of the water there. He says as you watch closer he thought it was going to harpoon him. So his instinct maybe to duck and cover could have saved his life. Wow. But did he eveveget the fish . That is so scary. Looks like it dove right off the ototr side. The one t tt got away. Right. Now to an urgent search for this woman seen robbing Jewelry Stores in at least five states. Shes armed. She moves quickly. And may be ready to strike yet again. Abcs Steve Osunsami with more about the suspect. Reporter police say shes armed and dangerous. The young woman with a gun and a fivefingered discount seen here on monday allegedly robbing her sixth Jewelry Store in the last this one in north carolina. State and federal authorities are releasing Surveillance Video from what they say is her biggest robbery of all in panama city, florida on august 10th. Authorities say she made off with nearly 400 grand in jewels. They say her m. O. Is always the same, that she likes to take down Outlet Stores where she ties up the salespeople at gunpoint and then steals watches and diamonds, wearing gloves to prevent fingerprints. The day before in Florida Police say this is her in the same store casing the joint, seen here weari a black dress and looking directly into surveillance cameras. Shes also accused of robbing stores in georgia, South Carolina, and this one in tennessee on october 16th. E fbi says shes probably getting help from this man, seen with her in images from the first two robberies in georgia. Theres definitely accomplices. Theyre going to do it again and theyre going to get caught. Reporter now a u. S. Jewelry store Security Association is offering a 10,000 reward, hoping someone might turn this young woman in. Steve osunsami, abc news, decatur, georgia. Our thanks to steve, and welcome back. Coming up, the man who says palins newborn daughter. And which hit show may soon the skinny is next. G to an end . The skinny is next. Skinny so skinny topping ouskinny headlines Bristol Palin and a potential custody battle over the 25yearold daughter of former Vice President ial candidate sarah palin gave birth to a baby girl, sailor grace, right before christmas, but has been tightlipped surrounding the identity of the father. Tmz now reporting that dakota meyer, bristols exfiance, has filed legal documents seeking joint custody of the threeweekold. Well, their wedding was called off, you might recall, just days before it was scheduled to go on in may, and a month later she announced she was pregnant. There have been some reports that meyer is seeking child support, but his attorney tells nbc news thats not the case. The attorney adds that he simply seeks to be a part of his daughters life. No word yet from palin on meyers paternity claim. Some insight now on why Janet Jackson is postponing her unbreakable rld tour. Last week she asked for prayers on instagram when she told fans that she had no choice but to postpone the tour. Jackson said she needed surgery. And now according to radaronline after that surgery janets doctors have found a potentially 49yearolds vocal cords. This is the second time she postponed this current tour for medical reasons. Concert dates were also put on hold in october to give her voice a rest. We wish her luck. The hit hbo series girls apparently has an end in sight. This is according to e news. Na dunhams show will wrap after its sixth season. Well, if youre a fan of the show, maybe you are not too sad. Season 5 is about to premiere. If youve never seen the show heres a sample. My friend rachel is fully addicted to blueberry red bull. And she always tells me she hasnt had one. She tells me like with a blue tongue. I just dont think you understand the nature of female friendship. Youre right. I dont. And i dont want to if it involves ignoring all logic and being totally hysterical. He is awesome. Some great movies as well. Over the past few years girls has become a huge success loved by fans and critics alike, winning a golden globe, an emmy and top honors in the u. K. , a bafta, for its sharp take on the 20somethings in new york city the shows creator and star neither confirmed nor denied the conclusion of the series. Big fan. Next, star wars the force awakens closing in on avatars record as the highestgrossing film of all time. But merchandismakers are under re for apparent oversight when it comes to the movies main character, rey, played by daisy ridley. Perhaps because shes a woman. Just saying. Fans are calling out monopoly for not including rey as one of the four main pieces in the board game. The charters they do have are all male including new characters finn and kylo ren and favorites luke skywalker, darth vader. Hasbro, the maker of monopoly, said in their decision they didnt want to give away any major spoilers. Yeah, right. Yeah, right. Youre not at all upset about this . But darth vaders in there. Darth vader, what the heck is he doing there . It makes sense. First of all, i havent seen the movie, so no spoilers. I feel like he would be a popular monopoly piece. In jail maybe. R monopoly piece. That is true. In jail maybe. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i i ve gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. 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One woman is going on a digital diet and we can all learn a lot from her experience. Heres abcs mara schiavocampo. Reporter Darla Bunting has one ambitious new years resolution. Im giving up social media for an entire year. Reporter shes going on a Digital Detox. Snapchat, or twitter. Five minutes here or there turn into hours just scrolling. Reporter the 30yearold education entrepreneur says she was on social media for up to five hours a day and only realized how obsessed she was after giving it all up for one month last year. Im walking to the bus stop, i pull out my phone. I need a break from work, i pull out my phone and im scrolling. Reporter but this year she wanted a harr challenge. I have to be hohost its not easas i had to delete e apps off of my phone. Reporter levi felix is the founder of Digital Detox, a company that offers phonefree retreats to help people disconnect. Our mission at Digital Detox is to help people reclaim their lives off the screen and gain mindfulness over how much theyre using their devices and when its okay to turn it off. Reporter the retreats offering activitielike yoga, art, and medication. Humans should be looking into d the moment we can n art slowing down and say oh, i dont need a like to feel great, thats when we all feel more connected to each other. Reporter as for darla, she has a long list of things to do in 2016 that dont include looking at her phone. I look forward to going to the gym, saving for a home, spending quality time with folks that i love most. Reporter mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. Something to think about. Just so you know we have a similar hipster retreat here in new york. Its called williamsburg. Same thing. By the way, you heard mara there. We do have to say congratulations to mara and tommy. And look at that. Oh, my gosh. She gave birth to a baby boy, cruz. Very cute. I think sara haines is next. Yeah. I think so. Its their second child for them, right . So cute. Good morning, everybody. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. And im kendis gibson. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Just hours ago north korea claimed it has tested a Hydrogen Bomb. Theres no confirmation from other countries as yet, just condemnation. North korea says it needs the bomb to protect itself from, quoting here, warmongers like the u. S. Full details in a moment. Tonya couch, the mother of the socalled affluenza teen ethan couch, appeared for an extradition hearing in los angeles where she agreed to be sent to texas to face a felony charge for allegedly helping her son skip out on his parole. The Militia Group occupying a remote government compound in oregon is vowing to stay until federal land is turned over to local control. But the local sheriff says steps are being taken behind the scenes to resolve this and a new survey by the cdc shows that single moms are among the most sleep deprived people in america. With nearly half of them reporting that they get less than seven hours a sleep of night. Those are some of our top stories on this wednesday january 6th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Were going to start this half hour with the breaking news that developed overseas. Out of north korea. It claims it has tested a Hydrogen Bomb. And theres no confirmation from the u. N. Or other countries. The u. S. , though, keeping a close eye on this and says if its true its u ucceptable. Abcs yuki cho is in south korea. Reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv. The secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect test of a Hydrogen Bomb. The news anchor talking about the norths sovereign right to protect itself from evil states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. Unlike in the past north korea did not give an advance notice to the international community. The nations leader, kim jong un, did mention a month ago that they could miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs, far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. The International Condemnation to todays test was swift. Japans Prime Minister saying this morning, we absolutely cannot allow this. The u. N. Called it a grave threat to security and a likely breach of an international treaty. The major concern for the u. S. , with advanced Missile Technology, in theory north korea could possibly hit the mainland united states. But u. S. Officials are skeptical. North korea has often bluffed over what they have, and theres no way to confirm todays claims. Juhi cho, abc news, seoul, south korea. Morning, the first major el nino storms are hitting the west. Southern california getting slammed with recordsetting torrential rains that are flooding roads, triggering mudslides, and inundating entire communities. Nearly an inch and a half of rain fell over los angeles. Pasadena got more than two inches. We want to show you a scene insi a hotel. This is in san diego. The torrential rains too much for throof of the marriott. It collapsed the ceiling there, flooding the lobby. There were no injuries reported. The thing is the worst might yet to have come. More storms threaten the west coast in the next few hours. Here is Paul Williams at accuweather. Paul, good morning. Thanks, kendis, kayna. Well, its all about el nino and the effect that hes having on the west coast. We have a strong jet along with the moisture building up. And well have a continuous series of storms pushing through that will set the stage for flash flooding. Well have snow levels dropping down to the 4,000foot level and high surf as a result of that. Now, what well have is higher temps actually throughout the wednesday going into thursday. High pressure system will slide more so toward the east. It will low for the mild air to finally overtake the entire northeast and give us a break from that singledigit weather. And towards the central part of the country were looking for a surge of moist air thats going to overtake and cause problems with flash flooding along the Coastal Region of texas and reaching up toward oklahoma city. Kendis . Kayna . Our thanks to paul. The next round of trials in the death of freddie gray begins in baltimore next week. Cesar goodson drove the van in which gray died. Hes charged with manslaughter. But 9 first Baltimore Police officer to be brought to trial says he cannot be forced to stify, pleading the fifth. William porters first trial ended in a hung jury. A retrial is set for june. The fbi is trying to solve a mystery from last months terror attack in San Bernardino. Theyve accounted for all but 18 minutes of the terrorist couples time. During the hours between the the fbi thinks that that might be when they got rid of their computers hard drive. So its asking for the publics help in filling that gap. To washington now and hoping to stem what many call americas rising tide of gun violence. President obama coming under fire for his controversial executive action on gun control. But even as he broke into tears, critics are calling the president s move an abuse of power. Heres abcs kenneth mouton. Reporter in a defining moment during his last year in Office President obama shed tears as he made good on his promise to act on gun control. Every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. Reporter the 20 firstgraders of the sandy hook massacre. Their families and others impacted by gun violence sat in the audience and stood behind the president as he made another emotional plea. His executive actions expand background checks requiring all gun dealers to be licensed. The present also plans to overhaul the fbis background check system and calls for Health Information for checks. This is not a plot to take away everybodys guns. You pass a background check, you purchase a firearm. Reporter the nra tweeted the president s plan will do nothing to improve public safety. Gop reaction was safe. Calling it an attack on the second amendment. House Speaker Paul Ryan said, rather than focus on criminals and terrorists, the president goes after the most lawabiding of citizens. President obamas executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens. These orders today i believe are not worth the paper they are written on. If theres an issue related to federal gun laws you ought to go to congress and try to forge consensus to make it happen. He cults have this power. Reporter the white house believes it will survive any court challenge. Tomorrow president obama will hit the road for a gun control town hall in virginia. Kendis and kayna . Donald trump is focusing his strongest criticism now on the is a doublebarreled attack. Trump saying once again that Hillary Clinton lacks stamina while denying thats a subtle suggestion that shes a member of the weaker sex. As for her husband, trump said it would be interesting to ask bill clinton if hes any different than bill cosby. Okay. Lets talk about the democrats because Bernie Sanders is focusing his strongest criticism at the financial industry, telling wall street that greed is not good. In a fiery speech in new york he promised to break up the big banks during the first year of his presidency. Abcs cecilia vega was there. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist from vermont, drawing those massive crowds and twice as many donors as president obama had at this stage in 2008, also beating clinton in the polls in his own back yard, new hampshire. In new york sanders bringing his fight against Corporate America directly to wall streets front if a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. Reporter sanders pledging to dismantle the nations biggest banks and Financial Firms within the first year in office. We met up with the senator. [ applause ] thank you. Reporter the mob of supporters there every step of the way. You sound like you despite Corporate America. You sounded angry. What i despise is the greed, is the contempt. Reporter so i asked about that pledge to break up those banks deemed too big to fail. A lot of people are going to hear this promise from you today and say there is no way, it hasnt been done before, this sounds like an Election Year promise. How can you really do this . When enough people demand change, we get change. That is the history of america. This is the history of the civil rights movement. Of the womens movement, of the gay movement. Of any movement that has brought about change. Reporter one more promise from Bernie Sanders. Wins the republican nomination. He promises to beat him in a general election by 15 to 20 points. Cecilia vega, abc news, new york. Cecilia, thank you. Americans are buying new cars at a record rate. Nearly 17 1 2 million cars were sold nationwide in 2015. That breaks a record set 15 years ago. And analysts predict that if fuel pris remain low another record can be set this year. By the way, the ford f150 pickup remains the hottest seller. Thats 34 years in a row. Okay. Good job. Weve barely finished off the christmas cookies as yet. Or dessert. But believe it or not, today kicks off mardi gras season. Mardi gras. The 12th day of christmas marking the feast of kings. So of course you have to bring on the king cake. It is the most glorious tradition. I love it. Theyre elaborate cakes braided with sin with cinnamon and plastic. Theres either a plastic like that one or a porcelain baby little baby jesus. So the person lucky enough to get a slice with the baby inside then is said to be bestowed with the luck and prosperity of millions and is responsible for throwing the next mardi gras party. And purchasing next years cake. I love king cake. I love new orleans. I got married in new orleans. We had king cake a few days before. Is it a different texture than just regular little pound cake ill get from starbucks in. Yes. Its just the most glorious thing in the world. Plus the food in new orleans is top notch. Sow wouldnt expect any less from king cake, right . Yes. Sorry i asked. Dont let the colors fool you. Coming up its the 24th anniversary of world news now. We have some surprises as we celebrate. And also ahead, the controversial hit show on netflix getting so much buzz. Why making a murderer is making some people angry. Also a test drive that could have cost a car salesman his life. What he did to save his own life now. Announcer world news now weather. 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Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. The cdc is taking new aim on ads for electronic cigarettes. For more than a generation theres been a ban on tv commercials and other types of marketing for regular cigarettes. Ads for ecigarettes. A recent survey indicated about 7 out of 10 kids say theyve seen an ecigarette ad. Cdc officials worry ecigarettes may hook a whole new generation on nicotine. In the meantime, a routine test drive took a wild turn on monday. This was crazy. When the car salesman was beaten up and then shoved into the trunk. Two armed suspects still on the loose as the salesman talks Kaitlyn Mccully from our houston station is working the story. I pulled over. They tried to steal the car. Reporter Jose Martinez is nursing a bruised and bloody face after he survived a kidnapping during a car test drive. They hit me. They put me in the trunk. Reporter martinez was working at a gilman car dealership when he says a man came in wanting to test drive the dodge challenger. Martinez made a copy of the mans drivers license according to Company Policy and they left the parking lot. Then the suspect pulled the car over, hit martinez and stuffed him in the trunk. He hit me. They thought they knocked me out. But they didnt. They left the trunk open. I jumped out. I started fighting. Then another guy pulled a gun. He dropped it. I picked it up and shot at him. Reporter according to police, a possible third suspect pulled up and loaded the injured suspect and another man into a car and drove away. Police found martinez walking along the side of the road and but lets rewind for a minute. Martinez had his cell phone with him inside the trunk and used it in his escape plan. Called the cops. Let them know what kind of car i was in, what description it was. Reporter to demonstrate what he was able to do while locked inside the trunk, i climbed inside the back of a dodge challenger. Okay. So he knew this latch was in here, and it glows in the dark. You can see it right there. But before he did that he pulled out his phone and he knew that ere was a find my iphone app on his phone. He made sure to hide his phone inside the trunk before pulling the release latch to get out. He saved his life and helped police find the car the suspects ditched. Ill keep working. Reporter the next step for police, finding those suspects. Our thanks to Kaitlyn Mccully from our houston station with that report. What an unbelievable story. Talk about a bad day at work. Hopefully hes going to be on the mend soon. But man, that is an unbelievable story up and down. And were hoping they find those guys soon, the ones responsible. Coming up, making a murderer. The popular Netflix Series face a backlash. Claims filmmakers left out critical information about the murder mystery itself. Well talk about that and a whole lot more, up next. Youre watching world news now. I believe believe were still worth the fight youll see theres hope for this world tonight i believe, i believe yeah tt2wat 4 bt q9op tt2wat 4 a q c4 tt2wat 4 bm qh8 tt4wat 4 dztq l this has been controversial. But another key player says the show isnt very accurate. The story now from abcs linzie davis. Reporter the Netflix Series making a murderer has hundreds of thousands in an uproar after watching the story of steve avery, who was freedfter spending 18 years in prison for a crime he didnt commit. Not long after, avery is arrested for the murder of theresa hallbeck, a young photographer whose charred remains were found on his property. He wanted us to help him get rid of the body. Showcases riveting courtroom testimony questioning the states evidence against avery and his then teenage nephew. Because i didnt really do it. Reporter the Defense Attorneys suggest he was framed. Youre hearing the evidence of the conspiracy. Reporter avery and his nephew were convicted of halbachs murder and sentenced to life in prison. Nothing in your life suggests that society would ever be safe from your behavior. Reporter now outraged viewers want them freed. More than 200,000 people have signed a petition on change. Org and another 30,000 are asking for a president ial pardon for avery and his nephew. We wanted to present as many sides as we could. But at the same time we also wanted to tell a compelling story. Reporter but in a statement to abc news, prosecutor ken krantz alleges important evidence was left out of the documentary, evidence like avery had drawn a torture chamber job to specifically request halbach the day she died. And that he called her cell phone three times, twice using the star 67 feature to hide his identity. The filmmakers say they were always concerned with fairness and accuracy. From my perspective its a fair representation of what we witnessed going on and that the prosecution and the victims family have voices in the series. We hear them talking about how theyre feeling. We hear the prosecutor talking about why he thinks his case is strong. Reporter when abc news approached netflix, we were told there was no further comment. Linzie davis, abc news, new york. Wow. That is so interesting. I havent started watching it yet. But i will. Yeah, its been very, very popular. And its sort of like its really gone viral. I was watching some of the reaction to this. Mindy kaling tweeting about it, saying make a murderer or the first serial. I need to know which murder thing to be obsessed with. Oh, no. Putting it all in perspective. Her perspective, yeah. And levity. Were celebrating a big day now. Birthday of world news now. Tv now, im walking them. 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Were also giving away our world news mugs for all of you watching right now. Im still caught up on you going who doesnt like a good polka. Who doesnt like a good polka . Yeah. Of course. And our social feed monitor. Brian. He has some good stuff. Weve got a lot of things going on. You had me at world news polka, says jess langston. Hey, jess. Lynn says you help me pass the night away with tears of laughter instead of tears of frustration. Sorry, lynn, not sure whats going on. Oh, no. You get a mug he wasnt good for you anyway. And you know, everyone is just saying great things. We thank all of you, our facebook fans. Happy birthday to us. Its your birthday too. Its your birthday. You get a mug. This morning on world news now, controversial and tearful. The president s executive order bypassing congress, demanding changes in gun sales his emotional announcement while surrounded by survivors of gun violence. Political fight. Donald trumps attacks on bill and Hillary Clinton ramping up even more while hillarys challenger, Bernie Sanders, makes a Major Campaign promise. Breaking overnight. North korea test a nuclear bomb more powerful than anything the nation has t tefore. New reaction and why north korea says it had no choice. And later, tonights powerball jackpot, your chance to win 450 million as tickets sell rapidly. Does the quick pick really give you a better chance . Its wednesday, january 6th. This is world news now. That really is the defining question of the day. Quick pick or your own numbers . Yes. I dont know. I feel like you do quick pick. Just because its easy and its quick. But well find out whether or not it brings you better odds of winning 450 million. So much riding on it. But good morning to all of you. Im Kayna Whitworth. Im in for reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. It is also a really, really big day around here. It is the 24th anniversary of world news now. So were going to party like were 24. Oh, those were the days. Those were the days. Were sharing your favorite moments all morning long. Brian has his skrillex beats going on in his head. Dances like a true white guy. [ laughter ] hes got those moves going. Yeah. Sadly, i dance like a true white guy, too. No. Sorry. But i can swim. Lets get started with the news of this half hour. Present obamas controversial executive action on gun control. He really made a passionate call for a national sense of urgency. The president actually broke into tears as he bypassed congress to push his gun safety agenda that he says will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on guns. But critics call his action executive overreach. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter the president making headlines for more than his controversial move, but his tears asell. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, every time i think about those reporter those children the victims of sandy hook. And behind the president , families of victims from countless shooting rampages. He remembers them all and the daily carnage as well. And by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. [ applause ] reporter when a tear was coming down his face and what did you think when you saw that . I thought that was authentic. I think hes met his fair share of survivors like us. Reporter but his tears drawing fire, too. Mr. Obama taking executive action on his own, narrowing the loophole that allows weapons to be bought without a background check at gun shows and online. Hiring more agents to conduct background checks. And asking congress for 500 million to provide better access to Mental Health services. But opponents were equally determined. The National Rifle association issued a statement saying the proposals would not have prevented any of the horrific events he mentioned. And gop president ial candidates were denouncing the president s actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens. These orders today i believe are not worth the paper they are written on. If theres an issue related to federal gun laws, he ought to go to congress and try to forge consensus to make it happen. He doesnt have this power. Reporter one of the countrys most intractable issues for which there are no easy answers. Pierre thomas, abc news, at the white house. Also now this morning there is a new 18minute gap mystery involving the terror couple who carried out the San Bernardino attacks. Investigators know almost everything about that shooting, when it began, when the terrorist couple were killed in that shootout with police, but theres this period the fbi cannot account for and it wants the publics help. What were syed farook and Tashfeen Malik during those 18 mints . They want to make sure if they made contact with anyone we dont already know about that were able to fully investigate those matters. So authorities believe that drive. Alleged accomplice Enrique Marquez jr. Is in court for an arraignment. Breaking news overnight. North korea claiming it successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb this morning. The first indication was a seismic event about five miles from north Koreas Nuclear test site. Then an anchorwoman appeared on tv confirming the test on state television saying there were no negative effects on the environment. She added north korea has a sovereign right to protect itself from warmongers like the u. S. The race for the white house getting complicated. Donald trump taking on both hillary and bill clinton but also ted cruz, whos nipping at his heels. And then nipping at hillarys heels, Bernie Sanders with a big speech on banks. Abcs brandi hitt with the roundup. Reporter donald trump doubling down and targeting both clintons. Msnbc hillary called me sexist. When she said that, i said, well, your husbands campaigning, its open season. Reporter asking if theres a difference between bill clinton and bill cosbys sex scandal. Youd almost have to ask bill clinton that problem, that question. It would be a very interesting question to someday ask him. Theres certainly is a lot of very strong charges against him and thats pretty bad stuff. Reporter the former president is now out campaigning for his wife while she hits the trail hard in iowa, giving this response to msnbcs hardball. We should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric. Thank you. Reporter meantime, her democratic opponent Bernie Sanders is drawing large crowds he vows to break up the nations biggest banks. Its going to be a white house which is prepared to take on the greed of wall street, of Corporate America. Reporter both marco rubio and ted cruz are also in iowa with trump now taking aim at Washington Post its a very precarious issue. I tweeted out a response to Donald Trumps raising questions about my naturalborn citizenship. It was a link to fonzie jumping the shark. And i think im going to let my response stick with that tweet. Reporter brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. And one more political note for you. An announcement from the republican South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver the gops response after president obamas state of the Union Address next tuesday. Haley made waves when she called for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the state house grounds after the massacre at Mother Emmanuel Church in charleston. A chicagoarea Christian College now wants to fire a head scarfwearing professor. Laurisia hawkins made headlines last month when she started wearing the hijab to show solidarity with muslims. Had she got into trouble with her employer was when she declared that christians and muslims worship the same god. Wheaton college says that is not a u. S. Marine is accused of road rage killing on new years eve. Sara mutschlechner was a university of north texas student acting as the designated driver for friends after a party. Police say that shots were fired at her car and marine Corporal Eric Jamal Johnson is responsible. Johnson was arrested at his military base in arizona. Were going to turn our attention to the weather, extreme weather in the west. The first jor el nino storm of the season has slammed california with record rains. Flooding roads, stranding motorists. Inundating buildings as well and turning back yards into raging rivers. Up to 3 1 2 inches of rain predicted to fall across the coastal and valley af sohern california through saturday. With 5 inches falling in the mountain areas. Not good at all. And in san diego the torrential rains were too much for the roof of this Marriott Hotel. Collapsing the ceiling and flooding the lobby. Fortunately no injuries reported in this one and the worst may still be yet ahead. More storms threaten the west we turn to Paul Williams at accuweather. Paul, good morning. Thank you, kayna, kendis. Well, we have some el ninoinspired storms. And helped along with this jet stam, it will keep it very much wet throughout the Southern California area. The moisture surge and that strong jet, that combination is going to bring a serious and significant amount of misery for the west coast in the form of flash flooding around the los angeles area, as far north as San Francisco, and over toward the east well have the warm mild air running to the rescue. High pressure moves out, warm air moves in. Kendis, kayna. Paul, thank you. 2015 pretty good year for amazon. The Online Retail giant says customers ordered more than 23 million items on cyber monday from businesses selling on amazon. That is 40 more than the previous year. Amazon also says it shipped more than a billion items as part of service. Im so responsible for like 60 of that. Are you . Im sure. Yeah. Me as well. Late at night. Totally sober working on amazon. Today is a very special day here for all of us, as you know. It is the niversary of this very show youre watching right now. I think thats so cool. So how old is world news now, you might ask. Kendis is leaving already. Oh, no, no. Okay. Sorry. If the show is a person its old enough to drive. Its old enough to vote. My hat doesnt fit in the screen or on my head. Wow. Or if it was a taylor swift song youd be singing youre feeling 24. Shes going to have one of those, you know it. Just shove it down. By the way, we asked you to out there. We wanted you to share your favorite memories on social media. We dug up an oldie but a goodie. Nearly 20 years ago. The tickle me elmo was a thing on the anchor desk. [ laughter ] what is going on with elmo . Elmo. Please. I didnt know elmo did that. Okay. This is world news now. [ laughter ] so elmos still doing that. By the way, in honor of this big day were asking you on social media a simple question. So cute. Why are you watching us . Why . Dont get us wrong. We appreciate every single viewer. And both of you know who you are. But its the middle of the night. So like really, dudes, tell us on fabook, twitter, instagram, and email. Responses. By the way, some really good ones. Were giving away mugs. Yeah. Mugs. How does this not fit it looks beautiful. All right. Coming up in the mix, the numberone pastime of the rich. Any idea what it is . I believe its wearing hats like this. Also tonights 450 million powerball jackpot. Should you go with your trusty numbers or do the quick pick . And new details about the affluenza teen and his mom and the time they spent in mexico. Did the fugitives go to a strip club . Join our 24year anniversary fun on wnnfans. Com and on twitter abcwnn. Youre watching world news now. Ure watching world news now. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. You dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. We are in the age of ageless. Age neutral. Age defiant. Age agnostic. Olay is a purveyor of ageless. Only the best 1 of ingredients make it into our products. For transformed skin without expensive brands or procedures. Its the ultimate beauty victory. Nobody has any idea how old you are. With olay, you age less. So you can be ageless. Olay. Ageless. 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Try that one this cold and flseason the 20 or so militia members occupying a federal compound in oregon say they will not leave until there is a plan for local control of federal lands. Theres no visible Law Enforcement presence near the remote spot. But the local sheriff says steps are being taken behind the scenes to resolve the situation, also saying that the occupiers will eventually face justice. Theres a new development in the case of the socalled affluenza teenager who was detained in mexico. The mexican lawyer for 18yearold ethan couch has visited with his client but has refused to tell the media whether couch will be returning to the u. S. For trial. Couch and his mother were after he violated his probation in a drunk driving crash that killed four people. Couchs mother meanwhile has already been deported to the u. S. And appeared for an extradition hearing in los angeles yesterday. Tonya couch has agreed to be sent from california to texas to face a criminal charge of hindering apprehension. Abcs matt gutman is on the case. Reporter when ethan couch visited this mexican strip club last month, sources tell abc news he brought someone with him. His mother. Staff at the harem strip club say the 18yearold affluenza teen proceeded to order beer after beer. And when his mother left, he stayed for lap dances in the vip room, ultimately racking up a 1,000 bill. When he couldnt pay it, sources say a waiter brought him to this resort, where his mother also didnt have the cash. He left his rolex as collateral. Hes now in this mexican detention center. His lawyer meeting him for the first time. Reporter his mother whisked to the u. S. In a los angeles courtroom waiving her right to fight extradition to texas. Politely answering the judges questions. Yes, i do. Our biggest concern is this has become less about the law and whether she broke the law and more about retribution. Reporter tonyas Attorney Says her client has broken no texas law. Its been a hard fall for the suburban mom. She hasnt been allowed to change her clothes since she was taken from mexico on wednesday. And her attorney tells me she will likely remain in texas because she wont be able to make that milliondollar bail. Matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. Coming up in our next half hour, on the run, the brazen thief wanted across five states for stealing thousands in jewelry. Tying up her victims at gunpoint and sporting a dferent look while she cases the stores ahead of time. But first, hacking the jackpot. You cant really do that. Should know about obsessing that massive powerball payday. Youre watching world news now. There are 16 million children struggling with hunger in america. Thats 1 in 5 daughters, sons, neighbors, and classmates who dont know where their next meal is coming from. Yet billions of pounds of good food go to waste every year. Its time we do something about it. Feeding america is a nationwide network of food banks that helps provide meals to millions of kids and families in need. Together we can solve hunger. Together, were feeding america. Luck be a lady tonight luck be a lady tonight id love to meet that lady tonight because theres certainly a lot of luck involved with the lottery. Filter. But is it better to go with i know. Your numbers or try your hand with the quick picks . Id just like you to assume it is a lady winning. Im all about. Frank said it. I know, he did. How much might you come away with if you take the cash option . These questions and more now handled by abcs nick watt. Reporter a 2 ticket gets you in the game but which snubs well, 26 has been drawn 266 but that does that mean 55 is due for a little more love . Only 30 of you pick your own numbers anyway. 70 buy quick picks. And either way your odds of winning are the same. Pennsylvania is the winningest state. 17 jackpot tickets sold since 2002. 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Actually, what i took away from it really is that they educate themselves after college. They go to college but they never stop their learning. Like bill gates who never went to college and just kept reading. Just reading and then well be smart. So its simple as that. I liked it. Also they dont watch a ton of tv, especially reality tv. Only about an hour of tv a less than an hour. Yeah. Okay, so we all know theres only one queen bey. Beyonce. Of course. But theres one woman trying to challenge that. Take a look at this cringeworthy video from national geographic. This is sarah mapeli. And she has about 1,000 bees on her person. Shes topless during this. And she says she does this to try to help others conquer fears. She says they tingle a little bit, its a little painful but its sort of a Performance Art to help people go through this. They call her the bee queen, not to be confused with queen bey, of course. Theres no way. I got stung by a bee last year in the neck, by the way. 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The only other debate thats ongoing is is that yellow and white or blue and ack . I think its b be and black. I see bluand black pants. Making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, north korea claiming to have tested a nuclear weapon, its most powerful yet. Nations around the world ndemning the claims. The u. S. Reacting overnighgh were in seoul with the latest. Severe weather, the parade of storms pounding the west coast. Record rainfall already causing floods and forcing a hotel roof to collapse. New restrictions. President obama wiping away tears getting emotional as he recalled the nations Mass Shootings and taking action on gun control without congress. And court confrontation. A High School Coach not agreeing with a call and apparently taking it out on the ref. Good wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. And im Kayna Whitworth in and we start with that breaking news. North korea again claiming to have tested a nuclear bomb. Yeah, at this hour the u. S. Is working to confirm the test but says if true, it would be unacceptable and south korea understandably very, very upset. Abcs joohee cho is there with new reactiti. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] reporter overnight the surprise announcement read on north korean state tv, the secretive nation saying it conducted a perfect first test of a Hydrogen Bomb, the news anchor talking about their right to protect itself from, quote, evil warmongers like the united states. The hint of a test first came when a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake was detected near the Nations Nuclear testing facilities. The nanaons leader kim jongngn did mention a month ago that they couou miniaturize Hydrogen Bombs far more powerful than the atomic bombs they have tested in the past. Jans Prime Minister saying this morning, quote, we absolutely cannot allow this. Threat to security and a likely breach of the international treaty. The major concern for the u. S. With advanced Missile Technology in theory north korea could possibly hit the mainland united states, but u. S. Officials are skeptical. North korea has often bluffed. Joohee cho, abc news, seoul, south korea. The u. S. Is sending up special planes to determine exactly what kind of nuclear test was conducted. North koreas ally china says it had no prior knowledge of the test. Members of the u. N. Security council have called an emergency meeting for this morning. Of course, we will bring you more details as we get them. And also now here at home, our other top story developing this morning, the first major el nino storms hitting the west. Southern california is getting slammed right now with recordsetetng torrential rains. Roads turning into rivers, even washing away an entire blocks worth of garbage. Look at that. Abcs lana zak with the latest now. Reporter torrential california, have turned this backyard into a waterfall. A powerful el nino is slamming the california coast turning streets into streams and causing parking garages to overflow with water. The quick burst of heavy rains taking drivers like alexis mateo in san diego by surprise. I saw cars going through it, so, i thought, oh, im fine until i felt my car slightly lift off, and i just felt all the water, and then i was like, i cant move. Reporter the water too heavy for so many roofs surprising diners at this El Pollo Loco restaurant. And for home owners who once feared wildfires, a new concern. Probably the most dangerous place in Southern California. Reporter potential mudslides from denuded hillsides. The owner of this home ready to take off, his evacuation checklist on the front seat. Weve got the cat box and the stuff ready to go, it goes in reporter el nino has also contributed to the nearecord flooding in the south and midwest. And after a recordbreaking warm end to 2015, the east has been hit with a sudden burst of cold even bringing snow to the outer banks of n nth carolina. Warmer temperatures are on their way, but rains in the west are expected to last until friday. Lana zak, abc news, washington. Wow. Quite some images there from Southern California. And another picture to show you right now, the radar picture that first wave of storms slamming Southern California is now moving through Southern Nevada and arizona. And then n u see, though, right on its heels another w we of storms closing in on nearly 700 miles of california coastline, as well as the western coast of washington state. President obama is facing fierce opposition this morning for his controversial executive action on gun control. The president used an emotional bypass congress and push his own gun safety agenda that critics are calling an abuse of power. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest. Reporter in a defining moment during his last year in office, president obama shed tears as he made good on his promise to act on gun control. Every time i ththk about those kids, it gets me mad. Reporter the 20 first graders of the sandy hook massacre, their families and others impacted by gun violence sat in the audience and stood behind the president as he made another emotional plea. His executive actions expand background checks requiring all gun dealers to be licensed. The president also plans to overhaul the fbis background check system and calls for increasing the use of mentalal Health Information for checks. This is not a plot take away everybodys guns. You pass a background check, you purchase a firearm. Reporter the nra tweeted the president s plan will do nothing to improve public safety. Gop reaction was swift calling amendment. President obamas executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens. These orders today, i lieve, are not worth the paper they are written on. If theres an issue related to federal gun laws, then he ought to go to congress to forge consensus to make it happen. He doesnt have this power. Reporter the white house believes the president s plan will survive any court challenge. Tomorrow president obama will hit the road for a gun control town hall in virginia. Kendis and kayna. All right, kenneth, thank you very much. And to the president ial race now and Donald Trumps latest fighting words. The gop frontrunner is reprising his doublebarreled attack on the clintons saying once again that hillary lacks amina but denying thats a subtle slam against her as a member of the weaker sex. As for her husband, trump said it wou be interesting to ask bill clinton if he is any different than bill cosby. He was impeached. He wasnt allowed to practice law. He settled for a tremendous i mean, you know, theres a lot of things going on there. Well, trump also attacked fellow republican ted cruz saying his canadian birth was a ecarious issue. Cruz is challenging trump in the polls, now neck and neck with him in california. As for the democrats, Bernie Sanders blasted wall street in a fiery speech saying greed is not good. The democrat said the industrys Business Model is fraud. Sanders said if a bank is too big to fail, its then too big to exist and promised to break them up during his first year as president. Abcs cecilia vega was there for the speech and questioned him afterward. Reporter you sound like you despise Corporate America. You sounded angry. What i despise is the greed, is the contempt. Sanders also said that Hillary Clinton is too close to the financial industry and that her plan to reform does not go far enough. The vermont senator is ahead of well, still ahead right here, a new lawsuit claiming a Popular Grocery chain is cheating its customers. 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The company claimed that those who played lumosity games says it would slow the onset of dementia. That last claim annoyed the ftc and it preyed on the fears of older consumers, they say. Something fishy about trader joes tuna. Theres a Class Action Lawsuit that says the fiveounce cans dont have enough tuna in them. Which has about 400 Stores Across the country. Starkist recently settled a similar lawsuit. All right, your tickets for tonights powerball drawing yet. The Lottery Jackpot is up to 450 million. So if you take it as a lump sum cash payout, you get 165 million after taxes. The odds of winning nearly 1 in 300 million. Chances are when a jackpot gets this big there will be multiple winning tickcks. Im fine with that. Just have to be that one person. Nice. When we come back, a High School Basketball coach appear to head butt a ref. These boots, take a look, well healed and ready for walking. Can you guess the president ial candidate wearing them . 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Yeah investigators know almost everything about that shooting. When it began, when the terrorist couple were killed in a shootout with police but there is an 18mmute gap of their timehat the fbi cant account for and it wants the publics help. What was the couple doing during those 18 minutes. We want to make sure if they made contact with anyone that we dont already know about were able to fully investigate those matters. Well, authorities believe that gap may be when the couple ditched their computers hard drive. In the mean time Enrique Marquez is in court today for arraignment. A road rage incident. Police say shots were fired at this womans car and marine Corporal Eric Jamail Johnson was responsible. Johnson was arrested at his military base in arizona. Also a Jewelry Store thief on a fivestate crime spree appears to have struck again. On monday she pulled off her sixth heist. This time in north carolina. The young woman who never wears a disguise targets Outlet Stores, ties up salespeople at gunpoint and then wears gloves to nab the goods. She has an accomplice with her in two robberies near atlanta. A health alert about who among us isnt getting enough sleep. The cdc says single moms are the most sleep deprived. 45 say they get less than seven hours of sleep a night. Significantly y gher percentage women who are living alone or even single dads who are more likely to have more financial resources. Police in langhorne, pennsylvania, were called to a High School Basketball game after a coach appeared to head butt a referee who called a foul against his team. Take a look. Video of the incident shows the coach in the blue shirt walked toward the ref, lurched toward him. The coach thrown out of the game. No wordd yetn whether any chchges will be filed in this one. For other sports no we have a lot of basketball action for you, both college and the nba. Heres stan and neil at espn. Hes stan, im neil. Were on our last leg here. Warriors and lakers right across the street from our studio, tuesday night, Klay Thompson came ready to play from Southern California, made himself at home at the staples center, had 22 points in the of 14 from the floor and wound up with 36 points for the game as he came back with 14 more in the Third Quarter when he outscored the lakers, 1413 by himself. Steph curry aggravated a shin injury, says hes okay, had 17 point, 6 assist, warriors 10988. Threegame road trip they start. Stan was covering that so i got a rarity, lsu and hosting number nine, kentucky and ben simmons got it and quarterman had the game and craig victor, there was a st. Augs guy in the highlight. Lsu. Quarterman, simmons, simmons pampered by nows in the first half. Wasnt hampered by anything including kentuckys defense in the second. Lsu, man. Im wondering how they lost five games the way they looked in that one. 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Republicans are vowing to challenge president obamas executive actions on gun control. The nra called the president s tearful remarks tuesday part off a, quote, con desending lecture. Much of california is bracing for another day of el ninofueled storms dumping an additional 1 3 inches of rain that could trigger mudslides. Well, were looking at the rest of todays weather, snow over the rockies, a band of rain stretches from texas and the louisiana coast all the way to the great lakes. Well, finally an unusual find in alexanderria, virginia, a construction project unearthed part of a ship that dates back the big dig is sparking curiosity, attracting crowds even. Die we have that report. Reporter they came out in numbers. I thought what a great opportunity to actually see an archaeological dig in process. So close. Reporter snapping photos of an old ship. I wanted to get pictures of this great find. We wont ever see this again probably, right . Reporter to get a glimpse at a piece of history as archaeologists meticulously work to document whats uncovered. Interesting to see what becomes of it. Reporter according to the citys archaeologists Francine Bromberg its roughly 50 feet long which they believe may only be a third of the hull of a vessel. From the point of view of understanding ship building practices in the past this is an extremely important find. Reporter she says it was didiantled in the latee 18th century and used as the framework to extd the waterfront to the deeper part of the potomac river. Incredible aspirations to become an international port. Reporter but it wasnt uncovered until construction workers started working on the new hotel indigo at 220. They do think it could have been used for military purposes. Maybe dead pirates in there. Reporter once they remove the wood they says they plan to keep it in a wet environment to preserve it. It is a treasure to us. There is no way to put this even into words how excited we are to find to get this find on the waterfront. Reporter in alexandria, die an diane cho, abc news. Thats whats making news in america this morning