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Together feel them ignite. Keep life sexy. Returning to our top story. The sony cyberattack and the moviemakers decision to cancel the release. The interview. The it had a growing impact on hollywood. A lot of folks in the industry saying everything is going to plan for the suspected korean hackers. Abcs cecilia vega has more. Reporter billboards covered, theater posters taken down in city after city. Sony wiping away all signs of the interview and wiping its website clean of any mention of the film. From hollywood to washington, the backlash. Those theater owners should be ashamed of themselves. Reporter senator mccain saying sonys decision sets a troubling precedent. You cant buckle because ofets this. Reporter sony canceling the movies christmas premiere after hackers linked to north korea threatened to attack theaters that showed the comedy. Now the movie giant could lose millions. The 44 million film not released in any format. Ad marketing and penalties, the price tag could top 100 million. Sony says it was the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault. Many wondering if the real victim is free speech. Its going to have a Chilling Effect an edgy, provocative projects. Reporter another movie about north korea Starring Steve Carell also canceled. These billboards wiped clean. Parts of the interview have already leaked online. People may be seeing this movie whether sony wants them to or not. Cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. What if . What if they were to release that video, god forbid some attack happened at a movie theater. Then what would people say about sony . It would be very difficult. What do you do . But you see the arguments. Coming up, golden ladies. The ultra luxurious beauty treatments that use real gold. Well see if it really makes you look like a million bucks. Shes got a ticket to ride. A guy ready to travel the worth with his girlfriend. The world with his girlfriend, they break up. 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That is the longhorn, Texas Longhorn, the university mascot. Theyll put him on the Texas Longhorn network. You can see what hes doing all day live. Five hours Christmas Morning you can watch him. That might be entertaining to the kids for 10 or 15 minutes. The next story weve got remember its all about air jordans. Still. He hasnt played in forever. Remember there was a time before the day when Michael Jordan actually wore converse shoes. He was playing for the university of North Carolina way back when and a pair of his gameworn converse sneakers got 33,000. Wow. Its incredible. Were impressed. Polka. Hope they can prove that foot was in there. Polka is next. 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Suspected boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seen in public for the first time in 20 months. The tense scene at court and what tsarnaev is telling the judge. Weather watch. With snowstorms in the middle of the country, new concerns about the christmas forecast on both coasts. The Holiday Travel outlook from accuweather. Comic conclusion. Stephen colberts final appearance last night on his Comedy Central show. The laughs, memories and alisters there for the sendoff. Thats all in the skinny on this friday, december 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good friday morning to you all. Glad you could spend some time with us. Im t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. Our top story this half hour the impact of new diplomatic relations with cuba. Travel and Economic Industries are reporter a raw deal. Thats how several republican cuban american lawmakers describe president obamas historic announcement. The cuban people are no more free today than they were before obamas terrible deal. The implications will extend far beyond cuba. It has a Chilling Effect on democracy and freedom in the region. Reporter obama is moving forward to reverse nearly 50 years of history between the u. S. And cuba. We can do that via an exchange of notes or letters. It doesnt require a formal legal treaty or agreement. Reporter the checklist of changes include reopening an embassy in havana and beginning to ease some economic sanctions. There was cautious optimism in havana. In south florida, strong opinion on both sides. I think its an awful day for cuba. I think the deal was bad. We will look forward to getting back a lot of our cuban heritage. Playing a key role in the process, pope francis who made personal appeals to president obama and cuban president raul castro. The vatican helped coordinate meetings between u. S. And could bean officials. The final details hammered out there this fall. He had the power to use all the other actors to act appropriately. Reporter the white house did not rule out president obama traveling to cuba. They also didnt rule out raul castro making a similar trip to washington. Such trips were almost unthinkable just days ago. Now this could be the reality. The pentagon says u. S. Air strikes in iraq have taken a toll on isis. The Senior Commander al baghdadi wasnt killed but lost three Senior Leaders in recent weeks. Among those killed, the top military commander in iraq. China may be to blame for a cyberattack on a Government Contractors website. It handles security background checks of workers at federal agencies and its the second breach at that firm this year. Thousands of federal workers may have had their personal information compromised in this breach. The white house is expected to soon reveal the u. S. Response to that cyberattack against sony. So far the administration is not blaming north korea. Instead, josh earnest says evidence points to a sophisticated actor with malicious intent. It should be a better morning commute in kansas city today. Several inches of snow fell there coating roadways making things slick. Some schools canceled classes. This morning no snow in the forecast anywhere in the midwest as Holiday Travelers start to hit the road. Lets check in with accuweathers jim dickey. Yet another storm system working into the west coast. Going to keep rain in place across the pacific northwest. No into the cascades and Sierra Nevada with rain returning to the bay area. Watch out for flooding. Flooding a big concern. Heavy storms here could be severe late in the day. That include new orleans packing gusty winds. Into the weekend that storm heads for the carolinas. Cold in the northeast with rain and snow continuing in the northwest. Reena and t. J. , back to you. Authorities are on the hunt for a suspect who shot a fedex driver with a highpowered rifle. A man fired a single shot into the driver of the 18wheeler. He fled the scene in a minivan. The driver was rushed to the hospital and upgraded to stable condition. Its unclear why he was targeted. Jury selection in the boston bombing trial is set to begin. Dzhokhar tsarnaev was in court yesterday. His first appearance in public in nearly two years. Here now abcs brian ross. Reporter u. S. Marshals surrounded the 21yearold shackled and wearing an orange jump suit. On his first day in a year and a half outside the prison where hes been held in solitary confinement. Reporter its been 20 months since he and his brother were identified as the bombers in the Boston Marathon attack that killed three and injured dozens. Im getting information from the aircraft that there is definite movement on the rear of that boat. Reporter tsarnaev was severely injured when they found him hiding in a dry docked boat. He is moving. We have movement in the boat. He just sat up. Reporter his older brother tamerlan had been killed earlier in the day in a police shootout. In court, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with a bushy head of hair appeared completely recovered from his injuries. He faces the Death Penalty and told the judge he was happy with the legal team that will defend him when the trial begins in about two weeks. At least 14 of the bombing victims came to court. Mark who lost his right leg in the blast walked away from them in disgust. Get a life, lady. Get a life. Reporter tsarnaevs lawyers claim he cant get a fair trial in a city where the memories are so raw. The judge has asked for more than 1,200 potential jurors to be available, and picking a jury alone could take a full month. Brian ross, abc news, new york. Warning to taxpayers from the irs. The commissioner says congress cut the agencys budget by 346 million. That could delay your tax refund next year. There will be fewer agents to answer questions and fewer investigators to launch an audit. If you signed up for obamacare, youll need to say so on your tax return. Sergeant in stocks on and the surge in stocks on markets around the world rolls on. The dow posted its biggest advance climbing 421 points. The other major wall street averages were up sharply as well. This weeks rally follows comments from the fed indicating no Interest Rate hikes. Olympic legend Michael Phelps goes on trial for drunk driving. The Gold Medalist was arrested in september charged with dui, speeding and changing lanes in a continual. Its his second drunk driving conviction. He could face up to a year in jail. However, thats unlikely. Hes been suspended from usa swimming after his arrest. Thursday night football, two 212 teams going at it. Tennessee titans in sole possession of last place in the afc south. Titans had a 100 lead against jacksonville. Jags came roaring back. Scored three straight touchdowns. A 62yard run. Jacksonville claims its third win of the season. Tennessee falls to 213 in a game that meant absolutely nothing. T. J. Likes sports. I like my shopping. Forget about black friday. Tomorrow is Super Saturday and a busy weekend at the stores. Retailers predict it should be the biggest shopping day this year because christmas is in the middle of next week. Consumers are expected to spend 10 billion. Compare that to the 9. 1 billion spent on black friday. Shopping tomorrow . Yes, i will be shopping tomorrow just because im a procrastinator and i have things to purchase. But i dont like it when its crowded. Thats the worst time to go shopping. I like going out in the crowds when i dont have to shop. I like the melee. You like to people watch . I love that stuff. Angry over the parking spot. Sometimes the meanness of humanity comes out in the parking lot. I finally got to the post office today. It took me 45 minutes. You got it done. Feel better. And i was parked illegally. I kept trying to get out there to change the car. Lets turn to what may be the best Holiday Season story weve done so far. This one happened near houston. The day at this whataburger was moving along. Cheryl was running her driveup window as usual. Thats when a woman with a mink coat drove up and cheryl complimented her on that coat. She took the coat off and gave it to cheryl. She said it makes her happy to make other people happy. The coat is now cheryls. Take a look at her putting that coat on. This time of year elicits a lot of these great moments. If we could stay that way. Somebody dropped a credit card at the post office. I called and canceled it. You did a good thing. The skinny coming your way and the end of an era for stephen colbert. First, a generous offer from a guy traveling around the world. How would you like to be his travel companion. Theres a catch. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by crest sensistop strips. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by crest sensistop strips. Sensistop strip. New way to treat sensitivity. 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Reporter on sunday, Elizabeth Quinn gallagher is planning to travel the globe for three weeks with a man shes never met. His name is jordan axani. His original plan was to take the love of his life to milan, vienna, prague, paris and new delhi. He bought the tickets but the relationship ended before he could pack his bags. He turned to the internet offering the opportunity for anyone with a canadian passport who happened to have the same name as his ex to join him on the journey of a lifetime. Just finding somebody that would make the most of it. Someday in their own way pay it forward. Reporter his simple post on reddit describing himself as a totally normal 28yearold guy living in toronto thats friendly, trustworthy and full of good stories. Adding he was not looking for anything in return. It instantly went viral resulting in 40 million clicks in the first 48 hours. I woke up to hundreds of facebook notifications. People who wanted to change their name all the way to hollywood producers. Reporter hes even launched a ticket forward. A ticket forward is a charitable movement to ultimately send deserving people on the trip of a lifetime. Reporter as for has trip of a lifetime, after getting responses from 18 Elizabeth Gallaghers, he chose this Elizabeth Gallagher to accompany him. Weve chatted a little bit so i know i will be able to get along with him very well. Reporter elizabeth and axani will have separate rooms because she already has a boyfriend. Hes not particularly happy about the whole traveling with another guy. Reporter shes going. She just has to pay for her own food and at some point pay the good deed forward. Axani, your boyfriend is not happy . Of course not. Shes beautiful. This is madness. You think its crazy . This is insanity. He says its platonic. Its not i get it. She has a boyfriend and shes you know, maybe i just dont trust my woman as much as he does. T. J. shes gorgeous. Hes gorgeous. Lets wait for the followup. Well see the followup. Coming up, were saying goodbye to the colbert report with every famous person ever, it seems. Which rock n roll movie will be heading to broadway . The skinny is next. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Rom our abc stations. Skinny so skinny skinny so skinny its time to say goodbye to the colbert report on Comedy Central. It was filled with plenty of funny, offthewall moments. He stayed true to his famous shtick. He killed the alter ego, the grim reaper, going over the top as an immortal. And colbert also gave us some perspective while looking back on some of his accomplishments. Because the truthiness is all those incredible things people say i did running for president , saving the olympics, Colbert Super pac, treadmill in space, the rally to restore sanity and or fear, and or cat stevens career, none of that none of that was really me. You the nation did all of that. I Just Got Paid for it. Oh, boy. The final moment, a testament to the shows legacy starting with jon stewart. Colbert was joined by pretty much every famous person imaginable to sing well meet again. To say goodbye to colbert as hes heading to the late show taking over for David Letterman on cbs early next year. Looks like a party. Apples tim cook made headlines becoming the first openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Part of his decision to come out publicly was to help other gay americans and a sizable Charity Donation proves hes walking the tack. The Human Rights Campaign announced cook contributed a substantial donation. Wouldnt disclose what the amount was. It will be used for project one america, an effort to build acceptance in his native alabama, mississippi and even my home state of arkansas. In a heartfelt memo, cook noted as a company, apple donated 20 million to origin red. Thats a campaign to fight aids in africa. Get ready to sing along. School of rock the musical is coming to broadway. The 2003 hit movie about a failed rocker turned substitute teacher will hit the stage. Many hope the lead role will go to the movies star jack black. Casting for the musical has not yet been announced. The show will feature original music by andrew lloyd webber. Very interesting. And glen slater who worked on sister act will also write the lyrics for webbers new songs. A good group of people working on this. This is not what im saying im looking forward to going to the stage but its a lot of music so it makes sense. George clooney visited the set of Downton Abbey for tech santa telethon. There he is with the cast in period garb. Smartphone would be out of place so it looks like they got something else. Even that is fitting with the set there, the camera they used. That should be a Christmas Card if he hadnt gotten married. That special, a charity event, airs tonight in britain. I havent seen the show yet. I havent either. 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It call came out of a comedy movie. As we celebrate the holidays, some reminders of what the season is all about. Here now our friday rewind. Im incredibly blessed finally to have the freedom to resume a positive and constructive life. We want to see greater freedom, greater prosperity, greater opportunity for ordinary cubans. The could bean people arent any more free today than they were yesterday. We have an armed predator holding hostages. These were decent people going about their ordinary lives. Its about as decent a thing as anyone can do to go and grab a cup of coffee before the working day is fully started. This act of terror angers and shakes all people of conscience and we condemn it in the strongest terms possible. You can do big things if you set the stage in a campaign and then move forward. If jeb has all the money and the whole bush network which is massively powerful, its going to take one conservative to challenge him. I dont know if the hacking is because of our movie definitively or not. The movie itself is very silly and wasnt meant to be controversial in any way. Its an unprecedented attack and represents a watershed moment in cybersecurity. Someones conversation whether in email or in person should be private. I found out last night i have chicken pox so i will be home itching and missing everyone. Youre right im from down south. Its mom. Im your mother and im hoping youll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. We were not together this thanksgiving. We are most years. I would really like a peaceful christmas and i love you both. We had a Good Samaritan come in today and pay off your layaway. I feel like a Million Pounds of stress are off my shoulders. I love the secret santas. I cant believe Angelina Jolie has chicken pox. She does. A lot has been going on in the movie industry in hollywood these days. Folks, if you want to see more of what happens, a lot of crazy stuff seems to happen on the air. But some of that behind the scenes stuff, the in case you missed it. All of that off the wall stuff. Is that a good way to put it . Wnnfans. Com. Check it out. Well be right back. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Two decades. Hey guys. Guys pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistable sunday morning idea. Nothing calls them to the table faster. Make breakfast pop i like to mix things up a bit with grands mini pot pies only four ingredients. And a few easy steps. Week night dinner in a flash. And my family devours them. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. Good morning. Im reena nina good morning. Im reena ninan. Im t. J. Holmes. Here are some of the top stories were following George Clooney now weighing in on the cyberattack against sony. In a scathing interview he blasts hollywood for not supporting the studio and the dangerous precedent being created. Thousands of federal workers may have had their federal information compromised by a cyberattack on Government Contractor sites. Its the second such attack this year. The do opens just 180 points from an alltime high. It made its biggest move in more than three years yesterday gaining more than 420 points. The global rally in stocks continuing overnight with big advances across asia. Shoppers tomorrow are expected to spend nearly a billion dollars than on black friday. A midweek christmas creates supersaturday. This years biggest shopping day. Those are some of our top stories on this friday, december 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a highprofile reaction to the sony hacking scandal. George clooney blasting hollywood for not supporting sony. A dangerous precedent is being set. Reporter it is a movie ending like hollywood has never seen. Hackers who threatened to attack theaters that showed the controversial comedy the interview winning the cyberwar with sony deciding to pull the plug on the film. The studio saying in a statement it was the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault and we stand by our filmmakers and right to free expression. Others calling this a serious blow to our freedom of speech. I understand the need to be safe, to make sure filmgoers are safe. You cant buckle in just because somebody makes some threats. Reporter those threats and the invasion of sonys Computer System and leak of private information blamed on north korea. The attackers retaliating against the interviews fictional plot to kill that countrys leader. It is being treated by the investigative agencies both at the fbi and department of justice. As seriously as youd expect. They are considering a range of options. Reporter it seems sony is taking more precautions announcing that for now its canceling all of its studio tours. T. J. And reena . Marci, thank you. A disturbing story developing in australia. Eight children found stabbed to death in the home they shared with their mother. The victims range in age from 18 months to 15 years. The mother was also injured suffering from stab wounds. The tragedy comes as australia grieves over that cafe attack in sydney just days ago. The pentagon says u. S. Led air strikes in iraq have taken a toll on isis. Terror groups Senior Commander al baghdadi lost three Senior Leaders in recent weeks. News of the air strike comes as the pentagon gets ready to send 1500 american troops to ooh to iraq. Lawmakers debated a tough security bill. Punches, even water were thrown. All of this on live television. The opposition says the bill turns kenya into a police state but the government says it needs more power to fight islamic extremists. Dzhokhar tsarnaev was seen in public for the first time in 17 months. He told a judge yesterday he was happy with the legal team that will defend him. The trial begins in boston in about two weeks. At least 14 of the bombing victims came to court and a small group of tsarnaev supporters were also there. A major clue in the shooting of the weatherman outside his station in central texas. Police in temple released a sketch of the suspect. The man shot Patrick Crawford several times after they exchanged words. Crawford had surgery and hes recovering from his injuries in the hospital. Two wisconsin girls are one step closer to standing trial as adults. They are facing attempted murder trials in the socalled slender man stabbing case. Heres abcs richard cantu. Reporter one by one anissa weier and Morgan Geyser were led into court. Barely out of childhood, now in chains. Prosecutors charged them with hatching an elaborate plot to kill their classmate last may when all three were just 12 years old. The two defendants allegedly lured peyton to a wooded park after a sleepover where they are charged with stabbing her 19 times. Somehow she managed to crawl through the brush where a bicyclist found her and called 911. What makes the case even more bizarre is the girls alleged motive. They say they acted to please a fantasy character called slender man. A shadowing figure that exists on the internet. Their attorney asked the judge to find them mentally incompetent to stand trial. Weir spoke for herself. I consider myself incompetent, sir. Reporter the judge wasnt buying it. Shes competent to be able to make the decisions that have to be made. Reporter he made the same ruling about morgan. There was a doctors conclusion that she was competent, and i dont think theres a particularly strong basis to challenge it at this point. Reporter the two girls will likely be tried as adults. Were hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel to put this horrific incident behind this wonderful family. Reporter richard cantu, abc news, new york. A warning from the irs commissioner to you, taxpayers. Budget cuts could lead to delayed tax refunds. Several Taxpayer Services will be hurt. There may be fewer agents available for audits and to help people calling the irs to ask questions. Congress cut the agencys budget by 346 million. Its another day so another hint from jeb bush that hes serious about making a run for the white house. Hell leave his post as a paid adviser to Barclays Bank in a few weeks. He was also deleted from the website of the washington speakers bureau. He announced hell actively explore the possibility of running for president. Neighboring states are taking legal action against colorado because of its legal recreational marijuana. They are asking the Supreme Court to make sales of pot illegal claiming they violate federal law and they are bearing the cost of pot bought in colorado and transported into their state. That huge fire in Downtown Los Angeles earlier this month was an act of arson. Thats the word from federal investigators looking into the fire of an unfinished apartment building. There was also extensive damage to an adjacent freeway and buildings. In one, sprinklers ruined 2,000 holiday gift bags for seniors. Kansas city schools will reopen after a snow day. Snow coated the area, 1 to 4 inches yesterday, making the roads unsafe until plows could clear them. Today it should be dry as Holiday Travelers hit the road. Lets check in with jim dickey. Good morning. Big travel weekend coming up here. We are going to see a couple issues out there. Storm system heads offshore for the carolinas this saturday into sunday. Well see rainfall, perhaps snow working back into the atlantic. Heavy ran, heavy mountain snow across the northwest. Our stormy pattern continues here. Much of the northeast and great lakes staying chilly with High Pressure over canada dominating. Forward next week into christmas, potential for a blockbuster storm. Not set in stone. Be mindful if you have travel plans on the eastern seaboard back to the great lakes. Rain, snow and gusty winds all on the table. Overthecounter painkillers may slightly reduce the risk of a certain form of skin cancer. New Research Shows using these drugs reduces the type of skin cancer by 15 . This type of skin cancer is caused by exposure to the sun but they are not recommending using painkillers as an anticancer strategy because those pills also carry risks. A new study finds pizza huts pies are saltier here in the u. S. Than elsewhere. The pepperoni thin and crispy pizza has the most sodium. Out of nearly 600 pizzas tested. Five of the chains pies are on average, i cant believe this, 70 saltier than the same pizza hut pie served in canada and new zealand. They ask if lower salt versions can be served there, why cant they be served here . We have a salty tooth here. We like our salt here, right . I like pepperoni saltier. They sound the thin and crispy here at 1008 milligrams of sodium per three ounce slice. Whats a three ounce slice. More than 1,000 milligrams . It was done by world action on salt and health which studied pies from pizza hut and papa johns and dominos and digiornos. Any time you see a pizza, Start Talking about pizza, you need pizza. Lets turn to amazon. In the latest attempt at speedier delivery, for now only here in manhattan. They call it prime now. Thanks to an app, it lets customers have specific goods delivered to them as quickly as an hour. For now its only available here in manhattan. Amazon plans a larger rollout next year. Santa claus warming up for his big night. That meant a little skydiving in californias inland empire. He took a jump out of a sleigh and landed safely on the property of a family who had fallen on hard times. They were way behind on their mortgage. Santa pulled out a check for about seven grand. Thats enough to pay what they owe and make them current. A successful practice run for santa no doubt. A good offering. Okay. Their reaction yeah. Look at santa. He came down and the head of the household, they lost their job and just a whole series of things. They were very grateful. Happy to see santa come by. Great christmas stories. Coming up, insomniac theater. New movie chapters of annie and the hobbit. Also a review of what could be a hollywood blockbuster starring oprah. Were going behind the scenes of the movie selma. Protecting your kids online. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by lysol. Weather brought to you by lysol. When the flu starts to spread. 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Angelina jolie and brad pitt tell People Magazine they have hired a Cybersecurity Team to monitor their kids on social media. Abby boudreau has more on that and advice on how to protect your kids. Reporter brad and angelinas kids may be red carpet ready. But the unbroken director and mother of six says they may not be ready to navigate cyberspace on their own. They tell People Magazine, the they hired a security expert to monitor their kids internet use describing herself as old school when it comes to technology saying its a scary new world we wouldnt even know what to look for. What can you do to protect your kids . Cybersecurity expert kimberly suggests keeping Location Services on for the map application but turning it off for the camera app to prevent predators from knowing where your child is when they post photos online. If you post it online then youll know where that photograph was taken and youre broadcasting that to the world. Reporter she also suggests removing all laptops and smartphones from your childs bedroom at night and checking all social Media Privacy settings every six months. Make your children aware. Understand that just because theres no immediate threat, that doesnt mean there arent threats out there to your information, to your devices and to your kids. Reporter abby boudreau, abc news, los angeles. They are really cool parenting couple. I think they keep it real. It sounds crazy hiring a Cybersecurity Team. Probably not a bad idea to get someone to give you tips you dont think about. They just brought up something i didnt realize about people know your location. Some of those settings, i dont have any idea how to get those settings right. And to think they have six kids to try to monitor . Thats a whole lot of monitoring going on. Good for them. I like to hear that. Coming up, oprah. She does it all. Shes the force behind the new movie selma. Well go behind the scenes with her next. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. With police under scrutiny and Racial Injustice in the spotlight, a new movie is bringing the original march to freedom to the big screen. One of the films producers is a woman named oprah. She talked to abcs robin roberts. Were up all nightline with a look behind selma. Im just here trying to register to vote. Reporter thats oprah as annie lee cooper. You know what a preamble is . Reporter repeatedly humiliated when she tried to register to vote. We the people. How many county judges in alabama . 67. Name them. Reporter her brave attempt to have her voice heard made her a little known hero of a Voting Rights movement. I did it for annie lee cooper. I did it for anybody who has taken that walk and who literally took that walk for me so that i could and you could be sitting here today. We must march. Reporter selma chronicles the 1965 selma to montgomery marches led by dr. Martin luther king jr. Often brutal violence africanamericans faced when they tried to register to vote. The release of this film comes at perhaps just the right moment in time. All the people protesting now could benefit from seeing the strategic intention that had to happen in order for Real Progress to be made. Got to have a clear strategic intention of what it is you want to accomplish. And you cannot be heard unless you come in peace. Those that have gone before us say no more. The leader of that movement, dr. King is portrayed by british actor david oyelowo. Both an iconic and intimidating role, hes the first actor to portray dr. King in a major Motion Picture about his life. The film has earned four golden globe nominations, including best picture. And one for oyelowo. But selma found its biggest champion in its director ava duvernay who took on the project after other directors, all men, turned it down. Its jaw dropping this piece of art is coming out in this time, so robust with this energy of change. I hope this film adds to that energy, that a conversation maybe sparks some new ideas. You really look at the things they were doing, quite radical. Very interesting stuff to reconsider. For such a time as this. Beautiful. If you believe all are created equal, come to selma. Reporter for nightline, im robin roberts. I like that strategic intention she talks about about these protests. It started out with 600 and rose to 25,000. And you know, that was such a different time. And to think about whats happening now. You can learn lessons. That movement worked, frankly. What do we see now this movement, as people are calling it, going to get results of some kind . Well have to wait and see. So happy for ava duvernay. A lot of buzz about her. Her next project will be a miniseries on tv. People will get to know her really, really well in the next few months. Congrats. Congrats. The rain, the mud babam its there. The outside comes in. Its kinda nasty so you start the towelmop shuffle. Where are you sun . [ doorbell rings ] hd5 hd5 oa ewww. Sunshine is overrated, now we can get messy. [ laughs ] time for insomniac theater. Were checking out to movies. The remake of a classic, annie starring Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role played the orphan annie. Orphaned child of miss hannigan played by cameron diaz. Business tycoon will sax takes her in a thinly veiled campaign move. Im going to go downstairs. See you later. Orange you glad im back. This ingredient is my joke. Turn around. Are we really doing this . Cheers. The critics havent been too kind. Its only getting a 20 on rottentomatoes. Com. Annie has every opportunity to embrace its new setting and present a new twist on the original series but just fails on all marks. Scott mendelson said, my daughter liked it just fine, and i imagine shes more the target audience than i am. Next up, the third and final installment of the hobbit. You watch these movies . A couple. Before that all the lord of the rings. In the battle of the five armies they force a war against the forces of middle earth. Dwarfs, elves, men, big and mean and firebreathing dragons. Intent on destroying everybody. With the entire world colliding, only one little guy, little hobbit, can save it all. Dont be ridiculous. Were not going to make it. Why not . Because they will see you coming and kill you. No, they wont. They wont see me. Out of the question. I wont allow it. Im not asking you to allow it. Fans have been anxiously awaiting this release because, lets face it, these movies are all about the big epic battle scenes. The fighting presented with jacksons usual double helpings of visual splendor, emotional oomph and lowkey comedy is what battle of the five armies is all about. But Matthew Lickona writes, look if you were as bloated as the hobbit trilogy, youd probably be showing signs of exhaustion toward the end of a nearly ninehour run time, too. This is the end of the trilogy. But weep love these movies. But we love these movies. Thats the news for this half hour. The interview if it was running. We wont be doing the interview. Thats the news for this half hour. This morning on world news now cyber bombshell. New details about who was behind the Sony Pictures attack. And why the North Koreans may not be the only ones to blame. Theyve got free license to attack Critical Infrastructure in the united states. The farreaching impact and growing outrage from the biggest names in hollywood. Actors admission. The sex abuse confession from an actor who once played a faithful fatherly type on tv. There were two occasions when i exposed myself to this young woman. From 7th heaven to a disturbing scandal, Stephen Collins speaks out. Glistening skin. The promise from a line of Beauty Products full of real gold. But is it worth it . The high price. Its tryday friday on this december 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Hey, everybody. Its friday, right . Its friday. You are a little too excited. Its friday. Im going to start my Christmas Shopping tomorrow. Dont let me bring you down. I cant match your level of enthusiasm. I am excited. Im happy to be here. Im pumped. Good for you. Ill get there. Give me a second. Ill get there. So much buzz about people looking for netflix to be sonys savior. This whole hacking situation and that hopefully sony will sell the rights of the film, the interview to netflix so people can watch it. Theyll find a way for us to see this. I love the suggestion of putting it on youtube and then everybody gets to see it. North korea doesnt want anybody to see it . Then everybody gets to see it. How do you make money off that . Who cares. Just get a good one in. What if we told you were not going to pay your salary for a month. Thats what happened in november, actually. No. Shall we just kick it off . Lets get straight into it. The top names in hollywood speaking out about the sony hacking scandal. George clooney tried to get the heads of other major studios to sign a petition in support of sony. They all refused because they were afraid of the hackers. It follows new developments in the investigation. We get to abcs pierre thomas. Reporter abc news learned the attack on Sony Pictures was sophisticated, designed to mask who was behind it. Sources familiar with the investigation tell us the electronic assault was routed through a number of infected computers overseas. Singapore, thailand, italy, bolivia, poland and cyprus. The president considers it to be a Serious National Security matter. Reporter to further cloud the trail, an Administration Source says the north korean government directed a hacker or group from outside the country to launch the unprecedented attack. Include this threat to american movie goers. The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of september 2001. The masterminds likely part of the north korean spy unit bureau 121 which is tasked with developing an army of socalled cyberwarriors, recruited as children and trained for years at this military school, all apparently because the North Koreans are angry about a movie depicting the assassination of their leader. The administration weighing its options. If theres not some type of response by the u. S. , those who have carried this out and others watching it will recognize they have free license to attack Critical Infrastructure in the united states. Reporter most authorities believe the threat of physical violence at movie theaters was bogus. Sonys capitulation guarantees other companies will be hacked. Who is next . This cyberattack is having a deepening impact on the movie industry. Well take you to hollywood later this half hour. Thousands of federal workers may have had their personal information compromised. Its the second breach this year for this contractor. It handles National Security background investigations of workers at federal agencies. Both of the attacks were thought to have originated in china. Turning to stunning developments in cuban american relations. Major u. S. Companies cant wait to exploit the opportunities, especially the travel industry. Most of the embargoes against trade are laws passed by congress. Cuban american republicans in congress are promising a fight. They say normalized relations is a raw deal for the cuban people. The cuban people are no more free today than they were before obamas terrible deal. The implications will extend far beyond cuba. It has a Chilling Effect on democracy and freedom in the region. Senator rubio doesnt care what polls say. Recent polls of cuban americans in florida finds less than half support the embargo. Were now learning about another massacre by islamic extremists. This one in nigeria where 35 were killed. Most of the latter were young women and children and members of the civilian defense group. The terrorists that kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls from a nearby village last april may be responsible. Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was seen in public for the first time in months. He told a judge hes happy with the legal team that will defend him. At least 14 of the bombing victims came to court. A small group of tsarnaevs supporters were there as well. Two girls charged in the slender man stabbing have been ruled fit to stand trial. Prosecutors in wisconsin say the girls plotted for months to stab a classmate in order to please the fantasy character slender man. Payton was stabbed 19 times last may and managed to crawl to a sidewalk where a Good Samaritan called 911. Were hoping to put this horrific incident behind this wonderful family. The two girls are likely to be tried as adults. Their trial starts in february. Turning now to a successful actor perhaps best known for a role he played as a loving and faithful dad on a family tv show. Hes now confessing to shocking crimes against underage girls. Tom llamas with the details. Reporter as far as tv dads go, he was one of the sweetest. He played the minister father on 7th heaven but a glimpse into Steven Collins past far from wholesome. There were two occasions when i exposed myself to this young woman. Reporter in an exclusive interview with yahoo global anchor katie couric, collins describes an inappropriate encounter he initiated with that underage girl in 1973. Collins also confesses to exposing himself to two other teenage girls. One in 1992. The other in 1994. He says extensive therapy and his deep Christian Faith have put an end to these impulses. Im a human being with flaws, and i have done everything i can to address them. Reporter the reason collins is talking . The release of a 2012 audio recording from a marriage counseling session with his estranged wife. The exposure happened a couple of times. A couple of times . You told me once. Reporter since the release of that tape, collins has lost acting jobs and 7th heaven pulled from syndication. Collins says he never behaved inappropriately on or off that set. So far Steven Collins has not been charged with any crimes. The statute of limitations has expired so there would have to be a more recent victim for any type of prosecution. Tom llamas, abc news, new york. Authorities are searching for a suspect who shot a fedex driver with a high powered rifle. The suspect jumped out of the van, shot the fedex driver and fled the scene. The driver was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition. Its unclear if the suspect knew the fedex driver or if it was a random act. A mail truck carrying Holiday Gifts crashed and rolled over in florida. The packages spilled all over the road. Some displayed the amazon logo. Rescue workers had to cut the trucker out of the wreckage. Hes in the hospital. A mother and father in kentucky have their threeweekold baby back. Henry flores was in the family car when it was stolen from a gas station. An amber alert went out. Two women reported seeing the vehicle in a neighboring county. It was found at another gas station. Henry safe inside. No suspect has been found. Kansas city commuters are hoping for a better trip into work today. It was a mess yesterday as one to four inches of snow fell across the region. There could somebody refreezing overnight but todays drive to work promises to be much better. Holiday travelers could face some hassles the next few days with a storm on both coasts. Meteorologist jim dickey has the latest from accuweather. Good morning. Big travel weekend ahead of us here heading into the christmas week. With that, were going to see some issues out there. Area of low pressure rolling off the east coast keeps rain in place from Jacksonville North towards philadelphia. Going to see heavy rain, heavy snow continuing in the northwest. Snow in the mountains. Soaking rain for portland and seattle toward san francisco. As we look forward towards Christmas Eve in particular, the setup in place for a major storm system. Could cause big time travel delays. Not set in stone just yet. At the very least if you have travel plans, be checking in on this. Could see gusty winds and snow causing widespread travel delays. Reena and t. J. , back to you. Jim dickey, thank you so much. Disturbing news from the miss world competition. They are dropping the swimsuit round from the competition. This is shocking to you. Whats the point here then . Its been a part of the pageant since the early 50s. They want to focus more on the talent and other aspects of their personality. The socalled beach wear round. I joke here. Guys dont want to watch. It makes no sense to have a bikini round if you are judging women on talent, intelligence and poise. This is completely unnecessary. I sound like an old fogy, but it makes no sense to be Walking Around naked. Come on, you want to see them in a bathing suit. Ill go to a beach. Im not judging a woman on her personality by how she looks in a bikini. They wonder if other beauty pageants will follow suit. Probably not. What do you think . I think that what . People are going to judge them whether they are wearing a swimsuit or not. I never liked that part. Women who are watching, tweet us if you think that we are dont tweet me. 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Now the movie giant could lose millions. The 44 million film not released in any format. Ad marketing and penalties, the price tag could top 100 million. Sony says it was the victim of an unprecedented criminal assault. Many wondering if the real victim is free speech. Its going to have a Chilling Effect an edgy, provocative projects. Reporter another movie about north korea Starring Steve Carell also canceled. These billboards wiped clean. Parts of the interview have already leaked online. People may be seeing this movie whether sony wants them to or not. Cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. What if . What if they were to release that video, god forbid some attack happened at a movie theater. Then what would people say about sony . It would be very difficult. What do you do . But you see the arguments. Coming up, golden ladies. The ultra luxurious beauty treatments that use real gold. Well see if it really makes you look like a million bucks. Shes got a ticket to ride. 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The next story weve got remember its all about air jordans. Still. He hasnt played in forever. Remember there was a time before the day when Michael Jordan actually wore converse shoes. He was playing for the university of North Carolina way back when and a pair of his gameworn converse sneakers got 33,000. Wow. Its incredible. Were impressed. Polka. Hope they can prove that foot was in there. Polka is next. Politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores thats the world news polka Business News from tokyo stuff you saw on koppels show its late at night youre wide awake and youre not wearing pants so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal do the world news polka santas a big insomniac when he picks up his big sack turn on your tv to the world news polka were stuck here on the overnight but thats okay because when he comes down the chimney we say hello to santa claus get us off this midnight shift we wish you seasons greetings and the best of everything thats why this week you wont be hearing Barry Mitchell sing thats our Christmas Gift to you its the world news polka do the world news polka this morning on world news now diplomatic decision. The Historic Deal between the u. S. And cuba. Who is angry, who is confused and who is ready to cash in. Suspected boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seen in public for the first time in 20 months. The tense scene at court and what tsarnaev is telling the judge. Weather watch. With snowstorms in the middle of the country, new concerns about the christmas forecast on both coasts. The Holiday Travel outlook from accuweather. Comic conclusion. Stephen colberts final appearance last night on his Comedy Central show. The laughs, memories and alisters there for the sendoff. Thats all in the skinny on this friday, december 19th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good friday morning to you all. Glad you could spend some time with us. Im t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. Our top story this half hour the impact of new diplomatic relations with cuba. Travel and Economic Industries are reporter a raw deal. Thats how several republican reporter a raw deal. Thats how several republican cuban american lawmakers describe president obamas historic announcement. The cuban people are no more free today than they were before obamas terrible deal. The implications will extend far beyond cuba. It has a Chilling Effect on democracy and freedom in the region. Reporter obama is moving forward to reverse nearly 50 years of history between the u. S. And cuba. We can do that via an exchange of notes or letters. It doesnt require a formal legal treaty or agreement. Reporter the checklist of changes include reopening an embassy in havana and beginning to ease some economic sanctions. There was cautious optimism in havana. In the Cuban American Community in south florida, strong opinion on both sides. I think its an awful day for cuba. I think the deal was bad. We will look forward to getting back a lot of our cuban heritage. Playing a key role in the process, pope francis who made personal appeals to president obama and cuban president raul castro. The vatican helped coordinate meetings between u. S. And could bean officials. The final details hammered out there this fall. He had the power to use all the other actors to act appropriately. Reporter the white house did not rule out president obama traveling to cuba. They also didnt rule out raul castro making a similar trip to washington. Such trips were almost unthinkable just days ago. Now this could be the reality. The pentagon says u. S. Air strikes in iraq have taken a toll on isis. The Senior Commander al baghdadi wasnt killed but lost three Senior Leaders in recent weeks. Among those killed, the top military commander in iraq. China may be to blame for a cyberattack on a Government Contractors website. It handles security background checks of workers at federal agencies and its the second breach at that firm this year. Thousands of federal workers may have had their personal information compromised in this breach. The white house is expected to soon reveal the u. S. Response to that cyberattack against sony. So far the administration is not blaming north korea. Instead, josh earnest says evidence points to a sophisticated actor with malicious intent. It should be a better morning commute in kansas city today. Several inches of snow fell there coating roadways making things slick. Some schools canceled classes. This morning no snow in the forecast anywhere in the midwest as Holiday Travelers start to hit the road. Lets check in with accuweathers jim dickey. Yet another storm system working into the west coast. Going to keep rain in place across the pacific northwest. Snow into the cascades and Sierra Nevada with rain returning to the bay area. Watch out for flooding. Flooding a big concern. Heavy storms here could be severe late in the day. That include new orleans packing gusty winds. Into the weekend that storm heads for the carolinas. Cold in the northeast with rain and snow continuing in the northwest. Reena and t. J. , back to you. Authorities are on the hunt for a suspect who shot a fedex driver with a highpowered rifle. A man fired a single shot into the cab of the 18 wheeler. He fled the scene in a minivan. The driver was rushed to the hospital and upgraded to stable condition. Its unclear why he was targeted. Jury selection in the boston bombing trial is set to begin. Dzhokhar tsarnaev was in court yesterday. His first appearance in public in nearly two years. Here now abcs brian ross. Reporter u. S. Marshals surrounded the 21yearold shackled and wearing an orange jump suit. On his first day in a year and a half outside the prison where hes been held in solitary confinement. Reporter its been 20 months since he and his brother were identified as the bombers in the Boston Marathon attack that killed three and injured dozens. Im getting information from the aircraft that there is definite movement on the rear of that boat. Reporter tsarnaev was severely injured when they found him hiding in a dry docked boat. He is moving. We have movement in the boat. He just sat up. Reporter his older brother tamerlan had been killed earlier in the day in a police shootout. In court, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with a bushy head of hair appeared completely recovered from his injuries. He faces the Death Penalty and told the judge he was happy with the legal team that will defend him when the trial begins in about two weeks. At least 14 of the bombing victims came to court. Mark who lost his right leg in the blast walked away from them in disgust. Get a life, lady. Get a life. Reporter tsarnaevs lawyers claim he cant get a fair trial in a city where the memories are so raw. The judge has asked for more than 1,200 potential jurors to be available, and picking a jury alone could take a full month. Brian ross, abc news, new york. Warning to taxpayers from the irs. The commissioner says congress cut the agencys budget by 346 million. That could delay your tax refund next year. There will be fewer agents to answer questions and fewer investigators to launch an audit. If you signed up for obamacare, youll need to say so on your tax return. Sergeant in stocks on and the surge in stocks on markets around the world rolls on. The dow posted its biggest advance climbing 421 points. The other major wall street averages were up sharply as well. This weeks rally follows comments from the fed indicating no Interest Rate hikes. Olympic legend Michael Phelps goes on trial for drunk driving. The Gold Medalist was arrested in september charged with dui, speeding and changing lanes in a continual. Its his second drunk driving conviction. He could face up to a year in jail. However, thats unlikely. Hes been suspended from usa swimming after his arrest. Thursday night football, two 212 teams going at it. Tennessee titans in sole possession of last place in the afc south. Titans had a 100 lead against jacksonville. Jags came roaring back. Scored three straight touchdowns. A 62yard run. Jacksonville claims its third win of the season. Tennessee falls to 213 in a game that meant absolutely nothing. T. J. Likes sports. I like my shopping. Forget about black friday. Tomorrow is Super Saturday and a busy weekend at the stores. Retailers predict it should be the biggest shopping day this year because christmas is in the middle of next week. Consumers are expected to spend 10 billion. Compare that to the 9. 1 billion spent on black friday. Shopping tomorrow . Yes, i will be shopping tomorrow just because im a procrastinator and i have things to purchase. But i dont like it when its crowded. Thats the worst time to go shopping. I like going out in the crowds when i dont have to shop. I like the melee. You like to people watch . I love that stuff. Angry over the parking spot. Sometimes the meanness of humanity comes out in the parking lot. I finally got to the post office today. It took me 45 minutes. You got it done. Feel better. And i was parked illegally. I kept trying to get out there to change the car. Lets turn to what may be the best Holiday Season story weve done so far. This one happened near houston. The day at this whataburger was moving along. Cheryl was running her driveup window as usual. Thats when a woman with a mink coat drove up and cheryl complimented her on that coat. She took the coat off and gave it to cheryl. She said it makes her happy to make other people happy. The coat is now cheryls. Take a look at her putting that coat on. This time of year elicits a lot of these great moments. If we could stay that way. Somebody dropped a credit card at the post office. I called and canceled it. You did a good thing. The skinny coming your way and the end of an era for stephen colbert. First, a generous offer from a guy traveling around the world. How would you like to be his travel companion. Theres a catch. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by crest sensistop strips. 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Im pretty excited. Reporter on sunday, Elizabeth Quinn gallagher is planning to travel the globe for three weeks with a man shes never met. His name is jordan axani. Its about a ticket not going waste. Reporter his original plan was to take the love of his life to milan, vienna, prague, paris and new delhi. He bought the tickets but the relationship ended before he could pack his bags. He turned to the internet offering the opportunity for anyone with a canadian passport who happened to have the same name as his ex to join him on the journey of a lifetime. Just finding somebody that would make the most of it. Someday in their own way pay it forward. Reporter his simple post on reddit describing himself as a totally normal 28yearold guy living in toronto thats friendly, trustworthy and full of good stories. Adding he was not looking for anything in return. It instantly went viral resulting in 40 million clicks in the first 48 hours. I woke up to hundreds of facebook notifications. People who wanted to change their name all the way to hollywood producers. Reporter hes even launched a ticket forward. A ticket forward is a charitable movement to ultimately send deserving people on the trip of a lifetime. Reporter as for has trip of a lifetime, after getting responses from 18 Elizabeth Gallaghers, he chose this Elizabeth Gallagher to accompany him. Weve chatted a little bit so i know i will be able to get along with him very well. Reporter elizabeth and axani will have separate rooms because she already has a boyfriend. Hes not particularly happy about the whole traveling with another guy. Reporter shes going. She just has to pay for her own food and at some point pay the good deed forward. Axani, your boyfriend is not happy . Of course not. Shes beautiful. This is madness. You think its crazy . This is insanity. He says its platonic. Its not i get it. She has a boyfriend and shes you know, maybe i just dont trust my woman as much as he does. T. J. shes gorgeous. Hes gorgeous. Lets wait for the followup. Well see the followup. Coming up, were saying goodbye to the colbert report with every famous person ever, it seems. Which rock n roll movie will be heading to broadway . The skinny is next. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Ns. Rom our abc stations. I am beautiful in every single way words, cant bring me down skinny so skinny skinny skinny so skinny its time to say goodbye to the colbert report on Comedy Central. It was filled with plenty of funny, offthewall moments. He stayed true to his famous shtick. He killed the alter ego, the grim reaper, going over the top as an immortal. And colbert also gave us some perspective while looking back on some of his accomplishments. Because the truthiness is all those incredible things people say i did running for president , saving the olympics, Colbert Super pac, treadmill in space, the rally to restore sanity and or fear, and or cat stevens career, none of that none of that was really me. You the nation did all of that. I Just Got Paid for it. Oh, boy. The final moment, a testament to the shows legacy starting with jon stewart. Colbert was joined by pretty much every famous person imaginable to sing well meet again. To say goodbye to colbert as hes heading to the late show taking over for David Letterman on cbs early next year. Looks like a party. Apples tim cook made headlines becoming the first openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Part of his decision to come out publicly was to help other gay americans and a sizable Charity Donation proves hes walking the tack. The Human Rights Campaign announced cook contributed a substantial donation. Wouldnt disclose what the amount was. It will be used for project one america, an effort to build acceptance in his native alabama, mississippi and even my home state of arkansas. In a heartfelt memo, cook noted as a company, apple donated 20 million to origin red. Thats a campaign to fight aids in africa. Get ready to sing along. School of rock the musical is coming to broadway. The 2003 hit movie about a failed rocker turned substitute teacher will hit the stage. Many hope the lead role will go to the movies star jack black. Casting for the musical has not yet been announced. The show will feature original music by andrew lloyd webber. Very interesting. And glen slater who worked on sister act will also write the lyrics for webbers new songs. A good group of people working on this. This is not what im saying im looking forward to going to the stage but its a lot of music so it makes sense. George clooney visited the set of Downton Abbey for tech santa telethon. There he is with the cast in period garb. 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You can do big things if you set the stage in a campaign and then move forward. If jeb has all the money and the whole bush network which is massively powerful, its going to take one conservative to challenge him. I dont know if the hacking is because of our movie definitively or not. The movie itself is very silly and wasnt meant to be controversial in any way. Its an unprecedented attack and represents a watershed moment in cybersecurity. Someones conversation whether in email or in person should be private. I found out last night i have chicken pox so i will be home itching and missing everyone. Youre right im from down south. Its mom. Im your mother and im hoping youll have some of this out of your system when you come here for christmas. We were not together this thanksgiving. We are most years. I would really like a peaceful christmas and i love you both. We had a Good Samaritan come in today and pay off your layaway. I feel like a Million Pounds of stress are off my shoulders. I love the secret santas. I cant believe Angelina Jolie has chicken pox. She does. A lot has been going on in the movie industry in hollywood these days. Folks, if you want to see more of what happens, a lot of crazy stuff seems to happen on the air. But some of that behind the scenes stuff, the in case you missed it. All of that off the wall stuff. Is that a good way to put it . Wnnfans. Com. Check it out. Well be right back. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. cheering grunts buzzer sounds now theyre beating us on the boards out there, guys. This is your territory, grimson. Do your job. Grimson. Hello . Hi, honey. What . Now . All right. The itsybitsy spider climbed up the water spout. giggling down came the rain and washed the spider out out came the sun. Shh. And dried up all the rain and the itsybitsy spider climbed up the spout again. rock music playing i love you, daddy. I love you too, sweetheart. laughing do you believe in magic in a young girls heart . How the music can free her. Hey, its my girl. Whenever it starts . And its magic. You know, my daughter . announcer speaks a message from the foundation for a better life. Making news in america this morning digital dilemma. Companies scrambling to make sure theyre not the next cyber attack victim. As fallout from sony pulling the interview continues. And the new revelation from George Clooney. What he tried to do to get the movie in theaters. Weather watch. A storm staking shape likely creating dangerous conditions for people getting to christmas kansas cidestinations. Tracking it all. Downhill danger. A skateboarder speeding down a hill coming in the path of a bus. Final report. Stephen colberts starstudded goodbye before his next big gig