And we do say good wednesday morning, everyone. Were going to start with the race for the president. The frontrunners in both Political Parties showing no signs of blunting their attacks against each other. The latest volley between donald trump and Hillary Clinton is trumps twitter rant trying to explain what he meant when he used a sexually derogatory term while attacking clinton. Abcs Kenneth Moton is following it all from washington, d. C. Hes here with the details. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning, kendis and reena. No surprise, donald trump is not backing down. He says the, quote, dishonest Mainstream Media has it wrong. Donald trump fired back at the media overnight for his use of a vulgar term to describe Hillary Clintons 2008 loss. She was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. She lost. I mean she lost. Reporter that bleeped word refers to the male anatomy on urban dictionary its described as a sexually degrading act. Last night trump tweeted saying he meant clinton got beaten badly in the 2008 race. He then blamed the media. Thats why its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. Reporter clinton didnt respond directly to trump during her iowa rally but Bernie Sanders did. Donald trump is very upset, its very hard for him to deal with. I dont know what his relationship with him has been in his life but he has discovered that women go to the bathroom. Reporter sanders making light of trumps attack on clinton after her bathroom break during the abc news democratic debate. Its not the first time trumps comments have insulted women. His public battling with fox news host megyn kelly and gop rival Carly Fiorina made headlines earlier this year. Its the mark of a man who i believe has no respect for women, whatsoever report female supporters are sticking with trump. I dont think hes insulting to women. I think theres a lot of women out there that are very insulting to other women and to men out there. Reporter the latest National Poll has trump still at the top with 28 of gop voters. But Quinnipiac University says six in ten women voters say they would be embarrassed to have trump as their commander in chief. Reena and kendis. Looking at that female vote very important. Well, Kenneth Moton live in washington, thanks, kenneth. Were going to turn our gears and switch to our other top story this morning. A recordbreaking travel day colliding with recordbreaking weather. 40 million americans are in the storm zone facing violent storms, high winds, torrential rains and feet of snow. Take a look. This is what Philadelphia International airport looks like at this hour where during this busy travel week, the weather has been having a domino effect canceling hundreds of flights and delaying thousands more. And the weather radar, take a look, shows the whole picture for the eastern half of the country. A couple of powerful fronts marching eastward. One in the midwest, the other blanketing just about everything south of pennsylvania. Severe storms are hitting the deep south, even triggering tornado warnings overnight in mississippi and louisiana. Abcs rob marciano tracking where the Severe Weather is expected today. Reporter the Severe Weather threat that starts in the arklatex and expands throughout the day across the midsouth, a wide spread from new orleans all the way to indianapolis with memphis in the bullseye. Maybe tornadoes, this is spread by extreme warmth. Better above normal. 62 in chicago. Thats with rain and Christmas Eve over 70 in new york and d. C. Records are going to be blown out. The eastern half will see wet interstates, the western half, the Mountain West especially will see snow covered roads so be safe and travel slow. Thank you so much, rob. And breaking overnight weather may have played a role in a plane crash in the San Francisco bay area. Officials have found the wreckage of a small plane in Castro Valley with a body inside, however, the terrain is too rough and the body has not been recovered. In fact, two firefighters received minor injuries while trying to reach the wreckage. Recovery efforts will resume this morning. Bowe bergdahl, the Army Sergeant held by the taliban for five years, made a brief appearance before a military judge. In his dress blues, this is the first look weve actually had of bergdahl since he was handed over in a controversial swap in 2014. Hes facing charges of deserting his unit. He did not enter a plea and makes another Court Appearance next month. Were learning more about the six americans killed during a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan on monday. Among those killed was major adrianna vorderbruggen, a 38yearold gay rights activist and mother from minnesota. The others included four staff sergeants and a technical sergeant. They rank in ages from 28 to 45. The taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. Were also getting new details about the San Bernardino shooters from the wifes immigration file. Syed farook, were learning, was born in chicago and first connected with Tashfeen Malik on the internet before meeting farooks pilgrimage to mecca and they became engaged the day they met. Her file doesnt appear to support charges from some republicans that immigration officials failed to catch errors in her visa application. The woman charged in the deadly hitandrun crash on the Las Vegas Strip makes her first Court Appearance this morning. Lakeisha holloway is facing charges of murder, child abuse and leaving the scene of an accident. Her defense Attorney Says he expects her to plead not guilty. She told police she was stressed before intentionally driving onto the crowded sidewalk. Just a few years ago she was honored in oregon for turning her life around. Several people injured in the crash remain hospitalized. Here in new york city an alleged hacker to the stars is facing disciplinary action. The 23yearold from the bahamas was busted for trying to sell movie scripts as well as personal information and sexually explicit videos of celebrities. Such script hawkers are a common sight on the streets of new york but in this case u. S. Immigration agents stepped in after getting a tip from an unnamed radio host. Still ahead, another mishap for the u. S. Secret service. This time items stolen from an agents car. And falling from the describe, a drone nearly hits a world cup skier. Streaking across the night sky spotted from las vegas to Southern California, so what exactly is this . People from the california coast to las vegas and arizona saw this mysterious bright light in the sky last night. The image going viral on social media. A christmas miracle . Experts say, it was likely a piece of space junk from a russian rocket. All right, another embarrassing incident for the secret service. A member of the president ial protective division had his gun, badge, radio and handcuffs stolen from his personal car. The vehicle was parked not far from secret Service Headquarters in washington, d. C. The agent could face disciplinary action. New census figures are out. Can you guess the state with the biggest population growth . Well, if you guessed in the south, youd be wrong. North dakota is number one thanks to a booming oil industry. In fact, the population there is at an all time high at just over 756,000. Colorado, the district of columbia, nevada, florida and texas round out the top five. So were moving to north dakota. Pack your bags. The new York City Department of Consumer Affairs finds women are paying more for everyday products, examples here from the report, this scooter, take a look, the male version, 25 less and these razors, 3. 50 more for women. And the same shirt here, as well, 30 more for the female version. In the report, womens products carried higher price tags 42 of the time. So you need a lastminute gift . Starbucks has your back. They predict to break a record and expect to sell more gift cards than ever as lastminute gifts beating last years 2. 5 million cards sold on Christmas Eve. More than half of us say wed like to receive a gift card and starbucks has sold 25 billion worth of them in the past 15 years. Hint, hint, partner, on this shift. Oh, thats no problem. Every bit of caffeine. A 2 starbucks Gift Certificate for you. You cant even get a coffee for 2 there. True. You got to see this a College Basketball player with one arm with an amazing accomplishment overnight. 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This is probably one of the last places youd expect to see a coyote. It was spotted inside a terminal at the myrtle Beach Airport in south carolina, it ran across the ticket checkin area before animal control stepped in, subdued it with a taser. Now for a look at your morning road conditions. Roads will be wet across the pacific northwest. Heavy snows will make for slippery driving across the inner Mountain West and nearly the entire eastern half of the country will be blanketed by rain and even flooding conditions in the south. And if youre flying, airport delays possible in memphis, new orleans, atlanta, charlotte, the district of columbia, new york just everywhere. Just take a look. Itll be bad. Panicked shoppers ran for cover when gunfire erupted at a mall on new yorks long island. Police say the suspect tried to rob a highend watch store at the Roosevelt Field mall when a struggle broke out with a security guard. The suspects gun went off striking an employee. When people heard that single shot, they feared a terror attack. It was like pure pandemonium. Everybody was running. Tell you the truth, once i seen everybody running, i started running. The suspect was quickly taken down with the help of an offduty new York City Police officer who happened to be shopping. The injured mall employee is expected to be okay. Robert durst will return to los angeles this summer for a trial on murder charges. The real estate heir is accused of killing a writer to keep her from cooperating with an investigation into the disappearance of his wife. His attorneys say he didnt kill the writer and doesnt know who did but first his trial on federal weapons charges has to be wrapped up in louisiana. Weve got some dramatic images as a worker is pulled from the rubble 60 hours after being buried by a massive landslide in china. Rescue workers say the man was able to give his name before being rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery. The survivor had been trying to escape when a door panel fell creating a space for him to survive. Amazing. 70 people are still missing in all of this following the landslide which was Strong Enough to knock over a multistory building. Wow. Well, the nfl is denying a report that its backed out of funding a study about brain injuries. Espn had quoted sources reporting that the league is withholding millions of dollars of funding for research being done at boston university. According to the report, the nfl had raised concerns about the objectivity of a professor who would be leading the research, but a new statement says the nfl is willing to pay 16 million for the study. The league has been criticized for its handling of concussions. Okay, staying with sports i guess a little bit, it was a very close call for an alpine skier during a race in italy. Austrias Marcel Hirscher on the slalom there was nearly struck by a drone that fell out of the sky. Look at it. It was carrying a tv camera and was being used for the race broadcast when it crashed on the snow. Wow. Hirscher wasnt affected by it afterward called the incident horrible. New york giants wide receiver Odell Beckham jr. s appeal will be heard. It stems from his actions on the field against a carolina panther last sunday. As for last Night College hoops action, we get the highlights now from espn. Good morning. Welcome to our sportscenter set in los angeles. Along with neil everett, im stan verrett. Yeah, hes got the better sweater. I got the better story. 2 chainz gave me this. Thats cool. The rapper really, true story. Check this kid out, zach hodskins, he was born with one hand, about half an arm, a walkon the florida gator basketball team. Thats his first collegiate bucket. This is so great, man. Look at this smile. Second year on the team. Look at the fellas. See that. Man, thats just awesome. Prior to this he was 0 for 5 in his gator career. Basket and the foul. Missed the freebie. Still, youll remember that. Youre getting ready to go to work and talk to the people at the water cooler and say, man, did you see that kid from florida . Thats cool, man. All right, Michigan State taking on oakland. Oakland has a great player, kahlil felder. He can do some things. Less than 30 seconds to go, oakland down four. Knocks down the three. Oakland down by just one, Michigan State playing without denzel valentine. Going to be out for a couple of weeks with a knee injury. Deyonta davis with the putback. Michigan state up by one. Bryn forbes made sure that sparty finished the job, 32 for him, a career high as Michigan State takes it, 9993. So, they got some options you can see if well, valentine is out. Yeah, and oakland is pretty good too so they gave them a good game. Exactly. All right. Thats it from here. Happy holidays to you. Back to you. How do i get my 2 chainz sweater . I like that. I know. He has pull somewhere i guess. By the way, the holiday spirit was lacking last night when the blues and bruins got together on the ice in boston. So announcer jack edwards did what he could as two players dropped the gloves. We wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas thats funny. Jack edwards of the New England Sports Network singing along to this and kind of fits. Tyler randell of the bruins battles ryan reaves of the blues. Both received fiveminute penalties for fighting and the blues won the game, 20. I guess that doesnt work when talking about politics, right . Cant be singing that between donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Nothing merry about that. Coming up next in the pulse, the new list showing the most overpaid actors. And new this morning, details emerging about Steve Harveys contract with Miss Universe after his epic fail. All right, lets check the pulse, shall we . And new developments in the mess at the Miss Universe pageant. Well, believe it or not steve harvey is set to host the pageant for at least three more years. Entertainment tonight says he signed the contract a few days before his embarrassing mistake when he crowned the wrong winner. Signed it beforehand. I guess that is the key. Miss colombia is weighing in on being Miss Universe for only a few minutes. She thanked people for their messages of support and says the goof has brought attention to her country, oh, and she says, quoting here, her deep thoughts, life continues and in the future we will find out why things happen the way they happen. I love that. You know, i said this yesterday, i thought both handled it with such grace, these right. Great thing, spotlight is still on her. Great things will happen for her. Perez hilton said the things we didnt see off camera, she was a diva. Yeah and that she was giving the side eye to her translator throughout the entire evening throwing serious shade i have faith in those two women. Johnny depp being considered the most overpaid actor in hollywood according to forbes list of overpaid movie stars based on the magazines calculations, the actors movie returned 1. 20 for every dollar he was paid. Depp was, you remember, Box Office Gold as captain jack sparrow in pirates of the caribbean franchise but in recent movies not so much. Followed by denzel washington. He brought in 6. 50 for every 1 he was paid and coming in third is funny man will ferrell. All right. And Jennifer Lawrence the most underpaid actress out there. This is shaping up to be one seriously weird christmas in the northeast. Record high temperatures and now robotic reindeer. The work of boston dynamic which make robots.