The icy place behind the hottest hit right now. Good morning, america. I love that music. I know. So many spectacular other worldly landscapes in star wars. You see it right there. And now people are actually going and flocking there to visit these places. Amy on her way to one right now. Were hear from her in a little bit. With amy on a special assignment its good to have tom llamas with us. We begin with the race for the white house. Donald trump and bill clinton going head to head on the campaign trail overnight. The gop frontrunner going after the former president. Abcs cecilia vega is here and, cecilia, the race heating up with just 27 days to go for the first votes. Oh, but who is counting, right . Good morning to you. All eyes on iowa. Those caucuses right around the korndzer. A sign this race is hotter than ever, take a listen to this. Trumps direct line of fire for a few days now, but finally the former president is speaking out for the very first time. Overnight, donald trump stirring up this crowd of thousands with a onetwo punch. Hillary, hillary, lets say hillary is president. Oh. Reporter and just a few miles away. Its kind of scary this year. Reporter Hillary Clintons husband on his first Solo Campaign trip this election taking some not so subtle jabs right back. When there is discrimination against africanamericans or hispanics or muslims, just because of who they are, i dont like that. Reporter bill clinton not mentioning trump by name or his recent tactic dredging up those past scandals. This is a woman that has been really an enabler and thats not a good situation for hillary. Reporter so i asked, donald trump says your past is fair game. Ive got to ask you, you keep is it fair game . After a long pause, finally an answer. The republicans have to decide who they want to nominate. Im trying to tell the democrats and the country why i think hillary would be the best president and i think theres always attempts to take the election away from the people. Reporter trump taking his offensive to the airwaves too. Hell stop illegal immigration by building a wall in our southern border that mexico will pay for. Reporter his First Campaign ad just released and already under fire. This image of a flood of immigrants racing toward what appears to be the u. S. Border in mexico. But it turns out this border, 5,000 miles away in morocco. Trump now on the defensive. That was just video footage. Its just a display of what our country will look like. Were like a third world country like a dumping ground. Take it any way you want. Trying to stay above the fray with a new donald trump strategy in the new year. Ive adopted a new years resolution resolution. Im going to let him live in his alternative reality and im not going to respond. Okay, cecilia, that new years resolution from Hillary Clinton and you could feel bill clinton biting his tongue when you asked him that question. Yeah, he seemed to pause like he seemed to be staying on message yesterday, this might be the bill clinton of the 2016 race. We talked yesterday about how he got in trouble in 2008 for going off message. This time around i think youre probably going to see a more subdued bill clinton, at least for the time being. The words that are being used this morning is that he very much knows his role this time around. That he is, in fact, the supporting actor, if she is the star of this show lets talk about that with matthew dowd, our little analyst. Matthew, you think hillary should make another new years resolution thought to use bill clinton that much. Clinton at home in the course of this. One, we all know hes popular. The problem is he reinforces with the voters she is part of the past even if you like that past its part of the past and voters always want the future. The other thing i think is this helps donald trump in the republican primary. It helps him because Hillary Clinton is despised by Republican Voters and its a bank shot through bill to get to hillary. In the short term this helps donald trump. So hes attacking bill clinton. Meanwhile, you see all these other republican candidates in this final four weeks until the Iowa Caucuses really starting to attack each other. Reporter yeah, were in the time of the thing where its Musical Chairs but to teacher in the classroom to keep the rules. More chairs have been pulled out. Limited space so see who can stay in. We have green eggs and ham and fantasy football and limited chairs and people are trying to get the last few remaining. The real grudge match, between ted cruz leading in iowa and marco rubio, another senator. They seem to be fighting it out for that space right behind donald trump overall. Yeah, i mean, donald trump is still the dominant character in this race, but somebody needs to be second or somebody needs to be third in the course of this race and you have two brandnew senators going at it as you say in the course of this and i think its only going to get more and more heated as we get closer to iowa and as we leave iowa into New Hampshire and the other states along the way. This is going to be a very them. No question about that, matthew dowd, cecilia vega, thanks very much. To robin. Now to president obamas big push to keep guns out of the hands of criminals addressing the nation later this morning announcing actions he hopes will reduce gun violence all this without the help from congress. Pierre is in washington with details. Pierre, what exactly is changing today . Reporter good morning, robin. With the stroke of a pen the president is potentially greatly expanding the universe of people who should consider themselves result require background checks on their gun sales. Were talking about hundreds if not thousands of people who are now selling firearms at gun shows or online. The white house is essentially saying if you routinely get income from gun sales you should consider yourself a commercial dealer, those who violate this mandate selling guns with no background checks and without registering with the federal government are subject to five years in jail and a 250,000 fine, robin. What would be the possible impact of this, pierre . Reporter well, theres some question as to whether there are enough federal agents to enforce the new guidelines. Proponents say this could mean many more background checks on gun purchases catching people who fell through the cracks. Opponents say it puts more burden on gun lovers who like to sell weapons. Okay, pierre, thank you. Abc will have live coverage of president obamas announcement on gun control later this morning expected to be around 11 40. We move on to that rough start to the new year on wall street coming off the worst opening since the financial collapse of 2008. The dow down almost 300 points. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis is at the New York Stock Exchange this morning and, rebecca, worries about china sparked the selloff yesterday. What is the forecast today. We are looking at another volatile day here. Overnight in china stocks sold off again and the stock marc here is setting for a down day at least 100 points. The big issue as you say is china. Fears of a slowdown in the worlds second largest economy having a Ripple Effect on the United States and other global economies, second, issues with oil. Now, oil prices are near the lowest levels theyve been in years and thats great news for consumers but its bad news when it comes to Energy Companies and the jobs that those Energy Companies create, george. Its all setting up for a volatile day on wall street. A rough start to the year means a rough start for the year. There is an old saying, george, here on wall street, as january goes, so goes the year for stocks, the good news is days left in january to reset the tone for the year. Always optimistic. That standoff in oregon. Authorities and residents there are telling the armed militia men who seized federal land to leave but they are not backing down. And abcs Neal Karlinsky spent time inside that wildlife refuge. Good morning, shgs, neal. Reporter they spent three frozen nights inside the back there. Not exactly a glamorous place to hold a siege. So far despite calls for others to join their cause their numbers have not been growing. This morning authorities are publicly telling an armed group of ranchers in rural oregon to pack up and get out. Its time for to you leave our community, go home to your peacefully. Reporter the group which now calls itself citizens for constitutional freedom is holed sanctuary, land they seized while no one was here. Its been coming and going a lot. Seems like some of their supplies. We were allowed inside to see where they sleep and prepare meals and found this man who posted this emotional goodbye to his family before joining up. My daughters, maddie and lilly lilly, i love you so much. Your daddy swore an oath. He swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution. Reporter inside his views were the most sobering of anyone we met. Do you fear this could turn into something serious enough you would not be able to return to your family . Theres always that chance. Ill tell you right now nobody here will fire that first shot. We will protect ourselves, but thats not what we want. Reporter the group says theyre fighting for nothing short of the liberation of thousands of miles of federal land which they believe should be returned to americas ranchers. Their initial cause outrage over the conviction of fellow in to federal prison monday for setting fires on public land was just the beginning of a string of grievances. There are no police anywhere near here. So far sources indicated that because the area is so incredibly remote authorities are in no hurry to do anything but watch and wait, george. They could be hunkered down for a long time. Thanks very much. Well turn to the fight against isis and the hunt for this masked man from the terror groups latest execution video. Authorities trying to determine the identity of this new jihadi john and abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross here with the details. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. U. S. And british authorities today are closely studying this latest isis propaganda video frame by frame trying to identify the new English Speaking executioner who is now taking the place of the terrorist called jihadi john killed last year in a u. S. Drone strike. Behind the blacks mask the isis 2016 version of evil personified and we will continue to wage jihad, break borders and one day invade your land. Reporter since the release of this 10 1 2minute video which shows the execution of five supposed british spies, u. S. And british officials have been analyzing it in detail looking at the physical build, the eyes and the speaking voice and accent of the new isis executioner who calls british Prime MinisterDavid Cameron an imbecile. Only an imbecile would dare to anger a people who love death the way that you love your life. Reporter among the possible suspects is this wellknown british radical, havesadartha dar after he and his mentor an gem choudhury were arrested by Scotland Yard on charges of supporting terrorism. The jihad is not a bad thing. Reporter interviewed by lama muslim men in london to push for that sharia law. I think that will be the beginning of the end of the United States of america, britain and the entire world. Reporter a sidebyside comparison of dar and the new executioner is far from conclusive. His family says its not sure its him. Some reporters who ivent viewed dar say it is him and others say it is not. One person in the video who has been identified by his family is this young English Speaking boy who isis shamelessly uses to call for the killing of disbeliefers. A london cab driver now told british reporters that that young boy is his grandson, the child of his daughter who went to syria to marry an isis fighter and has used the boy repeatedly in social media propaganda on behalf of isis. Thanks very much. Other top stories from tom llamas in for amy starting with a nightmare for commuters in l. A. Dramatic video from one of interstate 5 was shut down during evening rush hour as police opened fire shooting a suspect wanted for a string of Violent Crimes including murder. He had driven the wrong way down the freeway and crashed into a car with a family inside. He was rushed to the hospital. Hes in Critical Condition right now. A former South CarolinaPolice Officer charged in a deadly shooting last april has been released from jail. Michael slager was seen on camera shooting walter scott. You may remember this video who was was unarmed at the time. Slager has been freed on 500,000 bond now under house arrest awaiting his murder trial. Overseas growing tensions between saudi arabia and iran are threatening to derail peace efforts in syria. The tensions stem from saudi arabias execution of a shiite cleric which outrages iranianiranians. The saudis have now cut all ties to iran stopping trade and grounding flights and today kuwait became the latest saudi them as well. A big scare on the sidewalk for these people in turkey. Suddenly an avalanche of snow comes crashing down from a roof sending pedestrians running to escape. Two women were buried but others rushed in to dig them out. Surprisingly, everyone is doing okay this morning. Finally a family in idaho woke up to a loud crash, they feared it was a burglar instead it was this, a giant elk. The 600pound animal had fallen through a basement window into the kids playroom. The elk apparently a billiards lover, it took 2 1 2 hours to coax it out of the house. It finally scrambled up the stairs and ran outside to join its herd. So funny, the father of that family said he went downstairs terrified. Turns on the light and sees that giant elk and took off running. Put the kids in the bedroom and called 911. 600 pounds. That staircase too. Eight ball in the Corner Pocket with the antler. Lets move on to bill cosby and that growing scandal. Lawsuit filed against the comedian. But she is fighting back taking Emergency Action to stop it. Abcs ryan smith is here with the very latest. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning to you. Camille cosbys lawyers are on the offensive hoping one last effort will keep her out of her husbands fray. This morning, Camille Cosby fighting back filing this emergency motion to delay her deposition scheduled for tomorrow. Mrs. Cosby hoping to avoid court after a decision forcing her to testify in a defamation suit filed by seven women who accuse her husband of drugging and sexually assaulting them decades ago. In this emergency motion, mrs. Cosby concerned shell be forced to share intimate details of her marital life including her husbands sexual proclivities, attaching this email claiming the plaintiffs attorney threatened to get the u. S. Marshal to secure her attendance. Camille cosby is only made one womens have come forward with accusations defending her husband of nearly 52 years calling bill cosby the man you thought you knew. A man now facing criminal charges. He is in good spirits and he has confidence in his legal teams ability to bring about justice for him in this case. Reporter just last week, days before the statute of limitations was set to expire, the embattled comedian was charged with drugs and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee at his pennsylvania home in 2004. Cosby consistently denying the allegations against him and currently out on 1 million bail. If she loses the motion Camille Cosby may be out of options and as for the criminal case against bill cosby hes charged with aggravated indecent assault. His next court date january 14th. If convicted he could face up to ten years in prison, guys. What do you think will happen with camille . I think if the judge sees merit to her argue. They do the deposition later if he rules against her. It will be interesting. Now to that deep freeze gripping the east this morning. It is chilly here and those storms are lashing the west coast. Rob has all that and snow is creating some driving problems too, right, rob. Yeah. We had streamers of lake effect, even ocean effect snow across much of the northeast. And the and coming up on gma the mom of that affluenza teen expected in court this morning. 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