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and does the person administering the anesthesia have up to date training in emergency resuscitation. and the ada says to ask for instructions or emergency contact information in the event there are concerns or complications after surgery. adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >> and that case is scheduled to go to court in may of 2018. but a frightening thing. >> almost all of us went in and had that same procedure done. >> they never give a second thought to it. things can happen. coming up, the battle of the brightest you might say is coming up. >> meet the real life mr. and mrs. claus and their home. she's had a tiny cough. see you at 5! seriously? protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause coughs. lysol. what it takes to protect. ♪ silver bells ♪ silver bells ♪ it's christmas time ♪ time in the city >> you have to go deep, deep, deep. robert goulet there with that. some people sing that. others are like, we've got spirit, yes we do. we've got spirit -- >> great! >> how about you, that's the way it goes. but some people during the holidays take that way too seriously. >> we're up all "nightline" with david wright. >> reporter: tis the season where christmas competition in new york, out on long island, peter is feeling pretty good. how many lights do you have? >> you know what? we don't have a huge light count. >> reporter: what he does have is a christmas display worthy of a fifth avenue department store window. it's not just about the lights for you. >> it's not. it's not. >> reporter: there's a santa's workshop. i hear darth vader nothing says christmas like darth vader, complete with a candy cane li t lightsaber. >> we're going to smash the competition. >> reporter: he is one of the contestants on the "great christmas light fight" where families across the country compete to win a $50,000 prize for creating the most over the top display, kind of a christmas version of "extreme home makeover". the bigger, the brighter, the louder the better. it strikes me that there's this arms race for christmas lights. like every year, houses are pressured to do it bigger and better. >> yeah. yeah. >> reporter: do you feel that pressure every year? >> no, not really. i design a display and make it come to life. >> reporter: he's got a talking lucy. >> merry christmas, you blockhead! >> reporter: and there's a reindeer. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: doing standup comedy. >> which reindeer can jump higher than a house? >> ah, look at that. >> they all can. houses can't jump. >> reporter: how long does it stay up after christmas? >> our last actual day of lighting is typically january 6, which we call little christmas. and after that we try to take it down as fast as we can. >> reporter: they say good fences make good neighbors, but christmas displays that stop traffic, not so much. do the neighbors ever kind of knock on the door and say can you turn it down an a little bit? >> we have not had that yet. so what i like to say is no news is good news. 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she posted the clip back in may, but we're now just enjoying it. people were pretty concerned for her well-being. she said that she successfully pulled off the post near the same river on a much-safer rock. >> glad she did not hurt herself. it's called the invisible box. watch as this cheerleader does it. jump right over it. it's catching on like wildfire. everybody out there is trying it. so we decided -- >> so she's stepping on something? >> you pretend there's a box there. and you pretend -- >> you step on it. >> exactly. >> it's an invisible box. >> it's not that hard. try it, you'll see, you it. >> i'm just going to pretend my box -- >> there's the box. >> hello, box. >> graceful, that worked. >> have the box. and then, see? >> wait. no, no, no. let me try it one more time. >> look, i'll do it in slow motion for you. have the box. >> what? how, how are you doing that? you've got to be kidding me. >> look, i can even just -- i mean -- >> there's got to be some sort of -- i swear, i am definitely dumb founded. you're like mrs. david blain. >> you try it. kendis, i mean. look, look, i'll show you something different, maybe you'll get it. >> now you're being ridiculous. >> no, look, the invisible box pushup, see? try it, try i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. the bug stops here protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause stomach bugs. lysol. what it takes to protect. this morning on "world news now," dangerous weather impacting millions. >> warm, dry winds are getting stronger across california, fanning a large brush fire overnight. and in the plains and midwest, dangerously cold temperatures are moving bringing whiteout ski conditions and snow. the russia probe is getting closer to the president. one says no matter what the president has done it can't be obstruction of justice. now the plan is being faced with multiple lawsuits. we're talking to people on both sides of the issue. >> okay, people, tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m., santa's coming. >> santa! oh, my god! >> i know him! >> the excitement builds, so does the controversy. with santa under fire this morning. seriously, a 6-year-old going after the big man in a scathing rebuke of his powers. his letter and why it may have santa rethinking everything on this tuesday, december ath. a are you hearing me now? from abc news, this is "world news now." >> santa! >> you maight not want to know santa after this letter. it is scathing. it is scandalous. we're going to get a special prosecutor involved in all of this. because there's a 6-year-old who is like, oh, no. >> he is not happy with santa. things are busy on the east and west coast. severe hitting with the breaking news from the west coast. high winds fanning a fire north of los angeles. >> the fire is tearing through ventura county, growing within hours to more than 10,000 acres. wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour fanning the flames. >> at least one person was killed in a car crash connected to the fire. the person may have been trying to escape the flames. there are mandatory evacuations of homes and a college there in santa paula and ventura as well. there are widespread power outages, more than 150,000 customers without power this morning. the damaging winds will be strongest today but are expected through thursday. so a tense few days ahead there in southern california. we've been watching this for several hours now, and just watch this fire as it has blown up overnight. it continues to be a very, very tense moment. we'll stay on top of this breaking news. meanwhile, in the center of the country, the concern right now is extreme cold. >> parts of the dakotas and minnesota seeing blizzard and whiteout conditions, dumping nearly a foot of snow, driven by wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. rob marciano tracking it. >> reporter: the warmth and rain squeezes off to the east. temperatures will feel 50 degrees colder, especially in minneapolis. below freezing temperatures from boston, nashville all the way to mississippi, with a reinforcing shot of cold coming this weekend. >> oh, good times there, thanks, rob. we're going to continue to follow both weather situations throughout the day. but now to that former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, accused of drafting an editorial, co-written with someone linked to russian intelligence. >> so in a court filing, special counsel robert mueller's team says man for the and his russian colleague were ghost writing the op ed as late as last week. that violates the $10 million bail. >> man for tafort remains under arrest. president trump is now sympathizing with michael flynn days after flynn's guilty plea. >> the president's comments came as his defense team appears to be turning to a new strategy following a controversial tweet following his decision to fire flynn. one of the president's attorneys is now arguing that trump cannot be guilty of obstructing justice. abc's jonathan karl explains. >> reporter: at the white house, the president offered words of sympathy for his former national security advise ir, michael flynn. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn, i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life. >> reporter: over the weekend a decidedly different tone from the president when he is asked if he stands behind flynn. >> we'll see what happens. >> reporter: flynn's plea bargain is a big rid fled flag the white house. >> i think what we're beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: the president seems determined to undermine that case by slamming the fbi. tweeting that its reputation is, quote, in tatters. worst in history. >> i will say this. hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they've destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. very unfair. >> reporter: but former fbi director james comey has testified he had no reason to believe clinton lied to the fbi. he is defending the agency he once led, quoting his own words to congress after he was fired by president trump. >> i want the american people to know this truth. the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. >> reporter: over the weekend, the president's own story seemed to change. he has said before that he fired general flynn because he lied to the vice president. but this weekend he tweeted, quote, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. that tweet could become a problem. the president had not previously acknowledged knowing that flynn lied to the fbi when he fired him. comey claims trump pressed him to halt any investigation into flynn. a possible obstruction of justice. now the president's personal lawyer, john dowd, said it was he who wrote the president's tweet. but it has not been disavowed by the white house. and the president continues to deny that he ever asked comey to go easy on michael flynn. the president's lawyer is now arguing that the president, because of the nature of his job as the top law enforcement officer in the nation cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice. it's a variation of nixon's line that if the president does it, it's not illegal. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and the president has offered his strongest support yet for alabama senate candidate roy moore. trump tweeted twice and called moore, offering his endorsement. moore tweeted that trump told him to "go get'em". also the republican national committee has reestablished its support for moore. the committee had previously withdrawn its support because of the allegations against moore. one woman who said she dated him when she was a teen and he was in his 30s has come forward with a graduation card that she says was from moore. she showed that to the "washington post" saying it's proof that she did know moore and openly dated him. she said she decided to come forward with the new evidence when she heard moore say he didn't know any of his accusers. she now knows he's a liar. the administration's latest travel ban is in full effect su. the justices allowed the ban on travel to the u.s. from six mostly-muslim countries to be fully enforced while challenges move through lower federal courts. arguments on the legality of the ban are being held in two appeals courts this week. ultimately, the legality is likely to by the supreme court. environmental and native-american groups are filing lawsuits afterhe president scaled back two national monuments in use use. it's the largest roll back of federal land protection in u.s. history. donya baucus has details. >> reporter: president trump signing proclamations to shrink two areas, bears ears and grand staircase. >> to revoke federal overreach and restore the rights of this land to your citizens. >> reporter: bears ears will be reduced down to about 230,000 acres from its current designation of over 1.5 million acres. grand staircase will drop from around 2 million acres to just above 1 million. the move was met by protesters. ♪ we will speak out >> reporter: for months, they fought to preserve the designation of monument which some say added vital protections to tribal lands. >> you're taking away what we believe in. >> reporter: ranchers say it took away their grazing rights on wide areas of land. >> it's very important to us. we've been here for a long time, and it's how we make our lives. >> reporter: president trump's decision comes after he signed an executive order earlier this year calling for the review of 27 monuments designated under the antiquities act. former president obama established bears ears at the end of his term after a coalition of tribes spent years urging that the area be made a national monument. the announcement is expected to face legal challenges from environmental and native-american groups. diane and kendis? >> the challenges will continue for some time, donya, thank you. and breaking overnight, the coast guard is searching for two fishermen missing off nantucket, massachusetts. two others were picked up from life rafts by another vessel after the misty blue sank. and some can rest easy now that police say they caught the culprits trying to spoil christmas. >> they've been investigating since a vandal ruined a christmas lights display in the jersey shore town of seagert last week. workers repaired the torn lights. but police had a feeling the suspect -- so they staged a stakeout. >> they thought he was going to come back. the stakeout worked. >> oh, okay. >> there is the suspect! caught in the act! it was a squirrel gnawing through the wires. the squirrel was charged with criminal mischief and released on bail. >> that's it? >> yeah. he's back out there. >> not his first time, by the way. >> 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"the skinny" is packed on this december 5th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> chris pratt did a good job sitting in for jimmy. let's start off with new developments in that race for senate in alabama. >> yeah, the republican national committee has now reestablished its support for roy moore, despite the claims of sexual misconduct against him. the rnc is sending resources back to alabama with a week to go until voters choose between him and moore and democrat doug jones. >> that support comes as one of moore's accusers is offering new evidence of her relationship with him. debbie wesson gibson produced a high school graduation card from him. and references in her scrapbook. she says they are proof of their open relationship when she was 17 and he was 34. it was published hours after president trump endorsed moore. tom llamas has more. >> reporter: on air force one, president trump made it official, calling roy moore to endorse him, even though moore has been accused of molesting teenage girls. moore tweeting the president told him "go get'em, roy." he has been accused of inappropriate behavior, including sexual assault. >> he laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceeded to seduce me. i was a 14 year old child trying to play in an adult's world, an. >> reporter: the president has expressed doubts. >> roy moore has denied it. that's all i can say, he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. >> reporter: but mitch mcconnell, at first quick to side with moore's accusers. >> roy moore should step aside. the women who have come forward are entirely credible. he's obviously not fit to be in the united states senate. >> reporter: now mcconnell has changed his tune. >> do you believe judge roy moore should be in the senate? >> i'm going to let the people of alabama make the call. >> reporter: moore has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct, campaigning almost exclusively in churches to rally evangelical voters. today moore tweeting, thankful for president trump's support. can't wait to help him, #drain the swamp. so far, no plans to campaign with moore, but the president will have a late-night rally in pensacola, florida. it's so close to the alabama border it's part of the mobile media market. the moore campaign tells me they welcome that contact, because president trump's people are roy moore's people. ns paul manafort is accused of ghost writing an editorial with a russian associate while on house arrest putting the terms of his bail in jeopardy. court papers say he was collaborating with an associate linked to the russian service and they were planning to publish it in someone else's name. and they want to influence public opinion on manafort. prosecutors want the judge to reconsider his bail agreement. president trump says he feels bad for former national security adviser michael flynn. meanwhile, the debate is refuelled for obstruction of justice. as one of his attorneys now argues argues it's a crime the president cannot commit. >> reporter: it's a possible new legal defense for the president. the president's lawyer, john dowd, telling abc news, the president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice in his role, because he is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states and can give his opinion on any legal case. the claim follows this statement, which dowd says he wrote from the president's twitter account. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. that led to speculation the president was admitting he knew flynn lied to the fbi before he allegedly tried to get then-fbi director james comey to go easy on flynn. >> i understood him to be saying that what he wanted me to do was drop any investigation connected to flynn's account to his conversations with the russians. >> reporter: multiple legal experts disagree with the president's lawyer, saying a president can obstruct justice. >> there is no question that a president of the united states can break the law. legal sclars believe that a sitting president can't be prosecuted for a crime while he's president. that the remedy would be political, impeachment or waiting until his term is over. >> reporter: but it's not the first time the president claimed some laws don't apply to the chief executive. >> when the president does it, it means it is not illegal. >> reporter: both nixon and clinton faced obstruction of justice charges during their impeachment hearings. serena marshal, abc news, washington. a judge in new york will decide if a former contestant can proceed. she was on "the apprentice." she claims president trump kissed and grabbed her in 2007 when she visited him about a possible job at the trump organization. she filed the suit in january after trump said her claim was a lie. and now to breaking news out of southern california. a fast-moving brush fire is threatening homes. >> it's burning north of los angeles in the city of santa paula and ventura. there are some evacuations that are taking place in both cities. these are early morning live pictures as can you tell there many you can see how this fire has grown quite a bit. in fact, it has doubled in size, just in the last couple of hours. burning thousands of acres. santa ana winds gusting to 70 miles per hour are fanning the flames and the high winds are expected to remain through most of the week. we are told this fire is considered fatal right now, there's been at least one death associated with it. it was a traffic accident that took place moments ago. >> dangerous weather conditions as well. also farther north, a wintry storm hitting the upper midwest is set to bring a chill to a lot of the country. the latest radar shows the front pushing a line of storms 1400 miles from texas to michigan. it is bringing blizzard and whiteout conditions to some areas. dumping nearly a foot of snow in some areas. wind chills will be below zero in some areas. the crew of another commercial airliner believes it saw north korea's latest missile launch. it was on its way from san francisco to hong kong when those on board saw the missile's re-entry. the missile was far from the jet and the plane was not affected. the korean air pilots on two other flights say they also saw the missile. and yemen's former president has been killed in fighting between his supporters and their former allies. ali abdullah saleh ruled for two decades before he was forced to resign during the arab spring, section year -- six years ago. fighting in the capital has intensified in the past week. a 69-year-old man from jacksonville, florida is in fbi custody for allegedly planning a mass shoot being at an islamic center. he is a gun enthusiast who expressed strong anti-islamic sentiment. he was arrested after his home was raided last friday. he's held on a weapons charge while other counts are considered. as the famed r and b group shalimar sang, the second time is so much better. >> huh? >> you know them, of course. and in detroit, that means more explosives. >> the first attempt to demolish the upper deck of the pontiac silverdome was an epic fail. there was a lot of noise, some smoke, that's pretty much it. so demolition crews tried again yesterday afternoon. this time it was successful, kind of >> look at it. go! go! okay. so they only gave a half hour's notice, perhaps in case of another embarrassing failure, but i mean for the most part, it was the upper deck is gone. >> you could still hold an event there. you could sit in the bleachers and watch people play on the field. the cheap seats are gone. if you were sitting in the cheap seats, you'd have a problem. but now there are new cheap seats. they're probably selling those seats at a discount. >> it is still a very detroit thing, sadly. coming up, one of the ucla basketball players arrested for shoplifting in china now leaving the school. lavar ball pulling his son and saying that his punishment in china was less harsh than the school's decision to bench him. and the count down to 2018 is on. we're looking back at 2017 to see who was named entertainer of the year. and before you guess, we'll tell you, you won't be able to guess. take that. you're watching "world news now." 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"time of my life" from "dirty dancing". ♪ >> that's cheating! >> cheating! >> that is not how you do the lift. his form is all wrong. that's not how you do the hold. >> he's got one hand straight up chris stapleton's parts. >> we already showed them. >> yeah, this is how you do it. >> check it out. ♪ time of my life >> there you go. >> that's how you do the lift! that's how you do the lift! >> whoo! >> now we know. >> you did it. you nailed it. >> no, no, no. ah, man. let's move on. move on, quick. >> next to the fashion awards held last night. the star-studded red carpet featured singers rita ora. >> there's sam smith. >> sam smith. model icon, naomi campbell. >> woo. >> walk like naomi. maisie williams. >> aka. and it may have been the british fashion awards, but there was an american invasion. check out selena gomez, with her victorian-style dress and new blond locks as well. >> and also making her debut at the event, ms. piggy. >> i like her dress. >> distinctly american. you couldn't see the lower half of her dress. that was kind of weird. so my favorite, louis hamilton was also there in a very british outfit. >> at that's my boy. >> the race car driver. he's awesome. >> we have a big one now. the honor of entertainer of the year. >> plenty to choose from. could it be dwayne the rock johnson. >> yes! it should have been. but no. >> or blake shelton, "people"'s sexiest man alive. >> we know how that went, so no, no blake shelton. >> got to be my baby mama, beyonce. >> i think jay z would have a problem with no, not beyonce, no, not justin bieber. we're talking about this man, entertainer of the year, alfonzo rivero, host of "america's funniest video", aka carlton. >> like the kid from "silver spoons"? >> like the kid from "fresh prince of bel-air". >> he's the entertainer of the year? >> the 35th annual awards. recognized him for his contributions to the entertainment world. >> he returned to the ballroom for a three-way dance in the finals. still no understanding of why he's entertainer of the year. >> i tell you why, the dance. that's why. >> and while we're dancing, let's check out this moment from the new york city subway. this was classic. >> fine. somebody starts playing new york's own carnegie on a speaker and insanity ensues. kwhek it out. everybody starts dancing. we have to put the clean version out, it's not what they were sichking. out, it ses not what they were singing the bug stops here protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause stomach bugs. lysol. what it takes to protect. my dbut now, i take used tometamucil every day.sh it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. ialmost everything. you know, ke 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. when you said youe, sir. were at the doctor, but your shirt says you were at a steakhouse... that's when you know it's half-washed. add downy odor protect with 24-hour odor protection. downy and it's done. ♪ the night we met ♪ i thought i won the lottery ♪ i thought that i held everything that i wanted to hold ♪ ♪ spending the night with you alone ♪ ♪ the night we met >> hmm. >> i like it. >> it's mellow. from taylor's new album. >>reputation." >> "reputa speaking of reputation, prince harry's reputation. that's all. >> okay. >> he made his first solo appearance since his engagement to meghan markle, attending the london fire brigade's annual carol service. >> so they have about, i'd say a lot of days until their wedding. it is one of the most-watched weddings expected in the world. how did their relation come about? and remain a secret. here's amy robach. >> reporter: we're learning more about how the laest couple kept their relationship under cover for so long. >> keeping harry and meghan's relationship under wraps is a cloak and dagger operation. meghan had a job on "suits". so she couldn't fly around as much as harry could. so when he had time he would jump on a plane and fly into toronto. it was actually the friends of meghan to open up their doors for places that they could actually hang out. >> reporter: even going on double dates in toronto and london. >> the other couple that harry and meghan often went on double dates with is his favorite cousin, princess eugenie and he. >> reporter: and part of that cloak and dagger operation, quiet, 24/7 protection early on. >> now that they're engaged, she'll receive further training. she'll know how to deal with a kidnap threat or if someone is following her. >> reporter: she is now transitioning to life in the public eye, but it's a transition a long time in the making. >> i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly, it was sort of confirmation to me that everything, all the stars were aligned. everything was just perfect. it was this beautiful woman literally tripped and fell my life. >> reporter: prince harry picking out the center diamond from botswana. >> he'd actually planned it several months before proposing to meghan. it was a trip to botswana in may of this year when he selected the diamond and kept that a secret from pretty much everyone around him. botswana is a special place to harry. it was the place he escaped to after the death of his mother and got to spend time away from the media intrusion. >> reporter: the ring glimmering with significance in more ways than one. >> the little diamonds on the side are from my mother's jewelry collection, to make sure that she's with us on this crazy >> important message for women and men ages 50 to 85. please write down this toll-free number now. right now, in areas like yours, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you're on a fixed income or concerned about rising prices, learn about affordable whole life insurance with a lifetime rate lock that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information, or if you misplaced it, call this number now and we'll rush it to you. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. please stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek and the announcement you just heard is for a popular and affordable life insurance plan with a rate lock guarantee. that means your rate is locked in for life and can never increase. did you get your free information kit in the mail? 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