Circling overhead spots a possible distress sign. They also have started a fire possibly for a smoke signal. Reporter the victim, a Boy Scout Troop leader, yelling for help. He is bleeding from his neck, his arm, and his head. I heard the sirens, thought the helicopter was looking for something because it was circling around and around. Reporter rescuers are able to reach the man, whisking him and the three boy scouts to safety. That troop leader taken to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Its the Second Attack in this area in just over a year. A College Student was killed by a black bear about 20 minutes from here. The surging bear population and Close Encounters like this one, outside an Elementary School, prompting controversial hunts from new jersey to florida. The local mayor says the attack happened when the group was exploring a cave. It was the three scouts that ran gloria riviera, abc news, rockaway, new jersey. Fish and wildlife officers it believe the bear was only protecting her hibernation spot. That scout master 50yearold Christopher Petronino was treated for bites and scratches. Rail 2r568ers between new york and philadelphia may be safer now. Amtrak has a new crash system between the two cities that takes control of a train traveling too fast. A derailment last may killed eight and injured hundreds of others. The train was traveling at twice the speed limit through a tight curve. Holiday travelers is heading out today or early this week could be delayed by storms. The first in a series of storms now hitting Northern California and the pacific northwest. Heres Paul Williams at accuweather. Good morning. Thanks, reena, kendis. Northwest the misery with the snow showers and rapid firing storms causing more in the way of snow delays throughout the western side of the country. And throughout the upper snow in some areas. Along the east, warmer than usual weather, yeah, but the tradeoff, scattered showers and thunderstorms, even a chance of flooding along the coastal region. It starts monday from chicago down toward st. Louis and spreads the wealth of rain towards the east targeting the northeast. Kendis, reena . Paul. Thanks. Well, the nfl playoff picture is becoming more clear. One team we know is now in. The arizona cardinals. It was a fathered affair last night in philadelphia with the cardinals facing the eagles but really, only one team, arizona was flying high, got three touchdowns from David Johnson by the time john brown caught a 16yard touch down in the third, game over. Cardinals the nfc west champs winning 4017. Incredible night. That means the redskins could clinch next week. Amazing. The way the break down is, the afc playoffs, patriots and chiefs, texans make up the rest of the field. That sounded right somehow. Two weeks of games to go. The steelers, yeah. Oh, yeah. 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That means some of your personal information will be available to the public. Abcs devin dwyer has the details. Theyre one of the hottest headaches for law enforcement. Starting monday if you own a drone weighing over half a pound, youll have to register online with the faa. This is about having a National Registry of folks who are owners of drones and use areas of drones. Reporter it will cost five bucks to sib up, but the faa is making registration free for the first 30 days. You give them your name, address, email and credit card information. The feds give you a tracking number to clearly display on your drone. Kids as young as 13 will have to have their parents register for them. As more drones swarm the skies, the government wants greater accountability and responsibility for pilots after growing numrs of dangerous close calls. We almost got hit by a drone just to let you know up here just about 20 feet. Reporter drones flying above californias forest fires forced the grounding of tankers battling the blaze. They sent the white house into lockdown and startled spectators thats going to cause a halt in play for the moment. Reporter if it your drone goes rogue, its tracking number will help authorities and even your neighbors hunt you down. A searchable public database will list your full name and home address. If you dont register your drone, could you face steep fines up to 250,000 and potentially three years in prison. Pilots will have to carry certificates with them. Lest you think the grinch will steal all the fun, the faa says most toy drones under 100 are light enough they dont need registration. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. Good advice. Small toy drones dont need to be register. Coming up, the epic disaster of an ending to last nights Miss Universe pageant. And the reality star getting let out of jail just in time for christmas. The skinny up next. 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Lots of beautiful female women of earth representing the best of the universe including miss hailey comet wearing swimsuits and evening gowns. Miss halelys contest. Get it . To weigh in on the pressing issues of the w like terrorism and gun control. Miss usa had a good answer to gun control after thoughtful answers, miss colombia was crowned Miss Universe. Ari add na gutierrez was barely finished blowing kisses to the crowd when the host steve harvey stepped in and what happened was i have to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines. Yeah. There was really no good way to do this, but he made up and told them he had it wrong. Harvey quickly turned to twitter to apologize but he messed up again spelling columbia wrong. Auto correction spelling philippines like the biblical philippians. He quickly deleted the tweet and retweeted it with the correct spellings. Can you imagine being the guy who had to tell him, mr. Harvey, you messed up yet again. I would not go visit colombia anytime soon. The whole entire country is probably upset, steve harvey. I should point out, steve just tweeted by the way this breaking news that the new alvin movie was number one at the box what . Lets move on. Big news for reality tv sta teresa jude giudice. She was convicted of fraud along with her husband and has a 15month sentence and shes coming home to her four daughters just in time for christmas. Her attorney telling abc news shell be able to spend christmas with her family. Whatever you feel about teresa, it is good news for her been a rough year for them. Absolutely. What do you think of the lyrics youre insecure, dont know what for, youre turning heads when you walk through the door. Dont need makeup to cover up. Bring the way that you are is enough. Thats what makes you beautiful. This sounds like your favorite group. Its genius. That is genius. Zayn malik from one direction over the weekend, its great. 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Pulling in 238 million in domestic sales. Alvin and sisters falling far behind despite that the steve harvey tweet. Does steve harvey think it escapes me. Then perhaps you believe in santa. Parents know taking a picture on the big mans l isnt always easy. Yeah, its really tough especially when the child has autism. But one santa is coming to the rescue. Heres abcs john donvan. Reporter santa with the family. The photo, easier said then done, but especially when the kids have autism. Which is why some parents usually dont even try. Like mom stephanie mullen. I wasnt planning on doing pictures with santa at all this year because its just too hard. Reporter and kristin fairfax. We tried last year. Reporter but then they heard about this santa claus. And maybe youve seen the photo, posted by autism speaks. Its been everywhere this month. Santa connecting with a kid with autism at the simons mall in charlotte, North Carolina. By getting down on the floor. He attended the noerr projects santa school in colorado where one of the lessons is working well, sorry. Its just going to stay santa. Ive known for years that working with children on their level is an appropriate and a friendly way to do it. Reporter he uses snow globes to hook the kids attention, as he did with addie. Plays a harmonica,a,s he did with this little guy, lane. So here is what the mullen family got for christmas. Their oldest girl on the left has autism. They got this picture. Same for the fairfax family. The shot they came for . They got it. John donvan, abc news, washington. Very cool. You never think about all these families who dont get to get that picture with santa. What an incdible effort by these santa clauss. Its already difficult for most parents so to see them be able to do that. Good to have you back. Its good to have this moment back. Thats the news for this half hour. One more time, we relive the good mornin im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Some of our top stories on this morning. Were following here on world news now. A war of words on the campaign trail between Hilla Clinton and donald trump. In saturday nights debate, clinton said trump was being used in isis recruitment videos. Trumps response, she made it up. Details straight ahead. A boy scout lead ser recovering from being mauled by a bear in the woods of new jersey saved by three quick thinking boy scouts who called for help after he led them into apparently hibernating. Dozens of people missing it following a landslide, collapses and burying buildings a a an Industrial Park in Southern China. The area is covered in a sea of red mud with several buildings either knocked on their side or collapsed entire. Thi a doozy. An embarrassing moment at last nights Miss Universe contest. First miss colombia crowneds as the winner, then the host steve harvey had to admit he made a mistakes and miss philippines was the actual winner. Harvey owned it. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 21st. From abc news, this is world news now. We do say good monday morning. Were going to get started with the race for president. The candidates were back on the campaign trail for a couple of days this week before christmas. The major talking point following saturday nights debate was Hillary Clintons being used in isis videos. Trump not taking that all too lightly at all. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs devin dwyer with the details. Reporter at the democrats debate, only one republican candidate was mentioned by name. Donald trump. Donald trump. Donald trump. Reporter on abcs this week, donald trump fired back, taking on Hillary Clintons explosive allegation that trump is showing up in isis recruitment videos. Knowing the clintons d knowing hillary, but theres no theres nobody she just made it up. I mean, she made it up. It was a sound bite. Reporter after the Clinton Campaign couldnt provide hard evidence of videos, a top clinton adviser, pressed by george stephanopoulos, tried to clarify. She didnt have a particular video in mind, but hes being used in sosoal media. Reporter it wasnt the only clinton moment that made waves. We now finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis. Reporter jeb bush turning her comme into a campaign attack video. America has had enough of empty words of declarations detached from reality. Reporter as the struggling gop frontrunner. Just one other thing, ive got to get this off of my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. Reporter trump seems happy to have friends elsewhere. If putin wants to call me brilliant and other things that he said which were, frankly, very nice, ill accept that. Reporter meanwhile, his rivals marco rubio and ted cruz are in an allout brawl over immigration. I oppose amnesty. I opposeitizenship. I oppose legalization. Period. The end. The fact of the matter is that on multiple issues, hes changed his position multiple times. Reporter its a battle for second place nationally as trump heads into the holidays with a solid lead. The next chance the candidates have to debate face to face is midjanuary. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. Thank you so much. Weve been following breaking thus this morning from las vegas. A deadly incident along the city strip. Last night, thousands of pedestrian Walking Around there, the famous street, a woman actually drove her car up onto the sidewalk in several locations one running people down along the way. Police say it appears to have theyre ruling out terrorism. The woman behind the wheel is in custody and being tested for drugsnd alcohol. At least one was killed, 36 others injured, several critically. A toddler was in the back seat unhurt. Many of the victims were french speak serious visitininfrom month trial. L. Of course, well continue to have more on that throughout the morning. Also in the west, rescuers in bakesers field pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard. Air travel controllers can lost contact saturday afternoon as it las vegas. Call. The fa a is still looking into the cause of the crash. Weather conditions in the area were cloudy and rainy at the time. And also in california, two Southwest Airlines jets bumped into each other at Bob Hope Airport in burbank. One of the jets was pushing away from a gate sunday when it bumped into anoer plane parked at a neighboringng gate. Both planes were removed from what appeared to be a bomb on board an air France Flight crowded with Holiday Travelers prompted an Emergency Landing in kenya. A passenger found the device taped behind a mirror in a lavatory. The 5ir78 was on high alert since the paris attacks. Terry moran has the story. Reporter the stranded air france plane sat on the tarmac in kenya, a sign of how successful this hoax was. A boeing 777 carrying 473 passengers and crew, en route to paris from mauritius. A passenger discovered a suspicious object in the lavatory and the plane diverted for mombasa. There was no panic. Passengers were told there was a technical problem. Something wrong in the toilet. Like, it could be like a bomb, Something Like thaha reporter a aording to kenyan media, this is it. A sinisterllking construction with a aimer on top. When the plane landed safely, passengers were evacuated with emergency slides. Six were detained for bu investigators quickly determed it was all just a false alarm. The thing was just cardboard, paper and a clack, said air frances president. The object was not capable of causing an explosion, he said. U. S. Government analysis of the device concluded it was obviously meant to look like a bomb. Perhaps this was a test run for terrorists, looking to find weak spots in a security system. Reporter air france has been the target of four bomb alerts in the past 15 days. Three on flights over the u. S. After the paris attacks, the ench are on edge. And whoever this hoaxer is clearly knew it. Terry moran, abc news, london. Our thanks to terry there. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen is now a missing person. Ethan crouch failed to report to a probation officer earlier this month. His mother hasnt been seen since either. There is now a reward for the 1yearold crouch. He was given probation rather than a prison sentence for a killed four in texas. His lawyers argued he was too spoiled to be responsible. Police in madison, wisconsin are searching for the gunman who triggered a panic inside a packed Shopping Mall five days before christmas. Thousands of shoppers were sent scrambling for safety. Cs phillip mena has the ory. Reporr fear and chaos at this madison, wisconsin, mall on saturday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Gunfire sending Holiday Shoppers running for cover as Police Rushed to the scene. There is possibly reported one or two shots fired. There were 10 to 15 people fighting. Repter brian haigh was working at the mall when a brawl broke out on saturday. I saw a lot of people panicking and running. They thought it was a big bang, but then when this he saw two guys running, thats when they were like, oh, someone got shot. Reporter he pulled out his cell phone and captured another worker helping a young man on the ground who had been shot. The 19yearold was sent to the hospital with a leg wound. You come here to go shopping for christmas, and then guns ring out inside the middle of the mall. Its just ridiculous. Fearing the worst. The mall going into lockdown for more than three hours. This has nothing to do with a mass shooting. Theres no link to terrorism. Eporter but thats actly what tactical teams here in madison train for, once a month. Like so many departments across the country, long before that deadly attack in San Bernardino. Police here are still investigating this weekends shooting. But the mall is now back open for what will be a very busy week for holiday shopping. Phillip mena, abc news, madison, wisconsin. Thank you. The pharmaceutical executive arrested for securities fraud says the governments out to get him. Martin shkreli tells the wall street journal he was arrested for raising the cost of a life saving drug 5,000 percent. He says the government was trying to find anything to stop him. He has maintained a high profile even holding a fivehour live stream over the weekend. Many of those holiday cards are arriving today. The Postal Service says today is the busiest delivery day of the year. The agency expects to deliver more than 30 million parcels today and set a record by the time christmas rolls around. The forecast by the way, 600 million packages before the holidays are done or 10. 5 more than last year. Are you one of those who requested delivery . I do order things late at night, but yeah. Thats what we do. Okay. And where better to fight the darkside than at church. That was the idea two pastors in trainingngor the star wars service. Some of the con gra gantz dressed up as their favorite characters. The Service Included a clip from one of thearlier films. The pastors obviously both big fans say there are many parallels between the bible and star wars. I got to hear this one. There are a lot of people years that there was something religious in essence about i thought there was a is that it . Just a lightsaber. I thought we would hear something from the sermon how the darkside and the lightside. There is its been one of those things over the years that have talked about the mythology of star wars and the bible. And the good book. Thth is theirst parallel ive heard about the o. No, there is a force. There is a forcrc who exactly is darar vader . Never mind. Yeah. Coming up, turning unwanted gift cards into cash and how you can even make a profit. Also ahead, i am exhausted. And back from my Airline Mileage run. An exhausting it attempt to rack up frequent flyer points and perks. Itsh cab what we call the first problem. Thats where i was. And trying to set a record with lightsaber. A colorful attempt right here on earth, not on a set of star wars. First the forecast m and actually the seahawks won this years super bowl, not the pacers. Seahawks. World news now ather, brought to you by mucinex. Seriously . Where do you think youre going . To work, with yoyo its taco tuesday. Youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Oh, right then ill swing by in like 4 hours. Forget theacos one pill lasts 12 hours. Im good all day. Wait your loss. I was going to wear a sombrero. 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Bank rate. Com says nearly four in ten americans havent visited a bank or Credit Union Branch in at least six months. The reportt indicates that the mof affluent and clakted you visit a bank branch in person. And alsop you get your free lollipop. They have free lollipops. Clearly you dont go to banks. Not that much. Ive got young children. Bribe them by going to the bank. Get a free lollipop. It is the season of giving. So theres a good clans youre going to be buyin or receiving a gift card. But many of them just end up in a drawer and never get used. So true. Ive got some from my weddi six years ago. Never used them. Before you toss those cards into the black hole of your junk drawer, theres other options. Linzie janis explains. Reporter its the present that almost everyone g gs, the gift c cd. I love e ceiving gift cards. Reporter r heyre so popular. 130 billion are expected to be loaded on to them this year. They can be used to purchase anything from a meal to clhing. One company even allowing you to give the gift of stock in major corporations. But what if the card you get doesnt suit you . Reporter you may not know it but you can turn it into cash. Websites like raise. Com and giftcards. Com will buy your unwanted gift cards and give you cash, though usually not for the entire amount. That sounds like a fantastic idea. Reporter and some malls and Grocery Stores have machines like this one, m ming that swap for cash eveveeasier. Whether r u keep your card or trade it in, consumer expert Lauren Lyons Cole says do it soon. The gift card wont expire until five years from the date of purchase, so you do have plenty of time to use it, but you might get hit with an inactivity fees or you might lose the gift card. Reporter in fact, so many of us misplace or waste gift cards. According to one study, 750 million went unredeemed last year. And thats why our expert says the most popular gift card of all is a bankcard. Its like a prepaid credit card, linzie janis, abc news, new rk. Bankk cards, remember that, kendis. Its a popular gift. Sales have risen 124 maryland this year alone. And with your sixyear mark you kind of hit that i should look into it, huh. I should regift those gift cards. Yes. Coming up, globe trotting with yours truly. Well follow kendis, this is incredible, his whirlwind eb vaekz and find out why he did it. It was kind of a vacation. T was torture. No, it was youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now abc stations. Were so gl to have kendis back. He took a little time off becaus you treated it like a job, about you. Im just glad they didnt use a darth vader theme there. Thats right. So a special place that many people try to avoid this time of year. Airport, of course. And well, actually lots of them. Also i can receive some pretty incredible benefits that frequent flyers enjoy. Take a look. Reporter im on a mission. I need to fly 14,0,0 miles before the end of this month. Millions of other travelers will be taking to the skies this holiday season. One of the busiest travel times of the year. Why would i do something so crazy . Because i need the miles to reach the next level status with my airline. Im blanning whats called a mileage run. Theres two main types of mileage runs. The first is to accrue miles cheaply. The second type is with the focus of elite status. So that you have all those benefits for the entire next year. Reporter here at jfk, i meet with brian kelley, an expert who employs all sorts of tricks of the trade. You dont have to be a professional to enjoy the perks of Airline Status. All types of theravelers. You can enjoy the lounge. Imoing to take six consecutive flights starting in new york city, on to seattle, down to alaska, down to phoenix, crosscountry to charlotte, overseas to san juan, puerto rico and back to new york city all in 52 hours. 19 hours into this trip. But unfortunately for me, it wasnt enough. Im still 400 points short. I could cry right now. A lot of airlines these days are reducing the amount of miles you earn so that cheap economy tickets are not earning as much. Reporter s sll brian says there a a w ws to save on yourr Holiday Travel this year. Tip one, be flexiblbl on your schedule. It may make sense to drive to anher airport. Thats how you get frieses down. Number two, consider using a low cast carrier. The fare is one component of a ticket. Do the math and see what the total price is to fly. Reporter tip new three, use frequent flyer miles. Airlines release a ton of frequent flyer award availability over the holidays as for my mileage run, success and my Airline Status coming days later thanks to yet another flight to miami. It looked incredible. Alaska was absolutely amazing. Anchorage, the peoplpli just got to see it for about eight hours is. People were great. 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Were now talking about a scene from the blockbuster the force wakens. Were talking about an attempt by fans to break a world record. Kabcs Melissa Mcbride has the story. Reporter begin. Reporter its a battle of epic proportions. Star wars fans gather to break a record for the Worlds Largest lightsaber battle over 24 hours. This is something we wanted to do. She wanted to battle. She says shes brave and wants to be a jedi. Reporter some of those who hold the cololful weapon are highly skilled at taking down their opponentsts ive w w all of them. All 20. Y y dont understand that the only way you really win is by having fun. Thats the true power of the jedi. Enjoy yourself. Whatever you do, do it with all your heart with all the joy. Reporter lifelong fans say being here with other whos share their passion creates an incredible energy. Its just really nice to be able to ce out and just be with other people who feel the same way that you do. Youve got to be someone that you dont usually get to be during your regular workweek. Reporter Melissa Mcbride, abc 7, eyewitnessness news. Another jedi in the making. Kendis, look at you honing in your lightsaber skills. You lookk good. Im weaeang a really tight tshirt there. Yes. Apologies. That was cool. There was a jedi academy that takes place every thursday here in new york city. It really gets packed with people and you know, i really was hurting that guy there. I can tell. So what was your jedi name be . Maybe lan doe car lissian. Lan doe who . Thats taken. Thats taken. Was he a jedi . I would call you jedi kenny g. I like that. You like that jedi kenny g. Jedi kenny g. Chicks dig it. What can i say . Oh, boy. Should point out stevearvey just tweeted deweyy defeats truman. You are never going to let that poor man live that down. Its funny. Hour, folks. Facebook on wnnfans. Com. Breaking news this morning on world news now. From the las vegas strip. The deadly scene after a car plows into a crowd just outside the Miss Universe pageant. The details coming in about the driver and thehe victims. Targeted again. An air france jumbo jet forced to make an Emergency Landing after a bomb threat. Bers. Fired up. Donald trump lashes out after Hillary Clintons comments at the democratic debate. Political war of words. And breaking overnight. The awkward moments at the end of the Miss Universe pageant as the wrong contestant is crowned. The explanation on this monday, december 21st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Hey, good mornrng, everyone. Im reena ninan. Welcome back, m m kendis. T is good to be back. A woror traveler were going to learn about in one of our half hours. Its so fleiss to be back. What a wonderful present today to come back to by the name of steve harvey. You know . Hallelujah. I love steve harvey. I think hes one of the best of the best. But oh. A little bit of a doozy tonight. Today is one of those things where you consider it a first time and last time. First time as host of the Miss Universe pageant and perhaps his last time there. Quite a blunder everybody is going to be talking about no doubt today. In addition breaking news outside. Police are wondering was this did this happen on purpose or was it an accident. Its breaking news from a fatal incident there thats taking p pce at one of the busiest intersections of the citiess famous strip. I an woman drove up onto the sidewalk striking pedestrians in front of the paris hotel and casino as well as planet hollywood. Witnesses say after crashing into a group of police, the driver sped off, then went back up onto the sidewalk hitting more people. Right now at least one person was killed. 36 others injured in this one. Several of them critically. An eyewitness saying he was right there when it all happened. You could see the car had passed right in front of me. By the time i realized what was going on, i focused on down the sidewalk, you could see people literally bouncing off. She was running over erybody. Thee car came to a stop over here on pariri slowed down. Three or four guys trying to punch out the window and make her stop and gft out. The woman was taken into custody. Tests are being done if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Seat of that car who was not injured. Police have ruled out terrorism but part of the vegas strip was shutdown after the incident. Many victims are reportedly frenchspeaking from montreal, canada. We want to move on to another development, another developing story this morning. Three boy scouts on a hike in the woods of new jersey put their Survival Training to real life use when their scout leader was attacked by a ar. Thanks to quiui thinking, they managed to scramble rescuers to the scene just in the nick ofime. Richard cantu has the story. Reporter a walk in these woods turned into a hair row ordeal for a troop leader and three scouts. A gentleman in the cave with a bear. He has been injured by the bear. Reporter when the scouts called 11 can you reporting a bear attack, First Responders scrambled. I heard the sirens. Reporter as a Police Helicopter hovered overhead, the youngsters remembered their Survival Training. They also have started a fire a may day for their scout master who was yelling for help. He is bleeding from his neck, his arm and head. Reporter and the scouts saved the dada the man was flown to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Unharmed. We hike here all the time. Reporter residents say bear sightings are common. Any given day, i could see one, three, five. Reporter its the Second Attack in this ear in just over a year. A College Student was killed about 20 minutes from here. The surging bear population and Close Encounters like this one outside an Elementary School prompted controversial bear hunts. Protesters say there are more humane ways to control bears. Sundays attack came after the state of new jersey ended an official black bear hunt. 510 bears were killed over ten days. Richard cantu,u, abc news, new york. And w wre learning that scout master 5050earold Christopher Petronino had been and never saw a bear there. He was treat ford bites. They believe the bear was protecting his hibernation location inside the cave. Rescuers in bakersfield, california, have pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an ar chard. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the piper saturday afternoon heading from san jose to las vegas. The plane did send out a may day call. Weather conditions in the area were cloudy and rainy at the titi. Today is the 27th industry of one of the worstst terror attacks on a mechelle flight. 2 00 peoplee died when a bombb blew up on pan am flight 103 on its way from london to new york. 11 victims were on the ground in lockerbie, scotland. Its believed the bomb was hidden in a suitcase. Libya eventually accepted responsibility for the bombing. Another air france jet liner diverted because of a terror threat. Again its turning out be a hoax. This time it was a fake bomb a bathroom mirror board the 777. The blaine on its way from paris to mauritius. Passengers were just told there was a technical problem and evacuated when the jet landed in kekea. Somethihi wrong in the toilet. It could be like a bomb, Something Like that. Perhaps it was a theft run looking to see if they can find weak spots in a security system. Get dhis, the was made of cardboard, paper and a kitchen timer. This is the fourth bomb threat against air france since the paris attacks costing millions of dollars. Now to the race for the donald trump firing back at democrats who made harsh attacks against him. Trump also taking height from other gop candidates. Its your voice, your vote with devin dwyer. Reporter after the democratic debate, the republican frontrunner sapphired back. She made it up. Eporter on ababs this Hillary Clinton for this explosive allegation. He is becoming isiss best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit. Reporter both the white house and terror experts says say theres no hard evidee isis is using videos to recruit. But the campaign clarified the former secretary of state was not referencing a spec video. Trump tweeted Hillary Clinton lied. Ive been right more than anybody else haseen right. Reporter senator bernie sand areas argued that trump deliberately misleads. I say this strahtforwarary. I think you have a pathological liar there. Much off whathe says are lies or gross distortions of reality. Trump was the biggest tart in the New Hampshire debate, the only rublican candidate called out by name. Even his fellow republicans are taking aim at their front runner. I was in new jersey on and thousands of people simply reporter candidates attacking within and across party lines as primary voters and caucus goers get closer to making a decision. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. We move back to las vegas now for an entirely different story. One thats probably as baffling as it is cringe inducing. This was rough. This happened lastnightht Miss Universe contest. When it came time to announce the winner, steve harvey said it was miss colombia. So happy for her. Then the return to the stage a little sheepish. He had to say miss philippines was the actual winner. Afterwards, he owned up to his error. No. It was my mistake. It was on the card. Horrible mistake. But the right thing i can show it to you right here. The first runnerup is colombia. It is my mistake. Miss philippines you see there in the blue is pia alonzo wurtzbach. Shes the third contestant from the philippines to win the tle. Officially miss colombia goes downwnn the record boooo as the first runnerup. This is atrocious. Steve harvey tweeted and later afterwards and he tweeted, he says what had happened was, no, he didnt actually say those words but he messed up. He apologized to miss philippines and mis colombia. Of course, well have more on this horrible, horrible thing. In the next half hour. Coming up the mix, how rtain sleep positions can influence your dreams. And also ahead, the lottery cheating scandal that started in one state and has spread to dozens. The growing investigation into jackpot winners and later insomniacs were in the kitchen this morning with holiday recipes to for your next tch. Think shrimp and minii pecan pies. With downy fabric conditioner it helps protect clothes from the damage of the wash. 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One pill each morning. Incredible images from Southern China where landslide slammed into this building causing it to collapse. Dozens of people are missing in the disaster that swept through an Industrial Park. The landslide buried or daniels at least 33 buildings. Its the fourth major disaster to hit china thi year. The high profile pharmaceutical executive arrested for securities fraud is now speaking out. Martin shkreli tells the wall actually his much criticized drug price hikes that led to his arrest. At the time sparnlged outrage for raising an the cost of a life saving drug 5,000 . He said the government was trying to find anything to stop him. He now faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted. A nationwide investigation involving the loyry and the scheme started with one insider convicted ofof fixing the numbers in high wa. Now investigators are looking into whether the scheme extended to dozens of other states. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the latest. Reporter its the lottery scam prosecutors say took a game of chance, and removed the chance. If you match all five numbers and the hot ball, you win the jackpot. Reporter eddie tipton, a former Security Director at the multistate lottery association, is accused of Hacking Computers so theyd pick his winning numbers. Prosecutors say tipton then asked people he knew, including his brother, to help collect jackpots in colorado, wisconsin and oklahoma. Those three together totaled about 8 million. Theyre now scrutinizing games in as many as 37 states and territories. Were looking into any jackpots that could be associated with eddie tipton acacss the country. Reporter in september, tipton was convicted of scamming the iowa lottery. Prosecutors say this Surveillance Video shows him in disguise buying a ticket that won 16. 5 million. We, the jury, find the defendant, edward tipton, guilty of fraud. Reporter tipton is appealing that conviction but he still faces trial in iowa on the multistate allegations. His Attorney Says, there has been no evidence mr. Tipton did anything to tamper with any of the computers. In the meantime, lottery officials are beefing up security each of us have a unique sixdigit code to get inside this room. Reporter hoping to convince the public that games wowoh 20 billion in revenue t t the states can be trusted. If people dont trust the honesty of the system, the jeopardized. Reporter Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. Well coming up in our next half hour, a major warning for drone operators. The major holiday gift under many Christmas Trees right now and what the faa wants you to do if youlan on flying. But not all drones need apply. Well tell you why. Today is a big day with that. First an even more popular pasttime this season. Eating. Weve got some ways for you to enjoy some fun foods without all the guilt. Our insomniac kitchen is next. Is t tt popcorn. I think so. And a s simp lollipop. I iont know. Ure watching world news now. Announcer world news now abc stations. Everybody has a dream. Mine was to see the ocean. And with a little help. I made it. Okay. So in just a couple weeks, of kicking into gear at the gym trying to lose that extra weight put on over the holidays or over the last year. Why wait till then to makak a healthier choice. Were not going to do that segment right before christmas. Come on. Especially if you have a hard time saying no to treats. Apparently trina trinh is in the kitchen for secret ingredients. Well take it. Reporter hey,ive someny yaks, happy holidays. Im here in the kitchen with Peter Callahan of Peter Callahan catering. Were talking holiday entertaining. Thats right, tina. For our first recipe today, its popcorn but rather than using butter or shortening or vegetable oil, were going to make it today wh a coconut oil. So cocoa, coconut oil. Its organic, refineded and cold pressed. Everybody loves popcorn. Half the fun is watching it pop. Yeah. Youve just got to watch out. Once we very popped the popcorn, l you need to do is toss these ingredients in and youre ready to go. Macadamia nuts. Weve got shaved coconut to amp up the flavor. The salt. White chocolate that was melted. Its all got sort of a holiday white winter wonnerland thing going. Mm. Very nice. A nice twist on your popcorn. All right. We had some popcorn and now were moving onto the shrimp. Now that youve had a Little Popcorn and want something a littlele hardyer. Weve got here l le jujue, orange zest. Coconut oil, lemon zest, a little parsley and salt. All hes get dumped in. So then you just skew them and bake them, right . Exactly. 350. Peter, these shrimp look gorgeous. Thank you. That was so fast, too. Im going to try one. Try and take a small bite. Ill join you. Mm. I like the lime juice and the citrusiness of it really comes through. Cheers. All right. For dessert, weve got some p ps but theyre cutee little pies. Yeah. Minii pies. Exactly. Were going to take this to sort okaying. For our tart shells. Now we have these and were justeft with whatever the mix is tt goes with the pecans. Start off by two of these. Two pecans. Two peck ands in the bottom of each one. And then here this all is mixed so this is all of the bourbon goodness, the brown sugar, corn syrup and eggs all mixed together. Its ready to be baked. All right. Time to taste. Mm. Nice crunch. But just the right size, too. A little bit of sweetness with your glass of wine. Happy holidays. Happy holidays to you. I told you. You cant cut calories around the holidays. Its hard to do it. What do you think . We gave it to brian. What did you think . Its great. Tony loves it. We offered to jack. Jack was like no thanks, im driving. Its actually pretty good. Yeah. An delicious. You saw all the fattening stuff. Apparently coconut oil is the most weight loss friendly fat out there. What does that mean . Because its lesss fattier it has like five calories less. Exactly. So the fatty acids have a powerful effect apparently on your metabolism. We want to thank also Peter Callahan catering for these licious treats. Im not so convinces that these are a diters food. But its all good. Well go running after the show. Approved. Take me running. Youre the gym nut. It can be especially serious even fatal to infants. Unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it. Its called whooping cough. And the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. Understand the danger your new grandchild faces. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about you and your family getting a whooping cough vaccination today. Approaching medicare eligibility . You may think you can put off checking out your but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. 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I thought thats where you were going with that. Good morning. Welcome back, kendis gibson. Whoo. All right. No, sorry. Theres a new study out that oesnt talk whether you sleep in the nude or not but talks ababt whether you sleep on your side or your stomach. Thats where youre going. And they were saying that if you sleep on your right side, it can be cause nightmares. But if you sleep on your left side, it tends to cause sorry, the left sleing in the right position can cause nightmares. That position is on your left side. Lefties have bad dreams. Righties have better dreams. If you sleep face down, thats the best because you have the most vivid dreams. Who sleeps face down . I dont. I dont know either. I dont know how you do that. So the big take away, left side bad dreams. Nude, youre on your own. Pop a pair of sox on next time. Lets move on. Flight attendant on a delta flight so a cat got free on this flight, and this Flight Attendant, oh, thats a big cat actually. They couldnt figure out whose cat it was. So the cat started roaming the flight. The attendant who happens to have a cat at home wanted no part of this little kitty. So she calls on the loud speaker. Look at her. Like oh, no, you need to get your cat back. Shes just looking for some peebts. Whats wrong with that . She should know on a domestic flight you dont get free dinks or peepts anymore. Finally they found the cat owner on that flight. Listening to beats headphones. Didnt hear the overhead page. So the force is pretty strong . Texas with the police department. You got to check it out. Two Police Officers decided to pull someone over and guess who comes out of that car. Is it . Chewbacca. Chewy. Thank you very much. Hans solo and darth vader. Apparently one of the officers was in on this joke. The other one was not. Very cute. This video received 2,000 likes and 5,000 shares on the Facebook Page over in texas. Just one quick note from sunday football. You know, Odell Beckham is used to having flashy hair and such. Also he has flashy shoes. These were his shoes that he wore yesterday. Must have been something about attitude problem on the field breaking news this morning on world news now. Deadly crash. The tragic scene along the vegas strip as a car goes out of control, striking dozens of people. The latest from police. Your voice, your vote. Controversial comments by Hillary Clinton and the fired up response from donald trump. A new battle for the president ial frontrunners. And new this half hour, putting safety first for one of the hottest gifts of the season. What drone owners must do starting today to make the skies a little safer. And later in the skinny, the reaction coming in after an unprecedented mistake during the final moments pageant. The embarrassing blunder and who is taking the fall. Its monday, december 21st. Announcer from abc news, good morning, everyone on this monday. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Were going to get to all the excitement that took place during the Miss Universe competition last night. What a night. Yes. A lot of people talking about it. Of course, weve got to start on a serious note here. Weve got some breaking news out of las vegas. Its a deadly incident along the vegas strip which was packed last night with pedestrians. Police say a woman drove her car up onto the crowded sidewalk in two different locations striking people walking along the way. At least one person was killed and 36 others injured. Several of them critically. Police have ruled out terrorism but they say it appears to have been an intentional act. The woman is in custody this morning. Bouncing off the front of the you can hear it. The windshield was smashed. She rode the sidewalk and came to a stop at the paris intersection and then she like people were punching the window trying to get the child out of the back seat. Well, that toddler in the back seat was uninjured. Tests are being done to determine if the woman behind the wheel was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Many of the victims are reportedly french speaking from montreal, canada. Were going to turn our focus now to politics. And another week on the president ial campaign trail getting under way. A busy weekend for the democrats who took part in what was a sometimes contentious debate on saturday night. They attacked each other, as as well as republican frontrunner donald trump. Cecilia vega has details. Reporter there were three candidates on that stage, and one elephant in that room. Yes, i apologize. Reporter Bernie Sanders apologizing for his campaigns breach of Hillary Clintons private voter database. Two more staffers suspended. Comment, bernie. Reporter but this was no love fest. Clinton and sanders tangling over everything from wall street to gun control. Arming more people i think is not the appropriate response to terrorism. Its a country in which People Choose totouy guns. Thats the right of people. We have got to bring together the vast majority of the people who do, in fact, believe in sensible gun safety regulations. Reporter but they were united tag teaming against former Maryland Governor martin omalley, trailing in the polls. The flipflopping political approach of washington that both of my two colleagues on the stage have represented there for the last 40 years. We need common sen gun safety legislation. Lets calm down a little bit martin. Lets tell the truth, martin. And against the frontrunner across the aisle donald trump, perhaps the even bigger elephant in the room. And somebody like a trump comes along and d ys i know the he is boming isis best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter her Campaign Later unable to prove such video exists. Clinton delivering a few laughs, too. A late arrival back to the podium during a commercial turned bathroom break. Sorry. And perhaps the most memorable line of the night. And may the force be with you. And the biggest disagreement of the night came well after the end of the debate. Both the clilion and the sanders teams claiming victory. Now both sides are headed to iowa this week. Ththe allimportant caucuses just six weeks away. Cecilia vega, abc news, manchester, New Hampshire. You heard Hillary Clintons charge in the piece that donald trump is showing up in isis recruitment videos. Trump wasting no time firing back against that. Seem like he wasnt surprised to be attacked by h potential Democratic Political opponent. Knowing the clintons and knowing hillary. Theres nobody she just made it up. She made it up. Best recruiter. The top clinton advisor later told grge stephanopoulos during the debatete clinton wasnt referring too specific isis video which includes trump but said hes being used by isis as propaganda. The angry ceo of air france is promising to prosecute whoever was responsible for the latest bomb threat against its airline. A passenger found a fake bomb behind a lavatory mirror. The boeing was diverted as a result to kenya. Passengers aboard the flight were evacuated. Some of those passengers were being questioned because air france says the decoy wasnt there before departure. The townhouse occupied by the San Bernardino shooters has been cleared out. Members of sayed farooks family bought a u haul truck this was removed from the entrance. A team of movovs loaoad furniture and appliances as well as a crib and d by stroller. Then the landlord boarded up the town house once again. The family didnt answer any questions. Theres now a 5,000 reward for the socalled affluenza teen. Ethan couch failed to check in with a probation officer nine days ago. He was spared jail time for a deadly drunken driving accident after his defense successfully argued he was too rich and spoiled to understand what he was doing. His mother is listed as a missing person, as well but could face criminal charges. A hike through the woods of new jersey turned into a harrowing experience for three boy scouts when their scout master walked right into the lair of a hibernating bear. The scouts may have saved their scout massers life. Gloria riviera has the story. Reporter a desperate rescue we have a gentleman in the he has been injured by the bear. Reporter a Police Chopper circling overhead spots a possible distress sign. They also have started a fire possibly for a smoke signal. Reporter the victim, a Boy Scout Troop leader, yelling for help. He is bleeding from his neck, his arm, and his head. I heard the sirens, thought the helicopter was looking for something because it was just circling around and around. Reporter rescuers are able to reach the man, whisking him and the three boy y outs to safety. That troop leaear taken to a lolol hospital with nonnfe threatening injuries. Its the Second Attack in this area in just over a year. A College Student was killed by a black bear about 20 minutes from here. The surging bear population and Close Encounters like this one, outside an Elementary School, prompting controversial hunts from new jersey to florida. The local mayor says the attack happened when the group was exploring a cave. It was the three scouts that ran out and called 911. Gloria riviera, abc news, fish and wildlife officers believe the bear was only protecting her hibernation spot. That scout master 50yearold Christopher Petronino was treated for bites and scratches. To his scalp and his legs. Rail travelers between new york and philadelphia may be a little safer now. Amtrak has now activated a new crash prevention system between those two cities that takes control of a train that is traveling too fast. A derailment last may killed eight passengers and injured hundreds of others. The train was traveling at twice the speed limit through a tight curve. Holiday travelers heading out today or early this week could be delayed by storms. The first in a series of storms now hitting Northern California and the pacific northwest. Heres Paul Williams at accuweather. Good morning, paul. Thanks, reena, kendis. Northwest the misery with the snow showers and rapid firing storms causing more in the way of snow delays throughout the western n de of the country and throughout thehepper elevations up to even two feet and then along the east, warmer than usual weather, yeah, but the tradeoff, sttered showers andthunderstorms, even a chance of flooding along the coastal region. It starts monday from chicago down toward st. Louis and spreads the wealth of rain towards the east targeting the northeast. Kendis, reena . Paul. Thanks. Well, the nfl playoff picture is becoming more clear. One team we know is now in. The arizona cardinals. It was a fathered feathered affair last night in philadelphia with the cardinals facing the eagles, but really, only one team, arizozo was flying high, g g three touchdowns from David Johnson by the time johohbrown caught a 16yard touch down in the third, gamemever. Cardinals the nfc west champs and they actually won it, 4017. Incredible night. That means the redskins could clinch next week. Amazing. The way the break down is, the afc playoffs, patriots and bengals, and steelers, broncos, of the field. That sounded right somehow. Two weeks of games to go. The steelers, yeah. Oh, yeah. Were seeing his true colors come out. Nice. All right. Take that, denver, is what he said. Right. Good. Thank you for isolating all of denver but coming up in the skinny. We love our broncos. 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Reporter theyre one of the hottest gifts of the season and biggest headaches for law enforcement. Drone weighing over half a pound, youll have to register online with the faa. This is about having a National Registry of folol who are owners of drones and use users of drones. Reporter it will cost five bucks to sign up, but the faa is making registration free for the first 30 days. You give them your name, address, email and credit card information. The feds give you a tracking number to clearly display on your drone. Kids as young as 13 will have to have their parents register for them. As more drones swarm the skies, the government wants greater accountability and responsibility for pilots after growing numbers of dangerous close calls. We almost got hit by a drone just to let you know up here just about 20 feet. Reporter drones flying above californias forest fires forced the grounding of tankers battling the blaze. Theyve sent the white house noose lockdown and startled spectators at the u. S. Open back in september. In play for the moment. Reporter if your drone goes rogue, its new tracking number will help authorities and even your neighbors hunt you down. A new searchable public database will list your full name and home address. If you dont register your drone, you could face steep fines up to 250,000 and potentially three years in prison. Drone pilots will have to carry certificates with them. Lest you think the grinch will steal all the fun, the faa says most small toy drones under 100 are light enough they dont need registration. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. Good advice. Small toy drones d dt need to be registered. Thats good to know. Coming up, the epic disaster of an ending to last nights Miss Universe pageant. And the reality star getting let out of jail just in time for christmas. The skiy up next. Announcer world news now abc stations. 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Miss halleys comet. Get it . Its a Miss Universe contest. All right. Also being put on the spot asked to weigh in on the pressing terrorism and gun control. Miss usa hood answer to gun control after thoughtful answers, miss colombia was crowned Miss Universe. Ariadna gutierrez was barely finished waving her flag and blowing kisses to the crowd when the host steve harvey stepped in and said what happened was i have to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines. Yeah. There was really no good way to do this, but he made up and told them he had it wrong. Harvey quickly turned to twitter to express his regret and apologize but he messed up again spelling colombia wrong. He also seemingly fell victim to auto correct, spelling philippians. Harvey quickly deleted this tweet and retweeted it with the correct spellings. Can you imagine being the guy who had to tell him, mr. Harvey, you messed up yet again. I would not go visit colombia anytime soon. The whole entire country is probably upset, steve harvey. I should point out, steve just tweeted, by the way, this breaking news that the new alvin movie was number one at the box office this weekend. What . Lets move on. Big news for reality tv star teresa giudice. The real housewives star is actually released from prison. You may remember she was her husband. She has a 15month sentence. And shes coming home to her four daughters just in time for christmas. Her attorney telling abc news shes not going to go to a halfway house. Shell be able to spend whatever you feel about teresa, daughters who clearly it has absolutely. What do you think of the lyrics youre insecure, dont know what for, youre turning heads when you walk through the door. Dont need makeup to cover up. Bring the way that you are is ough. Thats what makes you beautiful. This sounds like your favorite group. Its genius. That is genius. Zayn malik from one direction over the weekend, its great. Zayn over the weekend was just ripping on one directions music saying that the band just stifled his creativity throughout the whole writing process. He says many of their songs were very generic and boring. Those are fighting words to the throngs of for all the 1 d fans. Oh. So simon cowell finally said. Did he . He bowed in on sunday. Mind you, simon signed zayn to his record label claimses in an interview with the mirror that creating the democratic process, and he called it a bit rude to the people who wrote all the hits with them. Okay. And weve got some breaking news we want to say a quick congratulations to abcs chief meteorologist ginger zee and her husband ben giving birth to their son Adrian Benjamin help me out colonomis. A beautiful, beautiful family. Ging, congratulations. Were so excited for you in this new chapter. They look great. Erything only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. 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Alvin and sisters falling far behind despite that steve harvey tweet. The steve harvey thing escapes me. But if you believe the force, santa. Papants know taking a picture on the big g ns lap isnt alwaysys easy. Yeah, its really tough pecially when the chchd has autism. But one santa is coming to thehe rescue. Heres abcs john donvan. Reporter santa with the family. The photo, easier said than done, but especially when the kids have autism. Which is why some parents usually dont even try. Like mom stephanie mullen. I wasnt planning on doing pictures with santa at all this year because its just too hard. Reporter and kristin fairfax. We tried last year. Reporter but then they heard about this santa claus. And d ybe youve seen the photo, posted by autism s saks. Its been everywhere this month. Santa connnnting with a kid withth autism at the simons mall in charlotte, North Carolina by getting down on the floor. He attended the noerr projects santa school in colorado where one of the lessons is working this santa, his real name is well, sorry. Its just going to stay santa. Ive known for years that working with children on their level is an appropriate and a friendly way to do it. Reporter he uses snow globes to hook the kids attention, as he did with addie. Plays a harmonica, as he did with this little guy, lane. So here is what the mullen family got for christmas. Their oldest girl here on the lele has autism. They got this picture. Same for the faiaiax family. The e ot they came for . They got it. John donvan, abc news, washington. Very cool. You never think about all these families who dont get to get that picture with santa. What an incredible effort by these santa clauses. Its already difficult for most parents so to see them be able to do that. So true. So true. Good to have you back. Its good to have this moment back. Thats the news for this half hour. But for once, one more time, we that we like to say winning. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Some of our top stories on this morning. Were following here on world news now. A war of words on the campaign trail between Hillary Clinton and donald trump. In saturday nights debate, clinton said trump was being used in isis recruitment videos. Trumps response, she made it up. Details straight ahead. A boy scout leader is recovering from being mauled by a bear in the woods of new jersey. He was saved by three quick thinking boy scouts who called for help after he led them into apparently hibernating. Dozens of peoplare missing following a landslide, cqllapses and burying buildings at an Industrial Park in Southern China. The area is covered in a sea of red mud with several buildings either knocked on their side or collapsed entirely. This was a doozy. An embarrassing moment at last nights Miss Universe contest. First miss colombia crowned as the winner, then the host steve harvey had to admit he made a mistake and that miss philippines was the actual winner. Harvey owned it. Calling it human error. And those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 21st. Announcer from abc news, this is world n ns now. We do say good d nday morning. Were going to get started this half hour with the race for president. The candidates were back on the campaign trail for a couple of days this week before christmas. The major talking point following saturday nights debate was Hillary Clintons charge that donald trump was being used in isis videos. Lightly at all. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs devin dwyer with the details. Reporter at the democrats debate, only one republican candidate was mentioned by name. Donald trump. Donald trump. Donald trump. Reporter on abcs this week, donald trump fired back taking on Hillary Clintons explosive allegegion that trumpmp is showing up in isis recruitment videos. Knowing the clintons and knowing hillary, but theres no theres nobody she just made it up. I mean, she made it up. It was a sound bite. Reporter after the Clinton Campaign couldnt provide hard evidence of videos, a top clinton adviser, pressed b george stephanopoulos, tried to clarify. She didnt have a particular video in mind, but hes being used in social media. Reporter it wasnt the only clinton moment that made waves. We now finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis. Reporter jeb bush turning her comment into a campaign attack video. America has had enough of empty words of declarations detached from reality. Reporter as the struggling candidate also lashed out at the gop frontrunner. Got to get this off of my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. Reporter trump seems happy to have friends elsewhere. If putin wants to call l brilliant and other r ings that he said which were, frankly, very nice, ill accept that. Reporter meanwhile, his rivals marco rubio and ted cruz are in an allout brawl over immigration. I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship. I oppose legalization. Period. The end. The fact of the matter is that on multiple issues, hes changed his position multiple time reporter its a battle for second place nationally as trump heads into the holidays with a solid lead. The next chance the candidates have to debate face to face is midjanuary. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. Thank you so much. Weve been following breaking las vegas. A deadly incident along the citys strip. Pedestrians walking arouou there. Actually drove her car up onto the sidewawa in several locations one running People Police say it appears to have been aintentional act and the woman behind the wheel is in custody and being tested for drugs and alcohol. At least one person was killed, 36 others injured, several of them critically. A toddler was in the back seat unhurt. Many of the victims were french speakers visiting from montreal. Of course, well continue to have more on that throughout the morning. Also in the west, rescuers in bakersfield, california, have pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the single engine piper plane saturday afternoon as it was heading from san jose to las vegas. The plane did send out a m m day call. The fafa is still looking into weather conditions in the area time. And also in california, two into each other at Bob Hope Airport in burbank. One of the jets was pushing away from a gate sunday when it bumped into another plane parked at a neighboring gate. Both planes wereemoved from service to inspect for damage. On board an air France Flight crowded with Holiday Travelers prompted an Emergency Landing in kenya. A passenger found the device taped behind a mirror in a lavatory. The airplane was already on high alert since the paris attacks. Abcs terry moran has the story. Reporter the stranded aiai france plane sat on the tarmac in kenya, a sign of how successful this hoax was. A bobong 777 carrying 473 passengers and crew, en route to paris overnight from mauritius. A passenger discovered a suspicious object in the lavatory and the plane diverted for mombassa. There was no panic. Passengers were told there was a technical problem. Something wrong in the toilet. Like, it could be like a bomb, Something Like that. Reporter according to kenyan media, this is it. A sinisterlooking construction with a timer on top. When the plane landed safely, passengers were evacuated by emergency slides. Six were detained for questioning. But investigators quickly determined it was all just a the thing was just cardboard, paper and a clock said air r frances president. The object in question was not capable of causing an explosion, he said. U. S. Government analysis of the device concluded it was obviously meant to look like a bomb. Perhaps this was a test run for terrorists looking to see if they can find weak spots in a security system. Reporter air france has been the target of four bomb alerts in the past 15 days. Three on flights over the u. S. After the paris attacks, the french are on edge. And whoever this hoaxer is clearly knew it. Terry moran, abc news, london. Our thanks to terry there. The mother of the socalled affluenza teen is now a missing person. Ethan crouch failed to report to a probation officer earlier this month. His mother hasnt been seen since either. Ere is now a reward for the 128yearold crouch. He was given probation rather than a prison sentence for a drunk driving accident that killed four people in texas. Spoiled to be responsible. Are searching for the gunman who triggered a panic inside a packed Shopping Mall five days before christmas. The mall was put on lockdown as thousands of shoppers were sent scrambling for safety. Reporter fear and chaos at this madison, wisconsin, mall on saturday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Running for cover as Police Rushed to the scene. There is possibly reported one or two shots fired. There were 10 to 15 people fighting. Reporter brian haiai was working at the mall when a brawl broke out on saturday. I saw a lot of people panicking and running. They thought it was a big bang, but then when they saw two guys running, thats when they we like, oh, someone got shot. Reporter he pulled out his cell phone and captured another worker helping a young man on the ground who had been shot. The 19yearold was sent to the hospital with a leg wound. They come here to go shopping for christmas, and then guns ring out inside the middle of the mall. Its just ridiculous. Fearing the worst. The mall going into lockdown for more than three hours. This has nothing to do with a mass shooting. Theres no link to terrorism. Reporter but thats exactly what tactical teams here in madison train for, once a month. Like so many departments across the country, long before that deadly attack in San Bernardino. Police here are still investigating this weekends shooting. But the mall is now back open for what will be a very busy week for holiday shopping. Phillip mena, abc news, madison, wisconsin. Thank you. The pharmaceutical executive arrested for securities fraud says the governments out to get him. Martin shkreli tells the wall streetournal he was arrested for raising the cost of a life saving drug 5,000 percent. He says the government was trying to find anything to stop him. Screwly has maintained a high profile, even holding a fivehour live stream over the weekend. Many of those holiday cards and packages mailed last week the Postal Service says today is the busiest delivery day of the year. The agency expects to deliver more than 30 million parcels today and set a record by the time christmas rolls around. The forecast by the way, 600 million packages before the holidays are done or 10. 5 more than last year. Are you one of those who requested delivery . I do order things late at night, but yeah. Thats what we do. Okay. And where better to fight the darkside than at church. That was the idea two pastors in training for the star wars service. They carried lightsabers. Up as their favorite characters. The Service Included a clip from one of the earlier star wars films. The pastors obviously both big fans say there are many parallels between the bible and star wars. I got to hear this one. There are a lot of people actually did say that over the years that there was something i thought there was a is that it . Just a lightsaber. I thought we would hear something from the sermon how there is its been one of those things over the years that have talked about the mythology of star wars and the bible. Star wars and the good book. This is the first parallel ive heard about the two. No, there is a force. There is a force. Who exactly is darth vader . Never mind. Yeah. Coming up, turning unwanted gift cards into cash and how you can even make a profit. Also ahead, i am exhausted and back from my Airline Mileage run. An exhausting attempt to rack up frequent flyer points and perks. Its what we call the first t t t oblem. Thats where i was. And trying to set a record with lightsaber. A colorful attempt right here on earth, not on a set of star wars. 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Try align, the undispupud 1 ge recommended probiotic. Starting today, anyone with one of these little guys, a drone weighing more than half a pound, must register it. It will cost five bucks to sign up but the faa is waiving the fee for the first 30 days. Once registered, you will then be given a tracking number to help regulators keep tabs on rogue drones. You can face a 50,000 fine for failing to register. Apparent sign of the times a new report shows a growing number of americans are not going to the bank. At least not in person. Bankrate. Com says nearly four in ten ameririns havent visited a bank or Credit Union Branch in at leaea six months. Regardless of age or gender, however, the report indicates that the more affluent and educated you are, the more branch in person. And also you get your free lollipop. They have free lollipops. Clearly you dont go to banks. Not that much. Ive got young children. Bribe them by going to the bank. Come with mama to the bank. Get a free lollipop. It is the season of giving. So theres a good chance youre going to be buying or receiving a gift card. But many of them just end up in a drawer and never get used. So true. Ive got some from my wedding six years ago. Never used them. Before you toss those cards into the black hole of your junk drawer, you should know theres other options. Abcs linzie janis explains. Reporter its the present that almost everyone gets, a gift card. I love receiving gift cards. Reporter theyre so popular. 130 billion are expected to be loaded on to them this year. They can be used to purchase anything from a meal to clothing. One company even allowing you to give the gift of stock in major corporations. But what if the card you get doesnt suit you . Probably regift it. But you can turn it into cash. Websites like raise. Com and giftcards. Com will buy your unwanted gift cards and give you cash, though usually not for the entire amount. That sounds like a fantastic idea. Reporter and some malls and Grocery Stores have machines like this one, making that swap for cash even easier. Whether you keep your card or trade it in, consumer expert Lauren Lyons Cole says do it soon. The gift card wont expire until five years from the date of purchase, so you do have plenty of time to use it, but you might get hit with inactivity fees or you might lose the gift card. Reporter in fact, so many of us misplace or waste gift cards, according to one study, 750 million went unredeemed last year. And thats why our expert says the most popular gift card of all is a bankcard. Its like a prepaid credit card, anancan be used almost a awhere. Linzie janis, abc news, new york. Bank cards, remember that, its a popular gift. Sales after gift cards have risen 124 million this year alone. And with your sixyear mark you kind of hit that i should look into it, huh . I should regift those gift cards. Yes. Coming up, globe trotting with yours truly. Well follow kendis, this is pretty incredible, his whirlwind vacation and find out why he did it. It was kind of a vacation. It was torture. No, it was youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Were so glad to have kendis back. He took a little time off because you treated it like a job but im just glad they didnt use a darth vadedetheme there. I went to a special place that many people try to avoid this time of year. And well, actually lots of them. Also i can receive some pretty frequent flyers enjoy. Take a look. Reporter im on a mission. I need to fly 14,000 miles before the end of this month. And it wont be easy. Millions of other travelers will be taking to the skies this one of the busiest travel times of the year. Why would i do something so crazy . Because i need the miles to reach the next level status with my airline. Im planning whats called a mileage run. Theres two main types of mileage runs. The first is to accrue mileses cheaply. The second type of mileage run is with the focus of elite status so that you have all those benefits for the entire next year. Reporter here at jfk, i meet with brian kelley, one of the many experts who employ all sorts of tricks of the trade. You dont have to be a professional to enjoy the perks of Airline Status. Its all types of travelers. You can enjoy the lounge like it the person who paid 5,000 for their ticket. Im going to take six consecutive flights starting in new york city, on to seattle, down to anchorage, alaska, down to phoenix, crosscountnt to charlotte, overseas to san juan is, puerto rico and bacac to new 19 hours into this trip. But unfortunately for me, it wasnt enough. Im still 400 points short. I could cry right now. A lot of airlines these days are reducing the amount of miles you earn so that cheap economy tickets are not earning as much. There are ways to save on your Holiday Travel this year. Tip one, be flexible on your schedule. It may make sense to drive to another airport. Thats how you get prices down. Reporter tip number two, consider using a low cost rrier. The fararis one component of f a ticket. Do the math and see e at the total price will be to fly. Reporter and if all else fails,tive number three, use frequent flyer miles. Airlines release a ton of frequent flyer award availability over the holidays reporter as for my mileage run, success and my Airline Status coming days later, thanks to yet another flight to miami. It looked incredible. It was a lot of fun. Anchorage, the people i just got to see anchorage for about eight hours and people were great. A couple quick travel tips i found out from other frequent travelers. Say you dont want your seat mate to put their seat back. They usually turn the aiaitoward their r at mate so they wont ing their seat back. Does that work . Its kind of mean. What . Work . Its kind of mean. Write down this number now. 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She says shes brave and wants to be a jedi. Reporter some of those who hold the colorful fantasy weapon are highly skilled at taking down their opponents. Ive won all of them. All 20. You dont understand that the only way you really win is by having fun. Thats the true power of the jedi. Enjoy yourself. Whatever you do, do it with all your heart with all the joy. Reporter lifelong fans say being here with others who share their passion creates an incredible energy. Its just really nice to be able to come out and just be with other people who feel the same way that you do. You just get to be someone that youont usually get to be during your regular workweek. Reporter melsa mcbride, abc 7, eyewitness news. We do have highlights of another jedi in the making. Your lightsaber skills. You look good. Im wearing a really tight tshirt there. Yes. Apologies. That was cool. This was a jedi academy that takes place every thursday here in new york city. It really gets packed with people and you know, i really was s rting that guy there. I can tell. So what would your jedi name be . Maybe lando calrissian. Lando who . Thats taken. Thats taken. Was he a jedi . I would call you jedi kenny g. I like that. You like that jedi kenny g . Jedi kenny g. Chicks dig it. What can i say . Oh, boy. Should point out steve harvey just tweeted dewey defeats truman. You are never going to let ts funny. Thats the news for this half facebook at wnnfans. Com. Breaking news this morning on world news now from the las vegas deadly strip. The deadly scene after a car plow into a crowd just outside the Miss Universe papa the details coming up about the driver and the victims. Targeted again. An air france jumbo jet forced to make an Emergency Landing after a bomb threat. The scare for passengers and crew members. Donald trump lashes out after hillary clinns comments at the democratic debate. Searching for facts in the political war of words. And pageant blunder. The awkward moments at the end of the Miss Universe pageant as the wrong contestant is crowned. Well explain on this monday, december 21st. Hey, good morning, everyone, im reena ninan. Welcome back, mr. Kendis. Wt a wonderful present to come back to by the name of steve harvey. You know, hallelujah. First off, i love steve harvey. I think hes one of the best of the best. But ooh, a doozy i think today is one of those things where you consider it a first time and last time. First time as host of Miss Universe pageant and perhaps his last time there. Quite a blunder that everybodys going to be talking about no doubt. In addition, weve got breaking news out. Police are wondering was this did this happen on purpose, or was it an accident. A fatal incident there thats taking place at one of the busiest intersections of the citys famous stretch. Yeah. This was a horrible scene. A woman drove up on to the sidewalk striking pedestrians before getting back into the road, then running down more people. At least one person was killed. 36 other injured. Several remain in critical condition. Police say it appears to have been a a intentional act by that woman behind the wheel. They say that was determined based on the movements of the car. The six critically injured are stable. Witnesses were stunned by what they saw. You could see, the car passed in front of me. By the time i realized what was going on, i focused down the sidewalk, you could see people literally bouncing off. She was running over everybody. The car stopped on paris. Slowed down. There was like three or four guys trying to punch out the window and make her stop and get out. The woman was taken into custody. Tests are being done to figure out if she was under the influenceef drugs or alcohol. There was a toddler in the backk police have ruled out terrorism. But part of the vegas strip was shut down after the incident. Many of the victims are reportedly french speaking from montreal, canada. We want to move to another development another developing story this morning. Three boy scouts on a hike in the woods of new jersey put their Survival Training to reallife use when their scouted leader was attacked by a bar. Thanks to quick thinking, they managed to scramble rescuers to the scene just in the nick of time. Richard cantu has the story. Reporter a walk in these woods turned into a harrowing ordeal for a Boy Scout Troop leader and three scouts. We have a gentleman in the cave with a bear. He has been injured by the bear. Reporter when the scouts called 911 reporting a bear attack, First Responders scrambled. I heard the sirens. Reporter as the Police Helicopter hovered overhead, the youngsters remembered their Survival Training. They also have started a fire possibly for a smoke signal. Reporter it was a may day for their wounded scoutmaster who was yelling for help. His arm, and has head. Reporter the scouts saved the day. The injnjed man was flown to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The scouts were rescued unharmed. Shocked because we hike here all the time. Reporter residents say bear sight regulars common. In any given day, i could see one, i could see three, i could see five. Reporter the Second Attack in this area in just over a year. A College Student was killed by a black bear 20 minutes from now. The surging bear population and Close Encounters like this outside an Elementary School have prompted controversial bear hunts. Protester say there are more humane ways to control bears. Sundays attack came after the state of new jersey ended aban official black bear hunt. 510 bears killed over ten days. Richard cantnt abc news, new york. Ere learning that scoutmaster 50yearold christopher pitronino had been hiking there for years and had he was treated for bes and scratches. Officials believe the bear was only protecting his hibernation location inside the cave. Rescuers in bakersfield, california, have pulled five bodi from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard. Air Traffic Controllers lost contact with the singleengine piper saturday afternoon as it was heading from san jose to las vegas. The plane did send out a mayyy call. The faa still looking into the cause of the crash. Weather conditions in the area were cloudy and rainy at the time. Today is the 27th anniversary of one of the worst terror attacks on a commercial flight. 270 people died when a bomb blew up on pan am flight 103 on its way from london to new york. 11st victims were on the ground in lockerbie, scotland. Its believed the bomb was hidden in a suitcase. Libya eventually accepted responsibility. Another air france jetliner has been diverted because of a terror threat. Again, its turning out to be a home. This time, a fake bomb a bathroom mirror on the boeing 777. It was on its way from paris. Passengers were just told there was a technical problem and evacuated when the jet landed in kenya. Something wrong, literally like a could be like a bomb, Something Like that. Perhaps this was a test run for terrorists, looking to see if they can find weak spots in a security system. Get this the device was made of cardboard, paper, and a kitchen timer. No explosives. Thth is the fourth bomb threat against air france since the paris attacks, costing the airline millions of dollars. Now to the race for the presidency. Donald trump firing back at the democrats who made some harsh attacks during saturdays debate. He took heat from other candidates. Your voice, your vote with devin drier. Reporter after the republican debate, the frontrunner made it up. She made it up. It was a soundbite reporter donald trump attacked democratic frontrunner explosive allegation he has s becoming isis best recruiter. They are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit. Reporter both the white house and terror experts say theres no hard evidence isis is using videos of trump to recruit. Clinton campaign claried that the former secretary of state was not referencing a specific video. Trump tweeted, Hillary Clinton lied. Ive been right on more than anybody else has been right. Reporter democratic contender Bernie Sanders argued on this week that trump deliberately misleads. I say that ststightforwardly, i think you have a pathological liar. I think much of what he says are lies or gross distortions of reality. Reporter trump was the biggest target in the democrats New Hampshire debate. The only republican candidate called out by name. Even his fellow republicans are taking aim at their frontrunner. I was in new jersey on and thousands of people simply were not celebrating in jersey city. Reporter candidates attacking within and across party lines as primary goers and caucusgoers get closer to making a decision. We move back to las vegas for an entirely different story. One thats probably as baffling as it is cringe inducing this was rough. This happened last night. Miss universeecontest. When it came time to announce the winner, host Steve Harborview said it was miss colombia. There was the embrace, crowning so happy for her. Then he returned to the stage. Sheepish, right . He had to apologize and say that miss philippines washe actual winner. Afterwards, harvey owned up to the error. It was my mistake. It was on the card. Horrible mistake. But the right thing i can show it to you right here. The first runner up is colombia. It i i my mistake. Wartzbach. The third to win the title. Miss colombia goes into the up. This is atrocious crushing. And steve harvey tweeted and later afterwards saying he tweeted and says, what happened was no, he didnt say those words. But he messed up. Yeah. He apologized to miss philippines and miss colombia. Well have more on this horrible, horrible thing in the next halfhour. Coming up in the mix, how certain sleep positions can influence your dreams. And also ahead, the lotterycheating scandal that started in one state and has spread to dozens. The growing investigation into jackpot winners. And later reporter were in the kitchen with holiday recipes for your next barb. Think shrimp and mini pecan pies. Mm. Pecan pies. With downy fabric conditioner it helps protect clothes from the damage of the wash. So your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. Downy fabric conditioner. Wash in the wow. Take one of those pillows and take a aig smell. They smell really fresh what if we told you we washed these sheets 7 days ago. Really . No way downy . 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Dozens of people are missing in the disaster that swept through an Industrial Park. The landslide buried or damaged at least 33 buildings. Its the fourth major disaster to hit china this year. The highprofile pharmaceutical executive arrested for securities fraud is now speaking out. Street journrn it was his muchcriticized drug spike prices that led to his arrest. He raised outrage for raising the cost of a lifesaving drug 5,000 . He said the government was trying to do anything to stop him. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. Turning to a nationwide investigation involving the lottery. The scheme started with one insider convicted of fixing the numbers in iowa. Now investigators are looking into whether the scheme extended to dozens of other states. Abcs Clayton Sandel has the latest. Reporter its the lottery scam prosecutors say took a game of chance and removed the chance. Go if you match all five number and the hot ball, you win reporter eddie tipton, former Security Director at the uultistate lottery association, accused of Hacking Computers so theyd pick his winning numbers. Prosecutors say tipton then asked people he knew, including his brother, to help collect jackpots in colorado, wisconsin, though three together total good 8 million. Reporter investigators are scrutinizing games in as many as 37 states and territories. Were looking into any jackpots that could be associated with eddie tipton across the country. Reporter in september, tipton was convicted of scamming the iowa lottery. Prosecutors say this Surveillance Video shows him in disguise buying a ticket that won 16. 5 million. We, the jury, find the defendant, edward tipton, guilty of fraud reporter tipton is appealing that conviction, but he still faces trial in iowa on the multistate allegations. His Attorney Says there has been no evidence mr. Tipton did anything to tamper with any of the computers. In the meantime, lottery officials are beefing up security. Each of us have a unique sixdigit code to get inside this room. Reporter hoping to convince the public that gamesorth 20 billion in revevue to the states can be trusted. If people dont trust the honesty of the system, the going to dwindle and be jeopardized. Reporter Clayton Sandel, abc neks, denver. Coming up in our next halfhour, a major warning for drone operators. The major holiday gift under many Christmas Trees right now and what the faa wants you to do it you plan on flying. Not all drones need apply. Well tell you why. A big day for that. First, an even more popular pastime this season eating. Weve got some ways for you to enjoy some funoods without all the guilt. Our insomniacitchen is next. Is that pop sdmorn. I popcorn . I think so. I dont know. Youre watching wo world news now continues stations. Ations. Everybody has a dream. Mine was to see the ocean. And with a little help. I made it. Okay. So in just a in just a couple of weeks, gear at the gym trying to lose that extra weight put on over the holidays or over the last year. Why wait until then to make a healthier choice . Come on. Were not going to do that segment right before christmas . Come on. Especially if you have a hard time saying no to treats, apparently tina trinah is in insomniac kitchen with the secretetingredients. ll take it. Hey, insomniacs, happy holidays. Im here in the kitchen with Peter Callahan of Peter Callahan catering. Were talking holiday entertaining. Thats right. So for our first recipe that were doing today, its popcorn. But rather than using butter or shortening or vegetable oil, were going to make it today with a coconut oil. So butter, cocoa, coconut oil. Its organic, unrefined, and cold pressed. Everybody loves popcorn. Half the fun iss watching it pop. Just got to watch out. Yeah. Once we have p pped the popcorn, all you need to do is toss ingredients in, and youre ready to go. Macadamia nuts, weve got shaved coconut to amp up the flavor. You have to use salt, White Chocolate that was melted. Its all got sort of a holiday white Winter Wonderland thing going. Yum. Mm. Very nice. A nice twist on your popcorn. All right. We had some popcorn. Now were moving on to the shrimp. Yes. Now that youve had a Little Popcorn, you want something a little heartier. Weve got here lime juice. Lime juice. Orange zest. Coconut oil, lemon zest, rsley, a little salt. All of these get dumped in. Then you just skew them and bake them, right . About ten minutes in the oven. 350. Peter, these shrimp look gorgeous. Thank you. That was so fast, too. I want to try one. Try a small bite. Ill join you. Mm. I like the lime juice, the citrus citrusyness comes through. Chchrs. For dessert, weve got pies. Theyre cute little pies. Yeah. Mini pies. Exactly. Were going to take this to sort of size it. Okay. For our tart shells. Now we have these and whatever the mix is that goes with the pecans. Start off with two of these. Two pecans . Two pecans, go in the bottom of each one. And then here this all is mixed together. Goodness, the brown sugar, corn syrup, and eggs mixed together. And ready to be baked. All right. Time to taste. Mm. Nice crunch. Just the right size, too. Little bit of sweetness with your glass of wine. Happy holidays. Happy holidays to you. I told you. You cant cut calories around the holidays. Hard to do. What do you think . We gave it to brian. What did you think . Its great tony loves it. We offered it to jack. Ck was like, no, thanks, im driving. Its actually pretty good. Yeah. Delicious. You saw that fattening stuff. I was reading up on this. Apparently coconut oil is the most weight lossfriendly fat that is out there. What does that mean, weight lossfriendly . Less fattier than the other fats. You mean it has like five uhhuh. Exactly. So the fatty acids have a powerful effect apparently on your metabolism. Very good. We want to thank also Peter Callahan catering for these delicious treats. Not so convinced that these are dieter adieters f fd either. All good. Show. Take me running. Youre the gym nut. It can be especially serious even fatal to infants. Unfortunately, many people who spread it may not know they have it. Its called whooping cough. And the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. Understand the danger your new grandchild faces. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about you and your family getting a whooping cough vaccination today. Approaching medicare eligibility . You may think k u can put off checking out your but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. The rest is up to you. 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Thats not where you were going with that. Well, good morning. Welcome back, kendis gibson. All right. Sorry. Theres a new study out it doesnt talk about whether you sleep in the nude or not. It talks about whether you sleep on your side or stomach oh, thats where you were going. Yes. Thats where i was going with this. They were saying that if you sleep on your right side, it can causus nightmares. But if you sleep onour left side, it tends to cause sorry, the left sleeping in the right position can cause nightmares. That position is on your left side. Lefties have bad dreams. Righties have better dreams. If you sleep facedown, thats the best because you have the most vivid dreams. Who sleeps facedown . I dont. I dont know either. Yeah. Yeah. I dont know how you do that. The big takeaway, left side, bad dreams. Okay. Nude, youre on your own. Ill put a pair of socks on next time. Lets move on. Flight attendantnt on a delta flight. So a cat got free on this flight, and this Flight Attendant oh, thats a big cat actually. They couldnt figure out exactly whose cat it was. So the cat started roaming the flight. The Flight Attendant who happens to have a cat at home wanted no part of this little kitty. So she calls on the loudspeaker look at her. Shes like, no, you need to get your cat back. Shes looking for some peanuts. Whats wrong with that . A little milk. She should know that on domestic flights you dont get free drinks or peanuts anymore. Finally, they found the cat owner on that cat on that flight. Listening to her beats headphones. No wonder, didnt hear the overhead page. Thats right. So the force is pretty strong in texas with the police department. You got to check it out. Two Police Officers decide to pull someone over. And guess who comes out of that car . Is it . Chewbacca. Chewy. [ sounds ] thank you very much. Han solo and darth vader. Darth mall also there, too. Apparently one of the officers was in on the joke. The other was not. Very cute. There video received 2,000 likes and 5,000 shares on the Facebook Page over in wilshire, texas. A quick note from sunday football. You know, Odell Beckham is used to having flashy hair and stuff. Also he has flashy shoes. These were the shoes he wore yesterday. Must have something about the shoes. The field making news in america this morning breaking overnight. Chaos on the las vegas strip. A car plowing into a crowd of people. All you could see was driving away and people bouncing off the front of the car. You could hear it. The windshield was smashed. Investigators say the driver did it intention thatllally with with a child in the car. War of words. Taking aim at comments Hillary Clinton made in the debate. Months after revealing he has cancer. Another shocking announcement from jimmy carter. And monumental mistake. Steve harvey crowning the the wrong winner for Miss Universe. The beauty pageant blunder on live tv. Well, good monday morning. The breaking newewfrom las vegas. Where a car plowed into a crowd of people on the famous strip. At least one person is dead and 36 injured. The driver crashed into a group of pedestrians on the sidewalk while there was a child this her car. Authorities are ruling out terrorism but say it was intentional. Tragedy in sin city. Oh, my god. Whats going on . This is las vegas. This is christmas. Reporter overnight, the a female driver crashing into a koud near paris, las vegas, and planet hollywood, thehe veen you for last nights pageant. She was running over everybody. Reporter witnesses say the driver hit a group of people, drove back up on the sidewalk, hitting more people. It looked like she wasnt trying to stop the car. She had both hands on the wheel. We have determined this is an intentional act. Reporter investigators confirmed there was a child in the car. We know that there was a toddler in the vehicle with the driver, who is 3 years old, and that child is unharmed. Reporter witnesses trying to stop the driver. People were punching the window, trying to get the child out of the backseat. Reporter a reporter with our las vegas affiliate on the scene moments after the crash. This is around where a witness was standing when he saw a car, my photographer will show row right now when he saw a car fast up here, and right there, where you see the yellow cones, that is where were told 37 people were injured, according to officials. Reporter the woman was taken into custody. Tests are being done to determine if she was under the influenceef drugs or alcohol. Police sayayhe driver i i in her 20s and the car had oregon license plates. Latenight tweet from the mayor said terrible night for las vegas. Winter starting tonight. Doesnt mean things are cooling off on the campaign trail. Theyre heating up, thanks, in part, to what was said at the democratic debate. Kenneth moton joins us with the details. Reporter good morning, reena and kennedys. As a reminder, were just six weeks away from iowa. 50 days untilew hampshire. Expect more fights, more attacks, and more rhetoric. The gift that keeps on giving. Today, the president ial candidates are stumping hard in the early contest states before the holiday. You listen to Hillary Clinton, you would think country. Reporter the republicans ramp up the attack after the debate over the weekend. I actually wept and watched last night the opening star wars which was a reality far more real than whatever was said at the debate. Reporter on that stagag an apology from barry sander is. Reporter clinton took on donnell trump. Recruiter. They are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Reporter trump fired back. She made it up. It was a sound bite. Reporter the candidates on the once struggling on the e bottom are racheting up the assaultsts just one more thing i have to get off my chest. Donald strump a jerk. Reporter and theres word this morning starting in january, Hillary Clinton will bring out and unleash her not so secret weapon. Former president bill clint listen hit the trail for his wife. Reena and kennedys . Just 41 days until iowa. Things are winding down. Thank you. The pharmaceutical executive arrested for securities fraud says the dwochlt is out to get him mart. Shkreli says the governmenen was trying to find anything to stop him. Shkreli has maintained a highprofile, holding a fivehour live stream over the weekend. The angry ceo of air france is promising to prosecute whoever was responsible for the there was a fake bomb found behind a mirror. Passengers and crew were evacuated. Some of the the passengers being questioned because air france says the decoy wasnt there before the plane took off. Back in the states, a townhouse occupied by the internSan Bernardino shooters was emptied out. A team of movers loaded furniture and appliances as well as a crib and a baby stroller. The landlond boarded up the townhouse once again. Theres a 5,000 reward for the socalled affluenza teen, nathan couch. He was spared jail time for a adly druru driving accident after his defense argued he was too rich and spoiled to understand what he was doing. His mother listed as a missing person but could tas criminal another tragedy for jimmy carter and his family grandson. During his bible study class, he asnounsed his grandson had died hours before. 28yearold Jeremy Carter reported not feeling well saturday. He took nap but never woke up. Carter called him a wonderful young man, loved very much. But gave no further detailss about the cause of death. H. Thee former presisint was diagnosed wiwi a form of brain cappser last summer an has since been cured. 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Well, here at home, were just now hearing about the breach of a control system for a dam less than 20 miles from new york city. The wall street journal reporting that iranian hackers infiltrated the dam two years ago but didnt do any damage. Security experts say its a wakeup call and perhaps a mistake to bring americas power grid factories, as well as pipelines and bridges, and dams online and unprotected on the internet. Starting today, anyone with a drone weighing more than half a pound has to register it. Will cost five bucks to sign up. The faa is waiving the fee for the first 30 days. Once registered, the fed will give you a tracking number. Thats to help regulators keep tabs on rogue drones. You could face a 50,000 fine for failing to register. A special early christmas gift. Gasoline prices below 2. Thats the National Average this morning. Nine cents less than a month ago. 41 cents less than a year ago. Supplies are strong. Demand is not. Its the lowest price since earlrl2009. 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The owner of that housussays no one wants to sleep there anymore. Roads will be wet across the pacific northwest, down the snow over the cascades. And northern rockies. Wet roads across most of the eastern flooding conditions in the south. If youre flying, airport delays possible in san francisco, new orleans, memphis, atlanta, chicago, and detroit. In new jersey, a boy scout leader recovering from injuries he suffered when he was attacked by a bear. It was the quick thinking of three boy scouts he was leading that may have saved his life. 50yearold christopher tronino was leading the scouts on a hike in the woods of new jersey yesterday when he led them right into the cave of an apparently hibernating bear. Thats when the bear attack. And the scouts Survival Training kicked in. Be advised we have the youth yelling out loud. They also have started a fire, possibly for a smoke signal. We have the helicopter hovering above them. We have a party here, all of us are going to go to those kids. Into a ball, keeping his b bk to the bear. He says s could hear it ffing. For a substantial amount of it finally left the cave, running up a hill. Fish and wildlife officers believe the bear was only protecting her hibernation spot. Petronino was treated for bites and scrapes to his scalp and legs. Smartthinking kids there. Mmhmm. A former lottery industry life on his hands. Security director at the multistate lottery association. Hes now accused of using undetectable software to give him advanced knowledge o o winning numberer prosecutors say the scheme helped him and associates collect jackpots in at least three states, worth about 8 million. The fear is that tiptons case will erode peoples faith in the lottery. If people dont trust the honesty of the system, the participation of the lottery is going to dwindle and be jeopardized. Tipton already convicted of scamming the iowa lottery. Hes appealing. Investigators have expanded states. Overnight. The heaea of International Soccer sepp blatteo, overnight, suspended from soccer for eight years. Now, we get some of yesterdays highlights from our hey, the Carolina Panthers have won 14 games. You know how many theyve lost . And so they went to new york. And they got up 357. Everyone thinking, thats just going great. Suddenly, the giants decide to play ball. They hit Odell Beckham jr. Eli manning. A touchdown pass. Were tied at 3535. Odell beckham jr. Lost his head most of the day. But the panthers, they come right back. Who is more calm than that guy right there . Cam newton. I mean, it is his world. Were just living in it. Im sure graham gano made the kick. But you know who taught him how to kick . Cam newton. Wow. Panthers win, 3835. Pantherssteelers, plausible super bowl. Panthersbroncos, plausible super bowl. Big ben. One ohio face right there. Findlay, ohios, own. Antonio brown. What a day for brown. What a day for roethlisberger. One momo chance, brock osweieir. Steelers defense rises to the occasion. Holding out their wild card hopes. As they win by seven. Jets, chiefs, also in the wild card hunt in the afc. Things are shaping up. Up next in the pulse. The flub. Oh, this was hard. It was heard around the universe. Steve harveys massive pageant mistake. And the feline flyer. The cat gets loose on a plane. The Flight Attendants reaction going viral. The Flight Attendants reaction going viral. On my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. Breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. Breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, lili an inhaled corticosteroid. Once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Do not take breo more than prescribed. See your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for what if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered. Before the sugarcane. And everything had fewer calories. Truvia. Life with h ss sugar is just asasweet. We begin with a gaffe that was truly universal in size. Theres no way around this one. Yeah, absolutely amazing. It happened at Miss Universes pageant in las vegas. Host steve harvey, seen there mistakenly announced the wrong winner. Harvey made the mess and then he had to clean it up. I have to apologize. The first runner up is colombia. [ cheers and applause ] Miss Universe 2015 is philippines. [ cheers and applause ] listen, folks. Let just take control of this. This is exactly whats on the card. I will take responsibility for this. It was my mistake. It was on the card. Horrible mistake. It to you right here. The first runner up is colombia. It is my mistake. Still a great night. Still a great night. At least he owned up to it. He took responsibility for the mistake. He showed us the card. Because you know, if we hadnt seen the card, there would be some hesitation. But yes, miss philippines, you are the clear winner. You are the new Miss Universe. Miss colombia goes down in history as the first runner up. And i bet she lands on her feet. I bet something good happens for her. I bet she will. Hanging chad there. The memes quickly popped up online. This one showing the pageant contestants under official review in an nfl game. And another meme showing Odell Beckham jr. Stealing the crown with that famous catch. Thats pretty funny. This is not the first time that steve messed up. He actually said dewey defeated truman. Oh, give steve a break. The pressure was on. The pressure was on. It was on the card. We move on now to the recordbreaking success of star wars isode seven. Ititay spawn another sequel. The 80s clalaic space balls. The movie spoofed dozens of spacerelated hits. Mel brooks says theres a sequel in the works. He says it will be a big hit. He faces big challenges because most of the original cast, john candy, joan rivers, dick van patten, and dom deluise, have passed away. And another one, rick moranis, seen there, is retired. Well see how that comes together. Cats have long been welcomed aboard sailing ships. Apparently not on airliners. Witnesses say that what happens aboard a Delta Airlines flight. Take a look. The airline actually allows cats on carryon baggage, as long as they remain inside the carrier. This kitty didnt know it, or the Flight Attendant tells to it stop right there. Whoevers cat this is, please come and wake them up if you see them with a cat carrier. I need them to come and get their pet. She was freaking out. Finally, a young woman comes back to the galley to get the cat. The videos gone viral. The opinion is divided whether the Flight Attendantntas scared or angry. More n ns after this. Hp instant ink. Ordered by your printer. Delivered to your door. So the fun, never runs out. The galaxys most affordable way to print. Theres no one id rather. Share with. No one id rather have dinner and a movie with. No one id rathehelean on. Being in love is an amazing thing. Is everything. Introducing the ever us twostone ring. One diamond for your best friend. One for your true love. For the one woman in your life whos both. Dave, im sorry to interrupt. I gotta take a sick day tomorrow. Dads dont take sick days, dads take nyquil severe the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. Breaking overnight, police say a woman intentionally drove her car up on to the sidewalk along the las vegas strip, running people down. At least one person was killed. Dozens of others injured. Donald trump says theres nothing to Hillary Clintons claim that he appears in an isis recruitment video. Clintons campaign is backing off a bit. Saying trump is being used by isis as propaganda. And martin shkreli, the ceo sted for securities fraud, says the government is after him. He says he was targeted for raising the cost of a lifesaving drug. Foot of rain today. Heavy snow over the rockies. Rain bractctg much of the eastern half of the u. S. tis the season for giving. There is a good chance youll buy or receive a gift card this year. Many of them wind up in a drawer and dont get used. Before you toss them into the junk drawer, you should know, there are other options. Reporter its the present that almost everyone gets. A gift card. I love receiving gift cards. Reporter theyre so popular. 130 billion expected to be loaded on the them this year. They are be used to purchase anything from a meal to clothing. One company e en allowing you to ve the gift of stotock in major corporations. But what if the card you get doesnt suit you. Probably regift it. Reporter you may not know it, but you can turn it into cash. Websites like race. Com and gift cards. Com will buy your unwanted though usually not for the entire amount. That sounds like a fantastic idea. Reporter and some malls and Grocery Stores have machines like this one, making that swap for cash even easier. Whether you keep your card or tradet in. Consumer expert lauren lions cole says do it soon. The gift card wont expire until five years from the date of purchase. You have plenty of time to use it. You might get hit with inactivity fees or lose the gift card. Reporter so many of us misplace or waste gift cards, according to one study, 750 million went unredeemed last year. Thats why our expert says the most populul gift card of all is a bank card. Its like a prepaiai credit card and can be used almost anywhere. All this talk about gifts reminds me i havent finished my shopping. A wonderful week ahead. You can email them, right . Your atm card. Thats whats making new this is america this morning. Do stay with us for gam gma. Have a great monday. Making news in america this morning breaking ernight. Chaos on the las vegas strip. A car plowing into a crowd of people. All you could see was driving away and people bouncing off the front of the car. You could hear it. The windshield was smashed. Investigators say the driver did it intention thatllally with with a child in the car. War of rds