Five stars or a big bust. Hey, everyone, good wednesday morning. Im reena ninan. Im richard bacon, and we begin this morning with the aftermath from last nights president ial candidates debate. The nine top candidates on the stage in las vegas. Most of the action was right there at center stage involving donald trump, senator ted cruz and jeb bush. Bush and trump squaring off several times but shaking hands after the debate was finished. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the details live from washington. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, richard and reena. Well, this final debate of the year focused on National Security and terrorism, and the verbal punches came out swinging almost immediately. Postgop president ial debate, donald trump sympathizing with his competition. I like jeb. I think jeb is a nice man. I really do but, you know, i think id do the same thing if i were him, id be attacking me. Reporter on stage the gloves coming off. Youre a tough guy, jeb. We need to have a leader youre tough. Youre never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way youre real tough. Reporter jeb bush and donald trump wasting no time to spar over Foreign Policy. He gets his Foreign Policy experience from the shows. Come on. That is not a serious kind of candidate. I know youre trying to build up your energy, jeb, but its not working very well. Please, one at a time. Reporter in their fifth debate faceoff, almost every question focusing on National Security for the nine leading candidates with trumps proposal to ban muslims from entering the u. S. At the forefront. Were not talking about religion. Were talking about security. Our country is out of control. Reporter marco rubio and ted cruz also clashing, first over the nsas bulk surveillance program, then immigration. Rubio suggesting the two of them have similar positions on the issue. For marco to suggest our record is the same is like suggesting the fireman and the arsonist have the same record because theyre both at the scene of the fire. I personally am open to allowing people to apply for a green card. We will build a wall that works, and ill get donald trump to pay for it. [ laughter and applause ] ill build it. Reporter trump and cruz neck and neck in the polls but staying friendly throughout the debate, and governor Chris Christie boasting about his executive experience while jabbing at the senators. If your eyes are glazed over like mine, this is what its like to be on the floor of the United States senate. Reporter Chris Christie hammering the senators there on stage, but they actually got more air time than he did. Ted cruz, he spoke the most, more than 17 minutes, followed by trump and rubio. Richard and reena, back to you. Trumps comment to bush, im at 42 , youre at 3 , thats got to hurt, right . Thats got to hurt. What did trump say about running as an independent, stephanie . Reporter well, this is a pledge that weve heard before, right, but last night trump said once again he will not run as an independent. He added hes committed to the Republican Party and is honored to be the frontrunner. Okay, well see what happens. Stephanie ramos live in washington. Steph, thank you for that report. Thank you so much. In the spin room after the debate, donald trump characteristically called last night his best debate performance in the history of the world. No, he said, so far. One candidate who had a hard time breaking through was one time frontrunner dr. Ben carson. An cysts say they seemed to be a victim of circumstance in the race. I think that probably the thing that came out of this was the continual slide of ben carson, who led at one point in time and then afterward the tragic events in france when people started focusing more on these issues related to security, he started falling. I think in the course of this debate that fall continues and my expectation is ben carson will be in seventh or eighth place by the next couple of weeks. But donald trump out of this debate is still the dominant player in the gop. Dowd also saying there were two winners in the debate, marco rubio and Chris Christie. Donald trump dominated the chatter on social media, as you can imagine, during the debate. Yeah, believe it or not he was the most searched candidate according to google trends and he also gained the most twitter followers during the debate and the top tweeted moment came when trump called jeb bush a tough guy. That was fun to watch. It was. Later its often i think that debate is better watched through highlights, as well. I think you saw the best moments there. So later in the pulse, the comment that had Chris Christie trending all night, plus Live Team Coverage later on good morning america. And be sure to watch the democratic debate this saturday night hosted by abcs david muir, martha raddatz. Coverage begins at 8 00 eastern. Itll be great. Ahead of that debate frontrunner Hillary Clinton is providing new details about her plan to battle isis. Speaking to an audience in minneapolis, clinton said the u. S. Needs a 360degree strategy to prevent domestic terrorism. She positioned herself as the more serious and experienced candidate compared to her republican rivals. It is not enough to contain isis, we must defeat isis, break its momentum and then its back. What they are saying democratic rival Bernie Sanders says he intends to question clinton about Foreign Policy during the debate including her votes in favor of the iraq war when she was a u. S. Senator from new york. About 650,000 students in los angeles will be back in class today after an unscheduled day off. Thats because of a terror threat. That threat was emailed to a School Board Member promising an attack with guns and bombs. Administrators admitted that following fears from the San Bernardino attack influenced the decision to close the schools. Schools in new york were open yesterday despite the School Superintendent receiving almost the same exact email that was sent to l. A. The email was declared a hoax. New yorks Police Commissioner said the type of threat it contained was similar to recent episodes of the showtime drama homeland. Breaking overnight two people are dead in arizona after the crash of a medical helicopter. The chopper went down in the superstition mountains about 60 miles east of phoenix. Officials say the crash site is located very rugged terrain. Were told a third person on board survived the crash, and there is no word yet on the exact cause. Severe weather in denver, a snowstorm dumping nearly a foot of snow over some areas also forced flight delays and cancellations. The shutdown and it shut down highways, as well. Just over 6 1 2 inches of snow was official ly recorded at Denver International airport. Mounting snow totals were in the one to twofoot range. The latest weather radar there, it shows that same storm system moving eastward bringing snow to the plains and upper midwest. The heaviest hit areas are likely to be from the northeast colorado into west Central Minnesota dumping at least 6 to 12 inches of snow through the night. And on the back side of that storm, winds could gust as high as 40 miles an hour across south dakota, nebraska and iowa. Still ahead, star wars the force awakens, we have seen it overnight. She fell asleep. No, the First Official reviews from the critics. Yeah, they are. Theyre out. And new this morning, a plane slides off the runway injuring passengers. Details just in. Plus, caught on camera. A wall collapses crashing onto a sidewalk trapping people walking by. Debris spilled from a cargo ship off San Francisco is still washing up on beaches. Dozens of containers fell off a ship during a storm this weekend. Some are still floating offshore waiting to make landfall. Theres an agreement in congress on a major spending bill meaning no Government Shutdown at the end of the year. It reportedly extends a series of tax breaks for both businesses and individuals. Passage is expected by the end of the week, but the Government Spending authority runs out tonight, so theyll try to pass another stopgap bill right away. And if you havent yet filed for obamacare, you have a little more time. The government says there was, quote, Unprecedented Demand yesterday, Unprecedented Demand on the heathcare. Gov website and the deadline is now the end of the day thursday. The penalty for not being insured jumps to nearly 700 next year. All eyes are on the Federal Reserve today, which wraps up its last meeting of the year. The central bank is expected to raise shortterm interest rates, the first increase in nearly a decade. Its unlikely, though, to have much impact on consumer loans. Its not beginning to look a lot like christmas in the eastern half of the country. And thats bad news for some businesses. Chief among them clothing and retailers, manufacturers, they stocked up on winter gear, and were still wearing our fall clothing. Some retailers planning big discounts, but even that might not help some of the shakier stores. When we come back, state of emergency concerns in an american town because of the amount of lead in its water. And a reporter turns crime fighter on live tv spotting a bank robbery suspect. What. By day they must stay warm. Challenges to the feet. But by night, beautiful, smoother and ready to impress the other party animals. Dr. Scholls dreamwalk express pedi. One of many pieces in my life. 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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 12 months free at mybreo. Com. This was the scene yesterday just north of denver in broomfield, colorado. A preholiday wintery storm dumping nearly a foot of snow on parts of denver and up to 15 inches in the Colorado Rockies making just getting around treacherous. Now for a look at morning road condition, roads will be wet in the Pacific Northwest and across the southeast and up into the ohio valley. Snow will make things slippery across the Northern Rockies and upper midwest into the great lakes area. If youre flying airport delays possible in minneapolis and new orleans. Well, new overnight a very tense end to a flight in nashville. Yeah, take a look at the incredible images. A Southwest Airlines jet running off the runway ending up in a ditch. The plane resting in the dirt. Emergency slides deployed and passengers described the moments of panic. Going down the tarmac or the runway and all of a sudden it felt like it hit a pothole or a speed bump, and i was like, well, thats kind of rough and then all of a sudden you realize youre going down into something. You dont know what. The fun part is at least i got down to slide down the little slide. Were all pretty safe so fortunate for that. A little holiday surprise, if you will. I guess thats my Christmas Gift from southwest is sliding down the slide. I enjoy his understated talk. The plane from houston javy was completely full. Eight passengers were taken to the hospital and later released. There is a flint, manager. The lead levels are too high. It affects the citys children in particular because lead can cause mental retardation. It began after the city began taking its water from the flint river. The mayor wants federal disaster relief. Well, north of boston five people including a mother and her baby were suddenly trapped under a temporary construction wall. The collapse of that wall and a gust of wind happened on a sidewalk in the city of malden. Dozens of people rushed to their aid. The baby was in a stroller at the time which may have just saved his life. Luckily the victims suffered only minor injuries. A suspected bank robber in rochester, this is a remarkable story, in minnesota, who returns to the scene of the crime, first mistake, was probably not expecting live tv cameras. It happened yesterday as a local reporter just started his live shot right outside the bank when he was interrupted by a bank employee. Tyler just 24 hours ago this bank in that guy right there. What . Thats the robber. Oh, thats the robber. This is live tv, folks. Thats the robber just went by according to the bank employee, so i got to go here and call 911. Ill talk to you later. Bank robbers have said it before and ill say it again, youve got to check your local news feed before returning to the scene of the crime. I thought the guy running was the robber, but what robber shows up in a tie . That is adam sadler and called 911 and the 36yearold suspect was obviously arrested. Oh, my god. How do you anyway, how about we talk about sport, hu yeah, well talk to our friends at espn. Yeah, well start with a surprise from college basketball. Bo ryan has stepped down as coach at the university of wisconsin effective immediately. Ryan coached the badgers for 14 full seasons and led them to the ncaa tournament of the year during his tenure. The surprise was the timing. Ryan had said he would coach one more season then retire. As for last nights sports highlights we go to those guys, the great guys, our favorites at espn. Good morning. Welcome to our sportscenter set here in los angeles. Along with neil everett, im stan verrett. The warrior streak is over but Patrick Kanes streak still going as of tuesday night. It was, it was. Would it end or would it continue . Patrick kane looking to extend his point streak to 27. Hes got the american born record. Hes got the blackhawk record. The record is 51 by a guy named gretzky. Kane going against colorado. Colorado was up to the task, man. They had some dudes who had some speed, and all good things must come to an end and so does kanes streak and for the avalanche, they win the game, 30. Cavaliers and celtics, you remember they played in the playoffs last year. Another cool thing off the court. Special olympics athlete before tipoff and once the game started, james. And then he gave his shoes to the kid afterwards. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And those shoes helped help do that. All right, you remember kevin love and kelly olynyk made that play that hurt love and took him out for the rest of the playoffs last year. Well, love 20 point, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, spending a lot of time guarding him and look at james. Jerebko cant do much. James did plenty, 24 points and 7 rebounds. Yeah, warriors are playing wednesday. Yep. Back to you. Thank you, guys, at espn. You like them. A lot. Up next in the pulse, last nights big debate. Why Chris Christie was trending all night and the persistent cough coming from a candidate who wasnt. And we have seen it and so have the critics. The first reviews, the embargo ended one hour ago, the first reviews are in for the star wars the force awakens. Stay with us. L it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as twowo and a half ds when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva starts to work immediately at abreva. 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He himself is a physician. This picture from afterwards. Wayne newton hanging out with donald trump. Remember the debate was in las vegas, of course. And the official u. S. Opening for star wars the force awakens is this friday but the reviews already out. They are. The embargo ended an hour ago, weve seen it ourselves last night. The New York Times says it delivers the thrills with a touch of humanity and the big news is that the movie is good. The film opens today in britain and the times of london and britains Daily Telegraph both gave it five stars. But its not all good reviews actually. The Los Angeles Times says the force awakens is, quote, only at its best in fits and starts. And the Chicago Tribune says it is good but not great. Still it says thats much better than not bad. Star wars like abc is part of disney. I think it does deliver. I think it does, but its the last scene that got me and then i thought, oh, why did j. J. Abrams do that to us. When is the next one oh, why did i fall asleep during the film, which you did. Just for a second. I was a little tired. This early shift can be tough on a gal. And missed the dramatic twist because you were looking at the back of your eyelids. But you know what it does really well, although there are funny lines in it, it takes the story seriously, which i think you have to do for a film like that to really work. It was a compelling story. Yeah, it was. And i think that they play again on the father son relationship. There are lots of nods to the old films but also they press the same emotional buttons and they do it well. Well said. Im giving it five stars. More news after this. Five stars. Yes. And that is where campbells freshbrewed soups. Oh, i thought we were talking about babies. Made for real, real life. Mom doesnt just moisturize eucedry skin,sive repair it intensively repairs it. With a unique triple action formula that exfoliates hydrates and fortifies skin. 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We are a degree or two warmer this afternoon with a few high clouds. By 7 00, you need the coat at 48 to 54. Sue has a rocky commute. Rocky commute. You could say that, a sigalert, eastbound 80 across from golden gate field, a big rig lost its load of rocks, bricks and dry cement. That is what we mean by a rocky, start. All lanes blocked to westbound 580. It is 4 29 the an east Bay Fire Department raising a redflag after resources were stretched thin for two fires that broke out at the same time. Here are concerns of the years of cut becomes. Cutbacks. A there are questions whether the fire needed to do this much damage. Would it be so bad if more help arrived sooner . The fire started at the participates on pepper tree way after 6 00. 12 people were out of their homes because of the fire. Firefighters believe it was started by a space heater plugged into an extension cord. That is not recommended. Only one engine and three firefighters were available. Firefighters were battling another fire across town. The two fires started in two minutes of each other. Resources were coming from concord sent to another fire. Was there a time when you had resources . Yes we have cut four fire stations in four years. A 1 1 2yearold was rescued from the apartment. She made it out safely. We will hear from the neighborhood who saved her in the next report at 5 30. No one was seriously hurt. Firefighters are breathing a sigh of release things were not worse. The Police Shooting of a man in San Francisco is resulting in a gun policy change for the police department. According to the