Cough, a mystery cough. H. What do you know about that . Twitter. Who was coughing throughout this debate . It turns out it was ben carson. The doctor of the bunch. And his Campaign Says that all of them got came down with this with a cough. Not really a cold buthey were cough. So mystery solved. Heal thyself, physician. You know, our viewers said and thats the campaign trail can be can hard on your system for sure. Lots of germs floating around there. Abcs shushannah walshe. Well get more reaction from shush and take you to las vegas again in our next half hour. On the democratic side frontrunner Hillary Clinton is providing new details on her plan to battle isis. Speaking to an audience in minneapolis clinton said the u. S. Needs a 360 degree strategy to prevent domestic terrorism. She positioned herself as the candidate compared to her republican rivals. Promising to cpet bomb until the desert glows doesnt make you sound strong. If makes you sound like youre in over your head. [ cheers and applause ] clinton also emphasized the importance of working with muslimamerican communities. Not a sururise considering the large Muslim Community in minneapolisst. Paul. Be sure to watch the democratic deba this saturday nit. As we mentioned earlier, its on abc. Its mosted by david muir and Martha Raddatz and coverage begins at 8 00 eastern, 7 00 central. Students will be back in class today in l. A. Following a Terror Threat that shut down the entire district. That threat was emailed to a School Board Member promising an attack with guns and bombs. Administrators admitted that fears following the San Bernardino attack influenced the schools 37 schools in new york were open despite the school supepentendent receiving a aost the exaxa samemail that was sent to l. A. The email was declared a hoax. New yorks Police Commissioner said the type of threat it contains were similar to recent episodes of the showtime drama homeland. 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Okay. I think its probably this friday because its like a buff everybefore christmas. Yeah, friday. Next story short. Wait, isnt friday christmas . Oh, you mean this week. So the day before Christmas Eve everybody books their tickets, theyre off. Ive done a lot of traveling Christmas Eve itseleland it turns out the roads are quieter than youd expect pl. Well, when youre driving on the road, everybody clears the roads. Especially when you havent slept much. Has someone created that graphic in the last 35 seconds. That was a real road trip we took. My mistake. The campaign ads seeing the Republican Debate that freaked everyone out. And the branding of the ad that is sure to gather up votes. But first our take on the force awakaks. We actually got a sneak peek last night, and richard has a lot to say, including who Luke Skywalkers real father is. Embargo next. Return of the return of the jedi there. Celebrating the defeat of the empire after the battle of ender. Thats the last scene. Thats where the stoto left off in 1983. And can you believe over 30 years later weve picked up with the force awakens. Richard and i had the pleasure of being able to see it. And what a ride. That pendingending, oh, my goodness. Let me tell everyone what actually happened. The big [ bleep ]. We share a Parent Company. With star wars. This is what this is what if you break the embargo and give away a plot spoiler. You are aa traitor and part of a rebel alliance. I thought that was quite good. It was actually sensational. And its quite difficult its quite hard to know what constitutes a breach of the embargo because people were tweeting about itast night. I guess you can say its good. Quite a few people say it has twists, which youuould argues a plot spoiler. Ill tell you this. Some storm troopers die. There you go. You just ruined it for all of us. I have to say it was remarkab. I was really riveted. I found itncredibly compelling. And i think it does honestly, Parent Company aside, it really does live up to the hype. You dont know what youre making stuff up. Hang on. What . You h h your own plot twist. You fell asleep. Richard, do you know the hours i work . I sleep about three hours a day. Somebody turnini the lights off and gives me a comfy little chair. There were a few moments that i accidentally i was just making a point. Its not a reflection of the movie. Its a reflection of my current lifestyle. But i have to say its really remark remarkable. These two are amazing. They were a fantastic choice for this film. There is a fantastic and i talked to you about it. How did that happen . I think not only did you sleep, you slept through the crucial bit. But heres the thing i would say. Its a really good story. It actually is a good story. And they used dialogue sparingly. I rewatched a bit of the phantom menace the other day, and there a lot of what i would call waffle, and here is just super smart, pinsharp dialogue that serves the story. And its got several little funny bits, but crucially it takes the story seriously. And i watched and i thought you have to do that to buy into that. And i have to say the last and i just said j. J. Abrams, h h coululyou do that to us . Whens the next one coming out . Because i cant wait. The way they left it i just cant wait for the next one. And instead of getting a dog were going to get a b8b8. Its really exciting. The theater bursting into applause i would say eightht nine, ten different points. And also Harrison Ford really nailing that part again. The way he just slips back into han solo. Its good. For the first few seconds i wasnt sure, is he rusty, and then he tototly nails it. Thats our message. I found it thrilling and reena fell asleep. Just for a few minutes. Just a few minutes. Coming upl which u. S. State googles matching height xxl over any other phrase, any other the mix up next. You are my whole life your two blue eyes are shining dolce anangabbana. Light blue weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Welcome back to the mix. This is the section where we tell you about the viral stories of the day. The first one is excellent. This is about the states in america and the phrases over the last year that they have googled the most. So its really interesting. Lets start with florida. So the most googled phrase in florida, concealed weapons. Concealed weapons permit. More than anything else, they are the three words put into google. Lets try wisconsin next. And wisconsin, their most virginia . West virginia. West virginia. And their most googled word is magic mike. I never would have guessed no look, i think youe from florida, reena. I am. Thats not a huge amount o o formation on either state. But based on those two things, id rather live in West Virginia. You know, it is the second amendmt. Yeah. Yeah. Legal means. Thats true. In mississippi the most googled words were ashley madison. Which you know is that website that revealed people having the affair. Is it because theyre checking to see their names are on the list or theyre e st curious what the site is . Thats a great question. You dont know. Are they doing it out of interesting because it as was a great story or are they panicking . Reena, what have you got . School lunch is really hard to make. One dad goes the extra length to show his kids he cares about them by doing star wars. Do you see that . Yeah. Thats bb8. Thats bb8. And thats a storm trooper. Its a storm trooper. Youre absolutely right. Theres another storm trooper. And he said it makes about 30 minutes to make these lunches. The cucumber are not the x wing fighters. Theyre the other ones that darth vader has. Thats sensational. So he picks a character im sorry, reenas nodded off again. And chchy. There you go. So he picks a character and a theme and goes with that for the week. And he says it only takes him 30 minutes. But i actually live to make these for my son because its hard toet them to eat anything and this is an interesting way to spice up their lunches. Yeah. Hes certainly a better father than me. I tend to wake uand say oh, m god, is it a school day. And lets have another look. Finally, this is a dog which found its viral. Its very popular. What is that . Its a dog that appears to toolbox. Is that cute . Is that exploitation, reena . No, its probably not. They claim hes weighted on heavy. That dog is taking work away toolcarrying americans. This morning on world news now donald trump on the debate. W trump and his challengers confronted National Security and Foreign Policy issues in their final debate of the year. Full live coverage ahead. School scare. Similar email bomb threats sent to the two Largest School districts in the nation. How police in each city handled the scares quite differently. And new this half hour, details about a frightening scene on a runway. Passengers describe what happened to a southwest jet before it ran off the runway. The injuries and t t investigation. And later in the skinny, but it was a preview of the next season of house of cards. We will reveal hints about the next episodes. This is wld news now. Stacking my papers because thats what news readers do. Good morning. Its a busy wednesday. Im richard bacon. And im ree ninan. Lets begin with the republicans who want to be president of the United States of america. Last nights debate marked by several flash points. Jeb bush taking on donald frump. Two senators, marco rubio and ted cruz, going at it. And for details we are joined by abcs brandi hitt, who is still there live in las vegas for us. Brandi, youve not hit the slot machines yet. Good morning. Reena. Good morning, richard. No, were still here covering the debate. Not at the slot machines just yet. Ugly last night. We saw jeb bush and donald trump go after each other not once but twice. And then you saw ted cruz and rand paul also on the attack together against marco rubio. Donald, you know, is great at but hes a chaososandidate. And hed be a chaos president. Reporter itheir fifth faceoff it was a no holds barred battle over National Security with Donald Trumps proposal to ban muslims from entering the u. S. Sfront and center. Were not talking about religion. Were talking about security. Our country is out of control. If were going to ban our muslims, how are we going to get them to ne part of a coalition to destroy isis . Reporter marco rubio also under attack on several fronts over whether surveillance and Data Collection needs to be ramped up to track terrorists. That tool we lost, the meta data program, was a valuable tool that we no longer have at our disposal. Marco knows what hes saying isnt true. I think marco gets it completely wrong. But hes weakest of all the candidates on immigration. Reporter a aargument that clearly got under governor Chris Christies skin. Listen, i want to talk to the audience at home for a second. If your eyes are glazing over like mine, this is what its like to be on the floor of the United States senate. Reporter a protester interrupted trump and was escorted out. That didnt stop the national frontrunner and bush from going back at it on stage. If you think this is tough this isnt tough imagine what its going to be like dealing with putin or dealing with president xi or dealing wiwi the islamic terrorism that exists. This is a tough business to run for youre a tough guy, jeb. And we need to have a leader that is real tough. Youre never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency. Lets see. Im at 42 and youre at 3. Doesnt matter. So far im doing better. Doesnt matter. T two top tweeted moments were those just tough times between trump and d sh going back and forth. This is the last Republican Debate of 2015, as we now get a whole lot closer to iowa and new hampshe, reena and richard. Im at 42, youre at 3. Thats got to hurt. Brandi, you were mentioning Chris Christie we saw there in your report was taking aim at the senators on stage but did that really gain him anything as far as attention goes . Reporter some experts believe, analysts believe this is one of his best performances hes one of the lowest in the polls, and he really took that moment when you saw w d cruz and randndaul and marco rubio o arguing saying hey, this is what happens with senators in washington, d. C. , they bicker and bicker and we dont see anything get done. He used that to make a point you that need someone with executive leadership as president and he said thats what he has as governor of new jersey. Brandi, is there any chance, any chance at all that donald ump will run as an independent . Reporter oh, that is the question, richard. Everybody keeps asking. He was asked that twice again n totoght and he said, i will not run as an independent no matter what. Now, remember this. Back in september he also said he wouldnt run as an independent and then later said maybe i will. So who knows . From here on out weve got a lost time left until election day. Abcs brandi hitt in las vegas. S. Take a ride o othe venetian nal. Clearly richards been there a couple times. And stay with us for more debate coverage. Our deputy political director joins us for her insights. Thats later in this half hour. Look forward to that. The democrats, meanwhile, are preparing for their next debate set for saturday night right during a Campaign Stop in minneapolis Hillary Clinton emphasized her experience when it comes to preventing domestic terrrr. She also said the u. S. Needsdso stand up against antimuslim bigotry. Minneapolis is home to one of the largest Muslim American communities in the u. S. Back to class this morning forhousands of kids in los angeles who had an unscheduled day off yesterday because of a Terror Threat. Officials saying the decision