>> a little testy. a little heated there. and later this half hour, this year's gift wrap champ is here with her expert advice. find out how to wrap the most difficult presents, including a guitar, a candle, which is always difficult around the holidays to give. hope you don't give jenny a candle. >> i will light her fire, but not giving her a candle. you like to wrap. did you learn anything? >> i am horrible at wrapping, but i wanted to learn and get better. so i actually learned some great tips. >> take it to the lovely lady in the mall. >> i will wrap you. >> safety first. wrap it up. but first, 62,000 football fans filled arrowhead stadium in kansas city the day after jovan belcher killed his girlfriend and then killed himself. a moment of silence on the field and in the stand for all victims of domestic violence. abc's john schifrin is in kansas city. >> reporter: with heavy hearts, chiefs' players took the field just one day after teammate jovan belcher killed his girlfriend before take his own life outside the stadium. >> it's tough. you miss him, you know? he's -- he was a grade guy, great teammate. we loved his family. and like i said, my heart goes out to them. my prayers are with them. >> reporter: as part of the pregame ceremonies, the chiefs observed a moment of silence for victims of domestic abuse. after the score of the first touchdown, he ran over to head coach romeo cornell to give him a hug. belcher shot and killed his 22-year-old girlfriend, k kasandra perkins, the mother of his 3-month-old daughter at their home. he got in his car, drove to the team's practice facility outside arrowhead stadium where authorities say he thanked the coaches for believing in him. moments later he walked away, shooting himself in the head as cornell and the team's general manager looked on in horror. police are still trying to figure out what caused belcher to snap. he and his girlfriend were reportedly arguing after she returned late from a concert. >> it was an individual that did something that he snapped. and -- and that i don't understand. and i probably never will. >> reporter: it's the latest in a string of player suicides. earlier this year, former falcons safety, ray easterling took his life with a gun, so did o.j. murdock. in may, junior seau died after shooting himself in the chest. the family is having his brain studied. they want to know if the suicide was associated to a history of concussion-related injuries. but the chiefs' management says belcher had no history of head injuries. >> he is a player that is not on the concussion list. >> reporter: belcher's jersey hanging in his locker, his teammates say he will not be forgotten. the team announced it will start a foundation for the 3-month-old daughter left behind. as for what happened on the field, the chiefs played their best game of the season. beating the carolina panthers, earning just their second win of the year. john schifrin, abc news, kansas city. >> according to relatives, the 3-month-old daughter is going to stay with his mother in long island and grow up there. 3-month-old little baby girl. >> just because he didn't have a history of concussions does not mean he did not have concussions. i've done stories on this. no reported concussions then after they passed away looked at the brain and found c.t. >> sometimes when they do, they leave a note. one guy said, please study my brain to see if this is what happened. for me, to kill the girlfriend, they had been arguing, leading up to it. something going on more than just a football-related injury. also interesting, nbc broadcaster bob costas during his segment last night used it to advocate gun control, and that set off a debate on social media. a lot of lessons to be learned. sad all the way around. a suspected serial killer committed suicide. in an alaskan jail. israel keyes was being held in the kidnap and murder of an 18-year-old coffee shop worker, but the fbi revealed that he keyes confessed to killing a couple from vermont, four people in washington state, and one person in new york. only the vermont victims had been publicly identified. bill and lorraine currier disappeared in june of last year. also, a frightening incident to show you involving a magician, wayne houchin in the dominican republic last week when this happened. a tv show host dropped the flammable liquid on his head. there is no word yet, though, why it ignited. houchin suffered burns on his head, face, neck, and his right hand. he is now recovering, and doctors say they think that he will fully recover without any scars. hard to watch that though. wow. negotiations on a looming fiscal cliff have gone exactly nowhere. the latest white house offer presented by treasury secretary tim geithner included $400 billion in unspecified medicare cuts and no more limit on how much the government can borrow. and then there's the tax hike on higher-earning americans. republicans aren't buying it. >> there is just no reason why 98% of americans have to see their taxes go up because some members of congress on the republican side want to block the tax rate increases for 2% of the wealthiest americans. >> i'm just flabbergasted. i looked at him and said, you can't be serious. i just have never seen anything like it. >> if they cannot reach a deal by new year's day, nearly every american will end up paying more in taxes. public school students in five states will soon spend a lot more time in the classroom. a new three-year pilot program will be announced today in colorado, connecticut, massachusetts, new york, and tennessee. 20,000 students at those select schools will spend an extra 300 hours per term in class starting next year. it will be up to local districts to decide if school days or school years should be extenzed. very interesting approach there. and a church in boston could soon be seeing a huge influx of cash, but not everyone in the congregation is happy about it. that's the result of a vote that took place yesterday at the old south church in boston's historic back bay. and then members voted to sell one of the church's two copies of the book, first book published in north america. could be sold for, get this, up to $25 million. >> wow. the money will be used for outreach projects and renovations. but some members say the church is selling off hiftd. but they're going to do a lot of good with the $25 million if they do, indeed, garner it. >> i would hope $25 million would do some good. >> outreach. renovations. >> good. hopefully good in the community as well. and all that good stuff. we'll see what they do. pretty pricey book, that's for sure. all right. coming up next, our take on brad pitt's new mobster movie coming up in "insomniac theatre." but first, this year's champion of gift wrapping turns ordinary packages into christmas masterpieces. her advice for you is coming of on "world news now." ♪ don't care about the presents underneath the christmas 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washington last night. president obama saluted this year's kennedy center honorees. among them, a pretty motley crew here. the members of led zeppelin, talk show host dave letterman. there's dave. as well as renowned actor dustin hoffman. >> the president recognized them for their influence on american culture. he said all started from humble beginnings and made it to the top of their profession. the kennedy center event is an annual december tradition. >> i think we'll actually see the show in a few weeks coming up. very cool. good crowd too. >> yeah. and if you're like me, maybe you're feeling a little fancy. >> you feel fancy? >> i never feel fancy. gift wrapping means putting a present into one of the holiday gift bags with no handles. that's how i roll. but just pay those people at the mall to take care of it. that's the route i prefer. >> we call that convenience, right? >> amen. >> not for crafty folks who came to new york city to attack one of the most difficult holiday chores with the most difficult holiday gifts. it was a flurry of wrapping paper, ribbons, and bows at scotch brand's recent gift wrapping competition in new york city. eight contestants from around the country came to compete for the title of most gifted wrapper. at stake, a cool $10,000 in cash. contestants warmed up by wrapping an oversized rubber duck in round one. for round two, however, organizers upped the ante with a full-sized tuba. the judges deliberated. it was down to two finalists shelly dozier-mckee and lia griffith from portland, oregon. both women had to wrap an enormous model airplane with an 8-foot wing span. in the end griffith walked away with the grand prize and plenty of paper to spare. >> a skill i don't have. well done, ladies. she makes it look easy. up next, lia's going to join us in studio to try to wrap rob and other unusual items. i could be into that. we'll see how it plays out. we'll be back. >> announcer: "wor ♪ >> welcome back, everyone. we just saw her win a pretty extraordinary and competitive stressful competition here in new york city. welcome back, everybody. we just saw her win a pretty extraordinary and competitive stressful competition here in new york city. here to show us how to do it for ourselves, gift-wrapping champion, lia griffith. and i guess we should say we're wrapping, but in the gift type of sense. you just won $10,000. pretty impressive. are you a professional gift wrapper? >> well, not professionally. i do blog about it. i have been doing it every since 6 years old i've been wrapping. >> i definitely need tips. mine are typically the worst wrapped presents under the christmas tree. if you can give me some tips and all of us out there. >> okay. i will do it. the first thing i will show you is how to wrap a basic gift. i cut my paper a little longer than the box itself. so there is a little overlap. tape it on the edge. so we have plenty of space. pull it over. crease the side. crease it. flip that back. there you have an invisible seam. put the end up as tight as you can. fold that back under. there you are. >> you make it look so easy. do you realize how painful this is for me? can i bring mine to you and you wrap it? the tough part we have odd-shaped gifts at the holidays. you're going to show us how to wrap a racket. >> right here. i wrapped a tennis racket. >> you would never know it is a tennis racket inside. >> nobody will know under the tree. it's a surprise. i'll show you what i did here. one of my favorite things to do is to create these custom gift bags. what i did is i went ahead and did this for you so you can see. i folded my paper the same width of the tennis racket. very thin. fold it up. taped it all the way down. i'm going to foelld up the end just enough. the same width as the tennis racket. if you have a bigger gift. make it big enough off to fit. you open that up. fold to the corners in. ♪ ♪ and this will just slide right in. >> voila. >> voila. >> i have no idea what's inside. >> i know. you can just flip this over. and, put on ribbon and decoration. >> how do we make this wonderful flower? >> isn't that pretty? >> gorgeous. >> paper flowers, i love making them. super simple. i have just two sheets. >> i'm not going to believe you that it's simple. nothing is simple. is it simple? >> yes. i have two sheets of tissue paper. i actually did this in three parts. six sheets total. fold it in half. fold it in half again. going to do it again. >> fold it in half four times. >> not yet. five. >> there you go. then i'm going to fold this into a triangle, okay? and with this end here, i am going to cut a petal shape. so you just keep creasing and flufring. >> you sure you don't want to wrap my gifts this year? >> i will do it! here you go. look at that. >> wear it in your hair too. >> not even a minute. >> very simple. >> i will put you to the test. i actually do have a couple of gifts that i want to see if you can wrap. >> i should let all you've know, lia has no idea what is in my bag. close your eyes. a pretty popular item at the holidays. open. >> it's a candle. >> okay. this is awesome. all right. so i'm just going to cut a little bit of paper. >> all right. >> what i am going to do is go ahead and roll. so, then i am going to do something very, very odd. i am going to cut the top off. >> where are you going with this? >> well, yeah. i just left a half an inch over the top here. >> oh, you're not done. >> i am not done. i would do it smaller than this. we'll go for it. take my tissue flower. ill would use my tape and i would use that as a topper. >> i have another thing for you to wrap. >> okay. >> it is a guitar. actually have this on the show. >> okay. >> can you wrap this? >> of course, i can. >> i heard a deep sigh. no, no, no, just thinking. create a shape. create my own shape. >> create your shape. >> the shape i am seeing is probably a triangle. kind of start on the bottom. and tuck your way over. >> is it going to be this easy? >> it's this easy. >> there you go. there is like the little triangle. you know, pull some ribbon out. i would probably go this way. >> very cool. >> yeah. >> well, lia griffith, congratulations on your big cash prize. >> thank you. >> if people have any questions, where can they find you on facebook? on pinterest and where else? >> they can find me on my blog. a whole month of gift wrap inspiration. >> wonderful. she is a talented wrapper, in the gift wrap sense, right? >> i hope so. i do not sing. >> thank you so much for joining us. i hope you guys got valuable tips out of this. again, go to l&a.com. >> yes. >> we'll be right back. ♪ & a.com. >> yes. >> we'll be right back. for my t. me... thinking my only option was the vial and syringe dad used. and me... discovering once-daily levemir® flexpen. flexpen® is prefilled. doesn't need refrigeration for up to 42 days. no drawing from a vial. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. flexpen® is insulin delivery... my way. levemir® 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was the guy who was hired to come and knock the guys off one by one. so it was this whole kind of way that brad pitt was trying to kill the guys off, you know, woit anybody else noticing so he doesn't get locked up or get himself in trouble. >> softly. >> very, very softly. it wasn't softly. this film was incredibly violent. please do not take your children, your girlfriends. please don't take me. i don't want to go again. i was really scared at some points. but the movie had a really good premise. i think it just tries to do way too many things. a lot of political commentary that went over my head and some of the people they talked to. there were just too many characters going on and subplots. you are like, wait, who? >> must not have been a fan of "the sopranos." i'm guessing. >> no, no, not too much. >> you would like the movie. >> yeah, yeah. >> it was ultraviolent. had some similarities to a film last year. i highly enjoyed it. >> maybe a