Evacuated over fears of tsunami, but that alert was canceled after over 90 minutes. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe heads to hawaii today for his last visit with president obama. He will visit pearl harbor, the first leader of japan to visit the site of the attack. Those are our top stories on this monday, december 26th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody, on this monday morning. We are going to start with the shocking news, 2016 has taken another legend. This time, George Michael dead at the age of 53. Michaels manager says he died of Heart Failure yesterday at his home in glntd. Many have tape to twitter to honor him. Michael rose to fame as part of the duo what happens in the 80s before a solo career selling more than 100 million albums. Well look back with the bbc. Reporter he burst into the scene in the early 80s when he formed wham with andy ridgely. The duo had number one singles around the world and conquered china, and they were the first pop band to perform there. George michael loved fame, but he never blame used to it. Hip hop artist, thats what i dreamed of, what im still grateful for. But my god, i wished i coped with the other stuff the way other people do. I wish id been born with that particular suit of armor, you know, because i wasnt. Not everybody has got a body like you but i gotta think twice before i give my hide away reporter he hit the headlines for other reasons. He was stopped for a series of traffic offenses leadsing to a spell in jail. He was caused and fined for drug possession and received treatment for drug addiction. Time can never mend the careless whispers of a reporter in 2011, he suffered a life threatening bout of pneumonia while on tour. In 2011, he suffered a life threatening bout of pneumonia while on tour in australia. It was unexplained, but not suspicious. The family said he died piecefully at home, called him a beloved son, brother, and friend. Of course, much more on George Michaels death ahead on Good Morning America. Star wars actress Carrie Fisher is still being treated in a los angeles hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during a flight from london friday. Her mother tweeted yesterday that her daughter is in stable condition and shes thanking everyone for their prayers. Harrison ford and mark hammel send fisher well wishes. Donald trumps plans to shut down his Charitable Foundation hit a legal hurdle. The president elect says hes dissolving the foundation to avoid even the appearance of conflict, but new yorks attorney general says trump cannot legally dissolve while the foundation is under investigation in new york state. Among other things, hes accused of using Foundation Money to purchase a selfportrait. Overseas now, and the search for answers following the crash of a Russian Military jet. All 92 people on board are presumed dead after the plane went down in the black sea. Abcs chuck sieverson has the latest. Reporter as mourners placed flowers in memory of the lost, recovery ships plucked fragments of the plane from the black sea. A Russian Military plane took off sunday morning from the airport in sochi. Two minutes later, it crashed, taking 84 passengers and eight crew members into the waves. By air and by sea, more than 3,000 responders around the scene, recovering some bodies and fragments of the plane. The aircrafts flight recorders have no radio beacons making their recovery more difficult. The flight crew reported no problems before the disaster and the planes wreckage was scattered over a wide area, raising the possible specter of terrorism. Among the victims, 64 members of the ensemble, the official choir of the Russian Military. Russias president Vladimir Putin declared monday a national day of mourning. Well conduct a thorough investigation, he said, doing everything to support the victims families. In sochi sunday night, they paid respect, candles part of the darkness, but not the mystery of the doomed flight. Abc news, new york. In North CarolinaPolice Search for two suspects who allegedly shot seven people during a christmas party. Authorities say a fight started during the party attended by at least 250 people at a moose lodge. Witnesses say the gunmen wore ski masks opening fire and then left the scene. None of the victims suffered life threatening injuries. And rocker troy avv is in fair condition after being shot on christmas night in new york. The rapper whose name is Rollin Collins struck twice and crashed the vehicle into a parked car. Police are investigating the shooting. Collins made headlines this year after being charged with attempted murder for shooting at a new york concert in may. Parts of the midwest were hit by Severe Weather on Christmas Day, strong winds, even a possible tornado hit the area around kearney. This garage was a total loss and power was knocked out to hundreds. Gusty winds are expected to last through the morning. Heres the scene a little bit further north. Blizzard conditions making for dangerous driving in south and north dakota as well as montana. 15 inches of snow possible in these areas, and some parts of minnesota, freezing rain makes the roads slippery. Two interstates are closed because of Hazardous Conditions and hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled over the weekend. Icy roads are a challenge in the northeast as the temperatures plunge overnight. Accuweathers Justin Povick is tracking it all for us this morning. Justin, good morning. Kendis, marcy, good morning to you. Were following a little bit of ice throughout the mortgage into the northeast. Snow into the upper midwest and another storm system into the northwest. The south is pretty quiet, but the Northern Tier of states we definitely have our hands full. Not talking about blizzard conditions, per se, more so into the afternoon, but still some residual wind and snow. So its slippery here from minnesota back into northern and eastern north dakota. Icy situation in new england but then the sunshine and warmer temperatures kick in. Unfortunately no sun here in the northwest. Its wet along the 5 with snow and higher terrains in the cascades. Thanks to justin. Whether its cold or not, the next story might send a chill up your spine. Some very hearty souls in germany observed their annual Christmas Day plunge into a berlin lake. Many of them, theyre wearing santa hats, christmas themed bathing suits. So in the past year, they had to chip ice away in order to make the plunge, but this year it was balmy, 8 degrees celsius. Thats not balmy. Improvement over having to chip through ice together. Absolutely. The translation, it was, you know, in the 40s or so. It was not that bad at all. Yeah. Still doesnt look that good. Yeah. Exactly. I dont know that i would call it an icy plunge. Exactly. Coming up, ambitious 9yearold shows how to get help to those who are less fortunate. Hes leading the way on Good Morning America coat drive. Looking back at a fun assignment. Fun . Really . A python hunt in florida. Marci will get to see me squirm and run like a child. Thats just a normal day. Watching world news now. But its a really tight shirt. World news now weather brought to you by mucinex dm. Mucinex dm. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. 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After rocking to the top of the charts, he continues as a successful solo artist, and in 2008, chris interviewed michael for Good Morning America. Thats all i wanted someone special someone sacred in your eyes reporter you had success. You had moved on. Then this day comes where you decide, im going back to the u. S. Uhhuh. Why . Because i was happy enough to. Its just a much more relaxed person. And i think people have the ability to get happier as you get older. You told me to go up the back and when i got back to the flat you had burned rubber at the flat reporter the idea of being backstage, what does it do for you . Being with them, warming up, but its more than that. My relationship with music has changed so much. You dont really appreciate where you are or what youve got until you get older and your friends and how tough life is, and then suddenly, you see the spirituality, not just the good fortune of being able to play music. None of this, even though i think the most important thing i do, even though they have one fantastic night concert, you give people music to use years when you write. You tie yourself more than one night. You tie yourself to big events in their lives. You tie yourself to their childhood, and their growing up, and its a real privilege, but from day one, i always knew not to take home with me. Such a good singer. Well be right back. World news now continues after this from our abc march to the new year is on, but not without looking back at favorite moments of the pars year. Not my favorite moments, like that time i ran away from snakes, a lot of them. So lets go deep into the everglades to witness the complete destruction of, well, here you go. Point of no return. Reporter they grow more than 20 feet long and have been known to eat alligators whole. So theres no possibility that there b might be a snake around here . Yes, there is a good possibility. All right, then. Were on the hunt for the burmese python, one of the biggest, baddest snaked in the world, danger with every step. I really have no idea why i signed up for this. Jumped from a butterfly. Put your hand in there knowing there could be a snake down there . You dont think it might bite you . It might. But ill be able to pull it out of there. All right. Tens of thousands of serpents took over the florida everglades, terrorizing the would wild. Used to be millions of birds here, wading birds, but the snakes sit here quietly and wait on them. The birds going to lose every time. Firefighters say the woman found a seven foot burmese python hiding underneath stacks of clothing. Well, we know theres a lot of missing cats in the neighborhood. Thats why bill booth, tampa firefighter and snake hunter, is here. Hes one of over 800 people who come from across the country to compete in the python challenge. People are effectively removing burmese pythons. Reporter a month long contest to grab and trade in wild pythons for cold hard cash, dead or alive. They will be measured. Reporter the fish and Wildlife ConservationCommission Holds classes to show you how to do it. The contest is open to anybody, and i mean anybody. How old is the kid thats out with a golf cart . Hes 8. 8 years old looking for a python . Yeah. That sounds safe. But this is not bills first rodeo. He and his crack team of python hunters are confident they can slither away with enough of the snakes to win the competition. Im riding shotgun at todays competition, but i have a confession, im terrified of snakes. Do you think they can sense fear . They probably do and probably be waiting for you. Youre funny. You see him laying in the water. Heads up out of the water. To my luck, we didnt wait long. Got one. All right. Hold on. Thinks they got one. Oh, yeah. Hes cold. Oh, my god. Come here. There he is. There he is. Come here. There he is. There he is. Come here. There he is. There he is. Come here. There he is. There he is. There he is. Thats our python. These pros catch snakes alive with their bare hands. That was quick. No, no, no, no. Unb like raz and samantha, who are first time hunters armed with a pillow case and golf clubs. Like steve irwin back there as if you know what youre doing with the pythons. Right. Do you think you do. . Yeah. No. Theres a sense of it. A lot of people are doing this, never been python hunting before, i guess people, they want the challenge. They they, oh, a python in florida . Thats crazy. Lets find one. Is it dangerous . It could be, yeah. You dont have the experience to handle a big snake, youre going to be in a world of hurt. And by hurt, we mean, wrapped around by and choked out, wrapped up, bitten. While im still shaking off the First Encounter with the new friend, bills teammates hey haha holy [ bleep ] haha have pulled in two more. And another makes four. Oh, so excited. Still shaking. Very calm. Would look great in a Britney Spears video. Miley would probably like it, too. You dont want to touch one . Not even the back end . Not at all. Every snake goes to the university of florida where they study them for environmental impact. Python is eating our native wildlife. Without a healthy food chain, you dont have a healthy environment. Even though the fwc admits the number of snakes caught barely makes a difference, they say the competition brings attention to the problem. This is a serious issue. It brings the awareness to everyone in florida, the United States and the world of an invasive snake. Much to my surprise, theres not as much backlash to this. Even peta is okay with it as long as hunting is done by experts like bill and they are killed humanly. As the day draw toes a close, bills team reaches the checkpoint. All day long. Not moving much. You can slow down in opening that up. Were going to take them all out for a class picture now. Do you want to reach in the bag and get them out . Im going to get you no, youre not. Im not touching it. For the competition, they end up bagging 33 out of 106 total pythons caught including this, oh, my god, 15 footer, winning them 8,000 in prize money. Nope, not worth it. What are you doing over there . Im practically in miami right now. Come over here. What kind of a grip do you have . Youre not playing games sflp. I wont play games, promise. Thanks to pampers easyups while they see their first underwear you see the best way to potty train pampers easyups our first and only training underwear with an allaround stretchy waistband and pampers superior protection so youll see fewer leaks and theyll see their first underwear pampers easyups. The easiest way to underwear. Pampers cathys gotten used to the sme. In her kitchen rbage. Yup, shes gone noseblind. She thinks it smells fine, but her guests smell this. Ding, flies, meow febreze air effects heavy duty has up to. 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Meet 9yearold max frost. Lets check the ones we should take today to the store. The new jersey 40 grader is on a mission for warm coats warm hearts drive, joining amy adams and among others. Theres some kids that dont even have coats, so i wanted to help people get more. He started making his boxes, designing them himself. I just put all of his photos on instagram and facebook and got so many responses. Its amazing. Reporter last holiday season, he created 170. This year, hes already beat that, making boxes for the local hair salon and his class at school. They have already wrangled 40 coats and counting. Bierington donations filled two carts. Donating is so easy. Bring it into our store, drop it in the box, and we care for the rest. Reporter they are gifting max another 100 coat r fizz his goal this year. So proud. Reporter perhaps the bigger gift, he got to meet a family who benefitted from the donations last year. Seeing that it actually cam