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Finally, police shot the driver. It was all caught on tape. Hes in stable condition, were told. He used the uhaul as a getaway vehicle. Police searching for two suspects, but they left without taking anything. 20 minutes later, they broke into a liquor store and stole 6,000 worth, and they robbed a moneygram inside a meat market. Other frustrations, tempers run high among holiday travelers this time of year. But two passengers on a flight caused so much of a disruption that the captain actually turned the flight around and went back. The entire meltdown was caught on camera. Alex perez has the story. Reporter epic meltdown on tape, causing a flight from minute to los angeles to turn around an hour into the flight. Watch as one of the two passengers is tackled after appearing to hit someone in their seat. The officers scrambled to take them down. The fight reportedly erupting when Christine Kuzman tried to use the bathroom right after takeoff and the Flight Attendant told her to sit down. The captain turning the plane around back to minneapolis. We have the authorities called, they should be at the gate when you get there. Reporter she and her partner, adam, led off the plane in handcuffs as other passengers cheered. The couple has been charged with disorderly conduct, and they could face up to 90 days in jail, and a 25,000 fine. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. Abc news, chicago. Holiday spirit is alive on that flight and all across the country. So, listen, the flight took off at 6 20 in the evening, busy with flights, sitting on the tarmac, they had to go to the bathroom. Some flights take forever to put the fasten seatbelt light off. Im defending them a little bit. Maybe a few cocktails before they got on the plane . Exactly. Tank was a little full. Not just the airplanes. Yeah. But they went wrong when they hit people. Yeah. And then some. Safe to say that. Exactly. Coming up in the next half hour, theres another disturbance. Call it brawl of america. This one in a Shopping Mall in a week full of them. Is it social media . And what can the malls do about the violence . But first, the mannequin challenge. You that it it was over. Not quite. Its gone to a new level. Youre watching world news now. World news now continues if youre a man over 50, youre in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. Thats why your best shot is to check for a spot. Follow through and check your skin. Go to spotskincancer. Org to find out how. I dont know what they have to say it makes no difference anyway whatever it is im against it no matter what it is or who commenced it im against it before they filmed the movie, the marks brother performed comedy in theaters across the country. In fact, many of the movies were first stage shows. Yeah. In fact, this new book its a little thick. Some Light Reading here. It chronicles their early years. Just imagine if it chronicled all their years. Our friend, comedian, Barry Mitchell, talked to the author. You are getting a workout. Oh, yeah. Reporter introduce us to the marks brothers. Grocerucho, fast talking. De facto leader of the group. Never said a word on stage, dazzling people with piano playing, fake italian accent. Just a straight man, moved on in 1934. Reporter robert bader is a marx brother fan and scholar. Let me congratulate you. Im proud to be your son. My boy, you took the words out of my mouth. Im ashamed to be your father. Reporter robert spent a decade retracing the brothers stage career before they were movie stars. One classic form was an eight act variety show, and in every city across america, there was a vaudeville theater at some point. They traveled, appeared on the bills. Travel was brutal and Hotel Accommodations terrible. They lived like that for years. We have all the marx brother fills. Do we have any record what the vaudeville act was like . They had a sketch they did on stage about ,000 times. They did it for the cameras in 1931 and its a great look at what they looked like on stage. What do you think you are . Hey, wait a minute, you know who this is . No. He sells frankfurters. It was a tough lifestyle, these guys went on the stage so they didnt have to work in sweat shops or end up in jail, which is what their mother really feared for them. She had worked at a sweatshop in new york when she came to this country. They were just trying to get by, trying to make a living, and they built and created their act and created their career. Theres a sweat. Shop up here at the comic strip. You can hear the poor kids hammering away. Its actually sawing through the floor. Hello i might be going i cannot stay i came to say i must be going im glad i came but just the same i might be going and the book is called four of the three musketeers. 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Thank you for making my college days nonmemorable. Were pouring one out for our homey over here. Exactly. By the way, you thought the mannequin challenge was over. Now it might be. Now its a whole new level. Check it out. Astronauts in space doing the mannequin challenge. This came from the European Space agency on board the International Space station. This is part of the a six month mission, and this is what they went there to do. The goal was to do the mannequin challenge. Nasa dropping the mike. From subculture arts in underground in new york city, the western swing of the club of cowtown. All the weather all the scores thats the world news polka the skinny is the world news polka its late at night and youre wide awake not wearing pants so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance hey have some fun do the world news polka its late at night youre wide awake and youre not wearing pants grab your world news now mug and everybody dance have some fun be a pal everybody anchor, guy and gal do the world news polka do the world news polka this morning on worlds news now, taking no chances ahead of new years eve celebrations nationwide, Police Departments across the country on high alert as we get set to welcome 2017. Security ramping up from coast to coast, especially in times square. The details ahead. Also, president obamas taking unprecedented steps to punish russia for its alleged role in hacking democratic organizations before the elections. Russian diplomats are going loam and facilities closed, but the russians are vowing to retaliate. And later on this half hour, were going to hear from the base jumper who survived an accident on camera. Speaking out for the First Time Since this accident. Why some congratulations are in order for Serena Williams, making an announcement that caught everyone by surprise. See if you can goes what it is on the skinny, friday, december 30th. From abc news, this is world news now. All the rich ones are taken. Spoken for. All the good ones taken. Good morning, everybody. Starting here in new york city because were gearing up for the big celebration that comes once a year as we say goodbye to 2016. So this is where the party starts saturday night. Times square packed full of people bringing in the new year, and surrounded by what police call the ring of steel. Heavy security to ensure 2017 gets off to a safe start. Heres abcs Marci Gonzalez with more. Reporter the cross roads of the world soon to be the center of security as millions pack in New York Times square for the annual celebration. With the confetti tested and the ball perched in place, the nypd is ready to ring in 2017 with extra precautions taken for this years festivities. A lot you will see, and as per usual, a lot you will not see, and thats that combination that keeps us safe. Reporter 7,000 officers, including 550 sworn in just this week. They will blend in with the crowd looking for suspicions, and othering monitoring feeds from hundreds of cameras and others watch from rooftops and helicopters. Everywhere you look around theres a lot of police force and soldiers. Reporter while theres no credible threat to the most i conic celebration in the world, a Law Enforcement bulletin cited concerns about loan wolves and violent extremists targeting the event. Officials were mindful of the attacks in nice and berlin in developing this years security plan including barriers made up of 65 dump trucks and 100 other large vehicles parked in and around times square. More than ever before. This will be a very wellprotected event, probably most protected event with multiple layers of security. Reporter among the layers of security is when people gather here in times square as early as 8 00 saturday morning, they cannot bring in large bags, and were told every person is searched multiple times. Marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. And marci, you might want to hold on to that umbrella. Exactly. Should be raining around midnight at times square. New englanders have to be careful getting around after being hit by two feet of heavy, wet snow. It made for very slippery driving conditions in maine. But it was great news for the ski resorts that had a dismal season last year. Mt. Snow said they received more snow this season than in all of last season. Oh, wow. Amazing. With more on the track of the storm, heres Paul Williams. Good morning, kendis, diane. We have much needed rain covering the southwest, widespread scattered showers, cool, slippery travel throughout i5 along the west coast, but its the northeast where thats the big story. Blizzard conditions expected between 1218 inches of snow everywhere you see the darkest of blue. Looking for 612 along 91, and bangor down towards the boston area, but thats not the only concern. As we go into the weekend, we have a sneaky set of storms saturday. A High Pressure system sneaks east, opening the door for moisture from the gulf coast and rain returns saturday in the deep south in the form of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Paul, thank you. Millions of americans ring in the new year with a pay hike. 19 states including california, new york, and michigan are among the states with minimum wage increases taking effect saturday or sunday. Massachusetts and Washington State will see the highest new minimum wages at 11 per hour. Voters in arizona, maine, colorado, and washington approved increases in november. A new ceasefire in syria appears to be holding for now. Officials say there was calm after the agreement went in effect midnight local time. The cease fire follows peace talks between the rebels and the Syria Government next month. Nearly a quarter Million People have died. Slammed with u. S. Sanctions for allegedly meddling in the u. S. Election. It closed schools for American Children in moscow coming at president obama kicked out 3,000 Russian Diplomats from the United States. Abcs mary bruce has more. Reporter its the most forceful american response to a statesponsored cyber attack. The white house striking back against russia for interfering in the u. S. Election. The president taking executive action to expel 35 russian intelligence operatives giving them and the families 72 hours to get out of the u. S. And shutting down two russian compounds used for intelligence gatherings. One, a 45acre estate in suburban maryland, bought by the russians in 1972. And this mansion on long island, once owned by an oil executive, bought by the russians in the 60s. On russian soil, the u. S. Slapped sanctions on moscows two leading agencies and four top officials including the head of foreign intelligence. Also targeted, two notorious cyber criminals wanted by the fbi, one accused of stealing over 100 million, notably absent from the list, the russian president. Just be clear, do you believe vad mir putin himself authorized the hack . Reporter when pressed, president obama pointed a finger at the russian president. The white house says theres no question, russia interferes in the u. S. Election and has been harassing u. S. Diplomats abroad like this incident in july when a Russian Police guard tackled a u. S. Diplomat. The Obama Administration is offering new details on how the russians pulled off the cyber assault. According to this report, two russian groups hacked democratic officials and the dnc, stealing tens of thousands of internal emails. The hackers tricking their victims into handing over their credentials by mimicking their employers email systems. Theres also retaliation we dont know about. But no details on any covert actions the u. S. May take to penetrate russias system. One thing we can do is let them know, hey, were here. What that does is sends a strong message, if you mess with us, we have the ability to turn on real actions against your critical infrastructures. Reporter russia is blasting these measures saying they are aggressive and unpredictable and vowing to respond, promising countermeasures will be announced today. Measures they say will make american officials feel uncomfortable. Mary bruce, abc news, the white house. Mary, thank you. Now to a tragedy in a colorado ski resort. A woman visiting from texas fell to her death from a ski lift at the grandby ranch resort 90 miles from denver. The victims two daughters, 9 and 12 also fell, but they survived and were rushed to the hospital. Theyre both expected to recover. Its not clear what caused the accident. Theres an odd twist in a mail theft case in new england. The stolen items were recovered in a frozen pond. These pictures are from maine. The local fire chief helped Police Recover mail that had been dumped over the side of a bridge. Altogether, it was about three bags worth. Two people are now under arrest. We want to get to our continuing coverage right now of eagle watch. 2016. A whole lot of action going on in the nest right now. So over the last couple days, weve been watching the eagles in fort myers, take turns sitting on top of two eggs, they were to come between christmas and new years, and weve been watching this riveting camera ever since then. Thats right. Harriet and m15, her husband, perhaps, are expecting two little eagles, but we have breaking news. Oh, we do . Completely intended. There are some reports there may be a crack in at least one of the eggs. Oh, wow. This is huge. So yeah. You cant actually see it. It doesnt necessarily mean its hatching right now, but yeah. Yeah. Heres the deal. Wooefk watching it for three days. Weves also been watching one of those hatchimals to see if that will hatch first. My bet is on harriet and m15