Foreign policy. adlib action news anchor. Jacqui heinrich is in the spin room now. Jacqui. Hows it going there. The larger spotlight is on National Security and Foreign Policy in light of the terrorist attacks in san bernardino. This may spark some small talk about gun control and the democrats but the real focus will be on the syrian refugee crisis, nsa wiretapping, and the visa program that Tashfeen Malik used to get into the country. Trump has been consistently leading the polls for the last 5 months but those numbers have taken a turn recently. Especially in iowa where ted cruz is leading ahead of trump and republicans here at the debate are reacting to that. National security and Foreign Policy in light of the terrorist attacks in san bernardino. This may spark security and Foreign Policy in light of the terrorist attacks in san bernardino. This may spark some small talk about gun control and the democrats but talk about gun control and the democrats but the real focus will be on the syrian refugee crisis, nsa wiretapping, and the visa program that Tashfeen Malik used to get into the country. Especially in iowa where ted be sectioned out by anyone, tonight. The entire. La Unified School District shut down today. Following a threat. Emailed to the school. That threat was later determined. To be a hoax. Sources tell abc news. The threat in la was not serious. But given the deadly attack in neighboring san bernardino. No one is takig chances. The white house responded saying. Americans will not be scared by the threats. Schools in new york got a similar threat. But schools remained open there. Today. Mayor deblasio this was a very generic piece of writing sent to a number of different places simultaneously, and also written in a fashion that plausible. New yorks Police Commissioner said. It looked like whoever had sent the threat. Had been watching the showtime terrorism drama. Homeland. Amid tears and calls for criminal prosecution. The Nevada Supreme CourtGuardianship Commission took significant action today. Chief investigator darcy spears was there to see the unprecedented steps to fix a broken system. Darcy standup when it comes to your civil rights, being put under guardianship is worse than being sent to prison. Those words from a judge who sits on the commission. Plus, the supreme courts chief justice called some of whats been going on in our guardianship system just plain crazy. One of those crazy things is how people can be deemed incompetent by a physicians assistant. The same physicians assistant whose name appears on case after case handled by private guardian april parks. 3 26 Brenda Ralphs later my neurologist who determined she was competent. My aunt was victimized based on a defective document and incorrect diagnosis by an unqualified person. Brenda ralphs found our contact 13 investigation online, then flew in from seattle to share her aunts story with the Guardianship Commission. She told commissioners she fought to free Barbara Lasco from an unnecessary guardianship, but only after parks and her lawyer drained nearly 20thousand dollars from lascos accounts. 4 54 Brenda Ralphs this whole mess was unnecessary and expensive and it was emotionally devastating for my aunta proud and competent woman who was reduced to asking for her own money to go to the hairdresser, like a child asking for an allowance. After hearing that, chief Justice Hardesty addressed what weve been asking about for monthswhats being done to accountable for exploiting the people theyre supposed to protect . The commission unanimously voted to send a letter to all sheriffs and district attorneys in the state, as well as the attorney general. Asking them to prosecute misconduct and seek restitution for people subject to unjust guardianships. Darcy standup tag the Commission Also voted to establish a bill of rights for people under guardianship and to ensure they have legal counsel. They will also create a permanent Guardianship Commission to keep tabs on reform. Darcy spears, channel 13 action news. A las vegas doctor will be serving. 2 years in prison. Dr. Sebastian paulin, junior sold pain med prescriptions. To people who didnt need them. In september. He pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance. And tax evasion. Along with the prison time. The 69 year old will serve 3 years of supervised a reallife grinch is caught on camera. In avondale, arizona. Security cameras. At a phoenixarea home show. A crook taking off. With an inflatable mickey mouse. You can see an suv with several passengers. Used as the getaway car. Other homeowners in the area are reporting similar christmas decoration thefts. Theyre hoping this surveillance video. Leads to an arrest. Thousands of travelers had to spend a lot of extra time at the Denver Airport today. Thanks to a harsh winter storm that dumped several inches of snow on parts of the western us. Denver had 7 inches by sunrise. And it was still coming down through much of the day. But its a problem that some people in other parts of the country would love to have. Abcs karla bargarena explains why warmer than usual temps back east are bad for business. At the song mountain ski resort in new york state . The weather has many reminiscing. Sot harris wtvh the last two winters we opened the day after thanksgiving. We called it white friday so last years fierce winter spoiled peter harris this years december is turning out to be quite the opposite. Sot harris says hes not nervous yet but hes getting close his equipment is ready to make snow but the warm temperatures outside are making it impossible for harris to maintain it. No snow means no business a direct hit to his bottom line. Nat pop boardwalk but down on the new jersey boardwalk . A different take to a different december. Marybeth solazzo ocean city nj its amazing were so lucky to have this weather i lived here about seven years its never happened before we are just lucky the warm month has shattered more than one thousand High Temperature records in the central and eastern u. S. Unlike out west . Sot jay the snowstorm caused me to drive off the road. . Where heavy snow is to blame for wreaking havoc on the roads and causing Power Outages in nearly 10,000 homes and businesses across utah. Soundbite english adrian baldwin, student its pretty messy. Ive heard a lot of people getting in accidents and on the of utah . Sot female student they decided to cancel all finals after 5 30 pm . An early today in utah and in colorado, another 10. Nothing even close to that here in the east but some are still optimistic especially with rumors of multiple noreasters expected to hit in the next few months. Nevadas High School Graduation rate is one of the worst. In the country. The department of education says. Nevadas overall rate for the 2 thousand 13 and 14 school year was 70 percent. Thats the 3rd worst. In the nation. The district of columbia topped the list for the overall worst rate. Followed by. New mexico. When it came to race. White students in nevada faired the best. With a 77 percent graduation rate. That was followed by hispanics. At 65 percent. And african americans. At 54 percent. Still ahead. Christmas is only 10days away. So you need to know about some packages to arrive before christmas. And. Could you soon see prices go up at chipotle. In the wake of its recent ecoli outbreak what the companys ceo is saying. That could affect you the next time. You head to the mexican restaurant. Bryan. In tonights financial focus. In tonights financial focus. Dow up 156 nasdaq up 43 sp500 sp500 up 21 and gaming. Boyd up 2. 32 caesers down 3. 17 mgm up 1. 63 Las Vegas Sands up 2. 65 wynn up 5. 21 General Motors is investing more than 310 Million Dollars in two michigan plants. Its the latest round of spending by gm in michigan. Totaling 9billion dollars gm builds two engines at its flint plant. A v6 for crossovers like the chevy traverse. And pickups like the chevy colorado. And. A 1. 4 liter 4cylinder engine for the chevy volt. Chipotle will not raise prices to cover the cost of new food satefy rules. Thats straight from the companys founds and ceo. Steve ells wouldnt give a cost estimate for the new testing but he says that neither customers nor suppliers would be footing the bill. Be covering. Recently more than onehundred boston students got norovirus at a chipotle. And ecoli linked to the restaurant infected people in nine west coast states. Thats tonights financial focus. lets go to Bryan Scofield and weather first. . A northwesterly flow on the back end of the our current storm system will continue to bring cold, below average temperatures through thursday. Overnight lows for the next couple of nights will be at and below freezing around the valley. High temperatures tomorrow afternoon will remain in the upper 40s, then warm slightly to the low 50s on thursday. High pressure will nudge in from the southwest on friday which will warm temperatures to the upper 50s that afternoon, then to the low 60s on saturday. The winds will pick up to breezy on saturday, ahead of our next storm system that will pass through the area starting saturday afternoon. The winds will stay breezy on sunday, and colder air associated with the system will drop high temps back down to the upper 50s on sunday. That system makes an exit sunday night, then another very area on monday, bringing a slight shot at showers that afternoon. High temps will remain in the mid to upper 50s on both monday and tuesday with breezy winds expected tuesday. In a contact 13 consumer alert. Today. Was the deadline for shipping packages. With the us postal service. In order for them to arrive. In a contact 13 consumer today. Shipping packages. With the us postal service. In order for them to arrive. By christmas. You can ship after today. But. You will have to pay extra. For expedited shipping. To get them there. On time. Heres a tip. If youre using ups. To send your holiday packages. You have a couple more days. To get your shopping done. The christmas deadline for up s. Is friday. Coming up later. In tonights abc primetime lineup on channel 13 at 8 00. Toy story. That time forgot at 8 30. Shrek the halls at 9 00. I want a dog for christmas, Charlie Brown and then at 10 00. Its shark tank and we will see you tonight for action news. Live at 11 fans were out in full force last night. For the starstudded hollywood premiere of the latest film. In the star wars franchise. The force awakens. Stars from the original series and newcomers. For what critics say. Could be the biggest movie opening. Of all time. Part of the reason for all this excitement and hype. Is the unprecedented secrecy. That surrounded. This movie. And. Last night. Was no different. Everyone was tight lipped Harrison Ford its hard for me to talk. Keeping my mouth shut is easy. Lupita nyongo i have really enjoyed the secrecy. N why . L its been fun. Its been a power trip. laughs . Daisy ridley the reason were keeping it a secret is so people can enjoy the thing. to watch it and not know whats about to happen amazing. The force awakens will be available. In a record 41 hundred theaters. Starting thursday night. Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer that claims 10thousand american lives a year. Next on action news. A break through test. Finding the cancer thats more accurate than any weve seen before doctors are looking to a new the deadliestinstead of a biopsy. Doctors can harvest skin cells with this clear patch. Instead of a scalpel. The patch is then sent to a lab for testing. Few days. Theres no wound healing problems, theres no taking care of bandages, you dont have any bleeding problems. This patch test is currently being used to test for melanoma. But it will soon be used for all types of skin cancer. Bryan has another look at your forecast. In just a bit. Your watching channel 13 action news. A northwesterly flow on the back end of the our current lows for the next couple of nights will be at and below freezing around the valley. High temperatures tomorrow afternoon will remain in the upper 40s, then warm slightly to the low 50s on thursday. Thats action news for now. But. We hope to see you again later tonight. For action news. Live at 11. Thank you for joining us. Inside edition is next