Police are saying that their officer isnt a Trained Medical professional, and did his job. While the hospital is saying that their thoughts and prayers are with the family. The family, of course, is wishing they were this thoughtful a little earlier. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Now to a developing story out of syria where residents of one besieged town say they are literally being starved to death. Up to 30,000 people have been trapped inside the town under tight guard by forces loyal to president bashar al assad. Many families are said to be so desperate theyre eating grass and leaves and killing and eating their pets. Wow. Also in paris, memorials are being held today remembering the 17 People Killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Exactly a year ago. French president Francois Hollande was there for the ceremonies but this morning, the vatican calling an the cover of the magazines anniversary issue behalf fa mus. Is the real assassin saying the very idea of god is what fueled the hatred leading to the attacks. Staying overseas there are no doubts about north koreas bombshell announcements. Still, the explosion was condemned by the United NationsSecurity Council and others even china appearing upset and supported the u. N. Resolution. Its not certain if north koreas strongest ally on the council will allow new economic sanctions. A Major Development from the pentagon honoring american heroes. The department of defense is reviewing more than 1100 medals awarded since 9 11 possibly upgrading some to the medal of honor. The pentagon is recognizing servicemen and women for their courage in combat. 17 medals of honor have been awarded to iraq and Afghanistan Service members since 2001. Bad news for the oil industry but good news for you. Crude oil prices plunged again lowest point since the recession. It was more because of falling demand than any problems in the mideast. Analysts say the drop could mean another ten cents a gallon less for gasoline. The National Average this morning is around 2. A mystery solved in Downtown Chicago over the sudden appearance of an igloo. Its a bit of a ramshackle structure seemingly came out of nowhere. Turning up in the median inside the famed loop. So people at first thought that it was built by a hopeless person. Yeah, but as it turns out, its the products of a man named david sudler who lives in a highrise across the street. It took him 15 hours to saw and chisel sheets of ice and haul them into place. I feel like thats kind of cool. It is kind of cool. Mystery solved. How much time do you think hes spending in there instead of his highrise . Zero. Zero. A bit of a tourist attraction coming up, birthday wishes from you to us as world news now celebrates 24 years on the air. My, oh my. Also ahead, get your geek on at this weeks Consumer Electronics show where the developers are bringing Virtual Reality to the masses. Get our take on the big reveals. Outrage at the airport after a 10yearold girl pulled aside for a security guards patdown. Was the tsa out of line after another look at our forecast map. A chilly 17 degrees in great falls if youre heading to the today. Oh. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex fast max. Hey buddy, lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. Uh. Think fast you dropped something. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Theres moving. And theres moving with move free ultra. It has tripleaction support for your joints, cartilage and bones. 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The colima volcano in western not to be outdone the volcano peer pair below had as many as eight eruptions since tuesday. While Police Ordered people to keep air distance from both, there are no immediate plans to evacuate. Wow. So now to million whos traveled over the holidays and to one family flying just before new years. A father recorded his 10yearold daughter as she went through the tsa security capturing a patdown he says went way too far. Heres abcs david kerley. A 10yearold girl patted down by a tsa officer. Her father watching and recording. It was excessive. It was invasive. I was pretty much boiling, you know, in my head. Reporter at the raleigh airport two days before the new year, a juice pouch inside his daughters bag set off an alarm. Then, a phone from that bag falsely tested positive for explosives, leading to the patdown. I was very unhappy with it and i was confused. Reporter that patdown lasting 1 minute, 48 seconds. Okay. Thank you for doing your job. Reporter tsa, in a statement, says its procedures allow a patdown of a child under certain circumstances, and that this patdown followed approved procedures. Getting screened by the tsa. Reporter payne says he complied at security, but after returning home became convinced tsa policy should change. Payne did not fill out an online complaint form. He says hes working with his local congressman to deliver a complaint directly to the tsa. David kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. So before he brought it to our attention, he actually put it on youtube to see what other peoples reaction was. He was upset but wasnt sure if he was overreact package. Its been mixed. Some people saying id rather be safe than sorry. I think ive seen young kids get patted down before. Theyve changed their policies to make it so that that does. Please continue to accepted your comments to us. Coming up, the top tech gadgets of 2016 being rolled out the Consumer Electronics show. Our tech clinter is here with the big headlines out of vegas. Thats next on world news now. Tt2w`t3n` d bt q 1d tt2w`t3n` d a q tt2w`t3n` d bm q 6, tt4w`t3n` d dztq , tt4w`t3n` d entq s l tt4w`t3n` d gzt j 4 tt4w`t3n` d hnt z x tt4w`t3n` d iztq 0c tt4w`t3n` d jntq 3 it is referred to as the gadget super bowl some people might actually call it because every year the best of the tech world goes head to head showing off all the new and exciting things consumers hope will change their lives. This years show is currently under way in las vegas. The most buzzed about items, trina trinh. Welcome. Were so happy to have you. Thanks for having me. Weve been seeing previews. Whats the coolest thing so far . The biggest news is okay cue lis ripped is finally here. The Virtual Reality headset you can finally order. I have a couple questions about it. What is Virtual Reality. What is it and how much is it . Virtual reality is kind of hard to explain if you havent experienced before. Its basically being immersed in a Virtual World whether its a and being able to experience it really indepth, feel like youre really there on the ground. Abc news had a really awesome Virtual Reality app where you were transported to north korea kra just by putting on this headset and then sticking in some headphones or headphones and you were literally on the ground there. You could spin around 360. See everything up, below, left, right. The view is amazing. It feels like youre really there. Thats the most cool thing about it. The price tag, a little bit of sticker shock there. The okay cue lis rift is going to retail for 600. What . Is there gold in that . Yeah. So its not for the faint of heart. There are cheaper versions, too. Something kendis and i are both interested is the wearable tech. Especially Fitness Technology available out there. We saw a lot of fitness trackers, smart watches so far. Theres more of the same but now going to see a lot more integrated smart waives that are part of like clothing items that you wear every day. A smart bra. Theres smart braz, samsung came out with a smart belt. This will unfortunately report your waist size to you every day. No if youre watching your weight and trying to get better about being on track, staying fit, this belt that you can wear with like a regular pair of jeans will actually track how many steps youve taken, measure waist size, report that back to you and give you tips and tricks for how to. When youre eating your doughnut it yells no. It stops you. Okay. So quickly, whats this about your watch acher donating money to charity. This is kind of crazy. Were already living in a connected world. Might as well as have your washer dryer be connected, too. This is a smart top load washer from whirlpool. Its wifi connected but they have a Charity Component here. 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Yeah, i mean, 675 million the big jackpot. Im buying another one. Yeah, of course we will. So you get another chance saturday because the prizes he said will be an estimated 675 million. The largest jackpot in u. S. History and up till last nights drawing players were out in force buying a shot at Financial Freedom hoping they would have the right combination of numbers for that winning ticket. It was just not to be. Just so you know the wins numbers were 2, 11, 47, 62, 63 ran the powerball was 17. Much more about our frenzy ahead. The numbers you should pick also and the ones you should skip when you buy your next ticket. Well talk about that in the next half hour. Our other major story. A lot of people on the west coast paying attention to this. A third el nino fueled storm blasting through southern california. The heavy rains triggered mud multiple lanes of the 5 freeway in the san fernando he valley were closed for several hours. Looked like they turned the freeway into a canal. Farther north, heavy rains in the bay area have been making driving treacherous. Sand bags are on stand by and more rain on the way. Abcs brandi hitt leads off our coverage this morning. Reporter a super soaking in southern california. We go around. Reporter heavy downpours flooding roads and entire freeways. Its down to just the left lane open. Reporter leaving drivers stranded many with the same story. I saw cars going through it. So i thought oh, im fine. Reporter look at this big rig rescue a smaller car. This driver got a push from the highway patrol. The back to back el nino storms delivering so much rain, water broke through the walls of this restaurant. The saturated ground toppling one tree after the next on to cars as emergency crews also along fast rising rivers. We was overcome by water. Waist to chest deep water and they were hypothermic. Reporter the concern now mud slides at recent wildfire burn areas, sliding mud is threatening homes. Many families hoping sand bags will save them. And while this cell tries to protect rescue dogs in ventura, others are using the heavy rain and mud to their advantage. Woods yet. More rain is in sore this week. A welcome sight for drought stricken california but too much too fast. And this is what happens, kendis and kayna. Brandi, thank you so much. The system so powerful it actually unleashed waterspouts. One by one. Look at this. The funnels were spotted off the coast of san diego but did not move ashore. There were several of them there. Accuweathers Justin Povick has the latest storm warnings. Good morning. Kayna and kendis, thanks and good morning to you, as well. Hard to believe in the southwest. Again on this thursday. Very active be storm track. Tracking heavy rain in the valleys and very heavy snow continuing in the mountainous terrain. Lots of travel delays coming up. South plains and the Gulf Coast Region looking at gusty thunderstorms, as well with soaking showers. Kayna and kendis, back to you. Justin, thank you. Breaking overnight for the second time this week, trading has been halted on chinas stock market. About a half an hour after the exchange opened the shanghai index down more than 7 triggering the shutdown and as was the case monday it was economy. The central bank again devalued the countrys currency and this down. North koreas claim of a Nuclear Bomb Test doesnt seem to be a factor in the stock market slide perhaps because the white house doesnt believe the claim. The uts u. S. Immediately launched so the called nuclear whether the claims are true. Already many are skeptical. The reported size of the detonation is relatively modest, comparable to the tests that north korea carried out in 2013 which i think led many experts to assume this is in fact probably a much cruder device rather than a fully fledged Hydrogen Bomb. The question now this morning, whether the norths chief backer china is willing to punishment. A b