Just 59 in los angeles. Highs in chicago and detroit will be right around the freezing mark. And the northeast will be in the upper 30s before arm hits later in the weekend. Starbucks is adding a new item to its coffee menu. The flat white. Its been available in the uk and australia for years. Coffee lovers here in the u. S. Cant seem to agree on exactly what a flat white is. Most of them call it a cappuccino variant but instead of the flavorless airy foam it has a dense foam that is mixed evenly through the drink. I saw this when i was on assignment in london in august. I didnt know what it was. I was asking them and they couldnt quite explain it. A lot of baristas dont really know how to make it. That may be why they werent able to explain it. Some say its not a cappuccino but just a small latte. A small latte. And its all about theres a caramelized layer of coffee that rises to the top of the foam. That sounds complicated. Apparently you can get it starting next week. Our hats off to the marketing people of starbucks to get us to talk about this new brand coming on. Well take anything on the overnight at this point. Anything it takes. Two newborns are sharing bragging rights at the first babies of the year in their louisiana city. Kyle and his sister Hanley Nicole were born at 12 43 and 12 44 yesterday morning near shreveport. They are their parents first children. They were clearly eager to enter the world arriving prematurely. Great way for the family to kick off the year. Happy birthday to those youngsters. From insomniac theater, a documentary about chinese food and the new movie chapter of women in black. First the increasing prices of prescription drugs. Not just the brand names. The impact its having on consumers trying to stay healthy without going broke. And back to the future from way back in 1985. The movie made big predictions about 2015. See if any of them came true. Youre watching world news now. 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Generic drugs which used to be a nobrainer for patients looking to save some cash are becoming less and less of a barring ain. Heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter brother and sister glen and beth ran this small pharmacy in new york for the last decade. The sign used to be up there. Another little gold sign that says rx. Reporter but its out of business. Cost of drugs are skyrocketing. Especially jenner ics. Reporter shutting its doors last year they largely blame the skyrocketing cost of some of their most popular generic drugs and say insurer reimbursements havent kept up with the pace of soaring costs. It goes from 20 bucks to 1,200. Reporter jenner ics make up 8 in 10 priptsions in the u. S. And typically cost 80 to 85 less than the original medicines. Still, prices some of generics have shot up. A bottle of 500 bill doxycycline has increased from 20 to 1849. These were some of the price increases presented at a congressional hearing in november. Congress sent these letters to 14 generic drugmakers alling the ceos of four companies to the hill but no one came to testify. This is Rebecca Jarvis with abc news. We called the companies, too. Whoongets going on here . All declined interviews. Some referred us to the pharmaceutical association. Sometimes there are market forces. There can be drug shortages. There can be an absence of supply or active pharmaceutical ingredients. Reporter they called the hearing misguided, questioned the price information and said its products have saved American Consumers billions of dollars. Back in salem, new york some residents now have to drive 30 miles to bring their medications home. One way to push prices lower according to analysts greater competition. The fda currently faces a significant backlog of generic drug applications and reducing that according to experts, could really help consumers. Rebecca jarvis abc news new york. A Senate Hearing found that 1200 different generic drugs had increase inside price 448 recently. Thats a lot. Skyrocketing. Part of the problem with all of this is a lot of companies that used to make generic drugs decide that theyre just going to pursue something that a little bit more profitable. And so theres a shortage of supply of generic drugs and prices are going up. Its insane. They stop manufacturing those generic drugs, less drugs going around. Now i understand why my prescriptions went up last week. Coming up the future is here today. We were wowed by the idea of what life would look like in 2015 in the movie back to the future. 30 years later, how accurate was that movie . Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc tt2wut3nu 4 bt q ap tt2wut3nu 4 a q6m4 tt2wut3nu 4 bm q f8 tt4wut3nu 4 dztq p tt4wut3nu 4 entq p90 tt4wut3nu 4 gzt ih tt4wut3nu 4 hnt y0 tt4wut3nu 4 iztq 3ye tt4wut3nu 4 jntq < tt4wut3nu 4 lzt 9d 30 years ago theater aurdiences were given a look into what life might be like in 2015 in the movie back to the future. Hard to believe its been that long. There were some bold predictions. Many were out of this world but somewhere right on the mark. Heres abcs david wright. Great scott reporter the future is now. 2015 . Were in the future. Reporter doc browns delorean time machine, more of a time capsule now. An 80s vision of 2015. Hoverboards and all. In some things the movie was close to the mark. Marty jr. s viewing habits for one. Sound familiar . And those kids at the dinner table. The technology and the attitude already there. Ts for you. Reporter biomess rick taxis. 174. 50. Reporter sounds far fetched but we do have uber and apple pay. Then theres that gag where the newspaper headlines change before your eyes. Great scott history has now been altered, and this is the proof reporter back to the future also changed the future. At least in some small ways. Nike says it actually hopes to release selflacing sneakers in 2015. And those hoverboards, this is the Hendo Hoverboard for real. The device not perfect yet but, then again, neither was marty mcflys. David wright abc news new york. Can you believe the script for that moveie was rejected 40 times. And those execs are all fired now. It was a big, big hit. Disney our parent company, they thought the film was a little too dirty. Maybe it was that scene about calvin klein. Wasnt dirty enough for us marty mcfly. Look at you. Look at that jacket. Why am i your mama . Thats kind of kinky. Whoa insomniac theater coming up. Cough if you can hear me. Dont even think about it. I took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. 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Time for our favorite segment to cap off the week. Our insomniac theater. Were going to kick off with women in black 2 angel of death. A group of children fleeing the london blitz arrive at an abandoned mansion in the english cannotside home to the woman in black. She harbors a vilent prejudice against Young Children as one by one they disappear. The supernatural horror film its not spoised to make you laugh but the sequel to the original that starred Daniel Radcliffe is earning a sad splat. Just 33 3rs approval rating. Tom huddleston wrote predictable shock tactics, drippy wartime romance and scenes in which characters leap through victorian photo albums. Andy lea writes well paced stylish and at times deeply unsettling. A documentary that tries to unravel a mystery. The search for general sow travels from shanghai to discover the origins of the staple of general tsaos chicken. But who was general tso and how did his chicken bemblem of an entire cuisine. I havent seen it on a menu in china. General tso. We dont know. Nobody knows. That guy was laughing when they showed him what it was. Ian cheneys latest documentary is hitting high marks. A solid 89 approval rating. S areraphy inging a fascinating look at the history of chineseamericans and their successful assimilation into our society. We can only find one negative review from Kenji Fujishima saying cheney doesnt delve too deeply into possibly unsettling questions the documentary raises about society at large. It makes me hungry. I dont even like chicken. A lot of people you leave that movie and you feel like youve seen something deep. Next hour you want something else. Thats the news this half hour. This morning on world news now blustery new year. The storm system that could be a hassle for millions on a peak Holiday Travel weekend. I havent seen snow in a long time. This is pretty insane. The unprecedented conditions hitting the southwest, across the country. Legend lost. Remembering a political powerhouse mario cuomo. New yorks threeterm governor. The experience is what has brought this state to this point. Cuomos son, the Current Governor paying tribute just hours before his fathers death. And top priority. Losing weight in the new year. The diiet plan from one of our colleagues so successful shes sharing it with others. Will it work for you . It is friday january 2nd. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. We say good morning to you everybody. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. A surprising cold weather in most of the country. More than a foot of snow fell in Northern Arizona. There were dozens of accidents and interstate 40 was closed. In Oklahoma City a truck overturned and caught fire. One of many accidents blamed on the slick roads. Abcs John Ehrlichman begins our coverage of the blustery weather from california. Reporter an unusual sight at the rose pa raid. Many spectators sporting jackets and wool hats. We have three lay irs on them. Stockings, leggings. Two pairs of socks. Reporter the new years week weather has been wild. Not far from vegas, searchlight whipped by wind and snow. The roads are pretty bad. Im pretty new to vegas. I was definitely not expecting weather like this. I havent seen snow in a long time. But this is pretty insane. Reporter heading east snow in colorado causing chaos. We got caught in an avalanche. We are hiking out. Reporter three snowshoers trapped. Two managing to get to safety. One killed. And the new year has brought new headaches on the road. In Oklahoma State troopers deal with dozens of crashes. Big rigs needed big tow trucks to shove them back on the highway. Sand and salt are being dropped on the worst roads trying to get ahead of a winter mess slamming eight states. As that snow and ice spreads, weekend travel could be tricky with delays definitely expected in the northeast. Kendis reena . Thanks john. All eyes on the weekend ahead for millions of travelers. There are dangerous conditions in the hours ahead. Lets turn to accuweather and justin povick. Thank you reena and kendis. Over the south plains our hands full here. Just before the weekend lots of rain on the way for southeastern and sorn texas. Gusty thunderstorms along the i10 corridor. Major travel delays around houston, new orleans, baton rouge, sleeve port. Slippery around Oklahoma City. Westbound into the texas panhandle. Interstate 40 could have snow to contend with. Rains will spread out into the southeast as the afternoon wears on. Reena and kendis back to you. The other major story were covering right now, the death of former new york governor mario cuomo. Though he led the state for three terms he had impact far beyond new york. Rebecca jarvis looks back at his remarkable political career. Reporter the iconic new york democrat was best known for his Humble Beginnings progressive views and soaring oratory. Maybe, mr. President , if you asked a woman who had been denied the help she needed to feed her children because you said you needed the money for a tax break for a millionaire or for a missile, we couldnt afford to use. Reporter he resisted pressure to run for president in 1988 and 1992. Mario cuomo was born in queens new york the son of italian immigrants in 1932. And grew up working in his fathers grocery store. Current governor of new york andrew cuomo at his second term inauguration remarked on his fathers legacy just hours before he passed. His inspiration and his legacy and his experience is what has brought this state to this point. Reporter Rebecca Jarvis abc news, new york. Hes such a Political Force in the Democratic Party and also the fact that people forget he lost his first two terms when he started running for Lieutenant Governor and then as mayor. He lost both of them but still got up and eventually became a fourterm governor of new york. And fought back. Hes created a mini dynasty with andrew cuomo new in his second term. Just hours before his death, chris cuomo, a former colleague here and now at cnn is a host there. A threeterm governor. He was once asked what hed like on his tombstone and he said just the words he tried. He did more than tried. He succeeded. Well said. The search intensifies for airasia flight 8501 with more ships sent to indonesia. Planes and helicopters are also being used. The focus is under water. Only a few bodies and pieces of wreckage have been recovered. Bad weather has been a factor. The big plan now is finding the fuselage. The flight data recorder will be critical here if there was a sudden inflight catastrophe. We may not hear anyone talking about it on the voice recorder but well be able to know if things were going normal up to that point or battered by thunderstorms. The black boxes have batreys that send signals up to 30 days. The jet crashes six days ago. The Chinese Government is denying reports that fake money thrown into a new years eve crowd triggered the deadly stampede in shanghai. Grieving relatives spent yesterday identifying the bodies of loved ones. Trying to find out if their family memberssurvived. 36 people were killed. Dozens were injured as thousands gathered at the popular waterfront to ring in 2015. Some are accusing the government of failing to provide adequate security. A Georgia Police chief is on administrative leave after shooting his wife in the bedroom of their suburban atlanta home. Police chief William Mccollom called 911 to report hed shot his wife. For obvious reasons, local police have turned offer the criminal investigation to the state authorities. The department is hurting at this point. Were very concerned for, obviously, his wife. Were concerned for the ief. Mccolloms wife margaret is in Critical Condition at an atlanta hospital. She has not spoken to investigators. Topping our Health Headlines and the deadly flu outbreak thats growing. The cdc says the virus is widespread in 36 states. 15 children have died. In late december 7 of the nations deaths were due to flu. Public Health Experts warn a serious outbreak can linger until may of this year. As a result many Emergency Rooms and urgent care clinics are overwhelmed. Some even turning away flu sufferers. Others are giving advice over the phone. A nurse may be able to answer questions without a visit. They are also scheduling when a patient can come in. Otherwise, people may have to wait a couple of hours. Not pleasant for anyone. In sports the Cleveland Cavs superstar lebron james is out with serious injuries. Hes expect