Saved by the bells screech waking up behind bars this morning. The trouble at the bar christmas night all caught on camera. Good morning, america, on this holiday weekend. Look whos back. Its great to have dan back in the chair ace a new dad in a moment you didnt think was going to happen. I did not think it was going to happen. We struggled for years. I brought pictures. Youre going to have to sit through. You look so much more mature. Thank you. I appreciate that. This isnt a clipon tie. You look mature. From one dad to another. Were going to have a whole lot more from dan and hear about little alexanders first christmas and his debut. I have to tell you, christmas in our household didnt go exactly as planned. Here theyre playing their new xbox, a game called rivals but like so many who werent able to do so on christmas because the network was out. If they only knew how foolish they truly looked in real life. The grinchs to targeted the xbox and Playstation Networks have more misery for children and their parents, paula included. This is the latest Security Breach and everyone wondering when it will end. The bigger question, who could be next and abcs linzie janis on the case for us this morning. Good morning, paula. 160 million gamers. Thats how many playstation and Microsoft Xbox customers are affected by this attack. The hackers bombarding the companiess Online Gaming servers with so many requests, they simply shut down. This morning, gamers around the world struggling to get online after a group of hackers calling itself the lizard squad claimed responsibility on twitter for taking down the Sony Playstation and xbox live servers, hashtaging them both off line, even writing, we truly are the grinch. The timing couldnt have been worse. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day just as thousands of people were unwrapping gaming consoles and trying to log on, services were down. The system basically just falls over. It cant deal with all of the requests and it has to shut down as a response. In a cheeky tweet, the lizard squad writing, i wonder how many people tried to return their new conso console, thinking it was broken. The outage a blow to many gamers. Its one of the most popular features for blockbuster games such as call of duty and grand theft auto and dustny. Overnight Sony Playstation tweeting to customers, ps 4, ps 3 and other services are gradually coming back online, thanks for your patience. Xbox tweeted, our teams are on the case. The attack does not appear to be linked to the much more sophisticated cyber attack on sony pictures, believed to be a team of north korean hackers. This latest assault by faceless internet scrooges is unclear. Theyre very malicious. Its kind of a sport to these guys. They just want to bring the system down as a show of power. Cyber experts say the capability of hackers is almost endless, from getting into our Home Wireless Networks and computers to hacking into cameras and watching us in our own living rooms. Experts say follow good online practices, secure your wifi network, change your passwords, that helps. Ultimately were at the mercy of these companies to protect our personal information. Again, it doesnt appear that personal information has been stolen. It wasnt an actual attack and it doesnt appear to be linked to the sony picture attack. A lot of reasons to worry, thank you. This is going to be a sad and somber day in a divided city. Tens of thousands of Police Officers from across america descending upon new york for the funeral of rafael ramos. One of two officers killed in an ambush attack recently. The vicepresident will be there and so will the mayor of new york city, who many cops blame for fueling the outrage against them. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo is at the church right now. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning and a very sad morning here in new york. Security is tight here. Police on high alert after a number of recent threats against officers in the past few days. This as thousands streamed through this church yesterday for officer ray mows emotional 8hour wake. Thousands gathering outside as the nypd flag was draped over the fallen officers casket as it was carried into Christ Tabernacle Church where they gathered to remember him. A guy to dedicated his life to helping others. Reporter less than a mile from that church, new york police made another arrest of a man allegedly threatening to kill cops. Elvin payamps arrested wednesday night after a former officer told investigators he was overheard saying ismaaiyl brinsley, quote, should have killed two white cops when he ambushed and killed ramos and his partner, wenjian liu, one week ago. The officers were shot in their control car by brinsley. During a search of payampss home, officers found an arsenal, including shotguns, brass knuckles and body armor. There have been more than 40 arrests made across the country for false 911 calls in the wake of saturdays attack. Since the incident weve received a number of what i would describe as copy cat type threats and as of this time none of this have proven to be anything. Reporter as vicepresident joe biden prepares to attend todays funeral for officer ramos, officer lius family is surrounded by supporters, including former mayor rudy giuliani. Ramos was studying to be a pastor. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Plans for officer lius funeral have not yet been released. Paula . A moving show of support for those fallen officers and their families. Thank you. Another headline this morning, the bad weather that will make it tough heading home for millions of travelers this weekend. Rob marciano tracking it all. Good morning, rob. Good morning, paula. Its been tough across parts of minneapolis. Look at this video. You would think they would be able to handle this, but this has been the biggest snowfall of the year so far. The ice in the plains and there were over 100 crashes across minneapolis roads and highways just last night with just over two inches of snow falling today. Its been a mild december so not a whole lot of snow. Winter weather advisory. It will be clearing out and drying out and then some of that colder air filters down from canada. A mild december. Well show you how chilly things will get. That mild air does have moisture flood watches and warnings across new orleans. Jackson over four inches of rainfall expected there. Tough driving but also that rainfall going over the areas that were hard hit by the tornados and of course well talk about the travel, big travel day tomorrow. Thank you, rob. A fresh embarrassment this morning for the secret service and this comes after a very, very rough year. It has come to light that the agency has been using untrained volunteers to drive some of the vehicles in the president ial motorcade. Turns out this has been happening for a very long time. Abcs jim avila with the president in honolulu, hawaii has the very latest. Reporter you would think the middle of a president ial motorcade would be no place for amateurs. But right there among the secret service and the police just yards from the president is an untrained volunteer. The president on the way back from his morning workout in hawaii. His suv buried in the middle of as many as 20 imposing secret Service Black cars and local police escorts. Also in the middle of the pack, a few cars back from the president himself rose the lowly White House Press core van driven by well, just about anyone. Untrained volunteers like 24yearold natalie tyson. Up identified by the New York Times as the volunteer press driver in San Francisco this fall. She posted her picture next to the president s limo along with a question wondering why anyone would trust me with a 15passenger van full of reporters. And Young Natalie admitted she got her job because a friend at the white house casually called her and asked. I think the Selection Process for the drivers on the white house end is subpar. I think its been subpar for a long time. Reporter but is it more than that . Is it safe to have a novice driving among the professionals and so close to the president. The secret service in a statement points out that normally theres no other traffic on the road when the president is moved and the service says the press is in the rear of the motorcade and if its attacked the volunteer driver in the press van will be left behind. The press who they escort around, theyre not a component of the secure vehicle package. Reporter the ranking democrat in the Homeland Security committee tells abc news that times have changed and the new secret Service Leadership should find a way to put trained officers on all president ial motorcades. Dan and paula . Jim, thank you. As we said this has been a tough year for the secret service. Turning over to ron and yesterday one of the busiest shopping days of the year taking an unfortunate turn. Some wild scenes around the country. We begin with the chaos at several malls packed with post holiday shoppers. Abcs Michelle Franzen has late details on the mayhem at the mall. Reporter terrifying moments for shoppers who got more than they bargained for, scrambling for safety after violence erupted at several malls across the country. At the arden mall in sacramento, a food court brawl and reports of gunfire after police say rowdy teens tried to take over parts of the mall. It got to the point where we shut the mall down. Reporter check out this scene at a mall near pittsburgh, cell phone capturing the chaos, pushing shoving and pushing. Shoppers flee is up the escalators. Police say six fights broke out and two teens went to the hospital. It appeared to be no set type of a protest. Its just that there were many juveniles. Reporter in missouri at the independent center, sirens and unrest as police barricaded the entrance. We take that seriously. Thats why we were able to get a Large Police Presence here very quickly. For good morning america, Michelle Franzen, abc news, new york. And president george h. W. Bush is said to be in great spirits but he remained hospitalized a fourth night in a texas hospital. Americas oldest living president , 90, was rushed to the hospital tuesday after experiencing difficulty breathing. Doctors at houston Methodist Hospital say he is being kept there as a precaution. And a utah boy is back home after a terrifying ordeal, kidnap right outside of his own home. The boys mother asked him to get her cell phone from the early when police say these two men grabbed him, put a hoodie over his head, threw him in the back seat of a family car and took off. The mom called 911. The suspects tried to take off but they were taken down by officers and are facing numerous charges including felony kidnapping. Now to something thats got all drivers pumped up. Gas prices going down again. Missouri becoming the first state in five years to have a statewide average gas price of just under 2 a gallon. Also a first, gas prices declining for the 93rd straight day. There are 33 states out of the 50 with at least one gas station with a price below two bucks. Nationally prices are down nearly 50 cents in the last month. To a remarkable Animal Rescue in oregon. Sandy, a threeyearold lab, fell 150 feet down a cliff during a christmas afternoon hike. A volunteer from the states Humane Society repelled down the cliff, fitted sandy with a harness and pulled her to safety. 7 she was a little frightened but not injured. Finally, a boys family wants proof that santa exists so lets call it a santa setup. Check this out. 7yearold evan and his family put a camera in their living room Christmas Eve on the left. The next morning they gathered to see what happened overnight and listen to this. What is it . Its the reindeer bells reporter where there are reindeer theres obviously going to be this guy, magically appearing. How does he not see it. Enjoy the milk and cookies with a snap of his finger. You see the presents under the tree. Finally santa notices the camera and turns it off using his magic powers. This video has gone wildly viral. Should have been in pop news, perhaps. Over 1 million views overnight. My parents always warned me you dont want to do things like that because you risk him not coming back. Thats what might happen . No, it can. I dont want to scare that little boy but you got to be careful. Enough with the conspiracy theories. A Daring Rescue in paradise. Dozens of hikers getting trapped in a rain storm that made the nearby streams overflow and trapped the hikers on a trail as their supplies were running low. Abcs ade deediti roy is on the. Reporter good morning, dan. What was supposed to be a pleasant outing for some hikers on a popular trail, turned out to be a days long ordeal. In just a matter of hours streams that were once easy to cross became impassable. A dramatic Christmas Eve rescue caught on camera. 62 hikers trapped by this river turned raging rapids. Boarding a Fire Department helicopter after three days stranded on one of the most dangerous hiking trails in america. The whole campground actually flooded and became like one cascading waterfall. Reporter Angela Anderson and her boyfriend were visiting the island. The experienced hikers deciding to head out on a 22mile trek sunday afternoon when the weather was dry. We got to mile six and it started raining right before we went to bed. Reporter when they woke up, they realized they were stuck. By this time the trail was shut down. The pair, joined by several other stranded campers. We all kind of helped each other out. We all tried to keep the fire going. Reporter the next morning they finally found a spot to cross, but then another road block. We got to mile two and it was just impassable and definitely a lot more raging. They were already running short on food so they seemed like they already had enough. Reporter the next day the choppers were out scanning for stranded hikers. My backpack actually had a a flag to flag a helicopter down, like instructions, so we kind of used some of that. Reporter after nearly three days of drenching rain and no way out, angela and her boyfriend among the dozens rescued, thankful to be safe. It will definitely make us think twice. She credits her survival skills and first aid knowledge with keeping her cool. Officials say one hiker did suffer injuries, but they were nonlife threatening. Some harrowing moments there. Thank god for rescue helicopters. As we mentioned earlier, this is dans first weekend back at work after he and his bianca had their first child, alexander. He is so cute. Look at that hair. Dan gave birth to a child, that could be the lead of the show. It is an anatomical miracle, folks. Weve asked dan to give us a full report. Hes staring at me and asking money from me. I put together a little video diary and mercifully i left out the diaper changes. Check it out. We never thought this could happen. My wife and i struggled for years to have a baby, so when this little dude arrived, we were over the moon. Here he is on his birthday, december 15, 2014. We named him Alexander Robert harris. After he came out, all i could do was stare. My wife has always been beautiful but this is her at her most radiant. As a mom shes the happiest ive ever seen her. When we brought alexander home, our cats were curious but to our relief not furious. They sniffed him a lot and spent their time sleeping amidst his baby gifts and playing Security Guard at his crib. The past 12 days have been a series of firsts for alexander, first bath, first visit with co anchors paula faris and rob marciano who asked to be called the godfather. First christmas which he mostly slept through and first meditation session with dad. We may have both slept through this one. I still stare at him all the time, how cute he looks sitting in a car seat, or just clutching my finger. Dan, this is such a gripping book. I read it in one sitting. Earlier this year i wrote a book about how discovering meditation made me ten percent happier. The other day they made me a new book cover with a baby bottle and the words, 100 happier. That pretty much sums it up. It looks so good on you and bianca is over the moon. She looks gorgeous. Shes really happy, really this has been fantastic. The most fun weve ever had. You guys didnt think this was going to happen. We didnt. I have a few more pictures. We have a picture of the moment the nurses brought him thats when they gave me a temporary tattoo of his baby foot. Thats the mohawk they gave him several hours after he was born. Can we clarify. Alexander robert after rob marciano, yes . Yes, after rob. The godfather. No, its after your grandfather. After my grandfather and alexander is biancas grandfather. We are so happy for the two of you and it really has softened you up. The six of them, the cats. Thats right. Its a family. Beautifully expanding family, were thrilled. What does the weather look like, godfather . I have to switch gears now. Ill give you an offer you cant refuse. How about ice skating in phoenix . They put in temporary ice skating rinks. This morning they are having an easier time of keeping that ice beca because its currently 38 degrees, the coldest morning of 2014. So that ice will be a little more firm today. Wind advisories for the southwest, including burbank. Its been a windy week and a half and today will be no different. Also on the chilly side so we have frost and freeze advisories, 41 in los angeles. 32 in las vegas. Further to the north a winter storm warning for the cascades. They can use some of that snow. The Colorado Rockies in utah have been getting dumped on. The cascades a little below average. Theyll get up to two feet with that storm system. This storm that we mentioned earlier is going to bring rain, mild air ahead of it. The temperatures will drop by 10, 15 degrees as the mild air pumps up towards the east coast. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s in some spots. Heres what is happening locally. Repor