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in japan. 376 million people. good for them. i wonder if they prefer extra crispy or the original. original. i was always an original person back when i ate the bird. it was good stuff. love it. good yard bird there at kfc. ts is something of a christmas tradition, as well. water skiing on the potomac neaea the nation s capital. interesting. this is the 30th year st. nick made the splash joined this year by mrs. clause, elves, reindeer, frosty the snowman. surprised he didn t melt in this weather and even the grinch was there. we didn t spot any members of congress out there, but who knows. cheering them on. there was a grinch you mentioned. so i m sorry, kidding. so kids if santa doesn t bring you what you wanted this morning, now you know what he was doing instead. the temperatures in d.c., yeah, upper 70s. can t resist. yesterda\. a lot of sleep in new york truck outside my apartment. ice cream truck on christmas eve. first time ever that has be ....
the first big idea revealed. shall we say, a tip of the hat? good evening. and it s great to have youith us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with the fear that began early today on both sides of this country. for millions of school children and their parents. amid this climate of concern over terror.. two threats, including bombs, assault weapons, grenades. one in los angeles. of course, san bernardino not far away. authorities there taking no chances, closing more than 1,000 schools. some children were already on their way, turned away at the doors. the other threat, right here in new york city. a bomb threat, also targeting schools, but authorities leaving schools open here. tonight, the very tough call made by authorities in both cities. how do you decide when to close, when to stay open? abc s matt gutman leading us off from los anges. reporter: the threat leaving a seaa of school buses silent. shuttering nearly 1,100 schools. 650,000. some parents turned a ....
abc s kayna whitworth is in las vegas for us tonight. reporter: terror on the streets of sin city as this silver oldsmobile runs rampant over crowded sidewalks. at least 20 people were ran over. reporter: police say 24-year-old lakeisha holloway, with her 3-year-old daughter in the back, intentionally slammed her car into dozens of bystanders. injured more than 30. killing jessica valenzuela, a mother of three. people were punching the window trying to get apparently the child out of the back seat, but she accelerated again and just kept mowing everyone down. it looked like she wasn t even trying to stop the car. she had both of her hands on the wheel, and looking straight forward, and there were men running after her, trying to stop the vehicle and they couldn t get to her. we re going to need somebody to shut down traffic. reporter: police say she was accelerating when she came up onto the sidewalk here. now, this is one of the busiest intersections on t ....
and something in that scene made in america. made in america! good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with the war of words between the two front-runners in the race for 2016. the showdown unfolding at this hour, between donald trump and hillary clinton. trump under fire by some after using a certain word to describe clinton s loss to president obama. and commenting on her using the bathroom during the debate. tonight, the clinton campaign calling trump s rererks, quote, sexist and degrading. and there was a moment today on the campaign trail when a little question all of this comes amid new poll question. how many americans say they would be embarrassed if this country elects a president trump or if it elects hillary clinton? abc s jonathan karl, leading us off. reporter: donald trump s insults were crude and personal, attacking hillary clinton using a vulgar description of male she was going to beat obama. i don t ....
mass, noting the simplicity of jesus christ s birir. pope francis condemned what he called society s intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth. he says jesus calls on christians to act in a way thaha is simple, balanced, consistent, capable of seeing and doing what is essential. the upsurge of violence in the holy land brought more tension to christmas celebratioio. palestinian president mahmoud abbas joined christian faithful in bethlehem for midnight mass. bethlehem has been at the center of violence, but as molly hunter reports, the celebrations have returned. reporter: mixed feeling between the celebration and the sad feeling. reporter: that sad feeling shared widely this year. after months of violenen in the occupied palestinian territories and israel left 19 israelis and more than 130 palestinians dead, israel says more than half of those palestinians were in manger square, the birthplace of jesus, the crowd s smaller. tourism suffering. ....