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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20131224-01:35:00

headphone sales are up 14% and sound bars a staggering 80%. if you are hitting the mall -- >> these are lovely but they're a little more than i want to pay. >> reporter: use your voice. with hidden cameras our retail expert, mark ellwood, showed us how to ask for a better deal. >> do you guys sometimes have coupons behind the counter? >> reporter: a connection that saved him $10 off his purchase. clothes have been a really tough sell this holiday season but it's where you're going to find the biggest bargains right now. at retailers like aeropostale, they're posting as much as 70% off and at old navy up to 75%. david? paula, thank you. meantime this evening the uproar over the security breach at target is growing. credit card information for up to 40 million customers affected as you know and now the major bank imposing limits on how much you can spend on your credit card if you went to target. those customers now outraged tonight saying they're now being punished twice.

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20131224-01:30:00

and happy. >> great. >> cute. >> thank you for what you're welcome to "world news." tonight the weather whiplash. just as millions hit the roads, the blast of bitter cold, the sheets of ice soaring. the family dog saved, and now comes late word of an avalanche. the retail rush. we show you how to get sale prices even lower, last minute bargaining that works even at the big name stores. watch what happens when our hidden cameras go in search for what authorities are now calling the superfakes. is there one wrapped under your tree? the christmas eve surprise, the space walk they weren't planning after the space suit worries, how the american astronaut knew there was trouble. made in america is back tonight, your one thing for christmas. barbara walters is in. what she picked that sent me on a journey. what's being served coast to coast, and you need a special

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NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:48:00

we don't. but anything that we can do to help decrease the incidence is a good thing. >> reporter: as for sterling, with only weeks to go before her little girl arrives, she's trying to rely more and more on that developing motherly instinct. >> i try to go with my gut, yeah. more and more trusting that. use your best judgment. >> reporter: katy tur, nbc news, new york. and we're back in a moment with the end of an era for a famous name in the world of sports.

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NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:59:00

thanks for joining us. >> we begin with a developing story, the bitter battle over pension reform in san jose hit a hurdle today. a judge ruling taxpayers do not have the authority to cut city employee pensions. nearly 70% of san jose voters approved measure "b" last year. it would force employees to pay more money into their health care and pensions.

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NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:49:00

NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:49:00
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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20131224-01:43:00

doubling down on his anti-gay comments sunday. phil robertson telling his bible study class, "from the beginning jesus said, "it is man and a woman," according to the daily mail and confirmed by abc news. robertson compared being gay to being an adulterer and a liar, saying "what's the difference?" but with the future of his blockbuster show very much in doubt, robertson's conservative fans are flocking to his defense. >> i think phil is feeling very empowered. there's been a lot of public support on his side. instead of running away, advertisers have said they're sticking by him. >> reporter: when a & e, partly owned by abc, suspended robertson, cracker barrel announced they would no longer sell some "duck dynasty" merchandise. then after a huge backlash from their angry customers they reversed themselves saying, "you flat-out told us we were wrong. we listened." for the time being, old phil is still on the air in reruns. the fate of his show though is still an open question.

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NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:58:00

window washing companies are joining together to help raise children's spirits. we first met them earlier this year dressed as superheroes. and now, as santa and his elves. this time of year. >> it will get kids who are laying in their beds, not feeling well, to kind of forget for a minute and just sit up, and be excited, and have something fun happening in -- right in their room. >> reporter: 6-year-old giovanni hamilton, who just got a new wheelchair, couldn't get to the window fast enough. where he got a personal wave and four hellos, straight from the north pole. what do you think about this giovanni? >> i like it. >> reporter: you like it? in fact, everyone likes it. >> santa's cleaning your window. look at that. >> reporter: that this many people would give their time to make children feel better. mark potter, nbc news, orlando. >> great ending to our broadcast on this monday night. as we start off christmas week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope you'll join us right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20131224-01:44:00

matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> our thanks to matt. we move on to "made in america" and the jobs you're putting under the christmas tree this year, the ones you're helping to create with your "one thing." this evening we turn to the holiday dinner menu. it turns out the women of "the view" were about to put our "made in america" team to the test. >> reporter: the long lines waiting outside "the view." they're red and green and they knew why we were there. >> made in america! >> reporter: upstairs in every dressing room, the same message. >> are you in? >> i'm in. i know you're in. >> reporter: and whoopi, her one thing, the moss grill from san diego. she bought four of them herself. for christmas -- >> they're packaging one for your brother right now? >> yes. >> he's not watching? >> i'm going to make sure he doesn't. >> reporter: he's not watching tonight but barbara is. here's why. she told me i can't forget the appetizers.

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NBC Nightly News-20131224-01:57:00

holidays here. >> oh, my gosh! who is that? it's santa claus! >> reporter: at old children's hospital in st. petersburg, florida, he came from the sky. disguised as a window washer. bringing cheer and a wave to children who could use a smile. >> that is so cool. >> reporter: at the children's hospital in orlando there were four of them. two santas and two elves. scaling the walls. washing the windows. and making new friends. for the kids, it's a magical moment. >> hi, sweetie. >> reporter: for the man from the window washing company playing santa for a day. >> actually i feel like a little bit of a rock star right now. >> reporter: it is so rewarding to make this kind of difference. >> they're very happy to see us. and trust me, i'm happy to see them, too. they're wonderful. >> reporter: around the country, children's hospitals and local

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ABC World News With Diane Sawyer-20131224-01:34:00

those final items on your christmas list, and just look, the scene repeated everywhere tonight, retailers with 40% of their profits coming in these final hours. how low will they go? can you get a price even lower than that final sale price even at the big name stores? abc's paula faris did with help from one of the best hagglers "world news" could find. >> reporter: with only two-thirds of us finished or nearly finished with our holiday shopping, retailers expecting a blizzard of business over the weekend got a lump of coal instead. despite some of the deepest discounts ever at stores like macy's and kmart open around the clock, there were fewer holiday shoppers. >> there is retail panic across the country from california, the carolinas, shoppers still aren't spending. it's a race against time. >> reporter: on saturday and sunday 7% less foot traffic in stores. according to moody's investor service, consumers are willing to wait as long as possible, even if that means doing their shopping after christmas. not feeling the heat? audio equipment.

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