ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 21, 2025

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE. MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE THAT. PLUNGED A MAJOR CITY INTO. DARKNESS DURING WHAT'S EXPECTED. TO BE A RECORD BREAKING HOLIDAY. TRAVEL RUSH AND THE RISING. TENSIONS WITH VENEZUELA. AS THE. U.S. COAST GUARD IS IN ACTIVE. PURSUIT OF A THIRD VESSEL OFF.

THE VENEZUELAN COAST. WE DO. BEGIN WITH THAT POWER OUTAGE IN. SAN FRANCISCO. AT ONE POINT, AT. LEAST 30% OF THE CITY WAS IN. THE DARK, DISRUPTING TRAVEL AND. LEADING TO MAJOR TRAFFIC JAMS. SELF-DRIVING CARS STOPPED IN. THE MIDDLE OF STREETS. THE. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS. DARKENED, AND THOUSANDS ARE. STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. CAUSE. IT COMES AS MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS ARE ON THE MOVE, TAKING TO THE SKIES AND. ROADWAYS, AND WHAT COULD BE A. RECORD BREAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL. RUSH. ALSO TONIGHT, THE HEAVY. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.

TARGETING PARTS OF THE WEST, MILLIONS FACING A FLOOD THREAT. ACROSS CALIFORNIA. OUR WEATHER. TEAMS STANDING BY, TRACKING IT. ALL. THE U.S. IS IN ACTIVE. PURSUIT OF ANOTHER VESSEL OFF. THE VENEZUELAN COAST, THE THIRD. AND THE LAST TEN DAYS. THE. WHITE HOUSE RAMPING UP PRESSURE. ON PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO. REGIME. AND MADURO IS. RESPONDING TONIGHT NEW. QUESTIONS OVER THE REDACTIONS. IN THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES. RELEASED ON FRIDAY. SOME. VICTIMS AND DEMOCRATS TAKING. ISSUE WITH THOSE REDACTIONS. AMONG THOSE DOCUMENTS, THE 1996. FBI COMPLAINT, WHICH MAY BE THE.

FIRST TIME EPSTEIN WAS EVER. REPORTED TO FEDERAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT YEARS BEFORE HE WAS. ARRESTED. THE SHOCKING REPORT. FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. THE DEBRIS FROM THIS SPACE. EXPLOSION REPORTEDLY ENDANGERED. FLIGHTS AND HUNDREDS OF. PASSENGERS. WHAT SPACEX IS NOW. SAYING ABOUT THOSE CLAIMS. A. SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTER CHARGED. WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE. DRAMATIC MOMENT HIS GUN JAMS. AND THE TAKEDOWN FROM THE. OFFICER. THE LAST MINUTE. HOLIDAY SHOPPERS RACING TO BUY. GIFTS, PACKING THE STORES ALONG. WITH THE ONLINE BUYING FRENZY.

WITH CHRISTMAS NOW JUST FOUR. DAYS AWAY. AND COULD YOU BE A. BILLIONAIRE BY CHRISTMAS? THE. POWERBALL JACKPOT CLIMBS TO. $1.6 BILLION AHEAD OF MONDAY. NIGHT'S DRAWING. AND WITH THE. CDC IS SAYING ABOUT RISING. CASES OF THE FLU AS INFECTIONS. REACH NEARLY 5 MILLION IN THE. U.S. THE THRILLING UPSETS IN. THE FIRST ROUND OF THE COLLEGE. FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. AND AMERICA. STRONG THE COMMUNITY DELIVERING. HOPE AND HELP TO SANTA AFTER A. DEVASTATING FIRE. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD.

HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS SO. MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THIS. SUNDAY I'M RACHEL SCOTT IN FOR. LINSEY DAVIS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THE INVESTIGATION INTO. THAT MASSIVE POWER OUTAGE IN. SAN FRANCISCO DURING THE BUSY. HOLIDAY TRAVEL RUSH. THE CITY. PUT ON PAUSE WITH MORE THAN. 130,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES. GOING WITHOUT POWER. TONIGHT, THOUSANDS ARE STILL IN THE DARK. SELF-DRIVING CARS STOPPING IN. THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. MOVIE. THEATERS SUDDENLY GOING DARK.

THE DISRUPTIONS COULD NOT COME. AT A WORSE TIME. THE WEST. ALREADY BRACING FOR RAIN AND. SNOW. AND SCENES LIKE THIS ONE. IN UTAH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE. TAKING TO THE ROADS AND SKIES. IN WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE RECORD. NUMBERS. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS. STANDING BY WITH THE FORECAST. BUT FIRST WE DO BEGIN WITH. ABC'S MELISSA DON LEADING US. OFF FROM LAX TONIGHT ON THE. FIRST OFFICIAL DAY. >> OF WINTER AS THE WEST COAST. PREPARES FOR MAJOR STORMS. ACROSS THE REGION. TRAVELERS. FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY GEAR UP. FOR A RECORD BREAKING WEEK OF.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL, AS TRIPLE A IS. PROJECTING MORE THAN 122. MILLION TRAVELERS FOR CHRISTMAS. THROUGH NEW YEAR'S WEATHER. ALERTS AND POWER OUTAGES. ADDING TO THE TRAVEL RUSH IN. SAN FRANCISCO, CREWS WORKING TO. RESTORE POWER FOLLOWING A. CITYWIDE OUTAGE ON SATURDAY, IMPACTING MORE THAN 130,000. HOMES AND BUSINESSES, LEADING. TO STREET CLOSURES, PUBLIC. TRANSPORTATION DISRUPTIONS AND. BUSINESS CLOSURES DURING THE. BUSY HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL. INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE.

OUTAGE. THE TSA ANTICIPATES. SCREENING MORE THAN 43 MILLION. PASSENGERS BETWEEN DECEMBER. 19TH AND JANUARY 4TH. IT'S SO. BUSY. THE FAA PLANNING ON USING. LIMITED MILITARY AIRSPACE IF. NEEDED. HERE IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL. CRUSH CAUSING MAJOR DELAYS ON. THE FREEWAYS, FAMILIES FACING A. LONG DAY OF TRAVEL OUT ON THE. ROADS. TRIPLE A SAYS NEARLY 110. MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BY. CAR. THAT'S UP 2% FROM LAST. YEAR, AND DRIVERS ARE EXPECTED.

TO FIND CHEAPER GAS PRICES. COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. RACHEL AIRLINE LEADERS ARE. EXPECTING A BUSY PERIOD, WITH. MORE THAN 2.9 MILLION. PASSENGERS EXPECTED TO TRAVEL. EACH DAY DURING THIS HOLIDAY. PERIOD. SO THAT'S WHY TRAVEL. EXPERTS STRESS TO ARRIVE HERE. EARLY. RACHEL. >> MELISSA. THANK YOU. AND THEN. THERE'S THE QUESTION OF HOW. MUCH THE WEATHER WILL IMPACT. THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL. SO LET'S. GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST. DANNY BECKSTROM FROM OUR NEW. YORK STATION, WABC. HEY, DANNY. TIME HAS BEEN OUT FOR US, RACHEL.

>> SHAPING UP TO BE A ROUGH. WEEK AHEAD IN PARTS OF THE WEST. ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND. MOUNTAIN SNOW. CALIFORNIA IN. THE CROSSHAIRS, THIS TIME WITH. FLOOD WATCHES POSTED UP AND. DOWN THE STATE. THAT HEAVY RAIN. PROMPTING THE THREAT FOR FLASH. FLOODING. SO LET'S TIME IT OUT. IT'S NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO. PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WITH THAT. HEAVY RAIN. WHILE THE REST OF. THE COUNTRY IS RELATIVELY QUIET. FOR HOLIDAY TRAVEL ON TUESDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A QUICK BURST. OF RAIN AND SNOW, CREATING. SLICK CONDITIONS FOR THE. NORTHEAST, WHILE ON THE OTHER. SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, A MORE. POTENT STORM SYSTEM BRINGS. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN AND. MOUNTAIN SNOW, THIS TIME TO. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. WE'RE STILL. LOOKING AT THE WET WEATHER FOR. THE WEST COAST. THE REST OF THE. COUNTRY IS QUIET AND THE OTHER. BIG WEATHER HEADLINE THE WARMTH. WE'RE TALKING HIGHS IN THE 60S. AND 70S FOR THE CENTER OF THE. COUNTRY, AND THAT HOLDS INTO. CHRISTMAS DAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SOME GOOD NEWS. HEADING INTO CHRISTMAS. RIGHT, DANNY? THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. SHOWDOWN IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE U.S. COAST GUARD IS. PURSUING A THIRD TANKER OFF THE. VENEZUELAN COAST. IT'S THE. THIRD IN THE LAST TEN DAYS. TONIGHT, VENEZUELA IS PUSHING. BACK, CALLING THE SEIZURES, QUOTE, THEFT AND HIJACKING. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG. TONIGHT. >> RISING TENSIONS WITH.

VENEZUELA AS THE U.S. IS IN. ACTIVE PURSUIT OF A SANCTIONED. DARK FLEET VESSEL FLEEING THE. CARIBBEAN. A U.S. OFFICIAL. TELLS ABC NEWS THE COAST GUARD. IS ATTEMPTING TO INTERCEPT A. VESSEL THAT'S PART OF. VENEZUELA'S, QUOTE, ILLEGAL. SANCTIONS EVASION. THE OFFICIAL. SAYS THE SHIP IS, QUOTE, FLYING. A FALSE FLAG AND UNDER A. JUDICIAL SEIZURE ORDER. THIS. COMES AFTER SATURDAY'S SEIZURE. OF AN OIL TANKER OFF THE COAST. OF VENEZUELA, CARRIED OUT BY AN. ELITE COAST GUARD TACTICAL TEAM, THE SAME TYPE OF UNIT USED JUST. TEN DAYS EARLIER, WHEN AMERICAN.

FORCES REPELLED FROM. HELICOPTERS ONTO ANOTHER OIL. TANKERS DECK TO TAKE CONTROL OF. THE SHIP. TONIGHT, VENEZUELA. FIRING BACK, CALLING THE. SEIZURES THEFT AND HIJACKING. >> I CONSIDER IT A PROVOCATION. AND A PRELUDE TO WAR. AND I. HOPE WE DON'T GO TO WAR WITH. VENEZUELA. >> LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP. THREATENED TO IMPOSE WHAT HE. CALLED A TOTAL AND COMPLETE. BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL. TANKERS TRAVELING TO AND FROM. VENEZUELA, A MOVE THAT COULD. DEVASTATE THE VENEZUELAN.

ECONOMY. OIL EXPORTS, THE. LIFEBLOOD OF PRESIDENT NICOLAS. MADURO REGIME. ALL OF THIS AS A. U.S. AMASSES THE LARGEST. MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE. CARIBBEAN IN DECADES. THE. PENTAGON, ALSO STRIKING 28. ALLEGED DRUG BOATS IN THE. CARIBBEAN AND EASTERN PACIFIC, KILLING AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE. WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PUBLIC. EVIDENCE OR IDENTIFYING THOSE. KILLED. THE ADMINISTRATION, INSISTING ITS PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. IS ABOUT TARGETING DRUG. TRAFFICKERS AND SANCTIONED OIL. BUT SOME REPUBLICANS OPENLY.

CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE. >> I AM ALL IN THE CAMP FOR. REGIME CHANGE. >> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN. WARNING FOR WEEKS NOW THAT LAND. STRIKES TARGETING DRUG. TRAFFICKERS INSIDE VENEZUELA. COULD BE COMING SOON, SAYING. THIS WEEK THAT HE'S NOT RULING. OUT WAR. SO LAWMAKERS ARE NOW. PRESSING THE ADMINISTRATION FOR. CLARITY, ASKING WHAT THE REAL. ENDGAME IS HERE. IS IT ABOUT. OIL, DRUGS OR REGIME CHANGE? RACHEL. >> THOSE QUESTIONS COMING FROM. BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. ALL. RIGHT. SELINA WANG TRAVELING.

WITH THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT IN. FLORIDA. SELINA. THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, NEW QUESTIONS. OVER THE REDACTIONS IN THE. NEWLY RELEASED JEFFREY EPSTEIN. FILES. SOME VICTIMS AND. LAWMAKERS ARE TAKING ISSUE WITH. THOSE REDACTIONS. AND TONIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS. RESPONDING. HERE'S ABC'S OLIVIA. RUBIN. >> TONIGHT, GROWING OUTRAGE. OVER THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE'S PARTIAL RELEASE OF. ITS FILES ON NOTORIOUS SEX. OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN. CALLS. FOR ANSWERS COMING FROM ACROSS. THE AISLE. >> THIS INITIAL DOCUMENT. RELEASE IS INADEQUATE. IT FALLS.

SHORT OF WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES. >> THE QUICKEST WAY, AND I. THINK, MOST EXPEDITIOUS WAY TO. GET JUSTICE FOR THESE VICTIMS. IS TO BRING INHERENT CONTEMPT. AGAINST PAM BONDI. >> CONGRESS PASSING A LAW LAST. MONTH REQUIRING THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE ALL OF. ITS RECORDS ON EPSTEIN BY. FRIDAY. REDACTIONS PERMITTED TO. PROTECT THE IDENTITY OF VICTIMS, SAFEGUARD ONGOING. INVESTIGATIONS OR SHIELD IMAGES. OF ABUSE. TRUMP SIGNING THE. BILL UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN. HIS OWN PARTY. BUT SOURCES.

TELLING ABC THE DOJ RELEASED. LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE RECORDS. BY THE DEADLINE, MANY OF THEM. HEAVILY REDACTED. THIS IMAGE. SHOWING THE INSIDE OF EPSTEIN'S. HOME. PHOTOS OF DONALD TRUMP. CONTAINED INSIDE AN OPEN DRAWER, INITIALLY RELEASED, THEN. REMOVED, THEN REPOSTED. DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL. CRYING FOUL, ASKING WHAT ELSE. IS BEING COVERED UP? BUT THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRING BACK. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF. PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WERE PULLED. DOWN AFTER BEING RELEASED ON.

FRIDAY. THAT'S BECAUSE A JUDGE. IN NEW YORK HAS ORDERED US TO. LISTEN TO ANY VICTIM OR VICTIM. RIGHTS GROUP, IF THEY HAVE ANY. CONCERNS ABOUT THE MATERIAL. THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP. IT IS. NOTHING TO DO WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP. >> AMONG THE NEWLY RELEASED. DOCUMENTS, A SIGNIFICANT. REVELATION THIS NEVER BEFORE. SEEN 1996 FBI COMPLAINT, BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TIME. EPSTEIN WAS EVER REPORTED TO. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. EPSTEIN ACCUSER MARIA FARMER. SAID SHE FILED THAT COMPLAINT. THREE DECADES AGO, ALERTING.

AUTHORITIES. EPSTEIN, QUOTE, STOLE PHOTOS SHE HAD TAKEN OF. HER 12 AND 16 YEAR OLD SISTERS. THREATENING TO BURN DOWN HER. HOUSE IF SHE TOLD ANYONE. BUT. EPSTEIN WOULD NOT BE. INVESTIGATED FOR ANOTHER DECADE. TONIGHT, FARMER TELLING ABC SHE. FINALLY FEELS, QUOTE, REDEEMED. YEARS AGO, SHE TOLD US SHE. BELIEVED OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN. SAVED FROM EPSTEIN'S ABUSES. >> IF THE FBI HAD LISTENED TO. ME IN 1996, THERE WOULD HAVE.

BEEN NO MORE VICTIMS. >> AND RACHEL, THE DEPUTY. ATTORNEY GENERAL, TODD BLANCH, SAYS THE REST OF THOSE. DOCUMENTS WERE DELAYED IN PART. DUE TO THAT TEDIOUS REVIEW. PROCESS. BUT HE SAYS MORE. SHOULD BE RELEASED IN THE. COMING WEEKS. RACHEL. >> WE KNOW YOU'LL BE FOLLOWING. IT. OLIVIA. THANK YOU. WE TURN. NOW TO A STUNNING REPORT FROM. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. DEBRIS. FROM A SPACEX EXPLOSION. ENDANGERING THREE PLANES WITH. HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS ON BOARD. FAA DOCUMENTS REPORTEDLY. REVEALING THE EXPLOSION POSED A. GREATER THREAT THAN PREVIOUSLY. KNOWN. TONIGHT, SPACEX IS.

PUSHING BACK. ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD HAS THE STORY. >> IT WAS A SPACEX ROCKET. LAUNCH THAT ENDED IN A FIREBALL. AND TONIGHT, NEW FAA DOCUMENTS. OBTAINED BY THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL REVEAL THE CHAOTIC. MOMENTS THAT CONTROLLERS. SCRAMBLED TO REROUTE PLANES. AMID CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL. DEBRIS. >> I NEED TO KEEP ALL THE. AIRCRAFT CLEAR OF THAT AREA. BECAUSE OF THE DEBRIS. >> ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL, DEBRIS RAINED OVER THE. CARIBBEAN FOR NEARLY 50 MINUTES, CAUSING A JETBLUE FLIGHT. HEADING TO PUERTO RICO TO ENTER.

A HOLDING PATTERN. TWO OTHER. AIRCRAFT, A PRIVATE JET AND AN. IBERIA AIRLINES PLANE DECLARING. FUEL EMERGENCIES AND MAKING THE. CALL TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE. TEMPORARY NO FLY ZONE. ALL. THREE LANDING SAFELY WITH 450. PEOPLE ON BOARD. IBERIA. AIRLINES TELLING THE PAPER ITS. PLANE FLEW THROUGH THE AREA. AFTER ALL THE DEBRIS HAD. ALREADY FALLEN, AND JETBLUE. SAYING THEY'RE CONFIDENT ITS. FLIGHT SAFELY AVOIDED THE. DEBRIS. THE JOURNAL ALSO. REPORTING SPACEX DIDN'T. IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE FAA OF. THE EXPLOSION THROUGH ITS. REQUIRED HOTLINE. THE FAA.

CONVENING A SAFETY REVIEW PANEL. BUT PAUSE REVIEW IN AUGUST, SAYING MOST RECOMMENDATIONS. WERE ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED. IN A STATEMENT TO ABC NEWS, THE. FAA SAYS IT KEEPS EVERYONE. INFORMED BEFORE, DURING AND. AFTER COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCHES. PRIOR TO EVERY LAUNCH, THE FAA. PROVIDES AIRSPACE USERS DEBRIS. RESPONSE AREA AND AIRCRAFT. HAZARD AREA COORDINATES. THE. REPORT COMES AS SPACEX, LED BY. CEO ELON MUSK, A KEY TRUMP ALLY, ADVISER AND DONOR, PUSHES FOR.

FASTER LAUNCH APPROVALS FROM. THE FAA. STILL QUESTIONS. TONIGHT ABOUT SAFETY. SPACEX. RESPONDING TO THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL'S REPORT SAYING IT. INCLUDED INCOMPLETE AND. MISLEADING INFORMATION, ADDING. NO AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN PUT AT. RISK. >> RACHEL MORGAN, THANK YOU. OVERSEAS NOW TO AN EMOTIONAL. GATHERING HONORING THE VICTIMS. AND THE SURVIVORS OF THE BONDI. BEACH TERROR ATTACK. IT COMES. JUST ONE WEEK AFTER THE GUNMAN, A FATHER AND SON, ALLEGEDLY. OPENED FIRE DURING A CEREMONY. MARKING THE FIRST DAY OF. HANUKKAH, KILLING 15 PEOPLE AND. INJURING DOZENS MORE. LET'S.

BRING IN ABC'S MARCUS MOORE. AND MARCUS. THIS IS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH ON EDGE. TONIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY, RACHEL. AND A. HIGHLY EMOTIONAL DAY AT BONDI. BEACH WHERE THOUSANDS GATHERED. TO MARK THIS TRAGEDY. ONE WEEK. SINCE THOSE TWO GUNMEN CARRIED. OUT THIS ATTACK TODAY, ON THE. FINAL NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. PEOPLE. SAYING, OH, SAY SHALOM. A. PRAYER FOR PEACE AND READ THE. NAMES OF EACH VICTIM. THE CROWD. HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT 647, TO MARK THE MOMENT THOSE FIRST. SHOTS WERE FIRED. POLICE IN. SYDNEY SAY A FATHER AND SON. INSPIRED BY ISIS TARGETED. JEWISH FAMILIES AT THE EVENT TO.

MARK THE FIRST DAY OF HANUKKAH. AND A GOOD SAMARITAN, IDENTIFIED AS AHMED AL AHMED, WAS SEEN ON VIDEO WRESTLING A. GUN FROM ONE OF THE SHOOTERS. BEFORE AHMED HIMSELF WAS. WOUNDED. THIS INCIDENT SPARKING. MORE CALLS TO ADDRESS A WAVE OF. ANTISEMITISM ACROSS THE GLOBE. >> RACHEL MARCUS, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN THE U.S. THE. CHILLING IMAGES TONIGHT. BODY. CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURING THE. MOMENTS AN ALLEGED SHOPLIFTER. PULLED A GUN ON AN OFFICER. INSIDE A WALMART IN CANTON, OHIO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUN. DID NOT FIRE THE SUSPECT, NOW. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.

WE WANT TO WARN YOU THESE. IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. HERE'S. ABC'S REENA ROY TONIGHT. >> DRAMATIC BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. SHOWING. >> THE MOMENT AN ALLEGED. SHOPLIFTER PULLED A GUN ON AN. OHIO POLICE OFFICER INSIDE A. CANTON WALMART OUTSIDE. CLEVELAND THURSDAY. WATCH AS. THIS MAN BEING HELD BY SECURITY. LUNGES TO THE RIGHT, GRABS HIS. GUN AND POINTS IT AT THE. OFFICER. POLICE SAY HE PULLS. THE TRIGGER, BUT THE GUN FAILS. TO FIRE. >> HEY HEY NO NO NO NO. >> A WALMART EMPLOYEE TACKLING. HIM, TRYING TO GRAB THE WEAPON. >> HE THEN BRINGS THE FIREARM.

BACK UP AND ATTEMPTS TO SHOOT. THE OFFICER A SECOND TIME. THE. GUN DOES NOT GO OFF AGAIN. >> THE OFFICER PUNCHING THE MAN. AND WRESTLING HIM TO THE GROUND. TWO WALMART EMPLOYEES HELPING. SUBDUE HIM BEFORE HE'S. HANDCUFFED. THE GUN POLICE SAY. WAS LOADED. >> IT'S HARROWING. IT'S MY MY. MY HEART DROPPED INTO MY. STOMACH. >> AUTHORITIES IDENTIFYING THE. SUSPECT AS 21 YEAR OLD SHANE. NEWMAN, WHO HAS SPENT TIME IN. PRISON BEFORE ON DRUG CHARGES. AND RACHAEL NEWMAN IS FACING. SEVERAL CHARGES IN THIS.

INCIDENT, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED. MURDER. TONIGHT, WALMART. RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING. THE COMPANY IS PROUD OF THAT. EMPLOYEE FOR TAKING ACTION AND. KEEPING EVERYONE IN THAT STORE. SAFE. RACHEL. >> THOSE IMAGES JUST REALLY. HARD TO WATCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK. YOU. WE TURN NOW TO THE. COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS. THE. LAST MINUTE RUSH FOR HOLIDAY. SHOPPERS FLOCKING TO THE STORES. AND MALLS ON THE HUNT FOR THE. BEST DEALS. LET'S BRING IN. ABC'S MOLA LENGHI AND MOLA. THESE LAST MINUTE SHOPPERS. FUELING RECORD SPENDING. >> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, RACHEL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LESS THAN A.

WEEK FROM CHRISTMAS. THAT MEANS. THE LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY. SHOPPING RUSH IS REACHING FEVER. PITCH. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. ARE BUYING THOSE LAST MINUTE. GIFTS THIS WEEKEND, DESPITE. SOME PEOPLE EXPRESSING SOME. ANXIETY OVER THE STATE OF THE. ECONOMY. TOTAL HOLIDAY SPENDING. IS EXPECTED TO ECLIPSE LAST. YEAR'S MARK. ONLINE CONSUMER. SPENDING REMAINS RESILIENT. $187 BILLION SPENT SO FAR JUST. THIS SEASON. A BIG TICKET HOME. GOODS ITEMS HAVE REALLY BEEN. AMONG THE MOST POPULAR THINGS.

LIKE REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, WASHERS, DRYERS. MEANWHILE, SHOPPERS ARE LEVERAGING BUY NOW, PAY LATER PAYMENT METHODS TO. THE TUNE OF NEARLY $14 BILLION. AND THAT'S JUST FOR ONLINE. SHOPPING. NOW, WHILE LINES IN. STORES WERE LONG THIS WEEKEND, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK IN. STORES ON THE 22ND AND 23RD OF. THIS WEEK, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN. SEEN THE WORST OF IT. IN TERMS. OF THE LINES. NOW, IF YOU. HAVEN'T DONE YOUR HOLIDAY. SHOPPING YET, DON'T WORRY. DISCOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO STICK.

AROUND THROUGH THE MONTH OF. DECEMBER. >> RACHEL JUST A FEW DAYS TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT, THE. JAW DROPPING POWERBALL JACKPOT. THERE WAS NO BIG WINNER LAST. NIGHT, SO TOMORROW'S DRAWING. WILL BE AN ESTIMATED $1.6. BILLION. THAT'S THE FOURTH. LARGEST IN THE GAME'S HISTORY. THE LUMP SUM AMOUNT 753 MILLION. NO ONE HAS WON THE BIG PRIZE. SINCE SEPTEMBER AFTER A RECORD. 45 STRAIGHT DRAWINGS. WE WISH. YOU ALL GOOD LUCK. AND STILL. AHEAD, DETAILS ON THE CHARGES. AGAINST A SOUTH CAROLINA PASTOR. WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY HE DID TO.

HIS WIFE. ALSO, THE COLLEGE. FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. A LOOK A. >>> BACK NOW WITH A DISTURBING. INDICTMENT OF A SOUTH CAROLINA. PASTOR. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY. JOHN-PAUL MILLER CYBER STALKED. HIS WIFE MICA BEFORE SHE DIED BY. SUICIDE LAST YEAR. THE COUPLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF. DIVORCE. NEITHER MILLER NOR HIS ATTORNEY. HAS COMMENTED ON THESE CHARGES. HE IS DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT. MONTH. >>> NOW TO HEALTH NEWS AND THE. RISING FLU CASES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. THE LATEST CDC NUMBERS SHOW. THERE HAVE BEEN 4.6 MILLION. CASES SO FAR.

90% ARE LINKED TO ONE VARIANT OF. THE VIRUS WHICH THE CDC SAYS IS. A MISMATCH WITH THE SEASON'S. VACCINE. EXPERTS STILL RECOMMEND GETTING. A FLU SHOT. >>> BACK NOW WITH A LOOK AHEAD. IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. PLAY-OFFS. OREGON, MISSISSIPPI AND MIAMI. AND ALABAMA HAVE ALL MOVED ON TO. THE FINAL EIGHT. THE HURRICANES VISIT OHIO STATE. IN THE FIRST QUARTERFINAL ON NEW. YEAR'S EVE.

INDIANA, GEORGIA, AND TEXAS TECH. HOST GAMES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. ALL FOUR GAMES WILL BE ON ESPN. >>> IN THE UK, A ROYAL TRADITION. CONTINUES. PRINCE WILLIAM AND HIS ELDEST. SON, PRINCE GEORGE, SPENT PART. OF THEIR WEEKEND VOLUNTEERING AT. A LONDON HOMELESS SHELTER. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. VOLUNTEERED AT THE SAME CHARITY. AS A CHILD WITH HIS MOTHER, PRINCESS DIANA. GEORGE SIGNED A VISITOR'S BOOK. ON THE SAME PAGE HIS DAD USED IN. 1993 WHEN HE WAS 11. >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, HE'S. BEEN KNOWN AS SANTA SCOTT. NOW A COMMUNITY IS GIVING BACK. TO HIM AND HIS TIME OF NEED.

>>> AND FINALLY TONIGHT, SANTA'S. ELVES COME TOGETHER TO BRING. SOME HOLIDAY HELP TO THEIR OWN. ST. NICK. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR. CHRISTMAS? >> THAT'S SCOTT DIETHORNE, BETTER KNOWN THIS TIME OF THE. YEAR AS SANTA SCOTT. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT, SWEETHEART? >> Reporter: THE BELOVED SANTA. HAS BEEN BRINGING JOY 20. FAMILIES AT THE GARDEN CENTER IN. BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FOR. MORE THAN 30 YEARS. >> AS LONG AS THE KIDS ARE. HAPPY, I'M HAPPY. >> Reporter: WHEN A FIRE. DESTROYED HIS HOME AND. EVERYTHING IN IT NEARLY TWO. MONTHS AGO, HE WAS DETERMINED TO. GET BACK TO WORK THIS HOLIDAY.

>> WE'RE GETTING BY. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A RENTAL HOUSE. NOW. >> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY. IMMEDIATELY SWINGING INTO ACTION. TO HELP, DONATING FOOD, CLOTHES, AND OVER $139,000. >> I DON'T THINK I DESERVED IT. ALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T. FOR THEM GUYS I'D BE FARTHER IN. THE HOLE THAN I AM. >> Reporter: AND SPECIAL. TRADITIONS TO HELP HIM MAINTAIN. THE TRADITION. NEW SANTA SUITS. >> A SANTA FROM TEXAS SENT ME. HIS OLD STUFF. >> I WISH YOU CAN BEST WITH YOUR. WHOLE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING THAT. IS GOING ON. I WISH YOU WELL, OKAY?

>> THANK YOU. >> WE'VE BEEN COMING SINCE WE. GOT THE DOGS. NOW WE HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD, A. 5-MONTH-OLD AND AN 8 MONTH OLD. AND WE COME EVERY YEAR FOREOUR. CHRISTMAS TO SEE SANTA SCOTT. >> Reporter: SANTA SCOTT STILL. DRAWING THE BIG CROWDS EVERY. DAY. >> SOMETIMES OUT THE DOOR THE. WHOLE TIME, YEAH, FOR LIKE THREE. HOURS. >> Reporter: AND THE COMMUNITY. RALLYING AROUND THEIR FAVORITE. SANTA TO HELP KEEP THE CHRISTMAS. SPIRIT ALIVE. >> KEEP IT GOING. SEEING THE SMILE ON THEIR FACES. IS ALL I CARE ABOUT.