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johnson & johnson announced another big recall during an intense criminal investigation into quality control issues. the latest recall is for 12 million bottles of mylanta and 85,000 bottles of alternagel. the products may contain alcohol. they were made at the same pennsylvania plant that had to shut down earlier this year due to hygiene problems. for the first three months of his life a little boy in oregon grew and developed like any other baby. one morning he woke up with seizures that would eventually destroy his life. >> his parents searched tirelessly until they found a radical solution to give him a chance. kabc's denise dador has their incredible story from los angeles. >> reporter: evan from north bend, oregon, has his own team. his family flew in to help him get through an unusual surgery at the ronald reagan ucla medical center. the procedure, a

hemispherectomy. surgeons remove a portion of his brain and disconnect the entire left side. >> the quality of life he'll have given the surgery versus not given the surgery is great, so you have to try. >> reporter: it sounds extreme but behind that electric smile, evan suffers from a desperate condition. home video shows he suffers from seizures. they're not ordinary ones. they're called infantile spasms. >> everything you teach him that you go through is erased the next day. you start over, almost. >> reporter: hospital video reveals seizure clusters several times a day. each time they cause a high-voltage reading on his eeg. >> if these seizures were not stopped it's very likely evan would not be able to recognize his mom or his dad, would not have language, would not be able to walk on his own. >> reporter: dr. gary mathern said the left side of his brain didn't form correctly so removing it is the only way to stop the debilitating seizures. >> you can't waste time with this. every day is another day lost.

>> reporter: because he's a baby, doctors say the remainder of evan's brain will learn to compensate. >> we take advantage in children of what we call brain plasticity. the availability of the remaining hemisphere to take over some of the functions that would have been done by the other side. >> reporter: dr. mathern is performing 16 of these surgeries this year. two days before thanksgiving, evan went in for surgery. a week later, the seizures are gone. >> are you going to be president? okay, that's good. >> reporter: aside from the surgical scars and a little fussiness, evan pulled through the surgery just great. he might suffer some motor skill loss on his right side and a little loss of peripheral vision but doctors say he's got a great chance of living a normal life. being home with evan this christmas will be the best present ever. >> he now has that chance to be, you know, a kid. to have a normal, you know, opportunity. >> possibilities are endless, i suppose.

so just take it a day at a time. and take what we can get. >> reporter: this is denise dador reporting. >> evan's surgeon says the most successful procedures he's performed in this case, the patients end up with an iq somewhere in the 80s to 90s which is pretty good considering how severe the surgery is. he said some of his patients have even finished high school. so there's some hope here. >> sweet little boy. it's always hard to watch those stories especially when it's the young kids. and they say for that surgery, under 2 is the best age for effectiveness. lucky little boy. >> very. >> we'll be right back.little boy. >> very. >> we'll be right back. c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c

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industry. the grammy nominations were listed. take a look if you missed the opening act. katy perry was there with a weird christmas tree on top of her head. but it works for her in some bizarre way every time. >> i didn't notice that. >> yeah, it's weird. to say the least. let's take a look at the nominations. because we know you guys always want to know who's up for the song of the year. you can see them there.

so i'm not going to read them out to you. that was for song of the year. take a look at best new artist. coming up right there, there it is. i was surprised to see justin bieber on there but well-deserved. >> huge at the american music awards. wonder if he'll repeat at the grammys. >> he's sweeping everything this year. record of the year, you can take a look at those right now. a lot of people are always excited when the grammys come about. we don't know anything yet, this is just the nominations. they get to party and celebrate and have friends congratulate them. that was it. 53rd annual grammy nominations. >> i'm pulling for jay-z and alicia, "empire state of mind." i love that song. >> eminem had a great year comeback. >> hopefully he can take home some gold. i would not be surprised at all. good news for those folks with but strange, potentially really controversial news about britney spears. this is a story. apparently there's a blockbuster issue of "star" magazine about to come out in which it pretty much says her boyfriend, jason trawick, has been physically abusive to her. actually has beat her up. also news she was pregnant with his baby earlier this year. interesting part here is all of

this apparently came from a recorded conversation britney had with her ex-husband of 55 hours, the guy jason alexander, who she married a few years ago. obviously the two broke up but he said it was a conversation that was recorded, radar online happened to get a copy of the recording. take a listen here. >> i thought he proposed to you or something at the beach. >> before or after he beat on me? like my jaw does not work on me right now. >> that's allegedly britney on that tape saying, before or after he beat on me? pretty much admitting to the abuse. her folks, her managers and reps have all come out saying, she hasn't talked to her ex-husband in years, that's not her on the tape, we deny all of this. a controversy on whether she's in some kind of domestic abuse kind of situation there and what's up with the pregnancy and all that. just -- again, she finds herself in the middle of some mess. we don't know exactly what's going on here but scary stuff. >> speaking of mess that

continues to resurface, and i'm on j. lo's side on this. that first husband of hers, he is just problems. >> apparently he's a dirt bag. >> ojani noa is the guy's name. apparently now he wants to release sexy videos of her. he says he has 21 hours of home movies and he and his agent apparently say they have video of j. lo riding a scooter in public in cuba while talking to the camera with numerous bystanders right by and her privates in plain view. they're comparing it to when we saw the privates of paris hilton and britney spears. she is taking him to court to prevent the release of all of this so-called sexy video. she's not saying if she's confirming it or not. but keep in mind, this first marriage was short-lived. she's basically just saying, you're violating an injunction, blocking the release on the basis of the fact that this video is private and personal. you know, i have to say. she's a mother now, she's a married lady, it's sort of just like, get over it, ojani, it's over. >> it's over, be done with it. >> yeah. >> this isn't the first trouble she's had with that ex-husband. this isn't the first time they've been in court with tapes he allegedly has or does not

have. a strange story there, you know what i mean? en in court with tapes he allegedly has or does not have. a strange story there, you know what i mean?

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sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen will be on capitol hill this morning. they'll review plans to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy before a senate committee. australia's qantas airlines announced this morning it has launched legal action against the maker of jet engines rolls-royce. last month parts of an airbus jumbo jet engine broke apart during a flight. world cup organizers in zurich will announce the host cities for the soccer competitions in 2018 and 2022. american locations are competing with cities worldwide. and finally this half hour, we realized it was thursday and we had not done a story about prince william and kate middleton all week. >> we turn to nick watt in london who is watching very

closely as the wedding approaches, just 147 days away. >> reporter: we know the location, westminster abbey. what about the guest list? apparently prince harry's on again, off again squeeze chelsy is eager for an invite. ♪ >> reporter: elton john played at diana's funeral, just said he'll probably play the wedding. is he serious? who will design kate's dress? clear favorite is bruce oldfield, who clothed the likes of sienna miller, the queen of jordan, and princess diana. william is now damping down public desire for him to be britain's next king. a poll just found 64% of brits want king william when the queen dies. his aides say there is no question that his old man charles will take the throne first. but who curtsies to who? if charles is around, kate bows to camilla. if william's there but no

charles, camilla bends the knee. got that? william is in switzerland, pushing england to host the soccer world cup. some newly betrothed royal pizzazz might do the trick. kate is winning hearts. a newspaper offering tips on getting hair that shiny. brush often, don't wash too much. by the way, turns out kate was just 10 years old when she first glimpsed her prince. he was playing field hockey at her school. she was watching from the sidelines. she has, of course, strenuously denied that she ever kept a poster of him on her bedroom wall. >> of course, we know so few details even though we love to speculate all these things, what's going to happen with the wedding. we have heard and actually reported harry, the younger brother, wanted to organize the bachelor party and he wanted snoop dogg to be a part of it. apparently snoop dogg has written a young for the couple. it's called "wet." >> a classy event already, see? >> what's funny about this graphic this is would never

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> highway drama. a wanted man fleeing from police at rush hour. a disturbing scene in a disturbing case. 55 years since rosa parks dared to stand up for her civil rights. her place in history. and, decked out for the holidays. >> it's christmas! it's exciting! >> this year's christmas theme at the white house. it's thursday, december 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the white house all decked out for the holidays. the first lady seemed pretty excited. >> yeah, and i love the first lady when she does themes. i like the idea of it being simple things. and they do kind of neat things. it almost reminds me when you're little and you do things with dried pasta.

things like that. it's cool. >> they're expecting a ton of visitors, a huge number of folks. >> 100,000 in a month. >> that is insane. >> folks who want to see it. >> good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. we begin this morning with a dramatic crime that played out across a busy highway in south florida. the suspect is accused of killing his wife as their child watched. >> we must warn you some of this video may be a little disturbing. ross palumbo now reports from hialeah, florida. >> reporter: a murder suspect refuses to heed officers and runs head-on into the side of a minivan. >> that's when the vehicle struck him. >> reporter: all of this began some six hours before, with officers first racing over to the suspect's hialeah apartment. inside, they found his 31-year-old wife strangled to death. >> we believe he murdered his wife and we believe that he committed the crime in the presence of their 4-year-old child. >> reporter: police say the father first strangled her, then silently took their child to a babysitter.

he then allegedly called and told several friends and family members what he had done and then, just disappeared. they spotted his car hours later here, outside of an office complex. witnesses say he was inside and smelling of gasoline. as the s.w.a.t. team moved in, they moved dozens of workers out. and then officers spotted him. 37-year-old jose gonzalez, running toward a neighboring road. >> the subject jumps the fence and begins to run across the palmetto expressway. >> reporter: even after this shocking hit -- >> he was alert, he was conscious, he was speaking. >> reporter: gonzalez still jumped up, still began struggling with police. officers eventually got him to the hospital, leaving them thankful that no one else lost their life. >> i'm just thankful that my officer was the one who got hit. >> reporter: and leaving everyone to wonder exactly what led to the equally shocking blow at his apartment earlier. >> why do people do this? you know, it's inexplicable. >> reporter: that suspect gonzalez was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. he's in good condition but

facing a slew of charges, including of course murder. as for the driver of that minivan, he was uninjured but shaken up, you might imagine. i'm ross palumbo for abc news in hialeah, florida. >> our thanks to ross palumbo. there is a new twist this morning in the murder of veteran hollywood publicist ronni chasen. police say they were serving a warrant last night on a person of interest in the case. when they arrived at his apartment he shot himself to death. so far police have not identified the man or his possible connection to the case. chasen was gunned down two weeks ago, driving to her beverly hills home. kidnap victim elizabeth smart stormed out of the courtroom as a psychiatrist was on the stand yesterday. the doctor testified that her alleged attacker was motivated by a desire to have children and create a new race in an imaginary zion. he said that brian david mitchell suffers from psychotic illness. prosecutors believe mitchell is faking mental illness. despite all those security crackdowns the u.s. is now

facing a growing threat from homegrown terrorists who could successfully kill americans. that is the dire warning from michael leiter, director of the national counterterrorism center, who also says preventing attacks is becoming increasingly more difficult. >> i'll speak for the entire counterterrorism community. we aim for perfection. perfection will not be achieved. just like any other endeavor, we will not stop all the attacks. >> leiter added, it is essential we be prepared to move forward and show resilience when such an attack takes place. that includes pursuing those responsible immediately and efficiently. prosecutors in sweden are stepping up pressure to capture wikileaks founder julian assange on rape charges. european arrest warrants have been issued for assange. the 39-year-old australian disappeared from public view earlier in november. russian prime minister vladimir putin is commenting on the leaks, many of which mention him. he's dismissing them as "no

catastrophe." millions of out of work americans are heading into the holidays not knowing if they will get the unemployment benefits they've now come to depend on. >> now republicans are using those benefits to barter for tax cuts. john hendren is joining us from washington with more. hi, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. these are tough times for the unemployed and the president's deficit panel is calling for tough medicine for the rest of us. midnight tuesday, the safety net was snatched from under 2 million jobless workers after democrats and republicans failed to agree to extend unemployment benefits. >> we, the unemployed, are jobless through no fault of our own. >> reporter: all 42 republican senators now say they will block other bills until the bush tax cuts are extended for everyone, including the wealthy. >> putting american workers ahead of millionaires and billionaires should be our priority and it shouldn't be a tough choice to make. >> we also feel strongly that it must be paid for. >> nobody wants to see taxes on middle class families go up starting january 1st.

>> reporter: across capitol hill, a presidential panel prepared to offer a debt reduction plan on friday. the plan is a bitter pill that includes raising the social security retirement age, increasing the payroll tax for wealthier recipients, and reducing their social security benefits. increasing the gasoline tax by 15 cents a gallon, beginning in 2013. cutting defense spending by $100 billion, including closing one-third of u.s. military bases abroad. and some call this political suicide. eliminating the tax deduction for some mortgages over $500,000. analysts call this a bold plan. but one that's not likely to be approved by a congress not ready to take on the political risks of slashing social security, the military, and popular tax breaks. rob and vinita? >> as john said, raising the social security retirement age is just one of the drastic measures now being considered. david muir has a closer look at those controversial proposals. >> reporter: first, that recommendation to slowly increase the retirement age for

social security and to reduce benefits. as unpopular as that might seem, we asked, is there any way to avoid changes to social security and still cut the deficit? >> no, social security's part of the problem, it has to be addressed. >> reporter: economist gregory mencue advised president bush and he said simply this bipartisan proposal makes sense. so did jeff brinkel, who held the same job in the clinton administration. >> it's just we can't afford it. >> reporter: economists say look at the pie chart and our spending. social security, medicare. a bite as big and growing. today that bold call to limit the annual increases in medicare. we wondered is there any way to avoid it? can medicare be left untouched and still rein in this deficit? >> no, medicare's part of the problem, indeed a bigger part of the problem than social security. >> reporter: an even bigger problem because of the aging baby boomers. we heard agreement from president clinton's adviser. >> there's no way to rein in the deficit without slowing the rate of growth in medicare spending. >> back at the chart, look at defense spending next.

considered untouchable by many. so again, we asked both sides. do you have to cut defense spending to bring down the deficit? both said yes. >> first thing you should look at, you shouldn't buy anything the defense department doesn't want. >> we spend money on weapons systems the pentagon doesn't want. >> david muir, abc news, new york. the american woman freed after spending more than a year inside an iranian prison has now released a song she hopes will help win the release of her fiance and a friend still behind bars in iran. >> this is for shane and josh. ♪ you with your green eyes ♪ >> sarah shourd composed this song "piece of time" during her solitary confinement. she says she sang it to her fiance, shane bauer, and their friend, josh fattal, when they were allowed to see each other in the prison courtyard. money raised from sales of the song will be used to pay for efforts to win shane and josh's freedom. western new york is covered

in white, as its first major storm of the season blows in. drivers in the buffalo area are coping with some icy roads and white-out conditions from blowing lake-effect snow. at one point it was coming down at 3 inches an hour. wow. up to a foot of snow is expected by tonight. >> this is a time of year when i don't miss living in denver. just right now. >> you're right. here's a look at the rest of your weather. severe thunderstorms clear out from washington, d.c. to new england. but expect showers in northern maine. rain from seattle to portland and san francisco. up to a foot of snow in the northern rockies. about 5 inches in the sierra range. >> 54 in sacramento. 44 in salt lake city. 38 in billings. only 12 degrees in fargo. 22 in minneapolis. 34 in detroit. 40s in the northeast. 60s in new orleans. i do miss living in new orleans this time of year. same temperature range out in dallas as well. jewish people worldwide are celebrating hanukkah. as usual the white house is

getting in on the celebration. >> the giant national menorah in front of the white house was lit on the festival's first night last night. the honors went to office of management and budget director jacob lew. >> he is the highest-ranking jewish official in the obama administration. they got the job done despite dusty winds that blew away the rabbi's hat and blew out the candle which had to be relit. they light it with a bucket lift. it's 32 feet tall. in case you're wondering how heavy that thing is, two tons. >> that's all, huh? we'll be right back.

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welcome back. this week marks an important moment in american history. it is the 55th anniversary of rosa parks' refusal to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. >> of course we know a lot about that day but much less about the life that prepared rosa parks for that act of such quiet defiance. we turn now to the abc news vault and "20/20" from august 18th, 1995. >> reporter: born in tuskegee, alabama, in 1913, she was the first child of james and leona macaulay. when they separated a few years later, rosa, her brother and mother went to live with her grandparents in rural alabama. young rosa quickly learned the ugly politics of race. one of the more painful lessons coming when this building was constructed as a school for white children. black children were left with poorly supplied, one-room schools. still, in spite of the indignities, rosa's family, especially her grandfather, sylvester edwards, taught her

never to look at herself as inferior or be intimidated by whites. he even stood up to the klan as it spread terror across alabama. >> i was sitting up by my grandfather. i would set on the sofa, he would sit in his rocking chair. just in case they came in. >> reporter: did that mean a lot to you as a child, seeing your grandfather sitting there keeping watch? >> me, i admired him because he was brave enough to want to defend the family. >> reporter: in 1932, rosa married a man much like her grandfather. raymond parks despised inequality and took part in secret meetings to help other blacks. activities which could have cost him his life. mrs. parks also became an activist. quietly working with the naacp. but it was the defiance on that bus which revealed the strength of her will. a few days after the arrest, rosa parks went to trial, was

found guilty, and fined $10. on that same day, black leaders had called for a one-day bus boycott as a protest. to their surprise, it worked. the buses were practically empty that day. that evening, the community gathered at the hope street baptist church. >> you couldn't even get to hope street baptist church, driving. thousands of people. >> thousands of people? >> thousands of people, yes. >> reporter: this woman was in the crowd that night. why was it when rosa parks was arrested all of this came together? >> i really think people had a tender feeling for her and thought that she did not deserve to be arrested, but she deserved to be heard. >> reporter: you're sitting in the church now where, 40 years ago, you and hundreds of other people sat. that night a young minister, who was not nationally known, by the name of martin luther king jr., made a speech to the crowd here to try to get them energized, to keep the boycott going.

>> like the private citizens in alabama. taken from a bus and carried to jail and arrested. mr. rosa parks is a fine person. >> reporter: at the church that night the community decided to stay off the buses until they were treated with dignity. people walked miles every day, eventually crippling the bus service. the cradle of confederacy was getting a jolt. but there was a price. rosa parks lost her job and received threats. and she was later arrested again. this time charged with taking part in the bus boycott. but once again, mrs. parks was calm and collected. today, she even remembers that moment with humor. do you remember what was going through your mind at this moment? >> the only thing i remember, that this man was very nervous. he was putting the wrong finger on the little places. >> reporter: so he was more nervous than you were? >> he appeared to be.

>> reporter: despite the many obstacles put in their way the black community endured. the boycott lasted 381 days until finally the supreme court struck down segregation on buses. it was a major victory. and the city of montgomery, which all but banished her, now opened its arms, with a street named in her honor and buses bearing her name. is it tough for you that people look at you as this larger than life figure, somebody -- >> not larger than life. i'm just -- just like i am. >> how would you like to be remembered? >> i would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted other people to be also free. >> extraordinary woman. she passed away in october of 2005 at the age of 92. she's kind of disputed the legend. she says, i didn't refuse to give up my seat because i was tired from working all day, i gave it up because i was tired

of not being treated with dignity. that was the motivation for that act of defiance so many years ago. >> a very important anniversary to say the least. coming up next, the first lady's goal and decorating the white house for the holidays. >> see how the obamas are getting into the christmas spirit. you're watching "world news now." c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c

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recovering from a recession. the theme, simple gifts. >> because in the end, the greatest blessings of all are the ones that don't cost a thing. >> reporter: even with a scene celebrating simplicity, this is the white house, after all. so a few of the decorations were a little more indulgent. 19 trees, the largest standing at nearly 19 feet tall. an edible white chocolate white house that's 350 pounds of marzipan and gingerbread with a little bo obama. from mini to super-sized, the first dog also got his due with a replica made of 40,000 pipe cleaners. >> it's pretty -- pretty shocking. >> reporter: but bo, the real one that is, didn't seem too fazed. sunlen miller, abc news, the white house. >> bo getting his little props today in the white house. christmas decor, it's kind of cool. coming up next, who is getting relief from john boehner's new plan on capitol hill? when puppy love turns into something doggone strange.

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sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> you have two wars, you have economic crisis, you have the health care debate, tax cuts, mounting debt, all these issues. you know what, congress is getting right to business taking care of the most important issue on the agenda, where female elected leaders go potty. >> it's about time. >> it is. john boehner's incoming speaker of the house, decided he's actually going to install the first-ever women's restroom next to the floor of the house of representatives. the men for years have had a room right there where they duck in and out between votes, they have one right there. the women's bathroom apparently for years has been far, far away. boehner says this change is long overdue. he's going to put one closer there by converting an old office. this new republican-controlled congress that will be sworn in

in january has 71 female members. obviously this is something that is well-needed. i read that, my first thought was why didn't nancy pelosi, the country's first female speaker, make a move like this? john boehner's coming in, taking care of the ladies to make sure they can relieve themselves close to the people's work. >> it is about time, well done, john boehner. >> well done, mr. speaker. >> here's something that's just weird. that's all i can really say about this. it's eco-friendly, though. that's the bright side of it all. in japan they have basically taken electric eels to illuminate a holiday tree. what you're looking at is an aquarium. obviously that's where an electric eel would be. we have no idea why this person is hugging it because it's not related to the story at all. it just looks weird. it looks like he's almost wrapped up, doesn't he? maybe that suit is to protect him. they basically say the way this works is each time the eel moves, two aluminum panels gather enough electricity to light up a 6'6" tall tree, decked out in white, and it glows intermittent and flashes. it's kind of a neat way. they've been doing this apparently for five years.

so it's nothing new but they want to encourage ecological sensitivity. they say, is there a practical use for this? probably not. is it cool and something fun to look at? yes. >> you know what, if you think that guy loves that eel, well, i'll show you a guy who really loves animals. this is from "the chronicle" paper in australia. follow me here. this young guy just got married. which is great news. but guess who the bride was? his 5-year-old adopted labrador named honey. he literally married the dog in a park there in australia. the vows this man said to his dog, you're my best friend, you make every part of my day better. they were going past, taking a walk in the park, the idea hit the man, he looks at the dog, that could be us. quoting the dog he said, she didn't say anything so i took that as a yes. he said he could no longer handle the religious guilt of living with honey out of wedlock. he said if you're wondering what's happening on the honeymoon, the dude said it's not sexual, it's just love.

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i severe storms. the tornado damage today in the south and the blustery snow storms across much of the country. food feud. regulating kids' eating habits at schools. >> never before has there been a generation that's been so heavy from so early in life. >> serving up a grown-up dispute. and deepest freeze. coping in one of the coldest places on earth. it's thursday, december 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> having moved here from the south, i think new york is freezing right now. so i can't imagine folks in other parts of the world that are really cold. i'm cold now and this is mild for this time of year. >> our hearts go out to fargo right now. >> poor folks. i don't know how y'all do it, i really don't.

good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. millions of you are recovering from that deadly line of storms along the east coast that crushed dozens of homes and knocked out power to thousands. >> drenching rain and high winds were so fierce here in the northeast, even the statue of liberty was forced to close. t.j. winick is here in new york where many air travelers were going nowhere fast. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. there were major airport delays up and down the east coast as wicked weather wreaked havoc for the second straight day at new york's laguardia airport, some delays up to 5 1/2 hours. down south the real concern were tornados. like a life-sized dollhouse, you can easily see inside ariana's home. >> the most important thing that we really wanted to get were like some bibles and some of my family's photos from when my dad passed. >> reporter: she lost the entire side of her buford, georgia, abode when a 130-mile-an-hour twister destroyed 50 homes in the community.

>> it got real quiet, all of a sudden a bunch of rain came down, you hear the wind vibrate the house. all of a sudden you heard commotion outside, you look down the street, the house was right down to the ground. >> reporter: the east coast was hit with another day of severe rain and weather that knocked out power to thousands, caused millions in damage, and killed at least two people. winds blew a tree into this new jersey home as tornado and flood watches remained in effect for much of the southeast, as far north as washington, d.c. >> the reason for that was a big clash of air masses. cold air rushing south, meeting up with warm air coming in from the gulf of mexico. and lots of energy in the atmosphere. were able to produce severe thunderstorms, lots of damaging wind gusts. >> reporter: in tennessee, a rock slide followed 2 inches of rain, blocking part of a highway between knoxville and the airport. across the midwest it's all about the bitter cold, and now snow, which has made for a harrowing commute. >> down south they were pretty slick. i just come from the south side,

there was a wreck at 465 and 65. >> reporter: the big weather story heading into the weekend and all of next week will be that cold air, and plenty of lake-effect snow. rob and vinita. >> thanks, t.j. that snow he was talking about is already coming down in western pennsylvania, as well as upstate new york. rain changed over to hail and snow in syracuse, buffalo, rochester and in pittsburgh. two people were actually injured when their roof collapsed under the weight of all that wet snow. here's a look at your thursday forecast. colder and drier in the northeast, except in northern maine where there will be scattered showers. rain around seattle and portland, moving south later to san francisco and sacramento. up to a foot of snow in the northern rockies. and 5 inches in the sierras. >> 40s in the pacific northwest. near 60 in colorado springs and albuquerque. 12 degrees in fargo. 22 in the twin cities. 31 in chicago. mostly 40s in the northeast. well, this next story is going to enrage all of us who pay taxes faithfully every year.

a new investigation finds nearly 50,000 inmates claimed $130 million in tax refunds without providing any wage information. the audit stopped short of calling this fraud but the treasury department wants the irs to crack down harder on inmates putting in for sham refunds. it looks like a deal is in the works to extend those bush-era tax cuts for everyone. the house will vote on the issue later today and the top republican in the senate is predicting they will approve it. >> still unresolved is the issue of benefits for millions of americans who have been out of work for a long time. john hendren is joining us from washington with more on that. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. on capitol hill it's a battle between high-bracket tax breaks and unemployment benefits. a financial david and goliath story. the safety net was snatched from under jobless workers. >> we, the unemployed, are jobless through no fault of our own. >> reporter: for her and 2

million others, long-term jobless benefits ran out midnight tuesday, when democrats and republicans failed to agree on an extension. >> we also feel strongly that it must be paid for. >> reporter: that set off a battle between millionaires and the unemployed masses. >> putting american workers ahead of millionaires and billionaires should be our priority. and it shouldn't be a tough choice to make. >> reporter: all 42 republican senators signed a letter vowing to block virtually every bill till the bush tax cuts are extended to all americans, including the wealthy. president obama said he expects a compromise to resolve the tax cut dispute within weeks. across capitol hill, a presidential panel prepared to offer a debt reduction plan on friday. >> this debt is like a cancer. it is going to destroy us from within. >> reporter: the plan is a bitter pill that includes raising the social security retirement age, increasing the payroll tax for wealthier recipients, and reducing their social security benefits. increasing the gasoline tax by 15 cents a gallon beginning in 2013. and trimming tax deductions for individuals, including the popular mortgage interest

deduction. this is the plan. even many supporters call it a nonstarter. in a risk-averse congress. but they say at least they've highlighted the issues. the car insurance industry is calling on the government to beef up standards for bumpers on suvs and pickups to match those required for cars. bumpers on suvs and pickups don't line up with cars or each other. new crash tests show that when they are involved in collisions, even at low speeds, the damage is far worse and the repairs are much more expensive. something the insurance industry does not like. johnson & johnson is announcing yet another recall connected to its plant in ft. washington, pennsylvania. the latest recall is for 12 million bottles of mylanta and 85,000 bottles of alternagel. the products may contain alcohol. they were made at the same plant that had to shut down earlier this year due to hygiene problems. the company is already under criminal and congressional investigations due to quality control issues.

house republicans have temporarily blocked legislation that would give school meals to thousands more hungry children. it is all part of a battle over government control of what kinds of foods should be in school lunch lines and vending machines. sharyn alfonsi reports. >> reporter: mystery meat is getting a makeover. if the bill passes, everything sold on school grounds -- from school lunches to vending machines -- has to meet a new, higher nutritional standard. pediatricians say it can't happen soon enough. >> never before has there been a generation that's been so heavy from so early in life. >> reporter: and while some say revamping the school menu is a good first step, others argue it doesn't go far enough. students can still bring in whatever they like. >> if a parent wants to send something in for his or her own child, that's fine. a serving for one is about your child. a serving for 25 is about all of our children. >> reporter: mimi ross, mother of two, would like to see the so-called cupcake clause closed.

dozens of school districts are considering it. in michigan, this principal already bans sweets for birthdays. >> you look at an average student's birthday party at school. it contains about 750 calories. we have 350 students. there are calories that really aren't necessary. >> reporter: instead, to celebrate, kids get 30 minutes of extra p.e. class. lawmakers in pennsylvania are proposing guidelines that would limit sweets at parties in school. on a recent trip to the state, sarah palin mocked the measure. >> i brought dozens and dozens of cookies to these students. >> reporter: pennsylvania lawmakers say they have no plans to ban homemade sweets but did suggest consolidating parties so there would be just one celebration a month. palin called it "a nanny state run amok." >> who should be making the decisions what you eat in schools and everything? should it be government or should it be the parents? sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. all right, now on to our

cheap laugh of the morning. try and navigate city streets can be frustrating. even a composed driver or pedestrian is sometimes tempted to make use of the infamous middle finger. >> if you're cruising along one spokane street, you can keep your finger to yourself. that's because the street light will flash it for you. city officials insist this bronx salute is not the work of a hacker or prankster, more likely they say it's a hunk of compacted snow obscuring all the digits but that glorious middle finger. >> i wish we could give you the bronx salute as we head to break but we just can't. we'll be right back. t. we'll be right back. bronx sha lawsuit as we head to break but we just can't. we'll be right back.

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christmas has come to the white house. first lady michelle obama threw open the doors wednesday afternoon to show off this year's glittery decorations, and

there is a theme, simple gifts. first dog bo shows up just about everywhere, including as a giant version made of pipe cleaners and a larger than life version made of almond paste, standing guard outside a gingerbread white house. they're expecting something like 100,000 visitors in one month. if you want to see that live, get ready to stand in line. >> no kidding. another cheap laugh of the morning here. folks setting up the christmas tree in downtown reno, nevada, could have used a little help, or even better, a leveller. >> everyone but the installers has noticed that it is crooked and that has inspired a whole lot of jokes. joe harrington of our reno affiliate has the story. >> reporter: from close up, it's just another beautiful sign of the holidays. but step farther back and you can see there's something about this christmas tree that's just not on the level. >> i think it's pretty weird. because it's bent over. and not most trees have that. >> i don't know, i'm pretty disappointed, actually. i've never seen it crooked

before in my life. >> reporter: the crooked tree has lots of reno residents giving it a second glance. >> it's crooked like the politicians, right? that's what everybody's saying. >> it looks like the type of tree reno would end up happening. >> exactly. >> reporter: indeed, with rockefeller center's tree on one end and charlie brown's twig tree on the other, reno's tree is somewhere in between. there are lots of theories on how this tree ended up like this. >> i think the cutters messed it up, honestly. they probably dropped it too hard and it cracked. >> maybe something hit it or it was just grown that way. >> reporter: the tree isn't swaying any opinions on christmas. >> it is crooked, but it sort of reminds me of all the christmases i've had with my family and sharing it with other people. >> so it doesn't bother you at all? >> nuh-uh. >> reporter: the crooked christmas tree also didn't get much of a warm welcome, because of a snowstorm the official tree lighting was canceled. it has yet to be rescheduled. joe harrington, news now. >> certainly we don't have any

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what would you do if you met an engaging 18-year-old boy who was caught in a war zone, spiraling out of control? you'd probably want to help. >> that is what our dan harris did when he met dan azad in baghdad. what has happened since in many ways mirrors the american experience in iraq. our dan tells their story. >> reporter: we met in the middle of a gunfight in baghdad in 2006. what's your name? dan? >> reporter: he was a fresh-faced kid with the same name as mine. shooting again? >> yeah. what we can do? nothing. >> reporter: dan had learned

english by watching american movies and listening to rap. and he had an agonizing story about seeing his best friend get shot. >> i see blood on the ground. my friend's shot. he's dead. >> we are going to take "a closer look" tonight at what it's like to grow up amid the chaos and violence in iraq. >> reporter: when we aired the story we got an enormous response, including an offer of a scholarship from thomas college, a small school in maine, which struck me as a great opportunity to totally transform this kid's life. months later, dan arrived at new york's kennedy airport, and i was incredibly excited. >> how are you feeling? >> very happy. very excited. at the same time, very scared. >> may i help you? >> i need a "wapper." >> whopper. >> reporter: i escorted him to maine, his safe, snowy new home. >> whoa. >> so, what do you think? >> we made it.

>> we made it, dude. >> yeah, we made it. >> reporter: it looked like a hollywood happy ending. but looks can be deceiving. nine months later, i was helping dan pack up. he'd been kicked out. >> i am sad. i love this place a lot. like a lot. but things didn't work out, i think. >> reporter: his time at thomas college had been a disaster. school officials had overestimated his english skills, and meanwhile, dan had spent two semesters partying and skipping class. this left me with a huge responsibility that i never expected. days of desperate phone calls, trying to fix things for dan. >> would it make sense for me to fly him down? >> reporter: my fear was that if dan went back to baghdad with the insurgency still raging, he'd be killed as an american sympathizer and it would be partly my fault. so, i brought him to new york city to crash on my couch temporarily.

>> don't you want to do something with your life? >> oh, man. >> reporter: as i dealt with dan's meltdown, i learned from mental health professionals that young refugees who come to america from war zones often act out in inappropriate ways. >> do you expect me to live here normally in the united states without problems, without anything? absolutely not. no iraqi kid my age, bring him here by himself, without family, can live normally with all this freedom and stuff like that. no hell of a chance. >> reporter: after countless meetings and phone calls, we caught a break. dan was accepted into a home for troubled teenagers up in maine. >> if i got kicked out of this one, my life is done. >> reporter: within weeks the problems started again. including marijuana use. >> and that you prove that you didn't smoke -- >> reporter: at one point, dan simply disappeared and i spent an anxious week waiting for the phone to ring. in the end, dan was kicked out yet again.

he spent the next year living on his own in boston and doing surprisingly well. he studied for the ged and even considered joining the u.s. army. but when both of those plans fell through, he fell into a deep funk. >> like i've never been so depressed in my life like that. like i am right now. >> reporter: despite my pleading, dan decided to go home. and so two years and four months after he arrived, i took him back to the airport. >> this is it. >> yep. >> thanks. >> reporter: in the movies, when the reporter swoops in to help his subject, there's usually a happy ending. this, however, is not a movie. >> and dan, after that, went on to follow up with him when he was in iraq. and he asked the other dan, dan harris asked the other dan, are there days when you wish you never met me? he honestly said, there are days i wish that, even though i know the opportunity that i had. >> a metaphor for high

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finally this half hour, just as the dark, cold days of winter are setting in across so much of the country, a reminder now that it could be a lot worse. >> bbc reporter adam mynott drew the short straw and he traveled to siberia where it is a balmy 65 below zero right now, to find out why and how many people actually live there. >> reporter: the cold is debilitating. every movement, every step, is an ordeal. simple daily routines like driving to work or shopping are

turned into titanic struggles against the elements. winter means drivers have to adapt their vehicles. they stick on homemade double glazing so they can see out of the windows and insulate the fuel tank and radiator. it's a staggering minus 53 degrees centigrade. the cold is ferocious. i've been outside for just a couple of minutes or so and i can feel it attacking exposed areas of skin on my face and freezing the surfaces in my nostrils. to give you an idea how cold it is, i've got a pot of very hot water in my hand. just watch this. it vaporized instantly and turned to snow. the reason people are prepared to live in such a hostile environment is gold. deep in the permafrosted rock are thick seams of gold ore and

other minerals. it's money that drives men to chisel at the rock face and endure the bitter cold. >> translator: on the surface at minus 60 or below it's a hassle because the steel snaps and that causes problems. otherwise the cold doesn't really trouble me. you get used to it. >> reporter: this family is ready for another winter inside the arctic circle. they make light of the extreme conditions. little maria has known nothing different and will probably grow up to be proud to live in one of the coldest places on earth. adam mynott, bbc news, in eastern siberia. >> hm. you kind of felt that way some days here in the studio. you don't like the way we do the ac here a little bit. this is nothing really new for you.

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cuts could impact you. honeymoon homicide. disturbing details about an alabama man, his newlywed scuba trip overseas, and his wife's death. and, one chance to save a baby with a debilitating condition. >> everything you teach him that you go through is erased. >> the surgical milestone and the parents' outlook. it's thursday, december 2nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it really is an amazing story what these parents were able to accomplish. their little boy was suffering spasms and they decided to take medicine into their own hands.

to some regard. >> most babies with that condition don't make it so it's a real miracle story. be sure to stay tuned for that. >> good morning and thanks for being with outside this thursday. i'm vinita nair. >> and i'm rob nelson. the drastic new plan to cut the federal deficit runs 66 pages, a light winter read here. contains plenty of pain. >> approval by congress is also highly unlikely. but supporters say at least it is a starting point. jake tapper looks at some of the details. >> reporter: the co-chairs of the president's debt commission issued a stark warning. >> this debt is like a cancer. it is going to destroy us from within. >> reporter: the u.s. risks facing the kind of economic catastrophe that is transpiring in europe, they said. >> it doesn't happen as a slippery slope, it doesn't happen in six months, it's dramatic. >> reporter: arguing that the nation can no longer continue to ignore its $13.8 trillion national debt and this year's projected $1.3 trillion deficit. the chairman recommended raising the social security retirement age from 66 now to 69 by the year 2075. increasing the payroll tax for

wealthier recipients and reducing their social security benefits. increasing the gasoline tax by 15 cents per gallon beginning in 2013. eliminating or reducing tax deductions for individuals, such as for mortgage interest. freezing medicare payments to doctors through 2020. and cutting the government workforce through attrition by 10%. or by 200,000 employees. to be considered the official report of the commission, the report needs the support of at least 14 of the group's 18 members. in a vote scheduled for friday. two key members endorse it. >> while there are things in this plan i dislike intensely, i don't see another alternative. >> reporter: senator kent conrad, the democratic chairman of the senate budget committee, was joined by his republican counterpart, senator judd gregg. >> we either as a nation govern, or we risk losing our greatness. >> reporter: gregg, however, is retiring. two members from both sides of the aisle who are not retiring gave the report a thumbs-down.

>> i cannot for the reasons of equity support this proposal. >> i do not believe that this sufficiently fixes the health care problem. and guess what? our debt problem is the health care problem. >> reporter: jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> and the debt commission panel is expected to vote on that plan tomorrow. well, you would think prison inmates would try to stay off the federal government's radar. but a new investigation finds nearly 50,000 inmates have claimed $into million in tax refunds this year without providing any wage information. the audit stopped short of calling this fraud but the treasury department wants the irs to crack down harder on inmates putting in for sham refunds. there has been a stunning development in the murder of hollywood publicist ronni chasen. beverly hills police say they were about to serve a warrant on a man they called a person of interest in the case when that man shot himself to death. police have not identified the man or his connection to her murder.

chasen was shot to death two weeks ago, returning home from the premiere of the new movie "burlesque." now to another high-profile murder story. an alabama man accused of killing his wife on their honeymoon could soon be returned to his home state. >> it is the next step in a long legal journey for gabe watson, who has already served time for the killing in australia. diana alvear is joining us from los angeles with the very latest. hi, diana. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. prosecutors maintain gabe watson's story about what really happened on his honeymoon has continued to change since the first time he told it in an interrogation room. he'll have one more chance to tell it again to a jury when he defends himself against murder charges. his american homecoming began with an arrest and extradition hearing. gabe watson will be tried for murder seven years after the death of his bride tina. the two were scuba diving during their honeymoon in australia when tina went into distress. this is the last known picture of tina, taken by another diver.

she's laying on the ocean floor. alabama prosecutors believe watson turned off her oxygen tank because he wanted her life insurance money. watson said he tried helping his wife. >> she was looking up. had both her arms out. reached, stretched up, almost like looking at me, reaching her arms up to grab. >> reporter: an experienced diver, watson said he had to let her go or risk drowning as well. an australian court convicted him of manslaughter. he served just 18 months. american prosecutors believe watson planned the death prior to leaving the states. they argued there are no international rules in relation to double jeopardy, and asked that watson be extradited. it took a major compromise. >> that the death penalty would not be instituted against mr. watson should he be returned to the united states. >> reporter: watson's attorney says his client has already served his time. tina's family says true justice has yet to be served. >> what we want is to see him

face the evidence for the very first time before a jury and stand before that evidence and answer to it. >> reporter: and despite that deal between australian and american prosecutors, watson still faces the maximum punishment of life in prison with no chance of parole. vinita, rob? it's judgment day for the man convicted in that shocking home invasion in connecticut. steven hayes will be formally sentenced to death later today. the lone survivor of that brutal attack, dr. william petit, will be given a chance to speak directly to hayes, the man who killed his wife and two daughters. hayes will also be given a chance to speak, though his lawyer says he likely will not. after two days of deadly storms the east coast is finally getting a chance to dry out today. windswept rain tore through the northeast, snapping trees, knocking out power and causing major flight delays. several twisters left parts of the southeast in shambles. steve osunsami was there. >> reporter: outside atlanta -- >> this window here just come flying in the house. >> reporter: they're frustrated,

wet, and digging out from the storm system that has now killed at least four people and is tearing its way across the east. but this all happened as you were running for the door. since monday at least three tornadoes have ripped through neighborhoods in mississippi, louisiana, and georgia. tami o'connor says she and her children were sitting in her living room when high winds tore it in two. >> i watched my christmas tree and my whole entire house implode across the living room and go out to the left-hand side. >> reporter: the family that lived here says it was devastating. that the winds were strong enough to knock down a two-story brick wall that is now littering the front of their home. >> not liveable. >> can't live there. >> you know. another place to go. >> reporter: it's an incredibly large storm that stretches into the mid-atlantic and throughout the northeast. it's now bringing on the bitter cold. >> we think much of the eastern half of the united states is going to be dealing with this cold, not only next week, but much of the month of december. >> reporter: there's already

heavy snow in rochester, buffalo, and syracuse. in pittsburgh, two people were seriously hurt when their roof collapsed from the weight of the wet snow. cold rains have flooded parts of pennsylvania and delayed flights and trains. at laguardia, the wait was five long hours. >> tried to get onto the 6:00 flight. but that flight is 100% full and i can't even put myself on the wait list. >> reporter: forecasters expect the rain to continue as temperatures drop. making this an ugly winter storm. steve osunsami, abc news, buford, georgia. now here is a look at your thursday forecast. stormy in the west. up to 1 foot of mountain snow in idaho, wyoming, and western montana. several inches of snow in the northern sierras. rain from san francisco to the pacific northwest. up to a foot of lake-effect snow in western new york.

>> 42 in the big apple. 51 in atlanta. 71 in miami. 30s from omaha to indianapolis. 41 in seattle. 38 in billings. still warm out in phoenix. a nice-sounding 73. the principal of a california high school apparently needs to be sent to the principal's office himself. darrell camp cost the school $10,000 after he lost the set of master keys. that meant every lock in the entire school had to be changed. >> it comes to a school district already struggling with $30 million in debt and the principal's costly mistake came to light thanks to budding journalists. it was first reported by the student newspaper "the bruin voice." well done, kids. >> it gets even worse. those kids found out that he had lost those keys twice before. at least that's what they're reporting. and they say it's not $10,000, it's upwards of $25,000 in key change fees here. >> stay on that story, kids. get 'em. >> we'll be right back.

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johnson & johnson announced another big recall during an drug maker johnson & johnson announced another big recall during an intense criminal investigation into quality control issues. the latest recall is for 12 million bottles of mylanta and 85,000 bottles of alternagel. the products may contain alcohol. they were made at the same pennsylvania plant that had to shut down earlier this year due to hygiene problems. for the first three months of his life a little boy in oregon grew and developed like any other baby. one morning he woke up with seizures that would eventually destroy his life. >> his parents searched tirelessly until they found a radical solution to give him a chance. kabc's denise dador has their incredible story from los angeles. >> reporter: 10-month-old evan from north bend oregon, has his

own team. his family flew in to help him get through an unusual surgery at the ronald reagan ucla medical center. the procedure, a hemispherectomy. surgeons remove a portion of his brain and disconnect the entire left side. >> the quality of life he'll have given the surgery versus not given the surgery is great so you have to try. >> reporter: it sounds extreme but behind that electric smile, evan suffers from a desperate condition. home video shows he suffers from seizures. they're not ordinary ones. they're called infantile spasms. >> everything you teach him that you go through is erased the next day. you start over, almost. >> reporter: hospital video shows seizure clusters several times a day. each time they cause a high-voltage reading on his eeg. >> if these seizures were not stopped it's very likely evan would not be able to recognize his mom or his dad, would not have language, would not be able to walk on his own. >> reporter: dr. gary mathern said the left side of his brain didn't form correctly so removing it is the only way to stop the debilitating seizures. >> you can't waste time with this. every day is another day lost.

>> reporter: because he's a baby, doctors say the remainder of evan's brain will learn to compensate. >> we take advantage in children of what we call brain plasticity. the availability of the remaining hemisphere to take over some of the functions that would have been done by the other side. dr. mathern and his colleagues are performing about 16 of these surgeries this year. two days before thanksgiving, evan went in for surgery. a week later, the seizures are gone. >> are you going to be president? okay, that's good. >> reporter: aside from the surgical scars and a little fussiness, evan pulled through the surgery just great. he might suffer some motor skill loss on his right side and a little loss of peripheral vision but doctors say he's got a great chance of living a normal life. being home with evan this christmas will be the best present ever. >> he now has that chance to be, you know, a kid. to have a normal, you know, opportunity. >> possibilities are endless, i

suppose. so just take it a day at a time. and take what we can get. >> reporter: this is denise dador reporting. >> evan's surgeon says the most successful procedures he's performed in this case, the patients end up with an iq somewhere in the 80s to 90s which is pretty good considering how severe the surgery is. he said some of his patients have even finished high school. so there's some hope here. >> such a sweet little boy. it's always hard to watch those stories especially when it's the young kids. and they say for that surgery, under 2 is the best age for effectiveness. lucky little boy. >> very. >> we'll be right back.

♪ anyone in the music industry. the grammy nominations were listed. take a look if you missed the opening act. katy perry was there with a weird christmas tree on top of her head. but it works for her in some bizarre way every time. >> i did notice that. >> yeah, it's weird. to say the least. let's take a look at the nominations. because we know you guys always want to know who's up for the song of the year.

you can see them there. so i'm not going to read them out to you. that was for song of the year. take a look at best new artist. coming up right there, there it is. i was surprised to see justin bieber on there but well-deserved. >> huge at the american music awards. wonder if he'll repeat at the grammys. >> he's sweeping everything this year. record of the year, you can take a look at those right now. a lot of people are always excited when the grammys come about. we don't know anything yet, this is just the nominations. they get to party and celebrate and have friends congratulate them. that was it. 53rd annual grammy nominations. >> i'm pulling for jay-z and alicia, "empire state." i love that song. >> eminem had a great year comeback. >> hopefully he can take home some gold. i would not be surprised at all. good news for those folks with but strange, potentially really controversial news about britney spears. this is a story. apparently there's a blockbuster issue of "star" magazine about to come out in which it pretty much says her boyfriend, jason trawick, has been physically abusive to her. actually has beat her up. also news she was pregnant with his baby earlier this year.

interesting part here is all of this apparently came from a recorded conversation britney had with her ex-husband of 55 hours, the guy jason alexander, who she married a few years ago. obviously the two broke up but he said it was a conversation that was recorded, radar online happened to get a copy of the recording. take a listen here. >> i thought he proposed to you or something at the beach. >> before or after he beat on me? like my dad does not want him around me right now. my dad has a shotgun and he's just waiting to use it. >> that's allegedly britney on that tape saying, before or after he beat on me? pretty much admitting to the abuse. her folks, her managers and reps have all come out saying, she hasn't talked to her ex-husband in years, that's not her on the tape, we deny all of this. a controversy on whether she's in some kind of domestic abuse kind of situation there and what's up with the pregnancy and all that. just -- again, she finds herself in the middle of some mess. we don't know exactly what's going on here but scary stuff. >> speaking of mess that

continues to resurface, and i'm on j. lo's side on this. that first husband of hers, he is just problems. >> apparently he's a dirt bag. >> ojani is the guy's name. apparently now he wants to release sexy videos of her. he says he has 21 hours of home movies and he and his agent apparently say they have video of j. lo riding a scooter in public in cuba while talking to the camera with numerous bystanders right by and her privates in plain view. they're comparing it to when we saw the privates of paris hilton and britney spears. she is taking him to court to prevent the release of all of this so-called sexy video. she's not saying if she's confirming it or not. but keep in mind, this first marriage was short-lived. she's basically just saying, you're violating an injunction, blocking the release on the basis of the fact that this video is private and personal. you know, i have to say. she's a mother now, she's a married lady, it's sort of just like, get over it, ojani, it's over. >> it's over and be done with it all right? >> yeah. >> this isn't the first trouble she's had with that ex-husband.

this isn't the first time they've been in court with tapes he allegedly has or does not have. a strange story there, you know what i mean? >> just leave jenny alone.

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sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. here are some stories to watch today on abc news. defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen will be on capitol hill this morning. they'll review plans to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy before a senate committee. australia's qantas airlines announced this morning it has launched legal action against the maker of jet engines rolls-royce. last month parts of an airbus jumbo jet engine broke apart during a flight. world cup organizers in zurich will announce the host cities for the soccer competitions in 2018 and 2022. american locations are competing with cities worldwide. and finally this half hour, we realized it was thursday and we had not done a story about prince william and kate middleton all week. >> we turn to nick watt in london who is watching very

closely as the wedding approaches, just 147 days away. >> reporter: we know the location, westminster abbey. what about the guest list? apparently prince harry's on again, off again squeeze chelsea is eager for an invite. ♪ good-bye england's rose ♪ >> reporter: elton john played at diana's funeral, just said he'll probably play the wedding. is he serious? who will design kate's dress? clear favorite is bruce oldfield, who clothed the likes of sienna miller, the queen of jordan, and princess diana. william is now damping down public desire for him to be britain's next king. a poll just found 64% of brits want king william when the queen dies. his aides say there is no question that his old man charles will take the throne first. but who curtsies to who? if charles is around, kate bows to camilla.

if william's there but no charles, camilla bends the knee. got that? william is in switzerland, pushing england to host the soccer world cup. some newly betrothed royal pizzazz might do the trick. kate is winning hearts. a newspaper offering tips on getting hair that shiny. brush often, don't wash too much. by the way, turns out kate was just 10 years old when she first glimpsed her prince. he was playing field hockey at her school. she was watching from the sidelines. she has, of course, strenuously denied that she ever kept a poster of him on her bedroom wall. >> of course, we know so few details even though we love to speculate all these things, what's going to happen with the wedding. we have heard and actually reported harry, the younger brother, wanted to organize the bachelor party and he wanted snoop dogg to be a part of it. apparently snoop dogg has written a young for the couple. it's called "wet." >> a classy event already, see? >> what's funny about this

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