i'm ron claiborne. i traveled to the liberty mutual research institute outside boston when this study the effects of sleep deprivation on driving. >> it can happen in the blink of an eye. >> reporter: chronic lack of sleep fogs the mind, makes people more likely to make mistakes at school or work. it makes us emotionally volatile and more prone to illness. at the research lab i was hooked up to a brain wave monitor and a device that tracks eye movement. i feel okay now. but not great. then i got behind the wheel of a minivan. as tired as i was, i thought i would be okay. we'll see. i feel like i can drive pretty well. then, i started driving on a closed track with a researcher sitting next to me who could step on an emergency brake if things went awry. i'm feeling pretty worn out. soon i was becoming sleepier and sleepier, it became a struggle to keep my eyes open and hold my head up. before long i was experiencing micro sleep. i looked like a normal wake driver but you can't tell that my brain is actua

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come on, ron. >> thank you, ron claiborne. >>> and thank you for watching. we're back tomorrow morning. we'll see you then. >> busted. >>> good morning, i'm katie marzullo. in the sierra the truckee is expected to overflow the banks. state of emergency has been declared for douglas county. preparations are underway. crews are filling sandbags in a industrial section of sparks that could be under four feet of water by 7:00 tomorrow night. it's expected to reach four feet above flood stage true sparks. in california, it's predicted to flood between squaw creek and the town of kuik ee. rain means snow in the sierra and ski resorts plan on being open. kirkwood provided these pictures to show what i had it looked like at the bottom of the slopes. they all plan to be open today. ski lifts at sugar bowl are idle. sugar bowl will be closed because of high winds. squaw valley and alpine meadows may keep on them opening today, as well. >> you see how wet that snow is. it's very high and the winds are extremely gusty. you look at all the rain here. you look at the rada

i'm here with dan abrams, rachel smith, and ron claiborne. i'm elizabeth vargas. new year's eve is already being celebrated. you're looking at sydney, australia. i rang in y2k there. >> nice. >> there they go again. [ cheers and applause ] >> and believe it or not -- speaking of y2k, i was here in times square covering it. 1 million people expected to gather here tonight to ring in 2013. >> we have d.j. mos ringing us in. >> d.j. mos. it's m-o-s. this is why everyone's here. he's spinning us into the new year. >> we usually have a deejay on fridays. today, it's monday. >> ginger see is already at the ball. ryan seacrest is here with a preview of the biggest -- >> there he is. >> the biggest party on the planet. >>> big baby news this morning. kanye west revealing last night in a concert that he and his girlfriend, kim kardashian, has baby on the way. i know all of you were lying in bed last night, will those two fun guys ever have a baby? >> it seems it's real. everyone said the relationship wasn't real. >> the nine-month wait has begun. >>> and how you could live

hi, i'm ron claiborne. we traveled to liberty mutual research institute outside of boston where they study microsleep. >> a very brief transition from wakefulness new sleep. it can last up to 20, 30 seconds. you are waking. you are asleep. >> i would drive while sleep deprived. to mimic conditions of people who do not get enough sleep. i stayed up all night. >> i have been up 24 hours. >> at the lab i was looked up to a brain wave monitor. i thought i could handle the driving. i feel okay now. then i got behind the wheel of a minivan on a fast track. right here my eyes are open. i am asleep. here too. this is what my crow sleeping can look like. at one point i did doze off. finally -- >> yeah, i'm done. >> i knew i dozed off of a couple times, but what was stunning is i had actually microslept 22 times and never knew it. what was going on inside my brain? >> evidence that you are falling asleep. >> my eyes were open. see how much the lines are becoming more jags. these lines show blinking is getting slower.

i'm elizabeth vargas, of course, here are dan abrams, rachel smith, and ron claiborne. so glad to be here with you guys. new year's eve is already being celebrated. you're looking at sydney, australia. just a few seconds ago. right outside the sydney opera house. where they're ringing in the new year. i rang in y2k there. >> nice. >> there they go again. [ cheers and applause ] >> and believe it or not -- speaking of y2k, i was here in times square covering it. >> oh, no kidding? >> i was. covering the festivities. 1 million people expected to gather here tonight to ring in 2013. >> we have d.j. mos ringing us in. >> m-o-s is here. >> oh, is it? >> it's m-o-s. that's the difference between elizabeth and me. i know this stuff. this is why everyone's here. he's spinning us into the new year. >> we usually have a deejay on fridays. today, it's deejay monday. >> love it. >> ginger zee is already at the ball. ryan seacrest is also here with a preview of the biggest -- >> there he is. >> the biggest party on the planet. >>> big baby news this morning. kanye west took to stage

here's abc's ron claiborne now. >> reporter: it began when one man accidentally slipped off the sheet of ice and into the lake. the people you see in this video are members of a sledding excursion that goes terribly wrong. >> it went from cheering to all of a sudden -- to an unbelievable amount of panic and chaos. >> reporter: one man goes to the ice's edge to try to help, but then he falls in. and then, one would-be rescuer after another tries to help only to plunge into the lake themselves in a chain reaction. a crowd gathers on shore. frantically screaming for help. >> call 911! >> reporter: five minutes after the first man went in, nearly a dozen of people are in the water as others throw ropes and inner tubes to no luck. micky herman shot this video, you can hear him calling for someone to bring a hope. >> it was hard to watch. >> reporter: finally, nine harrowing minutes into this ordeal on ice, everyone somehow manages to scramble out. amazingly, this escapade on ice ended happily, everyone is just fine. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> in chicago tonight, a stunning miles

abc's ron claiborne has the clues to his identity. >> over half a billion dollar jackpot. >> reporter: mystery solved. well, kind of. >> the winner has asked to remain anonymous. >> reporter: but lottery officials did release a few tantalizing details. >> he is in his 30s. he is married. and he lives in fountain hills. >> reporter: he will share half of the $587 million top prize and has opted for the lump sum payment of $192 million. that's after paying upwards of $100 million in taxes. but much remains unknown. his job. does he have children? and, of course, who is he? we know he isn't this guy, seen celebrating what he thought was the winning ticket in maryland. the other winners, cindy and mark hill, came forth publicly just two days after the drawing. >> we're still stunned by what happened. >> reporter: the new winner may decide to reveal his identity eventually, which would allow him, if nothing else, to meet all those friends he never knew he had. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead right here on "world news," a puppy for christmas? chris cuomo tonight on a

sometimes with your eyes open. >> hi, i'm ron claiborne. >> reporter: we traveled to the liberty mute cal research institute outside of boston where they study microsleep. >> microsleep is a very brief transition from wakefulness to sleep, and it can last up to maybe 20 or 30 seconds. you're awake and suddenly asleep. >> reporter: i agreed to take part in an experiment. i would drive while sleep deprived. to mimic the condition of people who do not get enough sleep, i stayed up all night. >> i've been up for close to 24 hours. >> reporter: i was hooked up to a brain wave monitor. i thought i could handle the driving. i'm feeling okay now and got behind the wheel of a minivan. i'm feeling pretty worn out. my eyes are open but i'm asleep and here too. this is what microsleeping can look like. at one point i did dose off. that was not good. finally, doc, i'm done. i knew i had dozed off a couple of times, but what was stunning, i had actually microslept 22 times and never knew it, so what was going on inside my brain? >> this is evidence that you're falling asleep. >> my eyes were open b

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ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> ron, thanks. >>> in chicago tonight, a stunning milestone to mark year's end, 500 homicides. near a record high which they attribute to gang violence, and illegal guns. new york, 414 crime rate. lowest in more than 40 years. michael bloomberg talked about the crime numbers for the year, one reason for the spike in thefts is the iphone. >> it's part of an expending robbery epidemic, police call apple picking. this surveillance video shows a thief sneaking up on her and putting her in a head lock. new york major michael bloomberg said that iphone thefts are single-handedly driving up the city's crime rate. >> if you just took out the thefts of apple products, our total crime rate would be lower than it was last year. >> reporter: in new york city alone, iphone thefts have spiked more than 30%. nearly 16,000 gadgets snatched. and in washington, d.c., police told our pierre thomas, they make up nearly 40% of all robberies. >> they're targeting those who are more vulnerable, women, women with baby carriages. >> reporter: police have stepped up awareness.

ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> oh, my word. >> and to think everyone is fine. that had tragedy written all over it. >> have you ever fallen in the ice? >> my mom beat in my head never go on the ice unless it is crazy solid. so no, i never have. how about you? >> no, thank god. i went ice fishing and carved a hole. carved a hole in the ice. >> catch anything? >> yeah, we did. you can throw an empty hook in and a fish will bite. >> that is an amazing end to an amazing story. >>> and finally this half hour, you're starting to see christmas trees piled on the sidewalk waiting for the garbage truck. >> a farmer in rhode island came up with a great way to recycle those trees. the farm's 50 goats have apparently taken to liking pine needles. >> really? it's like swallowing needles. >> i know. it doesn't sound like it would taste good, each for a goat. but there they go, drop off the tree and it's a holiday treat for the goats. the animals have already eaten just about everything in sight, so it's a treat for them. >> so all the goat milk is going to taste like pine. s

ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> little marley, back with mia. that's the broadcast. >>> avalanche danger in the high sierra. two people have already died. >> tonight, i'm sandhya patel. tracking only isolated showers now when the next storm will move in and what new year's eve is looking like, coming up. >> and tragedy tonight on the streets of southern california. four people from daily city become innocent victims of a police pursuit. >> and on lighter side, a sport that they used to call frisbee golf. now, it's got a new name, and dozens of places to play. >>> here is what traffic has been like all day long headed to and from lake tahoe area. snow covered highways jammed with cars. good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. once again, we're on storm watch, more rain is coming. we are live covering the weather for us tonight. let's start with you, john. a rough day for you and many others. >> tough getting up here, everybody is testing out snow boards and skis. there is an avalanche risk here because of the series of storms we'

here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: this is a story about a little girl named mia. a little dog named marley. and a real life grinch? >> somebody swiped a 7-year-old girl's dog. >> reporter: twas the morning before christmas and it was all captured on video, right outside the store where mia and her mom were shopping. >> we didn't know if we would ever seem him. >> reporter: mia was devastated. >> he's so adorable. i can't even trim my tree without him. it's so hard to be without him. >> reporter: miles away, on christmas day, a schoolteacher named tina cohen was walking through a park and noticed a man selling a dog. >> they don't look right together. it wasn't right to be selling a dog on christmas and i had a gut feeling this was not his dog. >> reporter: so, she bought the dog for $220 and took him straight to a vet. who checked him out and found his identification microchip. >> we got a phone call and he said -- he said, we have your dog. we have marley. and we screamed up and down. we had marley. >> reporter: what were you thinking then? >> jumping up and down

ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan have repelled an attack on a joint base. taliban suicide bombers assaulted the jalalabad early this morning. striking a gun battle that lasted two hours. all of the attackers were killed. no u.s. troops were injured. >>> new details this morning on that deadly bus crash at miami international airport. two people were killed when a religious group's bus slammed into an overpass because the driver took a wrong turn. >> reporter: good morning, ron. as many three people are clinging to life this morning after that crash in miami. >> very bloody. everybody had cuts and scrapes. >> reporter: the entire front of this bus, caved in and the ceiling collapsed injuring more than 30 and killing one 56-year-old and other 80-year-old senior citizen. the driver got lost and somehow managed at the miami international airport, plowing his bus through. >> we're not sure why he misjudged the terminal building. >> reporter: at a nearby hospital, one injured person after the next got

who's in for ron claiborne. >>> good morning, everyone. for the second time in as many weeks the nfl is mourning the loss of one of its players. the dallas cowboys josh brent will be in court this morning. we're hearing from brent for the first time this morning. abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: police say that dallas cow boirs player josh brent was speeding down this road, just after 2:00 a.m., when his mercedes crashed, flipped and caught fire. in the passenger seat, his teammate, jeff brown. >> when our aefsers arrived on screen, mr. brent was dragging mr. brown from the car. >> brent was given and failed field sobriety tests. brown was rushed to a hospital where he died. >> once the officers learned that brown had passed away then mr. price-brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> on behalf of josh, a tremendous loss to him. this was like losing a little brother. >> reporter: it's not the first time that brent has been charged with drinking and driving. he was arrested in college and sentenced to 60 day

ron claiborne. good morning. >> hi, dan and bianna. good morning, everyone. in the news, the boss of the two australian deejays behind the prank call to kate middleton's hospital room is speaking out. the deejays have now been pulled off the air, after one of the nurses who answered the call died, in an apparent suicide. but the station is refusing to fire those deejays. >>> and president obama has requested $60 billion in federal aid for states that were devastated by superstorm sandy. it may not pass in congress until next year because of the fiscal cliff negotiations. >>> and some restrictions on electronic devices during flights could soon be lifted if the federal communications commission has its way. in a letter to the faa, the agency called for greater use of portable devices on planes. i thought they affected navigation systems. but maybe that's not true. >>> and finally, a fish tale with a picture to prove it. a fisherman caught what is believed to be the biggest yellow fin tuna ever. landed on rod and reel, that is. 459 pounds. he fought the fish fo

ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan have helped repel an attack on a joint u.s./afghan base. taliban suicide bombers assaulted the jalalabad early this morning. detonating two vehicles packed with explosives and striking a gun battle that lasted two hours. all of the attackers were killed. two civilians were also killed. four afghan troupes were also killed. no u.s. troops were injured. >>> and new details this morning on that deadly bus crash at miami international airport. two people were killed when a religious group's bus slammed into an eight-foot-high overpass because the driver took a wrong turn. mark greenblatt is here with the latest details. >> reporter: good morning, ron. as many as three people are clinging to life this morning after that crash in miami. just one of thousands of bus crashes that we found happening every year in the u.s., leaving a long trail of injuries and worse. >> just very bloody. everybody had cuts and scrapes. >> reporter: the entire front of this bus, caved in an

back to ron claiborne. >> good morning, bianna and dan. good morning, everyone. we begin with that fiscal cliff hanger in washington, d.c. there are now just two days left until automatic tax hikes and severe budget cuts go into effect. president obama is urging democrats and republicans to reach a deal. senate leaders are working on a last-minute compromise. that could be voted on tomorrow. >>> a horrific accident in mississippi. six people including five children were killed when their suv plunged into a creek yesterday. the children were all related. police say four other adults including the parents of those children managed to escape the cause of that accident is under investigation. >>> and stunning video of a plane crash outside of moscow, russia, the passenger plane overshot the runway and slammed into a highway yesterday. amazing video. four of the eight crew members on board were killed. there were no passengers on the plane and no one on the highway was hurt. the cause of that crash is under investigation. >>> and finally, a celebration at the vatican.

. >>> now, with some of the other stories developing this morning, let's go to ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with a top suspected terrorist leader in custody overseas. "the wall street journal" reports the alleged ring leader of an egyptian terrorist network has been captured in egypt. secretary of state hillary clinton is expected to testify this week in open congressional hearings on that attack. >>> and egypt's military is warning of disastrous consequences if the political crisis in that country is not resolved. president mohamed morsi is pushing for a solution. but major groups are protesting. protesters have stormed the palace there. >>> and the other winner of that record powerball jackpot has now claimed his prize. arizona lottery officials announcing that the winner has chosen to remain anonymous. but they did say he took the cash option of 192 million bucks. he's married, in his 30s. whoever he is, we know he is not this guy, who was seen in a store in maryland, acting like he was celebrating. he claimed or believed or was faking was the winning ticket.

. >>> ron claiborne with the dramatic pictures from california. the mountains there. >>> now we turn to those pictures from moscow. >>> the flight was attempting to land at moscow's airport when it overshot the runway, broke through a barrier fence and finally skidded to a stop on the edge of a highway, the plane broke into three pieces and burst into flames, witnesses rushed to pull survivors from the wreckage. it was flying back from the czech republic with no passengers and just eight crew members onboard. four of them were killed including the pilot. other four were seriously injured. the death toll could have been worse because that's a major highway. >> russia's air fatality rate is three times higher than the world's average. investigation has been opened up into today's crash. abc news, moscow. >>> in chicago tonight, a stunning milestone to mark this year's end. 500 homicides in that city, near a record high, which they attribute to gang violence and illegal guns. in new york city, 414 murders. the lowest in 40 years. >>> the mayor here m

. >> reporter: ron claiborne started his shopping this morning. >> i could never get focused to the 23rd, 24th, sometimes not until the 25th. >> reporter: see, he's making great choices. stores stay open for the last-minute larryr larry. target until 10:00 p.m. walgreen's is open christmas day. >> reporter: it'll be okay. another advantage of last minute, the sales have already begun. the late bird can catch the best worm. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you, nick. looks like two former presidents from opposite sides of this planet will be spending this christmas in the hospital. president george h.w. bush is still recovering from bronkitis. doctors in south africa say former president nelson mandela in the hospital now for two weeks is improving. he's 94 and recovering from a lung infection and gall stone surgery. >>> also queen elizabeth is under the weather tonight, trying to get over a nasty cold before christmas. the 86-year-old had to skip church today, something that rarely happens. buckingham palace says she'll be back in church for services on christmas day. >>> in ne

. >> reporter: ron claiborne started his shopping this morning. >> i could never get focused until the 23rd, the 24th, sometimes not until the 25th. >> reporter: see, he's making great choices. >> i want this one. >> reporter: stores stay open for the last-minute larrys. target is open until 10:00 p.m. christmas eve. walgreen's is open christmas day. >> reporter: are you a procrastinator by nature? >> kind of. >> reporter: good luck. it will be okay. >> thank you. another advantage of last minute, the sales have already begun. the late bird can catch the best worm. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> nick watt on the last-minute larrys. thanks, nick. >>> looks like two former presidents from opposite sides of the planet will be spending christmas in the hospital. president george h.w. bush is still recovering from bronchitis. doctors say he needs to build up his energy before he can be released. doctors say nelson mandela, in the hospital now for two weeks is improving. he's 94 and recovering from a lung infection and gall stone surgery. also, queen elizabeth is a bit under the weathe

abc's ron claiborne has the story. >> reporter: this is a story about a little girl named mia. a little dog named marley. and a real-life grinch. >> somebody swiped a 7-year-old girl's dog. >> reporter: 'twas the morning before christmas. and it was all captured an surveillance video. >> we didn't know if we would ever see him. >> reporter: mia was devastated. >> he's so adorable. it's like so hard to be without him. >> reporter: miles away, on christmas day, a schoolteacher named tina cohen was walking through a park. and noticed a man selling a dog. >> they didn't look right together. it wasn't right to be selling a dog on christmas. and i had a gut feeling this wasn't his dog. >> reporter: she bought the dog for $220 and took him straight to a vet. who found out his identification microchip. >> we got a phone call. and he said, we have your dog. we have marley. we screamed up and down. we have marley. >> reporter: two hours later, the little girl and little dog reunited. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> and because we just can't get enough, we're actually going to meet

for "good morning america," ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> what a story. >>> now, let's turn to sam with some cold air and snow coming up for parts of the region? >> yeah. at some point, elizabeth, we're going to be talking snow by the time the weekend is done. so, let's set it up. we have beautiful, mild temperatures heading into the weekend. memphis, to dallas, to houston, to new orleans, to atlanta. all those numbers in the 60s and 70s. even raleigh and washington coming in with good temperatures. the bitter cold air stays north of the border. watch the temperatures drop. denver, 19 by sunday, 28 by monday. there's snow moving in. could be more than three inches of snow, moving in with this area. and even in dallas, by the time we get to the end of the weekend, to the first of the week, the outskirts of town could be picking up light snow with this cold air. you're 40 by the time we get to monday. chicago, if you get snow this weekend, then you won't have the longest stretch of no-snow days. if you don't get it this weekend, it is the longest stretch of no-snow days, since th

. >>> let's check in with ron claiborne for what is coming up on "good morning america." >>> breaking news overnight secretary of state clinton in the hospital diagnosed with a blood clot the latest on her condition. plus, starting the countdown to midnight early this morning in times square, next on gma. >>> new york woman accused of shoving a man to his death in the subway erika menendez is well-known to police, arrested three times, she was raysed two days ago, 24 hours after she -- pushed a man into the path after oncoming train. she told police she hated muslims and hindus and pushed the man because he was muslim. she has been charged with murder as a hate crime. >> richmond police reporting lowest murder rate in the city murders this year, down from 24 last year. the citi-has seen a decrease in the number of other violent crimes. a detective says the drop is due to richmond's increased police force from 40 officers to 190. >>> officials in marin lobbying back guns and54ñ violet video games next month. the program is made possible by donations, including $10,000 from the marin c

let's go back to john muller in for ron claiborne this morning. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan led a dramatic raid overnight rescuing this american doctor being held by the taliban. he was kidnapped wednesday. >>> nelson mandela is said to be comfortable and looking well, the former president of south africa was admitted to the hospital on saturday for what were called routine medical checks. >>> john mcafee has been granted a stay of deportation to beliez. >>> finally a piece of hollywood history going up for auction the piano, from the iconic scene from casablanca. it's expected to fetch more than $1 million. i think that might look nice in your apartment, what do you think? >> yeah. >>> let's check in with ginger zee. >> john, good morning, everybody. the next big question is, okay, you're watching the snow in the western great lakes the the northern plains, is it going to the west? it goes into parts of eastern canada. it brings us along the east coast more rain. it will get colder behind that front. but no snow from the mid-atlantic to the stourn nort

. >> ron claiborne started his shopping this morning. >> i could never get focused until the 23rd and the 24th ready. 24th and sometimes not until the 25th. >> see, he is making great choices. >> stores stay open for the last-minute larrys. target until 10:00 p.m. and walgreens is open christmas day. >> are you a procrastinator by nature? >> kind of. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> it will be okay. >> another advantage of last minute is the sales have already begun. the late bird can of cay. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> our producer went shopping at midnight last night and said it was fantastic. >>> zappos is making a difference when it comes to customer service. the retailer broke its own record earlier this month with a conversation that lasted 10 hours and 29 minutes. they say it isn't bad news. it says the lengthy conversation is proof the company is dedicated to its customers and their needs. still to come on abc7 news at 11:00, the advertising campaign that is bringing people together, and why it is so important to one particular child and his mother. plus, he may be tiny

ron claiborne. good morning, sir. >> hi, dan, bianna. mr. avalon, good morning, everyone. we begin in australia, with a confrontation with a shark. it cost a surfer two fingers and a chunk of his leg. the 29-year-old was surrounded by a pod of dolphins when the shark attacked yesterday. >> are you all right? >> yeah, i got my legs. i'm good. >> and witnesses say the man used his surfboard to fight off the shark. but the shark bit off two of his fingers. and sank its teeth into his legs. other surfers came to the man's aid until paramedics arrived. >>> and police in new york city are searching for a woman who pushed a man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train. police are checking homeless shelters and psychiatric units for the woman seen in this surveillance video running away from the scene of that crime. authorities released a sketch of that suspect. investigators used a smartphone and a bottle prescription pills to identify the victim. he's 46-year-old sunando sen. he is the second person in a month to be pushed to his death in the new york city subway system

. >>> now with a look at the other stories making headlines here's ron claiborne. >> good morning to you, bianna, we begin with another eruption of gunfire. this time in a parking lot in a shopping mall in southern california. it was caught on surveillance camera. police in newport beach, california, say that 42-year-old mark cost gorolo was arrested after firing 50 shots into the air and ground outside of that mall. no one injured but the mall packed with holiday shoppers went into lockdown until police secured 9 area. >>> a teenager under arrest for a plot to shoot students and bomb his high school. sammy chavez planned to trap students in a locked auditorium and allegedly wanted to place bombs at the doors for when police arrived. students reported the plan, the alleged plot to school staff members after chavez tried to recruit them. >>> and a major concession by the republican house leaders in those fiscal cliff negotiations. abc news learned that house speaker john boehner has proposed raising income taxes for the healthiest americans, those making a million dollars a year or mo

. >> so modest, ron claiborne. >> i'll bet his mother ran up and gave him a lot of hugs. >> is that what happened to you? >> shook my hand and went away. ungrateful. >>> maybe she went shopping. we're going to look at the wild weekend at malls, filled with last-minute christmas shoppers. some stores will stay open around the clock, until after christmas. we have team coverage in the final days of shopping. abc's rachel smith looks at where and when to get the best deals with the least amount of stress, if that's possible. and john schriffen will look into whether the bad weather will mean your gifts won't get there in time. how's it looking, rachel? >> reporter: pretty good, bianna. good morning to you. if you still have shopping to do for everyone on your christmas list, you are definitely not alone. there's only three more shopping days left before the big holiday. and stores are staying open around the clock to accommodate all those last-minute shoppers. every year, many fall victim to the same routine. you know exactly when christmas is every year. >> i know. and i always mean to pla

. >> ron claiborne started his shopping this morning. >> i could never get focused until the 23rd and the 24th ready. 24th and sometimes not until the 25th. >> see, he is making great choices. >> stores stay open for the last-minute larrys. target until 10:00 p.m. and walgreens is open christmas day. >> are you a procrastinator by nature? >> kind of. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> it will be okay. >> another advantage of last minute is the sales have already begun. the late bird can of cay. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> our producer went shopping at midnight last night and said it was fantastic. >>> zappos is making a difference when it comes to customer service. the retailer broke its own record earlier this month with a conversation that lasted 10 hours and 29 minutes. they say it isn't bad news. it says the lengthy conversation is proof the company is dedicated to its customers and their needs. still to come on abc7 news at 11:00, the advertising campaign that is bringing people together, and why it is so important to one particular child and his mother. plus, he may be tiny

. >> overnight headlines with ron "feliz navidad" claiborne. >> good morning, dan, bianna, blatt -- you know, that's his nickname. new evidence that south korea says reveals north korea's true intentions behind its rocket launches. the scientist investigating debris say they found evidence suggesting military purposes as well as technological ties with iran. the rocket launched a satellite into orbit but experts say it was a test for a missile that can carry a warhead as far as the west coast of the u.s. >>> british authorities are considering criminal charges over that prank call to the cambridge hospital. scotland law submitted one about the hoax. made by two australian radio deejays. they canceled them after the nurse who transferred the call to kate middleton's room committed suicide. >>> pope benedict delivered a christmas present to his former butler. he pardoned paolo gabriele. he had been sentenced to 18 months in prisons, documents exposed embarrassing things inside the vatican. allegations of corruption and more. >>> and talking about the vatican visitors, they will have to be