:00:00. > :00:10.it is working hard to improve. Now we are going to ABC world news.
:00:11. > :00:16.Welcome to world news. Frozen nation. More than half the country
:00:17. > :00:21.is frozen and another storm is descending. Families dodge falling
:00:22. > :00:26.ice. Epic traffic jams. Football stars and fans prove that they are
:00:27. > :00:30.tougher than snow. Dangerous drugs. A new alert about the prescription
:00:31. > :00:35.drugs in your medicine cabinet. Mandela's moment. World leaders from
:00:36. > :00:39.every corner of the globe flight into South Africa to celebrate his
:00:40. > :00:48.extraordinary life, so how do you keep them safe?
:00:49. > :00:57.Good evening. We start the week together with a new storm and 8
:00:58. > :01:04.Americans facing a wintry mess. Take a look at the BDO coming into us. A
:01:05. > :01:12.pile up in Wisconsin. `` the video. This causes a chain reaction. The
:01:13. > :01:15.driver who narrowly misses slabs of ice hurtling towards the ground
:01:16. > :01:22.Alex Glenn weather team is tracking it tonight.
:01:23. > :01:27.`` Al extreme. Tonight, almost the entire nation is in the perilous
:01:28. > :01:31.group of winter come early. This is unlike anything that I have ever
:01:32. > :01:36.seen. In California, chilly winds, and all the way to new England,
:01:37. > :01:40.several ice inspired spin outs. We are going south to Newhaven but you
:01:41. > :01:48.can see what has happened on the northbound side. A huge backup. Over
:01:49. > :01:53.the weekend, deadly collisions. Watch as this traffic camera
:01:54. > :01:58.captures the entire pilot, car after Cartwright `` crashing into each
:01:59. > :02:05.other. In New York, a mangled mess. In Texas, the inches of ice that
:02:06. > :02:10.kept this family stuck in the car for 26 hours. I have been sitting in
:02:11. > :02:16.the same spot, I have not moved one foot. I have tried calling the
:02:17. > :02:22.police department, I have tried calling everybody. Officials telling
:02:23. > :02:27.us that they were simply overwhelmed by the ice. If you find yourself
:02:28. > :02:32.stuck in your car, here are some tips that can save your life. Make
:02:33. > :02:36.sure it is clear of mud and snow or you would get carbon monoxide
:02:37. > :02:42.poisoning. The emergency kit is important and you have to keep it
:02:43. > :02:47.fresh. Finally, stay in your car. Do not go wandering. Idling uses half a
:02:48. > :02:53.gallon of gas per hour, a 15 gallon tank could last up to 60 hours. ``
:02:54. > :02:59.30 hours. That run your engine only long enough to lose the deal. It was
:03:00. > :03:04.not only just on the roads. In Texas, look at the sheets of ice
:03:05. > :03:07.flying off the top of a building. In Chicago, the bundling has begun.
:03:08. > :03:07.flying off the top of a building. In Chicago, the bundling has begun We
:03:08. > :03:11.Chicago, the bundling has begun. We have got gloves, hand warmers, you
:03:12. > :03:20.name it we have it. They will need it. Temperatures are in the teens.
:03:21. > :03:25.The wind chill is close to zero. Here we go again, another storm to
:03:26. > :03:29.talk about. This is for the overnight, early morning. It will be
:03:30. > :03:36.a metal parts of the mid`Atlantic and north`east. We are talking up to
:03:37. > :03:39.four inches. It is going to start building through the morning and
:03:40. > :03:45.early afternoon. That is just the beginning. You saw the forecast in
:03:46. > :03:49.Chicago. They need to remember one thing that we do get so often,
:03:50. > :03:55.hydrate, avoid the caffeine and alcohol and just drink water.
:03:56. > :03:59.The weather map means from the roads to the airport, the storm is going
:04:00. > :04:03.to be hundreds of people stranded. Endless delays. More than 1600
:04:04. > :04:12.flights were cancelled across the nation. The waiting game from the
:04:13. > :04:15.Dallas Fort Worth airport. In Chicago today, the ploughs are
:04:16. > :04:19.working overtime to clear the runways, but they could plough away
:04:20. > :04:25.the frustrations of tens of thousands of stranded travellers. IM
:04:26. > :04:27.really upset. I do not know when I am going to leap. He and his family
:04:28. > :04:32.spent the night in the terminal, spent the night in the terminal
:04:33. > :04:40.with accommodation around the country and amounting to chairs in
:04:41. > :04:45.San Francisco. I and is close to the in frustrated. Today cancellations
:04:46. > :04:49.hit Dallas the hardest. Since the storm began, more than 12,000
:04:50. > :04:53.flights were grounded. This was the problem, thick layers of dangerous
:04:54. > :05:00.ice, that turned the entire tarmac and the runways into a virtual
:05:01. > :05:05.hockey ring. 4000 Dallas players spent the night in the concourse.
:05:06. > :05:09.Some could not leave for days. When you get freezing rain turning into
:05:10. > :05:14.ice, it is very different from snow. It is four times as dense and
:05:15. > :05:21.it is very hard to plough. Amid the tribal nightmares, a few notes of
:05:22. > :05:28.holiday cheer. `` travel. When it is needed most.
:05:29. > :05:32.With only 15 days before Christmas, we wondered if the wicked weather is
:05:33. > :05:38.troubling a curve ball into shipping or the Christmas parents. ``
:05:39. > :05:43.presence. They say they have their own meteorologists on staff and they
:05:44. > :05:49.expect to make up any lost weather time in the few days. Santas helpers
:05:50. > :05:54.do not need to worry. The jumbo jet crash in San
:05:55. > :06:00.Francisco. It is back in the news. It has raised new concerns over what
:06:01. > :06:03.is known as automation and diction. ABC news confirming that
:06:04. > :06:05.investigators will look at whether pilots relied too much on
:06:06. > :06:09.computerised controls and do not realise the plane did not have
:06:10. > :06:15.enough power to reach the runway. We begin hearings tomorrow. They are
:06:16. > :06:20.also examining if the pilots had enough manual training to fly that
:06:21. > :06:24.plane out of trouble. We moved to Nelson Mandela, and
:06:25. > :06:28.world leaders from across the globe are descending on South Africa,
:06:29. > :06:33.including an American presidents, past and present. They were seen
:06:34. > :06:43.boarding Air Force one, and on`board, the kind of presidential
:06:44. > :06:47.carport. `` carpool. They were all on board, sharing memories of
:06:48. > :06:56.Mandela. All eyes turned towards Johannesburg and the service which
:06:57. > :06:59.is now only hours away. Clubs released into the skies
:07:00. > :07:00.outside Nelson Mandela's home, a fitting tribute for a great man of
:07:01. > :07:08.peace. `` duds. In Johannesburg it peace. `` duds. In Johannesburg, it
:07:09. > :07:15.was all business, workers prepping the FNB Stadium. Security
:07:16. > :07:19.preparations are intense, and with good reason. The world has never
:07:20. > :07:23.seen a gathering of leaders like this one, flying in from more than
:07:24. > :07:28.19 countries, from Argentina to Pakistan, Trinidad to China,
:07:29. > :07:34.including four US Presidents, Obama who has been chosen to speak, and
:07:35. > :07:41.three of his predecessors. It has the American ambassador scrambling.
:07:42. > :07:46.They are all coming at us. Mandela's passing is a global event
:07:47. > :07:50.but it is also personal. Today his daughter spoke to the BBC about his
:07:51. > :07:55.last moments, surrounded by his wife, and his family. The children
:07:56. > :08:04.were there, the grandchildren were there.
:08:05. > :08:11.Mandela touched so many so deeply. This afternoon, we met a young
:08:12. > :08:16.entrepreneur in a town near Pretoria. He built his internet cafe
:08:17. > :08:23.with his own hands, despite the desperate poverty. He dreams big.
:08:24. > :08:32.You can feel it here at this spontaneous memorial outside
:08:33. > :08:36.Mandela's home. Tomorrow at the unprecedented gathering of people
:08:37. > :08:44.from around the world, the whole world will say goodbye.
:08:45. > :08:48.Thank you. Later, we will have more on Mandela and the powerful moment
:08:49. > :08:52.that shook a racist culture to the core.
:08:53. > :08:57.From South Africa we now head to some strange pictures out of North
:08:58. > :09:03.Korea. The nation has confirmed a shakeup at the very top. A kind of
:09:04. > :09:08.deadly family feud. Kim Jong`un has ousted his uncle and then tour, who
:09:09. > :09:17.was considered the powerplay in the shadows. `` mentor. He was hauled
:09:18. > :09:21.away, accused of corruption, womanising and a so`called
:09:22. > :09:25.capitalist lifestyle. The man was never far from his nephew and you
:09:26. > :09:31.can see him in photos right there, just a few feet away. But look again
:09:32. > :09:37.because, tonight, his image has been scrubbed out of those official
:09:38. > :09:43.photos. Now, Hakea, a top doctor's group has a new warning about
:09:44. > :09:51.prescription painkillers. `` now, here. All of this for us and what it
:09:52. > :09:57.means. The danger is sitting right there in your medicine cabinet. They
:09:58. > :10:00.are largely fuelled by the large rise in prescription painkillers and
:10:01. > :10:04.are killing more Americans per year than car accidents. Accidental
:10:05. > :10:09.overdoses from prescription painkillers have quadrupled in just
:10:10. > :10:13.a decade. One reason, doctors are prescribing more and more of these
:10:14. > :10:19.medications and we can't seem to stop taking them. In fact, almost
:10:20. > :10:25.all of abused a medications the start as legitimate prescriptions.
:10:26. > :10:31.Then a growing number of addicts take pills from their friends
:10:32. > :10:34.cabinets or buy extra pills. Expect to see fewer pills per
:10:35. > :10:38.prescription, a mandatory visit to the doctor to get a renewal and more
:10:39. > :10:43.will `` and no more prescriptions over the phone. This is a problem
:10:44. > :10:45.because we never throw pills away. Go to the medicine cabinet and get
:10:46. > :10:50.rid of the pain medicines or sleeping pills that you no longer
:10:51. > :10:53.use. But don't just throw them away or flush them away or flushed down
:10:54. > :10:59.the toilet. The police department might have a drop box or put your
:11:00. > :11:03.pills in a Ziploc bag, add some water and you can throw it away and
:11:04. > :11:06.you will know nobody will get to it. At least this is the beginning of
:11:07. > :11:11.addressing the problem. It's a part of it.
:11:12. > :11:16.We like to tell you about changing tastes in America. Tonight, the diet
:11:17. > :11:21.soda craze might be losing its fears. We look at a sign of the
:11:22. > :11:26.times at what we are drinking instead.
:11:27. > :11:31.New sales figures suggest our love affair with diet soft drinks might
:11:32. > :11:35.have lost its pop. Sales have been dropping. The past three, the
:11:36. > :11:39.drop`off in diet soda has been deeply than regular soft drinks.
:11:40. > :11:45.Zero and low`calorie soft drinks down 7% this year. Regular down just
:11:46. > :11:48.2%. We used to drink regular and then say, I'm drinking diet, it s
:11:49. > :11:56.then say, I'm drinking diet, it's fine. But these days it's becoming a
:11:57. > :12:01.confession in this office. I need generally OK but I do drink diet
:12:02. > :12:07.soda. Drinking sugarfree soda does not guarantee weight loss. One study
:12:08. > :12:12.found people who drank more than two diet soft drinks per day had their
:12:13. > :12:19.waist size or five times faster than those who drank no soft rings. It
:12:20. > :12:24.ever drink stuff? `` soft drinks. I did what I quit. I don't even have
:12:25. > :12:26.it now because I am afraid of getting back in there. Industry
:12:27. > :12:35.said: The biggest growth these days is
:12:36. > :12:38.energy drinks. And good old`fashioned water. Water is the
:12:39. > :12:48.best. Right here, with so many of us on
:12:49. > :12:52.the road slipping and sliding into a holiday headache, how do you can
:12:53. > :12:56.make sure those holiday accidents don't put a huge dent in your
:12:57. > :13:02.holiday budget. The money team is back. And take a look. A surprise
:13:03. > :14:31.Orchestra suddenly appearing out of nowhere? We are back in two minutes.
:14:32. > :14:36.We are back with our money team As drivers know, one of the hazards of
:14:37. > :14:39.the December weather, more independence. But these kinds of
:14:40. > :14:45.accidents can often do the most damage to your wallet. `` more
:14:46. > :14:48.accidents. The weather outside is frightful and
:14:49. > :14:55.so is the damage it can do to your car. Car insurance claims in
:14:56. > :15:01.December are almost 20% higher than the rest of the year. Here at this
:15:02. > :15:06.auto Body Shop, this mechanic says the work is piling up. We get a lot
:15:07. > :15:14.of snow and we get jammed up with a lot of repairs. This accident
:15:15. > :15:17.happened this morning. She says some of the most common repairs in
:15:18. > :15:25.winter, Wadi damage, you headlights or a busted bumper `` body damage.
:15:26. > :15:31.But with a few simple tips, you can put the brakes on spending. Get the
:15:32. > :15:38.best price using an app. When we met this family of San Francisco this
:15:39. > :15:44.summer, they needed a tuneup at local mechanics quoted at wildly
:15:45. > :15:47.different prices. This app gives you the average cost for the same
:15:48. > :15:51.service in your area, so you know you are getting a fair deal. If your
:15:52. > :15:55.repair is simple, why not have them come to you? With your mechanic
:15:56. > :15:56.sprouting up around the country, come to you? With your mechanic
:15:57. > :16:00.sprouting up around the country you sprouting up around the country you
:16:01. > :16:07.will pay a lot less. They don't have to have the Raj and all of that
:16:08. > :16:12.overhead. And if you need roadside assistance, you may already have it
:16:13. > :16:17.and not know it. Some credit cards include the service. Check with your
:16:18. > :16:20.company to see if you are covered. And believe it or not, most
:16:21. > :16:27.cellphone companies also offer roadside assistance.
:16:28. > :16:30.And if you have an accident, document everything. Not just
:16:31. > :16:35.pictures of the damage but the roadside, the weather, and offcourse
:16:36. > :16:40.document the other driver's information. Just a few simple snaps
:16:41. > :16:47.could save you thousands of dollars in insurance claims.
:16:48. > :16:52.It's the time of the year to deck the halls but before you put up your
:16:53. > :17:00.decorations take a look at this Can you detect a secret? Those are not
:17:01. > :17:03.wholly berries, they are rubies and diamonds. A joint`venture between a
:17:04. > :17:09.florist and dual lower is worth $4 million. The most expensive of its
:17:10. > :17:13.kind in the world. Speaking of Christmas, it started as an ordinary
:17:14. > :17:18.day at the national space Museum in Washington, DC. Alone cellist from
:17:19. > :17:24.the US air force band started paying a Christmas classic. But then, the
:17:25. > :17:27.band started to grow and grow and grow. Even a harpist joined in and
:17:28. > :17:42.then a chorus. At Hush fell over the crowd as the
:17:43. > :17:49.families relished the flash mob of Christmas cheer.
:17:50. > :18:00.Finally, sports, politics and changing the course of history. Our
:18:01. > :18:02.correspondent in South Africa with a reminder of how leadership reached
:18:03. > :18:12.across a racial divide. Tomorrow and perhaps for the final
:18:13. > :18:17.time, South Africans will stand in the stadium, cheering Nelson
:18:18. > :18:24.Mandela's name. It's certainly not the first time. 1995, the rug World
:18:25. > :18:30.Championship. Francois Pienaar was captain of the Springboks team. When
:18:31. > :18:37.he walked into the dressing room, with the jersey on, it was, well.
:18:38. > :18:40.For black South Africans, the team symbolised all that was evil about
:18:41. > :18:47.apartheid. Lacs played soccer, white rugby. `` blacks. The list of daily
:18:48. > :18:54.indignities ramble and cut deep. In indignities ramble and cut deep. In
:18:55. > :18:57.a country 80% black, whites by law and 90% of the land. Schools were
:18:58. > :19:05.segregated, interracial marriage is forbidden. What was it like being a
:19:06. > :19:11.black boy in South Africa? This 42 `year`old remembers. This particular
:19:12. > :19:15.place is because of Mandela. 24 years ago, like people were not
:19:16. > :19:19.allowed in this wealthy neighbourhood after dark. During
:19:20. > :19:26.this time, we would have been jailed. You look blacks are you
:19:27. > :19:28.would have been jailed. He calls this time sweet sorrow for South
:19:29. > :19:34.Africans. Their guiding light is gone. But while here, Nelson Mandela
:19:35. > :19:38.used his gifts in the game and changed the world.
:19:39. > :19:59.We thank you so much for watching. The weather will not cause us to
:20:00. > :20:04.many problems this week. It remains fine and settled across much of the
:20:05. > :20:09.UK. Quite mild. Above average. Most places dry, if cloudy. Also breezy,
:20:10. > :20:17.regularly across western parts. `` particularly. South and
:20:18. > :20:20.south`westerly winds coming in. That holds the weather fronts out in the
:20:21. > :20:25.Atlantic. First thing in the morning, it might be chilly across
:20:26. > :20:30.parts of east Anglia and the south`east. Elsewhere, it will be
:20:31. > :20:31.mild. That blanket of cloud is spreading