24/12/2013 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

And now all to later than you first plan. -- an how all two. Time now

for a look at the news as seen across the United States a couple of

hours ago, in ABC World News with David Muir.

Welcome to world news. Tonight - whether workplace. A blast of bitter

cold, sheets of ice. A family dog saved. Now comes late word of an

avalanche. The retail rush. We show you how to get sale prices even

lower. Last-minute bargaining networks. What when our hidden

cameras go in search of what authorities are calling the super

fakes. Is there one under your tree? The Christmas Eve surprises in that

the spacewalk that were not planning. How an American astronaut

knew there was trouble. And you're wanting to Christmas.

What Barbara Walters picked that sent me on a journey. You need a

special lab to make this. Good evening. We begin with millions

of Americans travelling to Christmas. They are facing bitterly

cold temperatures and eyes. Heavy rain has made driving miserable.

Temperatures plunged. In upstate New York, trees and powerlines caked on

ice. Power outages from the midwest to New England. Many are wondering

if they will eat Christmas dinner by candlelight. A plane running off a

railway. Reports of an avalanche and a tornado. Tonight, the system is on

the move. Dangerous temperatures for families. Aretino cover it all. But

make our team. Frozen solid, parts of Michigan to Maine, encased in up

to an inch of ice. Thick enough to skate down the street in Canada.

Freezing rain taking down trees, which take down powerlines. When you

get one liner repaired, another one comes down. Still tonight, many

without power. They may have a dark and cold Christmas. We get some heat

from the stove, because it is gas. Other than that, we are trying to

keep warm. Runways in Detroit so slick that a flight careened into

the grass. In New England, this is one of the worst storms they have

seen in 15 years. Here in the central part of the state, three

quarters of an inch of ice on tree branches. Roads are treacherous. A

dramatic rescue. A five-year old golden retriever trapped.

Firefighters wading in to rescue the dog. Not related to that storm,

there were rescue south-west, at least eight avalanches in Utah since

this weekend. You said that tomorrow, families

travelling and doing shopping could be concerned. It is the cold, it is

dangerous. We have this advice. 12 degrees below it will feel like in

Chicago. Some of the roughest air in Minnesota. What I want to show you

was what is happening to the mild temperatures. The record warmth on

the east coast. From tonight, thereafter ease watches in Florida

and southern Georgia. What a change we are in for. We will see in

morning. Across the country, the last-minute

scramble to buy the final items on your Christmas list. The scene is

repeated everywhere. How low will sales go? Can you get a price lower

than the final sale price? We did, we were the best hagglers we could

find. With only 60% of us finished with our holiday shopping, retailers

expect a blizzard of business over the weekend. Despite some of the

deepest discounts ever, stores like Macy's and Kmart open around the

clock, there were fewer shoppers. There is panic across the country.

Shoppers are not spending. It is a race against time. 7% less for

traffic in stores. Consumers are willing to wait as long as

possible, even if that means doing their shopping after Christmas. Not

feeling the heat? Audio equipment. Headphones sales up 14%. If you are

hitting the mall, use your voice. Our expert showed us how to ask

forever to price. Do you sometimes have coupons behind the counter? A

connection at stake and $10 that track saved him $10.

They are at sales as far as 70%. Meantime this evening, the uproar

over a security breach at target. Credit card information for up to

40,000 customers. A major bank imposing limits on how much you can

spend on your credit card if you want to target. Customers say they

are being punished twice. The shopping nightmare is spreading. JP

Morgan Chase taking precautions, putting limits on the cards in use

at stores during the massive security breach. In the last few

hours, the limits were raised to $1000 in purchases, and to read and

$50 ATMs. That track to hide and $50 from ATMs. A crisis team working out

how 40 million customers had information comprised. At the same

time to thieves scrambling to sell the credit information. This man,

who broke the story, says websites like this one showed cards for sale

right now. A gold card selling for the most money, more than $44. There

has never been more of a glut of this information in the criminal

underground then there is today. You are not responsible for any fraud

that hasn't stopped angry shoppers from filing lawsuits. Many feel like

they're punished twice. From Christmas lists to the other lesbian

church twice, at the White House. How many Americans have signed up on

the health-care website? There was a deadline today for anyone who wants

coverage. Look at this notice we found today. The website offered to

e-mail you back later when the site is less busy. Tonight, a major

development. The deadline moved again. I am sure the President and

his team are watching closely. No question. They say there is a good

reason for all of the delays was. More than 1 million people try to

log onto their website to beat the deadline. Because of the delays, the

extended the deadline for everyone. The deadline had been today, to be

covered, now it is extended another 24 hours. You have until tomorrow to

unroll and be covered. In the meantime, the president's name is

now on the list? The President and roll. It was a staff member who did

it for him back in Washington over the weekend while he was in Hawaii.

There are four Max tears of plans. He enrolled in the cheapest plan, it

will cost $400 a month, an individual plan. The President is

not needed. He gets the best health coverage in the world through

military. Even on their false one, he has a medical team with him. --

air force one. Thank you. We move on to Syria. An

unprecedented look inside the civil war from the families living through

terror. They have documented it for ABC News. The war has been going for

more than 1000 days. More than 100,000 lives lost. We have a

special series on Syria. Tonight, villagers desperate to keep their

government together, attacked, they say, by rebels with links to

Al-Qaeda. Parity for a respondent with eight report. That our chief

correspondent. First came the rockets, then the snipers. These

videos were filmed by the Jihadist fighters themselves. The survivors

tell us their story. TRANSLATION: Everyone rushed to protect their

wives and children. TRANSLATION: My husband yelled, closed the door and

hide. Facing little resistance, they quickly on the streets. A few of the

villages were armed, but they were outnumbered and outgunned.

TRANSLATION: I have done, but when the bullets ran out it is just a

stick. They block the street often and that he could pass, and I saw

people in front of me being killed. I got everybody out of the car, that

was when my baby son was shot in the head. What could a child have

possibly done to deserve to die? His son did live, and his other son was

also wounded. Both are left with permanent reminders of the vicious

attack. We didn't bury one two or three. There are mass graves, and

there are still people missing. Is there anything more evil than what

they did to us? 200 miles above the earth tonight they are preparing for

a Christmas Eve mission. A spacewalk after real concern over one of the

spacesuits. This picture holds the clue tonight, a veteran astronaut

revealed his feet were suddenly very cold. It was a real red flag. Have

they fixed it? Tomorrow morning, American

astronauts will step out of the space station to finish what they

started this weekend, replacing this critical cooling pump. Is it scary

when you are there and there is nothing else? It is scary. It is a

matter of managing the fear. Adding to the fear, ageing spacesuits.

Astronauts were today inspecting them. In July, an Italian astronaut

almost drowned after his suit began filling with water. We will have a

new pump module under the tree at the space station. The jobs you are

helping to create with your gifts. Today we turn to the holiday dinner

menu. We are going to put our Made in America team to the test.

Upstairs in every dressing room, the same message. Are you in? I mean.

For Whoopi Goldberg, this grill. You are packaging one for your brother

right now? Yes. Is not watching tonight, but Barbara is. She told

me, I can't predict the appetisers. What is better than cheese? She

loves his Made in America story. Ten years ago he opened a cheese shop in

Seattle. Turns out that was just the beginning. That would be very nice.

The FedEx man was right there, his Christmas deliveries. Basal cheese

all over America. So, this is the cheese counter. It is. We send it

all over the country. This Christmas, they are not forgetting

the American farmer. When you are putting cheese on a holiday plateau

this year, you could be helping an American farmer. Here, they make

their own cheese as well. I was about to suit up. This is Dan. Dan

was about to teach me. This is where all the magic happens. This was milk

just 30 minutes ago, on its way. That milk is from upstate New York.

You want to flip. That's it. The next step, building the cheese. You

could use some work, pretty good. It would be ten minutes before my

cheese was ready, which gives us time to celebrate other American

foods on the menu. American spying a million of these pies this December

alone. Look at the smiles. The factory workers waving to world

news. On the other iconic branding tonight, arriving at Jiffy. Grandma

Mabel years ago in the name that she came up with. This Christmas, they

are making 1.5 million boxes of Jiffy every day. We were told a

cheese was finally ready, and so was our message tonight.

Thank you to bubble Walters for the idea. -- are . Could you spot a

super fake tonight? And drivers beware, look at what this family

encountered on the roadway. Unbelievable.

We have all heard of fakes, but tonight, super fake make it real

materials. Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton. How -- thou hidden cameras

showed that on Canal Street, the next-generation counterfeit

handbags. It comes from a factory. Maybe it was wastage, it was

supposed to be damaged, and someone can slip it in their bag and take it

home. In rare cases, some are made with handcrafted letter. Which is

the real and which is the fake. We went to see the underground market

at work. This man carries a showroom on a smart phone. He asks us to

wait. Then he spots a camera and he isn't happy. Some fakes were easy to

spot. Then, a very real looking super fake Chanel. The real thing

goes for nearly $5,000, the super fake, $600. It may seem at a bargain

to you, but counterfeiting encourages child labour and funds

organise crore in. That is a lot of bad, to carry around with your

brand-new fake handbag. Look who turned up at a Walmart in

Massachusetts, Beyonce, with the new album and some Christmas cheer. She

revealed a Christmas surprise for 750 shoppers. For everyone in the

store right now, the first $50 of your holiday gifts are on me. The

wake-up call for the millions of people hitting the road this

holiday, this young couple driving along the road when it ?1800 moose

darts across the road. You will remember the Foster's child

who stood before his church with a plea, asking for a family. -- the

foster child. Of all the many people in this world

hoping to be home for the holidays you can't help but route for 15

-year-old foster child Damian. He got dressed up one Sunday in

December, stood before families in a Florida church, and begged anyone to

adopt him. Dad or ma'am, black, white or purple, I don't care. We

were inspired meeting him, this young man taking his future in his

own hands. There is someone out there view. Yes, hopefully. Over

100,000 families offering to take in and show him the love he has missed

all these years. They were calling to meet other children too. The

number of people who are contacting us wanting information about

adopting has doubled since the story. He is a hero who has found a

home. Tonight, he is preparing to spend Christmas with what may be his

forever family. He will be staying for Christmas with his seem to be

hopefully adoptive family. And when he sharing the names of the family.

But we know that doesn't matter much for him. I want people to guide me

and put me in their family, and love me no matter what happens. You are

America Strong. More than 100,000 families had set

the call. -- and said the call.