Died by apparent suicide. Theyve pleaded not guilty. A lawyer for one of the guards says the two are scapegoats. All we have is a rush to judgment, a rush to charge the smallest of people who are getting paid the least, and make those people pay for the ndhe t didnt happen throughout an entire system. Reporter but the prosecutor points to jail surveillance allegedly showing the guards sat at their desk and appeared to have been asleep, at times shopping online. Guard Michael Thomas allegedly later telling a supervisor, we messed up, we didnt do any rounds. Epstein had just been removed from suicide watch, but was left for eight hours before he was found with a noose around his neck. Prosecutors say no one was seen entering epsteins cell block. The defense wants to see those videos. The prosecutors say the evidence in this case includes hundreds of hours of jailhouse surveillance. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. Russia may be banned from competing in the next two olympics. Experts at the World Antidoping Agency say russia still violates the worlds about performanceenhancing drugs. If the agencys board approves, the ban would also include other competitions such as soccers world cup. More sports now, the final nfl game im all verklempt, i voice is like going im so excited about football really . No. Ravens carve up the rams. Lamar jackson matched a career high with five touchdown passes in his monday night football debut. Baltimore 456 beatdown on los angeles. Im saying, jack. The ravens scored touchdowns the first six times they had the ball as they won their sixth game in a row. Six in a row. That was bad. Ouch. That was bad. Jack, youre right, it was terrible. Coming up, this time of year with all the Holiday Cooking makes this the peak time for house fires. Abcs matt gutman is taking us inside an actual house fire to show us how to protect ourselves and our families next. Good Tuesday Morning to you. Did you know thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year in america for house fires . Abcs matt gutman joined crews at the Delaware CountyEmergency Training center in pennsylvania outside of philadelphia live on gma and took us inside an actual house fire. Reporter were here with the folks from ul. Theyre the people who set the standards for smoke alarms and fire extinguishers, and they built this very nice house for us. Its got everything in it. Its basically like any other house that you or i would live in. Were going to open it up, go right in. You can see that its got carpets in here. I want you to notice, this door is open, thats going to be important, and the door behind me is closed. Twobedroom house. Behind us is a living room, typical of anything you might see in the Holiday Season. You have a Christmas Tree here, television, candles, and these couches. I want you to notice these couches. In just a minute were going to light this on fire. Before we do, i want you to let everybody at home know were here with ul fire experts, philadelphia Fire Department, this is a live demonstration and a controlled scenario, okay . Steve is going to light it up. The fires starting to peak. I want you to see the smoke. Smoke goes up. Its all in this room now. [ fire alarm beeping ] what you dont see is Carbon Monoxide. Thats why those alarms are so important. Carbon monoxide is an invisible killer, youre not going to be able to see it. Now, notice that this door is closed. Its going to be important in just a few minutes. The room, i want to show you for one sec, its starting to cook right through that couch. Were getting low. Its cooking right through that couch. In about 45 seconds its going to get very hot. Steve trevor, whats the temperature in here, steve . What do we got . 400 degrees in the living room. Reporter 400 degrees and the air is obviously unbreathable. Thats why in a situation like this youre going to want to stay low and go. The lower you are, the cooler it is, the cleaner the air is. Im going to be walking out of here on my knees. You can see you cant see anything behind us. There is a tunnel of clean air at the bottom and a funnel of smoke above us and its just coursing out of this house. Thats why you want to stay as low as possible. Its cooking. Were going to go to the other side. And again, im going to do something for the purposes of the demonstration. Nobody should ever do this at home. Everybody should just get out, then call 911. Were going to go back in here with steve. Now remember that room that had a closed door . This is it. I want you to notice at home, the smoke is coming in. The majority of deaths in house fires occur in the middle of the night. You might be sleeping. You wake up. You notice something is wrong. First thing to do, touch the door. Is it hot . Is the handle hot . If it is, do not, do not open this door. Keep it closed. Its your fire shield. Its going to keep you safe. Next thing you want to do, call 911. Now if youre in a house is when you want to call 911. You may hear bursting behind us, thats the fire surging out of that room right now. If youre in here, you want to stay low. Call 911. Firefighters are going to come and theyre going to do a perimeter around the house. This is the only time you should open the window. You want to let them know that youre here. What do you do . You open the window. Teddy bear, pillow, anything that might alert someone youre here, throw that out the window. Close the window. If you keep it open, its going to suck all that smoke in. If firefighter dozen come, then open the window again, otherwise stay low. Were going to head back out. Outside this door steve just said its 1,000 degrees. Dont open that door. Were going to go back out. A bunch of guys with a lot of safety gear on. Im impressed by my cameraman steve with us. Back it up. Theyre about to put this fire out. You can see its blown through the windows. Look how far it shot the windows away. And theyre starting to lower these doors. George, im going to take my helmet and gear off right now. So matt . 1,000 degrees. Could you feel any of that . Are you okay . No, i mean, im fully kited up in gear. If id not had this respirator on, i would have been dead. Theres a tremendous amount of Carbon Monoxide in there. One or two breaths and youre gone. Check out the difference in these rooms. In this one, what would you say, survivable . Hard to survive. 10,000 parts per million of c. O. , very high temperatures. One or two gulps and youre dead of that air. In here, survivable . Very survivable. Stay low. But youd have time for the Fire Department to put it out. Its literally day and night survival and death. Thats why, before you doze, close that door. Make sure the family has a plan and keep those smoke alarms with those batteries in them. Make sure they function. Just important lifesaving tips from matt gutman, incredible. Most families, they have to have some type of escape plan, emergency plan. Seeing that demonstration gives you evidence. Keep that door closed. Have a safety plan. After matt showed us how to get out of a flood situation, get out of a car, a couple of months ago, we do promise this network is not trial to kill matt gutman. No, no. For that clarity. Hd 5. Its time for goodnewstues. Tues meaning tuesday, good news meaning feelgood stories. You like both those things. I love tuesday and i love giving back. Were going to start with my home state, the great state of south carolina. Making some i glad were in the news for something good. Theres a lot of good from south carolina. D cn. Hildren will have humility is his best feature. 80 children will have a new home. They will be adopted by 60 families. Love this. The palmettos states adoption day, a statewide day declared by the governor down there. So there will be adoptions will be finalized throughout the day in family courts in sumpter, horry, charleston, and anderson counties. Anderson is right next to my home county, abbeville. 60 families participated in adoptions of 80 children. Hats off to them. Because it really is about families opening up their homes to another boy or girl. And yeah 140 young people in foster care right now who need a home. If you live in south carolina, give them a call. Check out other states as well to see, is there a child there who you can help foster or adopt . Can you make a difference in someones life . Compassion is the key. Speaking of kids theres this 12yearold who started a nonprofit when he was just 8. And he has hit a landmark of feeding 9,000 homeless people. He is incredible. Wow. His name is simon. Hes 12 years old. Was just 8 when he launched share hope usa. Share hope usa, go look it up. So cool. He is doing amazing work. He wanted to be all over the world, he wants to help everyone, he says. I think that he just might do that. Hes got a long life ahead of him at age 12. Hes going to help millions more, how about that. Be global soon. On goodnewstues weve seen when the professor, teacher jumps in to help a student who has a baby. Barbie hicks teaches math by day at angleton high school, a College Professor by night at san jacinto college. Well, there she is holding the baby while teaching the class. When a student showed up with the little girl trying to get her education there. She helped out there. She actually had just worked a 10hour shift so mama was tired, she had to get to class. Can we end goodnewstues with this baby seal here . I love this story. Found in a california parking garage there. The redwood city fire depa this morning on world news now, treacherous Holiday Travel in the forecast. Backtoback storms are set to disrupt travel for millions. There are already slight delays at one major hub. The west coast also is bracing for snow and rain this week. And will the parade balloons fly in new york . Accuweather has the forecast. Impeachment showdown as a federal judge orders the former white House Counsel to testify. Were learning the potential impact on the inquiry and former National Security adviser john bolton. Finally free. Three men have been released for a crime they didnt commit after 36 years in prison. See the emotional moment the men walked out free. And were serving up a side of kids news now ahead of thanksgiving. Our kid correspondents are spilling on their favorite dishes and what theyre thankful for this year. Its tuesday, november 26th. Good morning, everyone. Good to have Adrienne Bankert back in the seat. And kids news now, youre going to really, really love it. Well, i love kids and i love news and youre going to love them now, so there you go. And theyre talking about thanksgiving which is coming up and everybodys excited. I werent wait to hear this one. Yeah. We do have weather news to get to first. These two powerful storms moving across the country during this busy holiday week. Like we need another issue to deal with as we try to get it together. Fresh snow has made travel through the cascades in Washington State pretty hazardous. Just about every state will be impacted by that first storm now in the rockies and one right behind it. Hundreds of flights to and from denver today have been canceled. Abcs Clayton Sandell is there. Reporter the first taste of storms bearing down on the west, including one that forecasters say could be historic and unprecedented. In central california, 30mileperhour winds kicking up dust, cutting visibility, and likely triggering this chainreaction crash. Snow making roads a mess in washington and utah. The storm now headed to colorado. This is going to be a big snowmaker, our biggest snowstorm of the season so far. Reporter denvers airport expecting nearly 200,000 flyers. A record 31. 6 million passengers nationwide are expected to fly over the holiday. And thanksgiving may deliver a bitter dish, the macys parade balloons may be grounded for the First Time Since 1971 thanks to high winds. This storm is really expected to kick into high gear on tuesday. Flights are already canceled and the morning commute could be a real mess for some of the 50 Million People expected to hit these roads over the holiday. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Clayton, thank you. The question now is what will travelers find today . Accuweathers adam del rosso has the latest forecast. Adam, good morning. Kenneth and adrienne, good morning. Two powerful storms impacting that thanksgiving Holiday Travel. This first one moving out of the rockies into the plains, bringing blizzard conditions from northeast nebraska and into northwestern iowa. Heavy snowfall, strong winds reducing visibility. Its going to be a mess. 6 to 12 inches of snow in this swath of dark blue from colorado into the u. P. Of michigan. The other storm dropping in across the west coast of the u. S. Today into tomorrow. Mountain snows 1 to 3 feet into the sierra and southern cascades. Heavy rainfall along the coast of california and it remains unsettled for our thanksgiving day across the west. Even into the northeast, strong, breezy winds could impact that macys thanksgiving day parade. Kenneth, adrienne . All right, adam, thank you so much. Well be staying on top of all that weather. We have, to especially because of the parade, a tradition so many people camp out for. So many people traveling as well, 50 million. All right. So, now to a legal setback for President Trump. A federal judge ruled that former white House Counsel don mcgahn must comply with a subpoena to testify before congress. The judge rejected the administrations argument of absolute immunity saying quote president s are not kings. Sources tell abc news lawyers for former National Security adviser john bolton are reviewing the ruling as they decide how to proceed with demands to cooperate in the impeachment investigation. House intelligence chairman adam schiff says his Committee Plans to release their impeachment report soon. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter late in a blow to President Trump, a federal judge ordered former white House Counsel don mcgahn to comply with a subpoena to testify before congress. The white house had attempted to block his testimony and the Justice Department has already announced it will appeal the judges order, setting up a precedentsetting case at the Supreme Court with implications for other witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. It comes amid a new sign impeachment is on a fast track. House intelligence chairman adam schiff announced he will release a report shortly after thanksgiving, revealing quote a fact pattern that is overwhelming, unchallenged, and damning. But schiff insists the investigative work continues and we are learning Additional Information almost every day. It comes amidst growing scrutiny of President Trumps personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani dismissed suggestions hell be the fall guy for the president. I see things written like, hes going to throw me under the bus. When they say that, i say, he isnt, but i have insurance. Reporter this is at least the second time giuliani has mentions a, quote, insurance policy. He says hes being sarcastic. What do you make of Rudy Giuliani saying hes got insurance . I dont know, rudys a great guy. He covered that himself, you know that. Reporter two of giulianis associates have been indicted by prosecutors in new york. One of them, lev parnas, says hes eager to cooperate. Abc news has learned parnas turned audio and video recordings over to congressional investigators, including recordings of giuliani and the president. Its unclear what the recordings depict. The committee only began reviewing the material last week. The judges order for former White House Council don mcgahn to appear before congress is one of two cases closely watched by another potential star witness in the impeachment inquiry, john bolton, the former National Security adviser. The judge in making that order said that her conclusion was quote inescapable, adding, no one is above the law. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. And President Trump can keep his tax returns under wraps for now after the Supreme Court put a congressional subpoena on hold. The justices granted the president s request for an emergency stay to keep his financial records confidential while they decide whether to take up the case. The House Oversight committee is seeking the records from his accounting firm. The president s legal team claims he is immune from investigation while in office. This story is crazy, a man wielding a machete is now dead, a Police Officer hurt, after a drama played out in real life on the streets of hollywood. Police say first the suspect committed an Armed Robbery, then attempted a carjacking at a fast food drivethru, then took that vehicle, smashed it into two police cars. You can see from this video at one point he actually chased after an officer and that officer fell in the street, he went lunging toward him, and thats when other officers there opened fire at the suspect, killing him. That officer was treated at the scene. Were going to have a full report in our next half hour. Incredible there. Maryland has released three men from prison after 36 years for a murder they did not commit. Then 16yearolds, they were convicted of shooting another boy in an argument about a jacket. Their accusers recently recanted. Prosecutors say they may have been coerced and the police withheld evidence. The states attorney asked a judge to throw out their 1983 convictions. The journey for us has been rough. I hate to put it like this we went through hell. It wasnt easy. You see us all here, were smiling. Were happy that were free but we got a lot to fix. While the judge there offered an apology but admitted it probably wouldnt mean much. These are the latest releases stemming from a program in maryland to free wrongly convicted prisoners. I feel like weve been seeing more and more of these. Really have. And they are just incredible when they happen. It still makes you angry that someone spent 37 years for a crime they didnt commit. I do see the anger and i also hear what he was saying when he said, yes, were smiling, were free, but inside we have a lot to fix. Imagine living a lifetime behind bars. At the same time, we are certainly thankful that they are out. A new study is answering this question. What keeps a man happiest in a relationship with his wife . The answer . Money money money yeah. Researchers in the uk have released a report titled spousal relative income and male psychological distress. It revealed american men, are they happiest when their wives earn 40 of the household income. Wives earned more than they did. So here it is. The men are saying, i want you to contribute, but not as much as me. Yeah, but which is like come on, guys. Im surprised theyre saying that youre unhappy if youre the sole breadwinner, but maybe its the pressure of feeling like it all depends on you. Right. I dont know. I dont know either. Neither one of us is a married man. I have heard, happy wife, happy life. Theres that. Jack knows. Theres definitely that. Moms happy, everybodys happy, thats true. Coming up, our latest installment in our kids new now. Thanksgiving edition. The brazen jewel heist in germany. The two suspects caught on video and the urgent manhunt. The last thing an expectant mom expected to see on her ultrasound but what friends pointed out when she shared the photo online. The last thing an expectant mom expected to see on her ultrasound but what friends pointed out when she shared the photo online. The photo online. For your worst sore throat pain, try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. Ahhh vaporize sore throat pain with Vicks Vapocool drops and try new vapocool spray. About the Colonial Penn program. Here to tell you if youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. 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As we hear from abcs james longman, the pair entered the museum through a tiny window in the dark. Reporter a piece of german history stolen in minutes. Police say this is the moment thieves struck one of europes oldest museums. Watch as one of the suspects smashes their way with an ax into a glass case holding 18thcentury treasures. The thieves swiping three sets of priceless diamonds and precious stones house in this ornate case seen here before the heist. These objects are extremely precious because of their value, but also because of their craftsmanship, because of their history that they have embedded in it. Reporter police are now investigating whether those thieves first set a fire at this electrical box near dresdens famed green vault. That fire plunging nearby streets and the museum into darkness. That would have left the suspects able to cut through the bars of this window, slip in, and go to work. Alarms going off moments later, but by the time police arrived, theyd vanished. Authorities are investigating a car found ablaze at a garage nearby, but this is a race against time. If those jewels are broken up, they could be far more difficult to trace. James longman, abc news in dresden. A california mom to be thinks she has visual proof her late father is keeping an eye on her unborn daughter. This is a really touching story around the holidays. Take a look at this. Its chantel carrios ultrasound. Her daughter who is 5 1 2 months along is on the right. It looks like a face on the left is about to give her a kiss. I see it. Do you see it . I do see it. Her friends told her it looks like her dad. And i came home and just posted the original ultrasound picture on facebook and everybodys like, it looks like someones kissing your baby. I found a picture of my dad looking at my first daughter the same way he was looking at the ultrasound. And its like dead on. Oh, you know what, i see it. I do see it. Okay. Im touched by that. This is beautiful. Adding to the intrigue, again, as she mentioned, the photo. The photo evidence, its the same profile. Her daughter is due in april. We are very, very happy for the family. Thats the same month her father was born. The father passed away in 2016 from a heart attack. We always say, after theyre gone, theyre watching over us. Coming up next half hour, conan the hero dog and the special honor at the white house. First, our kids news now shared their version of the perfect thanksgiving dinner. Upbeat musieverything was so fresh in the beginning. [sniff] dramatic music but that plug quickly faded. Upbeat music luckily theres febreze plug. It cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours. [deep inhale] breathe happy with febreze plug. I want candy i want candy, ice cream, cookies, even cookie dough. All that sounds like the lunch menu at santas workshop. Our my binge eating after midnight when im wrapping christmas gifts. Its actually a thanksgiving menu offered up by a special bunch of world news now fans. Will ganss is here with more. Good morning, will. Good morning, adrienne, kenneth, good morning to you guys. This morning were talking turkey, football, and all things thanksgiving in our newest installment of kids news now. Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As you guys know. Are you excited for thanksgiving, henry . Yes. Its a celebration, to eat, to eat like a lot of food. Turkeys. Like turkeys. Yeah, deanna, what thanksgiving mean to you . So its a time where you get to spend time with my family. Are you excited about that . Im looking forward to christmas more. Okay. Yeah. Because because christmas is more exciting for thanksgiving. Because you get like so much stuff. Im looking forward to hanukkah. So, lets say, all right, were going to have a thanksgiving dinner for our friends and our families. Lets make the menu right now. What are we putting on the menu . Gabriel. Beautiful bread. Beautiful bread. Alison . Corn on the cob. Corn on the cob. Love it. Pizza. Pizza, classic thanksgiving dish. Deanna . Thanksgiving, thats basically for every family, turkey. Turkey, hello. French. French . I mean fish. Fish . Cookie dough. Okay. Ice cream. Yes, youre just naming all my favorite things now. You can get oreo, oreos in ice cream. This is at the Movie Theater . Yes. Should we cancel thanksgiving dinner and go there . Yes yes i know where it is. Sorry about that. Classic will. Classic will. Okay, so on thanksgiving a lot of people watch football. Are you guys football people . No sometimes. Its too much violence. Its too much violence, people can die. I still cant see why girls cant play football. I can. Go off. If youre watching football and they say, oh, the referee flew a flag, theres a flag on the play, who knows what that means . Home run. Home run . I have no idea. Thanksgiving is a day about giving thanks. So lets go down the line and say what were thankful for this year. Im thankful for my family, of course. Okay, your family, of course. Because they take care of me and they give me food. What are you thankful for, ida . I am thankful for my parents more than anything. Love that. Maddie . My family. Family. Gabriel . My pets and animals, my mommy, the gifts i get at thanksgiving, and thats it. Will, you covered everything. I know, right . As always, im thankful for basis independent manhattan there and my little buddies. They skipped recess to hang out with you . They must really like you. Classic will. They were bribed with the oreos and the ice cream. Oh yeah. Did you feed them . A trip to the Movie Theater, right. You fed them, right . I love the answers of family. Those kids are smart, i love kids. Coming up, what so many of us would really like to give our loved ones for christmas. Ll you about the Colonial Penn program. 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Black friday is just a few days away. People are going to shop for materialistic, tangible things. But apparently theres a new study that is out that says people really want to give intangible things. I think that Everyone Wants to give someone something priceless. Right. This is what we mean by that. For instance, 1 in 3 americans wish they could give someone less stress this Holiday Season. Send me to the spa. Make sure that you have a housekeeper. Make sure that you have someone thats how they could gift you less stress. You have to spend money on it, but if you give a momma a babysitter, that is intangible. Im saying. Im thinking of free things like, dont talk politics at the dinner table. That should be a rule at everybodys house. That would cut down the stress all the way. Lets just enjoy our turkey. Definitely. Then there were other things. A big percentage said, they would give somebody good health. Gift somebody with patience, peace of mind. Yeah, but you cant actually do that, so what you have to do is you have to send them to the spa. No, yes. Get them a massage. And dont talk politics at the dinner table. Okay, there are some ideas to stir you up. A british couple is offering money, however. This is very tangible. For their dog sitter. This luxury bespoke recruitment agency, silver swan search, posted this job listing. So you agree to live in this couples home, free room and board, 40,000 annual salary. Wait, how much was that . 40,000 bucks. 40,000 . To dog sit. How many dogs . Milo and oscar. Two dogs, golden retrievers . They love to play, the works already done for you. This couple travels a lot for business internationally so you would have time to roam about their estate im sure. Im pretty sure they are worth it. You know whos not worth it . This tiny chihuahua that got behind the wheel of this car and caused this to happen. How in the world . Fivepound chihuahua managed to reverse his owners suv right there. Into oncoming traffic . Oh my god. Oh, no the owner tried to stop it. Oh my goodness. Bad dog. The car came to rest right there. How did the dog across the street. Shift gears with his little paws . Chihuahua did that . Little chihuahua. No chihuahuas were harmed in the making of this reallife video. Lets talk about one more animal story even though id love to see that car continue to roll into oncoming traffic. Thanksgiving is not just for people. Apparently, its also for goats. Cute goats who have instagram accounts. This is mooda, ruth, designed to deliver barquality cocktails freshly made at the push of a button. Drinkworks solves the challenge of making complex cocktails in your home. The drink maker uses drinkworks pods, with real ingredients and natural flavors, for perfectly balanced cocktails every time. With over two dozen drinks to choose from, theres something for everyone. No bottles, no measuring, no mess. 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Big storms from coast to coast will cause major disruptions for millions of americans hitting the road or the skies. A miserable mix of rain, snow, and wind is in the forecast starting today. New this half hour, a military hero honored at the white house. President trump welcomed conan the canine. Tail wagging, even nuzzling the Vice President. Just weeks after the dog was injured in a military raid in syria. The visit also sparked a debate is conan a he or a she . Champion crowned. Another season of dancing with the stars is in the books. That was almost overshadowed by the performances. Pitbull and cher. Thats in the skinny on this tuesday, november 26th. Good morning, everyone. Dancing with the stars was epic. Epic last night. And 45 seconds before this half hour began, jack sheahan, our senior bachelorette bachelor analyst yells out, wait, hannah b. Won dancing with the stars . Jack, you were surprised. Flabbergasted. I was surprised. I try not to be surprised at stuff like this. Right. But im thinking the fix was in. The fix, he said it, everyone. Were going to hear more about dancing with the stars. Love to see jack in his new perch over there. Yes, very nice. Looking good, jack, looking good. Nice haircut. We will get to all the dancing with the stars news in a moment. We do begin with that serious note, an Armed Robbery a carjacking and an attack on a Police Officer all by the same man. This was scary. The deadly confrontation happening in the heart of hollywood. It shut down streets in the neighborhood, put a nearby school on lockdown, abcs will carr has the story. Reporter a deadly confrontation in the heart of hollywood. Units requesting a backup at mccadden just south of sunset, 211, suspect armed with machete. Reporter the Moment Police say a man armed with a machete carjacks someone at this chickfila drivethru. Officers surround the car. Suddenly the suspect hits the gas, takes off, slams is into nearby police cars. Another bystander captured the moment the suspect ran across the busy street, onto the sidewalk, all while wielding that long machete. An officer pursues. The man with the machete turns back and starts to chase the officer. Dont do it, dont do it reporter the officer fires. But the man pushes forward. The machete still in hand, the officer runs into the street, trips and falls with the armed man standing over him. Several other officers open fire. That suspect was struck by gunfire and was transported to local hospital where he has since been declared deceased. Reporter Police Recover the machete saying the blade was more than a foot long. Amazingly after the carjacking that confrontation with the machete, nobody besides the suspect was seriously hurt. The officerinvolved shooting shut this part of sunset down for hours during the height of rush hour traffic here in hollywood. In los angeles, will carr, abc news. Wow, just incredible. Just watching that video and how close that officer came to being injured and worse, oh my gosh, wow. Now to washington where a federal judge has ordered former white House Counsel don mcgahn to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify. The Justice Department is vowing to appeal. The request for mcgahn to appear before the House Judiciary Committee stem friday the Mueller Investigation which could be the basis for a possible article of impeachment for obstruction. The judge said no one is above the law and made it clear the ruling applies to other officials. Sources say National Security adviser john bolton is now reviewing the ruling as he faces investigation triggered by the ukraine scandal. Meanwhile, house intelligence chairman adam schiff says he plans to release his panels impeachment report soon after thanksgiving. He says they have massive amounts of evidence of misconduct by President Trump. The former head of the navy fired over his handling of a war crimes case is speaking out. We now know that it was President Trump who ordered the pentagon to allow Eddie Gallagher to retire as a navy s. E. A. L. While the Navy Secretary was forced out, accused of violating the chain of command. Abcs Martha Raddatz has more. Reporter as far as President Trump is concerned, his standoff with the pentagon is over. The Navy Secretary fired and the navy s. E. A. L. At the center of a war crimes case keeping his coveted s. E. A. L. Trident pin and his rank under trumps own orders. With Eddie Gallagher, you know that story very well, they wanted to take his pin away and i said, no, youre not going to take it away. He was a great fighter. Reporter gallagher, while acquitted in the deadly stabbing of a teenage isis fighter in iraq in 2017, was found guilty of posing inappropriately with a corpse and sentenced to four months time served. The president repeatedly intervening on gallaghers behalf, including publicly slamming the navy for starting the process for a review that could have stripped gallagher of his rank and full benefits. This is all about ego and retaliation. This has nothing to do with good order and discipline. Reporter secretary of defense mark esper firing Navy Secretary richard spencer. In an interview with cbs the former head of the navy was asked what message this sends. That you can get away with things. We have to have good order and discipline. Its the backbone of what we do. Reporter in the end, esper following the president s directive to let gallagher keep his rank and trident in hopes the service can just move on. Somebody has their back, and its called the president of the u. S. , okay . Reporter the president certainly has some support from the military, but let me read you what a navy s. E. A. L. With decades of experience wrote to me. He said, the leaders of the special Warfare Community will feel like theyve been chopped off at the knees by having the president stop that review, Senior Officers have now had their ability to manage their culture taken away and publicly undermined. So this is not over for some members of the military. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. For the first time animal cruelty is a federal crime after President Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law. Animal rights activists praise the legislation which was passed unanimously. In the house and senate expanding the 2010 act by law. Certain acts of animal cruelty will be punishable with fines and up to 70 years in prison. Backtoback storms will mean trouble for Holiday Travelers starting today. They will hammer the western half of the country with heavy snow and high winds. In california a dust storm may have been responsible for this Chain Reaction crash in the San Joaquin Valley and there are many weather advisories in the west. Overnight the storm moves into nebraska and kansas. While this evening, denver will still be getting snow. The storm extends to the great lakes. Hundreds of flights today have been canceled and theres a good chance strong winds will ground the balloon at the macys parade in new york on thanksgiving day but we all have our fingers crossed. Yes, we do. Yeah. Theres a lot of folk who does have come out here just for that reason. The centerpiece of the Holiday Season at the white house has arrived. First Lady Melania Trump accepted delivery of the white house Christmas Tree. It arrived by horsedrawn carriage. The tree came from a farm about 40 miles north of harrisburg, pennsylvania. It will eventually take its place in the white house blue room. Meanwhile one of these birds becomes the official National Thanksgiving turkey today, complete with a president ial pardon. The white house yesterday named the pair bread and butter. Bread and butter, were you expecting those names . We were talking about the names yesterday, bread and butter. There you go. Peas and carrots from last year, 2018s turkeys, bread and butter, because everythings better with blue bonnet on it. Salted butter, get that salted blue bonnet. I do like some blue bonnet. I just like butter. I like anything. Im going to embarrass my mother for a second, so my mom makes these incredible sweet potato pies, she uses blue bonnet, like the sticks. I remember helping her make them one thanksgiving. She put in like one stick. I put in one stick and she goes, what are you doing . She threw in like two more sticks of butter. Come on. Oh my god, how many sticks of butter do we need . Shes like, look, is it good . I was like, yeah. Thats how its made. Thats the secret. Thats how its made. The secret ingredient, like your mama, butters my language too, mama. The big reveal on dancing with the stars. Plus is tom cruise too grown for action movies . Grown, mature like a fine wine. You dont want to say old. I didnt want to say that. Is tom cruise too old . That is so messed up. See who says he should move on and that is just rude. Were not saying that, someone is, stick around for them. First conan the hero dog visits the white house. Visits the white house. For your worst sore throat pain, try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. Ahhh vaporize sore throat pain with Vicks Vapocool drops and try new vapocool spray. Breang breaking news overnight, another brush fire in southern california. This fastmoving fire near Santa Barbara is forcing people from their homes. The cave fire as its called only started in the late afternoon, but within hours had burned more than 3,000 acres. Its being pushed by strong winds which are expected to continue overnight. And heating up here on the east coast and all over the twitterverse was a bit of a canine controversy unfolding at the white house. Okay, so this involves conan the hero dog injured in the raid that killed the founder of isis. And will ganss is here again to sort it all out for us. Is this really a controversy . Its a canine controversy, yeah. Thats right. Im going to try to sort it out for us. Conan has recovered from the injured sustained on that delta force mission overseas, and this morning, conan is back on american soil swapping the doghouse for the white house. A heros welcome at the white house for conan, the dog who helped take out isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. The president and first lady recognizing the belgium meleoi. A plaque and certificate for going above and beyond. Taking conan for a walk from the oval office to the rose garden. I was told about conan himself, and conan is a tough cookie. And nobodys going to mess with reporter a tough cookie for sure. And a very good boy. Or is he . Both the president and Vice President using male pronouns in reference to conan. Conan is really a hero, really a its a real joy to be able to welcome him here to the white house. Reporter though some of conans fans say shes a very good girl. The white house offering conflicting reports throughout the afternoon on monday, at one point confirming conan is a good boy, which would make sense, several outlets reporting conan is named after male comedian conan obrien. Reporters fetching a correction to that story, conans a girl. But wait, update, conan is back to being a male per white house aides. One thing everyone can agree on conan the courageous canine is very deserving of all of that recognition and those head scratches too, of course. So reporters also asked the president if he would be interested in adopting conan, but the president said that conan is not ready for retirement just yet and is technically still a working dog. Male or female. Yes. Boy, girl hero. There you go. Thank you, will. When we come back, who won the mirror ball trophy . We all won it its dancing with the stars, everybody. The skinny is next. The skinny is next. Time now for the skinny. Starting with the crowning of the winner of dancing with the stars. Who was that that you were just impersonating . Me. Oh. Im like, who do you sound like right now . Well, the grand finale, which was lovely by the way, got off to a spectacular start last night with a highenergy rendition of donna summers last dance. And then this. We gonna have a lovefest lets get down to business oh, but wait. Pitbull was only a preview of the nights main event. The beat went on taking us back to the 60s with the one and only cher. The beat goes on thats right cher with the onetwo step. She is amazing. Listen to her voice. Oh, she is incredible. Oh my goodness, we all want to grow and up look and sound like that. It would take a lot for me to look and sound like that, but im just saying, what an icon, legendary in between the starstudded performances, there was actually the dance contest. There was a dance competition. Lauren and gleb redid their week four foxtrot set to Dolly Partons jolene scoring a 57 of 60 for the night. Hannah and alans repeat dance which was the waltz set to tswifts lover followed by the freestyle to girl on fire with actual fire for a final score of 58. Kel and witney revisited their High School Musical jazz routine and ended their run with the freestyle set to jump which makes me so happy earning them a total score of 59. Jump jump for the high scores of the night, aly and sasha kicked off the night full throttle to tina turners proud mary earning them 60 for the night. It wasnt enough to win them the coveted mirror ball trophy. How is that possible . The winners and new champions of dancing with the stars are hannah and alan. Did not. She didnt hear her name at first. She didnt hear the name. No. There it is. They all did so good. I mean, just incredible there. But hannah is going to be live in times square later this morning. Are they all going to be there . Good morning america. Hannahs going to be there, kel i think, theyre all on a plane right now headed to times square. Did you have your people call their people . Because i didnt know that, you are giving me breaking news. Thats the way it always is. I thought you were friends with kel. They like orange soda, i like orange soda. Everybody likes orange soda. Meanwhile, during one of the commercial breaks, hannah b. Sent a shock wave through bachelor nation. Watch this jack. I know theres still something there, and i would do anything for a relationship. Hannah. What im about to say is extremely crazy. What would you say if i asked you to come be part of that . Oh, my gosh hannah possibly reuniting with bachelor pete. The new season starts in january. If you take camera 3, you see that jack is speechless. I was speechless. Im absolutely speechless. Speechless. Hes got nothing to say on this. Well, i mean, i can make something up if you want. Nope, youre speechless. No, i want to hear jack, what camera 2. I want to know what jack has to say about all that. No, speechless. Tune into the next season and the show to see senior bachelor, bachelorette analyst. It hasnt been a year since game of thrones ended. Were done with dancing with the stars by the way. All right, fine. Thats not going to be back soon. Game of thrones. Three words sent fans into a frenzy on monday. The shows twitter account tweeted, winter is coming. Fans are hoping for an alternate ending to season 8, well see. Ending to season 8, well see. ll see. And looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. 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Skinny bonus round starting with a very special happy birthday to the queen of big wheel keep on turning i dont know if im doing the right dance moves proud mary keeping on burning getting older and beautiful. Tina turner turns 80 years old today. 80 oh, my goodness, and just like proud mary herself, that big wheel keeps on turning. She has sold more than 200 million records over her 65year career. Now after a cancerfighting kidney transplant she says she quote looks great and feels good. I thought you were going to say after the cancer fight her legs still look so good. And they do. She knows how to move them. She tells a british tabloid quote i am happy to be an 80 year old. Do you hope youll live long enough people will say to you, god, you look good at 80 . Oh, yeah. Hands down yeah. 90 . Still doing tina turner moves . 100 . Oh, yeah we got it. Mstte wind them up. This story is so interesting to me. Serious questions over whether tom cruise may be happy to be a 57yearold. We are not ageists here. No. But were just reporting the news. His Mission Impossible fallout earned unanimous acclaim last year and grossed 787 Million Worldwide but thats not impressing at least one critic. Jack reacher author lee childs says cruise is now too old for the action genre and he should be getting into more character acting. Still cruise doesnt appear to be slowing down any time soon. His top gun maverick is set for release next summer. I think its really with all due respect to the critic i got no respect for that man, get out of here with that mess. He looks good. He runs fast. Hes an action star. Let tom cruise be tom cruise. I agree. With all the 60yearolds be themselves. Were talking about tina turner, have you seen her on stage . Right. Plus, its giving us an example of what we can be when we grow up. Get out of here. Get out of here with all that. Big news out of the Kennedy Center. L. L. Cool j, speaking of a handsome man whos over 50. The 42nd annual Kennedy Center honor. He has a Kennedy Center honor himself. This will be his first time hosting the event, so congrats. Finally my favorite honor for the queen of christmas. Guinness World Records has presented mariah carey with the honor for highest charting holiday song for her classic all i want for christmas is you. Have a great day. Making news in america this morning, new travel trouble for thanksgiving week. Winter weather and powerful winds whipping up dust storms and wildfires. Flames forcing people from their homes in california overnight. As a historic storm bears down on the west coast, plus, more than a foot of snow in the rockies and moving east this morning. Were tracking it all. A Major Development in the impeachment showdown. Former white House Counsel don mcgahn ordered to testify. The judge taking a clear shot at President Trump in his ruling saying, president s are not kings. What the decision means for other witnesses the white house has blocked from testifying. Finally free. Overnight three men released from prison after being wrongly