The monster wildfire. New evacuations as flames close in on more homes. Plus, the celebrity mega mansions in the fire zone. And, the secret ufo files. The Pentagon Program revealed. Look at that thing, dude. Tonight, what the military is admitting for the first time. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. And we begin with breaking news as we come on the air. Right now, a crippling blackout in atlanta at americas Busiest Airport. Theyve announced theyre trying to get everyone out of the airport. Dozens of planes stuck on the tarmac. Hundreds of flights cancelled. Thousands of passengers confused and frustrated, crowding the terminals. The blackout forcing ground stops at other marcus moore leads us off. Reporter tonight, the nations Busiest Airport in the dark. Thousands stranded when the power went out without warning at atlantas hartfield international airport. Atlanta airport. No power, no light. Weve been standing here in the dark for about 35 minutes. Reporter passengers using flashlights to guide them. In some parts of the airport, the only sights and sounds, the emergency announcements. Reporter reports of smoke in the terminal coming from passengers. We could see fire trucks and black smoke coming from the back. May i have your attention, please. An emergency has been reported. The lights flickered once. That was really scary. And then they flickered again and they didnt come back. And its been about an hour now and its just pitch darkness in the airport. Reporter airport officials unable to confirm what caused the massive power outage, which shut down critical equipment and computers, stranding thousands of passengers. As many as 100 flights stuck on the tarmac. Pilots and passengers relying on social media for any updates. Willie weinbaum has been stuck on his plane for more than three hours. Some passengers led off planes, covering themselves for warmth as they huddle on the tarmac. The drama unfolding in atlanta. At least 600 flights now cancelled. More than 500 delayed. The power shutdown creating a ripple effect. More than 2,000 flights across the country already delayed. Marcus, any word on what caused this power outage, and how long it will last . Reporter officials are not saying what they believe started the outage, and its not clear how long it will take to get back up to 100 . In dallas, look at the line of passengers trying to get to their destinations. Weve already met several frustrated heading to a hotel, unsure of when theyll catch a flight tom . Marcus, thank you. Lets get right to former marine corps Fighter Pilot and abc news contributor, steve ganyard. I think for airlines that are headquartered in atlanta like delta, it will be a cascading effect, and will take them a long time to figure out how to put the airplanes in the right place. Every hour without power compounds that delay. Were any flights ever in any danger . What we know tonight is that the control tower maintained power. Nobody was in danger, but there will be a lot of people affected by this for a long time to come. Steve, thank you. Next, President Trumps Transition Team chipping away at Robert Mueller and the russia investigation. Claiming emails were improperly obtained. The question being asked, will President Trump fire Robert Mueller . His answer coming up in a short time. Heres david wright at the white house. Reporter tonight, President Trump expressed concern about a new letter, about materials protected by Attorney Client privilege. Its not looking good. Not looking good. Its quite sad to see that. My people are very upset about it. This sevenpage letter from an attorney for the trump Transition Team. Theyre spending millions and millions of dollars. Theres absolutely no collusion. I didnt make a phone call to russia. I have nothing to do with reporter even before this, the president dismissed the information as a witch hunt, and a democratic hoax. The fix is in against donald trump from the beginning, and they were prohillary. Reporter the new letter raises concerns about career staffer, accusing them of breaking the law by handing over to the special counsel emails, laptops, cell phones, and other materials. The special counsels office insists they did nothing wrong. Democrats worry the president is searching for a pretext to fire mueller. I really hope our republican colleagues will not join in subverting the process and trying to end the nsinvestigati. The question is, what i white house afraid of . Reporter the president insists he has no plans to fire the special counsel. No, im not. What, are you surprised . David joins us now from the white house. And we hear that Vladimir Putin called President Trump today . What did they talk about . Reporter the russian president called the american president to thank him for a cia tip that helped the russians to foil an attempted terrorist bombing in st. Petersburg. Both president s praising american intelligence for a job well done. And President Trumps final tax push ahead of this weeks expected vote in congress. The president promising american working families a tax cut by christmas. Tonight, the reality check. Who really benefits . Gloria riviera reporter tonight, the president promising that a major new tax bill is just days away. This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that they have ever gotten for christmas. Reporter the bill slashes the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 21 , a win for business. For the wealthy, it lowers the top tax rate from 39. 6 to 37 . For the middle class, it doubles the standard deduction but caps combined state and local income and property tax writeoffs at 10,000. Previous analysis of the Senate Version found americans making 75,000 or less will actually pay more taxes within a decade. This is a total betrayal of President Trumps economic populist message on the campaign trail. Its a huge giveaway to big corporations. Reporter the new bill eliminates the obamacare mandate, leaving a potential 13 million americans uninsured according to congressional analysis. It expands the current 529 Education Credits beyond college to include k education. To get it done, republicans agreed Corporate Tax cuts will be permanent. Individual tax cuts will expire after eight years. Im confident well pass this bill, probably on tuesday. We were determined to get this job done. Reporter and tonight, reports that legendary senator john mccain will not be casting a vote, but recovering from chemotherapy treatment at home in arizona. The white house still confident they have enough votes without him. Republicans pushing to vote this week. If President Trump signs the bill by december 31st, the changes could take effect by next year. The irs says you could see an effect by february. And next to the wildfire growing in size in southern california. The thomas fire, now the Third Largest in state history, threatening more homes and forcing more evacuations. Firefighters bracing for the powerful santa ana winds to kick up again. Heres marci gonzalez. Reporter tonight, fire crews waging an allout war against this massive, unrelenting wildfire, now the size of new york city. Crews climbing the california hills with chainsaws, axes and shovels, desperately trying to get the upper hand. Were hitting this thing with everything weve got. Reporter the inferno now burning for nearly two weeks. The wall of smoke at one point, so thick, it nearly blacked out the sun. Nearly 800 homes destroyed. Several more lost over the weekend, as wind gusts topped 60 miles an hour. You can see just how powerful the wind is here. It brought flames in so quickly that fire crews say they didnt have time to get up there to save this home. Once they were here, the heat melted their hoses. And up here, you can see where they dropped fire retardant, but that wasnt enough to stop the flames from spreading. The most severe fire behavior ive seen. Forcing new mandatory evacuations. Celebrities among the thousands of people in the fire zone. Rob lowe posting these photos of his home. And Ellen Degeneres writing, our home is Still Standing but so many have been lost. Firefighters continue to be my heroes. One of those heroes, cory iverson, who died fighting the thomas fire last week. Today, hundreds turned out to honor the husband and father who was set to welcome a new baby soon. Colleagues mourning, but still on the front lines. Tonight, taking advantage of a shortlived break in the winds. We expect winds to kick back up very severe on wednesday. Reporter a timely rush to stop this fire from spreading. Firefighters told to plan to be out through christmas, but now expected to be out through the new year. Thank you. And Lorenzen Wright found dead, but theres a new development in the case. Heres maggie rulli. Reporter tonight, new charges in the sevenyearold cold case surrounding the death of former nba player Lorenzen Wright. Sherra wright, his exwife, charged with first degree premeditated murder. How could you have murdered my son . Reporter the arrest following billy turners, who pled not guilty to first degree murder earlier this month. We followed the evidence and the evidence led us to Billy Ray Turner and Sherra Wright. Reporter the case began seven years ago with this chilling 911 call interrupted by gunfire. 911, where is your emergency . [ gunshot ] hello . Reporter wrights body was found ten days later in memphis. It wasnt until just last month that police say divers discovered the murder weapon in a lake in mississippi. In this 2015 Sports Illustrated interview, Sherra Wright did not directly respond when asked if she had anything to do with her exhusbands death. Im a wif then im a mother. And then thirdly, im an author. The Law Enforcement should do whats best to find out whos the killer. Reporter right now, police are not saying anything about a motive, or how the two suspects may be connected. But Sherra Wright is expected in court tomorrow. Tom . Maggie, thank you. Now to the pentagons secret ufo program revealed. The military spending millions of dollars to look into ufo sightings by american pilots. Heres erielle reshef. Reporter these haunting images, part of a bombshell first admission by the military of a oncesecret Government Program investigating sightings of ufos. Look at that thing its rotating. Reporter this mysterious black object spotted off the coast of san diego by navy Fighter Pilots in 2004. My gosh. Reporter that encounter documented by atip, the advanced aviation threat identification program, a shadowy office in the pentagon that ran from 2007 to 2012. It examined socalled anomalous aerial vehicles. The pentagon confirming to abc news the initiative ended in favor of other, higher Priority Issues that merited funding. Former democratic nevada senator harry reid, who helped secure the 22 million initiative, defending the spending. Tweeting, this is about science and national security. If america doesnt take the lead in answering these questions, others will. Something like this was a pet project by senator reid, and some of his colleagues, something that they thought needed to be investigated, but the real question is, was it worth 22 million for two or three fascinating videos . Reporter the new revelations raising questions about how the government should handle suspicious objects in the sky. Though the funding for the Program Ended in 2012, the former director of atip telling me tonight that up until two months ago when he left, the Program Still existed. And tom, he said they were still documenting sightings. The sightings still much more ahead on world news tonight this sunday. The massive predawn fire sending sleeping residents out into the cold. Plus, some of the unique ways emerging to outsmart potential porch thieves. And the new box office for the latest star wars adventure. Well be right back. Ht back. When you have a cold. Stuff happens. Shut down cold symptoms fast. With maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. Tired of sore throat lozenges that only last a short time . Try new alkaseltzer plus sore throat relief. The melts dissolve quickly. Plus, the powerful pain reliever provides longlasting relief for up to six hours. Try new alkaseltzer plus. If you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,. Maybe its time for Otezla Apremilast . 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