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The fires destroying 200 structures already, homes, apartment buildings, even a hospital. Abcs matt gutman in california, leading us off. Reporter tonight, that new major wildfire crowning the famed Hollywood Hills with fire. This is really frightening. Theyre a lot of homes here. Reporter some of the most Expensive Properties in america. Wow, look at this. Reporter the flaming engulfing interstate 405, one of americas busiest freeways, making for a hellish commute, and threatening the getty center and its priceless artwork. Hundreds of firefighters on the ground and swarms of aircraft fighting the blazes. With this area, its been years since anything has been burned at all. Reporter flames churning into neighborhoods. That house is completely engulfed in the smoke and the smoke coming out is noxious. Its like breathing in tear gas. Theres a helicopter overhead now. Its dropping water right now so we might get wet. Theyre dumping everything they have on this fire. You could see it from the helicopters, you could see that hose over there right behind me. Theyre blasting away at this fire with whatever they can, trying to save these homes. Firefighters overcome by the heat and that smoke. Are you just hot . Yeah, just too hot. Reporter many residents racing to pack up and get out. A nursing home also evacuated. Patients parked in their wheelchairs outside. Azita kaboud and her family staying behind. There you go. Reporter with a little help, now fighting to protect their neighbors homes. It was like a warzone in our backyard, fires were coming all over. Reporter this fire, one of four major blazes scorching california. At the creek fire, at least seven firefighters injured. This horse rescues from a ranch. More than two dozen others did not survive. And the largest, the thomas fire, is still out of control. The flames marching all the way to the pacific ocean. Our marcus moore is there. The thomas fire destroyed 150 structures here in ventura county, and already some people have begun the process of shifting through the rubble as the flames continue to threaten 1,200 other structures. Reporter some residents are able to survey the damage today. Its devastating. Sorry. Grateful we have our home but im very sorry for my neighbors, the way my neighbors look, its just horrible. Matt gutman live with us tonight. We see the flames behind you. We know firefighters are concerned tonight that the wind gusts could be 80 miles an hour overnight . Reporter thats right, david. Theyre predicting galeforce winds tonight. And those winds half that speed that caused what you see behind me. Destroying those homes, charring cars like the one you see right here. Raging up hillsides. The concern from officials here in los angeles is that the ferocity of tonights winds will pick up embers that are still burning here and sweep them farther up these hillsides, consuming parts of these very. Matt gutman, thank you. Authoritying bracing for the ones, as he just mentioned. Lets get to rob marciano, also on the ground in california tonight. Rob . Reporter david, this area of l. A. County saw some of the highest wind gusts on monday night, burning down dozens of homes, injuring seven firefighters and forcing thousands to evacuate. We expect a repeat wind performance tonight, unfortunately. Here we go. Round two of this santa ana wind event. Weve got red flag warnings, high Wind Warnings up through friday. Could see 30 to 40mileperhour gusts in the city, which means that well see 70, maybe 80mileperhour gusts in the mountains. That is just impossible to fight fires against. The next 24 hours, david, are certainly critical. They will be critical indeed. Rob, thank you, as well. And the other major news tonight, President Trump reversing nearly seven decades of u. S. Policy. Now recognizing jerusalem as israels capital, and planning to move the American Embassy there, saying it will advance the peace process. But tonight, swift reaction from some of our key allies. One calling it unhelpful, the other calling it regrettable. Heres abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz again tonight. Reporter he had promised this day would come, but to hear these words from the white house was jawdropping. I have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. While previous president s have made this a Major Campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today, i am delivering. Reporter not only signing a proclamation reversing nearly 70 years of u. S. Policy, but starting plans to move the embassy to jerusalem. No one else on earth has an embassy there. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. Reporter the president , who visited israel last may, calling this a long overdue step to advance the peace process. But the reaction swift. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas saying it could lead to wars that will never end. The Turkish Foreign minister calling it a grave mistake. Britains Prime Minister calling it unhelpful to the peace process. French president macron saying it was regrettable. And protests. Palestinians burning the u. S. And israeli flag, declaring jerusalem their capital and saying the blood of martyrs wont be wasted. The only positive comments overseas . This is an historic day. Reporter israels president benjamin netanyahu, clearly relishing the move. Lets get live to martha tonight. Martha, we took note today that Vice President pence standing behind the president , not jared kushner, who the president has indicated in the past was the point man for middle east peace in the white house. Reporter thats right, david. But the president is sending the Vice President to the region, but its unclear what the new strategy to attain peace is. But its going to be tough. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is traveling in vienna wright now and facing stern feedback from some of his european counterparts, david. Martha raddatz, thank you. The u. S. Military on alert at this hour at u. S. Embassies across the middle east, bracing for possible backlash. You have saw marthas report there of clashes already. Lets get right to abcs james longman, live in jerusalem tonight. James . Reporter david, thats right. Marines sent security teams to different u. S. Facilities across the region. Look at this. Security teams, riot police surrounding this embassy tonight in turkey. American citizens are being warned to stay away from crowded streets. Palestinian leaders have called for three days of rage. Tonight, there were protests on the streets of gaza. President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that todays announcement could risk strengthen extremist groups. But as for us here now on the streets of jerusalem, things seem pretty quiet, as people process this news, but i think that could change in the days to come. David . James longman with us tonight from jerusalem. James, thank you. Back here at home, and next to al franken tonight. The democratic senator has now revealed he will make an announcement tomorrow. Of course, the question, will he resign amid growing pressure from several prominent women in the senate who began an avalanche of senators today who now say he must go. Abcs mary bruce, back on the hill tonight. Reporter the cascade of calls for al franken to go started this morning with a handful of women senators. Enough is enough. Reporter it appeared to be a coordinated strike, one after another, they flooded social media. By the end of the day, at least 28 senators were calling on franken to resign. Youre saying he should resign . And i get no pride or pleasure in saying that. Thank you. Reporter just days ago, most democrats were holding their fire. This was senator patty murray of washington. The Senate Ethics committee should do an investigation and thats where i believe it should go. Reporter but today, a starkly different tone. Murray tweeting, im shocked and appalled by senator frankens behavior. Its clear to me that this has been a deeply harmful, persistent problem and a clear pattern over a long period of time. What was the Tipping Point here . Why today . The numerosity and the type of complaints and accusations. Reporter just hours earlier, another woman had come forward, saying franken forcibly kissed her. The senator denies that allegation. Tonight, eight women in total have accused franken of sexual misconduct. The first, radio host leeann tweeden, who released this photo. I think todays revelations just further add to a fact pattern here thats just unacceptable. Reporter franken has apologized and promised to make amends. I know there are no magic words that i can say to regain your trust. Reporter but tonight, the trust of his colleagues now appears lost for good. All right, mary bruce live back on the hill tonight. And mary, youve been working your sources what do we know about this promised announcement from senator franken . Reporter well, david, frankens office says no final decision has been made, but multiple democratic sources tell us he is, in fact, expected to announce his resignation tomorrow. David . All right, mary bruce, youll be on the hill again tonight. Thank you. To the russia investigation tonight, and donald trump jr. On the hot seat for hours today. Answering questions from the House Intelligence Committee about that meeting at trump tower with the russian lawyer during the campaign, after emails showed he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. Heres abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter on capitol hill today, donald trump jr. Grilled for hours by members of the House Intelligence Committee. Congressman, has he been forthcoming, sir . Not commenting at this time, thank you. Reporter a key focus, the 2016 trump tower meeting. Don jr. , jared kushner, Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort and that russian lawyer. Don jr. Had been told in an email from an associate that the lawyer wanted to provide the campaign with dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump. Don jr. s response . If its what you say, i love it. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. For me, this was Opposition Research. Reporter Opposition Research is the norm. But whats under scrutiny is whether the Trump Campaign sought help from a hostile foreign power. Don jr. Insisting nothing came of the meeting. But when the story first broke, he gave a misleading statement about why it was arranged in the first place, saying the focus was on russian adoptions. President trump was involved in drafting that statement. My son is a wonderful young man. Most people would have taken that meeting. Reporter the big question, when did the president learn of the meeting and what was he told . After those emails became public, he acknowledged discussing that matter with his father, but refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of Attorney Client privilege. All right, Pierre Thomas with us live tonight. Hes on the hill. And pierre, as we just heard from congressman schiff there, reportedly don jr. Saying he did talk to the president about this after the emails became public, but would not reveal more to the committee. The president s son facing questions for eight hours today. Hes going to be facing more . Reporter thats right, david. It was a gruelling eight hours of questioning, and, david, we suspect that the special counsel may have additional questions for don jr. David . Pierre thomas with us again tonight. Thank you, pierre. Back here at home and to Senate Candidate roy moore counting on a powerful ally, steve bannon. Moore has faced tough criticism from some republicans, including mitt romney, who has said that he should bow out. Overnight, bannon taking direct aim at romney and his sons, but did his line of fire open up a volumer inability for President Trump . Tom llamas. Reporter roy moore, a man accused of molesting teenage girls, promising alabama voters hell stand side by side with President Trump. Were going to see if the people of alabama will support the president. Reporter joining moore, who has deniedal accusations of sexual misconduct, the president s former chief strategist, stooefl bannon. If they can destroy roy moore, they can destroy you. Reporter bannon then unleashing on republicans who have called on moore to quit. Lets talk about another beauty. Willard mitt romney. Reporter romney tweeted that electing moore would be a stain on the nation. Bannon slamming romney, a mormon, for not serving in vietnam. You hid behind your religion. You went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice patties in vietnam. You had five sons. Not one day of service in afghanistan and iran. Reporter today, both of utahs senators, mormons themselves, came to romneys defense. Senator orrin hatch calling bannons words disappointing and unjustified. Senator mike lee denouncing bannon for bashing romney on the basis of his religious bleaches or his Outstanding Service as a missionary. Bannons attack begs the question what he thinks of his former boss. I had a minor medical deferment for feet, for a bone spur of the foot, which was minor. Reporter President Trump avoided vietnam. Five deferments because he was in college and for those bone spurs. Back here in alabama, both campaigns taking very different approaches in the final days. The democrat, doug jones, campaigning all over the state, with multiple events. Roy moore, the republican, on the other hand, with barely one event a day. David . Tom llamas from montgomery. Tom, thank you. And Time Magazine this evening recognizing, quote, the silence breakers as its person of the year. Those who came forward in 2017 to, quote, give voice to open secrets about Sexual Harassment and mistreatment. Women and men using social media, part of the me, too, campaign. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The midair scare. Flames shooting from a plane taking off from l. A. X. Unanimo the manhunt under way. The man dressed as a police officer. Also, the alleged thief sneaking into a police vehicle, saming an assault rifle. There is a search right now for him. 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The suspect, caught in these surveillance images, wearing what looks like a gun and a shirt with the word police on it. Hes believed to have hit at least half a dozen drugstores in the houston area since september. When he walked into a pharmacy flashing a gun and demanding controlled substances. Cameras picking up a star tattoo on his neck. Authorities tonight warning residents to exercise extreme caution if they spot the suspect. David, police say, if you question the authenticity of an officer, look for identification, like a department name, a badge or even a name tag. Investigators in this case say the suspect had none of those. David . Linzie, thank you. When we come back tonight, the major head call headline about Birth Control and cancer. And there is also news tonight from u. P. S. And what it means about when your packages will arrive. Well be right back. Re. So probably take it at night. And if you have any questions, the instructions are here in spanish as you requested. 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