Is there a serial shooter at work . Three shootings on an american highway in the north. Were on the frontlines with the fire teams working through the night. The heroes have not stopped. Our persons of the week. Good evening. We begin with the raging wildfires, six in the south and east tonight a massive winter storm on the move right now. From texas all the way up through the northeast. More than 70 million americans will get hit with this. Tonight right into the weekend. Snow falling on georgia highways. A 20 car pileup. Drivers warned about black ice. A fedex truck overturned in North Carolina and deicing planes. Hundreds of flights delayed or canceled at this hour. Steve osunsami leads us off. Reporter the cold fist of Winter Weather stretches from texas to maine tonight, and nearly 70 Million People will have to get through the freeze and ice this evening. In san antonio this 20 car pileup. Parts of texas are seeing half a foot of snow. Some places that havent seen snow in eight years. This looks like its from the northeast but its louisiana. Snow as far as the eye can see. Near asheville North Carolina, the deliveries from the fedex truck might be coming a little late. Stay off the road if you dont have to be. Because the danger level starts to rise as the temperature starts to drop. Reporter this was buffalo new york where theyre supposed to be used to this, a jacknifed tractor trailer thats not going anywhere tonight. It is snowing and it is sticking. Reporter authorities are closing slick roads in parts of northeast alabama and across atlanta. Theyre calling it slushpocolypse, with more than 700 flights cancelled and more than 800 delayed at the international airport, and a line of planes like this one, needing deicing. Schools let out early today here. The city is nearly shut down, and traffic came to a crawl. Reporter thousands across the south are in the cold without power tonight. Nearly 30,000 at one point in alabama alone. Lets go live to steve tonight in atlanta. You mentioned the cancellations and this is going to march northward . Reporter yes, david. Our weather team tells me all of this snow, ice and sleet is heading towards the northeast from philly to new york. The midatlantic is going to see this tomorrow and throughout the day tomorrow. Here in atlanta theyre expecting another inch or two of snow and this of course is happening to a city that has very few snowplows and snow trucks to clear it all away. Be very careful in the east coast and south, steve, thanks. We are back from california tonight where thousands of firefighters are waging a battle against six major wildfires at this hour. President trump declaring a state of emergency. Fires burning from Ventura County down to san diego county. The lilac fire outside of san diego. More than 4,100 acres and no containment at this hour. And the thomas fire destroying more than 400 homes and structures. Powerful santa ana winds at this hour and matt gutman is in california. Reporter tonight, those california infernos, unrelenting. There it goes. Reporter that 747 supertanker joining more than 8,000 firefighters on the ground. In san diego county, the lilac fire driven by winds gusting above 50 Miles Per Hour thursday destroying dozens of structures. We have crews surrounding this whole area, were going to make a stand and were going to protect all the ones that we can. Reporter as the flames churned towards this 500 horse stable, workers scrambling to free hundreds of horses. Their only hope of escaping the flames. You can see the horses stampeding. Some two dozen did not survive. Many are still missing. Our rob marciano on the front lines as the fire spread overnight. Look at this structure just completely going up in flames, the trees next to it starting to light and those embers being carried by this wind. You can see just how these spot fires can flare up. Reporter the thomas fire in Ventura County so explosive it looked like a volcano. We were on the ground. You can see how massive that plume of smoke is. This thing towers into the sky, thousands of feet up. Our station kabc in the air today above ventura. The fire just moved through here too quickly with too much in the way of high winds to save most of these homes. Reporter tonight parts of the thomas fire burning close to the town of ojai. One of the things about fire like this is it creates its own weather. The fire sucking the smoke right into those flames. Firefighters helpless. Like fighting a hurricane. Not that much that humans can do to stop something this massive . Right. Yeah. Yeah. Its real similar in that sense. Mother nature is going to do her thing. Matt gutman with us. You have been learning theyre going to take preemptive strikes in the next several hours to do fire lines several miles out . Reporter thats right david. Because this fire has been so relentless firefighters no longer can hope to stop it at its source, so theyre trying to cut lines as far as ten miles out and as the fire chief told you less than 24 hours ago firefighters like this could be here until christmas. David. Matt, our thanks to you. You saw rob marciano on the frontlines of the lilac fire tracking the santa ana wind for days now. Rob good evening. Reporter good evening david. Still some gusty winds at the higher terrain but looking for a break. Take a look. That pesky high in control across the inner mountain west. Red flag warnings up with low levels of humidity. A break tonight with the wind into tomorrow but beginning sunday morning well see the winds crank up again. More warnings may be issued and this is not an ideal weather situation. Rob, thank you. There are new developments. New images in the deadly High School Shooting in income mexico. Authorities revealing new information about the gunman who killed two students firing shots through the walls of the classroom as he was in the hallway. Tonight the School Custodian who ran through the halls shouting that there was an active shooter. Giving students and teachers time to hide. Abcs alex perez in new mention sew coe. Reporter tonight, the horrifying moments as a shooter opens fire inside this new mexico high school. Everyone get down. We could hear casing hitting the floor. Reporter the gunman 21 year old william atchison, scheduled the attack writing work at 6 20 a. M. And die at 8 00 a. M. Police say he slipped into the school with students, went to the bathroom and pulled out a 9mm glock. We do have a possible suspect in the 800900 building. Reporter thats where he shot and killed Francisco Fernandez moments. Later, he gunned down casey marquez. Caseys best friend distraught, face timing with her mom. I know when i get home that caseys not going to be here and reporter a custodian heard the shots and ran through the halls warning everyone. These people are true heroes. Reporter Police Arrived one minute after the first call for help, atchinson had already killed himself. He left behind a note, hinting this could have been worse, writing, he would hold a class hostage and go ape back in march of 2016 the fbi interviewed atchinson after he appeared to make a threat about a mass shooting online. And david Officials Say its unclear when the high school will reopen. Investigators now combing through a thumb drive and other electronic evidence the gunman left behind. David . We move on to President Trump and tonight a breaking new headline involving one of his closest advisers hope hicks. Abc news confirming White House Communications director spent the last two days meeting with Robert Muellers team. Fbi officials warned hicks about russian operatives trying to contact her during the transition. Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter hope hicks is one of the president s closest and longest serving aides, among the very first people to work on the trump campaign. Part of a small team that traveled with trump wherever he went. Hope get up here. Hope, get up here. Shes always on the phone talking to the reporters trying to get the reporters to straighten out the dishonest stories. Reporter now the New York Times is reporting the fbi warned hicks earlier this year that russian operatives had made repeated attempts to contact her during the president ial transition. There is no indication hicks did anything wrong, fbi agents briefed her twice earlier this year in the white house situation room warning that emails she received may have been part of a russian intelligence operation. Hicks has was questioned today and yesterday by special counsel Robert Muellers team. She is a potentially key witness at the president s side during so many important moments throughout the campaign, the transition, and now at the white house. Jon karl with us live from the white house. Jon, Robert Muellers team interviewing hicks. This is clearly the president s inner circle. Reporter and muellers team has talked to jared kushner. I expect he will interview him before long and likely donald trump jr. As well. David. Jon karl on a friday night. Thank you. Now to roy moore and the Alabama Senate race. For weeks the white house has been asked whether President Trump will travel the campaign for roy moore. The president throwing his support behind moore saying i like a fighter, go get them roy. The president making a appearance not far from where hes been campaigning. Right across the border in florida where many voters will see the president on their local news. Heres tom llamas tonight. Mr. President , can you talk about roy moore . Reporter tonight the president is heading to florida but alabama is likely on his mind. Earlier the president tweeting vote roy moore saying last thing the make America Great again agenda needs is a liberal democrat in the senate. But tonight moores own comments about that make american great again message facing new scrutiny. At a rally in september, moore described a time when he thought america was great. A time before the civil war. The Los Angles Times now releasing the audio. I think it was great at the time when families were united even though we had slavery, they cared for one another. People were strong in the families. Our families were strong, our country had a direction. And we corrected many of the problems. Reporter Moores Campaign went on to say slavery was one of those problems. His campaign telling me of course the judge opposes slavery. This as eight women accuse him of a range of inappropriate sexual behavior. Two say he sexually assaulted them when they were teenagers. Beverly young nelson tells me moore attacked her in his car, when he was in his 30s and she was just 16. He was trying to pull me toward, in between his legs. It was terrible. Reporter moore denies all the accusations and denies even knowing nelson. She says she has proof that moore signed her High School Year book. But the Campaign Says its a forgery. Today nelson acknowledges she wrote the date, name of the restaurant, and letters da next to moores signature. She says she did it to reminder herself of who roy moore was and where and when moore signed the yearbook. Reporter but to be clear, beverly he signed your yearbook. He did sign it. Reporter and you made some notes underneath. Yes. Reporter she says she stands by her story. 100 . Tom llamas with us tonight. Tom, alabama voters headed to the polls on tuesday . Reporter thats right, david. And millions of dollars are pouring in for both instate and out of state. Doug jones the democrat campaigned hard across the state. Roy moore banking on the support from the president. Tom llamas, thank you. The growing crisis on capitol hill. Three members of congress resigning in just three days. One of them, a republican congressman who was accused of asking two Staff Members to carry his baby. Abcs mary bruce on the hill. Reporter as bizarre allegations of misconduct emerge, tonight congressman trent franks is abruptly resigning. The Arizona Republican is accused of asking two members of his staff to carry his child. One woman reportedly tells the Associated Press franks offered her 5 Million Dollars to act as a surrogate. The congressman doesnt admit that directly but says i deeply regret that the topic of surrogacy was discussed in the office and that it caused distress. Franks, a staunch social conservative. It is a test of our basic humanity and who we are as a human family. Reporter is now bowing to pressure from House Speaker paul ryan who urged him to quit after learning of credible claims of misconduct. He is the third member of congress to resign just this week over allegations of Sexual Misconduct or harassment. This really is a watershed moment for our country. And mary, another republican congressman under scrutiny. Reporter he denies the allegations but is also agreed to pay back taxpayers for the 84,000 settlement that staffer received. David. The new headline about the american economy. U. S. Employers adding 228,000 jobs in november, more than expected. The Unemployment Rate holding now at 4. 1 . That is a 17year low. Much more ahead on this friday. The verdict and the video tonight. The officer who shot and killed an unarmed man. The jurys decision and video at that moment. Authorities asking is there a serial shooter at work . Authorities investigating three shootings in the north. 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Reporter tonight newly released body cam video capturing what Daniel Shavers family calls an excuse. If you make a mistake another mistake there is a very severe possibility youre both gonna get shot. Do you understand that . Yes. Reporter mesa, Arizona Police responding to reports of a man pointing a gun out a hotel window. Hands up in the air you do that again. Were shooting you. Do you understand . Please do not shoot me. Reporter officers descending on shavers hotel room where hed been drinking with two other guests. Your hands go back in the small of your back. We are going tock shoot you, do you understand me . Yes, sir. Crawl towards me crawl towards me yes, sir. Reporter but then aappears to reach towards his waistband and in that instance officer phillip bralsford fires five times killing the father of two. Nearly two years later a jury acquitting the officer of Second Degree murder. He told investigators he thought shaver was reaching for a weapon. 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They are the brave men and women on the frontlines. Christmas nearing and theyre trying to save it for so many. First responders working for days around the clock. Were in the evening hours and this is what teams throughout Ventura County have to do really every night for multiple nights in a row as they come to the properties they sense there are flareups or embers burning and they check this out and discovered they had an issue. With the santa ana winds overnight thats the concern, the wind gusts will carry these embers into a property a mile or two from here. Fire captain and his team. Is this what you have had to do for several nights . Yeah. Our number one concern is taking care of the citizens. All you need is one flareup and have those embers travel with the winds right . Especially with the wind. Reporter the Community Turning to its firefighters. Hailey and hanna thompson, their home is okay. And they had that delivered for the firefighters. Thank you very much. We brought ham and cheese, turkey and cheese. Ham and cheese, turkey and cheese. Andbutter and jelly. These guys appreciate it. Reporter the girls putting a smile on their faces. The firefighters helping every member of the family rescuing the family pet. One of thousands of First Responders across Southern California tonight risking their lives to save so many others. And so we choose the firefighters and First Responders working tirelessly to save lives and homes. Thank you for watching here on a friday night. Im david muir. I hope to see you on monday. Good night. Night. This is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a Health Care Data analyst from boston, massachusetts. An attorney from arlington, virginia. And our returning champion a Research Scientist from nashville, tennessee. Whose 4day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thanks, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 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