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Before that barrier in front of a busy roadway. and while passengers believe that a hydroplane was involved, the official cause is under investigation. david? >> will carr leading us off tonight. will, thank you. that major storm system not only behind that rainstorm there, but also mudslides and heavy mountain snow. its moving across the country, as i mentioned. but we wanted to show you what happened in grapevine, north of l.a. a massive traffic jam in this weather. kabc helicopter reporter ...

Of the airport. you could see shrapnel and, like, sand and mud and stuff flying up past the windows. >> reporter: the plane stopping at the end of the runway after hitting the airports emergency barrier system designed to stop out of control planes, made of soft crushable material. its the same technology that put the brakes on then vice presidential candidate mike pences campaign plane in 2016 when it skidded off a runway in new york. >> if we did not have this system there to stop the airplane...

Too much too quickly. the weather creating havoc on california highways. a big rig slamming into two cars before sliding off the side of the freeway and down an embankment. four firefighters hurt in a crash after a driver spun out on a slick road and smashed into their truck. overnight, tractor trailers jackknifed and crushed. this car flipped over. the driver rushed to the hospital. traffic snarled for miles. and watch first responders make a daring swift water rescue on the l.a. river. tonight...

Might fight what we learned cohen has now said. >> reporter: that is a key question, david. the presidents legal team today said that the presidents written answers were largely consistent with what cohen said about that moscow trump tower project, but that would seem to suggest that the presidents written answers are contradictory to what he has said publicly over and over again over the past two years, that he simply had no business dealings whatsoever with moscow. david? >> jon karl is in arg...

Below zero. some of that cold air will get to the east next week. david? >> rob, thanks as always. we will turn next to california and the new and staggering toll. the numbers now doubling, authorities say 600 people unaccounted for. and another concern, smoke from the wildfires closing schools, the air reaching hazardous levels. and spreading across hundreds of miles. more than 150 miles away that is san franciscos bay bridge disappearing in the haze. and the u.s. military has sent in more te...

The death toll jumping again after the fire, the deadliest in california history, wiped the town of paradise off the map. for days, officials have been combing through rubble and missing persons reports from three separate hotlines. tonight with war zone remains, expects on the ground, more than 600 still unaccounted sister. pam nolan looking for her ex-husband. >> weve checked every evacuation center, every shelter. >> reporter: a list of the missing posted in this walmart parking lot where man...

Destitution this day. >> reporter: and will carr joins us. will, as we saw from that tent city, so many people there lost everything. i know they need help tonight. >> reporter: david, with all this devastation, they are in dire need. restaurants are giving free meals to both victims and first responders. the red cross and other organizations are on the ground. one mother told me shes grateful, because she doesnt know where her family will be sleeping next week. david? >> thanksgiving just days ...

The wildfires in california, and the dramatic new images tonight, after another fire roared back to life overnight. firefighters battling this fire in san bernardino county overnight. the flames, of course, fueled by the winds there. and look at this tonight. new drone video showing the devastation in the city of paradise, california. officials now fear what they could still discover there, and abcs will carr from california tonight. >> reporter: fueled by perfect fire conditions -- >> these win...

Worr reporter: t with the potential for the death toll to double. residents wont be allowed back in here to paradise to see this destruction until the search for the missing is over. even then, it may take years for this community to rebuild and may not ever be the same. david? >> will carr tonight. will, thanks. next this evening, to a developing headline at this hour. reports the attorney who represented stormy daniels, taking on the president, michael avenatti, has been arrested. lets get r...

>> there are potentially over 100 people that were killed in butte. potentially. >> reporter: members of the national guard wearing protective white suits, joining search teams, combing more than 60 square miles. you can hear the national guard sifting through the twisted steel on this burned-out property. this is a targeted search. a family has called and said, you may potentially find my loved one on this property. moments later, a deafening silence. the guard discovering remains buried in the...