Unable to move his legs, carted off the field. What were now learning about his condition. Youre a mean one, mr. Grinch and the grinch is stealing christmas. The new warning about people using cyberbots to snatch up the hottest holiday toys, then sell them online for massive markups. This 15 toy sold for a thousand bucks. Outrage growing this morning. Good morning, america. Who is trying to make a buck on christmas . Come on. Bah humbug. We have a lot of breaking news this morning. Major knew developments overnight for both roy moore and john conyers, plus a new legal threat for President Trump. Well have more on that ahead. And that devastatiing wildfire that is spreading across california. A live look. Take a look. It is just tearing through ventura county. It exploded from 50 acres to more than 31,000 and it did that in just hours. That is fast moving and overnight this fastmoving fire has forced thousands of people to face mandatory evacuations. More than 100 buildings are completely destroyed. Were going to go to abcs marcus moore on the ground in ventura this morning with more. Good morning, marcus. Reporter michael, it is a terrible scene here. You see the smoke billowing into the air in ventura, and look at this. This is an Apartment Building that is destroyed. It burned overnight, and right now, fire crews are still putting water on it to try to knock down any hot spots as the fight to stop the fire from spreading is just getting under way. A Massive Wildfire roaring through these foothills overnight recording wind gusts up to 68 miles an hours. The wind shift is the biggest problem. Reporter blasting fiery embers down the street. Electrical lines going up in fames, and this home decimated. All as firefighters try to stop the spread. Literally 15 feet away from us right now. Reporter this group panicked as the flames started closing in. We need to get out of here as soon as possible. That fire is right there. Yeah. Reporter mandatory evacuation orders in effect as thousands race to escape the flames. The entire hillside of ventura is on fire. All the streetlights are out. There are ashes everywhere. It was coming really fast. No one knew what to do. My son is a firefighter and im not going to wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so im out of here. Reporter these flames overnight continuing to spread to homes here in ventura county. It is a heartbreaking thing to see. Youve lived here 19 years. Uhhuh. This is home. But i dont know how much longer. Reporter to have to leave your home its too frightening for me. Reporter that fire captain stunned by the fires speed. Rapid movement. This fire has moved as fast as any fire ive ever seen. Anybody home . Reporter police going door to door and emotions high as homeowners scramble to gather whatever they can before leaving. I was in disbelief. In shock. Thats all. Thats all. You never expected something to come over the hills as it did. Reporter shelters filling up. Massive Power Outages all the way north to Santa Barbara. Nearly 2,000 people in the dark. The sunrising here this morning as revealing the scale of the devastation here. All as these fire crews continue to work as they put the water here to knock down the hot spots. The concerns are that the fire can flare back up again. I want to show you the street. You see that vehicle thats burned out off in the distance there. That is an evidence of the wind picking up the embers and landing on vehicles like that and setting them on fire, and it was just an incredible scene overnight, watching this fire as it moved through this part of ventura, and you see in the distance there, those palm trees Still Standing as that black smoke lifts into the air. It gives you a sense of how much devastation there is. Even on the hill tops there, there are so many homes that are gone because of this fire that continues to burn out of control in some parts of ventura, and this could be a critical turning point for firefighters if they try to knock down this fire because for the first time, they may be able to use helicopters to fight it from the air. They werent able to do that overnight because of the darkness, and also, ginger, the santa ana winds fanning the flames here in southern california. Thats right. Thank you for your reporting. This morning, that stunning and rapid growth is due to those winds. We saw gusts now up to 78 Miles Per Hour. Thats how in just nine hours, you go from 50 acres to 31,000 acres. Those winds are not done. Were going to see these all the way through thursday. Im going to bring you that forecast in just a couple of moments, but first, we have got to get our reporter at our l. A. Station, kabc with an update right now. Reporter just behind us are the homes that were not burning and now you can add them to the list of properties that will be a total loss, and right now, a big gust of wind coming through. I only have to guess, 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Behind us, we have upwards of five homes that are now just sticks. Burned completely. I want to show you that we do have firefighters moving their way through these neighborhoods. That Santa Barbara county fire, and high point drive. Give me the street names for the evacuees if it helps them know. Highpoint drive is just off of foothill road, and i can held you one street below us is l. Malodar. And there are people doing construction on that street as well. So hard to even hear your streets name im sure as people are evacuated. Look at this large swath. A lot of folks are under these high Wind Warnings and red flag warnings, and this wont be the end of it. This morning, were seeing the winds subside a little. Still gusts could happen this afternoon, up to 20 to even 40 Miles Per Hour. We stopped at 4 00 p. M. On our tuesday. But it is situated over the great basin, it shoves those winds over the mountains and for the next couple of days, that flow is going to keep bringing us the santa ana winds. Well see another push wednesday night through thursday morning of 30 plus Miles Per Hour. Guys, a lot more to come on these wildfires. We move on to major new developments in the Alabama Senate race. President trump is now openly backing candidate roy moore, and the Republican National committee has reversed course reinstating the support the party suspended after several women accused moore of Sexual Misconduct. Election day just one week away and our chief National Correspondent tom llamas here with all the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. The president , the rnc, all of that working in roy moores favor, and the timing couldnt be better for his campaign. But those allegations against moore of Sexual Misconduct with teenagers still looms large over this race. Alabama Senate Candidate roy moore riding a new wave of trump support. The president now fully endorsing him and this morning, the rnc back to supporting moore when just over a week ago, the head of the rnc said this. The allegations were obviously very concerning, and concerning to the degree that we pulled our resources. The alabama voters are going to have to be the judge and jury on this. Theyre going to have to look at the women that have come forward with these very concerning allegations. Reporter but overnight, abc news learning the rnc is now changing course and will be sending resources to alabama where tonight moore will rally with steve bannon, the president s former chief strategist. Hes a courageous man and most importantly hes a righteous man. Reporter bannon helped moore win in the primary. Moore posting on twitter, the president told him he needs a fighter to help him in the u. S. Senate. But the glowing support from the white house comes as eight women have accused moore of a range of inappropriate behavior including two who said moore sexually assaulted them when they were teenagers. But i now know for sure that he is a liar. Reporter Debbie Wesson gibson said she was 17 and moore was in his 30s when they dated. She says that he penned this note to her when she graduated from high school. Gibson is outraged that roy moore is now saying on the campaign trail he doesnt know any of his accusers. Specifically i do not know any of these women. Let me state once again i do not know any of these women. Did not date any of these women and did not engage in any Sexual Misconduct with anyone. Where are but just last month in an interview with sean hannity, moore did acknowledge that he knew gibson. I cant recall a specific date because thats been 40 years but i remember her as a good girl. Reporter and though moore denies all the allegations of Sexual Misconduct, gibson says she believes the other wiomen. Its not hard to believe them. Its painful to believe them. Its sad. It takes what i thought was a very lovely part of my past and it colors it and it changes it irrevocably. Reporter the campaign tells me what moore is referring to when he says he doesnt know these women are the women who are accusing him of Sexual Assault. Moore has denied these accusations, and the campaign describes gibson who we heard from in our story just now as active in democratic politics. George. Tom, more and more signs that the Republican Party is just all in on this. A poll from cbs news showed that more than 70 of republicans dont believe the women. You have steve bannon who the Campaign Calls rocket fuel for this campaign and, of course, the president backing moore. Tom llamas, thanks very much. There is a lot of news out of washington. Backlash occurring to President Trump trying to slink two National Monuments in utah. Also new development on the president s travel ban. The Supreme Court allowing the latest version to go into effect. Plus new headlines in the russia investigation. Prosecutors moving to tighten bail restrictions for Paul Manafort as they reveal he was working with russia as recently as last week. Thats on his indictment of laundering lets go to cecilia vega for more on this. Reporter the headline is this happened allegedly as recently as lastweek. Rt eller manafort was trying to publish an oped that would essentially try to influence Public Opinion about him. This appeared to violate a judges orders, and we are going to refrain from making public statements in this case. Also, another top trump official in hot water with the senate for not revealing contacts related to russia. Reporter were talking about k. T. Mcfarland here. She was a member of the president s transition team, and she was asked by cory booker of new jersey who serves on the Foreign Relations committee, a democrat. He has said that he is concerned he told the New York Times this, he may have told the truth when asked this question, on whether she had contacts with mike flynn and the ambassador. She said she was not aware of having a conversation like that, but it appears, george, there are emails that show otherwise. Finding those emails, and trying to jump start negotiations again to keep the government open. Reporter democrats are expected here at the white house on thursday. They are trying to tie this funding the shutdown to funding for daca, the undocumented immigrants brought here illegally as children. They didnt show up, and he will meet with republicans today on this front at the white house, george. Well see what happens. Robin . We move from politics to the search for a motive in the tampa this morning, were hearing exclusively from the lawyer of the family of the accused gunman. Abcs diane macedo has new details. Reporter how could 24yearold Howell Donaldson turn from a graduate . Everybody trusted him. Reporter to an alleged serial killer in a tampa neighborhood . We said today, we had a perfect life in america, and overnight, our world has changed. Its just a nightmare. The father continues to say that he tries to wake himself up from this. Reporter donaldsons parents are struggling to understand that question this morning as their lawyer tells abc news exclusively, they are being called to testify against their son this afternoon. We love our son. We support our son, and we just we pray for the family members and we ask they do the same for us because we all are devastated. Its been difficult for everyone as my wife said. Not only for us, but for victims in this case. And our hearts are heavy as their hearts are vefry. Reporter friday, donaldsons heartbroken parents saw him for the first time over video chat since he was arrested. I had to help them get up from their chair because he did not have the strength to stand. Reporter the defender tells wafla this will not be resolved quickly. This will take an amount of labor and a significant number of years to go through the tips. Reporter she is not discussing donaldsons mental state which could play a role in this case. It could be psychological. He is probably going to go down the road of pleaing insanity, and hopefully dont get a Death Penalty in florida. Reporter its important to note police have no possible motive in this case. As for that quick thinking mcdojds worker, she has collected a 110,000 reward. She may have saved a lot of lives by making that phone call. You have to feel for the parents though. And the victims. Still so confusing though. Thank you, diane, and overnight, the football matchup between the bengals and the steelers took a dangerous turn. Steelers linebacker ryan shazier suffered a major back injury in what seemed like a routine tackle. T. J. Holmes is here with more. Good morning, t. J. We all love football. But we got a scary reminder of just what these guys you guys really put on the line every single play. It can be a lifechanging event every play. Let me show it to you here, folks. Ryan shazier is his name. Talented linebacker here for the steelers. This looks like a fairly innocuous play. Compared to a lot of things. He immediately reaches for his back and he rolls over and what everyone took note of he didnt seem to be moving his legs. And that scared the mess out of everybody who was watching this game. Now, were told now hes in the hospital. He has what is called a spinal contusion and doesnt need surgery. That is good. But still, we got to wait to hear more about this. With this backdrop two other things happened in this game that were scary as anything. That hit on vontaze burfict. Look at it again, folks. That is what theyre trying to get out of football. And then another hit and on Antonio Brown in a touchdown he caught in the end zone. You see his head snap back. Again, strahan, brings you into this because this was a this is the only game last night. This is a showcase game for the nfl and this is what the country got to see. A great game but its overshadowed by the brutality and, again, the two like those hits that were illegal, fines are probably going to come out of it. Maybe suspensions, the first one happened to shazier. Shazier, excuse me, but one of those things, scared the mess out of you. When you watch it, it is one of the biggest rivalries out there, and these guys go at it quite a bit, but when you do see guys that take shots at other guys, thats so unnecessary. But they dont think that they can get hurt on that as well, and thats where its lost. These we now know have longterm effects. This is where guys need to realize this is not about right now but your future. What is going on in that end zone hit . That is one of those he catches the ball, i need to separate him from the ball. Need to make sure this is not a touchdown. Id rather take the penalty instead of him score the points. And thats just what your mentality is when youre out there on the field but i got to say its tough because with shaziers injury, regular play, ive been out there and youve seen a guys leg snap. You can hear it and youre out there on the field and you have to play the guy. You are both looking at each other like, do we have to do this . But then its business as usual. What about gronk . Like that that was the guy was on the field totally out of the play and for him thats so unlike him. This is where, stra, they think that the players havent gotten it yet. Youre all fraternity. Even if he is playing on the other side, you are a fraternity. Let me leave it there. Its all unnecessary. Lets go to ginger. Travel not advised at this hour as we speak in grand forks, north dakota. You know, arctic air is coming in. The tuesday trivia now brought to you by walmart. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco with your accuweather highlightings. The winds taper today, sunshine, a litz built of haze. Frost possible the next few nights in our inland valleys and building warmth to record levels this weekend. Today, how about low 60s along the coast, mid60s around the bay, and mid to upper 60s inland. Check out these microclimates tonight from low 30s inland to 48 in San Francisco. Now as we get warmer towards the end of the week and into the coming up, high stakes Court Hearing for President Trump today. Well tell you all about it. The toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. 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