It ended. The security scare for Prince George, the suspect terror plot targeting the royal family. And stopping traffic. How football superstar tom bradys good looks are being used to stop drivers from speeding. A good morning to you all. We begin with those winddriven wildfires in Southern California where officials have expanded evacuation orders to include the Ventura County town of ojai. Overall 150,000 people are now under mandatory evacuation. So that fire in Ventura County has already burned more than 140 square miles and fire crews say theyre nowhere near containing it. In the meantime, l. A. s fire chief warns that todays brush burning index, which is the number used to rate the threat of a brush fire, is the highest hes seen in three decades. Wow, at least five fires are burning right now, but more are expected to erupt today beca winds could reach hurricane force. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest from the front lines. Reporter new from overnight the california wildfire threat exploding. From the air this intense wall of flames in Ventura County. Wow, look at this. Reporter the skirball fire in Los Angeles County also moving fast impacting the busy 405 freeway. A hellish commute for drivers caught by surprise literally sitting next to burning hillsides. This is really frightening. There are a lot of homes here. Reporter the fires have already taken out several multimillion dollar hopes in bel air. 350 firefighters on the ground. Abcs matt gutman right there. That house is completely engulfed, and the smoke coming out is noxious. Its like breathing in tear gas. Theres a helicopter overhead now. Its dropping water right now so might get wet. Reporter thousands of homes are in the threat zone in Southern California sparking mandatory evacuations. In ventura 90,000 acres burned. People returned to find their houses reduced to rubble. I have a 16yearold son and its the house he grew up in, so its hard for him but he has a good attitude. Reporter thoses whose homes were spared now pitching in to help their neighbors. Im grateful we have our home but im very sad for my neighbors and the way my neighbors look and its just horrible. Reporter fire Officials Say those santa ana winds reaching 70 Miles Per Hour in some areas. Some relief expected by the weekend. Kenneth moton, abc news. Our thanks to kenneth there. And as you know, most people are scrambling to escape the fastoving flames. Thats right, but this man risked his life to save a wild rabbit. He ran up to those flames along the roadway and after a few minutes he did manage to grab that rabbit and carry it to safety. We move on to the big news that is happening today. Democratic sources tell abc news they expect senator al franken will resign today. Two more women have come forward accusing him of Sexual Misconduct bringing the total to eight. One of the new accusers claims franken tried to kiss her. Another says he groped her. Dozens of democrats are now calling on franken to step down. You are saying he should resign . And i get no pride or pleasure in saying that. I think todays revelations just further add to a fact pattern here thats just unacceptable. If franken resigns, minnesotas dominique hue minnesotas democratic governor will choose a replacement until a special election is held next year. Turning now to the russia investigation, donald trump jr. Spent nearly eight hours being questioned by the house intelligence committee. But he reportedly refused to answer questions about the conversations he had with his father after his 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer became public. The committees top democrat says trump junior cited Attorney Client privilege because there were attorneys present for that conversat some are now questioning whether that privilege applies in this case. Theres new information about some Text Messages allegedly sent by former National Security adviser Michael Flynn during President Trumps inaugural address in january. A whistleblower claims flynn texted a former Business Partner that a plan to build Nuclear Reactors in the middle east was good to go. This is according to a letter released by the top democrat on the House Oversight committee. Now, the plan involved russian partners. Now, sanctions on russia would be ripped up. The details have now been shared with special counsel robert mueller. And the middle east is on edge this morning one day after President Trump defied warnings and officially declared jerusalem the capital of israel. Antiamerican sentiment is running high among palestinians and some of americas closest allies are calling on the United Nations to hold an emergency meeting. Abcs molly hunter joins us from jerusalem with the latest. Good morning, molly. Reporter diane, good morning. Thats right. It is the biggest news here. Everyone is talking about it anticipate its on the cover of every single newspaper here. Here youve got the jerusalem post. Trump on jerusalem. Its that citys capital. Youve got this, u. S. Recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel and heres a picture of the israeli flag and the American Flag projected onto the walls of jerusalems old city. The state department is warning israel to restrain its reaction to that announcement to tamp down any antiamerican sentiment in the region. I have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as theapital of israel. While previous president s have made this a Major Campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today i am delivering. Reporter and just like that, in a matter of minutes President Trump reversed nearly 70 years of u. S. Policy and did what no Peace Process has ever done, named jerusalem as the capital of israel. He also started the process to move the u. S. Embassy. No other country on earth has an embassy in jerusalem. We cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. Reporter but the reaction was swift. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying it could lead to wars that 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 with palestinians declaring jerusalem their capital and saying the blood of martyrs wont be wasted. The only comments overseas that were positive this is a historic day. Reporter now Prime Minister netanyahu is thrilled, of arclosed. Ut here in east in the west bank a massive general strike. Palestinians have called for three days of rage yesterday, today and tomorrow, but, tomorrow, guys, after friday prayers is what well be watching. Diane, kendis. That, indeed. Our thanks to molly hunter in jerusalem. And time now for a look at your weather on this thursday morning. Good morning. A serious situation continues here over Southern California with very low amounts of humidity and fierce winds from the north and east and also talking about some warm temperatures and, again, homes are going to continue to be threatened here through friday with these explosive fire conditions. And to the northeast chilly air making its move on in along with gusty winds and even some significant lakeeffect snow and, meanwhile, over the southeast were talking about travel delays due to wet conditions along the 10. Im Justin Povick with your accuweather forecast. Coming up, why walmart is changing its name. But first road rage leads to this wild shootout on a busy street. What police say sparked the violence. And ter we take you inside jay lenos new historic mansion. We will never have time to show we will never have time to show you all the rooms, but were v i am beautiful in every single way words, cant bring me down this frightening scene was caughtn camera by a news crew in houston. Thats two men opening fire at each other in broad daylight on a busy road. This all started as a rear end collision before it escalated into a dangerous case of road rage. The guy in the jeep said drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the begun, and the other guy is like pulling the gun like that and then its like crazy. A woman grazed by a bullet is expected to recover. One of the shooters was also injured but not seriously. A volkswagen executive has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the companys scheme to cheat on emissions inspections. Oliver schmidt has been ordered to pay 400,000 for his role in the scandal. Youll recall rigged devices were placed in diesel cars so they could circumvent fedal emission tests. The results of the new crash test are out this morning. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says cars from hyundai, kia and subaru performed the best. For the first time passenger side crashes and headlight inspections were factored in the ratings. Our website has the complete list of cars that fared the best at atmfans. Com. And walmart has changed its name. Ready for this one . Its dropping the word stores from its official legal name as part of a marketing plan to emphasize Online Shopping and its also dropping t hyphen that used to separate wal from mart. So now walmart is called walmart. On a more serious note, were learning more details about that massive data breach at uber. Reuters is reporting that a 20yearold man who lives with his mother was behind that cyberattack that compromised the data of millions of users. Uber reportedly paid that man 100,000 to destroy the data and keep the breach a secret. A source says the man did it because he wanted to help pay the bills at moms house. Well, mom mom is a tough landlord. Its not free. Up, new rese about Birth Control and the health risk for certain women. But first the picture of a 4yearold Prince George at the center of an alleged terrorism plot. The suspect now facing charges. Plus, the mystery buyer who paid 450 million for a da vinci painting is finally revealed. T. Could this happen again . Was my warfarin treatment right for me . My doctor told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis had both and that turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. 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Haley told fox news the situation with north korea is changing by the day and they plan to take every precaution to keep americans safe. And today is sentencing day for a former u. S. Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty to molesting teen girls. Prosecutors want larry nassar to get 60 years in prison for possessing child pornography and will be sentenced separately on assault charges. Mckayla maroney is expected to be in court today. She wants life in prison for nassar. Her mother wrote a letter to the court about the toll the abuse has taken on mckayla saying she has transformed from a bubbly positive, loving World Class Athlete into a young adult who was deeply depressed. At times i was unsure whether i would open her bedroom door and find her dead. A british man is in custody for allegedly helping plan an attack on Prince George. A man is accused of putting a photo and information about the 4yearolds preschool in a social media post that was encrypted. Prosecutors say the 31yearold suspect was trying to help others plot a terror attack. Royal watchers say georges parents face a difficult challenge when it comes to security for the kids. I mean they need to be followed round the clock by Royal Protection officers and by bodyguards, but at the same time they want them to feel as though theyre not special and that they can go and play with their friends and that theyre having normal interactions with people. And so its a constant balancing act. The suspect has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Now to new research about low dose Birth Control pills. Doctors in denmark found the new pill raised the chance of developing breast cancer. Results were the same for hormone infused devices such as iuds but doctors say the danger is considered small, so most women dont need to give up their Birth Control due to this. The price of viagra is about to be cut in half because pfizers new generic version hits the market next week. 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Youtube is out with this, number three, a group of guys doing trick shots with pingpong balls. Take a look. So the video has 93 million views since april. Not bad. Not at all. Next up, the second most Popular Video of the year. Thats a group of dancers and their routine to ed sheerans shape of you raking in 119 million viewers. But can you guess number one . Top video of 2017, check it out. What in the world . This is the stuff nightmares are made of. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a man dressed as an oyster. This is part of a singing competition in asia featuring masked celebrities and elaborate costumes. It has 183 million views. To quote the poet