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Theyre coming ready or not. I totally get this. My kids have been wearing christmas pajamas for the last three weeks. Theyre definitely excited. A lot of serious news and we begin with the wildfire emergency in california. Fires burning up and down the state scorching thousands of acres and forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Those people hoping they have homes to return to. At least 12 large fires are burning across the state right now and lets go out to our team in california, and first up is matt gutman in Santa Clarita. Good morning to you, matt. Reporter good morning, michael. You can tell the wind is absolutely ferocious. Weve had gusts of 50 Miles Per Hour here. Thats why this house is engulfed. There are firefighters inside. You can see them spraying it down from the inside. I want to show you why this is such a problem. This whole valley here, you can see those little lights. That is all fire and that wind is fueling it. It is absolutely ferocious and firefighters at this point dont know how many homes have caught fire even in this neighborhood. Wow reporter overnight fires erupting in california, north and south. At least 50,000 people ordered from their homes north of los angeles where firefighters relentlessly battled the tick fire which exploded again this morning. Highways on fire and neighborhoods scorched. Traffic in a gridlock overnight thursday as thick black smoke filled the sky. Panicked residents escaping with fires threatening to engulf roads. The fire torching homes like kindling. This fire is completely driven by the wind right now. Multiple aircraft pounding the flames with water from above and on the ground. We were on the front lines with those First Responders. This is what firefighters go through. It is completely wet here. Theyre all choking because of the smoke, but theyre trying to say the homes as best as they can at this point. You can see the fire all in that valley coming up here. It is very hard to breathe right now. Firefighters racing from one fire to the other. Using a buzz saw and then a crowbar to gain entrance. Flames quickly approaching this ranch, horses galloping for their lives. You okay . Then running up the road we saw estella. Your kids are in the house . Yes. Reporter her car blocked at the roadblock below and set out on foot to get her girls and animals out. Fire cresting the hill near her home. We tried to help. So we came up to the front of the house to show you what it looks like from this side, and its absolute chaos here. That house is up in flames. You can see there are dozens of fire crews here and in this entire neighborhood. Weve seen police rolling through here begging people to evacuate and what theyre fighting right now is the three horsemen of the fire apocalypse you could call it. Low humidity, high heat and high wind, and were getting all of those right now, and you see firefighters also in that house trying to put out the flames in here. Its going to get a lot worse before it gets better today. We are seeing red flag warnings throughout the day, and into tomorrow here in Southern California. Many tens of thousands evacuated already. Michael . Thank you, matt. We know those firefighters are fighting very hard for that fire. Now to Northern California where the kincade fire has burned more than 16,000 acres in Sonoma County destroying structures and forcing evacuations. More than 1,300 firefighters are trying to contain it. Will reeve is in Sonoma County with the very latest. Good morning to you, will. Reporter good morning, michael. Yeah, just 5 contained right now of those 16,000 acres reportedly burning but firefighters should have a chance to get more of a handle on it today with the winds dying down and while that happens, officials are investigating the cause of the fire. Reportedly the states Largest Utility Company may be at the center of it. Overnight, new details on the possible origin of the kincade fire potentially sparking near a pg e transmission tower that broke minutes earlier. The fire has already destroyed dozens of structures and tens of thousands of acres. At least 2,000 people forced to evacuate. Look at the smoke smothering the mountains for miles. Emergency crews battling the fire in the sky and here on the ground. This time lapse video shows the moment the power goes out. Then shortly after a larger glow likely the fire that then quickly spreads. Possible power lines down in the area. Reporter pg e says they turned power off to nearly 30,000 customers in Sonoma County. However, the report states transmission lines in these areas remain energized, citing forecast weather conditions, particularly wind speeds. The ceo of pg e speaking out in a press conference. At around 9 20 last night we became aware of a transmission level outage in the area of the fire. This morning cal fire personnel on the site brought to his attention and then our attention what appears to be a broken jumper on one of our transmission towers. Reporter this morning, First Responders hoping to keep the fire contained as much as they can before more powerful winds arrive this weekend. The fuel are dry, humidity is down, winds are up. So its fires best friend so were trying to keep it over there and hope it stays that way. Its hard to tell with unpredictable winds. Reporter this is 1 of the 49 structures reported destroyed by the kincade fire, and down here on the ground in Sonoma County the mountains, thats where the fire is. We are way up high but the fire has left behind scenes like this. Those winds dying down is going to be an advantage for firefighters to try to get a handle on this, but it is a race against time with more red flag warnings with high winds coming just this weekend. Tom. Will reeve with those devastating images this morning. Devastating image and winds are what were really worried about. Ginger zee is here now and you were just telling me we have to track this all weekend. Yes, the next 24 hour is Southern California. Sunday into monday Northern California gets what could be their worst in two years thanks to this high parked over the pacific, it will move inland and sends those winds offshore and we have high wind alerts all over the state of california. Lets bring that state up focus on san bernardino, anaheim today, anybody from Big Bear Lake to escondido is under the alert where you could see 70mileperhour gusts. I just got off a plane from l. A. The dry air, the relative humidity as low as 2 . You can feel it. Northern california, we put the streamlines on real quickly just to show you. It will be offshore by sunday night. This is a widespread 60mileperhour wind event that could take down trees and power lines let alone fueling the fires. Cecilia. Hoping everybody stays safe. Ginger, thank you. We turn to washington with breaking news about that anonymous official inside the Trump Administration set to release a tellall book. A new report in axios claims the mystery source was in frequent meetings with the president himself and plans to detail those conversations with an upcoming book titled a warning coming amidst that headline that the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into the russia probe. President trump making good on his threat to investigate the investigators. It means the Justice Department is now essentially investigating itself. Our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, has the latest, and pierre, this is raising some serious questions about whether the president is using the Justice Department to go after his enemies. Reporter indeed, cecilia. Good morning. Barr is now personally overseeing a criminal investigation that could target fbi and intelligence officials who were initially involved in the launch of the russia probe, but democrats are already crying foul. Overnight the chairman of the house intelligence and judiciary committees issued a blistering joint statement accusing barr of trying to help the president politically during those damaging impeachment proceedings. Its the investigation the president has been calling for for months, claiming that the mueller investigations origins were not only a witchhunt but illegal. The Russian Investigation is a hoax. Its a phony hoax. Reporter still fbi and Justice Department officials have long maintained that numerous contacts between Trump Associates coupled with the russians hacking the dnc called for a counterintelligence investigation. But trumps appointed attorney general william barr has been skeptical of that probe since taking office. I think there is spying that did occur. Yes, i think spying did occur. Reporter barr did authorize john durham to conduct a review to see if thinitial investigations and Court Approved surveillance was done by the book. Now word first reported in the New York Times and confirmed by abc news that barrs given durham the power to conduct a criminal investigation. Giving him the power to compel witnesses through subpoenas and the ability to seek a grand jury. Its unclear what, if any, criminal violations took place and whether anyone ultimately will be charged. The president claiming treason. We can never allow this treasonous these treasonous acts. Reporter durham, the prosecutor in the case, now has the power of pressure and can pursue subpoenas and call for a grand jury, cecilia. This is a serious change, and pierre, that report in axios this morning, the Senior Administration official writing a tellall book is one of the biggest mysteries in washington. This person apparently in close contact with the president set to reveal details about those conversations. Reporter thats right, cecilia. The suggestion is that anonymous was often in the room with the president and this person took copious notes. It may be the tellall tell all and likely will infuriate the president. Cecilia. I think thats sure. Thanks. Tom . Butina, the progun activist who infiltrated political circles, is reportedly scheduled for release from prison today after being convicted of conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. Earlier this year she will apparently head straight back to russia. She was sentenced to 18 months back in april but is getting out early. Prosecutors say butina used her connections for access to conservative politicians and was trying to further the interests of russia. Michael. Thank you, tom. Now to the california congresswoman facing an ethics investigation for an alleged relationship with one of her staffers on capitol hill. The rising star in the democratic party, katie hill, denies the allegations but admits to a relationship with a Young Campaign staffer. Linsey davis is here with more. Linsey, this all comes during a bitter divorce for hill. Reporter thats right, michael. In a letter to her constituents, she specifically calls it a divorce from an abusive husband who seems determined to try to humiliate her. As you said, katie hill was a rising star in the democratic party, and she managed to flip her district from red to blue in the 2018 midterms, and while she is vice chair of the House Oversight committee she is facing an investigation of her own. Katie hill hit the ground running as a freshman congresswoman. I represent a purple district. I did not come here for partisan bickering. Reporter but this morning the california representative is at the center of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee looking into allegations that the congresswoman engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on her congressional staff, a violation of house rules. In a letter to her constituents hill, who is the first openly bisexual member of congress, denied the allegations, but admitted to a relationship with a woman on her Campaign Staff which she says was consensual. There are no house rules barring members of congress from engaging in sexual relationships with Campaign Staff. Hello, everybody. Reporter that campaign was captured in this vice documentary entitled the most Millennial Campaign ever and is seen here with her husband. Just breathe. Reporter the couple is now going through a nasty divorce. Hill is accusing her husband of trying to humiliate and destroy her by allegedly leaking nude pictures of her and the Campaign Staffer which were published and circulated online without her consent, raising potential claims of revenge porn. Heslep has not responded to abc news request for comment. Lil she serves on the House Oversight committee. A panel that is crucial in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. She has apologized for her actions which she said were inappropriate and added, this coordinated effort to try to destroy me and the people close to me is despicable and will not succeed. Attorneys for hill have so sent a cease and desist letter to dailymail. Com which published several racy photos it claims are of the congresswoman. Thank you, linsey. We turn to the desperate search for the missing 14yearold girl. Her family pleading for her return after she disappeared with a 34yearold man they believe to be armed and dangerous. Amy is here with the latest on this. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, guys. The young girl has been missing now for four days and so the fbi has officially joined the search to try and figure out what exactly happened to her. Isabel, i love you and i want you to come home. Just let me know if youre okay. Reporter an emotional plea from the family of 14yearold isabel hicks. We miss you very much and we want you to come home. Please just let us know youre safe however you can. Reporter the virginia teen missing for four days, disappearing in the early hours monday with 34yearold bruce lynch who according to abc affiliate wric is known by the family. We wont stop until she comes home safely. Reporter the fbi now joining the search this morning believing lynch to be armed and dangerous, warning anyone who may come in contact to not approach. Our focus being the safe return of isabel to her family. Reporter missing posters of the teen seen throughout the community. Residents on high alert. As a new mom myself i cant help but get choked up about that. Reporter authorities have not confirmed whether isabel left with lynch voluntarily but fbi investigators have classified the missing teen as an endangered missing juvenile. Her brother posting this message on facebook saying his sister was kidnapped begging for help adding, i just need to find my little sister. Im still your big brother and ill love you forever. I just need my best friend back. Please contact me whenever you can. Reporter interestingly, police have not yet issued a warrant for lynchs arrest nor have they publicly accused him of any wrongdoing, but they are certainly on the lookout for him. That is very strange. All right, amy. Thank you for that. Turning now to the world series and the houston astros. The team firing their assistant general manager, brandon taubman, after his inappropriate comments to a group of female reporters. Reports that he shouted about acquiring pitcher Roberto Osuna who previously served a 75game suspension for violating the mlbs Domestic Violence policy. The astros releasing a statement, saying, we sincerely apologize to all individuals who witnessed this incident or were offended by the inappropriate conduct. The astros in no way intended to minimize the issues related to Domestic Violence. This coming as the team is set to face off against the Washington Nationals in d. C. For game three tonight. Our Nations Capital is hosting the world series for the first time in 86 years and President Trump says he plans to attend game five, but the nationals have a twogame lead, guys, so well see if they sweep houston in four. So many people watching the series and the nats are doing incredible. Our d. C. Bureau has been a little tired lately. Oh yeah. I saw one of our reporters was watching in europe because like such a huge watching the screens. Im from houston so i hope its not a sweep. Yeah, right. Were following a lot of other stories out there this morning, including the moment disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein appeared in public, the moment he was confronted and caught on camera. And superstar lizzos lawsuit. The truth hurts singer fighting back against two men claiming credit for that signature line in her hit song. But first lets head over to ginger. And amarillo, texas has not seen measurable snow in october since 2011, but they got four or five inches. You see that fall stuff. No, were not ready. When it made its w