Television productions have been put on hold here and a whole lot of people are on the move right now. Jump on the freeway there. Welcome to early start this morning. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. 1 we start in alabama where roy moore starts the home stretch of his campaign today, the final six days with a boost from steve bannon, the former white house chief strategist headlining a Campaign Event just a day after the president himself endorsed moore. Moore has been accused of Sexual Assault and impropriety involving teenage girls. Bannon slammed several quote establish republicans including Mitch Mcconnell and jeff flake who earlier tweeted out this. A check donated to the democratic opponent, doug jones. The white house not backing down from the president s endorsement. Weve said that the allegations are concerning. And if true, he should step aside, but we dont have a way to validate that and thats something for the people of alabama to decide which weve also said and we maintain that. And ultimately it will come down to the people of alabama to make that decision. Gary tuckman has more for us this morning from alabama. Reporter sweet home alabama is now playing as this rally has come to an end. It was held in a barn here in alabama. It was quite an event. It was a roy moore rally but the reason so many people showed up was to hear steve bannon introduce its and he attacked democrats, he attacked members of the news media i be then he really went off on people he called staff republicans. But he really reserved his ire for mitt romney. He had tweeted the other day, roy moore in the u. S. Senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation and listen what bannon said. You ran for commander in chief. You had five sons, not one day of service in afghanistan and i iraq. We have 7,000 dead and where where the romneys during these wars . Judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in a pinky finger than your whole family has in his whole dna. Reporter he said this election should be left up to alabamaians. But it was steve bannon who really got the headlines here today and he also got a tweet from doug jones, the democrat running against roy moore. He said after this event was over, we dont need an outside agitator like steve bannon carpet bagging in alabama. Thanks. In a matter of hours President Trump will formally recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and he will order the state department to start the process of moving the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv. U. S. Allies in the region warning the move undermines stability and sabotaged the Peace Process between israel and the pal tinians. Calls for protests prompting this word of caution from the american counsel in jerusalem. United states citizens should avoid areas where crowds are gathered. President trump plans to sign a waiver delaying the embassy move for another six months. The entire process expected to take several years to complete. Lets go to cnn live in jerusalem. Remind our viewers the significance of moving that embassy. What it says and why why it would stoke so many tensions. Reporter well, lets just look at it. Jerusalem is a city that both israelis and palestinians want to be the capital of their country. Now, israel says that they want a united jerusalem. The palestinians say they want East Jerusalem and that was going to be determined through negotiations. At least that is the stand of the International Community and thats why you see all the embassies in tel aviv and not in jous lemm ev jerusalem even though they have their government here in jerusalem. So the United States would be breaking essentially with the International Community by moving the embassy and declaring jerusalem the capital of israel. Weve had key American Allies warn against this move because it could provoke a backlash on the street, and create instability in the region. Key allies like jordan, egypt and saudi arabia have warned against this. The israelis have welcomed it. Weve heard from a number of officials saying that this is a Long Time Coming that the United States were to do this, but you know, it also comes down to the Peace Process. What does this mean for peace between israelis and the palestinians . Weve heard from a number of palestinian officials who have said that if this move does go forward, which were expected later today, they said it could kill the Peace Process and essentially sideline the United States. All right. We know youll be watching it for us and american citizens have been told to avoid large gatherings, large crowds, a lot of folks waiting to see what will happen when the president makes this announcement. Significant developmentes in the russia investigation. Donald trump jr. Faces the House Intelligence Committee for a closed door interview. Hes sure to be questioned about his contact with russians during the Campaign Season and transition. And more charges expected to be filed against rick gates. Gates attorney have warned him superseding indictments may be imminent. The special prosecutor have already charged him and manafort with 12 offenses with Money Laundering and of course now bail now in jeopardy after it was revealed he was ghost writing an op ed last month. Manaforts lawyers expected to respond to the op ed allegation tomorrow. Advisors to mike pence, the Vice President increasingly anxious about his exposure in this widening russia investigation. Democratic senator Richard Bloom bloom bloomenthal wants to hear what he knew about Michael Flynns conversation with russian officials. Seven people close to the Vice President tell cnn pence was unaware flynn spoke to the Russian Ambassador about sanctions despite the fact he was the head of the transition team. But unsealed Court Findings and new details about President Trumps own knowledge, flynn lied to the fbi, all indicate that a wide circle of advisors were aware flynn raised the sanctions issue with the ambassador. Now many say many in pences circle worry he will be called for an interview. Pences team is pushing back on that idea. The Vice President is focused on passing the largest tax cut in american history. President trumps attorney shooting down claims Robert Mueller issued a subpoena to deutsch bank in order to get his hands on business dealings. Prosecutors demanded records from the lender in recent weeks. The president has said inquiries into his financial dealings would be a quote, violation of the special counsels man date. First Lady Melania Trump and second lady karen pence plan to meet with Emergency Responders and get an updated on the region that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey this summer. Theyll visit an Elementary School and a food bank where they will help volunteers sort boxes of donations. The republican bill is headed to congress, but President Trump promises the final product will be better than either version. Its a tremendous bill for jobs and for the middle class and i think people see that and theyre seeing that more and more and the more they learn about it the more popular it becomes. Perhaps because its not very popular at the moment. A fresh polling shows less than one third of americans approve of the gop tax plan. Both promise big Corporate Tax cuts that add to the deficit with no guarantee it will add jobs or raise wages. 41 of americans believe it will raise their taxes. The losers grow over time. For example under the senate plan 81 of americans get a tax cut in 2019. Now look by the year 2027. Only 14 still get a cut and a fourth would pay more while the biggest benefits go to the top earne earners. Unless you live in one of those big blue states. Which we do. Where the local income tax reduction will hurt middle class families. Theres also this suggestion, steven moore who is an advisor to the president on this and someone who contributes here on cnn. Hes called this bill death to democrats. Starves tax breaks for universities, for graduate students, for teachers and for the big blue states and republican unions in the big blue states. Its far lower in connecticut, california, new jersey and new york. It could make me considerably worse off. Ahead, firefighters battling four raging infernos. Thousands of acres already destroyed. 27,000 residents forced to flee. Well have the latest for you next. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her new mobile wedding business. At first, getting paid was tough. Until she got quickbooks. Now she sends invoices, sees when theyve been viewed andtadahpaid twice as fast for free. Visit quickbooksdotcom. Four Deadly Wildfires in california triggering a state of emergency there. In Ventura County over 50,000 acres burned. 27,000 residents have been forced to evacuate their homes and these evacuations are underway right now. Three other fires igniting on tuesday. One in los angeles torching over 11,000 acres. And near santa clarita, more than 5,000 acres destroyed. Reporter christine and dave, an incredible picture that if you zoom, you can see at least four different fires burning. And the biggest one is here in Ventura County. This is the remnants of one of the homes that has been destroyed by the fire and if you look over to my left you will see that that entire hill had fire coming across it. All it takes are strong winds to blow the embers from that on to a structure like a home and the home goes up very quickly. Weve watched it happen time and again. There are at least 150 homes that have been destroyed in this fire alone and were talking about three other major fires that are also burning but this one so far, were talking about tens of thousands of acres that have already been burned and it has been very hard throughout the day for firefighters to get it contained because of the winds that have been blowing through very strong winds that at some point some of the winds were upwards of 70 miles per hour. Imagine that and the fact that it is so dry here and very, very difficult for them to get these flames under control. So far, there are no fatalities and that is the good news, but for the families who have not yet seen their homes, who have not been able to get back into the neighborhoods, this is devastating. Christine, dave. Boy, it is indeed. Democratic congressman john conyers, the longest serving member of the house, also the first member to resign over the nationwide reckoning over Sexual Harassment. Conyers accused of Sexual Misconduct against women on his staffer speaking for the first time. Conyers endorsed his son to replace him in congress. This morning, two will join Gretchen Carlson to fight Sexual Harassment legislation in the work place. It allows people to sue and to not have to do all this in secrecy. When you settle these cases and the companies can write them off as normal business expenses theres nothing to prevent it from happening again. No accountability and thats the case still hanging on. 17 minutes past the hour. Stunning development in the sports world. 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How will they plan to fight this or are they going to just accept it . Reporter well, that is the big question here this morning, dave. As yet, a csilence from the cl m kreml kremlin. But just to give you the backdrop to this, this is about much more than sports. This is political. President putin declaring this might be an american plot in the Russian Election that is happening in march which is just after the winter games. Were seeing strongly worded comments coming out in the wake of this decision. One describing this as a humiliation and an insult. Another Prominent Russian senator saying this is part of the west policy of containing russia. As for the athletes that would be hoping to compete in the winter olympics, they are still it seems formulating their response to this. Theres a meeting scheduled for december 12th where the prospective olympians will figure outs whether theyre going to compete under the neutral flag. So a lot of questions remaining about that. As i say, we still wait to hear an official response from the kremlin. No government response, but we are seeing some reports of 22 athletes challenging their lifetime bans with the court of arbitration for sport. I will check back with you next hour. This is a huge development. Consider that the United States cant even put down our sanctions on russia that were due a couple of months ago. This is one of the power houses in the olympics. So to take them out changes the entire dynamic. President trump standing by his full support of roy moore. The president s endorsement causing major problems for the republican party. We dont want to have a liberal in alabama, believe me. If you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what . You could apply for a Medicare SupplementInsurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. 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And the president hours away now from making a significant announcement naming jerusalem as israels capital despite warnings of potential violence. State of emergency in california as Authorities Say the fires are out of control. 50,000 acres of Ventura County, a terrifying scene there on the west coast. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. I am christine romans. Senate candidate roy moore starts the home stretch of his campaign today. The final six days and he begins with a boost from steve bannon headlining a Campaign Event. Moore has been accused of Sexual Assault and improper behavior involving teenage girls. Bannon slammed several Establishment Republicans including Mitch Mcconnell and senator jeff flake who earlier tweeted out this photo of a 100 check, his donation to doug jones, country over party on the lower left there. The white house meantime standing by the president s endorsement. Weve said that the allegations are concerning. And if true, he should step aside, but we dont have a way to validate that and thats something for the people of alabama to decide, which weve also said and we maintain that. And ultimate lly it will come dn to the people of alabama to make that decision. More from fair hope, alabama. Reporter christine and dave, sweet home alabama is now playing as this rally has come to an end, this roy moore rally held in a barn here in southern alabama. It was quite an event. A lot of attacks. It was a roy moore rally, but the reason so many people showed up was to hear steve bannon introduce its and he went into attack mode. He attacked democrats, members of the news media and he went off on people he called Establishment Republicans, Mitch Mcconnell, jeff flake, but he really reser