Better believe it. Inside the photos that landed the super star back in the headlines and have so many worried that the biebs is bad luck. And good morning, america. Boy, Justin Beiber, not getting a break in boston right now. Thing hes bad luck for the patriots. Fans are like that. The patriots, hanging out with them, they have a good thing going on right now. But youre saying hes done a lot of things that i criticize. But im not sure theres a justin jinx. Well get into that. I love when you back biebs like that. And begin with the record rain on the west coast creating dangerous driving conditions. Mudslides, forcing mandatory evacuations. And ginger is going to start with this. Look at this, outside of a car in los angeles, something you dont see every day, and not in the last three years. The rain came forcefully, dangerously for some. Record daily rainfalls from San Francisco to los angeles. Up north and east of san diego, 7. 5 inch was rain. That is a ton for an area thats struggled to get a quarter inch over the months on end. Flash flood watches in place, newport, up into the sierra. And look for the next three days to be extremely rainy in northern california. One more day north and east of San Francisco to get the brunt. Brandi hitt is in california. Tell me everything you have seen so far. Reporter good morning, ginger. It continues to rain, and many of the families are on edge. Take a look, they have installed large barriers in front of the homes. Sandbags here, and they have done a great job of protecting the homes from the mud and flash flood waters. A powerful storm drenching california overnight. Recordbreaking rainfall downing trees. Drivers swerving around rock slides. Terrifying. It was scary. Very scary. Reporter and a power outage at the bob hope airport. And this truck dangling from a freeway overpass. And the deluge isnt over, 4 inches expected in the next 24 hours. Monitor things all day. I know theres heavy rains coming this afternoon. Reporter in glenn codoor la they worry that this could give way. Im hoping its okay. Reporter its the same area that was hit by wildfires in january. And the mudslides that followed jurist a month later. But in 1969 their home was one of dozens buried by a massive mudslide. And now theyre prepared to evacuate for the third time in less than a year. Do you have your bags packed constantly . Its all sitting inside the door. If we have to evacuate, put it all in the car and were off. Reporter and again the rain continues to come down. Many of the families feel they have dodged a bullet so far. But theyre not out of the woods just yet. Watching the forecast and the mountainside behind me. George. Thanks very much. Now to president obamas next defense secretary. Expected to announce his choice to replace chuck hagel this week. The likely pick, ashton carter. And he may not have been the president s top choice, but has deep experience. He certainly was. He was passed over when chuck hagel was in two years ago, but he was deputy until september of last year. Hes not a veteran or well known, but spent his life in the National Security world. This is a critical time with isis and syria and iraq. The president wants a fresh start with someone widely respected for his intellect and decisionmaking skills. He appears to have republican support. On isis, theres conflicting reports on whether the leader, albaghdadis exwife was detained in lebanon. Had a fake i. D. , with a 9yearold child. Theyre not sure if shes a current wife, a former wife or a wife at all. They are interviewing her. They want to know everything she knows about the isis leader. Good to see you, martha. And now to the fallout from ferguson. Michael browns stepfather is under investigation for his actions in the hours after the grand jury decision. Police are trying to determine if he was trying to incite a riot with this outburst. Alex perez joins us now with the latest. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning. At this point authorities have not charged Michael Browns stepfather. Federal authorities arrested a man accused of making Death Threats against darren wilson. 46yearold jalil Tariq Abduljabbar has been making repeated threats online to kill darren wilson. The Police Officer who shot and killed unarmed 18yearold michael brown. He was ranting about wilson on his facebook page, even posting this wanted image. Outrage over browns death, further compounded last week by the grand jury decision not to indict wilson in the august 9th shooting. Following the news, browns mother, inconsolable. But it was this heated response from mike browns stepfather thats making headlines yet again this morning. Those words from louis head during an emotional moment after just hearing wilson would not be charged. Now st. Louis county police are looking into whether head should be charged for inciting a riot. Possibly making an alreadyvolatile situation even worse. Fires raged until morning, businesses looted and destroyed. The missouri Lieutenant Governor calling for heads arrest. Attorneys for the brown family were quick to denounce his words, but and for understanding. Dont keep him from being human. Reporter and in new york city, they are bracing for possible fergusonlike unrest. A grand jury decision against the officer in the choke hold death of gardner is expected this morning. Thank you very much. And scary new video showing the risk to passenger planes from the lithium batteries that power so many device ss. Jim avila has the story. Reporter the faa says that explosive new video is showing a new look at the way laptops and other devices are transported aboard passenger planes. This video could change faa rules about the batteries behind digital revolution. This cargo hold filled with 5,000 lithium ion batteries for a simple test. They simulate overheating just one battery inside. And within 45 minutes, a chain reaction. Nearby batteries inside catch fire. And the smoking container explodes. Temperatures in the cargo hold reach 1100 degrees. All lithium ion batteries have some risk of this phenomenon of thermal runaway. Reporter in fact the pilot union said shipment of lithium batteries on aircraft is the most pressing hazmat issue that the Aviation Community needs to address. The batteries, more than 7 billion of which, are made each year are popular because they are lightweight. But shown to be vulnerable to overhe overheating. This laptop battery seemed to spontaneously come bust in a terminal. Thousands are carried in the cargo holds of the passenger planes. While there are Fire Suppression systems onboard, a similar test showed they didnt prevent an explosion, but delayed it. Get inside, it looks cold out there. To amy for the other top stories. We begin with a community in mourning after a tragic collision between two school buss in knoxville, tennessee. Two children were killed on their way home from school along with an adult aid. The front sheered off one, the other on its side. A heartbreaking scene that brought the police chief to tears. We just and the community to pray for so, so difficult. About two dozen other children were also injured. They were all in kindergarten to fifth grade. And our thoughts are with those family this is morning. In the meantime, explosive new allegations against bill cosby this morning. A california woman claiming the comedian molested her in the bedroom of the playboy mansion in 1974 when she was 15 years old. This is the first time that a woman whos accused cosby says she was underage when the assault took place. They have not responded, but conditioned other recent allegations. Initial test results come today in the unidentified testing of a patient for ebola. Reportedly showing symptoms after a trip to west africa. And there appears to be a plan to avoid next weeks government shutdown. House Speaker John Boehner is pitching a twostep course that would fund the government and appease much of the partys conservative base. The good news if youre in stocks, the dow hit a new record high. Rallying on word of strong cyber monday sales. And a narrow escape in china. A driver loses control of her car and plunges right into the river. Fortunately the woman manages to climb out with the help of bystanders pulling her from the sinking car just moments wow, look at that before it sank. And look closely on the water there, this is an incredible photo bomb. A 7foot shark jumping out of the water. This happened in australia as a womans surfing competition was taking place. All the ladies were fine. They cleared out, understandably, but not as understandable to me, waited 15 minutes and got right back in. Okay. Finally an epic fail thats going to take tens of thousands of dollars to clean up. Take a look. This is how much its expected to cost to repair this 160foot super yacht after it was hit by a drawbridge in miami. The rock star had 15 people on board, badly damaged the top level. No one was injured. And just in case you were wondering, the 21 million boats hot tub was not damaged either. They can continue their tour. Their rock star tour. Money for them its a couple thousand. Thank you, amy. This is so disturbing. It is known as stolen valor. Civilians dressing up as military veterans. A philadelphia man was caught on camera allegedly posing as a decorated army ranger, taking advantage of discounts on black friday. We have the story. Reporter lets introduce you to ryan burke, he says he likes to talk to other Service Members when he sees them out. While he says he was initially suspicious of the mans uniform, once he started talking to the man, burke lost his cool. Wheres your combat patch at . Gave it to a little kid. Why is your flag so low on the shoulder . Got me on that one, man. Reporter this man getting a dresses down on tape. Where did you get your three civs at . Afghanistan. All three . All three. You know you need three campaigns to have three different ones. Reporter the man behind the camera, burke, and yetman, claiming to be an army ranger. Burke says hes a phoney, saying hes using the uniform to get discounts outside of philadelphia. Basic training . Fort jackson. Fort jackson . The infantry is only in fort benning. I noticed a couple things off on the uniform. The video viewed over 2. 5 million times since friday. I called you out on ten different things. Reporter this isnt the first time he has impersonated people, pleading guilty to impersonating a Police Officer. Real veterans have the stolen valor law, punishing men like angel who was wearing a chestful of medals he was never awarded. We checked with the marine corp. Never heard of you. Really . Reporter pennsylvania congressman Michael Fitzpatrick saying he should face federal charges. But yetman insists hes the real deal. Stolen valor at its finest. If i was a phoney, then i wouldnt be wearing this uniform. Its frustrating because you serve with good men who have lost their lives or been seriously wounded who earned that uniform. Reporter we reached out to yetman but did not hear back. Burke says it wasnt just the uniform and the way he answered the questions, it was the way he answered his cell phone with staff sergeant. You wouldnt say that. And his grandfather served in world war ii, it taints his legacy and so many others. People are fired about this one. They are. Just the thought process. Right. Thats why the law was implemented just a year ago. See if he faces any kind of charges as a result. Please let us know. It takes g s gall. It does. Its not Throwback Thursday yet, but we are going back in time. 1974, the last time burger king had the young bo on the menu. And Rebecca Jarvis is here to explain the trend. Reporter good morning. Big changes at bk. Sales are up slightly at burger king. Its buying canadian coffee giant tim hortons. But the fast Food Industry is struggling. And now homing that going back to the future with the yumbo will help it compete. Hold the lettuce special order all we and is that you let back in 1969, burger king heralded the arrival of the american classic. 40 years later, the wonder, known as the yumbo, has returned. The hot ham and cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato reinstated as part of the marketing strategy, making simpler menu yoms. Customers have been clamoring for this for year. Using foot traffic is not new to the fast Food Industry. Losing market share to chipotle and panera. The mcrib, a secret weapon of mcdonalds for the last 30 years. When it pops up, it becomes a sensati sensation. Even casual dining restaurants have started throwing back. T. G. I. Fridays coopting chilys baby back ribs from the 90s. For the yumbo to work, it has to be quick to prepare. Takes 30 seconds longer to get through the drive throughs today than a decade ago. For some, thats an issue, but burger king does care. They dont want you waiting any longer. And should keep the fast food truly fast. Its quick to prepare. We can breathe a sigh of relief. Youre missing the ribs. Im waiting for the mcrib. You never know. You have to be fast. I dont remember the yumbo. I vaguely do. Ive seen it on youtube. Ouch. Thanks, rebecca. Appreciate that. Lets go to starting out with snow. New hampshire just a nice picture. This makes you love the winter feel. Dont love it too long if youre in new england. It will be pulling away. Winter weather voos soars until 9 00 a. M. For parts of vermont New Hampshire and maine. Look at coastal 53 boston much milder. Washington, d. C. A high of 60. Pittsburgh will go to 42. Its mostly dry air back here not all that cold and look at the warmth from mobile at 77 to atlanta 69. 60 washington and 50 here in new york city. Thats a look at the mild coast to coast. Not as mild well talk about this rain in the west coming up first we have to get that local forecast in 30 seconds and this mornings rainy city brought to you by walgreens. Good morning im meteorologist karen rogers with your accuweather update we see light showers moving through. Roads are damp but temperatures well above freeing its forty degrees. Lets take you outside. We have fog in spots. You can see the fog above the ben franklin bridge. Visibility 4 miles at philadelphia right now. Your accuweather forecast showing a high of 53. Well see lot of clouds just some spotty showers around not a lot of rain. It breaks off tonight and later this evening and tonight youre dry. Tomorrow finally the sunshine returns and 46 to show you how california would need to get out of the drought. A little tease. 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Wet conditions for the ride into work and its a really slow ride at that on 95. Southbound side from approaching academy through this point at the betsy ross bridge into girard, here on the ramp from 95 to the betsy ross bridge and aramingo avenue we have a crash. You can see it taking out the left side of the ramp really o clogging things up for people get and on or off of 95 southbound. Crash involving a pedestrian on the roosevelt boulevard northbound at ryan avenue outer drive is blocked. Weve had big issues this morning in narberth with a fire location. The action cam was on the scene early here along montgomery avenue attending to the fire at the fast signs building which went up in flames as you can see. Montgomery avenue remains shut down between old gulph road and brookhurst avenue. You need to think alternates like bryn mawr avenue, wynnewood avenue and wynnewood road or route 30 lancaster avenue. Nearby there was a water main break along graling avenue which didnt help firefighters ocean. Crash in brookhaven to watch out for along milton road near Chester Creek road. Matt. Lets take a live look at center city philadelphia. Cant really see the tops of the buildings because of low cloud cover which is causing some flight delays at Philadelphia International airport. Meteorologist karen rogers filling in for david with the forecast. Hey, karen. Hey, matt. Clouds reducing visibility at Philadelphia International airport to about 5 miles. Its worse in the northwest up to just. 3 of a mile in mount pocono right now. That temperature is currently above freezing as we look at Storm Tracker 6 live radar we can see we have shower