Voters to back Embattled Senate candidate roy moore. Get out and vote for roy moore. As moores accuser stands her ground and the president also facing new headlines in the russia investigation about one of his closest aides. Breaking overnight a tour bus accident overturning on a busy San Francisco highway. Dozens injured. Some trapped in the wreckage. The investigation this morning. And good morning, america. Thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. Im paula faris. As you can see dan is nowhere to be found. It is great to have thomas llamas. Tom llamas. Starting with the jokes already. The new kid. You get here, ten seconds in youre already seven seconds in. That was affection. That was love. But i know youre pulling double duty. Youll be anchoring world news tonight so great to have you here. It is a morning of striking contrasts on both coasts. Those outofcontrol California Wildfires killing a woman trying to escape in her car. The winds downed down yesterday but picked up once again. East coast, it is snow time many take a look at this drone video from a neighborhood in atlanta. And a live look at atlanta right now where they are waking up to a good amount of snow on the ground. It is the earliest snow in decades in some places like louisiana and georgia where even a little snow can cause a whole lot of problems. Yeah, i was just in atlanta and i got out right before the snow started coming down yesterday. This is a live look at cape may, new jersey. Were going to have that shot coming up but its taking aim at the northeast and rob is in new jersey right now to start our coverage. Rob. Good morning, tom. Snow just started to fall. That precipitation beginning to reach towards the north and east. Boy, wasnt it a mild and quiet fall for most of the country. Well, all things have changed and this storm has been winding up for a couple of days hitting the south first with a vengeance. Overnight Winter Weather taking aim at the east coast from delaware to virginia, residents prepping for the firstle significant snowfall of the season. It is snowing like crazy here. Reporter treacherous conditions continu continue acr south. And this massive 20car pileup. Parts of texas blanketed with half a foot and houston greeted with this unusual sight. Eight years since its seen snow. These palm trees in portland, texas, receiving a dusting. In north carolina, cars slipping and sliding. Some guy in a truck slid off the road and hit a car. This fedex truck losing control and toppling over. Standstill by a wintry mix and delta canceling 1300 flights in the last day with a line of means needing deicing. Over,000 Power Outages reported in georgiament one man killed by a power line downed by ice and snow. Dangerous conditions in or the east alabama with multiple accidents and closed roads. In parts of mississippi, the highest daily snowfall in 35 years. Nearly half a foot of snow there as the storm pushes east. All right and the snow is going to be starting to pick up across parts of new jersey. We want to show you what the forecast is and what its been doing. In florida, i mean this is a striking sign were on the side of a roadway and expect travel to be bad. Always bad the first snowfall of the season. Well, in florida, the Sunshine State, they claim to still be open for business even though theyve got snow there yesterday. All the way down into the gulf of mexico. Heres the snow now, richmond up through ocean city now stretching in through philadelphia and Atlantic City and this will begin to fill in but the northeast right now rather dry, but itll have some time and once it gets wound up today well look for anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snowfall really in a stretch from philly all the way up through boston. So for the first snowfall of the season not pretty strong one and the roadways, you know, its going to be probably pretty slick. Always tough to drive the first time of the season in that first snow. Youre not quite used to it like the first cold shot of the season so hopefully everyone travels safe on this saturday. So strange to see so much snow in the south yet we havent been hammered yet. We want to move to those raging wildfires in california. Six are burning, some barely contained. Buildings and homes have been burned, just leveled to the ground and now were learning that theyve claimed a womans life. Yeah, she apparently was trying to escape in her car and make the situation even worse. Heres abcs Marci Gonzalez with more. Reporter hi, guys, good morning, that as residents of this neighborhood and others wait to be allowed back in. Some coming home to utter destuks like this. The garage where you see this scorched car and washer dryer otherwise indiscernible from the rest of the house as there is that ongoing fight to protect other communities. Overnight firefighters relentlessly taking on these raging flames. When you see that all that orange glow, thats scary. Reporter on a mission to maintain the progress theyve made battling the wildfires ravaging Southern California for days. Fire is dwarfing the firefighters. Look at that. Reporter that massive thomas fire growing to more than 140,000 acres. Destroying more than 400 homes and other buildings. Its just devastation for them. Reporter Officials Say the powerful santa ana winds t have fueled the six fires burning this morning have calmed significantly for now giving firefighters a chance to gain some ground. Little bit of hope. You know, it was getting a little dire there for a little while. Reporter at that inferno in Ventura County some evacuation orders lifted and in Los Angeles County most residents forced from their hopes now allowed to return. But youre not out of the woods just yet. No, absolutely not. Reporter in San Diego County several people injured trying to escape from the fastmoving lilac fire. Among them a couple burned trying to save their horses from this training center. At least 25 of the thoroughbreds there killed. Its a very sad day. Reporter that fire destroying more than 100 homes and other buildings. This morning it is 15 contained. Its all hands on deck and everybody is doing what we can to get this thing done and buttoned up. Reporter but the winds are expected to pick up again tonight with the extreme fire danger remaining. Weekend. Paula and tom, back to you. Thanks, marci. Our thoughts going out to the firefighters battling this right now. Tough to see news about horses too. All those images. We want to move to politics and President Trump heads to jackson, mississippi, this morning to the opening of a new Civil Rights Museum, a visit that is drawing a lot of controversy. Yeah, meanwhile, the president held a defiant rally in pensacola last night pushing back on his opponents and highlighting economic gains and david wright joins us from West Palm Beach. David, good morning. Reporter good morning, tom and paula. This was a campaignstyle rally held here in the Sunshine State but its aimed at least in part at the voters just over the border in alabama. President trump giving a fullthroated battle cry. Defiant even as the russia investigation presses on. Let me begin by wishing each and every one of you a very merry christmas. Right . Ror trump who once claimed he could stand on fifth avenue and shoot someone and still not lose voters. And i can think of no better Christmas Present for the American People than giving you a massive tax cut. Thats whats happening. Reporter this crowd still very much behind trump. Look at these guys, blacks for trumps. I love you. Reporter even as some prominent civil rights leaders including congressman john lewis are skipping todays opening of the new Civil Rights Museum in jackson, mississippi, because the president will be there too. In pensacola trump beauforted he has singlehandedly transformed american politics. Big media, special interests, phonies all, theyre not here to protect you, they are only here to preserve and to protect themselves and youre finding that out. Reporter the russia probe is not going away. Rick gates are due in court monday for a hearing. Court documents filed friday give a preview of the mountain of evidence fbi agents seized after executing 15 search warrants in the case. More than 400,000 items in all including financial records and emails, plus dozens of laptop, phones and thumb drives. One of the president s closest aides, hope hicks, was questioned this week by the special counsels team. The New York Times reports the fbi tried to warn her that russian operatives were trying to contact her during the transition. Even taking the unusual step earlier this year of briefing her in the white house situation room. Theres no indication that hicks did anything wrong. Just last week, the president vowed he would not be coming to alabama to campaign for Senate Candidate roy moore and his word, but this event in the Florida Panhandle took place less than 15 miles from the alabama border and inside the mobile media market, tom and paula. All right, david, thanks for your reporting from West Palm Beach this morning. As david said the president may have been in florida last night but he was eyeing alabama as david said just on the border there and he was encouraging his followers to vote for roy moore. Thats right. The president telling the crowd moores their man. Abcs Stephanie Ramos continues our coverage. Reporter while across the border in florida, President Trump fully endorsing embattled alabama Senate Candidate roy moore, just three days before the election. So get out and vote for roy moore. Reporter overnight at his rally his supporters theyre lying. A lot of those women are lying. Reporter fired up and standing by moore. This guy is screaming we want roy moore. Hes right. Reporter as trump praised moore, the Senate Candidate took to twitter directly quoting president s support. This as Beverly Nelson one of the eight women accusing moore of a range of inappropriate Sexual Misconduct speaks out. He was trying to pull me in between his legs, it was terrible. Reporter nelson defending her accusations with evidence, her High School Yearbook with the message she says was written and signed by moore. But for the first time acknowledging she wrote the other note beside that signature. Nelson and her lawyer said she did so to remember how she came to have that autograph. Moores team denying the allegation claiming he doesnt even know her. We demanded they turn over the yearbook so we could test the ink, testing writing and everything. Reporter the president who faced 13 Sexual Misconduct allegations during his own campaign questioning the legitimacy of nelsons accusations. You know, the yearbook, did you see that . There was a little mistake made. She started writing things in the yearbook. Reporter trump making it stands. We need a republican in the senate. We need more of them. Reporter roy moores democratic opponent doug jones is scheduled to be at a number of events over the weekend as he tries to win over as many people as he can. Tom, paula. All right, stephanie, thanks for your reporting. I know you have been on the campaign trail, the special election in alabama and saw the president endorse moore and rnc came back around. Do you get a sense its in the bag for moore. Moore has motivation, somehow overcome these allegations and when you think allegations of child moss little station how could any politician overcome that. He somehow has and denied those allegations. His numbers are good. He has that huge boost from the president and the president is so beloved by republicans in alabama, that could be the turning point in this race but as we heard stephanie report doug jones is all over the state campaigning very hard unlike moore who hasnt made a public appearance since tuesday but hes hoping for africanamerican on tuesday. I dont think its in the bag for moore. It will be a tight race. Well have to wait and see. I want to bring in political commentator Cokie Roberts into the conversation joining us from south carolina. Cokie, good morning to you. Lets start right there with doug jones. Do you get the sense theres anything that he could do . Hes the democratic challenger, to beat roy moore in the special Election Senate race. It would be very, very tough. His hope is to really turn out as tom was just saying, really turn out that africanamerican vote. Hes got africanamerican politicians like cory booker, the senator from new jersey down there campaigning with him. And hope the white voters who are disgusted with roy moore stay home that would be his best hope. And, you know, its very hard because theres no pattern of people voting democratic in alabama in recent years. The last exit poll we did there which was in 2012 only 16 , percent of white women voted for barack obama. So its going to be a very tough one. More than 40 of people in those polls say they were evangelical, moores base trying to turn out. If moore does win President Trump could take a lot of credit for it but when republicans were fleeing, the pretty stood by moores side. If he makes it to the senate isnt the president inviting further scrutiny when it comes to his history with women . Well, all of this situation around Sexual Harassment with it being so much in the news and now weve got three members of congress having resigned this week alone and who knows what is to come, the president is very much in the crosshairs but he has ridden it out before and gotten elected and is likely to ride it out again unless something happens and, of course, things do keep happening. Cokie roberts for us this morning. Cokie, thank you. Thanks, cokie. Theres on trent franks has moved up the timing of his resignation which is now effective immediately. Yeah, this after reports of a former aide saying he repeatedly asked her to carry his child. At one point allegedly offering her millions of dollars to be a surrogate. Abcs Gloria Riviera joins us now from washington with more. Good morning, gloria. Reporter this morning, an early resignation shaking up congress. Arizona congressman trent franks abruptly giving his notice one month sooner than expected. In a statement saying we came to the conclusion that the best thing for our family now would be for me to tender my previous resignation effective today december 8th, 2017. Franks originally stated his resignation would be effective january 2018 after receiving pressure from House Speaker paul ryan who urged him to quit after learning of credible claims of misconduct. The republican is accused of asking two members of his staff to bear his child. The Associated Press is reported one woman claims franks offered her 5 million to act surrogate. Franks speaking out saying i deeply regret that the topic of surrogacy was discussed in the office and that it caused distress. Known as a social conservative it is a test of our basic humanity and who we are as a human family. Reporter franks now the third member of congress to resign just this week over allegations of Sexual Misconduct or harassment. This really is a watershed moment for our country. Reporter franks has denied the allegations against him, reports are at least one woman, a former staffer, claims franks offered her a written contract for review with a payment included and when she refused she says she was sidelined at the office. Tom, paula. Gloria, thank you. Lets check back with rob in the snowfall in galloway, new jersey. Barely coming down now. Its coming down enough. Starting to pile up in some spots but itll get worse today for sure. To the west coast where you mentioned that situation. This happening, this, of course, the fire situation and weve got the red flag warnings that remain up there. Just came from there yesterday. It is so dry, you cant even understand it. The good news this morning, winds are light for now but will crank up and again tomorrow because that dry ridge remains in place and the santa ana winds event not just tomorrow but into next week, as we molly after a slower start to the snow this morning, not out of the woods. Watching showers and snow move into the area, and in terms of how much we are talking, one to three possible for the d. C. Metro and higher amounts across southeast maryland. Advisorie and warnings in effect until 4 00s this afternoon. We are just about 30 minutes of toms river on the Garden State Park cai. Now llamas is on gma. I do the parade there every year in my honor. Its amazing there in new jersey. A nice place. Its toms world. Were just living in it. See new a little bit. Ron, lets check in with you. Good morning to you, paula and tom, adrienne, good morning, everyone. We begin overseas with a third day of violent clashes between Israeli Forces and palestinian protesters. Two protesters were killed at the gaza border on friday. Another two died in israeli air strike in response to a rocket attack on an israeli town and this morning, israeli troops used teargas against protesters hurling stones at them in bethlehem. All of this following President Trump recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel earlier this week. Back here in the u. S. Overnight 29 people were injured in San Francisco when the charter bus they were in overturned on highway 101 in the city. 25 of those passengers were taken to a local hospital with injuries ranging from broken bones to police are praising the bus driver