Nominations. We announce later this morning, were going to have full coverage on gma. Those are our top stories on this monday, december 11th. From abc news, this is world news now. A good morning to you all. Were going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. There is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. Theres already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. There are travel advisories now in place. Rob marciano with more. Reporter more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. Lakeeffect snow falling from indiana to new york. Thundersnow, startling west seneca. Three miles south, this scene, the bills colts game, snow falling up to per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. Indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. A jackknifed tractortrailer causing backups. This car going through a pond. At the height of the winter storm almost 300,000 without power. Theres trees popping all over. Never know when one going to pop you off. Were trying to get the electricity back on. Reporter but one major School District outside of atlanta still in the dark and closed on monday. Some locations have gotten over 20 inches of snow. The coldest air coming with afternoon wind chills in the teens or Single Digits from chicago to new england. York. So much for being a mild winter. Yeah, already off to an early start. Thanks a lot, farmers almanac. The thomas fire is expanding. It has burned 230,000 acres, the fifthlargest fire on record in california and is now moving into Santa Barbara county. Some evacuations have been issued in the middle of the night. My neighbor comes pounding on the door at 3 00 in the morning, debbie, get out some 18,000 buildings are threatened by those wildfires at this very moment. Its also cut power to tens of thousands of residence and some schools are now closed until the new year. Alabama electing their first democratic senator in 25 years in what should have been an easy win for republicans. After eight women accused candidate roy moore of Sexual Misconduct. Two of them claim he sexually assaulted them when he was in their 30s and they were just teenagers. These allegations are just completely false. I did not date underage wichlom. I did not molest anyone. I believe those women in etowah county. Its like senator shelby said, where theres smoke theres fire. Theres some fire in there. One poll shows them in a dead heat. And with President Trump lending his voice to a statewide robocall, it is being called a referendum on the president. The former campaign manager, paul man for tafort is back in today. In newlyunsealed emails are revealed between man for the and rick gates, and their discussions. Prosecutors obtained 15 search warrants. Outrage is growing in the middle east over President Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Over the weekend, israeli Authorities Say they used new techniques to destroy a tunnel built by hamas militants. The timing of the operation is not connected to the wave of violence following the u. S. Decision. James longman has more. Reporter Water Cannons and tear gas wounded protesters. And then the crackdown. Harrowing scenes outside the u. S. Embassy in beirut as anger at the president s speech echoes throughout the region. The rocks are still being thrown and the tear gas back. Its our home. Our land. Reporter and the political fallout continues. The arab league petitioning other countries to recognize East Jerusalem as the fite capit capital of a future of islamic state. We dont do things to please every other country in the world. We do things to advance the ball. And thats what the president did. Reporter they said they wont have any communication with u. S. Officials and that they wont meet with Vice President mike pence when he visits later this month. Mike pepsnces office calling tt unfortunate. Iraq celebrating the victory over isis. Iraqi helicopters flew over baghdad to commemorate the end of the offensive against the islamic state. The iraqi Prime Minister formally announced the end of the war over that comes two days after the Russian Military declared it had defeated isis in neighboring syria. This years nobel peace prizewinner has accepted the award with a man ominous warnin. She accepted the award alongside a survivor of the atomic bombing. But she noted the hostility between President Trump and kim jong un. Will it be the end of Nuclear Weapons . Or will it be end of us . One of these things will happen. The only rational course of action is to cease living where our mutual destruction is one impulsive tantrum away. It was recognized for a u. N. Treaty bitcoin begins its first weekday of trading on a major u. S. Exchange. So the crypto currency got off to a strong start on the chicago board of of options exchanged. Jumping more than 300. It began the year at just under 1,000. It begins trading Bitcoin Futures next monday. I feel like way back when there was a clip of katie couric and Bryant Gumbel when they were like, what is the internet . Thats how i feel about bitcoin and this entire thing. I have no idea its a digital currency. Of course it is. Of course. What you need to know. Were going to need a little more time to get into the explanation. Ill tell you more at the break. Two teammates from last years world series morris and trammell, who were selected by the modern era committee. Trammell played 20 seasons in detroit, the world series mvp when the tigers won it all in 1984. Morris may be known for his teninning complete game in 1991 when minnesota beat atlanta. And there are fears some of the most rare whales could disappear for good. The north atlantic right whale. They may become extinct unless special measures are taken to present them. One step includes the u. S. And canada decreasing the number of deaths caused by humans. 17 have died this year in the waters off new england and canada. A zoo in berlin is celebrating the birth of this tiny polar bear cub. The mother, named birth a few days ago, and this morning the cub is only the size of a guinea pig. A little thing. Zookeepers arent sure yet whether its a girl or boy. Like a stick of butter. Coming up, your christmas might be made in china. Twothirds of the worlds decorations come from one small region where santas helpers dont look like your average elf. And the force is strong with this one. Stars storm the red carpet for the premiere of the last jedi. Its time to get your lig lightsabers ready, people. First, lets take a look at your temperatures. World news now weather, brought to you by car fax. Com. Im worried i cant find a safe used car. 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Next to a rather disturbing story involving a convicted serial killer in the headlines. Hes confessing to new crimes. Heres abcs Ron Claiborne with more. Reporter the man who police say chained this woman in a makeshift dungeon in South Carolina and murdered seven people. Just a girl, just a girl. How are you, honey . Reporter now says he killed even more. The herald journal says it recently received a letter in which he brags yes, there really is more than seven. At this point i really dont see a reason to give numbers or locations. He did not go into any specifics that would, you know, give any insider detail as to where or when or who. Reporter kala brown, the woman who was freed from the metal container where he had imprisoned her for two months. After killing her boyfriend told dr. Phil mcgraw he told her he murdered scores of people. How many people did he tell you hed killed . He said he was near the threedigit mark, so almost 100. Reporter they say what he is saying is not unusual. Serial killers entire identity is tied up in killing. And now theyve lost it. So how do you get the spotlight back on you . You do it by saying theres more victims. Reporter he says sometimes these claims of more victims turn out to be but investigators still have to check them out. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. We should say that the chief Division Counsel with the Columbia Office agency there says they do have a pending investigation right now into this case, but wouldnt comment beyond that. I imagine theyre very much looking into this. Coming up, they look like santas workshop at first glance, but its not the fornor pole. Youre going inside chinas christmas village. Check it out as youre watching world news now. I can see it and i know you feel it. Take gasx®, the 1 gas relief brand. It relieves pressure and bloating fast so you can wear whatever you want. Ayep, and my teeth are yellow. . Time for whitestrips. 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Just in the past year, the industry churned out 3 billion worth of tinsel, santa hats and l. E. D. Christmas trees. Whats the biggest competition city . You sell 2 million worth every year. There is an unmistakable sense of pride. Iwu is at the center of the made in china phenomenon. Hitch a ride with the mother of four who owns a factory that makes our Christmas Trees. Here 70 workers are on site, assembling our trees. Some workers we met with told us they work in grueling hours f 7 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. The local government Inspection Team has asked her to improve working environment. And that her factory will move into a bigger space soon. Despite the pressures and other factories all around iwu, there are no signs of slowing down, at least for the foreseeable future, your christmases will still be mainly made in china. Wow. Can you imagine visiting that place . Exci excitement. Unbelievable. That market covers two square miles. About 26 of macys Flagship Stores in the city. The flagship is just a part of all the showrooms that they have. They sell just about everything. Staggering, twothirds of all our decorations come from those folks right there. They may not look like hollywoods version of the elves, b 30 of the orders are from the u. S. , but they get christmas orders from all over the world. And theres santa i know him. I do own one of their trees, actually. Really . Santa i know him, i know him. Santa tha. Oh, burnton gravy . Ie. Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. Cascade platinum powers through even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. And thats not a tissue protection. Lysol kills over 100 illnesscausing germs and viruses, even those that may cause runny noses. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Ialmost everything. You know, ke 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Avoid a septic disaster with ridx. 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Something inside me has always been there. Reporter but no ones talking. You quite enjoy keeping the secrets of these films. I do. I do. Reporter can you even confirm youre actually in this film . No, i cant. I only know one truth. Its time for the jedi to end. That he would Say Something like that . Reporter carrie fishers leia also in it before she passed. I met her when she was 19. We had our ups and downs, she was very, very special. Reporter theres a new director. Ive been doing a bad job pretending im not nervous. Reporter and a new character. They needed to find someone who didnt feel like they ballooning belonged in the universe. Reporter there is a new guy. You are how tall . Im 7 feet many. Reporter the most emotion in any Star Wars Film ive seen, and ive seen them all. This is a spoilerfree zone. But i can tell you, there will be storm troopers. And cameos under those helmets include Prince William and a little cameo. Is that going to be like the ed sheeran moment in game of thrones where ed sheeran this morning on world news now, more homes under siege. Californias largest wildfire is out of control and on the move, forcing new evacuations overnight. Its one of the top five largest fires in california history. Fanned by those strong winds that wont let up. A full report from the front lines. Alabama voters are one day away from the highstakes senate election. In a rare interview, roy moores insisting he never molested anyone as doug jones is standing by the women accusing his opponent of Sexual Misconduct. New details about a deadly plane crash. The plane slamming into a home, the homeowner escaping moments before. And there was a Football Game in buffalo. You may not have been able to sigh it through all the blinding wind and snow. What does a football in a blizzard look like . Well show you on this monday, december 11th. From abc news, this is world news now. They made snow angels. Yay, they look like they had a good time. Hopefully they won the game after all that. Well break that all down in sports, but were going to start with the battle in Southern California against the wildfires there. Breaking overnight, new evacuation orders have been issued. The biggest and most out of control is the thomas fire moving into Santa Barbara county and has burned 230,000 acres. Nearly 800 buildings have been destroyed and thousands more are threatened this morning. Reporter this fire racing up the Southern California c look how dangerous it is. Reporter those powerful santa ana winds intensifying, whipping the flames over hillsides and towards homes. This area was under evacuation two days ago and we lifted those orders because we thought we were in good shape. My neighbor across the street pounding on my door at 3 00 in the morning. Debbie, get out pack your stuff, get out reporter those terrified neighbors scrambling, the flames closing in fast. In ten seconds we had the fire close to us from 30 to 60 feet high. Reporter but luis decided to stay, grabbing a hodse, doing what he could to keep the fire from spreading. He was able to help save some of his neighbors homes. Now the fight to make sure others in Santa Barbara county fare but a glimmer of hope for the rest of Southern California. Crews getting the upper hand on four other fires and one is now completely out. But the devastation left behind is hard to swallow. Just absolutely traumatic. Reporter Sharon Flores and her daughter ariana in disbelief. Only their mailbox left standing. I was hopeful, a 50 50 chance. It doesnt seem like its real. We just spent thanksgiving here. Reporter and you can see the flames and smoke where firefighters are still hard at work. There is potential relief in sight because the winds are dying down, but it is dry out here, and there is no rain in the forecast for more than a week. Kendis, diane . Were following the brutal Winter Weather here in the eastern u. S. So much for it being hot land at that. Overnight tempera