Field with a concussion as a former nfl star says hes living with cte. I started to do a lot of things i wouldnt do. Describing memory loss, violent outbursts and demons that almost drove him to suicide. Would he play all over again . Only on gma. All i want for christmas is you and christmas jackpot. Nearly half a billion dollars up for grabs right now. Could you be the Lucky Lottery winner this Holiday Season . And should you think twice before you give a ticket as a gift . Good morning, america. Happy friday. Frigid friday. Oh, absolutely. Its going to be a cold weekend for millions. Bitter cold temperatures are moving into the northeast. Moving into your bones too. Thats right. More snow is going to midwest. Rob is tracking it all. Good morning. Good morning, michael. A look at whats going on, this car spinning off the road in manitowow, wisconsin and switching winds and this driver managed to get out of that. I94, jefferson county. That car spinning off into the median and up onto the other side of the road. Another car spun off so dangerous Road Conditions and more snow across the area. Windchills dangerously cold and there are two systems kind of developing, one will skirt the east coast, a coastal low. D. C. , philly up through atlantic city, long island and the cape and this system skirting the great lakes as well. Not too much but, again, as we see, all you need is one, two, three inches and thats what well see and higher amounts across the great lakes. Well track it. Thank you. Out west, the battle is on against that wildfire, the thomas fire claiming the life of a firefighter. As it grows it is now californias fourth largest fire ever scorching 240,000 acres. Abcs matt gutman is near the front lines for us, good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. This fire has been surging over the past 24 hours jumping over containment lines fueled by wind and singledigit humidity. Whats going on here, this forest as been burning and the firefighters have cut what you see here, a bulldozer line, waiting to make sure it doesnt leap over this line and engulf this house. 8300 firefighters still fighting this gargantuan fire, the thomas fire, and the fire has proven deadly once again. A firefighter killed in the line of duty just yesterday. He is survived by a pregnant wife and a very young daughter. Many of the firefighters expect to be here until after you know, weve spent over a week on this fire now. Weve driven almost around most of the perimeter. It is enormous. Stretching from where i am right now nevarly 50 miles way to the outskirts of santa barbara, roughly less than half the size of the state of rhode island and how many people affected, i think you can tell how smoky the air is behind me. Hundreds of thousands affected by smoke advisories, 95,000 people are still under mandatory evacuation orders and many of the schools in this area closed last week and they will remain closed until after the new year. Robin. Thats understandable. Matt, thank you very much. Were all thinking of that firefighters family. We move on to washington and the latest on that gop tax plan. Final details set to be released today. But that timetable may now be in jeopardy as some key republican senators withhold their support. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce tracking it and these so critical. They have a very slim margin and already signs of trouble. Senator marco rubio tells us he is a no concerned about the Child Tax Credit and senator bob corker is also likely a no with worries about the deficit. Others still undecided or looking for more information. What we learned is in the bill. It cuts the Corporate Tax rate and the top tax rate for individuals, big wins for big business and most wealthy. For the middle class is doubles the standard deduction excuse me the standard deduction but limbs state and local deducts that many rely on and gets rid of the Obamacare Mandate that could leave millions more uninsured. We dont know where it fits within that price tag. Meantime, Republican Leaders still confident theyll get this done by christmas . Reporter well, first, george, republicans need to see a bill. Were told that could happen later today. The senate is hoping to take action on this and they are going to need every single vote they can get but there are still serious concerns about when senator john mccain will be returning. Hes been in the hospital receiving treatment for the side effects of his cancer therapy. Were told he is eager to get back to work but no word on when that will be. New speculation about the speaker of the house, paul ryan, suggestions this could be his last year leaving after 2018. Reporter yeah, always lots of speculation in the town about when a speaker is headed for the exit. Paul ryan says it is completely premature and says hes not going anywhere for now. Well see what happens as the year progresses. More from jon karl and matthew dowd. Jon, lets begin with the tax bill. So little room to maneuver right now. A lot of final details set and this objection from senator marco rubio at the last minute complicates things. Reporter it sure does. The white house is confident they will get the votes but, george, this is the world now that the democrats won in alabama and doug jones getting sworn in in january. Basically you have a situation where every republican senator can be king, anybody, anybody can stand up and object and they have to meet their concerns to get it passed unless there is democratic support so looks like rubio, if they are going to pass this, rubio ultimately will get his way. Theyll have to give him a lot and lets talk about more broadly here, the Republican Leadership does seem convinced they have to get it done. What could be puzzling is this bill is tremendously unpopular right now. Yeah, they are making an assumption that a legislative victory will equal a political victory. All you have to do is reflect on recent history. They thought the same thing about obamacare and ended up a red wave coming. The same thing here. Unpopular president pushing an unpopular bill through an unpopular congress is not a recipe for success and donald didnt think was possible made tax cuts unpopular and obamacare popular. But they do seem determined to push ahead and, jon, meantime, the president going to the fbi headquarters today even as in recent days hes been repeating that criticism of the fbi. Reporter you know, you remember the president was supposed to go to fbi headquarters back in may, but the firing of james comey made that virtually impossible. He did not go. This time hes not actually going to the headquarters, george, hes going to the fbis academy talking to those that go through its course down there, but youre right, an organization he said is in tatters and his own fbi director has said is actually doing quite well. And, matt dowd, its coming as youre seeing republicans ramp up their criticism of the investigation by special counsel mueller. I think this is unreal the president is doing this. I was going to call an audible and ask michael a question. How would you feel if somebody friend of yours trash talked you, trash talked your team and then showed up in the locker room and said, dont you love me . [ laughter ] thats what hes doing by going to the fbi. Thats whats happened a few times. I guess thats the answer for today. Thank you, michael. And thank you, george. Now to that major Net Neutrality decision that could affect anyone using the internet. The fcc voting to overturn the rules at a dramatic hearing so what does it mean for you . Our chief Business Correspondent rebecca jarvis, please break it down for us. This is a really important one, good morning, robin. The fundamental idea behind that neutrality is that no matter what website youre looking at, your Internet Speed should be the same and the internet providers like verizon and at t and comcast, they shouldnt be able to cut special deals to block or slow down which websites you see so you see this here. Imagine these cars represent the to travel down the highway, which represents the internet. Under Net Neutrality the same speed limit applies to everyone. No special lanes, the rules are equal across the board but take away that neutrality and Internet Service providers can charge to make sites move faster. You see that toll lane there, thats them charging to make some sites move faster. That fast lane. Those that dont or cant pay might be forced to slow down and consumers could see slower service or none at all on those websites that have been forced to slow down. Very effective to help us understand. Now help us understand this. What does this mean for consumers . Could this possibly mean higher bills. It could, robin. Heres a few ways consumers could feel this. If they are forced to pay additional fees they might pass that on to consumers so your netflix bill goes up or a chance the internet providers of the world could charge you more so, for example, there are some places without Net Neutrality, some countri charging consumers extra fees and separately for every one of their services so email costs an additional fee, music does, video and social media. It costs extra. Yes. Thats one of the dangers. Is this guaranteed to go through . Were seeing lawsuits against the move. There are a number that have come up, a number of states and websites and Service Providers of the internet, already saying this might be an issue Going Forward and that there are some lawsuits that are coming up. Also, i should add this repeal while its happened is going to take a while to actually have an impact on consumers. Any idea how long . I think the web that the number one thing right now are these lawsuits and whether or not these lawsuits go through, i should also add a number of the Internet Service providers have said that for now their Service Remains the same with customers. Thank you, rebecca. Thank you, rebecca. Now to backlash growing after fraternities across the country over concerns about hazing. An entire fraternity at the been indicted. Abcs gio benitez is here with the latest. Good morning, gio. Good morning. The universitys applauding this saying hazing is hazing and simply unacceptable. A pi kappa alpha chapter slapped with those charges this morning. This morning, an alleged hazing incident at the university of houston leading to a criminal indictment against an entire fraternity. We want this to serve notice that to all the universities, the fraternities, the students, their parents, that hazing is a crime and hazing will be prosecuted. Reporter the indictment accused the universitys pi kappa alpha chapter of forcing a pledge to go without food, drink and sleep during a threeday ritual last year. Fraternity members allegedly tackling him in the dark, according to prosecutors, the unnamed freshman was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen. I get it its a frat and there is a process of joining but also a line you got to draw reporter ray anne and Steven Gruver spoke about the tragic consequences that can happen when that line is crossed. Their 18yearold son max died in an alleged hazing ritual at Louisiana State university. Ten members of the universitys fidelity that chapter are facing charges. Nobody can physically drink that much. You cant. You have to be forced to drink it. Its terrible. How is making your brother doing all these things and humiliating them a brotherhood. Reporter none of the students involved in the university of houston incident face individual charges. Instead, officials are going after the fraternitys chapter. I do think the National Organizations have a responsibility to make sure their members are upholding the values and not participating in hazing. Reporter they are suspending the fraternity until 2023 and the organization is distancing itself from that local chapter. Also suspending them. Meanwhile, in the lsu case lawyers for the students have denied that their clients participated in any Inappropriate Conduct or hazing. All these things are so avoidable. Easily avoidable. It keeps happening. All right, thank you, gio. We move on. Next the me too Movement Continues and five women have come forward to accuse Dustin Hoffman and one said she was just 16 at the time. Eva pilgrim is here with the latest. Good morning. Dustin hoffman facing new accusations this morning. Music mogul Russell Simmons now the center of a criminal investigation. The list of Sexual Assault allegations against men in the Entertainment Industry growing. Dustin hoffman known for film classics like the graduate. Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. Reporter under fire following new explosive stories in the variety detailing Sexual Misconduct allegations. Dustin hoffman was one of the biggest actors working if not the biggest actor working at the time. Reporter variety reporting the claims of three women including two who say during the production of ishtar the actor groped them against their will and a 16yearold says he exposed himself to her in 1980, the same year he took home his first oscar for kramer vs. Kramer. Dustin hoffman in kramer vs. Kramer. Each described Dustin Hoffman groping then and described it as Sexual Assault. Reporter variety reporting hoffman and attorney sent a letter to the owner saying they were defamatory falsehoods. John oliver had a Testy Exchange about the allegations from Anna Graham Hunter who accused him of sexual unwanted advances to her when she was 17. Do you believe this . I believe what she wrote, yes. Why . Because theres no point in her lying. Well, there is a point in her not bringing this up for 40 years. Really . Oh, dustin. Reporter hoffman did not respond to abc news about these latest accusations, but he has denied previous allegations of harassment and misconduct by three other women. The 80yearold is among an evergrowing list of highprofile men with women accusing them of Sexual Misconduct. This morning, the nypd confirms it is investigating music mogul Russell Simmons based on allegations made by nearly a dozen women including four who now say the def jam founder raped them. I think its very possible that somebody like Russell Simmons could open the floodgates to other figures in popular music. Simmons has stepped down from his global empire after apologizing for his mist or criminal accusations. Overnight, posting on his instagram page, i will prove without any doubt that i am innocent of all rape charges, adding my intention is not to diminish the me too movement but instead hold my accusers accountable. That hashtag that he used prompting another woman to come forward. Fashion pr powerhouse Kelly Kutrone saying in 1996 he tried to rape her and said his post is a call to every man who wants the right to abuse women to continue. Strong words. This whole move many has such viral power right now. So many people coming forward. It just doesnt stop. Theres so many people. Thank you, eva. All right, lets get to something that will make us feel better. This might be proof that christmas miracles exist. All went down to Atlanta Hawks game and take a look at this got picked out of the crowd and weve all seen people get picked out of the crowd. He just chucked it. You played basketball. Robin. What do you think . You dont like the form . No style points. You dont need style points. Norman is like, i dont care. I won 10,000, everybody, im rich this morning and they averaged what he would do with the money. He said he is going to enjoy christmas. Norman, congratulations. Great shot. That was a great shot. That was great. Back to rob. All right, george, want to talk about the fire situation out west. You saw from the fire lines a report out there. Red flag warnings across the entire state not just santa ana winds but swirling over the weekend and a challenge as well. Clear tonight with lows falling into the 20s to around 30 downtown. Ltimore metros. Today . C. Cloudy and cold. Light snow possible in d. C. Md. Highs 3235 winds ne to se 5 mph tonight mainly clear and cold. Lows 2330 winds w 5 mph saturday partly to mostly sunny. Seasonable. Highs 4550 winds wsw 510 mph it will be cloudy and cold to round out the work and school week. High temperatures will only reach the upper 30s. 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