4th became National Sock day. The one day i decide to wear flipflops. Good morning to you on this National Sock day. The president spent the weekend sending off a series of controversial tweets, one forcing his lawyer to do damage control. The president is attacking the fbis integrity urging the new director to clean house. Abcs Kenneth Moton is here with new details. Reporter theres more focus on the president s weekend tweets this morning. It appears he wrote all but one thats getting a lot of attention. President trump in another fight with james comey. The president attacking the bureau tweeting after years of comey, the fbis reputation is in tatters, worst in history. Comey tweeted back the fbi is honest, the fbi is strong and the fbi is and always will be independent. The back and forth ignited as the president s team tried to explain this tweet about former National Security adviser michael flynn. I had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. If the president knew he lied to the fbi and asked him to drop this case, he knew that flynn had committed a federal crime. Reporter the president s lawyer insists he wrote the tweet. The issue significant because comey gave sworn testimony to congress that the president urged him to go easy on flynn. I took it as a direction. I mean, this is the president of the United States with me alone saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wants me to do. Reporter trump tweeted i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey lie. It appears special Counsel Robert Mueller continues to build his case in the russia investigation. This after flynn struck a deal entering that guilty plea friday. That plea agreement does not to me indicate that theres very much else there. Reporter but Top Democrats on capitol hill believe were beginning to see an obstruction of justice case. Comey wasnt the only one that defended the fbi against the president. Sally yates tweeted, the only thing in tatters is the president s respect for the rule of law. Diane and kendis. Kenneth, thank you. Moving on now to more news from washington. Republicans will in congress will begin the compromise on tax reform. The bill passed by the senate must now be reconciled with the one passed by the house. Republicans insist there are no major differences between the bills but the differences amount to hundreds of billions of dollars. For example, the senate bill would keep the alternative minimum tax for corporations. Also would lower the Corporate Tax rate in 2019 instead of next year and the senate bill only scales back the estate tax. Unlike the house bill which would eliminate it. Senate candidate roy moore is gaining momentum with alabama special elections just one week from tomorrow. A new poll shows moore leading Democrat Doug Jones by six points. That same poll shows an overwhelming number of alabama republicans do not believe the Sexual Misconduct allegations against him. Meanwhile, during an appearance sunday on abcs this week, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell appeared to be stepping back from his criticism of moore. Do you believe judge moore should be in the senate . Im going to let the people of alabama make the call. Mcconnell had previously called on moore to end his campaign when the Sexual Misconduct allegations against him originally came out. Turning our focus overseas right now and the United States and south korea have ghun conducting their largest ever joint air force drill. Two dozen american stealth fighters are among the hundreds of aircraft flying in the drills which come one week after north korea launched its most powerful missile yet. Tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula and senator Lindsey Graham says its time to get u. S. Military families out of south korea because graham says were running out of time. Its crazy to send spouses and children to south korea given the provocation of north korea, so i want them to stop sending dependents and i think its now time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. North korea has issued a new threat saying the u. S. Military drills push the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. A Nuclear Power plant under construction in the United Arab Emirates was targeted by rebels in yemen. The uae is denying that claim but increasing violence in yemens largest city has prompted new security checkpoints and has further eroded the Fragile Alliance between yemens former president and the rebels who are backed by iran. Back in this country a sentencing hearing begins today in South Carolina in the Police Shooting death of an unarmed black man. Michael slager faces life in prison for killing walter scott when he shot him after a traffic stop. Slager said he felt threatened after he grabbed his taser but this video showing scott was shot while trying to run away. Slagers murder trial ended in a hung jury but he pleaded guilty to civil rights charges. Toll booths on san franciscos bay bridge may not be ready for this mornings commute following a deadly crash there. Four booths were damaged or destroyed after a truck slammed into the plaza early yesterday morning. Killing a toll booth attendant, the driver faces manslaughter an other charges. Time now for a look at your weather on this monday morning. Southern california can expect to see powerful santa ana winds over the next several days leading to serious concerns about fire danger. A low pressure system brewing over the upper midwest is set to advance into the great lakes later today pushing a wintry blast of arctic air and Severe Weather into the east. High temperatures across the country today include 40s and 30s in the northwest. 60s in chicago. 40s in boston, here in new york, 49. Check out 82 in miami. All right. Were going to miami. Well, if youre looking forward to your Office Holiday party, there could be a big change this year. A new trend coming up. But first, a megamerger gets the green light. Well tell you how it can reshape the health industry. Shaping bright overnight the images of the super moon just in. The flash of light seen shooting across the sky. Music guys, im good. Say goodbye to distractions. Now you can last longer with new ky duration spray. Rachael the heating is on. The food is spectacular. Patrisa in the hot seat answering audience questions, next rachael. You were borne to travel. Borne to rock. Borne to piggyback. And you dont want anything stopping you from doing what you love. So if youre looking to give your immune system extra support. 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President trump said the grand stairs were part of a federal land grab by his democratic predecessors. Thousands demonstrated in Salt Lake City over the weekend many fearing the land will now be opened up for oil drilling. They plan more protests today. Cvs has announced its buying the Health Insurer aetna for 69 billion. If approved the deal could reshape the health care industry. Cvs operates nearly 11,000 drugstores and walkin clinics and aetna covers 22 million people. Combining the two would create a company that would offer most of the basic Health Services regularly used by americans. It would be a serious challenger to amazon which is reportedly preparing to enter the pharmacy business. And the metropolitan opera here in new york has now suspended world famer conductor james wle convenient as it investiga investigates allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Three teenagers are involved from the 1960s. Apparently prompting Many Companies to scale back their Holiday Plans this year. A survey finds that the number of companies serving alcohol at their Holiday Party is expected to drop from 62 last year to 49 this year. Some companies actually say theyll start enforcing a twodrink limit but 11 are actually skipping the parties altogether this year to try to prevent bad behavior. Wow. Coming up, the new warning about the flu and where its already starting to spread. But first breaking his silence, what billy bush is now saying about the infamous access Hollywood Tape with President Trump. Wall street executive is attacked and killed by a shark. Well tell you what happened when her instructor tried to save her. And the wolf huffed and puffed. Like you do sometimes, grandpa . Well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. It can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. So i talked to my doctor. She said. Symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. 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The contractor says it was a wiring issue with some of the charges. The demolition is set to be rescheduled. All right. Well, President Trump is the subject of a scathing the New York Times oped this morning by a former access hollywood host billy bush. Bush accuses the president of indulging in revisionist history or reportedly denying it was his voice on the access Hollywood Tapes. Making lewd remarks about women. But bush writes, quote, of course, trump said it. Bush says other people who heard trump thought they were listening to a standup act and the former host explains, quote, the key to succeeding in my line of work was establishing a strong rapport with celebrities, with mr. Trumps outsized viewership back in 2005. Everybody from billy bush on up to the top brass had to stroke the ego of the big cash cow along the way to higher earnings. Now, President Trump has said he was merely engaging in locker room talk. And President Trump has until today to make a decision about the u. S. Embassy in israel. Its currently located in tel aviv. Israel wants it moved to jerusalem. Soninlaw Jared Kushner and white house adviser made a rare public appearance telling a forum on the middle east the president has not made up his mind yet. Like his predecessors he promised to move it to jerusalem but the palestinians say they will not accept that. Hes still looking at a lot of different facts. When he makes his decision, hell be the one to want to tell you, not me, so hell make sure he does that at the right time. President trump could delay making a decision and leave the embassy in tel aviv and issue a sixmonth waiver which he did once already. A wall street executive died after being mauled by a shark. Rohina bhandari was bitten while she was scuba diving off costa rica. Her guide reportedly saw the tiger shark and tried to scare it off but was also bitten. He is expected to survive. Bhandari worked at a firm founded by commerce secretary wilbur ross. Health officials have issued a new warning about this years flu season. The cdc reports three states, louisiana, mississippi and South Carolina are now showing high levels of flu activity compared to zero states at this time last year. Experts warn this seasons vaccine may be only 10 effective but they insist its still worth getting your flu shot with the number of cases expected to climb through the holidays. Turning to sports and nfl may be in touch with patriots star Rob Gronkowski today following what some are calling a dirty hit. Gronkowski hitting tremendodav white. White is in the leagues concussion protocol. The patriots did go on to win that game. There is plenty of other football action to tell you about. Lets get those highlights from espn. John buccigross and john anderson. College football playoff. What about the pro news. You were probably asleep late last night. There was a football game. Thats what im here for. Seattle, the 12th man. What they call those rabid fans out there to help their Home Team Win and they did. Big play here. Carson wentz fumbles and the seahawks take over. Sheldon richardson, the man right there, industrying the ball. Eagles miss on a chance to tie the game. Big play there. Fourth quarter still a close game, 1710. Russell wilson, might not have gone backwards like it should by rule as he pitches to mike davis and davis picks up the big first down on third and nine. He might have made it anyway but just in case and got more yards than he would have. Seahawks go on to 2410, just the second loss of the year for the eagles. The vikings are now actually the number one seed by tiebreaker over the eagles. You know why that is. They beat the falcons, fourth quarter, tight game, vikings defense was terrific. Terrific. Minnesotas offense just barely good enough. Theres case keenum, kyle rudolph. Thats a touchdown. 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