Unable to move his legs carted off the field. What were now learning about his condition. Youre a mean one mr. Grinch the grinches stealing christmas. The new warning about people using cyberbots to snatch up the hottest toy and sell them for massive markups. This 15 toy sold for a thousand bucks. Outrage growing this morning. Good morning, america. Who is trying to make a buck on christmas . Come on. Bah humbug. Major new developments for both roy moore and john conyers plus a new legal threat for President Trump. That devastating wildfire spreading across california. A live look. Take a look. It is just tearing through Ventura County. It exploded from 50 acres for more than 31,000 and it did that in just hours. That is fast moving and overnight this fire has forced thousands of people to face mandatory evacuations. More than 100 buildings are completely destroyed. Were going to go to abcs marcus moore in ventura this morning. Good morning, marcus. Reporter michael, the fire here is illuminating the sky in the city of ventura. That is an apartment complex that has been burning this morning and its not the only one. Look at this. This apartment complex also in flames after the thomas fire continued to spread this morning and the fight to stop it is only just beginning. This morning, flames light up the sky in southern californias Ventura County. A Massive Wildfire roaring through these foothills recording wind gusts up to 68 Miles Per Hour. The wind shifts is the biggest problem. Reporter blasting fiery embers down the street. Electrical lines going up in flames all as firefighters try to stop the spread. This group panicked as the flames start closing in. We need to get out of here as soon as possible. That fire is right there. Reporter mandatory evacuation orders in effect as thousands race to escape the flames. All of ventura is on fire. All the streetlights are out. Ashes everywhere. No one knew what to do. My son is a firefighter and im not going to wait around for somebody to have to come rescue me so im out of here. Reporter these flames continuing to spread to homes here in Ventura County. It is a heartbreaking thing to see. Youve lived here 19 years. Uhhuh. This is home. But i dont know how much longer. Reporter you have to leave your home. Its too frightening for me. Reporter that fire captain stunned by the fires speed. Rapid movement. This fire has moved as fast as any fire ive ever seen. Anybody home . Reporter police going door to door and emotions high as homeowners scramble whatever they can before leaving. I was in disbelief. In shock. Thats all. Thats all. You never expected somebody to come over the hills as it did. Reporter massive Power Outages to Santa Barbara. Nearly 200,000 people in the dark. This fire really has been burning out of control in some parts of Ventura County and daybreak will be critical because it will be the first opportunity that firefighters have to try to fight this thing from the air with helicopters, they havent been able to do that overnight because of the darkness and also the strong winds, michael. Those santa ana winds only expected to get worse. We can hear when you were talking to one of the ladies the wind. But you look awfully close to that fire yourself. Reporter michael, yeah, we are at a safe distance from the fires. They are all around us. Look on this hill. Greg, if you can take a look at that house, the flames are continuing to burn. This is something we were seeing all throughout ventura and to think that this fire started at just 50 acres and has exploded to 31,000 acres and this is what were seeing here throughout ventura, certainly a difficult thing for residents to see as they will soon begin the process of trying to put their lives back together. All right, stay safe there, marcus. Oh, my goodness to see those pictures. You mentioned the wind. Go to ginger with the latest wildfire forecast and there are serious concerns about those winds, right, ginger . Yes, this is impressive, the numbers nearly 70mileperhour gusts with those winds. Didnt look that windy but all it takes is one gust down the mountain and that could change very quickly. Thats what makes these wildfires so erratic. He mentioned 50 acres to 31,000 acres in just nine hours. It is stunning to think about how quickly these blew up and how many more days we have ahead of these santa ana winds from Santa Barbara down to the mexican border. This could be the longest, strongest of not just this season, santa ana event but of many seasons so ive been in touch with the National Weather service. Gusts still up around 40 Miles Per Hour. By thursday, guys, theres another huge push of santa ana winds. Ill come back a bit more with the cold and storms in the east, george. We move on to major new developments in the Alabama Senate race. President trump is now openly backing candidate roy moore and the Republican National committee has reversed course reinstating the support the party suspended after several women accused moore of Sexual Misconduct. Election day just one week away and tom llamas with all the latest. Reporter the president , the rnc, all of that working in roy moores favor and the timing couldnt be better for his campaign but those allegations against him of Sexual Misconduct with teenagers still looms large over this race. Alabama Senate Candidate roy moore riding a new wave of trump support. The president now fully endorsing him and this morning, the rnc back to supporting moore when just over a week ago, the head of the rnc said this. Allegations were obviously very concerning and concerning to the degree that we pulled our resources. The alabama voters are going to have to be the judge and jury on this. Theyre going to have to look at the women that have come forward with these very concerning allegations. Reporter but overnight, abc news learning the rnc is now changing course and will be sending resources to alabama where tonight moore will rally with steve bannon, the president s former chief strategist. Hes a courageous man and most importantly hes a righteous man. Reporter bannon helped moore win in the primary. Moore posting on twitter the president told him he needs a fighter to help him in the u. S. Senate. But the glowing support from the white house comes as eight women have accused moore of a range of inappropriate behavior including two who said moore sexually assaulted them when they were teenagers. But i now know for sure that he is a liar. Reporter Debbie Wesson gibson said she was 18 and he was in his 30s when they dated and penned this note to him when she graduated from high school. She is outraged that he is saying on the campaign trail he doesnt know any of his accusers. Specifically i do not know any of these women. Let me state once again i do not know any of these women. Did not date any of these women and did not engage in any Sexual Misconduct with anyone. Reporter last month in an interview he did acknowledge he knew gibson. I cant recall a specific date because thats been 40 years but i remember her as a good girl. Reporter though moore denies all the allegations of Sexual Misconduct, gibson says she believes the other women. Its not hard to believe them. Its painful to believe them. Its sad. It takes what i thought was a very lovely part of my past and it colors it and it changes it irrevocably. Reporter the campaign tells me what moore is referring to when he says he doesnt know these women are the women who are accusing him of Sexual Assault. Moore has denied these accusations and the campaign describes gibson as active in democratic politic, george. Tom, moore and more signs tht the Republican Party is in on this. A poll showed more than 70 of republicans dont believe the women. You have steve bannon who the Campaign Calls rocket fuel for this campaign and, of course, the president backing moore. Tom llamas, thanks very much. George, a new accuser has also now come out against john conyers. This morning conyers is expected to make an announcement about his future. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has the latest on capitol hill. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, john conyers, the longest serving congressman is expected to announce he is retiring. The 88yearold has been under mounting political pressure to step aside as the allegations against him have been piling up. Now his nephew tells us this is not the congressman waving the white flag, he insists the congressman is retiring, not resigning. As first reported by the New York Times conyers is expected to make the announcement on a local Radio Program later this morning. He is now the first member of congress to announce his departure as part of this recent wave of Sexual Misconduct allegations. But we know fully well that this controversy hitting both sides of the aisle. A republican is under fire for coming to a settlement with one of his former staffers . Reporter and, robin, that former staffer is speaking out saying her decision to file a claim against congressman Blake Farenthold took a toll on her career and realized working in washington, quote, was no longer going to be in the cards. The congressman denies wrongdoing but is promising to pay tax bares fact for that settlement that reportedly cost 84,000. All right. Thank you, mary. Hitting both sides of the aisle as you say ricocheted across the country. A lot of other news backlash for President Trumps announce on the two national monuments, the largest rollback of protection in american history. New development on the travel ban. The Supreme Court allowing the latest version to go into effect while it faces challenges in lower courts. Plus, new headlines in the russia investigation. Prosecutors moving to tighten restrictions for Paul Manafort as they revealed he was working with a russian associate as recently as last week on tax evasion charges. To cecilia vega for more on this and cecilia, the prosecutors said they believe manaforts associate has ties to russian intelligence. Reporter yeah, george, hey, good morning to you. Theyre not naming this person but they do say this person is based in russia but you said it, the headline really is that this happened allegedly as recently as last week. Robert muellers team says that manafort was attempting to publish an oped written under someone elses name, ghost written that would essentially try to influence Public Opinion about him. This appeared to violate a judges orders, george, as you know to refrain from making statements in the case. Also, cecilia, another top trump official in hot water with the senate for not revealing contacts related to russia. Reporter yeah, were talking about k. T. Mcfarland, a member of the president s fran significance team asked by senator cory booker of new jersey who serves on the Foreign Relations committee, a democrat, he has said that hes concerned. He told the New York Times that she may not have told the truth when he asked her this question about whether she had had any contacts with mike flynn and his contacts with the russian ambassador. She said she was not aware of having a conversation like that but it appear, george, there are emails that show otherwise the New York Times reported those and the president trying to jump start negotiations to keep the government open, the deadline just a couple of days away. Reporter youre right and democrats are expected here at the white house on thursday. They, you know, are trying to tie this funding the shutdown to funding for characters the undocumented immigrants brought to this country illegally after that showdown where they didnt show up. He will meet with republicans on this front today here at the white house, george. We will see what happens. Cecilia vega, thanks very much. We move from politics to the search for a motive in that tampa serial killer case. This morning were hearing exclusively from the lawyer for the family of the accused gunman as he faces four counts of murder. Abcs diane macedo has new details. Reporter how could 24yearold Howell Donaldson turn from a College Athlete to an alleged sear kil of four in a tampa neighborhood. They said we had a perfect life in america and overnight our world has changed. Its just a nightmare. The father continues to say that he tries to wake himself up from this. Reporter donaldsons parents are struggling to understand that question this morning as their lawyer tells abc news exclusi exclusively theyre being called to testify against their son this afternoon. We love our son. We support our son and we just pray for strength for the family members and ask they do the same for us because we all are devastated. Its been difficult for everyone as my wife said. Not only for us but for victims in this case. And our hearts are heavy as their hearts are heavy. Reporter friday his heartbroken parents got the chance to see their son in a video chat for the First Time Since he was arrested. I had to help them get up from their chair because they did not have the strength to stand. Reporter the suspects public defender tells local tampa station wfla this case will not be resolved quickly. Its going to take a significant amount of labor as well as a significant number of years to go through all of those tips. Reporter one factor shes not discussing, donaldsons mental tate which some say could play a major role in the case. You see kind of two sides of this kid. Could be psychological. Hes probably going to go down the road of pleaing insanity and hopefully dont get a Death Penalty in florida. Its important to note police still have no possible motive. As for the quick thinking mcdonalds worker who called the police on donaldson she has now collected a 110,000 reward. She may have saved a lot of lives by making that phone call. Got to feel for these parents. And the victims, my goodness. Still so confusing. Thank you. Overnight the monday night football matchup between the bengals and steelers took a dangerous turn. Ryan shazier suffered a major back injury in a routine tackle it seemed like. T. J. Has more. We all love football. But we got a scary reminder of just what these guys you guys really put on the line every single play. Can be a lifechanging event every play. Let me show it to you here, folks. Ryan shazier is his name. This looks like a fairly innocuous play. He immediately reaches for his back and he rolls over and what everyone took note of he didnt seem to be moving his legs. And that scared the mess out of everybody who was watching this game. Now, were told now hes in the hospital. He has what is called a spinal contusion and doesnt need surgery that is good but still we got to wait to hear more about this. With this backdrop two other things happened in this game that were scary as anything. That hit on vontaze burfict. Look at it. What theyre trying to get out of football. And then another hit and on Antonio Brown in a touchdown he caught in the end zone. He see his head snap back. Again, strahan, brings you into this because this was a this is the only game last night. A showcase game for the nfl and this is what the country got to see. A great game but its overshadowed by the brutality and, again, the two like those hits that were illegal finds probably going to come out of it. Maybe suspensions, the first one happened to shazier. Shay sheer, excuse me but one of those things, scared the mess out of you. When you watch it it is one of the biggest referralries out there and they go at it quite a bit but when you see guys that take shots at other guy, its so unnecessary. They dont think they can get hurt on that as well. I think thats where its lost. We know they have longterm effects. This is where guys need to realize this is not about right now but your future. What is going on in that end zone hit. That is one of those he catches the ball, i need to separate him from the ball. Need to make sure this is not a touchdown. Id rather take the penalty instead of him score the points. And thats just what your mentality is when youre out there on the field but i got to say its tough because with shaziers injury, regular play, ive been out there and youve seen a guys leg snap. You can hear it and looking at the guy. You are both look the at each other like do we have to do it but then its business as usual. What about gronk . Like that that was the guy was on the field totally out of the play and for him thats so unlike him. Players havent gotten i youre all fraternity. Youre still a from terps and im told i got to stop here so let me leave it there. Travel not advised at this hour. As we speak in north dakota, arctic air is coming in. Tuesday trivia brought to you by walmart. Good morning, everybody. Im meteorologist karen rogers. We see those showers, light sprinkles and showers that are starting to move in ahead that of rain that comes later today. Lets go on outside and show you what it looks like. Were seeing lots of cloud cover but its mild out there. 51 degrees already. Lets check that accuweather forecast. Were headed up to 63. Youre going to see a little drizzle or a shower ahead of the rain that as arrives late this afternoon and this evening. Tomorrow turning windy and chilly, 49. Parodontax, the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. 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