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Doug jones is going to the doug jones is going to the senate. The democrat won a razor thin victory over republican roy moore in a very contested election. Well have more on that all morning. All right, but were going to continue to the other news were following. The largest fire scorching Southern California is expanding after nearly a week. The thomas fire is nearly 240,000 acres. Its moving into Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Many residents are Wearing Masks to avoid breathing in smoke. Heres new video overnight of embers raining down on firefighters. The fire is 25 contained, but you see why its a difficult effort for many of those. Investigators say the fire that forced people out of belair started at a homeless encampment. Its being blamed on an illegal cooking setup. The fire started last wednesday and destroyed six homes. And now to key advice for online shoppers. A Record Number of americans are shopping from home. Theres Something Else to think about. Absolutely. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has some tips to make sure your gifts w arrive on time. Reporter for the first time ever, online sales expected to top 100 billion. Record online sales. What does that mean . Record numbers of packages. And unfortunately, id expect Record Numbers of delays. Reporter after a blockbuster cyber monday, the company put drivers on extra overtime, to get back on schedule. Walmart back on track, too, after a flood of orders thanksgiving weekend meant some deliveries took extra time. But with less than two weeks till christmas, time to order is running out. If in doubt, all that stress you might feel, pay a little extra for express shipping. Reporter or try the click and collect option. You can order on target. Com and pick it up in the store. Reporter that is buy online and pick up in person. And remember the date december 19th. That is the deadline many retailers say you must order by in order to guarantee standard delivery by christmas. It is the earliest deadline weve seen in recent years, Rebecca Jarvis, abc news. Tick tock. Duly noted. When we come back, the cast of star wars receives a royal welcome in london. The skinny is next. The skinny is next. 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. Everybody get up its time to slam now we got a real jam going oh. Little space jam. Right, as in a galaxy far, far away. Were playing jedi mind tricks with you here. So tomorrow night, us mere mortals will get the opportunity, our first opportunity to see the muchanticipated star wars, the last jedi. Last night of course was the european premiere at albert hall in london. Couple fellow mortals were there. Prince harry and Prince William in attendance. Remember, there are some unconfirmed reports that the two suited up as storm troopers. And as the stars of the film filtered onto the red carpet, reporters tried their best to get top secrets on the story line. No one fell for it. One of the best moments of the night came when bb8 rolled up and the princes gave a royal bow. The newcomer playing rose and could not contain her excitement at her own premiere. Check it out. Im here he the at the star wars premier. Ive cried off half my makeup. Look at this ah its so crazy go see the last jedi. Please see my favorite people, in a movie, i cant believe im in it. Those spoilers. I didnt want to know that she was might tell. Thats it. Did that ruin it for you . Now that the film has been made available to critics we have the official Rotten Tomatoes score, ready for it . 93 . Oh, thats good. Thats out of 162 reviews. Scored by the website. Thats not bad at all. Thats good. That is good. Its better than 92. But not as good as 94. Excellent analysis. Thats why we call you the and analyst. Thank you, jack. Congratulations are due for my best friend, the rock. So hes shared with us yesterday that hes preparing to welcome his third child. Now hes making another big announcement. He hinted as a run for president earlier this year, but now he says hes seriously considering it. And kevin hart says hes too big to run but that he would fully endorse him as long as theres no required donation to the campaign. I dont know. Was that your impression . It was a mix of kevin hart and chris rock. I want to remind the rock that since hes seriously considering it, i am seriously Still Available to be your running mate. Party ever the peoples eyebrow. I fully support this. Wait for that solo shot. They didnt want the to give it to me. There you go. Im ready. If you still need to finish your holiday shopping, no panic, cher has you covered. The singer opened her if i could turn back time swag shop. Fine. The sweatshirt is a standout and includes turn back. It should be noted that she said she really went out of her way to make them as ugly as possible. Okay. So heres her ho, ho bleeps ornament to fill out your tree. And nothing says holiday like a vampire cher wishing you a scary christmas. There you go. Im not sure what this is. The description just says cartoon black tshirt. Sounds like some of beyonces clothing. Just a shirt. Finally, imagine youre settling in for an overseas flight when a couple with a set of infant twins sit next to you. Except the couple happens to be amal and george clooney, and according to page six, they gave every fellow first class passenger noise canceling headphones along with a note reading, apologizing ahead of time. But according to an online source, the babies did not make a peep. And the headphones had the brand name casamigos on them. Which is funny, because, tequila helps children sleep. Oh, is that the theory on why the twins didnt make a peep . So worst dad ever. 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I have a lifetime of experience. So i know how important that is. I, i i, i will be here for you i will be here for you i, i will be here for you i will be here for you i had no idea we were going to go to a rave. This early morning. Yeah, we had that light Dick Debartolo brought in the other day. We could have a party. Were back now with a look at how the lives of the visually impaired are being revolutionized. It all comes together. The here for you and this. So Virtual Reality is allowing people to travel to distant places and helping experience things that many of us might take for granted. Our friend liz from abcs sacramento station has more. Reporter we met up with high cohen at a barnes noble in stockton. Hi, a computer teacher who has been blind his whole life, has been able to do something he has never been able to do before. Today i came to the bookstore to do shopping for my little baby boy for christmas. Reporter i stood back and observed as he took out his iphone, these glasses. They have a camera in the front here, that a speciallytrained agent can see out of. Reporter and opened up an app. On the other end is emily, an oncall agent who is able to see in real time what hi is seeing and describe it to him. I would like to go to the childrens area and look for a book for my little boy. Okay, sounds like fun. Could you do me a favor and scan around where youre at right now. Reporter emily, who is seeing this on her end helps guide hi to a table of childrens books. Oh, this is something right here. This is not my reindeer. Oh, cool. Read me a little bit about it . Tell me what it is. So on the left hand page, it says thats not my reindeer. Reporter with emilys assistance, hi ends up picking out three books. After he paid, we called emily on facetime. One of my alltime favorites calls that i ever took was at a tango dance studio in latvia, which is in eastern europe. She called in and shes like, hey, can you just describe whats happening right now . Reporter that is the goal of this app, to use augmented reality to help people see. You can ask store clerks to help you out, but store clerks have other things to do. They dont really have the time to sit down and read the book to me like our agent did, right . Thats cool. He says he also uses the technology to read to his daughter and help her with her homework. That is awesome. And its great to see liz, our former colleague, out there in sacramento. I bet she misses out on these mornings when we h good wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. Im diane macedo. Here are some of the top headlines were following on world news now. Democrat doug jones is celebrating victory in alabama. He won the u. S. Senate seat over conservative fire brand roy moore who was backed by President Trump in the face of shocking sexual missen conduct allegations. But moore says its not over. We have full coverage ahead. Donald trump jr. Is expected to meet behind closed doors today with a Senate Intelligence Committee Conducted one of the russian probes and he is now asking for an investigation into leaks from his interview with the Intel Committee in the house. And the 24yearold man accused of killing four people in tampa has pleaded not guilty. Emmanuel donaldson iii entered a written plea to four counts of premeditated murder with a firearm. Prosecutors are deciding whether to seek the death penalty. And the jewish Winter Holiday of hanukkah is now under way. Giant menorahs were lit in several cities across the world. While many jewish families celebrated with smaller candle displays at home he, of course. Those are some of our top stories. Its wednesday, december 13th. From abc news, this is world news now. All right, lets get right to that breaking news out of alabama. This is the birmingham news this morning. Alabama rejects moore, elects democrat jones. They havent said that in like 24 25 years in those parts. Thats right. The state is sending a democrat to the senate for the first time in 25 years. Doug jones, a long shot in the deep red state, but boy, did he eke out a victory. Over former alabama chief justice roy moore. After moore spent weeks denying allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Moore was also criticized for remarks offensive to gay people, africanamericans and muslims. Jones said last night alabama has shown the country the way we can be united. This entire race has been about dignity and respect. This campaign has been about the rule of law. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency, and making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in is going to get a fair shake in life. And he even quoted Martin Luther king during the ending of that speech in birmingham. President trump bucked the establishment and backed moore and he tweeted late last night, congratulations to cough jones. The writein votes played a big factor, but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great and republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. But moore is not conceding and indicated a recount may be next. The problem is, the campaign, is weve been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. The votes are still coming in, and were looking at that. May god bless you as you go home, may he give you save journey, and thank you for coming tonight. Its not over. Its going to take some time. Thank you. Alabamas secretary of state said its highly unlikely that the results of this race will change. So lets get a little bit of analysis on all of this. The political director for abc news, rick klein, joins us with some analysis. Rick . Diane and kendis, a major victory for democrats who somehow found a victory way down in deep red alabama and a major setback to President Trump. A rebuke to President Trump and steve bannon with the defeat of their chosen candidate roy moore. The shock waves of this will be felt for a long time. First, the ability to recruit insurgent candidates could be hurt for the foreseeable future. Second, democrats may have a much easier time bringing people into their ranks. In the more immediate term, its going to make governing more difficult for republicans on capitol hill. Their Senate Margin is now down to a single vote with the election of a democrat in alabama. The shock waves will be remembered for a very long time because of the ramifications. Essentially, this was the movement of antitrump forces joining with me too. That is a powerful formula for democrats moving forward. Its going to change the political calculus for the remainder of the trump years the in office the if democrats have anything to say about it. Diane and kendis. Lots of scandal overnight, political scandal i guess. Yes. About two weeks until he gets that seat. One of the important factors we should point out, there was nearly 2 in the writein category, like more than 20,000 people wrote in different names. This was, though, my favorite moment of doug jones speech. He gets off the stage and immediately, do you hear that . All i need is a that was actually playing. At the event. As soon as he stopped talking, its the song teach me how to dougie. I was chaking up you. But he didnt do the dougie. He didnt do it. Get in it. Come on, doug. Oh, whoa, i wasnt ready for that. Thats part of the whole thing. You got to do the hands, and then you got to do the head thing. Its been a while since i did well work on it. Knew how you to dougy. Well move on, though, from that and to President Trump. Hes going to have lunch today with a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers who are now working on tax reform legislation. Before making whats being called his Closing Argument on the issue. So aides say the president will discuss the impact tax reform will have on the middle class in a speech this afternoon. That speech will be attended by families and young people who the white house says will benefit from the tax bill which is moving through congress. And we see new images from the largest fire in Southern California. This is from the thomas fire shot by a Northern California crew. They are there to relieve the local firefighters who have just been overwhelmed by this. The fire has grown to nearly 240,000 acres since it sparked last week. But crews are managing to gain some ground. Heres abcs danya bacchus. Reporter the unrelenting thomas fire entering the ninth day. Flames continuing to spread on hillsides in carpinteria. Its growing closer to the town of montecito. Ive never seen anything like this before. Reporter tens of thousands ordered from their homes. Maureen and her family are packed and ready to evacuate. Time lapse video showing the smoke lingering. Over ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The ash coming down like snow. Its creeping up, its creeping up, and two days, the scariest days so far. Reporter and a mandatory evacuation zone. Some of those who choose to stay getting together every night to keep a lookout. My advice says when they go, i go. Reporter the fire is still threatening structures in more than a thousand animals at this structure. Everywhere we can fit animals, weve done it. Hopefully everybody gets home soon. Reporter firefighters doing everything they can to attack the plames that span well over 230,000 acres. From the sky, hitting it with an aerial assault. Fixedwing aircraft drop fire retard ept. And on the ground, firefighters now starting backfires. Tuesday the fire grew by about 2500 acres. If you think about the way its been progressing over the last week, thats actually good news, but the red flag warnings continue until wednesday. Diane and kendis. It is quite an effort for the tens of thousands of firefighters who are still there, danya. Thank you. We move on to florida. There are meningitis fears in miami after the deaths of two children who attended the same day care center. Both were cared for at a facility inside miami dades main government billion. A 22monthon old boy died last week and a 2yearold boy died just this past sunday. Both were initially determined to have pneumonia. Tests will determine whether they had meningitis. And space is a little crowded. After the launch of a rocket from french guiana. Four european satellites were on board a rocket, they will work in coordination to reduce europes reliance on american gps systems. More satellites are set to be launched next year. And the french guianaese are really getting ahead with this space race. Okay. Remember postal stamps . You know, the Postal Service has announced most of its stamps for next year. I love starting off a conversation with, remember stamps . Remember stamps. The new stamps include one for sally ride, the First American woman in space. John lennon, a naturalized american citizen will be celebrated as a music icon. And youll be able to send a letter to mr. Rogers neighborhood with this stamp for the Childrens Television host. But so far, there is nothing for the legends of hollywood series. Oh. Thats too bad. Hmm. A lot of people respected there on the stamps. We can send a stamp to sesame street with the mr. Rogers stamp. And we can send a stamp to space with sally ride. Come up, the growing trend of downsizing your life. Well meet two leaders of the minimalist movement. Theyre helping to find happiness by cutting out stuff. And a look inside the security lab of the future. In the wake of that terror attack in in new york city. New hightech gadgets being developed to protect bus and train stations. Youre watching world news now. Developed to protect bus and train stations. Youre watching world news now. 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Prosecutors say the 27yearold allegedly mocked the president on facebook before the attack, posting you failed to protect your nation. The suspect faces multiple charges, including providing Material Support to a terrorist group. He could receive life in prison if convicted. And in the wake of that attack, the. Department of Homeland Security is developing hightech gadgets to protect bus and train stations. Abcs david kerley got a look at the newest innovations. Reporter Homeland Security is working on hightech gadgets to spot terror before it happens. Some may come out of this secure research lab near washington which we got exclusive access to. Who would this vaut, pictures from wifi. Exactly. Reporter but it works. The idea that panels like this could be mounted in stations. You might not even notice them, but the radio waves could highlight metal or liquid objects. It is taking advantage of signals that are very low to give us indicators of what you have in your bag, what you may be carrying under your jacket, things like that. Reporter this Technology May be three to five years away, but changes, too, for something Transit Police use aa cross the country right now like here in philly. What we have is a link to over 28,000 cameras. Reporter those cameras and video could take a scifi leap forward. Dhs is working on a Computer Program monitoring all those video feeds to determine if a bag has been left unattended in a station. The computer will figure that out. Yes. We want to make sure that we give these operators the information surrounding the circumstances of that bag being there. Reporter those operators then can rewind the tape to see who left the bag, even highlight the person and search other cameras to find out where that person went. That Video Technology is already being tested at the metro here in washington. Another tool to target the terrorists who see train stations like this as a potential target. David kerley, abc news, washington. Its going to be another one of those privacy versus safety debates where some people say its safer and others feel like theyre violated by being able to see all this. Its always one of those things. You look at bus stations and train stations and you consider them the socalled soft targets. Theres no security as you walk into those buildings as opposed to airports. Of course thats something that we have to get ahead of. Coming up, the secret to sustainable happiness. There are a couple of dudes leading a movement. Theyre preaching the gospel of minimalism. Thats next on world news now. Pelf minimalism. Thats next on world news now. Bacteria l but adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria with 0 bleach. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Tha. Oh, burnton gravy . Ie. Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. 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That is gaining some serious traction. Its not about having stark white walls and owning nothing. Its about having the things in your life that add value to your life and what adds value to your life as a family. Reporter these childhood friends are now a fullblown brand, books, even a documentary on netflix. Theres this underlying discontent and it starts to manifest in our stuff. Reporter but the minimalists are about clear, careful thinking about how to navigate a modern world characterized by ads and Consumer Debt at its highest level ever. Heres first picture i have of me and ryan as teenagers. Reporter it is a world view which these two learned through hard personal experience. We both grew up like really poor in dayton, ohio. I was on food stamps and government assistance. I thought we were so unhappy and discontented when we were growing up because we didnt have any money. That was my goal, i want to make as much money as i can. Im going to never be in this position of discontent. Reporter and thus began their dual quest for the American Dream or what they were told it was. Except i had six figures worth of debt, my mortgage. And i felt trapped in this lifestyle. I wasnt spending anytime with my mother who was dying, and i forsook the people close to me, including my marriage. Thats why that ended. Reporter and thats when with josh learned about minimalism. The stuff is this manifestation of of this cluster. Reporter fast forward to several years of paring down, leaving their corporate jobs. They have become the most famous faces of the minimalist movement. What were really trying to do is reach as many people as possible. Add as much value as possible. Reporter the average American Home has 300,000 items inside, and we throw out 13 million tons of clothing every year. So i am definitely open to the concept that maybe something is slightly out of whack. So youre saying its not about the stuff. Its about our attitudes about the stuff. Absolutely. We see 5,000 advertisements a day. Reporter a day. All of these things start to seep and seed into our subconscious. So minimal limp is not about deprivation, its not about giving up all possessions as much as it is shaping our impulse around this materialistic culture that we live in. Reporter we wanted to see if they really practice what they preach, so we paid them a home visit out west. Welcome to my home. This feels very mtv cribs, right . We used to have a couch here, but ella, our 4yearold, she prefers to have a teepee. Reporter ryans loft is his take on minimalism isnt filled with just his own. Filled with just the right amount of stuff for him. For me, its not about aesthetics. Its about functionality. Reporter do you feel like youre making a difference . I want to share a recipe that works really well for me, not in hopes that people will replicate it, but that they can find an ingredient that they can add into their lives. Maybe little a bit more intentionally. One of the big challenges is cleaning out your closet. One of their tips for that, if you havent worn it in the last 90 days, dont expect to wear it in the next 90 days. Donate it. Is that right . Uhhuh. Thats tough, though. I like the approach, does it bring you joy . When it comes to the world news now mug, yes. And all my apple devices, yes. And the samsung ones. I dont think youre understanding the way this is supposed to work. Why . I like just work. Why . I like just shes had a tiny cough. See you at 5 seriously . Protection. Lysol kills over 100 illnesscausing germs and viruses, even those that may cause coughs. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Do i use a toothpaste thati had whitens my teeth or one. Thats good for my teeth . 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Fans of Christmas Music and massive mammals may not know this, but gala has been persistent over the years and finally after a generation has passed, it seems gala has found her hippo, and her name is francesca. You want to see her . Lets check it out, shall we . Theres gala. So the Oklahoma City zoo and Botanical Garden welcoming a 26yearold female pygmy hippopotamus named francesca. She was transported from her previous home there to the wonderful san diego zoo. Do you think galas been waiting for this moment her entire life . Yes. Shes like, you know what . I sang this song so long ago, we have to have a reason to sing it again. And the timing worked out. Hows francesca doing . They welcomed her with presents. Youd think theyd unwrap it for her. But no. Look at that, all the people there. Its like the latest member of the Oklahoma City thunder. And zoo staff provided an a little update on how francescas been adjusting. Shes pretty chill. She seems pretty confident for a hippo. She likes cucumbers a lot. She likes carrots. She does like apples and cantaloupe. All right, so we know what to get her for the holidays. Over to a hilarious picture making the rounds this morning. This is a mother posting a photo of her son on santas lap, pretty typical for this time of year. Only pay close attention to the little boys hands. The mother says she taught her son sign language. The boy is signing help in this photo. She writes, we taught our baby sign language. This is a sign for help. Youre welcome. 7,000 retweets and 20,000 likes later, it turns out she does reveal she encouraged him to make the sign. So the kid is not actually in any distress, but it still makes for a hilarious photo. Over in ireland theres a grandmother who bought what she thought was a christmas ornament. Very pretty and sparkly. You see the bulb there. Was shocked to discover the ornament contained a glittered, dusted, lavender gstring. Whoops. Yeah. Did she think it was a christmas ball or purposely send everybody a thong . Thong, thong, thong, thong apparently grandma hung five of the ornaments and thought thats what they were. Oh, merry christmas, ev this morning on world news now, the shocker in the south. Alabama goes blue. This morning on world news now, the shocker in the south. Alabama goes blue. I think that i have been waiting all my life, and now i just dont know what the hell to say. Doug jones will be the first democrat in a quarter century to represent alabama in the senate, beating embattled opponent roy moore, who was backed by the president. Theres new reaction coming in, and we are live in montgomery. And the president is taking aim at senator kerstin gillibrand. After she said the president should resign amid allegations of Sexual Misconduct. What mr. Trump tweeted about her and how shes reacting. And a couples honeymoon took an unexpected turn when a shark went after the bride and the whole thing was caught on camera. Oh, boy. Need to do an a little sound track with you. Its the hardest thing ill ever have to do and im maybe taking the stage with 98 degrees. The boys all grownup with their super fans. The boys giving me exclusive backstage access so i can feel what its like to have to uses of adoring fans watch me every night. Oh, wait a minute, we have at least two fans that watch us here. Insomniacs, baby and you know who you are. Wednesday, december 13th. Hi, mom. From abc news, this is world news now. Hello to our two adoring fans. Yes. We say good morning. Its your personalized newscast. We were singing its the hardest thing ill ever have to do. A hit from 98 degrees. I bet when doug jones started this whole campaign, he thought, this will be the hardest thing ever. I would say so. But then the voting happened. That is the breaking news we will start with, the stunning, shocking and possibly gamechanging results in alabama overnight. Democrat doug jones, the projected winner. Jones edged out roy moore by 1. 5 . But moore is refusing to concede. The projected victory by jones trims the majority in the senate 5149. And it delivers a blow to President Trump who defied Washington Republicans to endorse moore. Abcs lana zak has the latest from montgomery. Good morning, lana. Reporter good morning to you, kendis and diane. For the first time in 25 years, alabamans have voted to send a democrat to the u. S. Senate. And now doug jones, buoyed by the support of female voters, particularly those with Young Children at home, is headed to washington to occupy that seat previously held by jeff sessions. What people thought was going to be a crimson tide in alabama turned out to be a code blue. Democrat doug jones has pulled off a historic victory, an outcome that months ago would have seemed inconceivable. This entire race has been about dignity and respect. Reporter and the president tweeting, congratulations to doug jones on a hardfought victory. The writein votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in the a very short period of time. It never ends. Just 33 days earlier, the accusations of Sexual Misconduct were made popular against republican roy moore who had been accused by eight women in a range of offenses, including sexually assaulting two of them as teenagers, one as young as 14. Moore denied all allegations and without conceding the election, told his supporters to go home, hinting that he may fight another day. I really want to thank you for coming tonight and realize when the vote is this close, it is not over. Reporter and, in fact, we heard from moore, sort of a subtext there. Alabama law allows for an automatic recount if the vote is within a margin of a half percent. As of right now, it looks like doug jones lead is about three times that. But still, it is quite possible, given when weve heard from moore tonight, he will, in fact, be pursuing that recount. Kendis, diane. Lana, you were there at moores headquarters. What was the mood like in that room . Reporter it started out jubilant. People were excited. These are longtime roy moore supporters here in montgomery with me tonight. And we saw so quickly how that mood shifted. Its a cold night in alabama and it was an even colder night in that room. People went from being so excited wearing make America Great again hats, wearing roy moore stickers to singing hymns and a somber mood of prayer as they couldnt believe what they saw unfolding here. You see some of the images there in the room. We are told they were at times praying inside of that room. Roy moore saying god would take care of the election results. How will the jones victory affect the balance of the senate, and of course the tax reform. The president was hoping to get it passed before christmas. Reporter thats exactly right, kendis. We have seen over the past year that it has been so much more difficult for republicans to get their agenda passed in the senate than in the house because they had such a small margin. Now that margin has been cut in half. Its going to be 5149. You think about all those times when the Vice President had to cast the deciding victory vote. You just wonder what might happen now with doug jones, the democrat, controlling that seat. Though when it comes to tax reform, it doesnt look like he will actually be able to vote on it. Hes expected to get sworn into the office in the beginning of the year. And remember, the president wants to have this signed on his desk before christmas. Kendis, diane. Lana said it. The timing is key. It does, it makes senator Susan Collins the most popular person on capitol hill. Shes now like the Anthony Kennedy on the senate. Hey, susan, how are you . Lets have dinner, lets have a drink. All right, lama, thank you. Thanks, lana. Were going to move on to another issue for the white house. Kirsten gillibrand says she will not be silenced following an attack by President Trump considered by some as sexually suggestive. He tweeted in response, lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for Campaign Contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them is now in the ring fighting against trump. Abcs cecelia vega has more. Reporter a firestorm of controversy ignited by President Trump in just 280 characters. The reaction immediate. It was a sexist smear attempted to silence my voice. And i will not be silenced on this issue. Reporter senator Elizabeth Warren tweeting, are you really trying to bully, intimidate and slutshame senator gillibrand. The president refused to clarify. Thank you very much, everybody. Mr. President trump, what did you mean when you said that Kirstin Gillibrand would do anything for a Campaign Contribution . Reporter so we asked the white house. Press secretary Sarah Sanders insists the president s tweet was not sexual. I think only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way. So no. Reporter a day after three women renewed their claims of Sexual Misconduct against the president , the number of Democratic Senators calling more his resignation grew to six. And in the house, more than 50 Democratic Congress women came forward to call for a congressional investigation. What took place this morning when the president tweeted about our colleague, senator kirsten gillibrand, is grotesque. It took my breath away. Reporter that number now growing to more than 100 democratic representatives, including men, all signing on to a letter saying we cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against mr. Trump. And congressman trey gowdy says his House Oversight committee will not investigate these claims against the president but he will refer this request for an investigation to the Justice Department which, of course, is controlled by the President Trumps attorney general jeff sessions. Cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. All of that said, there are many words to describe 2017 but the word of the year is apparently feminism. Merriam webster says there was a spike in searches for feminism on its website the this year. One big reason, the womens march. Millions of people took part on all seven continents. And Miriam Webster say the me too movement has resulted in a steady stream of searches for feminism. So there you go. Yeah. Others, complicit, recuse, dulltard, kim jong uns description of trump, apparently. No covfefe there . No. Well check out new evidence that the birds have large ancestors. And also had life as a boy band member. I go on tour with 98 degrees. Theyre teaching me their one dance move. It doesnt look like youre doing too well with them. No. Were backstage with them literally and on stage with them. Wait until security finds out about it. Youre watching world news now. T about it. Youre watching world news now. Atching world news now. Breathe freely fast wmy congestions gone. I can breathe again i can breathe again vicks sinex. Breathe on. If parts a and bcare and want more coverage. Guess what . You could apply for a Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan whenever you want. No enrollment window. No waiting to apply. That means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medicare doesnt cover everything. 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It happened in rural iowa, just 30 miles east of omaha. The bus had just picked up that girl and was backing out of the girls driveway when it landed in a ditch and caught fight. This is the drivers first stop of the day. The fall trapped the two inside the bus and despite the efforts by the girls older sister and a deputy, they were unable to get the victims out. The worst u. S. Maritime disaster in modern history is being blamed in part on the captain of the doomed vessel. 33 crew members died when the el faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin two years ago near the bahamas. The ntsb says the captain refused to change course, despite the warning that he was heading into the storm. The agency cited outdated protocols and equipment. Late San Francisco mayor ed lee is being remembered as a humble servant who was compassionate and kind. Lee suffered a heart attack at a Grocery Store and died at a hospital yesterday. He was the first asianamerican mayor of a major city. He advocated for marriage equality. Ed lee was 65 years old. A South Carolina newlywed is recovering this morning after an unexpected encounter on her honeymoon. She says luckily it was all caught on camera or no one would believe it. Sara was snorkeling in the bahamas when a fivefootlong nurse shark, often said to be harmless, latched itself on to her arm. Her new house caught the entire thing on video. She managed to get away with just a gash on her arm. We appreciate that he rolled on the video and kept rolling, but i would have my new wife, i would have dropped the camera and would you really, though . He was actually above the water at the time. So he didnt even see what happened. And didnt realize he caught it on video until they watched the gopro footage back. But luckily, she was doing okay. Yeah. Coming up in the next half hour, the delay in package deliveries thats worrying some holiday shoppers. Well have tips to make sure your presents arrive on time. But first, exclusive access with one of the most popular boy bands of recent memory. Were backstage with 98 degrees and their reunion as a man band. Yeah. My tour diary next on world news now. T on world news now. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night why take 4hour cough medicine . Just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. I am beautiful in every single way words, cant bring me down we are very excited about this next segment, because we are about to take you where no world news anchor has ever gone before, joining 98 degrees on tour. No other world news now anchor has ever wanted to go there. But i did i wasnt sure if they needed some help, so i lobbied hard, i begged. I even attempted to bribe them, and for one brief moment, it worked. Baby, i do cherish you its been exactly 20 years since nick, drew, justin and jeff came together as 98 degrees. The group topping the charts with hits like i do and because of you. Its all because of you selling 10 million records worldwide before going on hiatus in 2002. And two decades later, how do he this still look the same . I guess you thought 98 degrees is way past their time. Take a look at this. Hundreds of mostly women lined up for hours to get a brief moment with the group. All these people waiting to meet them. Waiting, yes. Reporter holy cow. Among them, these sisters from boston. Jen doyle fought cancer this year while wrapped in this blanket with photos of her favorite men. Her husband right on there, but the largest photo belongs to nick lachey. That says a lot that nick has a bigger photo than your husband. Are you nervous . Im just nervous for you. This is like your dream come true. We brought the blanket, because you got her through some bad times. Okay. This is awesome. Reporter this meet and greet with fans, part of their firstever christmas tour, 31 cities in six weeks leading up to christmas, and if the tour wasnt grueling enough, here at foxwoods, they had to put up with me. Let me know if you need to do an a little sound check. I know the dance moves. Theres only one. Reporter im the one black 98 degree member they never knew they had. But wow, the access. We are literally backstage with 98 degrees on their tour. Take a look. Theyre getting ready to go on stage. Well, this is just a sound check. Still, really cool. This is a little bit of a different kind of show than we are typically used to to doing, which is a cool challenge. Its a little bit more theatrical. Its a christmas, a holiday show. Reporter but long before the show, sound check and a small, lucky group of fans. You guys were all 98 degree fans way back in the day . [cheers and applause] reporter wow. Woo reporter the group then popping champagne with a handful of fans, minutes before they hit the stage. We have some of the best, most loyal fans that any band could ask for. Some of them have been around for since the beginning. Reporter the folks were born the year the first album came out. Were your parents fans . Yeah. Reporter that transgenerational appeal . Working. Ladies and gentlemen, 98 degrees. Reporter they performed to a packed house. Songs from their now holiday album let it snow, as well as some seasonal classics and also, of course, their hits like because of you. Sunshine after the rain reporter wait a minute, that should have been my cue to hit the stage. Because im losing my mind when youre not around reporter yet somehow they forgot to tell me. Its all because of you reporter this really hurts me. Theyre doing the song without me. Im out. Oh, honey. It was really sad. I was waiting to go on stage. I think i like hit the proper key. Its all its all because of you we dont have to that was good. It was too painful for you. I dont want you to rehash it. I dont want you to rehash it. But good for the guys, though. They sound great. They sound great, they look great. Well have more on christmas day. But we have more exciting news. Be sure to tune in tomorrow. We have more stars dropping by the studio for a big surprise. Yes, and to demonstrate how big this is going to be, heres a clue. Big surprise. Huge surprise tomorrow. Huge. Thats a big clue. Huge. Huge. Im gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya one day maybe next week, im gonna meet ya im gonna meet ya, ill meet ya not all Fish Oil Supplements provide the same omega3 power. Megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. So one softgel has more omega3 power than three standard fish oil pills. Megared advanced triple absorption. I was wondering if an electric toothbrusthan a manual. 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Thats right . It turns out that while the emperor penguin may be impressive, its ancestors blow them out of the water. In a paper published today, it turns out an ancient giant penguin may be the largest to live. The fossils have been discovered in new zealand and germany. Are we talking about sort of like imagine a penguin six feet tall, 220 pounds. Thats right. The researchers estimate the bones to be 65 million years old. Nearly as old as the earliest penguin ancestors ever found. These are giant. He was on to something. I want to hug one. It will crush you. So a british man has discovered something amazing. Christmas lights that hes using for every, every year were purchased, get this, those lights, 48 years ago. Just to prove how old those lights are, his mom bought them at a store called woolworth. Oh, wow. Can you get that online somewhere . What is this woolworth you speak of . So he takes pride in the age of his lights. You see him there as a kid growing up with them. Mom buying them in 1969. Two years ago he bought some new fan dangle lights, and they have not lasted as long as these lights have, which have gone nearly 30,000 hours. Very impressive. Woolworth, some highquality lights. Find out where that woolworth is. If only we knew. Over to the holy avocado. Its hard to imagine any way to make an avocado any better, however, the spanish have figured it out. Check out the seedless avocado. You know when you try to prep an avocado, its super dangerous with the giant pit in the middle. No more. They have figured out to make it without an unpollinated blossom. And it develops without a seed. The texture is said to be different but they are great in guacamole. Thank you, gracias, spain. Lets go over to japan where two teenagers decided to give skating a try for the first time in over four years. Thats not how youre supposed to do it. So that didnt quite work. Lets try again, shes got it this time. No, thats not quite how the camera you got this, you got this, this mornin this morning on world news now, breaking news. The stunning election in alabama. Democrat doug jones is the projected winner in the senate race against republican roy moore. This is a seismic Democratic Victory in a deeply red state. We have Team Coverage with reporters in both camps. Plus, republicans are putting the heat on the Mueller Investigation into the russian meddling saying its flawed. The president s lawyers want another special counsel. This time to investigate the investigators. And new this half hour, were sorting out potential delivery delays. Yeah. What you should know before you shop online and how to make sure your packages arrive on time. And theres International Acclaim this morning for the intergalactic superstars of the last jedi, the big surprise in the skinny on this wednesday, december 13th. From abc news, this is world news now. Both the New York Post and the New York Daily News on the front page saying four stars plus for this new star wars movie. Its getting great reviews. It is getting great reviews. But were going to start with the breaking news. You know in alabama they often talk about roll tide. This was a tsunami. The voters of alabama rejected roy moore to send a democrat to the senate. For the first time in a quarter century. But moore is not conceding. 51 of voters show that allegations against roy moore were probably true. 44 say theyre definitely or probably false. 41 say the allegations were one of several factors. 54 say theyre minor or not a factor at all. We have full coverage, starting with Stephanie Ramos with the Jones Campaign in birmingham. Stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning. After months of talking on the campaign trail, doug jones was almost speechless when he first took that stage last night. Overwhelmed and thrilled that he and his team made it across the finish line. Its been a long road, the campaign, hosting more than 200 events, calling over a million voters across the state of alabama in the last two months. And doug jones last night said the people of alabama have spoken. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. Reporter there was a lot of excitement here in birmingham last night. Doug jones has said from the start of this campaign that last night would be historic, and he is now the first democrat from the state of alabama to go to the senate in 25 years. Kendis, diane . Thats Stephanie Ramos for us from jones headquarters. Thanks, stephanie. Understandably, it was a different scene at roy moores headquarters. He has not conceded the race to jones yet, but tom llamas is there in montgomery. Reporter according to roy moore, it is not over. He came out and spoke to supporters, saying hes not giving up. And if the election threshold falls within half a percentage point that could trigger a recount. He told supporters to go home and sleep on it, but if it qualifies, they will ask for a recount. During the moore watch party, people were stoneface by the end of the night. Some people were crying and many were praying, hoping that the results werent true. May god bless you as you go home and a safe journey, and thank you for coming tonight. Its not over with. Reporter even though President Trump, roy moores biggest supporter, already congratulated doug jones, moore says hes not giving up. Kendis and diane, back to you. And, tom, we do have a little bit more on what the president said, indeed. He congratulated doug jones shortly after he got the news saying here, congrats on the hardfought victory. The writein votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in the very short period of time. It never ends. So senatorelect doug jones will have to wait at least two weeks before he is sworn in as the newest senator. That is according to the alabama secretary of States Office who have to certify the results. And the president there referring to the fact that doug jones will only be the senator in this cycle until 2020 when theres another election, of course, to fill that seat. So another battle is brewing in just a few years. Its politics, there always is, right . Absolutely, but a rare, rare concession for the president. Which is surprising, given moore has not conceded yet. Exactly. That trump decided to come forward with his congratulations. Were going to move on now to demands from the president s legal team for a special counsel. The president s lawyers are pushing for a new investigation of Robert Muellers russia investigators. The big focus seems to be on fbi agent peter strzok. He was removed from muellers team after some politicallycharged Text Messages. Many of those were sent to lisa page. So they reviewed hundreds of texts that included attacks on the president. Page writing, god, trump is a loathsome human. With strzok writing yet he may win. And this from the same day. Strzok saying omg, hes an idiot, with page responding, hes awful. Of course the attorney general, jeff sessions, has assigned a senior attorney to review conflict of interest allegations and make a recommendation on whether a special counsel is necessary. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Is ready to talk to north korea. Tillerson softened the u. S. Position about speaking to kim jong uns regime just two weeks after north korea testfired its most powerful missile to date. He called it unrealistic to expect north korea to come to the table ready to give up their nuclear program. He says the president endorses that position. Were ready to talk anytime north korea would like to talk. And were ready to have the first meeting without precondition. Tillerson later seemed to add one precondition, that north korea would need to hold off on any further weapons tests before talks could start. He also repeated the long standing u. S. Goal of a completely nuclear free korean peninsula. The suspect in the new york city bombing is expected to appear before a magistrate today from his hospital bed if necessary. He was the only person seriously injured in the explosion. Prosecutors say he chose the attacks location to hurt as many people as possible. Abcs gio benitez has more. Reporter chilling new details about this man who Authorities Say deliberately walked among this crowd of unsuspecting commuters before detonating that home made bomb. The location and timing of his planned attack was no accident. And his motivation was no mystery. Reporter officials finding 27yearold akayel ullah on the ground, badly burned, carrying him to the hospital where Officials Say he told them, quote, i did it for the islamic state. Federal Authorities Say on the morning of the attack, the suspect posted on facebook, trump, you failed to protect your nation. And then they found a handwritten note in his pat port, oh, america, die in your rage. Authorities say ullah intended to die while killing as many people as possible in that tunnel. But before the attempted attack he was not on the fbis radar. He had become radicalized in 2014 reading isis propaganda, in this brooklyn Apartment Building the pipebomb, using the pipe, a ninevolt battery and a wire from christmas lights. He did follow some of the instructions that you can find readily online, unfortunately. Reporter a quarter of a Million People go through Port Authority every day, including former Homeland Security chief jeh johnson. Events like this happen. But were strong. We are resilient. We go on and we are not afraid. Reporter the bombing coming six weeks after the isisinspired truck attack in Lower Manhattan and a year after the bombings in the chelsea neighborhood. Police say he started planning the attack a year ago and gathering the components for that bomb three weeks ago. Now he could face up to life in prison. Gio benitez, new york. And the coldest air of the season is moving into the northeast overnight, and another Alberta Clipper storm is bringing more snow to western new york and the midwest today and tomorrow. The heaviest know is likely in cities like detroit, pittsburgh and cleveland. It is likely to hit pittsburgh with light snow by the storm reaches the east coast. The real story is the drop in temperatures. From wisconsin across to the atlantic, it will feel like teens. I got dressed up for this next story. Its lit. The hanukkah menorah is lit. About 200 people braved the cold weather in central park to mark the beginning of hanukkah. The menorah is 36 feet high. The National Menorah was lit near the white house. Its sponsors claimed its the worlds largest. Another of the cams will be lit up each night. Traditional treats like jelly doughnuts were given out at both events. Delicious. In case you think this is just a party up here, its a party all around as well. Wow oh its a full did you get a hanukkah romper . I got a hanukkah romper. It looks like a cycling jersey. It does kind of. Im on the tour de kendis. For the israeli team. I didnt see anybody else dressed like that. It was an a little cold. I tried to recruit as many people as possible to do this, but its no takers . Ill tell you, the this thing, the first time wearing it, it was way tighter than i expected it to be. Brave man, kendis gibson. Coming up, its crunch time for online shoppers. We have tips to make sure your packages arrive on time. And in the skinny, cher. She really wants to be part of your holiday. Details ahead. Youre watching world news now. 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The democrat won a razor thin victory over republican roy moore in a very contested election. Well have more on that all morning. All right, but were going to continue to the other news were following. The largest fire scorching Southern California is expanding after nearly a week. The thomas fire is nearly 240,000 acres. Its moving into Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Many residents are Wearing Masks to avoid breathing in smoke. Heres new video overnight of embers raining down on firefighters. The fire is 25 contained, but you see why its a difficult effort for many of those. Investigators say the fire that forced people out of belair started at a homeless encampment. Its being blamed on an illegal cooking setup. The fire started last wednesday and destroyed six homes. And now to key advice for online shoppers. A Record Number of americans are shopping from home. Theres Something Else to think about. Absolutely. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has some tips to make sure your gifts w arrive on time. Reporter for the first time ever, online sales expected to top 100 billion. Record online sales. What does that mean . Record numbers of packages. And unfortunately, id expect Record Numbers of delays. Reporter after a blockbuster cyber monday, the company put drivers on extra overtime, to get back on schedule. Walmart back on track, too, after a flood of orders thanksgiving weekend meant some deliveries took extra time. But with less than two weeks till christmas, time to order is running out. If in doubt, all that stress you might feel, pay a little extra for express shipping. Reporter or try the click and collect option. You can order on target. Com and pick it up in the store. Reporter that is buy online and pick up in person. And remember the date december 19th. That is the deadline many retailers say you must order by in order to guarantee standard delivery by christmas. It is the earliest deadline weve seen in recent years, Rebecca Jarvis, abc news. Tick tock. Duly noted. When we come back, the cast of star wars receives a royal welcome in london. The skinny is next. The skinny is next. 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. Everybody get up i everybody get up its time to slam now we got a real jam going oh. Little space jam. Right, as in a galaxy far, far away. Were playing jedi mind tricks with you here. So tomorrow night, us mere mortals will get the opportunity, our first opportunity to see the muchanticipated star wars, the last jedi. Last night of course was the european premiere at albert hall in london. Couple fellow mortals were there. Prince harry and Prince William in attendance. Remember, there are some unconfirmed reports that the two suited up as storm troopers. And as the stars of the film filtered onto the red carpet, reporters tried their best to get top secrets on the story line. No one fell for it. One of the best moments of the night came when bb8 rolled up and the princes gave a royal bow. The newcomer playing rose and could not contain her excitement at her own premiere. Check it out. Im here he the at the star wars premier. Ive cried off half my makeup. Look at this ah its so crazy go see the last jedi. Please see my favorite people, in a movie, i cant believe im in it. Those spoilers. I didnt want to know that she was might tell. Thats it. Did that ruin it for you . Now that the film has been made available to critics we have the official Rotten Tomatoes score, ready for it . 93 . Oh, thats good. Thats out of 162 reviews. Scored by the website. Thats not bad at all. Thats good. That is good. Its better than 92. But not as good as 94. Excellent analysis. Thats why we call you the and analyst. Thank you, jack. Congratulations are due for my best friend, the rock. So hes shared with us yesterday that hes preparing to welcome his third child. Now hes making another big announcement. He hinted at a run for president earlier this year, but now he says hes seriously considering it. Kevin hart was with him. And said hes too big to run but that he would fully endorse him as long as theres no required donation to the campaign. I dont know. Was that your impression . It was a mix of kevin hart and chris rock. I want to remind the rock that since hes seriously considering it, i am seriously Still Available to be your running mate. Party ever the peoples eyebrow. I fully support this. Wait for that solo shot. They didnt want the to give it to me. There you go. Im ready. If you still need to finish your holiday shopping, no panic, cher has you covered. The singer opened her if i could turn back time swag shop. Fine. The sweatshirt is a standout and includes turn back. It should be noted that she said she really went out of her way to make them as ugly as possible. Okay. So heres her ho, ho bleeps ornament to fill out your tree. And nothing says holiday like a vampire cher wishing you a scary christmas. There you go. Im not sure what this is. The description just says cartoon black tshirt. Sounds like some of beyonces clothing. Just a shirt. Finally, imagine youre settling in for an overseas flight when a couple with a set of infant twins sit next to you. Except the couple happens to be amal and george clooney, and according to page six, they gave every fellow first class passenger noise canceling headphones along with a note reading, apologizing ahead of time. But according to an online source, the babies did not make a peep. And the headphones had the brand name casamigos on them. Which is funny, because, tequila helps children sleep. Oh, is that the theory on why the twins didnt make a peep . So worst dad ever. 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I have a lifetime of experience. So i know how important that is. I, i i, i will be here for you i will be here for you i, i will be here for you i will be here for you i had no idea we were going to go to a rave. This early morning. Yeah, we had that light Dick Debartolo brought in the other day. We could have a party. Were back now with a look at how the lives of the visually impaired are being revolutionized. It all comes together. The here for you and this. So Virtual Reality is allowing people to travel to distant places and helping experience things that many of us might take for granted. Our friend liz from abcs sacramento station has more. Reporter we met up with high cohen at a barnes noble in stockton. Hi, a computer teacher who has been blind his whole life, has been able to do something he has never been able to do before. Today i came to the bookstore to do shopping for my little baby boy for christmas. Reporter i stood back and observed as he took out his iphone, these glasses. They have a camera in the front here, that a speciallytrained agent can see out of. Reporter and opened up an app. On the other end is emily, an oncall agent who is able to see in real time what hi is seeing and describe it to him. I would like to go to the childrens area and look for a book for my little boy. Okay, sounds like fun. Could you do me a favor and scan around where youre at right now. Reporter emily, who is seeing this on her end helps guide hi to a table of childrens books. Oh, this is something right here. This is not my reindeer. Oh, cool. Read me a little bit about it . Tell me what it is. So on the left hand page, it says thats not my reindeer. Reporter with emilys assistance, hi ends up picking out three books. After he paid, we called emily on facetime. One of my alltime favorites calls that i ever took was at a tango dance studio in latvia, which is in eastern europe. She called in and shes like, hey, can you just describe whats happening right now . Reporter that is the goal of this app, to use augmented reality to help people see. You can ask store clerks to help you out, but store clerks have other things to do. They dont really have the time to sit down and read the book to me like our agent did, right . Thats cool. He says he also uses the technology to read to his daughter and help her with her homework. That is awesome. And its great to see liz, our former colleague, out there in sacramento. I bet she misses out on these mornings when we have the studio sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. For Health Insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. 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