Investigators are still trying to figure out what started this massive fire in Central New Jersey that left two people dead. The flames broke out early yesterday morning in jamesburg. One person not home at the time but unaccounted for was located and is okay. Police in new york city are investigating what may be a big drug mixup. Cops posted a picture on facebook saying they took a 106pound shipment of marijuana off the streets. But the people in vermont who grew it say it was hemp which is legal. It was sent by fed ex to a legal cbd store in new york. When tipped off, police made an arrest and seized the shipment. The growers say theyre out risk. Ts turn now fro streets of new york to the hockey arenas of north america. With this years hockey season heating up, some of the busiest people on the sidelines are the dentists. Abcs brad mielke has that story. Brad, good morning. Yeah, thats right. Hockey season is under way, which means a lot of players are out there on the ice losing teeth. In fact, already this year a player from the l. A. Kings reportedly swallowed his tooth when it popped out. Every arena comes outfitted with its own dentist chair. These dentists stand ready to work on either team. In fact, they hang out near the bench with a toolkit. Its pretty medieval. I mean, it is like pliers, a file, a thing to scrape gums, and then no, its not they have literal pliers . I mean, thats what they look like, right . Its okay, its dental pliers. Would you like me to say medical pliers . Theyre basically pliers. Thats what they are. Then they have just loads and loads of those ginormous novocain needles that they use to numb up players in between periods to get them back on the ice. So the obvious question here is, why dont these guys do more to protect their teeth . I asked david why more of them dont wear mouth guards. He said they dont really do much except help against concussion. So if theres a puck or a stick or a fist, they really only serve as collection trays, he called them, for when your teeth pop out. Well have a lot more on start here later this morning. Its a podcast, dont worry, not too many pictures. Check it out on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. Kenneth, janai . Oh, my. Collection tray . Thanks, brad. Jack, you want to take a bite out of this one . Yes. This actually happened. This past saturday, the day before the new york city marathon, i broke a tooth. Whoa. I was not in pain but i had the procedure to correct it the other day. So public thanks to my dentist for taking care of that. I know i hadnt expressed that in talking about the marathon, stuff like that. But it was stunning when it happened. I suggest anyone whos going to do a marathon, do not break a tooth before it. How much broke off . It was a sizable piece, and unfortunately i swallowed it. Oh no oh my gosh yeah. It was frightening. Has it come out yet . And have you put it back . I dont know, janai. No, i have not. I have a cap in there now. Its firmly cemented in place. You understand, tough questions, right . Right . Were just looking for answers. I hung in there, though. You know what those nhl players go through. Ill say. When i got a cap on my tooth after pregnancy, we were both down in d. C. Working. And so like they put a temporary one on. And theyd already whittled my tooth down to this little thing so it was disgusting. The temporary one, they didnt have one that was white enough for my teeth so it was too big, five shades yellow do you remember, i was there, i saw it. I couldnt do tv for a couple of days. I remember. This will not work. Well be right back. Shoutout to that dentist. With a 100 natural propellent. It leaves behind a pleasant scent youll love. [ deep inhale] freshen up. Dont cover up. Febreze. Were hearing new details this morning about a woman in the philadelphia area charged with conducting an online fraud by raising money on crowd funding websites to help her cope with colon cancer. But Authorities Say it was all a lie and what ultimately led to her arrest was a podcast interview and her own husband. Reporter it was the kind of feelgood story that warms your heart. Jessica ann smith, a mother and fitness buff, says she was battling cancer at just 32 years old but was rallying support, encouraging friends and family to fightlikeajessica. With medical bills piling up, supporters answered the call, raising over 10,000 on gofundme and facebook to help. People are coming out of the woodwork to help, which is, i mean, like will restore anyones faith in humanity. Reporter investigators say it was all a lie perpetuated by smith to dupe Good Samaritans into giving her money for a disease they say she didnt have, a hoax that led to her arrest. She made people believe that she had a very serious cancer diagnosis. The fact is she didnt have cancer. Reporter it started in june when smith told friends she was facing a mountain of medical bills while battling colon cancer, detailing her recovery on social media. Donations started pouring in. I actually have some chemo burns right now. Reporter her story gained added attention in july. Ill be looking forward to posting im in remission. Reporter smith was invited to speak about her diagnosis on the podcast the everevolving truth. The doctor is taking my history. As hes looking at my blood work and hes like, i really think you have colon cancer. Reporter these are the hosts of the podcast. The whole interview seemed off from the very beginning. She was kind of going through a cancer checklist, you know. She was feeling sick, taking off of work because of her illness, going through this checklist. It was almost too perfect. She was very nondescript with her treatment, her diagnosis, and just used very vague language. Reporter online people started to question smiths story. People have tried to say im scamming people. If anyone straight up came up to me and was like, i think youre faking this, i literally would say, youre coming to chemo with me on monday. Reporter she reappeared on the podcast four days later, taking aim at the people accusing her of lying. Here is my fitness for duty form with the word cancer on it. Reporter smith stood by her story, but what she didnt know was that police were already investigating after they say her own husband came forward telling them he did not believe his wife had cancer. Her second interview was really where it kind of derailed. We didnt know exactly how we were going to find it all the time, but we were definitely like, i cant believe shes actually doing this. Reporter according to police, jessicas story began to unravel. They say her doctor told them those photos which she claimed showed her receiving chemotherapy was not chemotherapy but an iron infusion for anemia. Worse, when they tried to verify her claims of having surgery, investigators say they were told the doctor smith claimed operated on her wasnt even in the hospital at the time, and that smith was never a patient. Jessicas worst enemy is herself. Her statements are going to be those damning things against her in this trial. Reporter smith is facing separate charges in delaware for Identity Theft and criminal impersonation of a Law Enforcement officer. She took advantage of peoples generosity and everyones worst fear, of a cancer diagnosis, to get money for herself. Reporter im diane macedo in new york. Thanks to diane. Coming up, this happened. Why you should never try to do this with a convertible. Is that a bed . Looks like it. Fthe prilosec otc twoweekymore. Challenge is helping people love what they love again. 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And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. Time for this happened. And you know when youve got a friend whos got a big truck, you know to always call them when you need to move something. Youre the friend with the truck. Right . Absolutely. If your friend has a bmw convertible . Thats not who you call to move things. No, thats especially oh, yeah. This woman didnt get the memo. Not at all. This happened. Driving around in that convertible in england, over there in england. Mattress on the top. Theyre on the other side of the road. You got a mattress and the box spring. Not a box spring, whatever that thing is. Its not even in there. No, its not. She told them, its wedged in the seat so its okay. Maybe she had the seat belt on. This reminds me of im sure you guys heard i was on the price is right. I won a kayak. I was in florida at the time. When i took the kayak i was in North Carolina, then i moved to florida with the prize, a kayak. So i was selling it. I put it on top of my honda civic. Rolling down the interstate. Was it longer than the car . Got pulled over. Did you . Im sure. Got stopped twice, actually. Because of the kayak . Because of the kayak on top of the honda civic. Hope you learned. So that happened. And this happened. A trex race. I love the little trexes. Yeah, their little arms. Animal sanctuary in australia hosted this. Costumes for a compassionate alternative to the melbourne cup horse race, apparently. Theyre on skates . I think theyre running barefoot, looks like. We had a marathon runner run barefoot that we reported on. Now theyre on skates. Now theyre on skates. Are you a skater or a blader . I would be a skater, but im really not good at either. Oh really . Oh, im definitely a rollerblader. Got it in my closet. Once blow by beyonce came out, i wanted to get those roller skates, take it to the skating rink. All right, this happened. This is just foul. This is really bad. China, a guy had ear issues. Cover your ears. Shocked to find dozens of cockroaches in his ear. What . A 24yearold man, a family of cockroaches were living in his ear. They went to live in a wax museum, apparently. That is so foul. How did it happen . I dont know, they must have had babies. Oh no oh my gosh. Can i get a warning, a disclaimer . Guys, dont even look at the screen, we apologize. I cant. Oh, yes, thats just really gross. Hes nasty. How on earth. How about this, this happened. Bride lifts 253pound barbell for a wedding photo. Flowers . Look at her. Those women can do everything. This morning on world news now, a bitter cold blasting millions of people. Snowy and icy conditions have already triggered numerous car crashes. The frigid temps are leaving some people feeling windchills in the single digits. Accuweather has your forecast. Twitter trouble . Two employees of the social media giant are being accused of spying. Who they allegedly were spying for. The battle against Surprise Medical Bills. A number of growing hospital patients have been blindsided by extra charges by tens of thousands dollars not covered by their insurance. How lawmakers in washington are fighting back. Jeopardy james is back on the game show that made him famous. See how he broke with tradition in his first match of jeopardy s tournament of champions. Its thursday, november 7th. From abc news in new york, this is world news now with janai norman and Kenneth Moton. Morning. Morning. I got a clue for you. The number of coanchors the brilliant, talented, funny Kenneth Moton has had this week. Three. Three. Im cycling through them fast. The coanchor he missed the most, janai norman. Welcome back. We got jeopardy james and jeopardy janai. Yeah, uhhuh, just back for a rare appearance, right . Thank you for joining us this thursday morning . Is that what it is . That is it. We begin with a blast of polar air thats already brought nearly 6 inches of snow in spots and the storm is on the move. Shovels, blowers, and plows have been out across the upper midwest. Despite those efforts road travel has been treacherous. All that frigid air is sticking around from the Northern Plains to the great lakes and that includes chicago, which is where abcs alex perez is braving the cold. Reporter a snowy commute for millions in the midwest as that fastmoving storm now marching east, driving already treacherous in wisconsin, part of i94 shut down for hours. Authorities say weather was a factor in this chainreaction crash involving a pickup truck and two semis. This is creating quite a mess on the frontage roads. Look at this backup right now. This is the detour. Reporter tragically, north of milwaukee on i33, a car truck a disabled semi parked on the shoulder. They were on the side of it trying to change the tire. So car came along kaboom. Reporter the driver of the car did not survive. Roads treacherous in south dakota too. Outside rapid city, drivers struggling for traction. And this car colliding into the back of that school bus. Luckily no students on board at the time. And here in chicago, theres a lakeshore flood advisory through thursday. Waves could top 10 feet and we could see wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. This is alexs busy season. It certainly is, especially chicago, oh my goodness, good luck to him. That cold front is moving on, packing plenty of rain and snow. Accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins to us pinpoint when and where the storm will hit next, adam, good morning. Tracking low pressure moving up the northeast coast bringing rain and eventually snow to the region. Along the 95 corridor the rains going to be gone before the colder air moves on in. The change over to snow so most of the accumulations expected across the interior, especially northern maine where 6 to 12 inches is expected by friday night. You go farther to the south from dallas to nashville, were talking heavy rain leading to some flooding. There could be some spots that see up to 5 inches of rainfall. All right, our thanks to adam. We turn to the impeachment battle which is just about to emerge from behind closed doors into public hearings for all to see. President trump railed against the inquiry last night during a political rally in louisiana. He accused democrats of staging show trails and trying to overthrow american democracy. That followed an announcement from House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff who said public hearings will start next wednesday. The first witness william taylor, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine. Abcs Serena Marshall has more. Reporter its now a case for the american public. Those open hearings will be an opportunity for the American People to evaluate the witnesses for themselves, but also to learn firsthand about the facts of the president s misconduct. Reporter the impeachment inquiry entering the open hearing phase beginning with william taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine. Hes the official who texted, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. And according to his closeddoor testimony released wednesday, he said it was his clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly 400 million in key military aid until they agreed to investigate the president s political rivals. Taylor, a career diplomat and vietnam veteran, has largely avoided the president s ire. But former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, what hasnt been the case and shes being brought back to testify publicly next friday. She previously told lawmakers she had to combat a Shadow Campaign to oust her led by the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and felt threatened after trump told the ukrainian president she was bad news and was going to go through some things. Republicans maintain theres nothing new nor problem mat and i can now admitting there are perfectly appropriate quid pro quos, and there are inappropriate quid pro quos. Reporter closeddoor depositions have continued on capitol hill this week even as the administration has ordered witnesses to not comply with subpoenas, but the white house now standing up a team to respond to the impeachment inquiry. Kenneth, janai . Serena, thank you. A bill that would make animal cruelty a federal felony is on President Trumps desk. The Senate Unanimously supported the socalled animal cruelty and torture act aimed at increasing penalties for people who make videos showing animals being abused including fines and up to seven years in prison. Former attorney general Jeff Sessions is returning to the political stage after a stormy tenure in the trump administration. Hes expected to announce plans to run for his former senate seat today. It comes on the First Anniversary of his firing by President Trump. Hes looking to unseat democrat doug jones, who defeated republican roy moore in 2017. The primary is slated for march 3rd. No word yet from the president. Federal prosecutors have charged two former twitter employees for spying for saudi arabia. To gather sensitive and personal information on critics of the saudi regime. Prosecutors say they were given tens of thousands of dollars for their efforts. Twitter says it cooperated with the criminal investigation. Both men left the company in 2015. Saudi arabia is one of twitters most active markets. Now to the return of jeopardy james. It was a triumphant return at that. James holzhauer was back on jeopardy starting play in the quiz shows tournament of champions. He had more than twice the amount of money as his opponents after the first round. He broke with tradition by betting conservatively on the only daily double he found which was answered correctly. James also made a successful small bet on final jeopardy. In the end he had more than 30,000 and a place in next weeks tournament semifinals. Here comes jeopardy james oh this song is back. Here comes jeopardy james hes so good at jeopardy such an awful little tune youve got going there, but a good thing jeopardy james has got going. Jake is excited that jeopardy james is back. Is that true . Uh sure. Im not excited for kenneths singing about jeopardy james, though. That makes two of us. Dont forget, you cant really see jack unless we point a camera at him, hes not longer behind the hair, the fake screen its not me, its not me. Jack, we hear you. We hear you, jack, where are you . Come back are you still running that marathon . Coming up, the gift of a lifetime for a mechanic. 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They walked instead of waiting for buses. No injuries or structural damage were reported. And there has been a new development overnight in the search for a 13yearold double murder suspect who managed to escape from police custody. The boy was appearing for a Court Hearing at the time of his escape barefoot and in leg irons, and now hes been recaptured after an intense search. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter North Carolina authorities have helicopters in the air and police on the ground, all searching for the fugitive 13yearold. Even though hes a juvenile, theyre taking the unusual step of releasing his booking photo after he escaped from the custody of state Law Enforcement officers tuesday while returning from Juvenile Court in lumberton. State Officials Say he was wearing leg restraints and no shoes when a guard opened a door and he ran. Police say he was being held on serious crimes, accused of two counts of firstdegree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. They explain they have a high degree of concern for the safety of both the juvenile and the public due to a prior history of assaultive and unpredictable behavior. Family members say theyve struggled with the boy for years and are blaming authorities. We dont know if hes going to return to us dead or alive. This is the countys fault and they should have to pay for it. Reporter several different Law Enforcement agencies were involved in the search. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. Thank you, steve. Retirement came a little earlier than planned for a texas mechanic thanks to a gift from his boss. 69yearold albert freegus is now off the clock for good. Thats because his now former boss, rudy kionis, paid the final 5,000 left on his mortgage. How about that. Kionis said freegus had been Just Like Family in their 13 years together. He offered to put up the money because he didnt want freegus to wait any longer to retire. He was going to keep working until he was able to pay off his house and his boss said, ill take care of it. Until february. He was going to work until then. Now hes got thanksgiving, christmas, the new year. All the holidays. Im retired now. Would you do that for someone . Like hey, im going to pay off your are you asking for a friend . Just asking. Just asking. Yeah, if i had the money just to i appreciate that. Oh, for you, you. You, no. Thats really generous, really nice. Im sure he will pay it forward as well in his retirement. Coming up next half hour, the yard sale that brought out the police. The lines and long waits endured by scores of fans of chris brown hoping to score that memento of the rapper. Find out what people bought. First the Surprise Medical Bills that pop up in the mail long after you think your Insurance Company has paid them. All right, welcome back. A recent poll by Kaiser Health reports that 40 of insured consumers got a surprise bill in the last year. Now congress is trying to do something about it. Heres abcs Kyra Phillips. Reporter 17,000 for a lab test. 50,000 for a stay in the nicu. 70,000 for surgery for a broken hip. Just a small sample of Surprise Medical Bills patients say they never saw coming. Its causing incredible distress and financial harm to hundreds of thousands of americans. Reporter tom s active snowboarder, says his family was devastated when he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. He needed a double Lung Transplant to survive. Its like drowning. You just cant breathe. Reporter throughout toms care, the saputos say they made sure everything was innetwork. There was always a doublecheck before we had a procedure done. Reporter but while bedridden at a local hospital in california, tom needed an air ambulance to a medical facility where he could receive the transplant. The saputos did it no questions asked. How could you even have the wherewithal to concentrate on Something Like that when your husbands dying . Reporter tom received that transplant, but then came the bill that blindsided them. The transplant, 36,000, was fully covered by their insurance. But the air ambulance that cost 51,000 was not. So we were shocked. Reporter gma became aware of their case through Kaiser Health news and nprs series which investigates medical bills. Air ambulances are the single most common complaint in our database. Reporter the saputoss insurance covered most of the bill even though it was out of network, but they say they were told they still owed 11,000. How are we going to pay this . Reporter their Insurer Anthem told gma the costs for transport were paid in accordance with their benefits plan. After gma contacted the air ambulance plan your account has a zero balance. Reporter the debt erased. Air methods say, we engaged in the appeals process to receive the full payment. We were able to provide him a zero balance. Nearly 80 of americans want legislation to protect patients from Surprise Medical Bills. The president also calling for regulation. They should be given a clear and honest bill up front. Reporter representatives Frank Pallone jr. And greg walden are cosponsors of one of the bipartisan bills before congress that would regulate the practice. Why hadnt a bill been passed . We are moving. The process takes awhile. Reporter ads criticizing some of the legislation began running over the summer. Theyre not influencing you . We are going full force ahead. Reporter more than half of all air ambulance rides are out of network, so we asked specifically about the saputos case. Why doesnt your legislation cover this . When you deal with ambulance, it involves so many different factors. The ambulance might be private, it might be the local government. So its very difficult. Clearly its not working. Thats true, but it is a different animal. So were taking on what we can here. Our thanks to Kyra Phillips for that report. An issue that impacts so Many Americans. So a couple of things. Before you write a check, if you get one of those surprise bills, try to negotiate to get that bill down. Reach out to your Insurance Company. Find out if your state has a law protecting against surprise bills, because many of them do. Lets say this again, it really shouldnt be this way. So many families impacted and touched by this or will be touched by this. You think about health care. Especially as we go into the 2020 election. Health care is the number one priority for so Many Americans. Then when you have extra bills on top of that, its annoying, its frustrating. As you pointed out, just dont give in, fight it. Especially dealing like an emergency, with the prospect of her husband dying, you have to think about coming up with all this money. Remember how Many Americans who dont have Health Insurance as well. That is true too. Ready to lose access to netflix on your older samsung tv . The streaming service wont support certain Samsung Smart models due to technical limitations. Only a small number of subscribers have been affected and those customers have been notified. Coming up the top ten people whom americans choose as their role models. 1 in 2 . Bigfoot is missing in florida. Of course. The mix is next. Im alex trebek, here to tell you about the Colonial Penn program. If youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. 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My husband, he used to be a high school teacher. And he has all these kids who hes mentored for years. And they love him so much. And its really great seeing the real impact on peoples lives that a mentor can have. It does not have to be a celebrity. Its everyday people. Just that persons volunteering their time in a community. Investing in you. How about this, speaking of investing time. This bill in florida would require couples to read a marriage guide before tying the knot. Its a new proposal in florida apparently. And this bill, i guess in the state legislature, would create a Marriage Education Committee within the department of children and families. Apparently theyve got a high divorce rate down there. Floridas got a high rate of a bunch of things. Well, thats true, it is florida. I think its well, you hear about people who go to counseling before, so just be a guide. Is it going to be treated like when you get a drivers license, you got to read the guide . I dont know, isnt it just like theyre adults. If you care enough, you should just trying to help, just trying to help. I guess. Okay, so also in florida, bigfoots missing. Sounds about right. A 300pound statue of sasquatch. How did someone get away with this . 8 feet tall. It was stolen from in front of a Mattress Store in boynton beach. Its valued at 3,000. Stolen between october 6th and 13th. How did they not know . When you said bigfoot was missing in florida i was like what year did you leave again . Also this dog helps with the groceries in the philippines. Ill help you, lets get these dog bones in here. Good boy. This morning on world news this morning on world news now, were just days away from the impeachment battle going public. Opendoor hearings will get under way next week. How the white house is strategizing to defend President Trump. Also this morning loved ones are getting ready to bury the american victims of a brutal ambush in mexico. What a relative of the family is revealing about that horrific attack. New this half hour, the early black friday sales that are going on right now. Lasting just until midnight tonight, more than 200 retailers are paying shoppers up to 20 cash back on their purchases. Where youll find the best deals. What happens when a celebrity posts his home address online. Singer chris brown inviting fans and bargain hunters to his garage sale. The big crowds and the big deals they scooped up. Its thursday, november 7th. Good morning, everyone. Its great to have janai norman back. This is your first time on the new its not a new set. Right. It just got moved. The new setup. New setup. You ever been set up . Let me tell you. Yeah. You like it . Talk about being set up. Im adjusting. Yeah, right . Im adjusting. Again, if you missed monday or tuesday, whenever we talked about it, weve got a little studio reconstruction going on around here. So thats fake. It is fake. Jacks not back there. Anything else fake around here . Anything . Definitely not the news. We got plenty to get to. We begin with the impeachment inquiry. Investigators could hear from an adviser to Vice President mike pence today. The president was railing against the inquiry at a political rally in louisiana last night. He accused democrats of defaming the innocent while trying to impose a socialist agenda. That came hours after it was announced william taylor, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, will be the first witness to testify wednesday. That hearing set for friday. Abcs mary bruce is on capitol hill. Reporter democrats announcing theyre taking their case directly to the American People, calling key witnesses to testify before Television Cameras starting next week. So those open hearings will be an opportunity for the American People to evaluate the witnesses for themselves, but also to learn firsthand about the facts of the president s misconduct. Reporter first up, bill taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine. Democrats think hes their strongest witness. They released his closeddoor testimony showing why. Taylor told lawmakers President Trump outsourced americas ukraine policy to his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. He testified it was his clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly 400 million in key military aid until they agreed to investigate the president s political rivals. Taylor said he was initially confused about why the money was being withheld and grew so concerned he sent a rare cable to the secretary of state, mike pompeo. It was pompeo who personally asked taylor, a career diplomat and vietnam veteran, to take the post in ukraine. Hey, everybody makes mistakes. Mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. Reporter also testifying next week, former Ukrainian Ambassador marie yovanovitch. She told lawmakers she was the target of a Smear Campaign led by giuliani. And that she reached out to the president s ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, for help. His advice, you need to go big or go home. Tweet out there that you support the president. But yovanovitch refused and was later removed from her post. She testified that she felt threatened after learning trump told the ukrainian president she was bad news and was going to go through some things. In the face of mounting evidence, republicans on defense. There are perfectly appropriate quid pro quos. And there are inappropriate quid pro quos. Reporter on cable tv insisting theres nothing to see here. Hold on we have mark meadows right here, can we talk about so hes walking by right now. Republicans are really struggling to defend the president were not struggling on anything. The republicans are not struggling on anything. Reporter the white house is dismissing these public hearings, but they also know they need a better strategy to push back against them, so theyve announced the president is adding two people to his Communications Team whom he knows personally and trusts to defend him. It is something that republicans here on the hill have been asking for. Mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. Our thanks to mary. There are new details about the president s actions just as the ukraine story was starting to gain steam. There are reports the president wanted attorney general william barr to hold a News Conference to say that trump didnt break any laws regarding that july call with ukraines president , but barr reportedly declined. The a. G. s reasoning is unclear, but sources have said he was irritated with trump for bringing his name up in tandem with his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. In the meantime, republican senator rand paul is blocking a resolution that would reaffirm the Senate Support of whistleblower protections. Paul has called for the whistleblower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry to be named publicly. Instead of backing the whistleblower resolution paul spoke in support of his own bill that would give the president the right to face his accuser. Meanwhile, rand pauls Kentucky Governor matt bevin is asking for a recanvass of voting totals in the race for his reelection. Hes more than 5,000 votes behind following tuesdays challenger andy beshear. Hes seeking a check of the vote count to assure the votes were added correctly. That check will take place a week from today. A recanvass has never led to the reversal of a kentucky election result. Funerals are set to start today for the american victims of a brutal and brazen highway ambush in mexico. Three women and their six kids were gunned down. Mexicos president has established a special commission to find the killers. Family members say they were targeted and the gunmen intentionally fired on women and children. Drug traffickers mistakenly believed the familys caravan of suvs were rival gang members. All the victims have dual u. S. And mexican citizenship. The family has lived in mexico for decades. Tell me, why did the family settle here . Why are the lebarons here . Its a long story. The lebarons come from a Mormon Community that emigrated to mexico in the late 1800s to flee religious persecution in utah. They set up several communities, they set up five communities in chihuahua, a couple of communities in sonora, and were the descendents of those people. As relatives demand justice, the mormon compound where the families live is under tight security. The state department warned the families against traveling to sonora months before. Were tracking that major storm thats bringing frigid temperatures and some prewinter snow to millions of americans. Driving has been difficult at least, dangerous and deadly at worst. Near milwaukee a car smashed into a big rig, killing the cars driver. The cold front is expanding and marching east. By this evening 3 to 6 inches of snow could pile up from western new york to new england. Mostly rain from boston to d. C. A massachusetts man has died of a lung Injury HealthOfficials Say is linked to vaping. The victim was a man in his 50s who admitted to vaping nicotine and marijuana. Hes the third known vaper to die in that state. Nationwide Officials Say nearly 1,900 people have suffered vapingrelated lung injuries and 39 have died. The cdc is expected to update those numbers later today. In other Health Related news scientists have discovered a new strain of the virus that causes aids, the first new strain of the virus to be identified in nearly two decades. This strain is part of the same group behind the global hiv pandemic but health Officials Say theres no cause for alarm. Current treatments for hiv can be used against this strain and others. The College Basketball season isnt even a week old and weve seen a march madnesstype moment. That was university of nevada student reese york hitting the halfcourt shot during a promotion at tuesdays Season Opener for the wolfpack. The bucket earned him free tuition for a year, worth just over 7,000. York is a junior. That prize means his senior year is already paid off. That final year . Incredible, could you imagine . I could. I really could. He said he wasnt even going to go to the game, friends convinced him. Was originally told the shot would be 4,000 bucks. Apparently they put him on the roster. No. They should. Oh my gosh. Thats incredible there. To have a year of tuition paid at school . That would mean a huge difference. Its just tuition, right . The room and board, the food hes still got to pay for, probably. Room and board . Youre not living on campus as a senior, generally, no judgment. Im not judging, im just saying. I just wanted to be close to the student union. Were just going to move on. I just wanted to have a good time on campus. I just liked all the freshmen. The jump start on holiday sales happening right now. I get older but they stay the same. Hundreds of retailers offering up to 20 cash back on purchases until midnight tonight. Were checking out some of the best deals. Why your netflix will stop working on your tv if you have an oldermodel Samsung Smart tv. An oldermodel samsung tv. Introducing a razor that works differently. The Gillette Skinguard has a guard between the blades that helps protect skin. The Gillette Skinguard. Check out this smashing video from lubbock, texas. A police car slammed into a civilian vehicle sunday night, sending shards of glass flying everywhere. 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When we come back, the sneak peek at bad boys for life. Well show you, will smiths latest cheeky post. Big will in the limelight coming up in the skinny. Coming up in the skinny. You dont let a cold ruin your day. You take dayquil severe liquicaps and crush it. Dayquil severe. The daytime, coughing, aching, stuffyhead, fever, sore throat, power through your day, medicine. We aint going nowhere bad boys for life time for the skinny starting with the sneak peek. Two very, very highly anticipated sequels. Sony pictures just released a new trailer for bad boys for life, the sequel to bad boys and bad boys ii reuniting will smith and Martin Lawrence as miami cops. For the first time in 16 years. Mike, putting you on a new team. Youre working with ammo now. Cap, ammo is a High School Musical boy band with guns. You look great, grandpa. So youre that guy. Theres always one. Right up till theres none. Thats what i like, teamwork. Oh my goodness. Okay, i didnt realize it was coming out in january, im even more excited. It hits theaters january 17th of next year. Okay, so bad boys for life. And coming to america. You know the sequel to coming to america filming at Tyler Perry Studios at the same time. Oh, right, because the other day we showed all the guys did we show that . Did i see it somewhere . Did you see it on weekend gma when i did pop news . Now that i think about it. Wesley snipes, will smith all of them. Who else . Tracy morgan eddie murphy. That comes out in august this comes out in january, two movies i will definitely see in theaters. Tyler perry is also hosting a president ial debate as well. Tyler studios is the place to be, invite of the year, apparently. Speaking of will smith, the twotime is on consider nominee is treating his 39 million followers on instagram with a cheeky post. The aladdin star posted this video showing off his hospital gown ahead of a colonoscopy. He said, you cant get to 50 million followers without showing your butt, here i am, getting a colonoscopy for the cloud. Yep, smith also linked the post to a 17minute vlog of his experiences before and after the colonoscopy saying quote theres a certain amount of commitment and embarrassment involved with being healthy, you just got to do it, man. There are people who have been following will smith for decades so theyre now up to his age where hes putting out a Public Service announcement saying, look, im doing it, you should do it too. He did it with humor but thats a really serious thing to bring attention to, hats off to will smith. You mentioned aladdin star, theres like a thousand other movies as well. 100 , i just read what was in the prompter. All right, next to what the kids would call a major flex by jayz. Gearing up for his Sean Carter Foundation gala, jayz has opted to skip the embossed stationery for his invited vip guests. 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I havent gotten my hands on any of those highend designer items as you can tell from my h m suit im wearing right now. Thats what his fans are looking for. His fans cant get enough, some even camping out overnight to make sure they would get their hands on that garage sale swag. Looking at the lines, youd think folks have been waiting their whole lives for this garage sale. Designer items, designer belongings, shoes, jackets, anything we can get our hands on hoping to resell it. Reporter Singer Chris Brown announcing a yard sale, posting his home address online. 19602 citrus ridge drive. Fans showed up, some even spending the night in line. Ive heard of people lining outside celebrities homes. For event like this, it is something new, spectacular, something out of the ordinary. Its really cool to be out here. Reporter a press release saying the sale would include both new items or ones worn by chris brown in music video shoots and red carpet events. Police and security guards on hand to keep things in check, letting hopeful shoppers in 10 at a time, giving them 20 minutes to shop. Some of those shoppers saying the sale ran out of air a little too quickly. No air it wasnt like what i expected. I guess there was like one rack of designer things and some dude just luckily stumbled upon it and got all eight designer jackets. Reporter others saying browns sale hit all the right notes. It had 100 on it but i dont know where the tag went because she gave to it me for 20. Two bits of good news, according to the press release a portion of the proceeds will be donated to several nonprofit organizations chris brown supports. If fans didnt make it out yesterday, the garage sale will be in operation through 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Two things immediately come to mind. First off, how long were they in line, if they let 10 people in at a time for 20 minutes . Thats crazy. The one guy who was like, wasnt that great, have you been to a yard sale before . A lot of junk. Exactly. Socks with holes in them, yeah. Exactly. As long as the sweaters have both sleeves. Where were the cars . Like show some of the cars, chris brown. Were those for sale too . I really like people were breezing right through there. Eezing right through there. Making news in america this morning, winter arrives early. Millions