Its monday, november 18th. Good morning, everyone. Big weekend for the carters. Absolutely. And a big monday for us because weve got Candace Mccowan in the seat filling in for janai norman this morning. Keeping it warm for janai. Our friend from wabc. Came a few feet over. What are they going to do without you this morning . I dont know. You could say hello to them. Hi, guys. I guess they see you on tv all the time. They do, cant get away. Thanks wabc for letting us borrow Candace Mccowan while she fills in on weekend gma. Were going to have some fun this morning. Absolutely. Were going to get to some news. We begin this half hour with President Trump lashing out at another impeachment witness ahead of her public testimony set for tomorrow. Jennifer williams, the president singled her out on twitter calling the aide to the Vice President a never trumper. As the president and other republicans demand to hear from the whistleblower who triggered the investigation, House Speaker nancy pelosi is vowing to make sure the president does not intimidate the anonymous official. As the house impeachment inquiry prepares for three more days of public hearings this week, democrats are not wavering. The president of the United States used taxpayerfunded military assistance to pressure a foreign leader to help him in his reelection campaign. Reporter republicans are pushing back. The evidence is crumbling. I think the democrats know theyre in trouble on this. Reporter over the weekend the committee releasing transcripts of the closeddoor testimony from jennifer williams, a member of Vice President pences staff. Williams was on that july 25th phone call in which trump brought up investigating the bidens in the 2016 election. She testifies she remembers the mention of burisma, the Ukrainian Energy company where hunter biden served on the board. But the transcript of the call released by the white house makes no mention of burisma. The president blasting williams sunday tweeting, tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the president ial calls. She should meet with the other never trumpers who i dont know and mostly never heard of and work out a better president ial attack. That tweet comes days after the president attacked former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch as she was testifying. I think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter. I think he knows full well that hes in that office way over his head. And so he has to diminish everyone else. She used the word imposter. Talking about the president of the United States. Who 63 Million People voted for. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi on cbs saying the president will have every opportunity to present his case. Meanwhile the witnesses lined up to testify this week could poke holes in the republicans defense. In addition to jennifer williams, tuesday we will hear from Lieutenant ColonelAlexander Vindman and tim morrison, National Security officials who were also on the call to ukraine. Also testifying tomorrow, kurt volker, former special envoy to ukraine. And wednesday, the muchanticipated testimony of Eu Ambassador gordon sondland, followed by two Senior State Department officials thursday. It will be fiona hill, the president s former top adviser on russia. Stay with abc news for live coverage of the impeachment hearings tuesday, wednesday, thursday beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. We do have breaking news to get to this morning. In fresno, california, police say a Family Gathering turned into a deadly shooting scene. Ahoti others wounded when a gunman opened fire on a group of people who had gathered at a home to watch a football game. The suspect reportedly snuck into the backyard and shot ten people who were there. It is unclear if the suspect was known to the victims. The Southern California high school where two students were shot and killed last week will remain closed for two more weeks. Thousands of people attended a vigil last night. Three other students were wounded and the young gunman himself died later from a selfinflicted gunshot. Syracuse university has suspended all fraternity social activities after the latest in a string of racist incidents. Saturday night a group that included frat members used a racist slur toward a black female student. At least ten incidents have been reported on or near campus this month. State officials are investigating. In the race for the white house many of the democratic president ial candidates are now just two days away from their next debate. While theyre getting ready they may want to be sharpening their attack lines against south bend, indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg. Hes opened a substantial lead in iowa according to at least one new poll. Abcs whit johnson reports. Reporter a surging mayor Pete Buttigieg shaking up the race for president with new frontrunner status in iowa. Ive been feeling momentum. In a sense of when people hear the message, they connect with it. Reporter that new cnn Des Moines Register poll showing buttigieg with a commanding lead over senators elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, and former Vice President joe biden, jumping 16 points in two months. The south bend, indiana, mayor has the most offices in the state, his message seeming to resonate. Former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg continuing to test the waters. Hes criticized his potential rivals for apologizing too much for their pasts. Joe biden went out and apologized for being male, over 50, white. Beto whatever his name is, hes apologized for being born. Reporter but in a speech in a predominantly black church in brooklyn, bloomberg with his own apology, saying he regrets his controversial stop and frisk policy, a policy he defended for years. I now see that we could and should have acted sooner and acted faster to cut the stops. I wish we had. Im sorry that we didnt. Reporter the top ten candidates will meet on the debate stage in georgia on wednesday. With those new rising poll numbers in iowa, mayor pete could now find himself a target. Whit johnson, abc news, new york. A big thanks to whit there. We got a new list out of rich folks. Bill gates is once again the richest person in the world. Bloomberg has released its latest billionaire index and the microsoft cofounder is back on top. Gates, 110 billion net worth moves him past amazon Ceo Jeff Bezos who sits at second. At 109 billion. Mark zuckerberg rounded out the top five. Bezos held top spot for two years. Gates moved past him thanks to microsoft stock rise and that costly, costly divorce for mr. Bezos. His wife mckenzie is now 24th on the list at a measly 35 billion. Maybe that keeps you warm at night, think so . Rolling around in the cash. Yes. So bill gates, jeff bezos. Warren buffett. All on there, just filthy rich. Filthy. Filthy. Taking a bath in it. Warren buffett, he gives a lot of it away. He does. He probably could be at the top. He has his pledge encouraging other people to give most of it away. Thats right. He can now go to Mckenzie Bezos and talk to her about giving it away. Say, i need some cash. Coming up, an update on that historic flooding in venice. Prince andrew opening up about Jeffrey Epstein and how he couldnt possibly have had sex with an accuser when she was just 17. Later in the skinny, boyz ii men back on stage overnight. Youre watching world news now. Whether your beauty routine is 3or 57,. Make natures bounty hair skin and nails step one. Its the number one brand uniquely formulated for silky hair, glowing skin and healthy nails. 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Most stores and museums are closed in central venice after the italian city was hit by a third record high tide in a week. Tourists are still out and about snapping pictures of the disaster. The damage is estimated at more than 1 billion. Also overseas the stunningly candid interview with britains Prince Andrew. Hes breaking his silence about his friendship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Heres abcs eva pilgrim. Reporter Prince Andrew speaking publicly about his relationship with the multimilliondollar financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in an exclusive bbc interview saying multiple times he doesnt regret their initial friendship. Do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming . Yes. Unbecoming . He was a sex offender. Yeah, im sorry, im being polite. In the sense that he was a sex offender. But no. Was i right in having him as a friend at the time . Bearing in mind this was some years before he was accused of being a sex offender. I dont think there was anything wrong then. The problem was the fact that once he had been convicted you stayed. I stayed with him. Reporter in 2008 epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor and became listed as a registered sex offender. In 2010 the prince was seen in this video obtained by the daily mail appearing in the doorway of epsteins new york mansion. Prince andrew admitting he stayed four days saying he came to end their friendship. You were staying at the house yes. Of a convicted sex offender. It was a convenient place to stay. There is i mean ive gone through this in my mind so many times. At the end of the day with the benefit of all the hindsight that one could have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. But at the time i felt it was the honorable and right thing to do. Reporter earlier this year epstein died of apparent suicide in jail, awaiting trial for child sex trafficking charges. Prince andrew maintains that despite multiple visits to several of epsteins homes, he never saw any indication of unlawful conduct involving underage girls. I wont stop fighting, i will never be silenced until these people are brought to justice. Reporter Virginia Roberts giuffre, now 35, says she was one of epsteins teenage sex slaves. In court filings, giuffre claims epstein ordered her to have sex with powerful friends, including on three occasions, Prince Andrew. I have no recollection of meeting this lady, none whatsoever. You dont remember meeting her . No. Reporter the prince categorically denying he ever had sex with giuffre. As for this now infamous picture of the two together, the prince says he doesnt remember it being taken and says it could be a fake. Nobody can prove whether or not it that photograph has been doctored, but i dont recollect that photograph ever being taken. Our thanks to eva there. So should he have done this interview . People were waiting for him to speak out. This is a hard interview, because you wonder if there was anything he could have said that would have right, exactly. Hes being skewered right now, especially that initially with the whole, you know he was unbecoming, but polite, yeah. Hes like, hes a sex offender. But apparently the tabloids are reporting that his Public Relations adviser actually resigned a couple of weeks ago because he didnt want him to do this interview because he thought it could backfire. Well, sounds like he might have been on to something. Because that one was a hard one. Yeah, definitely. Cringeworthy there. All right, when we come back, the big winners at last nights soul train awards. Celine dion finally weighing in on that titanic debate over jack and the door. Skinny just gimme the skinny time for the skinny starting with this years soul train awards. Yeah, this year that event took place in las vegas. Leading this years pack of winners was no guidance chris browns song featuring drake named song of the year. Also making headlines, boyz ii men and stokley paying tribute to this years legend award recipients, jimmy jam and terry lewis with their rendition turn it up, turn it up right now. Yeah, mm, gimme that boyz ii men from philly right there. They did renditions of tender love, on bended knee, breaking my heart. Despite rave reviews on social media, quite a few fans are commenting boyz ii men to say the least were singing off key. Nope, i aint here for it, i aint listening to it. I think they did great. Im just happy to see them. Boyz ii men, theyre legendary, theyre great. They are. They could never sing off key. Not everybodys on it all the time. You know . Yeah, i mean like me. I mean, sometimes i can be just a little off and its just, you know. All right, next to the twonight extravaganza for jayz and beyonce. The carters this weekend, this was the first Sean Carter Foundation gala at the newly renovated Hard Rock Hotel in south florida and queen bey did not disappoint, kicking off friday night in a cleany, shimmering, champagnehued gown at their invitationonly, highroller blackjack tournament. My invitation got lost. Saturday night beyonce really turned heads in a glammedup vintage look in a sheer silver dress, bofer wrap, scarlet lipstick. Got to make sure we say bofer. Also in attendance, our own Robin Roberts looking spectacular there. The event raised 6 million for college prep for needy students. I got to email robin and see what was i mean, gimme a little insight there. I wonder if she had to sign an nda. Right, thats very true. We need to hear it all. We saw night one and night two gown looks from beyonce. We have our own beyonce to tell us which was the fave . Oh wait, shes right there behind jack. Jack . Jack, which one was your favorite outfit of the weekend for beyonce . I didnt have one. Oh, you didnt . No. She just looked great all the way around . Whole way around. All the way around. What are you doing with our beyonce over there . Were just hanging out, you know. Shes helping you write stories . Stimulating conversation as usual. Very, yeah, im sure. Maybe she can show you some dance moves. Sing to you a little bit. Oh, okay. There it goes. Were going to let you guys continue. Watching jack dance here, i loved every moment of that. Since titanic came out 22 years ago, fans have argued back and forth about the fate of Leo Dicaprios character jack dawson. Did he really have to die in the icy ocean . Or was there room on that floating door . There was room. Jack says there was room. Our jack. Over the weekend celine dion, who sings the films iconic song, finally weighing in on whether or not she thinks jack could have survived. He doesnt need an invitation. [ laughter and applause ] maybe all his bodys so frozen he didnt have the strength to jump in for my love you know . Yeah, you didnt think that he could jump for her love jump in and feel the touch oh, i love celine. So titanic director James Cameron said in an interview this year, theres no debate jack had to die. I know for a fact that the person that typically sits right here, janai, she thinks rose could have saved him. I feel if he were to jump on it, it would have flipped, it wouldnt have worked out well. As it should be. Right. A big announcement over the weekend, sounds like a joke but its really not real housewives of Salt Lake City. Theres going to be a housewives of Salt Lake City . I cant believe that. I cant believe that. Olays new retinol24 faced the competition and rose above. 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A texas crosscountry mom was desperate trying to raise money to help her sons crosscountry reached out to actor Ashton Kutcher through community. Com knows kids causes are close to his heart. She never really expected a response until she got one. Ask and you shall receive. Kutcher not only responded, he sent brandnew shoes to the team just in time for their regional meet. She says kutchers rep checked in on the team to wish the boys good luck. Thats so awesome. Didnt he give out his phone number like a few months ago. He did, on twitter. Ask me questions or Something Like that . You know moms are resourceful. They really are. Next to an update on here comes jeopardy james here comes jeopardy james the jeopardy superstar who won 32 regular games in a row over the summer, he took home the 250,000 grand prize in the tournament of champions on friday night. He ended up beating the contestant who ended his winning streak, emma boettcher. James holzhauers winnings totaling 2. 7 million. So this is the last well see of jeopardy james, right . This is the last of the song . Or no . Wait, do you want it to be . I mean, i i dont know if the world is ready for it to end. Thats very true, yeah. Finally for a Little Something that jeopardy james might consider spending his money on. It comes to be known as the travolta dress, the Midnight Blue velvet gown in which Princess Diana famously danced with John Travolta at a white house gala in 1985. Everybody knows that picture. It is now on the Auction Block for 450,000. 450,000. You know, christmas is coming up, kenneth. You know what, it is, and i think that you would look beautiful in that stunning gown, its historic. Everybodys so obsessed with everything Princess Diana. Why not, shes so great and wonderful. Well, she is. I will bid on it right after the show for you. Thank you, i appreciate it. Dont miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans. Com. Babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. A healthy baby is worth the wait. Morning america. Have a good one. Breaking news in america this morning, gunfire erupting at this home in california. Ten people are shot. A Family Gathering to watch football apparently coming under attack. The search for the suspect. Also breaking right now, the intense firefight between police and protesters in hong kong. Students barricaded inside a university, gas bombs, rubber bullets and bows and arrows flying. Officers moving in hoping to end the standoff. Royal backlash. Prince andrew explains his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and denies having sex with a 17yearold but this morning his explanation facing new scrutiny including his claim about a medical condition that prevents him from sweating. Plus, the news overnight