Good wednesday morning, everyone. The first signs of discord shaking up Donald TrumpsTransition Team as top advisers and lobbyists get the boot. Trump broke protocol last night by ditching his press corps going out to dinner with his family unannounced. And after getting his first daily president ial briefing along with trump, mike pence is meeting today with Vice President joe biden. Abcs janai norman has the latest from d. C. Reporter donald trump out of the public eye but back on twitter writing the process for picking cabinet members is very organized though it appears to be anything but. Cracks beginning to show as key members of the Transition Team purged. Former congressman mike rogers, one of trumps Top National Security advisers, abruptly resigning reportedly pushed out. This as governor Chris Christie was ousted. Inquiry into security clearances for trumps children. Senior adviser Kellyanne Conway forced to respond. That, i dont know. I only know what i read in the paper. I just know that that was never a formal request. Reporter at the same time criticism continues over trumps pick for chief strategist, steve bannon, former chair of breitbart news. People didnt vote for donald trump so that he could bring a white supremacist into the white house. Reporter late tuesday the president elect leaving reporters scrambling heading out to dinner with his family after telling the press he was in for the night. The move breaking tradition of always having journalists on hand to report the president s whereabouts. [ chanting ] and the protests havent let up. In the nations capital, hundreds of students taking over pennsylvania avenue shutting down the lincoln memorial. Too young to vote but making sure their voices are heard. We want to let donald trump know that he cannot divide us with his racism, sexism, all that bigotry. President elect tweeting if the election were based on total popular votes, he would have campaigned more in new york, california and florida saying he would have won even bigger and more easily. As of now Hillary Clinton is up in the popular vote. Diane and kendis. Yeah, thats right, janai. Shes up more than 800,000 votes. We appreciate it, janai, from washington. And donald trump has reportedly requested top security clearance for his soninlaw. Ivanka trumps husband Jared Kushner is one of trumps closest advisers. If approved, hell be able to sit in on daily president ial briefings. This is the the latest in a series of untraditional moves by trump. As trump prepares to fill more top jobs, ben carson, as janai norman mentioned there, has taken himself out of the running. His top adviser says carson would not accept a cabinet position because despite running for president , carson felt he didnt have the experience to run an entire federal agency. And the Vice President elect is removing all lobbyists from the Transition Team that hes now heading. Structure that Chris Christie had set up. The move comes after donald trump was questioned about welcoming lobbyists that he railed against during his campaign. And this was kind of interesting. Former rival ted cruz also met with trump yesterday. Senator cruz didnt reveal any details of his meeting, but some reports say he is being considered for attorney general. Cruz would only say that hes looking forward to working closely with trump and pence to repeal obamacare and confirm a conservative Supreme Court justice. And Outgoing Senate minority leader harry reid is calling on trump to rescind his appointment of steve bannon as chief strategist. Reid slammed bannon in a speech from the senate floor over his leadership. As long as a champion of Racial Division is a step away from the oval office, it will be impossible to take trumps efforts to heal the nation seriously, so i say to donald trump, take responsibility. Rise to the dignity of the office of president of the United States instead of hiding behind your twitter account. Election for sparking a wave of hate crimes, but he said democrats would work with trump whenever they can. And Hillary Clinton is expected to make her first public appearance since the election. Shes being honored in washington, d. C. Tonight by the childrens defense fund, the organization she worked for in the 70s after graduating from law school. President obama is spending a second day in greece after trying to explain Donald Trumps unexpected rise. The president is touring the acropolis, the countrys most famous ancient monument. Yesterday he acknowledged that trumps victory took him by surprise saying it stemmed from deepseated anxieties among the working class, and he made it clear that he doesnt feel responsible for what the president elect says or does. Meanwhile, violence broke out in athens as thousands of protesters rallied against the president s visit and riot police had to use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd after they tried to enter a restricted area. The president s trip comes just days before greek leftists hold annual antiamerican demonstrations. And far across the Mediterranean Sea in syria, Bashar Al Assads government aleppo. Air strikes killed at least ten people in rebelheld areas. Its the first bombing in more than two weeks. The strikes came as russia started a major operation against rebels that could put tens of thousands more civilians in danger. The bombs fell just hours after Vladimir Putin spoke with donald trump about joining forces to stop international terrorism. Investigators are searching for the motive in the deadly shooting at an Oklahoma City main airport. Police say 52yearold Southwest Airlines worker Michael Winchester was killed in an ambush yesterday at will rogers world airport. The shooter was found dead from a selfinflicted gunshot. The airport was shut down for hours amid worries about multiple shooters. They did not know whether the person was hiding, sleeping, deceased or otherwise. Once that was confirmed, we made a clean sweep of the airport to make sure that there were no potential suspects or any other and opened up the airport. The victim is the father of Kansas City Chiefs special teams player james winchester. The elder winchester played football for the university of oklahomas 1985 National Championship team. To the southeast now where some traditional Outdoor Activities are now off limits because of that fire threat. Starting campfires, lighting fireworks, smoking cigarettes, even parking a car offroad is prohibited for fear that a hot tailpipe could ignite dry leaves below. Now, three people have been arrested for arson in connection with the fires. Smoke from the fires has sent hundreds of people to the hospital. And fire crews wont be getting any help battling the flames any time soon. Look at this map. Itll be warm and dry across the entire southeastern fire zone with temperatures in the 70s. Coming up, new york to london in half the time. The new supersonic jet unveiled. Also, a horrific scene at a high school as an honor student goes on attack. Were going to hear from a student who was there to help a and attention, united passengers. If youre planning to bring a carryon on your next flight, you might have a new fee to go along with it. See how its going to work there were there were protests in 80 cities across the country by those opposed to the oil pipeline in north dakota. In columbus, ohio, an activist blocked traffic by handcuffing himself under a vehicle at a downtown intersection, and you see there Bernie Sanders joining protesters in washington, d. C. Now to reports of major problems with new homes. The country has seen a building boom in the last few years, but abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross looks into some homeowners claims of poor workmanship in their new houses. Reporter new home heartbreak when a dream house turns into a nightmare. All up and down you hear the same kind of things. The people in this new subdivision in virginia say their greatlooking houses on the outside are chockfull of problems and defects on the inside. Its very upsetting because its the most expensive purchase any of us are going to make. Reporter in one subdivision after another, our investigation found homeowners claiming shoddy construction. Settlement cracks, nail pops. Reporter with big, wellknown builders often slow or refusing to fix the problems big and small. No one will fix it. It was our house. Reporter the Industry Trade group says unhappy homeowners are in the minority and that americans have expectations that are just too high. The American Consumer expects a perfect home. Theres no such thing as a perfect home. Reporter brian ross, abc news, new york. And brian will have more on in the meantime, were getting a look at a plane being touted as a new step toward routine supersonic flight. Its called the xb1 supersonic demonstrator and was created by an Aerospace Firm called boom. The company says the prototype will eventually be scaled up into a plane seating 45 passengers, and it will reach nearly 1,500 miles an hour making the trip between new york and london in 3 1 2 hours. Test flights start in about a year. Its kind of like the concorde. Yes, except smaller. And a little bit faster. Yes. 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The only door that the victim could get out was blocked by flames, so one quickthinking officer used his squad car to push the vw away and firefighters jumped in to rescue that man. Checking your morning road conditions, it will be clear across Southern California and the entire south. Slippery roads in the northwest and a little bit wet in new england. Flying today, airport delays are possible in Salt Lake City and los angeles. Well, counselors will be on hand at a Utah High School this morning after a teen student yeah, officials in orem, which is near provo, are trying to figure out what triggered the attack allegedly carried out by a straight a student who had never been in trouble before. Eyewitnesses recounting the horrific event. Then i realized hes bleeding. I was like, oh, hes bleeding, and he looks at me and goes, theres a psycho in there. He just stabbed me. Actually had boxed the suspect into a little bathroom area. Staff members did place themselves in harms way. The victims are in critical to fair condition but all expected to be okay. Some have stab wounds, however, to their necks. The 16yearold suspect also stabbed himself. Hes been taken into custody. An accused murderer is back behind bars this morning after a brief escape. Investigators in missouri say Daniel Campbell was captured about 15 miles away from the county jail. Campbell escaped when a door was left open while some construction work was being done. The sheriff says security at the jail is now being reevaluated. Well, pot can now be on the menu when youre out having a meal in denver. Colorados capital is the first u. S. City to let restaurants and the drug inside the establishment as long as it isnt smoked. Patrons must also bring their own marijuana. Baggage charges are now extending to overhead bins on united. It is the first major u. S. Airline to limit customers to one carryon bag that fits under their seat. 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Amid reports of infighting after the resignation of a top adviser, mike pence is removing all the lobbyists from the team that is in place to help fill major jobs. The president elect tweeted overnight that only he knows who the top picks will be. And pence is heading to washington today to meet with Vice President joe biden after receiving his first daily president ial briefing. Theyll have lunch at bidens official residence. Hundreds of people have been hospitalized from the wildfires scorching several states in the southeast. At least seven people have been arrested for arson and some Outdoor Activities have been banned. Looking at todays weather, there will be strong winds and mountain snow across the northwest. Warm, sunny and dry most other places including where those fires are burning. All right, so mannequin mania, lets be honest, appears to be the thing right now. Some stiff challenges are being scenes are happening in some very high places. Heres abcs juju chang. Reporter its the latest sensation stopping the internet. The mannequin challenge, which has celebrities like beyonce and Britney Spears striking a pose. . Were going to sleep tonight . Reporter Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama hitting the pause button. Even our l. A. Bureau stopped in its tracks. The challenge popularized by rap Group Rae Sremmurd after bringing fans to a standstill during a performance of their hit black beatles prompting this original Beatle Paul Mccarthy to accept the challenge himself. The hashtag quickly going viral. The mannequin challenge is all but frozen in time. Could the next viral trend take a page from pixars toy story . Andy is coming, everybody. Reporter its called andys coming and much like andys toys andys coming. Reporter to dropping in their tracks. However fleeting these challenges may be, the internet seems to be falling in love. Juju chang, abc news, new york. All falling in line for these challenges and, by the way, sesame street is getting in on the craze, as well. Big bird, elmo, oscar the grouch and plenty of their human helpers appear in the shows new challenge video. So, everyone holds their positions for as long as they can, but check out who blows the whole thing. Bert, your shoe is untied. Your shoe is untied, bert. Oh, thanks, ernie. [ everybody chanting ernie ] ernie. It wasnt me. It was him. It wasnt me. And ernie like a good friend just sits there and lets bert take all the blame. Just looks around like i dont know what happened. He just moved. I didnt do anything. Some great creativity there being shown on sesame street tran10s this is abc15 news. Taking action. Alarming figures just into the abc15 live desk when a new report is revealed he revealing terrorist activity. And a few asu students not waking up in their dorms after it flooded. We will have that story up. I feel stupid. For the first time we are hearing from the ceo who threatened donald trump and the advice he now has for others. Good morning, everybody. We have a lot to get to but lets start at the abc15 live desk with christopher sign. Danielle and dan , we have pelley situation just wrapping up and in a south phoenix