Good morning. Im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. A Southern California remains under siege from five massive wind whipped wildfires. Fire fighters are now entering an eighth day of battling the thomas fire. It is the largest blaze in ventura and Santa Barbara counties, now scorching 230,000 acres and is only 10 contained. One official calling it the most taxing fire he has ever seen. Ferocious santa ana winds continue driving the flames triggering power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. The thomas fire is now the 5th largest wildfire in the states modern history. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren has more from the ground. Reporter in the hills above carpenteria, Luis Contreras is on edge. Highway 150 is way below, three quarters of a mile and just reporter watching the fire rush toward his home and avocado groves as Fire Fighters try to slow the relentless spread. If a wind comes it is going to kill this in ten minutes. Reporter from the air a constant assault. Choppers lining up to grab water, one after the other. Dousing the flames. But the blaze just keeps coming. The Fire Fighters gather here, one of them in the truck has been injured. They are trying to treat him. This is where they are trying to make a stand, trying to save these homes. But the fire getting very close to one along the ridge there. The work is dangerous and exhausting. Crews who have been on seven days straight barely get a moment to rest. Thats the nature of the work. We go from zero to 100. Reporter now more Evacuations Ordered in Santa Barbara county, residents told to run as gusty winds send embers flying. This fire is intensified every single day. Reporter thoer than 4,000 Fire Fighters are now battling the thomas fire, the regions largest blaze. Its unreal. It really kind of its a gut check on how strong the fire is, just trying to get out of the way and save as many lives as possible. Reporter for now, Luis Contreras and his home are safe. Were blessed, were blessed. Reporter but there is no rest for him or fire crews who know what high winds may bring. And as we now watch the fire coming down these hill sides and spreading to more Populated Areas there is a new evacuation for montecito, frances. Kristen, thank you. The thomas fire closed in on the beach towns of carpentry a, a celebrity haven. Among those in the path Oprah Winfrey writing, peace be still. And actor rob lowe is packing up his home. Scott cohn is there where schools are closing over the growing threat. Scott, good morning. Reporter good morning, philip. That is just one of the many disruptions here. Those are the hills above carpentry a still burning. This was not the way the fire crews had hoped that the weekend would go. They thought they were going to be able to get a handle on this thomas fire. Instead, in the last 24 hours its grown by about a third. It was already a monster. Now covering more than 350 square miles. And because its grown, the containment of the fire, which was at 15 , is now down to 10 . They have their cut out for them because this fire has no shortage of fuel. Were in december. The vegetation is as dry as its ever been. You know, we havent had rain, what, since last february or something. Its just, its just so ready to go. Reporter its ready to go, not just because its been dry lately, but because these hills have not burned for more than 50 years. So, this fuel is old and ripe for burning, and thats just what it is doing. Were going to be keeping an eye on the winds today. They are expected to shift later on. That creates all sorts of new challenges for the Fire Fighters, but if those santa ana winds can finally die down, theyre hoping they can finally gain the upper hand. Phillip . Scott keeping track of the fires for us. Thank you. The Heated Senate race in alabama is set with voters to hit the polls tomorrow to choose between Democrat Doug Jones and republican roy moore. Moore has laid low in the midst of Sexual Misconduct with girls as young as 14. In a new interview sunday moore once again denied the claims. These allegations are completely false. I did not date under age women. I did not molest anyone. And in spite a strong endorsement for moore by President Trump, republicans in congress remain divided. For more we did to nbcs tracie potts. Good morning. Reporter phillip, good morning. He is now leading in the latest polls. What happens when he gets to washington . He could face an immediate ethics investigation. If he wins, it would be with the help of President Trump. Take a look. The president with some robocalls to folks in alabama supporting moore, saying that roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make America Great again agenda. His vote is in our Republican Senate and it is needed. That from President Trump on those robocalls. But as you noted, here on capitol hill where most republicans said they believed moores accusers, there is still confusion about whether or not the party should be supporting him. Are you comfortable that the leader of your par city is allin for roy moore . There are a number of people in my party that are not including myself and Many Republican senators. I didnt vote for roy moore. I wouldnt vote for roy moore. I think the Republican Party can do better. Reporter again, if he wins tomorrow, the issue for lawmakers when they get here is whether or not they should even consider rejecting moore if alabama voters fully knowledgeable about these claims send him to washington. Meantime, his opponent doug jones is courting support from prominent africanamerican lawmakers, politicians. We saw him with senator cory booker, former Massachusetts Governor duval patrick. Trying to get a democrat in that alabama seat here. Well see what happens. The voters begin to decide in just over 24 hours. And the countrys eyes will be watching that vote in alabama. Tracie, thank you. Gop lawmakers from both the house and senate are continuing to hammer out the details in their proposed tax bill. In search of a legislative victory for President Trump in his first year in office. The president appearing optimistic about the negotiations tweeting, getting closer and closer on the tax bill. Shaping up better than projected. But there are still some major sticking points. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has the details. Hallie, good morning. Reporter hey there, frances, good morning to you. You have President Trump with that tweet that he sent yesterday, republicans also hoping for a major victory with this 1 1 2 trillion dollar tax cut bill. Right now youve got lawmakers trying to figure out how to square the house version with the senate version. Both bills double the standard deduction, both cut Corporate Tax rates, and both benefit the wealthy more than the middle class. But there are some sticking points that you have folks trying to figure out. One big one surrounds capping deductions for state and local taxes. That is something that affects people in hightax states the most, places like, for example, california and new york. So, republicans in the house in particular who represent those areas have some concerns. Lawmakers are also deciding on just how big that Corporate Tax rate cut will be. Will it be 20 , 22 . And then critically whether to make those individual tax cuts permanent or temporary. Multiple sources close to the process today expect negotiations to continue today, tomorrow, wednesday, with the goal of getting a final bill to the floor before christmas. Frances, back to you. A lot to watch. Halle, thank you. Leading the news, u. S. United nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said the women who accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct have a right to be heard. The white house has said the women who accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct were lying and that the voters dismissed the allegations. However, Ambassador Haley had this to say while speaking on cbss face the nation. Women who accuse anyone should be heard. They should be heard and they should be dealt with. And i think we heard from them prior to the election, and i think any woman who has felt violated or felt mistreated in any way, they have every right to speak up. The former South Carolina governor added that she was proud of all of the women in Numerous Industries across the country who have come forward with their stories of Sexual Misconduct. This morning on Megyn Kelly Today exclusive, she sits down with three women who have publicly accused President Trump of Sexual Misconduct. That is 9 00 a. M. Right here on nbc. A fight on the field nearly led to a fight in the stands during a seahawks jaguars game in the final seconds of the game. Jefferson was ejected for unnecessary roughness as the jaguars took a knee to run the clock. A fan, see that . Fan threw a beer in his direction so he, he goes, charges the stands, arguing with jaguars fans. You saw another beer being thrown. Jefferson nearly climbed the stands at that point. Eventually taken off the field but he could face a suspension from the league. The jaguars ended up winning 3024. That is not cool. Can you imagine the fear of that guy the threw the beer, then sees him coming . And the second beer. There are consequence. I hope they never let that go go to another game again. Bill karins joins us monday morning. You saw the Football Game in buffalo, too, they were stuck in one of those lake effect snow bands. They got crushed. You could barely see the game at one point. There was at least 3, 4 inches of snow on the field during play. Probably one of the snowy est games youll ever see. Low scoring as youd expect. 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Ive literally lost sleep over the possibility of Net Neutrality being taken away. Id be really a risk of going out of business. Reporter so whats the concern . And what is Net Neutrality . Say youre kriechling a pizza after seeing lauras creation. You pickup the phone and order from your Favorite Local spot. Now imagine if your phone company redirected you to dominos because it had a special deal with dominos. Or if your phone provider charged you extra for calling your favorite spot. Phone Companies Must stay neutral, just like Internet Service providers undercurrent Net Neutrality rules. They cant block you from watching laura on youtube or charge you extra for bingeing on netflix. But all that could change on thursday. The fcc is voting its new Net Neutrality rules setting regulations for providers that currently prohibit them from blocking websites or slowing them down. Reporter internet providers like charter, cox or comcast would have the ability to build fast lanes or slow lanes on the internet. The five fcc commissioners are expected to vote 32 along party lines in favor of the proposal put forth by President Trumps fcc commissioner pai. He wants to roll back obama regulations of internet providers saying the government should stop micro managing the internet. Could you see the internet providers offering packages . You want the social media package, maybe you have to extra to access netflix. All of these are speculative hypothetical exam plples, but i theory they would be legal and perfectly acceptable. Reporter supporters of the proposal include u. S. Industry lobbyist. They say it is unfounded. Consumers care their content isnt blocked, it isnt throttled. Those existed before the current rules and theyre going to exist after. Reporter but fcc commissioner Jessica Rosen war sell who is voting against the proposal disagrees. We know they have the technical ability to do so. We also know they have the business incentive to do so and now the fcc is giving them the legal green light to go ahead and explore those kind of relationships. Reporter a record breaking 23 million comments have been filed on the fcc website about Net Neutrality, but now the new York State Attorney general says some of those comments may have been filed with stolen identities up to a million of them with potential russian influence. He is calling for an investigation and a delay on the vote, but for now the fcc chairman plans to hold this vote on thursday. Frances . All right, jo, thank you. Just ahead, a sky diving who done it in new york. Plus one young man asks a simple question. Why do people bully . And the response has been nothing short of overwhelming. Next. Lways leave packing to the last minute. Time to break these bad boys out no i have a couple of things to wash we got this come on. 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This is the most important physical exam in the history, right . It is. Good morning, this is nbc10 news today first look at 4. Im rosemary connors. Im via sikahema. A crew in philadelphia shot video of flakes fall being an hour ago. I encountered that coming from new jersey morning. Its briefly moving through areas. Nothing to be alarmed by, nothing to trigger a first alert. A few Early Morning light snow showers rolling through thanks to a storm center well to the north. The light colors, light white and purple indicates these are not heavy flakes, not accumulating flakes either. If we zoom in tighter here, you see this band slicing through now, parts of camden and gloucester, vineland, up to mullica township. This is moving southwest to northeast. It will chug along the shore before it gets out of here. Another wand is weaker in nature near lymerick, berks county. This will pass through the morning hours. This will exit by 7 00 at the latest. Morning commute wont be impact the. Just the Early Morning drives that youll see flakes coming down. I didnt need the windshield wipers this morning. Freezing, a little above it. Well talk about the numbers, what they do the rest of the day, coming up in a few minutes. Now over to traffic and jessica boyington. Thanks. Were starting on the vine street expressway where were not having any problems so far. Everything is open in both directions eastbound and westbound. Our cameras around 24th street. Here, westbound toward the schuylkill expressway, also speaking of the schuylkill expressway, thats open, too. Watch for a crash in norristown on west main at hartramp avenue for police activity. Mass transit for the most part on or close to schedule for amtrak, septa, new jersey transit, and patco. Again, everythings on time. Another update
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