Strategist campaigning for roy moore going on the attack. Judge roy moore has more honor and integrity in that pinkie finger than your entire family if how he invogued vietnam to take aim at mitt romney. Cheese for your health . The new research on the benefits of eating cheese every day. And standing tall at a special awards ceremony honoring the nations top athletes. Good morning, we begin with the fire disaster unfolding in Southern California right now where thousands of homes are in danger. States of emergency have been declared in two counties right now as the worst santa ana winds in a decade whip up the flames across highways and into neighborhoods reducing homes to ashes in just a matter of minutes and the worst may be yet to come. Abcs Kenneth Moton reporter overnight, California Wildfires exploded in size raging out of control. We just packed up and everybody is gone and im just kind of sticking around making sure that everything is okay. Its really dangerous. Reporter the thomas fire jumped major highways, took over hillsides and lit up the night sky. More than 55,000 acres north of los angeles are burning. 150 structures damaged or destroyed. 12,000 threatened. Its just devastating. This was going to be my die in house. The only thing the house died before i did. Reporter the creek fire ripped through 11,000 acres. Dozens of hopes gone. Ferocious santa ana winds and dry conditions fueling four wildfires in Southern California sparking the state of emergency. Kabc reporter jade hernandez along the 101 where theyre burning on both sides of the highway. You can see behind me this is where the flames jumped the freeway. Reporter 1,0 evacuate. We have not lost lives. Do not wait. Leer your homes. Reporter people rush to save their property and their animals. Its crazyne craziness. Reporter thousands of firefighters working to get the upper hand. Tough conditions expected through the end of the week. Kenneth moton, abc news. To make things worse california hasnt seen santa ana winds lasting this long since 2007 when fires destroyed thousands of homes. Those winds continue today with gusts topping 20 Miles Per Hour. Theyll get Even Stronger tomorrow reaching 40 Miles Per Hour in san diego and los angeles. Well now to the other big story were following. President trump getting ready to break with the rest of the world today and recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. The decision to move the u. S. Embassy there and break with decades of u. S. Policy could jeopardize were told peace efforts. Demonstrations are planned as the region braces of violence and the u. S. Military places troops on alert. Abcs molly hunter joins us now from jerusalem with the very latest from her post. Good morning, molly. Reporter good morning, guys. Thats right, its a seismic shift. The u. S. Is calling this a recognition of reality but reaction among palestinians could be violent and around the world. His late night calls one after the other prompting new alarm and the region bracing for trouble. Recognizing jerusalem as the capital and moving the embassy could begin a new cycle of violence. Egypts president saying a move could undermine peace opportunities. King abdullah saying it will provoke muslims and krieg as like and palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas calling it unacceptable. Its safe to say other than israel which thinks this move is 22 years overdue that all of the feedback that hes been getting from World Leaders is overwhelmingly negative about no, again, he spoke with five leaders, thats hardly indicative of everybody across the globe. Reporter but theres no other country in the world that has its embassy in jerusalem. And palestinians view East Jerusalem where there is an arab majority as the capital of any future palestinian state. President trump is apparently trying to keep it vague. Officials saying he doesnt want to prejudice the outcome of peace north koreas but palestinians dont see it that way. Now, its not clear why President Trump is doing this right now. Former negotiators i spoke with said there is a reason no u. S. Administration has done it before playing to his base fulfilling that Campaign Promise but former diplomats and negotiators i spoke with said there is not a good reason that it serves u. S. Interests right now. Diane and kendis. Molly and abc news will have live coverage of the president s speech at 1 00 today. Thanks. Intelligence officials have foiled a plot to assassination theresa may. The plan was to d at her official residence 10 downing street and attack her with knives. Two men linked to the plot are due to appear in a courtroom today. Steve bannon has unleashed a scathing attack on the republican establishment as he campaigns for Alabama Senate candidate roy moore. At a rally overnight bannon called Republican Leaders in Congress Cowards who want to destroy roy moore. And he attacked former president ial nominee mitt romney who has criticized moore on twitter. Bannon accused romney of being a draft dodger. Judge moore served his country in one of the toughest wars weve ever had, vietnam. And he went over there he went over there for his country, his state and his family. Mitt, thats honor and integrity. And by the way, mitt, while were on the subject of vietnam and honor and integrity, you avoid the service, brother. Well, bannon also slammed senator jeff flake who posted a picture he sent to moores opponent, doug jones. Flake wrote country over party. Alabama voters head to the polls next tuesday. We turn now to the russia investigation, sources say special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed deutsche bank. The bank previously loaned the Trump Organization more than 300 million for real estate transactions. But a lawyer for the president is insisting any reports tying subpoenas to the president s financial records are false. Time now for a look at your weather this wednesday morning. Its a rainy start along most of the east coast this morning. The rain will taper off but then the winds will pick up and then temperatures will drop sharply during the day. The daytime high temperatures in boston and washington will be 50 degrees but chicago and detroit wont make it out of the 30s. The high in minneapol phoenix hitting 75 today. Highs in the Pacific Northwest will only reach the low 50s. The hot spot today where we should all be heading, miami. Miami, everybody. 83. Coming up, russias reaction after being banned from the olympics. Also ahead, why its taking longer than expected to deliver your holiday packages. And the perfect pairing with your pie. The new deliveries coming unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games. Thats the president of the International Olympic committee talking about the doping scandal that has now forced the committee to ban russia from the 2018 winter games. The ruling means there will be no russian team, no russian flag and no russian anthem. Only individual russian athletes who prove they are not doping will be allowed to compete in the Upcoming Games under a neutral flag and to do that theyll have to find a sponsor. A russian trainer who works with figure skaters said the ban amounts to the, quote, murder of our national sport. The whistleblower who exposed the doping scheme says he fears president putin may retaliate against his family still in russia. Back in this country actor Denny Masterson is calling Sexual Assault allegations against him outrageous. Masterson has been fired from his role on the Netflix Series the ranch after claims from at least three women. Masterson is perhaps best known, though, for his role on that 70s show. A netflix executive last sunday told one of the accusers that Company Executives did not find the allegations credible. If youre waiting to are a package from u. P. S. You may have to wait a little longer. The company is warning of bigger than expected flood of orders after cyber monday. A delay of one or two days is possible until things get back on track this week. This comes a day after some u. P. S. Workers protested their 70hour workweek. The feud between google and amazon can escalating with google putting youtube from samson streaming devices and amazon no longer selling google nest devices. The tech giants have been battling each other as google moves further into ecommerce and amazon expands into online advertising. China is known for its tea but today the Worlds Largest starbucks has opened in shanghai. Its 30,000 square feet and has more than 400 employees. Starbucks views china as a key growth market. 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The prkt appears divided after hearing argue manies in a battle between gay right answer religious freedom. It involves a colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a samesex couple. The couple calls that discrimination. The but the baker says h that violates his religious beliefs. Protesters on both sides weighed in outside court. For anyone who believes in religious liberty does not want Jack Phillips to go out of business. If theyre allowed to discriminate its another case where the court has decided that somebody else can make a decision for me. The court will make its decision in june, Justice Anthony kennedy appeared torn on the issue and is expected to hold the deciding vote. Police in houston are searching for the man behind a case of road rage targeting a young mother. Christa richard was driving down houstons east freeway with her 3yearold daughter when she says the driver of that pickup truck, that blue one started hitting the brakes and throwing rock the as her vehicle. Richards said she called 911 and started recording on her cell phone pulling out a gun and pointing it at her. You have to be careful. You do. Because you never know who that next person whats going on in their mind if theyre going to try to hurt you. If it was just me it would have been fine. But my daughter was in the backseat. Shes clearly still emotional there. Now, richards insists she was not following the truck too closely. But police are investigating. No one was injured. A new study finds a major risk associated with spanking children. Researchers at the university of texas followed hundreds of young adults from child childhood and found those spanked were more likely to be violent in future relationships. 19 admitted being violent with their partners. Experts say using timeouts and rewarding positive behavior are more effective than spanking. Former nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been honored with Sports Illustrated muhammad ali legacy award. Beyonce presented it to him at the magazines annual gala. Kaepernick hasnt played in the nfl this season after he launched his campaign to kneel during the National Anthem to protest racial inst now hes promising to continue to speak out even if he never plays again. With or without the nfls platform i will continue to work for the people because my platform is the people. Well, kaepernick saying muhammad alis legacy made him a mentor even though he never met the boxing great. This photo on the red carpet before event. 7 foot tall joel embiid of the philadelphia 76ers and American League mvp jose altuve of the houston astros. Altuve, 56. Kind of like when i stand next to Robin Roberts or michael strahan. Well, hello, good morning. The nfl is handing out suspensions after monday nights steelers bengals game, juju chang will sit out one game for his violent hit in the fourth quarter. And cincinnatis george eye loko was suspended for this hit. Basketball action from good morning, morning people. Sportscenter from los angeles. Im doing this by myself because ive been bad. The wizards were awful. They werent just bad. They were awful on monday. Lost to the jazz by 47 then they go to portland and apparently nobody dd up on bradley beal because he just went off. Most points anybody has scored on the blazers, he had 19 in the first half and gets 51. The wizards plaster portland. Devin booker and the suns taking on toronto over the border. Bartender give me a canadian club. Surge ibaka. Dikembe mutombo is there. There he is smiling. Booker, a strained left adductor which i didnt know anybody tenth leading scorary en25 so well keep an eye on that so the raptors win. Thats it. Thats all. You can keep counting, were done. Come on. We want more. Up next in the pulse, the massive avocado that could set a world record. Also ahead, forget an apple a day, my favorite story of the day, how eating cheese on a daily basis could be good for you. Plus an update on the homeless man who received nearly 400,000 in donations over thanksgiving. What hes doing with the money. Could this happen again . Was my warfarin treatment right for me . My doctor told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots. Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis had both and that turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. 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First here is a quick look at this mornings top stories. Breaking overnight a state of emergency declared in california. Right now more evacuations underway, as wildfires tear through the city of ventura. Sturctures are destroyed, and tens of thousands are displaced. Firefighters say the strong winds are feeding the flames that have scorched nearly 80 square miles. President trump causing worldwide controversy this morning, as he moves to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Today the president will reportedly instruct the state department to begin the multiyear process of moving the American Embassy from tel aviv to the holy city. The move met with resounding disapproval from several us allies in the middle east, including jordan and turkey. Prince William County lawmakers now calling on the governor to suspend the new toll system on i66. After two days, the eye popping tolls hit 40 dollars oneway, during rush hour tuesday. Lawmakers say there is obviously something wrong with the system and they want it shut down immediately, and fixed. Good morning washington. Toss to eileen today dry cool for the capitol Tree Lighting this evening 1015 degrees below average friday through sunday first flurries of the season possible this weekend an even colder push of air midlate next week highs low 30s today cooler, more seasonable. Decreasing clouds. Breezy to windy. Highs 4851 winds nw to sw 515 mph tonight partly cloudy. Colder. Lows 3035 winds sw 510 mph thursday partly cloudy. Breezy. Seasonably cool. Highs 4753 winds nw 515 g 20 mph developing now calls for a Dc Police Officer to be fired, after a shooting that left a motorcyclist dead is ruled unjustified. Last september officer brian trainer shot and killed terrence sterling. After sterling bumped trainers cruiser while riding his motorcycle while intoxicated. The Us Attorneys Office didnt find enough evidence for charges to be filed but the internal review found trainer should lose his job. Trainer can file an appeal of that decision. Well keep you posted. Elsewhere in the District Police in dc want you to take a good look at this video. In hopes of helping them track down a pair of cell phone thieves. This heist happened at the sprint store on benning road southeast. Two men threatened the employee took off with a garbage can full of merchandise. This as Police Continue their search for suspects in a similar crime at an atandt store in northeast. The men also used a garbage can to get away with as much as possible. If you know anything about either of these crimes, police want to hear from you. Many people tend to forget their diets during the holidays. And nothing says the holidays quite like christmas cookies or gingerbread houses. But there a new warning from the fda about the dangers of raw cookie dough most people think the harm comes from the risk of salmonella but the fda says unbaked flour is just as dangerous. Its linked to bacteria like ecoli. If you just have to satisfy your dough craving. Go with a recipe that and skips the eggs. Its xx and were just getting started. Breaking news in california. A state of emergency in effect and thousand of people forced out of there homes. Why firefighters say many will end up homeless this christmas. Good morning washington. Cooler, more seasonable today dry cool for the capitol Tree Lighting this evening 1015 degrees below average friday through sunday first flurries of the season possible this weekend an even colder push of air midlate next week highs low 30s today cooler, more seasonable. Decreasing clouds. Breezy to windy. Highs 4851 winds nw to sw 515 mph colder. Lows 3035 winds sw 510 mph thursday partly cloudy. Breezy. Seasonably cool. 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