Biblical blockbusters are a huge box office. Why is the new film about noah and his ark causing the faithful to abandon ship . Troubled waters for one of hollywoods biggest bets, right now. And good morning, america. Robin on assignment today. Welcome back to Elizabeth Vargas. And welcome back to the government. The shutdown finally over. Federal employees back on the job today after 16 days. Thats right. Youre looking at Johnson Space center in houston. And in just a moment, theres also the world war ii memorial in washington, d. C. The sight of so many protests during the 16day standoff. And theres capitol hill, also back in business after that dramatic, latenight deal. Right up to midnight. And Prince William on the job today. First fulltime gig as a royal. Standing in for the queen. He gave out some knighthoods today. Andy murray got to order the british empire. And were going to get into that in a little bit. Lets get to the latest on the lastminute budget deal. Were going to talk
Good morning, everyone, its wednesday, november 30th, im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. Already this morning, deadly weather breaking out all over the southeast. Reports of damage stretch from mississippi to alabama. A Church Day Care center and homes destroyed with three People Killed and more in critical condition. For more on this lets bring in meteorologist bill karins. Lets talk about these winds, the fires, tornados even in november. Late season tornado outbreak. We had a report of 27 tornados last night, many of them happened after dark, and a couple happened in the middle of the night. Those are the ones that people are sleeping, they dont have a lot of warning. They are woken out of bed and these are some of the pictures were getting. This is a small town in Jackson County, extreme northeastern alabama, a little Small Community town. This is like the main plaza and shopping area, completely destroyed. We heard about a Baptist Church there completely destroy
To escape of gatlanburg, tennessee. Smoke choked roads, fleeing intense flames, looking and spreading like molten lava. Residents thankful to make it out of their homes alive. They let me go back to get my animals out, to get them safely. Were all safe now and my son. So were fine. Reporter terrified guests trapped inside, the fire too close and too dangerous for them to leave. These pictures taken by an employee of the hotel showing the fire burning right outside. Local Officials Say 30 structures devoured by the flames including an apartment complex. More than 500 acres burning in the small town several roads through Great Smokey Mountains National park have been closed. Officials say 70mileanhour wind gusts fueled the out of control fires near several popular tourist destinations including dollywood, the areas largest theme park. Just days ago, Country Music legend releasing this Public Service announcement. Please help firefighters avoid wildfires. Reporter parton asking to help pr
Stops in the midwest. Mr. Trump selling his jobcreating message and defending some of his deep pocketed picks that hes appointing to his cabinet position. A new potential conflict of interest for the president elect. Trump says hes going to remain on the pay roll of nbc as executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice while he is in the white house. What does that mean . 42 days to go until the inauguration. Got it all covered and lets begin with sunlen in washington. Sunlen . Real uncharted territory for a president certainly raising a lot of questions. Once donald trump takes the oath of office the nation will have a president who will still have his name listed in the credits of a reality show. All of this as trump hits the road in full force defending the people he has chosen for his cabinet. Reveling in a crowd of thousands in iowa. You like it so far, everybody . Reporter president elect donald trump defending his cabinet appointments. I want people who made a fortune because now th
Filing the lawsuit today, the president s attorneys is insisting the subpoena for the president s financial records has no legitimate legislative purpose. Quote, it is the goal his goal is to expose plaintiffs private Financial Information for the sake of exposure in hopes that it will turn up something the democrats can use now and in the 2020 election. Theyre asking for financial records of all of the president s business entities, personal records, even of the trump family children including baron and tiffany trump. All his attorneys say that the suit was predicated on testimony that Michael Cohen gave that donald trump misstated his net worth when he was a private individual. The lawsuit also pointing out cohen is, quote, a felon who pleaded guilty to lying to congress. It goes on to say Democrat Party with its new found control of the u. S. House of representatives has declared all out political war against president donald j. Trump, subpoena are their weapon of choice. The presid