Is the Chinese Owned Company a National Security threat . Breaking her silence. Demi lovato now speaking out for the First Time Since the overdose that nearly took her life. Im so tired of pretending like im not human. Thats one thing i wont do anymore. Why she says shes stronger than ever. Looking for some hot stuff and its back. The popeyes chicken sandwich sending fast food fans into a frenzy now finally returning. The hours long lines and the nfl star calling it the secret to his success. And good morning, america. Hope youre doing well this monday morning. Two people at this desk dont have really sore legs this morning. Over here. Are you guys wearing slippers . Well, actually i am but how was it . It was it was one of the most amazing experiences of my entire life. New york city at its finest. Everyone came out to cheer us on. I cant tell you how much that lifts you up. There we are running. I ran with my friends and that was so cool. We all finished within a second of each other. That was also what made the experience so beautiful, it was a shared experience. Wonderful. But theres some controversy. Theres questions about the sneakers some runners were wearing including the mens winner. Clearly i didnt have those sneakers on. Much more on that. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Were going to go to the white house where President Trump is defying the impeachment inquiry. Ordering officials not to testify demanding the release of the whistleblowers identity. As that whistleblower offers to answer written questions from House Republicans, our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tracking it all. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning to you. Republicans have said that they want to hear from the whistleblower and now it seems like the whistleblower is essentially calling their bluff by offering to answer those written questions and on capitol hill, it was supposed to be a packed day in the impeachment inquiry and now its looking like these white house officials called to testify will not show up. Abc news learned four officials central to the impeachment inquiry are not likely to show up for testimony on capitol hill today despitthe threat of subpoena. Among them, an aide to the chief of staff, an official in the office of management and budget and white House Attorneys including john eisenberg. The top lawyer on the National Security council. Former National Security adviser john bolton also refusing to voluntarily testify and sources say even if he receives a subpoena, he is not expected to immediately comply. Its really up to the lawyers. I like john bolton. I always got along with him but thats going to be up to the lawyers. Reporter this as the whistleblowers lawyer said House Republicans can submit questions directly to his client without having to go through democrats. The whistleblowers answers would be in writing under oath and penalty of perjury. The lawy telling abc news, now we have offered directly to the gop, they have no excuses. But republicans, who have made a talking point of calling on the whistleblower to come forward and speak to congressional investigators, already poised to reject the offer. Who do you want to call . The whistleblower itself. Reporter ohio congressman jim jordan saying, you dont get to ignite an impeachment effort and never account for your actions and role in orchestrating it. And President Trump turning up the heat in his effort to unmask the whistleblowers identity. The whistleblower should be revealed because the whistleblower gave false stories. Some people would call it a fraud. Reporter but the reality, multiple witnesses under oath to congress have corroborated the whistleblowers account of the president s phone call with ukraine, despite President Trumps insistence there was no quid pro quo. My phone call was perfecto, it was totally appropriate. Reporter now the only questions that the whistleblower will not answer is are questions about the identity, something that could reveal this persons identity. Lawyers for the whistleblower have said, george, that revealing this persons identity would put their client in danger and have already received death threats. Cecilia, were seeing some subtle shifts in the white house strategy. The president is starting to go from denying the quid pro quo to saying theres really nothing wrong with it. Reporter yeah, theyve sort of been all over the map, not sort of they have been all over the map. Some republicans now seem to be saying that if there was a quid pro quo, theres nothing wrong with a quid pro quo like the one that one seem to be offered in that ukraine phone call but as you said a shifting defense all over the map here and they really had trouble defending the process on this one or defending the substance, instead going after the process of this argument. Thanks very much. Now to the race for the white house. We are officially 365 days away from the election and the democratic field is getting less crowded with beto orourke dropping out. In our latest poll of registered voters only four candidates break 2 . Thats former Vice President joe biden, still leading, but Elizabeth Warren gaining ground, just five points behind, followed by Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg is now breaking into the top four. The candidates were out in force over the weekend and taking aim, especially at senator warren. Mary bruce has all the latest from washington. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, amy. Well, with just three months now until the Iowa Caucuses the candidates descended on that key state this weekend, duking it out over the top issue health care. Elizabeth warren is touting her plan to pay for medicare for all but her rivals say that her math does not add up for a win for voters. Senator Elizabeth Warren on the rise but under attack defending her plan for medicare for all and challenging her rivals to do better. If somebody else has a better plan to deal with that 11 trillion that families are going to pay over the next ten year, then they should put it out. Reporter warren hitting a new high in our poll at 21 , says she can deliver medicare for all with 20. 5 trillion in additional federal spending by raising taxes on wealthy americans and corporations but not the middle class. Mayor Pete Buttigieg also rising in the polls is questioning warrens math. Do you buy that she can pay for her plan without raising taxes on the middle class . Thats what she says. Well, the math is certainly controversial. Again, there are variations in the estimates in the trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars. And we dont have to go there in order to deliver health care to everybody. Reporter warrens progressive rival Bernie Sanders admits under his similar plan, taxes would go up, but says Overall Health care costs would go down. It would raise taxes on the middle class but it would substantially reduce the cost for health care for the average american. Reporter biden calls it unrealistic. I promise you you couldnt even get it passed. Reporter saturday night live also poking fun at warrens numbers. Sorry, senator, im going to need to see the math on that. Oh, yeah. Okay, ill show you. Look at this here, yeah. Do you understand this . I do. I could explain it to you but youd die. Okay. Reporter now this race is still very fluid. There is a lot of room for movement here. Our poll shows a majority of democrats still have not firmly made up their minds and roughly half of democrats who do support a candidate, robin, say they would consider supporting someone else. All right, mary, and, again, one year from today. Thanks so much. Turning to that bitter blast on the way for millions of americans. Some of the coldest temperatures of the season. Ginger, tell us where and when that cold will hit. Good morning, ginger. I know so many of us already felt it but this is what it looks like in franklinville, new york. Three to five inches of fresh snow. You know that winter has hit and not that were going to break records but, boy, what a slap in the face this is after having such a warm fall. Huntsville yesterday was subfreezing approaching that again. South carolina up to maryland, were all doing this and we want to focus on the state of North Carolina now. Because thats where weve seen charlotte, raleigh, places like wilmington seeing their top three if not their warmest octobers on record and this morning with a northeast wind thats represented by our streamlines waking up subfreezing in some places. At least approaching it. Those frost advisories include greensboro down to fayetteville, raleigh and durham, both around that freezing mark. Weve done it out west. Weve got two more big arctic blasts that will push through. Ill leave you right here with saturday mornings windchills, thats 19, george. That cannot be. Okay, ginger, thanks very much. Now to that big shakeup at mcdonalds. The ceo forced out because of what the Company Calls a consensual relationship with an employee. Thats a violation of Company Policy. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis is here with that story. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning, robin, thats right. This was a big surprise. The companys board on friday voted to remove the mcdonalds ceo from the role saying, he, quote, violated Company Policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee. Mcdonalds Ceo Steve Easterbrook fired as head of the fast food chains empire admitting to what he describes as a consensual affair with an employee who worked under him. The Corporation Says the british executive demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee. No details have been disclosed about the employee or the relationship, but in an email to his staff, easterbrook confirmed the alleged affair, adding, given the values of the company, i agree with the board that it is time for me to move on. He had been serving as president and ceo since 2015. Easterbrook who led the company to double its shares since his start earned 15. 9 million last year according to the wall street journal. They love the value we offer. Reporter while mcdonalds board voted to remove him for a violation of Company Policy, easterbrook will be entitled to a sizable golden parachute. The terms of which will be made public later today. And as i mentioned this did come as a big surprise. The stock is pointing dramatically lower. Theyve wiped out about 3. 5 billion in value since that announcement over the weekend and it looks like it will be a rough day ahead for the stock. It does seem that way. Rebecca, thank you. Thank you. We move to a new interview with con victimed russian agent maria butina. Shes back in russia after serving a 15month prison sentence. Our chief National Affairs correspondent tom llamas here with her side of the story. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. Maria butina did this interview while she was still in custody sitting down with 60 minutes and despite some damni ining evidence she claims shes a victim of racism against russians. Others calling it a masterpiece of disinformation. For the first time convicted russian agent and provocative gun rights activist maria butina telling her side of the story. I never sought to influence your policies. I came here on my own because i wanted to learn from the United States and go back to russia to make russia better. Reporter the 30yearold befriended powerful republicans and forged a relationship with the nra. The u. S. Government believes to promote prorussia policies. Butina claims the feds tried to paint her as a kremlin seductress. You traveled across the United States attending nra meetings, the u. S. Government says that you were making connections with republicans so that you could influence u. S. Policy and you were doing it slowly but deliberately. If i were not russian, that would be called social networking. Reporter but 60 minutes says they obtained thousands of her twitter direct messages she exchanged with a russian official where they allegedly used phrases like following our game, the battle for the future and patience and cold blood. You know, in reading through your messages, it reads as if hes your intelligence case officer. Look, this is i think its an american, very old saying that suggests that wolves have teeth. But not all animals with teeth are wolves. You cannot judge a person based on appearance. Reporter now, butina did plead guilty to conspiracy to act as a foreign agent. Shes back in russia after serving more than a year in prison. Lately, shes been a fixture on Russian Media complaining about the way she was treated in the u. S. Prison system and i bet this is not the last weve heard of maria butina. Thanks. To a manhunt under way for two murder suspects on the run this morning after escaping their california jail. Matt gutman is in los angeles with the very latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning. That urgent manhunt is now under way across central california. Officials from the Monterey County jail say the two men escaped sunday morning somehow breaking out of a high security facility. Now, deputies found the inmate clothing just outside the perimeter and its presumed they swapped those for civilian clothes. Now, this isnt the first time theres been an escape from this jail. Five years ago an inmate climbed out of a ventilation duct later found and rearrested. In yesterdays escape, Santos Fonseca and Jonathan Salazar are wanted for murder. Santos was being held on an over 2 million bail for allegedly murdering two people and salazar was charged with murdering a man and the attempted murder of his girlfriend after he allegedly fired into their car with their 18monthold inside. Now, there is a 5,000 reward leading for information leading to their capture but sheriffs deputies warn both men should be considered dangerous. Amy. All right, matt gutman, thanks for the latest on that. We have some good news this morning about those devastating wildfires out west. All evacuation orders have now been lifted across Southern California and thousands of people can now head home. Firefighters made a lot of progress battling the blaze on sunday. It is now at least 70 contained. They are still watching for hot spots and winds that could whip up flames but certainly good news. All right, amy, now lets go live to Niagara Falls where a ship thats been wedged in the rocks for more than a century is now on the move for the First Time Since 1918. Nearing the edge after a severe storm. Will reeve on the scene with the latest. Good morning, will. Reporter good morning, robin. That hunk of metal out in those upper rapids of the Niagara River is a ship thats been stuck for over a century. Now its on the move perilously close to the falls. You can see the mist rising not far away at all. It has officials here on high alert. This morning, a ship that has been stuck, wedged in the rocks above Niagara Falls for more than 100 years, has moved closer to the edge of the cliffs famous nearly 200foot drop. Its been stuck there for 101 years and it appears to have sort of flipped on its side and spun around. Reporter the iron cargo ship has been a mustsee attraction at the falls since it got stuck in the rocks in 1918. But now Officials Say a wicked storm on halloween night was so strong it actually moved the wreck more than 150 feet downstream. Its not in the exact same spot it was yesterday. We think its about 50 meters downriver from its original location. And what we think has happened now is its turned and twisted in the very heavy current and flow of the river and is stuck where it is now. Reporter the falls attract over 14 million tourists annually with over 6 million cubic feet pouring over the crestline every minute. Now some are worrying that the ship could be the next thing to go over. It could be stuck there for days or it could be stuck there for years. Its anyones guess. Reporter authorities are closely watching this situation considering putting cameras nearby to monitor the scow. If it does go over, there are two scenarios it goes right over the edge and impales itself on the hiding rocks or continues down the river where it would be taken out of the river 101 years after it got stranded here. Guys. 101. All right, will, thanks for being there for us this morning. All right, now to washington and the huge celebration for the nationals. Fans painting the town red lining the streets of our Nations Capital to see the world series champs who won the title for the first time in franchise history and the first for d. C. In 95 years. The players cheering there right along with the fans but no National Celebration would be complete without baby shark. Baby shark. Theres the crowd clapping along to the rally song one last time. The next stop for the nats is the white house this afternoon. At least its now far for them. Not too far at all. New concerns about that popular app tiktok that millions of young adults use. Question now is, is it a National Security threat . The controversy brewing over the sneakers some runners are using at the mara