Investigators are still trying to figure out what started this massive fire in Central New Jersey that left two people dead. The flames broke out early yesterday morning in jamesburg. One person not home at the time but unaccounted for was located and is okay. Police in new york city are investigating what may be a big drug mixup. Cops posted a picture on facebook saying they took a 106pound shipment of marijuana off the streets. But the people in vermont who grew it say it was hemp which is legal. It was sent by fed ex to a legal cbd store in new york. When tipped off, police made an arrest and seized the shipment. The growers say theyre out risk. Ts turn now fro streets of new york to the hockey arenas of north america. With this years hockey season heating up, some of the busiest people on the sidelines are the dentists. Abcs brad mielke has that story. Brad, good morning. Yeah, thats right. Hockey season is under way, which means a lot of players are out there on the ice losing teeth. In fact, already this year a player from the l. A. Kings reportedly swallowed his tooth when it popped out. Every arena comes outfitted with its own dentist chair. These dentists stand ready to work on either team. In fact, they hang out near the bench with a toolkit. Its pretty medieval. I mean, it is like pliers, a file, a thing to scrape gums, and then no, its not they have literal pliers . I mean, thats what they look like, right . Its okay, its dental pliers. Would you like me to say medical pliers . Theyre basically pliers. Thats what they are. Then they have just loads and loads of those ginormous novocain needles that they use to numb up players in between periods to get them back on the ice. So the obvious question here is, why dont these guys do more to protect their teeth . I asked david why more of them dont wear mouth guards. He said they dont really do much except help against concussion. So if theres a puck or a stick or a fist, they really only serve as collection trays, he called them, for when your teeth pop out. Well have a lot more on start here later this morning. Its a podcast, dont worry, not too many pictures. Check it out on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. Kenneth, janai . Oh, my. Collection tray . Thanks, brad. Jack, you want to take a bite out of this one . Yes. This actually happened. This past saturday, the day before the new york city marathon, i broke a tooth. Whoa. I was not in pain but i had the procedure to correct it the other day. So public thanks to my dentist for taking care of that. I know i hadnt expressed that in talking about the marathon, stuff like that. But it was stunning when it happened. I suggest anyone whos going to do a marathon, do not break a tooth before it. How much broke off . It was a sizable piece, and unfortunately i swallowed it. Oh no oh my gosh yeah. It was frightening. Has it come out yet . And have you put it back . I dont know, janai. No, i have not. I have a cap in there now. Its firmly cemented in place. You understand, tough questions, right . Right . Were just looking for answers. I hung in there, though. You know what those nhl players go through. Ill say. When i got a cap on my tooth after pregnancy, we were both down in d. C. Working. And so like they put a temporary one on. And theyd already whittled my tooth down to this little thing so it was disgusting. The temporary one, they didnt have one that was white enough for my teeth so it was too big, five shades yellow do you remember, i was there, i saw it. I couldnt do tv for a couple of days. I remember. This will not work. Well be right back. Shoutout to that dentist. With a 100 natural propellent. It leaves behind a pleasant scent youll love. [ deep inhale] freshen up. Dont cover up. Febreze. Were hearing new details this morning about a woman in the philadelphia area charged with conducting an online fraud by raising money on crowd funding websites to help her cope with colon cancer. But Authorities Say it was all a lie and what ultimately led to her arrest was a podcast interview and her own husband. Reporter it was the kind of feelgood story that warms your heart. Jessica ann smith, a mother and fitness buff, says she was battling cancer at just 32 years old but was rallying support, encouraging friends and family to fightlikeajessica. With medical bills piling up, supporters answered the call, raising over 10,000 on gofundme and facebook to help. People are coming out of the woodwork to help, which is, i mean, like will restore anyones faith in humanity. Reporter investigators say it was all a lie perpetuated by smith to dupe Good Samaritans into giving her money for a disease they say she didnt have, a hoax that led to her arrest. She made people believe that she had a very serious cancer diagnosis. The fact is she didnt have cancer. Reporter it started in june when smith told friends she was facing a mountain of medical bills while battling colon cancer, detailing her recovery on social media. Donations started pouring in. I actually have some chemo burns right now. Reporter her story gained added attention in july. Ill be looking forward to posting im in remission. Reporter smith was invited to speak about her diagnosis on the podcast the everevolving truth. The doctor is taking my history. As hes looking at my blood work and hes like, i really think you have colon cancer. Reporter these are the hosts of the podcast. The whole interview seemed off from the very beginning. She was kind of going through a cancer checklist, you know. She was feeling sick, taking off of work because of her illness, going through this checklist. It was almost too perfect. She was very nondescript with her treatment, her diagnosis, and just used very vague language. Reporter online people started to question smiths story. People have tried to say im scamming people. If anyone straight up came up to me and was like, i think youre faking this, i literally would say, youre coming to chemo with me on monday. Reporter she reappeared on the podcast four days later, taking aim at the people accusing her of lying. Here is my fitness for duty form with the word cancer on it. Reporter smith stood by her story, but what she didnt know was that police were already investigating after they say her own husband came forward telling them he did not believe his wife had cancer. Her second interview was really where it kind of derailed. We didnt know exactly how we were going to find it all the time, but we were definitely like, i cant believe shes actually doing this. Reporter according to police, jessicas story began to unravel. They say her doctor told them those photos which she claimed showed her receiving chemotherapy was not chemotherapy but an iron infusion for anemia. Worse, when they tried to verify her claims of having surgery, investigators say they were told the doctor smith claimed operated on her wasnt even in the hospital at the time, and that smith was never a patient. Jessicas worst enemy is herself. Her statements are going to be those damning things against her in this trial. Reporter smith is facing separate charges in delaware for Identity Theft and criminal impersonation of a Law Enforcement officer. She took advantage of peoples generosity and everyones worst fear, of a cancer diagnosis, to get money for herself. Reporter im diane macedo in new york. Thanks to diane. Coming up, this happened. Why you should never try to do this with a convertible. Is that a bed . Looks like it. Fthe prilosec otc twoweekymore. Challenge is helping people love what they love again. 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I won a kayak. I was in florida at the time. When i took the kayak i was in North Carolina, then i moved to florida with the prize, a kayak. So i was selling it. I put it on top of my honda civic. Rolling down the interstate. Was it longer than the car . Got pulled over. Did you . Im sure. Got stopped twice, actually. Because of the kayak . Because of the kayak on top of the honda civic. Hope you learned. So that happened. And this happened. A trex race. I love the little trexes. Yeah, their little arms. Animal sanctuary in australia hosted this. Costumes for a compassionate alternative to the melbourne cup horse race, apparently. Theyre on skates . I think theyre running barefoot, looks like. We had a marathon runner run barefoot that we reported on. Now theyre on skates. Now theyre on skates. Are you a skater or a blader . I would be a skater, but im really not good at either. Oh really . Oh, im definitely a rollerblader. Got it in my closet. Once blow by beyonce came out, i wanted to get those roller skates, take it to the skating rink. All right, this happened. This is just foul. This is really bad. China, a guy had ear issues. Cover your ears. Shocked to find dozens of cockroaches in his ear. What . A 24yearold man, a family of cockroaches were living in his ear. They went to live in a wax museum, apparently. That is so foul. How did it happen . I dont know, they must have had babies. Oh no oh my gosh. Can i get a warning, a disclaimer . Guys, dont even look at the screen, we apologize. I cant. Oh, yes, thats just really gross. Hes nasty. How on earth. How about this, this happened. Bride lifts 253pound barbell for a wedding photo. Flowers . Look at her. Those women can do everything. This morning on world news now, a bitter cold blasting millions of people. Snowy and icy conditions have already triggered numerous car crashes. The frigid temps are leaving some people feeling windchills in the single digits. Accuweather has your forecast. Twitter trouble . Two employees of the social media giant are being accused of spying. Who they allegedly were spying for. The battle against Surprise Medical Bills. A number of growing hospital patients have been blindsided by extra charges by tens of thousands dollars not covered by their insurance. How lawmakers in washington are fighting back. Jeopardy james is back on the game show that made him famous. See how he broke with tradition in his first match of jeopardy s tournament of champions. Its thursday, november 7th. From abc news in new york, this is world news now with janai norman and Kenneth Moton. Morning. Morning. I got a clue for you. The number of coanchors the brilliant, talented, funny Kenneth Moton has had this week. Three. Three. Im cycling through them fast. The coanchor he missed the most, janai norman. Welcome back. We got jeopardy james and jeopardy janai. Yeah, uhhuh, just back for a rare appearance, right . Thank you for joining us this thursday morning . Is that what it is . That is it. We begin with a blast of polar air thats already brought nearly 6 inches of snow in spots and the storm is on the move. Shovels, blowers, and plows have been out across the upper midwest. Despite those efforts road travel has been treacherous. All that frigid air is sticking around from the Northern Plains to the great lakes and that includes chicago, which is where abcs alex perez is braving the cold. Reporter a snowy commute for millions in the midwest as that fastmoving storm now marching east, driving already treacherous in wisconsin, part of i94 shut down for hours. Authorities say weather was a factor in this chainreaction crash involving a pickup truck and two semis. This is creating quite a mess on the frontage roads. Look at this backup right now. This is the detour. Reporter tragically, north of milwaukee on i33, a car truck a disabled semi parked on the shoulder. They were on the side of it trying to change the tire. So car came along kaboom. Reporter the driver of the car did not survive. Roads treacherous in south dakota too. Outside rapid city, drivers struggling for traction. And this car colliding into the back of that school bus. Luckily no students on board at the time. And here in chicago, theres a lakeshore flood advisory through thursday. Waves could top 10 feet and we could see wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. Alex perez, abc news, chicago. This is alexs busy season. It certainly is, especially chicago, oh my goodness, good luck to him. That cold front is moving on, packing plenty of rain and snow. Accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins to us pinpoint when and where the storm will hit next, adam, good morning. Tracking low pressure moving up the northeast coast bringing rain and eventually snow to the region. Along the 95 corridor the rains going to be gone before the colder air moves on in. The change over to snow so most of the accumulations expected across the interior, especially northern maine where 6 to 12 inches is expected by friday night. You go farther to the south from dallas to nashville, were talking heavy rain leading to some flooding. There could be some spots that see up to 5 inches of rainfall. All right, our thanks to adam. We turn to the impeachment battle which is just about to emerge from behind closed doors into public hearings for all to see. President trump railed against the inquiry last night during a political rally in louisiana. He accused democrats of staging show trails and trying to overthrow american democracy. That followed an announcement from House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff who said public hearings will start next wednesday. The first witness william taylor, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine. Abcs Serena Marshall has more. Reporter its now a case for the american public. Those open hearings will be an opportunity for the American People to evaluate the witnesses for themselves, but also to learn firsthand about the facts of the president s misconduct. Reporter the impeachment inquiry entering the open hearing phase beginning with william taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine. Hes the official who texted, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. And according to his closeddoor testimony released wednesday, he said it was his clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly 400 million in key military aid until they agreed to investigate the president s political rivals. Taylor, a career diplomat and vietnam veteran, has largely avoided the president s ire. But former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, what hasnt been the case and shes being brought back to testify publicly next friday. She previously told lawmakers she had to combat a Shadow Campaign to oust her led by the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and felt threatened after trump told the ukrainian president she was bad news and was going to go through some things. Republicans maintain theres nothing new nor problem mat and i can now admitting there are perfectly appropriate quid pro quos, and there are inappropriate quid pro quos. Reporter closeddoor depositions have continued on capitol hill this week even as the administration has ordered witnesses to not comply with subpoenas, but the white house now standing up a team to respond to the impeachment inquiry. Kenneth, janai . Serena, thank you. A bill that would make animal cruelty a federal felony is on President Trumps desk. The Senate Unanimously supported the socalled animal cruelty and torture act aimed at increasing penalties for people who make videos showing animals being abused including fines and up to seven years in prison. Former attorney general Jeff Sessions is returning to the political stage after a stormy tenure in the trump administration. Hes expected to announce plans to run for his former senate seat today. It comes on the First Anniversary of his firing by President Trump. Hes looking to unseat democrat doug jones, who defeated republican roy moore in 2017. The primary is slated for march 3rd. No word yet from the president. Federal prosecutors have charged two former twitter employees for spying for saudi arabia. To gather sensitive and personal information on critics of the saudi regime. Prosecutors say they were given tens of thousands of dollars for their efforts. Twitter says it cooperated with the criminal investigation. Both men left the company in 2015. Saudi arabia is one of twitters most active markets. Now to the return of jeopardy james. It was a triumphant return at that. James holzhauer was back on jeopardy starting play in the quiz shows tournament of champions. He had more than twice the amount of money as his opponents after the first round. He broke with tradition by betting conservatively on the only daily double he found which was answered correctly. James also made a successful small bet on final jeopardy. In the end he had more than 30,0