The new york city subway bomber. What he posted on facebook right before he boarded that train. Authorities say the bomb was already strapped to him when he boarded in brooklyn, headed for times square. The school bus erupting into flames. The driver and a student killed. And the winter storm tonight. Temperatures set to plunge. Up to a half foot of snow in many places. Good evening. As we come on the air in the west with breaking news tonight. And the nation now fixed on alabama at this hour. The polls have now closed. The voters have decided in the special election there. The results could have a profound impact on washington. Republicans holding a razor thin majority in the senate. And the message this could send before next years midterms. Republican roy moore riding his horse to vote, facing multiple claims of Sexual Misconduct with teenage girls. Democrat doug jones trying to win in a deeply red state. And tonight, in preliminary exit poll results, voters are almost evenly split on the allegations against roy moore. 49 called them definitely or probably true, 45 definitely or probably false. Did it factor into their decision . 40 say they were one of several factors in their decision. 55 say they were minor or no factor at all. And when asked, which candidate shares voters values, 49 say doug jones shares their values. 46 say roy moore. Abcs chief National Correspondent tom llamas in alabama tonight leading us off. Reporter roy moore today galloping to the polls, but trying to cast a vote for himself as rocky as the last month of his campaign. The candidate pushing through a crush of reporters and their questions. Back it up, back up. Reporter alabamas former chief justice dividing his own party. Eight women have accused him of a range of inappropriate sexual behavior. Two say he assaulted them when they were just teenagers. Many republican senators calling for him to drop out. If you win tonight, whats your message to senator mcconnell . Well, im coming to the senate and well work out our problems there. Reporter one republican staunchly in moores corner, President Trump. This morning, tweeting, the people of alabama will do the right thing. Vote roy moore. Another big moore booster . The president s former chief strategist, steve bannon. Theres a special place in hell for republicans who should know better. Theyre trying to shut up President Trump and judge moore. Reporter bannons comments coming just weeks after ivanka trump seemed to side with moores accusers, saying, theres a special place in hell for people who prey on children. But some voters we spoke to, stood by moore, despite the accusations. I believe in what hes trying to do. I dont believe all the scandal that theyve drug up on him. Reporter moore denies all the al accusations against him. But controversy shad shadowed him throughout the campaign, down to the final 24 hours and these comments from his wife. Fake news would also tell you that we dont care for jews. I tell you all this because ive seen it all, so, i just want to set the record straight while theyre here. One of our attorneys is a jew. Reporter kayla moore also saying they have friends who are jewish. It all gave hope to democrats here in ruby red alabama. Its not a secret ballot for me, guys. Reporter moores opponent, doug jones, casting his ballot this morning. At the end of the day, we feel very confident. Reporter jones put the allegations against moore front and center. I damn sure believe that i have done my part to ensure that men who hurt little girls should go to jail and not the United States senate. Reporter he had president obamas support. Celebrities from alabama, rallying behind him, as well. At some point, we got to stop looking like idiots to the nation. Reporter but jones counted on republicans uneasy with moore to tip the race in his favor. Republicans like kim dowdle. We consider ourselves republicans for doug jones. Reporter she went door to door to try to convince her neighbors. The question tonight was it enough . All right, tom llamas is live in montgomery, where roy moore is watching the returns tonight. And tom, President Trump making it very clear, as you just reported there, that hes behind moore, saying at one point, i like a fighter, go get em, roy. And in these preliminary exit polls tonight, for some voters, President Trumps opinion on this did make a difference. Reporter david, the president does loom large in this state. We want to mention the polls have just closed here in alabama. But youre absolutely right. According to our exit polls, nearly 30 of voters said they came out to vote today to support President Trump. Thats great news for roy moore. And i asked roy moore what he thought today of the president s support and what he would tell him. Roy moore told me, hed tell the president thank you. David . Tom llamas. Well be seeing you as the evening progresses here. In the meantime, next tonight, President Trump in a war of words with democratic senator Kirsten Gillibrand, after she said the president should resign, after accusations of Sexual Misconduct against him. The president tweeting today that gillibrand is a, quote, lightweight who would, quote, do anything for a Campaign Contribution. And added, quote, she would do anything for them. Tonight, the president was asked in front of the cameras, what did he mean by those words . Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tonight. Reporter a firestorm of controversy today ignited by President Trump in just 280 characters. His counter punch to new york senator Kirsten Gillibrands call for his resignation in the face of Sexual Misconduct allegations, came in the form of what many call a sexually suggestive tweet. The president saying, lightweight senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for Campaign Contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them is now in the ring fighting against trump. The reaction immediate. It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. And i will not be silenced on this issue. Reporter senator Elizabeth Warren tweeting, are you really trying to bully, intimidate and slutshame senator gillibrand . Today, the president refused to clarify. Thank you very much, everybody. Mr. President , what did you mean when you said Kirsten Gillibrand would do anything for a Campaign Contribution . Thank you, everybody. Reporter so, we asked the white house. Many, many people see this as a sexual innuendo. What is the president suggesting . I think that the president is very obvious. This is the same sentiment that the president has expressed many times before when he has exposed the corruption of the entire political system. Reporter what is he alleging would happen behind closed doors with her . Hes not alleging anything. There is no way that this is sexist at all. Reporter press secretary Sarah Sanders insists the president s tweet was not sexual. I think only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way. And so, no. Reporter a day after three women renewed their claims of Sexual Misconduct against the president , tonight, the number of Democratic Senators calling for his resignation grew to six. And in the house, more than 50 democratic congresswomen came forward to call for a congressional investigation. What took place this morning when the president tweeted about our colleague, senator Kirsten Gillibrand, is grotesque. It took my breath away. Reporter that number now growing to more than 100 democratic representatives, including men, all signing onto a letter, saying, we cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against mr. Trump. All right, cecilia vega with us live tonight from the white house, as well. And tonight, cecilia, were now hearing from the republican who would decide if an investigation actually moves forward here. Reporter yeah, david. Congressman trey gowdy says his House Oversight committee will not investigate these claims against the president , but he said he will refer this request for investigation to the Justice Department, which, david, as you know, is controlled by the president s attorney general, Jeff Sessions. All right, cecilia vega, thank you. And speaking of the Justice Department tonight, President Trumps legal team now with a new headline in the russia investigation. His team is now pushing the attorney general to appoint a Second Special counsel to investigate the fbi agents who are working on the russia probe. Heres abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas tonight. Reporter tonight, the president s attorneys taking aim at fbi agents working on the russia probe, calling for a new, Second Special counsel to investigate them. A primary concern, special agent peter strzok, who Robert Mueller removed from his team over the summer after discovering strzok allegedly sent antitrump Text Messages during the campaign. The president s lawyers saying thats just one of several obvious conflicts of interest in the Justice Department that require the appointment of a special counsel to investigate. The white house asked about it today. Would he support the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into this . I havent asked him that directly, but i know he has great concern about some of the conduct thats taken place, and something that we certainly would like to see looked at. Reporter President Trump has tweeted the fbis reputation is in tatters. But the fbi director defends the agency. The fbi that i see is people, decent people, committed to the highest principles of integrity and professionalism and respect. Reporter democrats say the president is questioning the fbis integrity because muellers team has been stepping up its pressure. Pierre thomas with us live in washington tonight. And pierre, attorney general Jeff Sessions did address this today, whether he would appoint a Second Special counsel. Reporter david, sessions says hes assigned a senior attorney to review the allegations regarding conflicts of interest, and to make a recommendation on whether a special counsel is really needed. So stay tuned. David . Pierre, thank you. Next tonight, we do have new reporting here on the terror attack in new york city. The suspect in the subway tunnel bombing, charged with terrorrelated federal crimes. And a new image tonight of the 27yearold immigrant from bangladesh, his homemade bomb went off, but did not detonate fully. And this image of the four Brave Police Officers who rushed in after the blast. Tonight here, we are learning that the suspect sent a message to President Trump on facebook shortly before the blast. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter tonight, chilling new details about this man who Authorities Say deliberately walked among this crowd of unsuspecting commuters before detonating that homemade bomb. The location and timing of his planned attack was no accident. And his motivation was no mystery. Reporter officials finding 27yearold akayed ullah on the ground, badly burned, carrying him away to the hospital, where Officials Say he told them, quote, i did it for the islamic state. Federal Authorities Say on the morning of the attack, the suspect posted on facebook, trump, you failed to protect your nation. And that they found a handwritten note in his passport. O america, die in your rage Authorities Say ullah intended to die while killing as many people as possible in that tunnel, but before the attempted attack, he was not on the nypd or fbis radar. Tonight, they say, he had become radicalized online in 2014, reading isis propaganda. In this brooklyn apartment, building the pipe bomb over the past few weeks, using the pipe, a 9volt battery, and a wire from christmas lights. He did follow some of the instructions that you could find readily online, unfortunately. Reporter a quarter Million People go through Port Authority every day, including former Homeland Security chief jeh johnson. Events like this happen but were strong, were resilient. We go on. And were not afraid. Reporter the bombing coming just six weeks after the isisinspired truck attack in lower manhattan, and a year after the bombings in the chelsea neighborhood. And gio benitez with us from that reopened tunnel, where that blast went off. The resilience of new yorkers back in the subway tonight. Authorities, gio, say he did start researching how to build this pipe bomb a year ago . Reporter thats right, david. And, they say, he started gathering the components for that bomb three weeks ago. Now, he could face life in prison. David . Gio benitez on the case again tonight. And next here this evening, to the tragedy on the way to school in iowa. A school bus catching fire, taking the lives of the driver and a student. And how did this happen . Tonight, the ntsb is now investigating. And heres abcs david kerley. Reporter in rural western iowa bus on fire with people inside. Reporter a mother sending her student to school. The owner of the house that called in stated that it was her child and the bus driver that was on the bus. Reporter that teenager and the male driver unable to get off the burning bus. Authorities trying to piece together how the two could not escape. It was backing out of a driveway and ended up in the opposite side ditch. Reporter school bus fires are not rare. Weve seen dozens captured on video. Engine fires. Some starting in the wheel well. There is on average one a day. Get out, get out, get out. Reporter but deaths are rare. Usually those onboard able to escape. Fatalities averaging just more than one a year. A statistic that changed dramatically east of omaha today. The question tonight, why couldnt they get out of the burning bus . Authorities have identified the driver as a 74yearold man who perished with that 16yearold girl. David . David kerley with us tonight. David, thank you. Next here this evening, a onetwo punch of winter storms plunging the east into the deep freeze. The first round with heavy snow in kalamazoo, michigan, there, all the way to new england. Lake effect snow and this multivehicle accident on i90 in indiana. And tonight now, a second storm system set to strike the midwest and then across to the northeast. Meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all again tonight for us. Hey, rob. Reporter hey, david. The cold front is through, the winds have shifted. Here it comes. Cold air. Weve got snow on the map across Northern New York and northern new england. Lake effect snow bands will come in with that arctic air. And theres that Second System through chicago, and then it gets into the i95 corridor by thursday morning. The bigger cities, an inch or two. Shouldnt be too bad. Its the cold air. Look at the wind chills. Tomorrow morning, teens and single numbers from chicago to d. C. To new york to boston, throughout the entire day. Bitterly cold. Youll want to layer up and cover up if you need to be outside. David . Rob marciano with us again tonight. Rob, thank you. And in the west at this hour, more than 6,000 firefighters have now blocked californias largest wildfire from reaching threatened towns. Thats good news tonight. Crews fighting fire with fire now to stop its spread as they try to gain the upper hand on that monstrous thomas fire. Now 20 contained, but officials dont expect containment until close to christmas. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The mayor collapsing in the Grocery Store and then dying. Also tonight, a Holiday Shopping crunch. Your money tonight. With more than 2 billion packages being shipped, the tips you need to know, the warnings from Delivery Companies tonight. And the key date you have to keep in mind in the next couple of days. Well tell you. Also, the former nfl players named in a Sexual Misconduct lawsuit. Several of them out of a job tonight. And the force was strong as the last jedi premieres in london. 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