Age theres International Acclaim this morning for the intergalactic superstars of the last jedi, in the skinny on this wednesday, december 13th. From abc news, this is world news now. Both the New York Post and the New York Daily News on the front page saying four stars plus for the new star wars movie. Its getting great reviews. But were going to start with the breaking news. You know in alabama they often talk about roll tide. This was a tsunami. The voters of alabama rejected roy moore to send a democrat to the senate. For the first time in a quarter century. Democrat doug jones beat roy moore by about 20,000 votes. It was a scandalplagued race that captivated the country. 61 say the allegations against moore are probably true. 41 say the one of several factors in their decision. 54 say they were minor or not a factor at all. We have full coverage, starting with Stephanie Ramos with the Jones Campaign . Birmingham, stephanie, good morning. Reporter good morning. After months of talking on the campaign trail, doug jones was almost speechless when he first took that stage last night. Overwhelmed and thrilled that he and his team made it across the finish line. Its been a long road, the campaign, hosting more than 200 events, calling over a million voters, and doug jones said the people of alabama have spoken. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. Reporter there was a lot of excitement here in birmingham last night. Doug jones has said from the start of this campaign that last night would be historic, a is now the first democrat from the state of alabama to go to the senate in 25 years. Kendis, diane . Thats Stephanie Ramos for us from jones headquarters. Thanks, stephanie. Understandably, it was a different scene at roy moores headquarters. He has not conceded the race to jones yet, but tom llamas is there in montgomery. Reporter according to roy moore, it is not over. He came out and spoke to supporters, saying hes not giving up. And if the election threshold falls within half a percentage point that could trigger a recount. He told supporters to go home and sleep on it, but if it qualifies, they will ask for a recount. During the moore watch party, people were stonefaced by the end of the night. Some people were crying and many were praying, hoping that the results werent true. May god bless you as you go home and a safe journey, and thank you for coming tonight. Its not over with. Reporter even though presiden biggest supporter already congratulated doug jones, moore says hes not giving up. Kendis and diane, back to you. We do have a little bit more on what the president said. He congratulated doug jones shortly after he got the news. Saying here, congrats on the hardfought victory. The writein votes played a factor. A win is a win. The people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in the very short period of time. It never ends. So senatorelect doug jones will have to wait at least two weeks before he is sworn in as the newest senator. That is according to the alabama secretary of States Office who will have to certify the results. And the president there referring to the fact that doug jones will only be the senator in this cycle until 2020 when theres another election, of course, to fill that seat. So another battle is brewing in a few years. Its politics, there always is, right . Absolutely, but a rare, rare concession for the president. Which is surprising, given moore has not conceded yet. Exactly. He decided to come forward with his congratulations. Were going to move on now to demands from the president s legal team for a special counsel. President s lawyers are pushing for a new investigation of Robert Muellers russia investigators. The big focus seems to be on peter strzok. He was removed from muellers team after the discovery of politicallycharged Text Messages, many of those were sent to lisa page. So they reviewed several hundreds of texts that included attacks on the president. Page writing, god, trump is a loathe some human. With strzok writing yet he may win. And this from the same day. Strzok saying omg, hes an idiot, with page responding, hes awful. Jeff sessions has assigned a senior attorney to review conflict of interest allegations and make a recommendation on whether a special counsel is necessary. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the u. S. Is ready to talk to north korea. Tillerson softened the u. S. Position about speaking to kim jong uns regime just two weeks after north korea testfired its most powerful missile to date. He called it unrealistic to ask them to come to the table ready to give up their nuclear program. He says the president endorses that position. Were ready to talk anytime north korea would like to talk. And were ready to have the first meeting without precondition. Tillerson later seemed to add one precondition, that north korea would need to hold off on any further weapons tests before talks could start. The suspect in the new york city bombing is expected to appear before a magistrate today from his hospital bed necessary. Abcs gio benitez has more. Reporter chilling new details about this man who police say deliberately walked among this crowd of unsuspecting commuters. Before detonating that homemade bomb. The location and timing of his planned hattack was no accident. And his motivation was no mystery. Reporter officials find ullah on the ground saying he 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, oh, 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 fbis radar. He had become radicalized in 2014 reading isis propaganda, in this brooklyn Apartment Building the pipebomb, using the pipe, a ninevolt battery and the wire from christmas lights. He did folsom of follow some of the instructions that you can find online unfortunately. Reporter a quarter of a Million People go through Port Authority every day, including former home land security chief jeh johnson. We are resilient. We go on and we are not afraid. Reporter the bombing coming six weeks after the isisinspired truck attack in Lower Manhattan and a year after the bombings in the chelsea neighborhood. Police say he started planning the attack a year ago and gathering the components for that bomb three weeks ago. Now he could face up to life in prison. Gio benitez, new york. And the coldest air of the season is moving into the northeast overnight, and another Alberta Clipper storm is bringing more snow. To western new york and the midwest today the heaviest know is like layly cities like detroit, pittsburgh and cleveland. It is likely to hit pittsburgh with light snow. But the time it reaches the coast, but the real story is the drop in temperatures. From wisconsin across to the atlantic, it will feel like teens. I got dressed up for this next story. Its lit. The hanukkah menorah is lit. About 200 people braved the cold weather in central park to mark the beginning of hanukkah. The menorah is 36 feet high. The National Menorah was lit near the white house. Its sponsors claim its the largest. A number the candles will be lit up each night. Traditional treats like jelly donuts were given out. Delicious. In case you think this is just a party up here, its a party all around as well. Wow oh its a full did you get a hanukkah romper . Where did you find this beautiful ensemble . It looks like a cycling jersey. It does kind of. Kendis. For the israeli team. I didnt see anybody else dressed like that. It was an a little cold. And i tried to recruit as many people as possible to do this. The first time wearing it, it was way tighter than i expected it to be. Brave man, kendis. Its crunch time for online shoppers. We have tips to make sure your packages arrive on time. And in the skinny, cher. She really wants to be part of your holiday. Details ahead. Youre watching world news now. Id take back those words cou. You give us comfort. And we give you bare feet, backsweat, everything. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Soft surfaces trap odors. Febreze fabric refresher cleans them away for good. Because the things you love the most can stink. And plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up to 45 days. Breathe happy with febreze. That cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night why take 4hour cough medicine . Just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Ayep, and my teeth are yellow. . Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. And they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Doug jones is going to the senate. The democrat won a razor thin victory over republican roy moore in a very contested election. Well have more on that all morning. All right, but were going to continue to the other news were following. The largest fire scorching southern kwlaf california is expanding after nearly a week. The thomas fire is nearly 240,000 acres. Its moving into Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Many residents are Wearing Masks to avoid breathing in smoke. Heres new video overnight of embers raining down on firefighters. The fire is 25 contained, but you see why its a difficult effort for many of those. The fire that forced people out of belair started at a homeless encampment, being blamed on an illegal cooking setup. The fire started last wednesday and destroyed six homes. And now to key advice for online shoppers. A Record Number of americans are shopping from home. Theres Something Else to think about. Absolutely. Rebecca jarvis has tips to make sure your gifts arrive on time. Reporter for the first time ever, online sales expected to top 100 billion. Record online sales. What does that mean . Record numbers of packages. And unfortunately, id expect Record Numbers of delays. Reporter a cyber monday, the company put drivers on extra overtime, to get back on schedule. Walmart back on track, too, after a flood of orders thanksgiving weekend meant some deliveries took extra time. But with less than two weeks till christmas, time to order is running out. If in doubt, all that stress you might feel, pay a little extra for express shipping. Reporter or try the click and collect option. You can order on target. Com and pick it up in the store. Reporter that is buy online and pick up in person. And remember the date december 19th. That is the deadline many retailers say you must order by in order to guarantee standard delivery by christmas. It is the earliest deadline weve seen in recent years, rebecca jarvis, abc news. Tick tock. Duly noted. When we come back, the cast of star wars receives a royal welcome in london. The skinny is next. Royal the skinny is next. And thats not a tissue protection. Lysol kills over 100 illnesscausing germs and viruses, even those that may cause runny noses. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Everybody get up i oh. Little space jam. Right, as in a galaxy far, far away. Were playing jedi mind tricks with you here. So tomorrow night, us mere mortals will get the opportunity, our first opportunity to see the muchanticipated star wars, the last jedi. Last night of course was the european premiere at albert hall in london. Couple fellow mortals were there. Prince harry and Prince William in attendance. Remember, there are some unconfirmed reports that the two suited up as storm troopers. And as the stars of the film filtered onto the red carpet, reporters tried their best to get top secrets on the story line. No one fell for it. One of the best moments of the night came when bb 8 rolled up and the princes gave a bow. The newcomer playing rose and could not contain her excitement at her own premiere. Check it out. Ive cried out half my makeup. Look at this ah its so crazy go see the last jedi. Please see my favorite people, in a movie, i cant believe im in it. Thats a spoiler. Did that ruin it for you . Now that the film has been made available to critics we have the official Rotten Tomatoes score, ready for it . 93 . Oh, thats good. Thats out of 162 reviews. Scored by the website. Thats not bad at all. Thats good. That is good. Its better than 92. But not as good as 94. Excellent analysis. Thats why we call you the and list analyst, jack. Congratulations are due for my best friend, the rock. That hes preparing to welcome his third child. Now hes making another big announcement. He hinted as a run for president earlier this year, but now he says hes seriously considering it. And kevin hart says hes too big to run but that he would fully endorse him as long as theres no required donation to the campaign. I dont know. Was that your impression . It was a mix of kevin hart and chris rock. I want to remind the rock that since hes seriously considering it, i am seriously Still Available to be your running mate. Party ever the peoples eyebrow. I fully support this. Wait for that solo shot. 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I, i will be here for you i, i will be here for you i, i will be here for you i, i will be here for you i had no idea we were going to go to a rave. This early morning. Yeah, we had that light Dick Debartolo brought in the other day. We could have a party. We have a look at how the lives of the visually impaired are being revolutionized. It all comes together. The here for you and this. So Virtual Reality is allowing people to travel to distant places and help experience things that many of us might take for granted. Our frien sacramento station has more. Reporter we met up with high cohen at a barnes noble. Hi, a teacher who has been blind his whole life has been able to do something hes never been able to do before. Today i came to the bookstore to do shopping for my little baby boy for christmas. Reporter i stood back and observed as he took out his iphone, these glasses. They have a camera in the front here, that a speciallytrained agent can see out of. Reporter and opened up an app. On the other end is emily, an oncall agent who is able to see in real time what hi is seeing and describe it to him. I see we are in barnes noble. How can i help you. I would like that go to the childrens area and look for a board book for my little boy. Okay, sounds like fun. Could you do me a favor and scan around where youre at right now. Reporter emily, who is seeing thi guide hi to a table of childrens books. Oh, this is something right here. This is not my reindeer. Oh, cool. Read me a little bit about it . Tell me what it is. So on the left hand page, it says thats not my reindeer. Reporter with emilys assistance, hi