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he denies it. what message does that send? we ask republican senator tim scott. plus, who s in charge? how did we get here where we are depending on retired generals for the stability of our system? a stark warning from this former chair of the joint chiefs of staff about his fellow officers. admiral mike mullen joins us for an exclusive live interview. from the white house, to your house, we take on the moments that matter, this week. announcer: from abc news, it s this week. here now, co-anchor, martha raddatz. good morning. thank you for joining us this holiday weekend. president trump is waking up at mar-a-lago, where he s been spending his working thanksgiving tweeting about his accomplishments in office so far. taking on the nfl and time magazine. and taking in a round of golf with tiger woods. starting tomorrow, washington, like the rest of america, heads back to work. congress facing a daunting to do list. after its holiday break. avoiding a po ....
he denies it. what message does that send? we ask republican senator tim scott. plus, who s in charge? how did we get here where we are depending on retired generals for the stability of our system? a stark warning from this former chair of the joint chiefs of staff about his fellow officers. admiral mike mullen joins us for an exclusive live interview. from the white house, to your house, we take on the moments that matter, this week. announcer: from abc news, it s this week. here now, co-anchor, martha raddatz. good morning. thank you for joining us this holiday weekend. president trump is waking up at mar-a-lago, where he s been spending his working thanksgiving tweeting about his accomplishments in office so far. taking on the nfl and time magazine. and taking in a round of golf with tiger woods. starting tomorrow, washington, like the rest of america, heads back to work. congress facing a daunting to do list. after its holiday break. avoiding a po ....
showdown in washington. trump versus gillibrand. i will not be silenced on this. calling on the president to resign and accusing him of making a secoxist smear. and we do say good morning, everybody. wow, what a busy morning it is. we start with breaking news out of deep red alabama sending a democrat to the senate for the first time since 1992. doug jones beat republican roy moore by a razor thin margin of 21,000 vote, just 1.5%. jones won overwhelming support from women and african-americans, his victory will trim the republican majority in the u.s. senate to 51-49. moore had the endorsement of president trump but spent weeks denying allegations of sexual misconduct and overnight refused to concede the race. abc s maggie rulli begins our coverage right now from montgomery. maggie, good morning. reporter: dan and kendis, good morning, just one month ago a democrat winning a senate seat in alabama would have seemed impossible but the people came out in numbe ....
above freezing yet at reagan national airport. holding on a 31 degrees. 32, quantico. 27 in winchester. in terms of what we have for our temperatures, feels like to rodgers, 21 in leesburg. it feels like only 18 degrees at reagan national airport. it just a cold through the afternoon. make sure you layer up them a cover up your head if you have the chance were put on a hat. cloud cover off to the west of us, brilliant sunset around the capital beltway. the hourly forecast will only make it to around 32 to 33 degrees through the afternoon hours. the winds will begin to ease a little bit. cold temperatures overnight. christmas week outlook comfortably the holiday quickly approaching, more on that coming up in a few minutes. adrianna: victory for doug jones. his win over roy moore makes him the first democratic senator in alabama in 25 years. the race was extremely close with jones winning by 1.5 percentage points. that adds up to about 21,000 votes. maggie rulli is in ala ....
doug jones is going to the doug jones is going to the senate. the democrat won a razor thin victory over republican roy moore in a very contested election. we ll have more on that all morning. all right, but we re going to continue to the other news we re following. the largest fire scorching southern california is expanding after nearly a week. the thomas fire is nearly 240,000 acres. it s moving into santa barbara and ventura counties. many residents are wearing masks to avoid breathing in smoke. here s new video overnight of embers raining down on firefighters. the fire is 25% contained, but you see why it s a difficult effort for many of those. investigators say the fire that forced people out of bel-air started at a homeless encampment. it s 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. there s something else to ....