>> happy monday. making news in america this morning the secret recording, president trump's former aid omarosa releasing audio from the moment she was fired. are there more recordings? can the white house legally stop them from being released? dueling demonstrations. a far right group out numbered by counter-protesters. playing out in front of the white house one year after clashes in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly. >> a doctored diploma. candidate in an election accused of lying about her education. what the school is saying? plus, the bride rescued from

a flood in her wedding dress. >> the car was flooding and we couldn't get out. >> the big question did her dress stay dry for the big day? another dramatic rescue caught on camera. this one on an inflatable unicorn. >> break out the poinsettias and mistletoe. why being obsessed with christmas makes you happier. >> good monday morning. i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. >> should we say merry christmas? i'm kendis gibson with you. the holiday spirit isn't there right now between omarosa and the president. the former white house aid slamming the president as racist while releasing an explosive secretly recorded tape. >> omarosa said she made the recording in the situation room. and captured the moment she was fired by chief of staff john kelly. elizabeth hurl joins us. >> good morning.

omarosa says, when she was called into a closed door meeting with the chief of staff, she knew it was about something very serious. she went in prepared to record the conversation she says for her protection. >> reporter: omarosa manigault newman adamant she quit her job at the white house -- >> i resigned. >> reporter: is now claiming she was fired. she has proof she was threatened to stay quiet. >> it's important to understand if we make this a friendly departure we can all be -- look at your time at the white house as a year of service to the nation and then you can go on without any type of difficulty in the future relative to your reputation. >> it's very obvious a threat. >> reporter: during her appearance on "meet the press" omarosa said she secretly recorded chief of staff john kelly firing her in the situation room. >> i protected myself because this is a white house where

everybody lies. >> reporter: omarosa claims three people told her about a recording of president trump using the n word. on the set of the apprentice. she wrote she never heard it herself. now a different story. >> once i heard it, it was confirmed what i feared the most. it confirmed he is truly a racist. >> reporter: omarosa said by the time she heard it it was too late to update the book. the existence of such a tape has never been proven. >> low life. she's a low life. >> reporter: president trump and the white house firing back. >> i think omarosa unfortunately has undercut her own credibility. >> according to white house officials they're looking into what legal options they have, not only to punish omarosa, but also to stop her from releasing more recordings. maggie. >> elizabeth, thank you. >> one year after the deadly riots in charlottesville the people from that day bring their

message to the white house yet again. fewer than 30 members took their call for civil rights to washington, d.c. the organizer tweeted overnight it was a solid success. this after being met by hundreds of angry demonstrators looking to end the spread of white suprema supremacy. >> reporter: one year after the deadly rally in charlottesville, virginia some of the people tried to organize the same protest in our nation's capital, just a few feet away from the white house. the unit the right rally organizer telling us his people were afraid to show up. the few that made it out were met by hundreds of counter protesters. >> not going to stand for hatred and fascism in the united states of america. >> reporter: law enforcement from multiple agencies trying to keep both sides separate. >> clearly america and washington, d.c. reject their

message overwhelmingly reject their hate. that's all that is necessary is to show other americans this isn't normal. it isn't something that should be tolerated. >> reporter: at the podium the organizer of this event disavowed white nationalism. >> i'm not a white nationalist. i've never claimed to be a white nationalist. okay. i'm okay with sharing this country with people from around the world. if you bring in too many people at once, it's not the same country anymore. that's what they're doing. that's why a lot of people feel aye grieved. >> reporter: the president who wasn't at the white house was heavily criticized for not condemning the group. last year. he didn't this year either instead tweeting from bedminster, new jersey. the riots in charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. stephanie ramos abc news washington. democratic congressman keith ellison is denying allegations

of domestic abuse as he faces a primary race tomorrow. keith ellison is accused of dragging his exgirlfriend off a bed while yelling obscenities. the woman and her son say there's a tape of the incident. ellison insists there's no tape because it never happened. he's the deputy chairman of the dnc. after six terms in congress, he's running for attorney general of minnesota. >> a republican running for the florida legislature has been accused of lying about being a college graduate and posting a fake diploma. she posted this diploma and then got a question questioning her background. miami of ohio said she attended their school, but never graduated and it's never even offered a marketing degree as printed on the diploma. >> she didn't have a degree. not only that, but the diploma she was holding was most likely a fake. there were great inconsistencies on it. which led the university to

conclude that it probably wasn't real. >> howard's campaign page appears to have been taken down. she hasn't commented on the allegations. her campaign said her husband had a health crisis and she's cusing on her family. now to the flood k emergency on the east coast with a new round of storms moving in. severe thunderstorms have been creating chaos in lynn, massachusetts. more than six inches of rain in 12 hours. this was the scene at jfk airport. take a look at this. a geyser caused by a back flow of rain water. no flights were impacted. >> let's see your weather on your monday morning. good morning. we're looking for unsettled weather from portland to philadelphia down to d.c. moisture popping in. wide spread showers and

thunderstorms. the threat of flooding throughout the northeast. we're watching for the threat of heavy showers for chicago, st. louis, kansas city to oklahoma city. for the west we stay dry and hot. all those fires are causing smoke problems and reduced air quality hazing conditions and low visibility. i'm meteorologist paul williams. coming up, the first app approved for pregnancy prevention. the desperate search for a missing teenager in arizona. why investigators think she could be in

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a dramatic water chase lay out on mexico's pacific coast. those are drug traffickers there trying to outrun a military helicopter in mexico when their boat runs aground. authorities seized more than two tons of cocaine. the street value into the hundreds of millions of dollars. so far police have only made one arrest. >> they have their work cut out for them. turning to the parents of a missing phoenix woman. who are hoping someone can help bring their daughter home. 19-year-old kiera bergman hasn't been seen since she left her apartment august 4th. police don't have any suspects. in her disappearance. bergman's mother says it's out of character for her daughter to stay out of touch like this. she doesn't think anyone would want to hurt her. >> she's a beautiful, sweet,

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russell, a 29-year-old horizon airlines employee tells an air traffic controller he doesn't need help flying. >> i played video games before. so, i, uh -- i know what i'm doing a little bit. i know how to put the landing gear down. >> reporter: suggesting russell may have taught himself using a flight simulator. >> today you don't have to go to a terrorist training camp to learn how to build a bomb. you don't need to go to school to learn how to fly an airplane. all you have to do is go online. >> reporter: the fbi says russell was not a terrorist. >> just a broken guy. got a few screws loose. i guess. >> reporter: but the idea of a stolen airliner in the post 9/11 era is prompting a hard new look at this potential security loophole. >> security and law enforcement officials will want to look at this incident to see what lessons can be learned. and what needs to be changed. >> reporter: his flight ended with a fiery cash. a devastating shock to the people who knew him. >> he was a faithful husband and loving son and a good friend.

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it's blowing to 21 miles in fairfield right now. i'll have more coming up. how is the traffic looking? >> we are starting off with one issue this morning. let's head to the union city area. two-car crash on the northbound side of the nimitz. two vehicles involved like i mentioned. does sound like one person has injuries and the far right lane is blocked. emergency crews are on the scene. at one point we had all lanes blocked but they were able to open up most of the roadway. a quick check of golden gate bridge not looking terrible at the moment but chp has issued a dense fog advisory, so certainly could be low visibility in some areas and we could see this thicken up throughout the morning. happening now, residents in bay point warned this morning that a brush fire burning near north broadway could be hazardous to their health. it says the smoke could irritate the eyes, skin and nose or

throat. contra costa fire is monitoring the situation. breaking news in san jose, crews had to pull six people out of a minivan following a crash on southbound 101 near capital expressway just before 1:00 this morning. the chp says the van was rear ended and that's what caused it to land on its side. the fire department says it took 45 minutes to rescue all people in the van. three weeks were involved and two others had to go to the hospital and they are expected to survive. chp says one driver was taken into custody and the cause of the wreck is under investigation. happening now, the spectacular new salesforce transit center is in the firsts full day of service and the commute as well. >> the center stretches three blocks along south of market. it's bordered by mission and howard streets and second and beil. tens of thousands are expected to pass through every day. busses have started using it. ace transit workers snapped these photos when the first busses arrived at the transit

center sunday morning. along with the bus deck the center boasts a rooftop park that is becoming a big attraction. >> i love it. i come here every weekend in the city and it's like a concrete jungle to me and having something like this is just a nice refuge. a nice, calming, peaceful area. >> and there's actually more park on the way because the old temporary transbay terminal at beil and howard is going to be torn down, a city park and housing will be built on that one block site. >> love to hear that. >> did you see the crowds at that thing? >> i didn't. >> it was massive on saturday. people really turned out to see this. >> okay. >> well, you were at outside land. i'm not sure if you got to check that out. >> i was with the crowds at outsidelands but i want to take my kids to that salesforce transit transbay center. >> it's a mouthful, yeah. >> your 12-hour day planner for