[ crowd cheering ] this morning o this morning on "world news now," fire crews across california getting bad news overnight. the high winds fanning the wildfires are expected to get worse today. as we learned the death toll has gone up again. the latest recount battle in florida has begun. the democrats in both high-profile governor and senate races are unwilling to concede while the republicans now have president trump on their side. and new this half hour, a scary ride for a mother and son. >> they say they were on an inflatable raft shaped like a swan when currents pushed them miles off the florida coast. hear what happened next. and the big night in los

angeles for movies, music, celebrities. we're checking out the big awards and the big moments, including kevin hart starting some beef with the rock. that's in "the skinny" on this monday. it is november 12th. ♪ wish that i could let you love ♪ ♪ wish that i could let you love me ♪ from abc news, this is "world news now." a little performance there from rita ora. >> cool looking performance from rita ora. >> who actually looked interesting on the red carpet. >> we'll be getting to that. >> we'll get to that. a lot of news coming out of california this morning. the growing death toll in the historic wildfires. they're devouring some 200,000 acres and counting. >> the fires are burning at both ends of the state. the one in the north now the most destructive on record. at least 31 people confirmed dead. more than 6,000 homes have burned and more than 200 people remain unaccounted for. then in northern california, flames are so intense a mobile dna lab and anthropologists are being used to help identify victims.

it's really sad. people are going from shelter to shelter in a frantic search for missing relatives. abc's will carr has more from the devastated town of paradise. >> reporter: with communications down, many still missing. this woman worried about one of her co-workers. >> we have been trying to reach her family. >> reporter: hospital staff racing to get patients out before evacuating themselves. >> i ran up this hill and i got into the next vehicle. the back of my pants were on fire and i burned a hole in her seat and she was praying with me and she's like, i don't think we're going to make it. >> so many people had to jump out of their cars and make a run for it so search and rescue crews are going car by car. when they clear them, they put a pink ribbon on and move down the road. >> reporter: the camp fire now the most destructive on record in california, gutting more than 6,700 homes and businesses. sean field waiting to see what's left. >> do you have any idea if your home is still standing? >> no. >> not at all? >> i just asked the pg&e guy if

i could pay him to take a picture. >> reporter: with residents being kept out of the area, we went to check on his home. this is what's left of sean's house. >> hello? >> hey, sean. it's will carr with abc news. we're up at your house and i'm sorry to say that it didn't make it. >> reporter: one single green coffee mug standing out in the rubble. >> i know it's not much but we found that and wanted to get it to you. >> it's just awesome to see the people that are helping us. >> reporter: with cellphone service spotty here in paradise and the damage so widespread, it's making it that much more difficult to track down the people that are missing. in paradise, california, will carr, abc news. >> mentioning there is not a speck of his house that is left over from all of that. >> so sad. in the meantime, in southern california, the wind-driven wildfire that burned more than 130 square miles from the san

fernando valley to the malibu coast is now only 10% contained. >> that fire has more than doubled in size since friday, leaving at least two people dead, found in their car in malibu. about 150,000 people remain under evacuation orders, including the entire city of calabasas. the fire is still threatening nearly 6,000 homes. >> and that blaze indiscriminately destroyed modest homes and multimillion dollar mansions alike. the singer robin thicke and his girlfriend documented their escape before their malibu home went up in flames. and also in malibu, the actor gerard butler posted images of his scorched home saying, it's half gone. both stars expressing gratitude to the firefighters risking their lives. in nearby agora hills, the iconic mansion from "the bachelor" here on abc appeared to survive the fire unscathed but "usa today" bureau chief said the house next door burned to the ground.

and the santa ana winds that fueled these fires initially have come back. >> accuweather's paul williams takes a look at the forecast for us. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, lynda. no rain in sight. no rain in sight. that's a problem when you combine that with the gusty winds kicking in through this exceptionally dry california coast. monday, looking at gusty winds for redding towards sacramento. tuesday, strong wings from santa barbara down towards san diego. in the deep south, strong storm from jackson, atlanta, charlotte, will end up targeting new york and the back side of this by tuesday with snow showers in abundance throughout the ohio valley region. kendis? lynda? >> not good news when you hear snow showers in abundance. in florida, the race is on. counties have until thursday to complete their recounts. the state's major races including u.s. senate and governor are so close that recounts are required. and tempers are even shorter than thursday's deadline. abc's victor oquendo reports. >> reporter: in broward county

protesters swarming election headquarters as they have for days. >> count every vote. >> reporter: each side accusing the other of election theft. florida's machine recount is under way. state law mandating a recount when races are within half a percentage point. the race for governor meeting that threshold, the senate race even tighter. governor rick scott leading by just 12,500 votes. meanwhile, the rhetoric between scott and his opponent bill nelson heating up. >> senator nelson is clearly trying to commit fraud to try to win this election. >> reporter: president trump weighing in, tweeting, trying to steal two big elections in florida. we are watching closely. while scott and the president have provided no evidence of fraud, democrats are expressing their own concerns about scott as the current governor being in the position to certify his own election. >> i am calling on governor scott to recuse himself immediately from any actions involving the florida election. scott has a blatant conflict of interest. >> reporter: in the governor's

race, democrat andrew gillum rescinding his election night concession. >> i am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. >> reporter: but republican ron desantis leading by 33,000 votes already looking ahead. >> we have begun our transition efforts to build an administration that can secure florida's future. >> reporter: on sunday, governor rick scott filed lawsuits in broward and palm beach counties, asking voting machines be impounded while not in use to prevent what he has repeatedly called voter fraud. we have checked with state officials. they tell us right now they are not investigating any cases of voter fraud. his opponent, meanwhile, bill nelson, says scott is making false and panicked claims. victor oquendo, abc news, broward county. in georgia, the governor's race isn't settled either. stacey abrams is getting ready to sue.

newly reported provisional ballots are shrinking the lead. abrams still needs more votes to force a run-off. meanwhile in arizona's u.s. senate race, democrat kyrsten sinema has widened her race over martha mcsally. video of hyde-smith drawing sharp criticism, hyde-smith praising someone by saying, quote, if he invited me to a public hanging i'd be in the front row. hyde-smith says her expression was an exaggeration of a reminder of the nearly 600 lynchings in mississippi's past. hyde-smith is facing democrat mike espy in a run-off election two weeks from tomorrow. espy calls the comment reprehensible. >> she's running against a black man in mississippi. >> that she is. >> those comments coming out. interesting. remembrances across the country mark the 65th observation of veterans day. the day was also the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. a wreath was laid at the tomb of

the unknown outside washington, d.c. the monument was created a few years after that war ended. new york city held the world's -- the largest veterans day parade. there were many across the country. thousands of marchers from more than 300 units walked along fifth avenue. it's the country's largest veterans day parade. well, week ten of the nfl found the defending super bowl champs on the outside looking in as far as the playoff picture. >> mmm-hmm. after sunday, the eagles were pushed a little farther out by dallas. ezekiel elliott, 151 yards on the ground. that touchdown late in the game there. to lift the cowboys over philadelphia 27-20. >> and in l.a., the rams' jared goff threw two touchdown passes their 36-31 win over seattle. and listen to this, he also had a play call that honored an oscar winner. listen carefully. >> i'm telling you, he has jumped up --

>> halle berry. >> -- to the next level of quarterbacking from where he was. >> did you hear it? >> under the announcer, he's screaming halle berry. the rams ran a halle berry audible in the first quarter. actual halle berry heard that call and she tweeted them, hold up, what is a halle berry? what is the play? we need to know. they're not telling us because they want to use it again some day. >> this is our walk-on music. halle, it's not just the rams. >> you're beloved all over. >> omaha. >> omaha. >> jack's calling an audible in the back. halle berry. coming up, the high-profile apology on "saturday night live." pete davidson's on-air face-to-face i'm sorry to the congressman-elect, a former navy s.e.a.l., for poking fun at his war wounds. and later in "the skinny," the young couple eliminated last night on "dancing with the stars: juniors." you're watching "world news now."

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into a scary trip for mom and son. you see the swan there. tara meyers was floating along the florida gulf coast with her 7-year-old son when the current pushed them miles offshore. she tried paddling the swan but that didn't work. rescuers alerted by people on the beach found them and brought them back in. >> i'm pretty sure those are only for the pool. i could be wrong. >> i think so, too. that and the inflatable unicorns. don't do it. amazon is under pressure to turn over recordings made by one of its echo speakers as evidence in a double murder case. >> two women were killed at a new hampshire home nearly two years ago. timothy verrill is accused of their murders. he's pleaded not guilty. a judge has ordered amazon to turn the recordings over because prosecutors believe the echo may have picked up audio of one of

the woman's deaths as well as what happened before and after it. amazon says it won't turn over the material until a valid legal demand is issued. >> they've taken the position in the past that this information is protected speech under the first amendment. and that to turn this information over to the government, it's a violation of the privacy rights. >> amazon dropped its objection to an echo search warrant in another death case last year after a suspect who owned the speaker agreed to release the information. "snl's" pete davidson issued an on-air face-to-face apology for mocking a republican congressman-elect who is also a navy veteran. >> lieutenant commander dan crenshaw appeared on "the weekend update" segment. he accepted the apology and then got a few shots in. having his cell phone play a song by davidson's former fiance ariana grande. then the two men got serious. >> the reason you're wearing an eye patch is because you lost your eye from an ied explosion

in afghanistan. >> never forget heros like pete's father. i'll just say, pete, never forget. >> never forget. and that is from both of us. >> aww. what a cool moment. crenshaw had a few more jokes about davidson, saying he looks like if the meth from "breaking bad" was a person and he looks like a troll doll with a tapeworm. burn. >> wow. so they got the funny and the sweet part. all right. when we come back, things get flirty at the people's choice awards. plus, that head-turning red carpet fashion. "the skinny" is next. is next.

♪ skinny ♪ skinny ♪ give me the skinny it is time for "the skinny" on a monday. we're going to start with last night's people's choice awards. the people have spoken. >> that's right. taking home the big prize for movie of the year was, no surprise, "avengers: infinity war". >> kevin hart won the award for

best comedy act of 2018 and the comedian provided this video message with a dig to dwayne "the rock" johnson. >> let's just get down to the nitty-gritty and say what this means. i'm better than dwayne "the rock" johnson. let's just underline that. in your face. people don't like you. they like me. >> in your face. hart went on to say how much he really did appreciate his fans for the award. >> but then this response from the rock -- uh-oh. i do all the heavy lifting in our comedy act and he takes home the gold? "well, seeing as i'm the producer of "jumanji," guess who's character is going to die in the opening scene when we start shooting in january. #byebyekev." >> that's good, actually. nicki minaj won both album of the year and female artist of the year. she wasn't shy about letting the audience in on her plans for after the show. >> shout out to donatella

versace for custom making this outfit for me, and shout out to michael b. jordan because he's going to be taking it off of me tonight. >> then she winked at him. >> and nicki got to perform as well. referring, though, to that -- >> that michael b. jordan. >> that michael b. jordan. who was robbed in "people's" sexiest man alive issue, i think. >> i'm sorry, i'm just staring. >> his eyes are up here. no award show would be complete without a quick peek at the red carpet fashion. >> pop superstar rita ora dazzled on the red carpet in this -- calling it periwinkle dress with the gold flashing and matching boots. >> interesting. and tyga showed up in this -- tyga. tyga. this tells you how cool i am. in this sleek but head to toe leather outfit.

>> and allison janney stunned in this white dress, so beautiful. this white off the shoulder with these platinum details. love that one. all right. to the big night on the dance floor last night for "dancing with the stars: juniors." >> last night was juniors' choice night, putting the celebrity kids in the driver's seat. top score of the night, disney star ariana and pro partner scoring 28 out of 30 for their jazz number. >> other top scorers of the night were "black-ish" star miles brown and riley arnold. they scored 27 for their jazz routine. >> and social media star mackenzie ziegler and sage scoring 27 for a little cha-cha. >> these kids are all pretty good. >> yeah, they are. >> check out disney star jason maybaum and eliana pulling out all the tricks and they score a 25. a little run dmc.

>> unfortunately, it wasn't enough to keep them from being eliminated at the end of the night. bye-bye. you are the weakest link. is that not what they said? >> different show. >> oh.

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former first lady michelle former first lady former first lady michelle obama is set to release her memoir tomorrow. >> and ahead of that much-anticipated release, mrs. obama took our own robin roberts on a tour of her chicago neighborhood and opened up about a lot of things that many of us never knew. >> this is my block. >> three generation of robinsons lived here in a home owned by michelle's great aunt robbie and uncle terry. here aunt robbie is holding michelle when she was an infant. >> so this is the house? >> that's my house. that's where we lived upstairs. robbie and terry lived downstairs. that was my bedroom.

so you see the four windows? i walk in there and i think, my god, how four people lived a full life in that little bitty space up there. up until recently, this little apartment was sort of our inheritance. any time anybody hit on hard times, we would just move back up there, you know? >> there are many things in reading your book that i don't think i would ever imagine hearing from a first lady. >> mmm-hmm. >> lust. you talked about lust for your man. >> mmm-hmm. >> that's not something you expect to hear or read from the first lady but it's there. >> i don't know what to tell you. it was there. it still is. i love my husband. a lot. >> reporter: and for the first time she shares details about how the stress of their hectic schedules infiltrated their marriage. >> you write about at one point in your marriage -- >> mmm-hmm.

>> that you and barack went to marriage counselling. >> mmm-hmm. >> why did you think it was important to share that? >> marriage counselling for us was one of those ways we learned to talk out our differences. what i learned about myself was that my happiness was up to me and i started working out more, i started asking for help, not just from him but from other people. i stopped feeling guilty. i know too many young couples who struggle and think that somehow there is something wrong with them. i want them to know that michelle and barack obama, who have a phenomenal marriage and who love each other, we work on our marriage and we get help with our marriage when we need it. >> just amazing honesty. >> yeah. >> very cool to see. >> and it was interesting to hear her talk about the lust that still remains. >> that was everyone's favorite part here. >> yeah. i can't imagine millard fillmore and his wife talking about lust. >> you never know about millard and his wife. >> whenever you can drop a millard fillmore reference.

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that's what's making news in america this morning. making news in making news in america this morning, state of emergency. catastrophic wildfires raging in california. the death toll rising overnight. residents fleeing their homes. new fires igniting. hundreds of people missing, the growing concern at this hour, and we hear from a nurse who escaped from a burning hospital. election cliff hanger. a statewide recount under way in florida as two major races remain up for grabs. tensions rising on both sides of the aisle. >> bill nelson is a sore loser. >> he is impeding the democratic process. >> now the president suggesting fiaud as the deadline for a