that police cruiser you saw there ran him down. wow. so he was treated for some cuts and bruises but was otherwise okay. none of the officers were hit. here it is again. wow. he is okay, though. >> he is okay. well, a white college professor has been suspended after calling campus police on a black student who put her feet up on a seat. >> dr. anita moss of the university of texas san antonio will return to the classroom in the spring. now, students recorded video of moss speaking with police. moments later, the student was escorted out. an investigation found moss showed poor judgement but didn't warrant being fired. the school says the student didn't feel moss' actions were racially motivated. now to those new revelations from monica lewinsky of a scandal that nearly brought down a president. >> she hopes sharing that experience from nearly 23 years ago, mind you, might help the

young people of today. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: she is now 45 and making headlines again. hoping to help other young women by sharing how she felt at 22 and how she says she was swept up into something she couldn't handle. >> he had this ability to hold everybody who was there, not just young women, not just older women, but young men, older men, gay, straight, everybody is sort of starry eyed in his presence. i kind of have to laugh at my younger self, but that was when my crush started. >> reporter: lewinsky recalls how she felt when a president paid attention to a white house intern. >> he, you know, paid a lot of attention to me. he spent time sort of standing there and held my hand longer than he should have and gave what others have described as the full bill clinton.

>> reporter: in that new a&e docuseries, she explains what she was thinking, what she calls her own poor decisions. she believes she was wrong, too. >> the moment we were actually in the back office for the first time, the truth is that i think it meant more to me that someone who other people desired desired me. however wrong it was, however misguided, for who i was in that very moment at 22 years old, that was how it felt. >> reporter: lewinsky now telling "vanity fair," an important part of moving forward is excavating, often painfully, what has gone before. i took the small, narrow sliver of the man i knew and mistook it for the whole." lewinsky describes looking back at those 20-year-old images of her with the president wistfully, thinking at the time she was excited for all the wrong reasons and completely unaware that life as she had known it was about to end. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and it has some two decades afterwards. our thanks to linsey. when we come back, the big winners and the big moments from

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♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny those cold hands, those aren't necessarily cowboy boots. >> they are not cowboy boots and not very cma themed. >> maybe we can add them in edit. i'll run upstairs and photoshop some cowboy boots in. >> because it is country music's biggest night of the year, will ganss is joining us. >> with all things cma for us. >> i don't have boots, but how about i read this in an accent, y'all? >> you are from texas. >> i am. >> the cmas happened tonight. the belt buckles were big but the star power was even bigger. brad paisley and carrie underwood hosted for the 11th year in a row. >> look at the belly. >> and she announced that she and her husband are expecting a little boy.

>> oh, okay. >> yeah. >> at which point brad invited carrie's first son to the stage to celebrate the news, or so he thought. take a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ i got the big brother blues ♪ oh, lordy, i used to be an only child ♪ ♪ and now i don't know what i'll do ♪ ♪ yeah, kid, it's almost christmas time ♪ ♪ and all those presents underneath the tree ♪ ♪ now they ain't all for me ♪ yeah, this year ain't gonna be much fun ♪ >> that, of course -- >> not carrie underwood's first born son, instead it's the walmart yodelling kid. >> i love him. he's got old school star power about him. grand ole opry. >> when you're on the cmas, you're a bona fide country star. kelsi ballarini was another performance that we've got to mention. >> we first saw him star there at walmart.

>> now he's sharing the stage with the likes of this. standing out thanks to her stage full of dancers and some sweet chaireography. you don't get to see a lot of dancing at the cmas. it's more the vocal and the instruments. >> very madonna-esque with the chairs. >> or beyonce-esque. >> madonna first. >> janet jackson, pleasure principle. >> right. >> or flash dance. >> vocals and stunning visuals are more your thing, there are so many good things i have to talk about, y'all. take a look at carrie underwood's show-stopper that came mid-show. ♪ i believe you and me are sisters and brothers ♪ ♪ and i believe we're made to me here for each other ♪ ♪ and we'll never fall if we walk hand in hand ♪

>> that song is called "love wins," but as far as the cma awards go, last night's biggest winner, carrie herself took home female vocalist of the year and chris stapleton did pretty well, taking away multiple awards for his song "broken halos" and went away with the award for male vocalist of the year. and kacey musgraves, who in my opinion was the best dressed of the night. look at that jacket. she took home the album of the year for "the golden hour." midland paid tribute to the late great burt reynolds. no, our screens are not glitching there. they broadcast the performance and put a grainy effect on it to add some nostalgia while they played "eastbound and down" from "smokey and the bandit." >> do you have any idea what 4 by 3 means? he has no idea what you just said. >> we know. that's all that counts. >> oh, the young kids. >> the most heartfelt moment of the evening belonged to garth

brooks as he performed his new song "stronger than me" for his wife trisha yearwood. take a look. ♪ pray god takes me first because you're stronger than me ♪ >> they are country music royalty for a reason. >> aww. >> i shed a tear of my own while i was watching that. they're so in love. also so in love, keith urban and nicole kidman, my girl. and they both were crying when he won the biggest award of the night, entertainer of the year. tears all around. it was a little bit of a different vibe than when we saw cardi b riding on a bicycle at the amas two weeks ago. >> who wears the shirt better, muir or keith urban? >> the tight. >> the tight black v-neck. >> it's a tough call. >> i know. >> tonight, i have to go with this guy. the night belonged to keith urban. >> we have other news in "the

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he says this was not a quick pick, these are five of the lucky numbers he's played for the last 25 years and a sixth that was given to him by relatives. sort of. >> and they gave me 40, and i had to change that for the powerball, and i picked four. >> reporter: he spent just $20 the day he got the powerball tickets here at the west harlem deli and at some point after the october 27th drawing -- >> i just thought i have five numbers, and sure enough, i was blessed. when i saw the four, i -- i just was in shock. >> reporter: robert is 67 years old, a single retired federal employee from manhattan with kids who has big plans. >> get a house, especially for my mother. god bless her. she's still around. >> god bless. >> with a little land around it. i definitely want to travel a little bit. >> reporter: that includes a trip to vegas, he says. and if you can believe it,

playing more lottery games. >> i had to play this morning before i came here. >> reporter: he also said a thing or two about privacy concerns. new york, a state where winners must come forward. >> i'd be on youtube probably minutes after this. i need a bodyguard. >> reporter: he's actually not really kidding. robert bailey is one of only two of the jackpot winners across the country and his net lump sum payment is $125,396,000 and he says he's going to vegas. in jamaica, i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> don't do it. don't go to vegas. >> y'all, he's going to lose that money. >> no, he's going to get his mom a house. it's going to have a happy ending. >> we saw yolanda vega. this is being very coastal and very new york, the woman there with the check. >> she calls lottery numbers for our whole lives. a cool lady.

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good morning, i'm lynda lopez. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of our top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." white house drama. a top administration official has been removed from her post after crossing the first lady. and more high-profile departures may be on tap pretty soon. we'll have a full report straight ahead. the attorney for adult film star stormy daniels has been charged with domestic violence. michael avenatti says he never has and never will strike a woman. he claims the allegation was fabricated to hurt his reputation. vice president mike pence had a brief conversation this morning with russian president vladimir putin. the two men greeted one another with a handshake at th southeast asian summit in singapore.

earlier, pence said america wants cooperation in the region not control. and the nashville night was filled with music and stars, chris stapleton was the big winner and he helped take the crowd to church in the biggest performance at the cmas. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, november 15th. ♪ ♪ from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody, on this thursday. we're going to start this half hour with the high turnover at the white house. another top official out. several others might be on the chopping block. >> deputy national security adviser mira ricardel has been reassigned after getting slammed in public by the first lady. as president trump considers a wider staff shake-up, he threw his support behind a bipartisan agreement. abc's cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: at the white house, president trump backed a bipartisan plan to reform the nation's prison and sentencing

laws. >> did i hear the word bipartisan? was that -- >> there you go. >> did i hear -- did i hear that word? huh? that's a nice word. >> reporter: that's a far cry from his fear mongering message on the campaign trail, insisting democrats were behind that caravan of migrants heading north. he tweeted about immigration and the caravan at least 30 times in the weeks before election day, but since then, the number of presidential tweets about immigration, one. and not a word about those 5900 american troops he deployed to the border. arizona's republican senator jeff flake called it a ploy to win votes. >> you can't call it anything

>> reporter: secretary of defense jim mattis and homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen meeting some of those troops on the border. >> hello, soldiers. how are you doing? >> hi, everyone. >> reporter: sources say nielsen is likely to lose her job in a looming white house shake-up. chief of staff john kelly could follow. asked about their fate, the president told "the daily caller" we're looking at a lot of options. deputy national security adviser mira ricardel was also hanging in the balance after first lady melania trump publicly declared she does not deserve to work in the white house. the first lady has told abc's tom llamas she does not trust some on the president's staff. >> did you let him know? >> i let him know. >> and what did he do? >> with some people, they don't work there anymore. >> reporter: but the white house is announcing ricardel is off the job. she'll be taking on a different role in the administration. sources tell us first lady melania trump became irritated with ricardel over the planning of their recent trip to africa. the first lady also felt ricardel had disrespected some on her staff. for now, no word on where she's headed next. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. the key ruling is expected later today in the case of cnn versus the white house.

>> cnn with the backing of several other news outlets is suing the president for revoking reporter jim acosta's press credentials. they appeared before a d.c. judge for an emergency hearing. >> they're asking for an immediate restraining order that would force the white house to return acosta's press credentials. abc's brad mielke joins us now with the details. good morning, brad. >> hey, guys. this went from being a media feud, which some people care about, to a question over who gets to ask the president questions and when. that is something a lot of people care about. the white house stripped acosta of his security pass. now cnn is suing the white house, saying this is not about security, this isn't about rules, this is about the president trying to squash journalists he doesn't like. now, the white house says it has broad powers to decide who gets to come to press conferences. so i asked abc's chief legal analyst dan abrams, are they right? >> you're allowed to implement a level of decorum, but the

problem for the administration here is that the first explanation that they gave was that it was that acosta had put his hands on an intern. well, that's not true. then you have the president come out a couple of days later and basically say he's a disgrace, no one likes him, he's not smart. those are not reasons that the president can exclude him. >> i should mention, abc news has put out a statement, saying we stand with cnn in believing jim acosta should have his white house pass reinstated. a federal judge is set to rule on this case this afternoon. wel have a lot more on president trump's relationship with the press on "start here" later this morning. listen for it on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. kendis? lynda? >> an eventful day ahead. brad, thank you. another major winter storm, the second in a week, is running through the eastern united states. >> the storm brought snow and ice to a large part of the deep south, including pine bluff, arkansas, which you're seeing

right there. the roads were slick and the schools closed early. >> it will be in the d.c. area just in time for rush hour. congratulations. >> and let's get more on this forecast from accuweather's melissa constanzer. >> we're watching another storm system moving up the east coast. a lot of moisture colliding into the cold air. this is going to create some big travel problems. mapping out the timing for your thursday. into thursday evening for places like boston and pushing into new england as we head through friday. it will start out as snow and sleet in some locations and transition to rain. interior new england, some places picking up 3 to 6 inches of snow. meanwhile, the i-95 coordinator could get a coating and that could be ice, even sleet or snow before it transitions to rain.

some messy travel in the northeast. meanwhile, to southwest california, elevated fire dangers as some wind gusts can reach 30 miles an hour as he head throughout the day. let's get a closer look at that northern california wildfire. eight more bodies were found yesterday, bringing the confirmed total to 56. abc's will carr has more. >> the town of paradise looks like a war zone. there are still power lines that are dangling over the streets here. so many cars that are charred and homes that are burned to the ground. we have been going along with search crews. they are still looking for missing people. there are more than 100 people still missing across this area. they believe the death toll, dozens of people killed by the camp fire here, will double. now, with that in mind, residents won't be allowed into paradise to see this destruction until the search for the missing is over. even then the community may take years to rebuild and may not ever be the same. in paradise, california, will

carr, abc news. >> hard to believe that fire starting just a week ago tonight. well, today jurors in the trial of el chapo will hear more from a man who helped process hundreds of tons of cocaine for the drug lord's cartel. jesus zambada is testifying for the government against joaquin guzman. he gave the inner workings of the sinaloa cartel. zambada's among a number of cooperating witnesses who the defense attorney has labeled as liars trying to reduce their sentences. the man charged in the parkland massacre is now accused of an attack in jail. the 20-year-old allegedly attacked a broward sheriff's office sergeant. he ran at the officer, punched them and then took his taser after being told to stop dragging his sandals. the sergeant is recovering. as thanksgiving approaches, health officials are scrambling to find the source of a

salmonella outbreak linked to turkey. at least one person has died and more than 160 people have been infected over the past year in 35 states. the drug-resistant strain of salmonella has been linked to multiple turkey products and brands, making it difficult to trace. health officials are under pressure to identify those brands. they say turkey is still safe to eat but it must be thoroughly cooked. britain's prince charles probably sleeping in after a series of events to celebrate his 70th birthday. >> the future king of england joked that turning 70 is a lot like indigestion. he capped off the day with a private family party hosted by his mother, the queen. >> and in a rare public expression of emotion, the queen toasted her son, calling him a dedicated and respected heir to the throne as well as a wonderful father. very, very nice.

a jewel known as marie antoinette's pear -- >> her pearl, not pear. >> is turning out to be a very pricey rock. >> a pearl that belonged to the one-time queen of france brought in a record $32 million at auction. was it dollars? $32 million. or pounds? i can't remember. buyer's fees will actually push that purchase price up to 36 million. it's a large drop shape natural pearl pendant with diamonds in that bow. >> it outperformed its pre-auction numbers by a lot. before bidding began, it was valued between 1 and $2 million. interesting. >> see, now if i had $32 million laying around, that is something that i -- >> would you do it for just one? >> i mean, it's marie antoinette's pearl. that's a cool piece of history. just saying. >> we know how it ended for marie antoinette. all right.

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very quiet. turning now to the investigation into the death of a freshman fraternity pledge at ohio university. >> what the university is now ordering after the 18-year-old was found unresponsive at an apartment linked to his fraternity. here is abc's paula faris. >> reporter: authorities are investigating a mysterious death at ohio university after colin wyatt, an 18-year-old freshman was found unresponsive in this off-campus apartment on monday. the university confirming that resident was an unofficial annex of the fraternity sigma pi, where wyatt recently pledged. in response, the university ordered the fraternity to cease and desist all activities and turn over all records after receiving information that the fraternity has engaged in conduct that has put the health and safety of your members at risk. athens police tells abc news

they don't suspect foul play at this point. the national sigma pi fraternity says they're advising members to cooperate fully with the investigation. while investigation into his death is under way, his family is preparing for his funeral in columbus, ohio, where he'll be laid to rest this weekend. paula faris, abc news, new york. an important milestone for the batkid. >> now 10 years old and a fifth grader and he is cancer-free. miles stole hearts when his one and only wish was to be a superhero batman for a day. >> so make a wish and san francisco went all out, transforming the city into gotham to make miles' wish come true. >> i remember that. it was so sweet. >> it was an awesome moment. all right. coming up, why supermodel karlie kloss is now helping young girls learn to write code for apps and

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a xylophone? >> is that the xylophone? >> that's my guess. supermodel karlie kloss is helping young girls who hope to one day break into the world of science and technology. >> she's diving into the role of mentor, teaching girls how to write computer code. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: when the 40-time

"vogue" cover girl isn't shooting international campaigns for estee lauder or hanging with taylor swift and their girl squad -- >> we have amazing brilliant ladies in every corner working on projects. >> reporter: -- she's working to empower young women by doing something that might surprise you. >> there are a lot of aspects to what you're going to build. >> reporter: she's teaching them to code. she founded code with klossy, a free two-week coding camp for teenage girls in 2015 after she discovered her own love of coding. the couture-clad super beauty might not fit the stereotype for that hoodie-wearing coder, but the daughter of a doctor says math and science have always been in her dna. >> everybody expected me to be one thing, to be on the catwalk or in magazines. me standing up and kind of identifying my nerdy passions has, like, ignited that for so many girls.

>> reporter: in less than four years, they've expanded to 50 camps in 25 cities across the country and today these campers are learning swift, the same language used by developers to create apps for apple. valaria started coding her sophomore year of high school. >> these past few summers has definitely been a rejuvenating experience, having amazing girls to work with and talk about code with. >> why all women? what is the importance of having a camp dedicated to them and coding? >> there are so many barriers to entry for why young women don't get into computer science and it starts with kind of having access to the education, but girls who have a coding glass at their school are hesitant to take it for a number of reasons. because they're the only girl in the class. they feel dumb asking a question in their computer science class so they drop out. >> reporter: while women make up more than half of college-educated workers, they make up just 25% of those in the science and technology

industries. >> that affects the overall pipeline of women in the industry with the schools to be able to code, to be able to get an engineering job. >> reporter: as i spend more time with kloss, it's hard not to notice an exuding sense of gratitude for the opportunities she's been given and what she's been able to give back. >> i want to use any kind of voice or power that i have to help other young women. that's not because i'm a goody two shoes girl, like, trying to be a role model. i just sincerely care about helping other young women and that's always been the case. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis in new york. >> so the camp targets girls that are between ages 13 and 18. you have a young daughter who is going to be in that range soon. >> i'm a little jealous of her actually. these things are available to her more than they were to us. >> they know more about computers than -- all right.

coming up, cheese on a dog. not a hotdog, an actual real dog. oh, my gosh, we're going to tell you why this happened. coming up. >> that's next on "world news now." you said cheese on a dog, right? test test

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the dog. poor doggy's not doing anything. >> you want to try? >> to hit you with the cheese? >> yeah. >> wait, these are really big pieces of cheese. >> get in there. get in there. no, no, no, get in there. harder. >> i'm trying to get the top of your head but i have terrible aim. >> where are you aiming? you should play for the mets with that aim. >> hey. with their cy young award. >> almost. >> that was really good. wait. wait, wait, wait. dang it. >> this is great tv. >> we wasted that. i wanted to eat it. >> sorry. there are starving kids in this country. speaking of cheese, here is a new world record to tell you about. this happened in argentina. this team of cooks made almost 12,000 pizzas in just 12 hours. it was 400 chefs. they set two guinness world records actually. they did 11,287 pizzas and 11,000 empanadas as well.

they were delicious, i'm sure. they had to use 14 industrial size ovens to get it done. they did it in buenos aires. >> we have so much extra cheese. >> that was on your shoe. i saw it. go ahead. >> you should try some. it's good. >> i'm good. >> it's the five-minute rule. >> it's also, like, white on this side. it's got white fuzzy stuff on it. this is a dude that you don't want to be behind anywhere -- >> in line. >> in line or online. he has a tub full of coins that he uses to buy an iphone. >> at an apple store. >> at an apple store. look at it, he and his pals took it there. >> to buy an iphone x? >> an iphone xs, yep. at least two fights broke out with security guards before the group managed to carry the big

bathtub there. >> but he got his iphone. check it. >> roughly $1,500. now his fashion was questionable.

this morning on "world news now," making history in music city. >> it's known as country's biggest night of the year. the cma awards did not disappoint as carrie underwood and brad paisley hosted for the 11th year in a row. we're on the red carpet in nashville. breaking overnight, attorney who represents porn star stormy daniels has been arrested following an allegation of domestic violence. hear michael avenatti's forceful denial as he walked out a police station and what he plans to do next. a nasty race no longer in texas. beto o'rourke and senator ted cruz being nice after meeting on a flight. >> just like bros. and five months ago this happened, the historic handshake

between the president and kim jong-un. we visit the luxurious hotel where the meeting actually took place and find out what really happened behind the scenes. some interesting nuggets from singapore. it is november 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we learned so much walking around that hotel. >> i can't wait to hear. i can't imagine just the security they had to deal with. >> yes. yes. >> and the entire -- >> it all had to come together in such a short amount of time. >> right. and go off without a hitch. >> exactly. did it go off without a hitch? more people, as you know, listen to country music than any other radio format and most of those country stars are waking up in nashville this morning. >> because the country music world honored its best at the annual cma award show last night. last night saw a major haul by

chris stapleton. a shocker in the entertainment category. >> and news about carrie underwood's new addition. she, of course, hosted with brad paisley again. we love the two of them. abc's marci gonzalez is in music city. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: country music's biggest night -- ♪ whatever makes us country >> reporter: -- kicking off with a packed star-studded stage and a moment of silence. >> tonight's show is lovingly dedicated to the 12 individuals whom we lost far too soon just a week ago tonight at the borderline in thousand oaks, california. >> reporter: the cmas hosted for the 11th consecutive year by brad paisley and carrie underwood. >> you have really let yourself go. >> reporter: who revealed she's having a boy. >> oh, my gosh. willie. it's a willie. >> reporter: it was a night of fun and heartfelt performances.

♪ you're stronger than me >> reporter: along with honoring the biggest achievements in country music this year. luke combs taking home best new artist. >> god, i love country music, man. >> reporter: kacey musgraves winning album of the year and the biggest awards closing out the night. male vocalist -- >> chris stapleton. >> reporter: female vocalist -- >> carrie underwood. >> this means so much. thank you. >> reporter: and entertainer of the year. >> keith urban! >> reporter: keith urban last won that award 13 years ago. you could see how shocked he was. he told me the other day that he hadn't even started to think about what he would say in his acceptance speech. kendis, lynda, back to you. >> you know what's genius? they were both shocked. they looked at each other like -- >> they did. marci, thanks.

nicole, there was a cutaway shot. she was doing her signature applause. good for keith urban. >> i didn't realize he had that many tats. >> he's pretty fairly tatted up. >> good to know. we're going to move on to -- i think he wore one of muir's t-shirts. >> it's a hard day of work there. >> yeah, from the muir selection. moving on to the big story, a winter storm with a mix of rain, snow and sleet is on the move right now. >> the storm system is now in the southeast. it's expected to move up the coast through the night but it's already being blamed for two deaths and many traffic accidents. >> abc's steve osunsami reports. >> reporter: slick roads in mississippi about an hour south of memphis sent a vehicle crashing into this tour bus which sent the bus flying with nearly 50 people inside. police report at least two people are dead and video from the scene, the belongings of

passengers who had to be pulled from the bus were all over the road. they were traveling from huntsville, alabama, to nica, mississippi. the sleet and snow stretches across several states. this is pine bluff, arkansas, cars are losing it on the ice and sliding off the roads. tow trucks are busy there. the storm is now moving east and will soon move up the east coast. here in atlanta where it's been raining almost nonstop for days, we're under a flash flood watch. flooding is now possible from here all the way into the carolinas, up into maryland. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> and this nor'easter will bring a wintery mix to virginia and washington, right around the morning commute. the storm will reach the new york area by the evening rush hour. >> in the northern california fire zone there is an all-out search to find more than 100 people who are still unaccounted for. there is also grim news, eight more bodies have been found, bringing the total number of deaths in that fire alone to 56.

it's already the deadliest in the state's history. more than 10,000 structures have been destroyed. in southern california, the woolsey fire is blamed for at least three deaths. lynda? attorney michael avenatti is out on bail after he was arrested in los angeles for a domestic violence charge. avenatti represents porn star stormy daniels in her lawsuits against president trump. avenatti is calling the allegation a bogus claim meant to harm his reputation. he says he's confident he will be fully exonerated. >> i have never struck a woman. i never will strike a woman. i have been an advocate for women's rights my entire career, and i'm going to continue to be an advocate. >> avenatti is a vocal critic of the president and is considering a 2020 run for the white house. he was scheduled to speak at an event in vermont this weekend but state democrats cancelled his appearance because of the allegation. the senior white house official publicly rebuked by the first lady melania trump has

lost her job. deputy national security adviser mira ricardel left her post. ricardel had clashed with mrs. trump's staff over last month's visit to africa. some closure this morning after a brutal election in texas. >> college student tiffany easter posted this photo of congressman beto o'rourke and the senator ted cruz at the airport in houston. they were waiting for the same flight when o'rourke walked over to congratulate cruz. >> she says their entire conversation centered on how they could move forward >> see?r. we can come together. >> yep. >> that's nice. until 2020. we'll see how that plays out. >> awesome. coming up, oxford dictionaries has announced its word of the year. that's later in "the mix." plus, kendis is going to take us on his latest big adventure. >> i am? >> to singapore to the hotel that witnessed history exactly five months ago today.

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the shooter identified by police as 29-year-old luis cobos cenobio. briefly stopping down the road to let a passenger out. >> i got a white female -- >> reporter: that woman, his girlfriend, later approaching the corporal with arms raised. >> why did he pull a gum on me? >> reporter: corporal thompson was unharmed but his vehicle and windshield riddled with bullets. the suspect eventually surrendering. appearing in court now facing several charges, including attempted capital murder. he is now being detained by i.c.e. the sheriff's office says she might be here illegally. victor oquendo, abc news, coral gables. >> that is the epitome that there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop for law enforcement. they didn't even have a chance. >> opened the door, started shooting. >> no law enforcement officers were wounded but i guess it's just because he was in the

country illegally? weird. all right. coming up, kendis revisits the scene where history took place exactly five months ago today. >> in an exclusive "world news now" investigation, we manage to unver some of the secrets behind that resort where president trump and kim jong-un held their historic summit. we have an investigation unit at "world news now?" >> oh, yeah. they sent you there. >> that's news to me. okay. that's coming up next. ee his wr. if only harry used some... ...bounce, to dry. he would be a less wrinkly, winning guy.

this, of course, is a live look at singapore, where it is 83 degrees. the windchill is 82. history was made there five months ago this week. >> that's right. it was that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong-un, and it took place at the capela singapore hotel, a place that kendis knows well. >> and our "world news now" investigative unit, which is newly coined, sent me 9,000 miles away in hopes i would never come back. to that hotel, which has become something of a tourist attraction.

♪ ♪ >> reporter: five months ago, millions around the world were glued to this resort island in singapore for one historic event. the summit of president trump and kim jong-un. in case you forgot, this dramatic re-enactment should refresh -- actually, it was more like this. and there it is. the first handshake between a united states president and north korean dictator, donald trump, kim jong-un, 65 years in the making. >> reporter: we all watched but now what you didn't know or see. flash back to 22 days before the june 12th summit. a group of american officials show up to the capela resort to look at its facilities. no one, including the gm, knew they were there. those officials knew everything about the hotel. >> the person who came from the white house, he knew from a to z the hotel. >> reporter: ten days later,

confirmation on why they were visiting. the capella singapore resort had been selected for the summit. that left them only 12 days to stage a world event. the sales and marketing director was tasked with logistics dealing with the singaporean, american and korean delegates. >> very strict, really small and they were walking around. is it okay to speak. >> yeah. >> and they have -- they have a lot of bodyguards with them. >> reporter: then just days before the summit, president trump calls it off. >> i have decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore on june 12th. >> reporter: but in singapore, capella officials are told not to worry. >> they told us to wait for 24 hours. >> yeah. >> and they told us as well to again keep going. >> reporter: the bluster put aside, the summit was back on with just days to go. now every guest in the hotel had to go. >> i couldn't tell them what was happening. some were very understanding. some were not as forgiving. >> reporter: security, meantime, scrambling.

>> chairman kim had how many, you said? >> about 40 men. the secret service had about 40 men. the police force, they actually had 200 of their men in the premises and 200 outside. >> reporter: summit day, korean security intensely tight. >> i was really impressed because you could see there was -- >> everything. >> even the tables. >> what were they scanning for? >> checking out anything it could be. >> reporter: on the ground, 400-plus police, snipers and other security officials. there are people, like, in the bushes, would there be snipers? what would we be seeing? >> they'd be hidden inside. >> like military guys or whatever? >> yes, correct. >> reporter: the koreans move in an important detail. >> there was a rumor that he brought his own toilet.

that's a yes? >> i never saw it. >> reporter: turns out kim did have his own porta potty brought in and food and beverages flown in from pyongyang. >> this is kim's water? >> yes. >> that is awesome. look at that. >> the americans shipped in diet coke from the u.s. for the president. then the logistics of the entrances to the island. who would drive in last on the single-lane bridge to the island, inferring superiority? it's negotiated. the koreans would come in first but only by seconds. >> does it help security by running next to the limousine? i don't feel like i'm protecting you anymore right now. >> well, maybe some protocol. >> reporter: trump's beast, the president greeting the gm. >> mr. trump came outside. >> you shook his hand. >> shook my hand. thanked us for hosting the event and that was it. >> what were your first impressions?

taller, shorter, more orange? >> taller than me. strong hand. he was very polite and respectful. >> reporter: kim and his entire sector of the hotel off limits to hotel staff and strangers. >> we were not able to meet president kim. >> no? >> no, even after 7:30 in the morning, we were not able to come to this area. >> reporter: this area is off limits? this is just the north koreans? really? the tensions reportedly high, these men expected to walk down the corridors at the same time. but how do you coordinate the timing if no one is talking? >> they were synchronizing when it was going to be. one say we will press the button and both of us will come at the same time. >> no, not a button. >> reporter: then the handshake. the tension among staffers disappearing. the two men then moving to the hotel library. two special chairs brought in along with a 100-year-old

arabian rug worth thousands of dollars. the white house thought it would play well on camera. then a declaration signed, but watch carefully, kim's sister removes the pen that was placed there by the american embassy. >> so the spot is actually a restaurant that seats 80 people. they had to move all these tables and chairs out of here in order to get this to be the peace treaty room. >> reporter: the summit wrapping but the legacy living on. daily, hourly, visitors returned to the site where it all took place. the capella resort now introducing what it calls a peace package that retraces the summit locations for guests. allowing the world to relive one of the most historic moments in recent history. >> that's chris campbell. >> it was fascinating being there. >> it is fascinating. props to our investigative unit for sending you. >> absolutely. props to chris campbell who was our president trump there in the mask.

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it's time now for "the mix." very excited about this first story. >> yes. >> oxford dictionaries has announced the word of the year for this year and it is -- ♪ the taste of your lips >> the taste of your lips? >> no, it's "toxic." the word of the year is toxic. the head of u.s. dictionaries for oxford says there has been an uptick in the interest of this word over the past year. it's not that it was the most searched word, it's that it was searched in so many different contexts that it really boosted its position. people were looking for toxic about environmental conditions or the political climate is --

>> toxic. >> and also because of the me too movement, toxic masculinity got a lot of searches as well. >> i didn't know there was such a thing as toxic masculinity. >> hello, toxic. >> i noticed there was another word on here. bde. >> which we shall leave unexplained for now. >> i guess it's something in reference to ariana grande? >> she mentioned that in a now deleted tweet and a lot of interest followed. there are others on the short list. >> jack, i think you're bde. >> thank you, i think. >> he'll get back to you on that but he'll be excited about it. gaslighting made the short list, intel made the short list and techlash. >> i don't know techlash and i don't know gaslighting and i don't know bde. well, i mean. fortnite, you know it's popular -- >> yes. >> -- with all the kids

nowadays. and as such the army is trying to get people to play fortnite. it's using it as a recruitment thing. of course you know it's in a bind lately to try to get young men and women to sign up, so it's failed to meet its recruitment goal this year so it's looking for other and newer ways. so in an attempt to do that, it is putting together teams to compete in esports competitive games like fortnite, overwatch, league of legends, madden, call of duty. >> call of duty? >> all these sports to kind of get them in the mindset of, like, why you want to join the army. >> so those -- those guys playing will be the new line of recruits? >> exactly. >> got it. >> soldiers interested will have to try out and see if they have what it takes to be army strong in fortnite. >> all right. i guess fortnite can tell you if they do. there's this art museum in japan and out in front of it

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this morning on "world news now," more than 100 million americans getting a reality check today as a wintery system moves up the east coast, bringing snow and ice and flooding rain. and breaking overnight, stormy daniels' attorney and president trump foe michael avenatti is speaking out after being arrested on an allegation of domestic violence. and new this half hour, outrage on a college campus. >> a professor called police and had a black student removed for putting her feet up in class. plus -- the biggest stars in country music all in one place for the cma awards. see carrie underwood's big reveal plus who left the show in

tears. and what was the walmart yodeler kid doing there in the first place? showing off some flossing skills, of course. it is thursday, november 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." it is a good day when we start off with some country music. >> yes, it is. >> walmart kid, that 15 minutes is still ongoing for that kid. >> right into the cmas. going good. >> clearly. had to check, like november 15th. it really is november 15th? >> yeah. >> so why are we talking nor'easter and snow and -- >> because we are clearly not that lucky this week, this month weather wise. >> so the farmer's almanac was correct. there is a nor'easter that is taking aim at the eastern u.s. >> right now the system

stretches from florida to ohio and it's moving into the northeast. >> washington, d.c.'s morning commute is always a mess. today it will be a hot mess, but there have already been plenty of accidents thanks to this storm. >> reporter: this morning, winter is here. >> up to an inch potentially of a sleet mix out there before it transitions to rain. >> starts to snow pretty hard here. already changing and mixing along the immediate coast. >> reporter: 110 million americans are under winter weather and flood alerts from alabama to maine. as it moved north, the storm made for slick roads in the south. in mississippi, a vehicle hit a tour bus, sending the bus flying with nearly 50 people inside. two women from alabama were killed in the crash and dozens of others were injured. belongings scattered all over the slick road. hazardous travel also here in arkansas. this is pine bluff where cars could be seen losing it on the ice and sliding off roads. tow trucks out in force as they will be this morning across the east. >> speaking of the east, the storm will affect most of the

eastern u.s. with rain, snow and sleet. >> accuweather's melissa constanzer is tracking the storm for us. good morning, melissa. >> lynda and kendis, another storm here working up the east coast. as it does so, it's bringing snow and ice. get set for winter because here it comes. in fact, as we map out the timing here, it pushing out the northeast coast and works into friday as we look through new england. meanwhile, off towards the west, we're talking about the fire danger continuing, not as high as the past couple of days but it's still going to be dry with wind gusts near 30 miles an hour in the canyons. the northern california wildfire may have claimed as many as 100 lives. there are more than 130 people still missing and eight more bodies were found yesterday, bringing the confirmed deaths to 56. we're learning that some evacuations were delayed fearing that the narrow roads leading out of the sierra foothill towns

would become clogged. to politics now, democrats have widened their new majority in the house with two more victories, bringing their net gain to 34 seats. after 30 years in office the republican congressman dana rohrabacher was defeated in the gop bastion of orange county, california, known as the birthplace of reagan conservatism. the seat is going to a real estate executive, republican turned democrat. democrats picked up another seat in new jersey with representative tom mcarthur conceding to former obama aide andy kim. five races are still undecided. election officials in florida are racing to finish the recount of the u.s. senate and governor's races by today's 3:00 p.m. eastern deadline.

if the results fall within 1/4 percentage point margin, a manual recount will then begin, which must then be completed by sunday. yay, florida. >> the saga continues. attorney michael avenatti is vowing to clear his name after he was arrested and charged with domestic violence. avenatti has been a fixture on tv news programs since suing president trump on behalf of adult film star stormy daniels. police in los angeles say the alleged victim has visible injuries but offered no other details. avenatti says the allegation is completely bogus. >> i have never struck a woman, i never will strike a woman. i am a father to two beautiful, smart daughters. i would never disrespect them by touching a woman inappropriately or striking a woman. >> avenatti's ex-wife came to his defense saying he has never been abusive to her or anyone else. he was scheduled to speak at an event in vermont this weekend but state democrats cancelled the appearance because of the allegations. chilling new details about

the deadly midair accident aboard a southwest passenger plane. investigators are revealing more about the harrowing moment an engine ripped apart, shattering a window and killing a mother of two midair. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the words of a pilot struggling to fly her crippled jet. >> we're single engine descending. have a fire. >> reporter: captain tammie jo shults hearing from the officer we have someone who has flown outside. a flight attendant revealing in row 14 passengers put their arms out of the plane at more than 200 miles an hour to pull jennifer riordan back in. she didn't survive. just less than two minutes before the high-speed landing, captain shults says under her breath, heavenly father. >> everybody breathe. we are almost there. >> reporter: seconds after touching down, shults says, thank you, lord. thank you, thank you, thank you, lord.

the engine maker and the ntsb are still investigating why that engine failed, which resulted in, as the crew noted in the cockpit, the first death on a southwest jet. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. let's turn now to the morning's top sports headline. mets fans have something to brag about this winter. >> woo-hoo! yes. they are going to win the world series. >> just tell the people. >> okay. so they have new york's only major award winner, jacob degrom took home the national league cy young. put some respect on his name. his ten wins were the fewest for any winner in the american league. blake snell brings tampa bay its second cy young. i think both teams would trade those for a world series championship. >> for a postseason? >> yeah. if sweet georgia brown has any descendants, one of them may

be living in new york city. >> check out the dribbling skills here of this young lady in brooklyn. she's 9-year-old samaya clark-gabriel. showing off in front of her classmates during a visit from the harlem globetrotters. she takes the court with the trotters in madison square garden the day after thanksgiving. >> i mean, she's amazing. >> she's looking pretty good. >> i wish i could dribble one basketball. that would be an accomplishment in life. coming up, meet the newest powerball multimillionaire. plus, the new revelation from monica lewinsky. what she says about being swept up in something she couldn't handle at the age of 22. they're partying in nashville right now after the super bowl of country music events, the cma awards. proud texan will ganss has his cowboy boots on, cowboy hat. >> we hope so. >> none of those? all right. we'll see. >> he's dressed like a city slicker today. >> oh, man, he sold out. you're watching "world news now." >> oh, man, he sold out. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news now."

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then as he was still shooting, that police cruiser you saw there ran him down. wow. so he was treated for some cuts and bruises but was otherwise okay. none of the officers were hit. here it is again. wow. he is okay, though. >> he is okay. well, a white college professor has been suspended after calling campus police on a black student who put her feet up on a seat. >> dr. anita moss of the university of texas san antonio will return to the classroom in the spring. now, students recorded video of moss speaking with police. moments later, the student was escorted out. an investigation found moss showed poor judgement but didn't warrant being fired. the school says the student didn't feel moss' actions were racially motivated. now to those new revelations from monica lewinsky of a scandal that nearly brought down a president.

>> she hopes sharing that experience from nearly 23 years ago, mind you, might help the young people of today. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: she is now 45 and making headlines again. hoping to help other young women by sharing how she felt at 22 and how she says she was swept up into something she couldn't handle. >> he had this ability to hold everybody who was there, not just young women, not just older women, but young men, older men, gay, straight, everybody is sort of starry eyed in his presence. i kind of have to laugh at my younger self, but that was when my crush started. >> reporter: lewinsky recalls how she felt when a president paid attention to a white house intern. >> he, you know, paid a lot of attention to me. he spent time sort of standing there and held my hand longer than he should have and gave what others have described as the full bill clinton. >> reporter: in that new a&e docuseries, she explains what she was thinking, what she calls

her own poor decisions. she believes he was wrong, too. >> the moment we were actually in the back office for the first time, the truth is that i think it meant more to me that someone who other people desired desired me. however wrong it was, however misguided, for who i was in that very moment at 22 years old, that was how it felt. >> reporter: lewinsky now telling "vanity fair," an important part of moving forward is excavating, often painfully, what has gone before. i took the small, narrow sliver of the man i knew and mistook it for the whole." lewinsky describes looking back at those 20-year-old images of her with the president wistfully, thinking at the time she was excited for all the wrong reasons and completely unaware that life as she had known it was about to end. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and it has some two decades afterwards. our thanks to linsey. when we come back, the big winners and the big moments from

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♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny those cold hands, those aren't necessarily cowboy boots. >> they are not cowboy boots and not very cma themed. >> maybe we can add them in edit. i'll run upstairs and photoshop some cowboy boots in. >> because it is country music's biggest night of the year, will ganss is joining us. >> with all things cma for us. >> i don't have boots, but how about i read this in an accent, y'all? >> you are from texas. >> i am. >> the cmas happened tonight. the belt buckles were big but the star power was even bigger. brad paisley and carrie underwood hosted for the 11th year in a row. >> look at the belly. >> and she announced that she and her husband are expecting a little boy. >> oh, okay. >> yeah. >> at which point brad invited

carrie's first son to the stage to celebrate the news, or so he thought. take a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ i got the big brother blues ♪ oh, lordy, i used to be an only child ♪ ♪ and now i don't know what i'll do ♪ ♪ yeah, kid, it's almost christmas time ♪ ♪ and all those presents underneath the tree ♪ ♪ now they ain't all for me ♪ yeah, this year ain't gonna be much fun ♪ >> that, of course -- >> not carrie underwood's first born son, instead it's the walmart yodelling kid. >> i love him. he's got old school star power about him. grand ole opry. >> when you're on the cmas, you're a bona fide country star. kelsi ballarini was another performance that we've got to mention. >> we first saw him star there at walmart.

>> now he's sharing the stage with the likes of this. standing out thanks to her stage full of dancers and some sweet chaireography. you don't get to see a lot of dancing at the cmas. it's more the vocal and the instruments. >> very madonna-esque with the chairs. >> or beyonce-esque. >> madonna first. >> janet jackson, pleasure principle. >> right. >> or flash dance. >> vocals and stunning visuals are more your thing, there are so many good things i have to talk about, y'all. take a look at carrie underwood's show-stopper that came mid-show. ♪ i believe you and me are sisters and brothers ♪ ♪ and i believe we're made to me here for each other ♪ ♪ and we'll never fall if we walk hand in hand ♪ >> that song is called "love wins," but as far as the cma

awards go, last night's biggest winner, carrie herself took home female vocalist of the year and chris stapleton did pretty well, taking away multiple awards for his song "broken halos" and went away with the award for male vocalist of the year. and kacey musgraves, who in my opinion was the best dressed of the night. look at that jacket. she took home the album of the year for "the golden hour." midland paid tribute to the late great burt reynolds. no, our screens are not glitching there. they broadcast the performance and put a grainy effect on it to add some nostalgia while they played "eastbound and down" from "smokey and the bandit." >> do you have any idea what 4 by 3 means? he has no idea what you just said. >> we know. that's all that counts. >> oh, the young kids. >> the most heartfelt moment of the evening belonged to garth brooks as he performed his new

song "stronger than me" for his wife trisha yearwood. take a look. ♪ pray god takes me first because you're stronger than me ♪ >> they are country music royalty for a reason. >> aww. >> i shed a tear of my own while i was watching that. they're so in love. also so in love, keith urban and nicole kidman, my girl. and they both were crying when he won the biggest award of the night, entertainer of the year. tears all around. it was a little bit of a different vibe than when we saw cardi b riding on a bicycle at the amas two weeks ago. >> who wears the shirt better, muir or keith urban? >> the tight. >> the tight black v-neck. >> it's a tough call. >> i know. >> tonight, i have to go with this guy. the night belonged to keith urban. >> we have other news in "the skinny," right?

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pays off, like really pays off. he says this was not a quick pick, these are five of the lucky numbers he's played for the last 25 years and a sixth that was given to him by relatives. sort of. >> and they gave me 40, and i had to change that for the powerball, and i picked four. >> reporter: he spent just $20 the day he got the powerball tickets here at the west harlem deli and at some point after the october 27th drawing -- >> i just thought i have five numbers, and sure enough, i was blessed. when i saw the four, i -- i just was in shock. >> reporter: robert is 67 years old, a single retired federal employee from manhattan with kids who has big plans. >> get a house, especially for my mother. god bless her. she's still around. >> god bless. >> with a little land around it. i definitely want to travel a little bit. >> reporter: that includes a trip to vegas, he says.

and if you can believe it, playing more lottery games. >> i had to play this morning before i came here. >> reporter: he also said a thing or two about privacy concerns. new york, a state where winners must come forward. >> i'd be on youtube probably minutes after this. i need a bodyguard. >> reporter: he's actually not really kidding. robert bailey is one of only two of the jackpot winners across the country and his net lump sum payment is $125,396,000 and he says he's going to vegas. in jamaica, i'm stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> don't do it. don't go to vegas. >> y'all, he's going to lose that money. >> no, he's going to get his mom a house. it's going to have a happy ending. >> we saw yolanda vega. this is being very coastal and very new york, the woman there with the check. >> she calls lottery numbers for our whole lives. a cool lady.

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abc news. >> what a fun night it was. and a great morning to you. making news in america this morning, winter arrives early. a massive and deadly storm marching from the deep south into the northeast. a tour bus overturning on this icy road, and the worst is yet to come just in time for the commute. the minute-by-minute forecast ahead. breaking overnight, the attorney who represents porn star stormy daniels has been arrested following an allegation of domestic violence. hear michael avenatti's forceful denial as he walked out of a police station and what he plans to do next. new this half hour, more of monica lewinsky's revealing new interview. >> there were always narratives of secrecy in this relationship.