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. there were always ways that we talked about it. how do we be careful? of course, you're going to deny this. >> how she says she and the president tried to hide the

affair. plus, murder on a cruise ship? the fbi called to investigate. tempers flare as this political brawl spirals out of control today. and later does taylor swift really hide in a suitcase to avoid the paparazzi? we made it to thursday. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm lynda lopez. and we begin withwinter awa. >> a powerful storm is moving from the deep south into the snow, sleet, ice, as well as flooding rain and threatening to make a mess of this morning's commute. this morning, more than 100 million americans bracing for a winter-like wallop. this storm already turning deadly. this tour bus losing control on an icy highway near memphis flipping over killing two senior citizens. more than 40 other people

injured. >> it was scary, i mean, watching the bus, it's like it spined once then the next spin, it started picking up speed. >> reporter: farther south the storm shattering records. parts of louisiana getting their earliest snowfall in 68 years. overnight it is expected to have as much as 6 inches of snow and from georgia to the carolinas it's the rain causing problems. this woman already paddleboarding in her backyard. >> the banks broke then when we woke up the next morning, it had completely engulfed the orm zon. a car dealer rushed to move 600 cars off his lot worried about flooding today from a nearby creek. >> between the two hurricanes and not knowing what they were going to bring to us, we have to be precautious and move the vehicles. >> reporter: inland areas bracing for freezing rain that could bring down trees and power lines. the salt spreaders already out. in the pittsburgh area, public

work crews started their work at 3:00 a.m. >> what we are preparing for is a lot of ice around rush hour in the morning. >> reporter: cities from washington to boston will feel the brunt of the storm later today. just in time for the evening rush hour according to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> the coastal low then taking shape and then philadelphia, new york, evening rush is going to be slick with snow. >> parts of the interior northeast could see more than half a foot of snow. and, of course, we're heading into a busy holiday travel week. you can also expect delays at several airports from the midwest to the east coast. we'll take a closer look at the forecast in just a few moments. now to the other big story this morning, michael avenatti, lawyer for stormy daniels, and a fierce critic of president trump has been arrested in los angeles accused of domestic violence. he is now responding as we learn new details about the case. abc's kenneth moton has the latest. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: neither michael avenatti nor the lapd has gone

into great detail about the allegations against him. the attorney known for going toe-to-toe with president trump on social media and in court is now facing his own legal problems. overnight attorney michael avenatti out on a $50,000 bond defending himself after he was arrested charged with felony domestic violence. >> i have never struck a woman. i never will strike a woman. i have been an advocate for women's rights my entire career. >> reporter: the alleged victim unidentified. los angeles police have released few details, only saying the alleged incident happened tuesday tweeting, this is an ongoing investigation and we will provide more details as they become available. >> i am looking forward to a full investigation at which point i am confident that i will eportenatti'profild. has skyrocketed this year. the california attorney who represents adult film star stormy daniels in her legal back and forth with president trump

has become a fiery outspoken critic of the president. ex-wife christine statement, michael has always loving, kind father to our two daughters and husband. he has never been abusive to me or anyone else. he is a very good man. avenatti, who is due in court on this charge next month said he's exploring a presidential run in 2020, but i can also tell you that the legal trouble that he's in is already leading to political problems. the vermont democratic party has canceled an event with avenatti this weekend. lynda, kendis. >> all right. blowback already there. kenneth moton, thank you. the senior white house official publicly rebuked by first lady melania trump has now lost her job. deputy national security adviser mira ricardel left her post one day after the first lady's office released a statement saying she does not deserve the honor of serving in the white house. ricardel had clashed with mrs. trump's staff over the last month's visit to africa. the white house says ricardel will take on a different role in

the admi supporting a bipartisan plan that would revamp sentencing rules for the first time in a generation. the prison reform legislation would boisoners and would lower the mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. critics argue the current guidelines unfairly target minorities. turning now to the california wildfire disaster, officials confirmed overnight that at least 56 people have been killed in the so-called camp fire, which devastated the town of paradise.day authoritien collecting dna from families of the 130 people still missing as they try to identify remains found in the rubble. abc's will carr was there as national guard members joined the search. >> reporter: you can hear the national guard sifting through the twisted steel on this burned out property. this is a targeted search. a family has called and said you may potentially find my loved one on this property.

>> and that's absolutely sad to hear. some residents of that town had to jump into a lake to survive. in the meantime, in the southern part of the state, the woolsey fire is now more than 50% contained. abc's maggie rulli is in oak park, california, where residents there are eager to see what's left of their homes. >> reporter: up and down the coast of california, the images are hard to believe. neighborhoods like this one where it's house after house that have been wiped clear, destroyed by these fires. you look at what used to be a garage door, now just a pile of twisted metal. but what's perhaps most jarring is that many of these homes are right next to their neighbor's homes which have been completely untouched, unscathed by the fires, near perfect conditions. a reminder of how random these fires can sometimes feel. >> our maggie rulli there in southern california. a lawyer now claims there's evce tt er c pe responsible for the camp fire in the north because of problems with power equipment.

the "l.a. times" reports officials delayed evacuating parts of paradise because they were worried the roads would get jammed. authorities are looking into buying mobile homes for some of the 52,000 people who have been displaced. and it's time now for a closer look at your weather forecast for this thursday. good morning. we're talking about another storm here working its way up the east coast bringing plenty of moisture and with it as it pushes the cold air to the north, we're talking snow, even sleet and ice as well as some places just picking up the heavy rain. we've already seen the snow in certain locations and as we map the storm northward through the northeast, as we go through the day on thursday here it'll push up into thursday on thursday evening and work our way in through maine on friday. one story will be the ice and that could be in the form of sleet or even flaz ice which is extremely dangerous

on the roads. watch for that on the i-81 corps oreo door and we're talking snow, 3 to 6 inches in some locations. i'm meteorologist melissa constanzer. coming up, the new revelations from monica lewinsky and what she says happened in the oval office. but first police are called to remove a black student from a the growing outrage. and later country music's biggest night, the big surprise

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newly appointed prime minister of that asian country. more than three dozen men punched, kicked and threw things at each other. the battle lasted about 30 minutes. well, back in this country, a white college professor in texas has been suspended after calling police on a black udent who had t e scene including their classmate being led away. the school's president says the student did not feel moss' actions were racially motivated but a witness says moss was out of line. >> she was not disruptive, and many of us had our feet on our chairs, but for her to be called out necessarily into that extreme of a measure we felt was a little unnecessary. >> the professor apparently had tried to email the student about her concern but the message went to the wrong email address. what started as a routine traffic stop in arkansas quickly turned into anything but that. a shootout took place. watch here.

dash cam video showing the driver jumping out of his car and unloading several rounds at he then got back the driver eventually surrendered and is now being detained by immigration officials because he may be in the u.s. illegally. more trouble for the u.s. postal service. it lost nearly $4 billion in the last year despite delivering more packages. costs are up and regular mail volume is down. the price of mailing a letter goes up a nickel in january. well, she once said let them eat cake. and now sotheby's says let them buy her pearl. not the same thing. >> not the same. >> no, not quite. the auction house just sold marie antoinette's pearl pendant with diamonds for a record $36 million, part of a collection that hasn't been seen in some 200 years. coming up, the salmonella outbreak being linked to turkey. also ahead, the oer winn of that historic powerbal

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we're back with the winner who is splitting that historic $688 million powerball jackpot. robert bailey of harlem, new york, has been playing the same numbers every week for 25 years. it finally paid off. >> he's going to split the jackpot with lerynne west, a single mom from iowa who went on the ellen show to announce she's donating $500,000 to help wounded veterans. >> pretty awesome. we turn to more of that revealing interview with monica lewinsky, part of the new a&e documentary. >> she speaks candidly about what happened and what did not happen inside the oval office. here's abc's linsey davi felt at 22 and how she says she was swept up into something she couldn't handle. >> no sexual activity happened in the oval office. he has a private personal office that's off to the side and that

consists of a back study, a dining room, a little pantry and a bathroom. that's where every intimate encounter took place. >> 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 docu-series she explains what she was thinking, what led to 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 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 painly 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. a judge is expected to issue a key ruling today in the case of cnn versus the white house. cnn has asked for an immediate restraining order that wouldou n reporter jim acosta's press credentials. those credentials were revoked after this incident, a clash with the president. cnn's lawsuit has the backing of several other news organizations including fox news. well, as thanksgiving approach, health officials are scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to turkey. at least one person has died. more than 160 people have been

affected. the hardest hit states have been texas, minnesota, illinois and new york. the drug resistant strain of salmonella has been linked to multiple turkey products and brands making it hard to trace. health officials say turkey is still safe to eat but must be thoroughly cooked. to sports now and the long cold winter for the mets just n the natnaleagueving e american league is tampa bay's blake snell. ten wins but that was still responsible for all of the wins the mets got this year so it's all right. >> harsh, too soon. up next in "the pulse," the oxford dictionary's word of the year. and also ahead, new questions about whether taylor swift really hides inside a suitcase to avoid the paparazzi. and can't we all just get along? look, we can. the airport photo that's giving us hope. and still going for my best,

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>> it is getting hot over here. i want the minute that -- well, you said hour. i was exaggerating. >> we're itching for it to change. >> i believe so. no doubt about it. i am too. let's show you what's going on right now. we will eventually get to when it's going to change. air quality, everybody is red. everybody is unhealthy. we even had purple, very unhealthy, in livermore during the overnight hours. you can see when you get into red and purple, everybody is experiencing possibly serious health effects. this is day seven. we have freezing cold temperatures out there also. 32, santa rosa. danville, close to 33. san francisco the warm spot. alex alexis. we are starting off fairly quiet. we do have full closure of 880 in hbound lanes s

fite seein some delays. if you can use 580, as long as you're not on a big rig, i highly recommend that instead. you mateo starting off with lo visibility here early this morning. but no significant delays on the roadways. next traffic update in just a couple minutes. alexis, thank you. we start on a grim note. dna testing specialists will try to help families accelerate the process of identifying loved ones who are missing. >> recovery crews found the remains of eight more victims in paradise. that brings the death toll to 56. the sheriff's office has released a list of 130 people who are still unaccounted for as well. the camp fire has burned 138,000 achers and remains only 35% contained. more than 10,000 buildings are . 8,600 of those are homes. tonight, a townhall meeting will be held for paradise community

members. the meeting will be held at laxon auditorium in chico, 7:00 p.m. for a lot of you you have been wondering with so many people left homeless, what about the new crisis of the communities. where are they going to put all of these people who have been displaced? >> laura anthony has more from chico. >> we need to have an exit pse is. >> reporter: luigi helped set up this area in walmart. it swelled to several hundred people. many in tents, he worries about what happens next. >> we have natural deadlines coming up. we have no answers. it's going to rain soon. the norovirus is going around several places. it's said to have been ow here. >> it is not just

clear plan to house the thousands left homeless by the camp fire. this as the continues. 56 people have been found dead and more than twice that are still missing. the sheriff here doesn't rule out the possibility that some will never be found. >> the kids got out soon? >> the kids got out, yeah. >> reporter: we spent time with governor jerry brown who spent time in paradise and beyond. >> this is so devastating that i don't really have the words to describe it. it looks like