morning, america" and have a great weekend. making news in america this morning, the new plea deal from president trump's former lawyer and fixer. michael cohen now admitting he lied to congress about a trump project in moscow. this morning the claims about a penthouse for putin. what the plea deal could mean for donald trump jr. and what's next as the president attends a crucial summit today with world leaders. breaking overnight, new trouble for facebook executive sheryl sandberg. what she ordered her employees to do when the company came under fire. the fallout this morning. new video showing the colorado man who murdered his pregnant wife and daughters loading his truck in his driveway.

what he reportedly did just hours after the killings. plus, porn in prison. the new lawsuit claiming inmateo view it. no more passports? the technology behind big changes at the airport. >> girl power. >> i just can't believe it got to this point. the 9-year-old who wrote to a basketball superstar demanding he make sneakers for girls too. good friday morning, everyone. we begin with new details in the russia investigation. following that bombshell guilty plea from the president's former lawyer. >> michael cohen has admitted to lying to congress. he now says talks about building a trump tower in moscow continued well into 2016 even after trump had the republican nomination wrapped >> mfe rep that the trump organization

planned to give vladimir putin a $50 million penthouse if the deal went through. abc's lana zak has all the new details on that plea deal and what's next. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good friday morning to you, kendis and janai. president trump's current attorney rudy giuliani is now calling president trump's former attorney michael cohen a, quote, proven liar. and he says that it is no coincidence at the timing of this news with the president set to meet with other world leaders at the g20. president trump's former attorney michael cohen now says that what the public didn't while donald trump was running for president saying things like this -- >> i respect putin. >> reporter: they were also pursuing a trump tower project in moscow till june 2016. >> mr. cohen will continue to cooperate. >> reporter: as part of a plea deal cohen pleaded to lying to

congress and previously told lawmakers the moowrojeabandonede now says that the project continued until june deep into the campaign and discussed it with donald trump, other members of the trump family as well as top officials in the russian government. >> michael cohen is lying. >> reporter: in response the president lashed out at his former fixer. >> he is a weak person and not a very smart person. he's trying to get a much lesser prison sentence by making up a story. >> reporter: and he says if it was true, it wasn't illegal. >> when i run for president, that doesn't mean i'm not allowed to do business. >> reporter: now some congressional leaders say they want the special counsel to review the testimonies of other trump associates. >> we believe other witnesses were untruthful before our committee. >> reporter: cohen's testimony now may conflict with the testimony given by the president's son, donald trump jr. and president trump is at the g20 today. he was supposed to be meeting with russian president vladimir putin. he has canceled that meeting now ja a change in the president's schedule. speaking of those actions in the ukraine, breaking news

coming in about those tensions between russia and ukraine. ukraine's president has just announced all russian men between the age of 16 and 60 are now banned from entering his country. he said the move is aimed at preventing russians from forming private armies on ukrainian soil. it follows that clash you saw right there in the black sea this week when russia captured three ships in a border dispute. during their summit in argentina today, president trump and leaders of canada and mexico are signing a revamped version of nafta. it includes higher pay for autoworkers and patent protections for some drug companies. lawmakers still have to ratify the agreement. some democrats in congress are calling it a tough sell on capitol hill. another day, another controversy at facebook. the company has confirmed reports that executive sheryl sandberg asked her staff to investigate billionaire george soros. facebook admits sandberg soros

criticized facebook calling it a menace to society. sandberg wanted to find out if soros had any financial incentive to see facebook's stock price drop. she has already apologized for the hiring of a pr firm that dug up dirt on facebook critics. we turn now to the developing story on the west coast. evacuations are under way after heavy rain triggered flash flooding and mudslides. hundreds of crashes have been reported on the roads. this morning, there are growing concerns in california towns already coping with disaster. >> packed our bags. we're ready to go. >> reporter: overnight evacuations got under way in areas of the state ravaged by historic wildfires. the big worry, heavy rain falling on hillsides left barren by fire leaving the potential for devastating mudslides. this video shows a mudflow quickly overwhelming a creek in orange county, and this road in san bernardino county closed after debris flowed across both

les station was there as one mudslide blocked a road in malibu. >> there is this mudslide that c works crews are trying to clear it, but what i'm told is that a 24-inch-wide pipe that was supposed to suck up a lot of this water and mud was clogged by debris which we know happens and what we've been so concerned about here in the burn areas. >> reporter: stan smith is among those filling sandbags helping neighbors after losing his home in the woolsey fire last month. >> our particular house doesn't exist anymore so we don't have to worry about it too much and goes down into a ravine, but our neighbor's house, if it comes down the hill and gets bad then it'll come down, their house. >> reporter: the heavy rain caf homes were destroyed in the so-called camp fire. several people in chico had to be rescued after getting stranded in floodwaters. meanwhile, we're getting a dramatic new look inside that historic wildfire in the town of paradise this month as flames march toward this

neighborhood. the sheriff's office released body cam video showing a deputy evacuating four nurses from a hospital as thick smoke and flames began to surround them. you can hear a woman yelling for help in the distance. >> help, help. >> reporter: a deputy eventually leading those nurses to safety with little time to spare. >> can we get in? >> yeah, come on. and now let's take a closer look at the weather forecast for your friday morning. good morning. we have improvements for california as things are drying out in that direction. rain is shifting its way eastbound with some mountain snow. that system is going to develop into a potent storm causing severe storms in the south today. we are highlighting an area close to little rock where we could see high gusting winds, heavy downpours, possibly even some isolated tornadoes. tonight. i'm meteorologist julia weiden

with your accuweather forecast. coming up, the possible new role for tom hanks. it's no lie. but first when we come back, should prison inmates be allowed to view pornography? why a new lawsuit claims it's their constitutional right. and forget showing your i.d. or passport, the new technology speeding things up at one major airport.

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and that's when the truck hit a spike strip and crashed. three people are dead. at least eight are injured. the man accused in a brutal series of murders at a mansion in new jersey makes a court appearance this morning. paul caneiro will face four counts of murder for the deaths of his brother, sister-in-law and two children. he set the family's home on fire then set fire to his own home with his wife and daughters inside. >> it is our theory and belief that that fire was effectively a ruse designed to make it appear as if the overall caneiro family was somehow targeted. >> caneiro is expected to plead not guilty. prosecutors say the motive was a financial dispute. the two brothers were in business together but caneiro's lawyer says his client had no

reason to kill the family. do prison inmates have a right to view pornography? that's the subject of a new lawsuit in iowa. dozens of inmates say the state has denied them their constitutional right to adult materials. the lawsuit stems from a new so-called pornography reading rooms in prisons. the law also bans inmates from have having nude pictures in their cells. prisoners claim the law was created by, quote, religious tyrants. as the cost of housing goes up, one-third of millennials are now living with their parents. in new jersey that number has surged to the highest of any state with 47% of its residents between the age of 18 and 34 at home with their mom and dad or both. a possible new role for tom hanks. he's in talks to play the wood carver geppetto in disney's live action adaptation of "pinocchio" which could begin work next spring.

hanks' most recent project was playing mister rogers. coming up, the cowboys take a stand on thursday night football. also, we hear from the 9-year-old girl who used her girl power to get basketball superstar steph curry to change his sneaker line. first, more top stories including the new confession tapes from the colorado man who killed his wife and daughters. what he was caught doing just hours later. colorado man who confessed to killing his wife and daughters. at your overall financial strategy. you still thinking about opening your own shop? every day. i think there are some ways to help keep you on track. and closer to home. i'm all ears. how did edward jones grow to a trillion dollars in assets under care? thanks. by thinking about your goals as much as you do.

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or dental procedures. your what's around the cois about eliquis. we're back now with the disturbing new confession tapes of chris watts, the colorado man who admits to killing his family. >> the tapes have been released days after watts was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. he reportedly facetimed with his mistress after the killings. >> and video from a neighbor's security camera shows him log s uck the mord authorities li used thatthboes. >> reporter: this is the moment chris watts finally admits to

murder. >> i just felt such anger that nothing -- i didn't feel anything. >> okay. all right. >> but if she did nothing, nothing bugged me. >> reporter: telling his dad in august he strangled his wife shanann in a rage because he claims she murdered their two young daughters as their marriage was imploding. >> i could see like she was on top of cece. >> what, choking her or did she kill them? >> they were -- they were blue. >> both of them? >> yeah. >> she choked both of them to death? >> i freaked out and did the same [ bleep ] to her. >> reporter: but investiga he killed shanann and their daughters celeste and bella. ederick, colorado, home when t his family was first reported

missing. >> hey, chris, did she drive her car from your place? >> no, nicki dropped her off. >> reporter: officers with dogs searching every room for clues. but investigators say watts knew they were already dead having just returned from dumping their bodies at this remote oil field. >> why take their bodies out of the house and bury them? >> i was scared. i didn't know what else to do. >> reporter: watts also admitted to having an affair with a co-worker, nichol kessinger, keeping photos of her hidden in a secret app on his phone. watts pleaded guilty to all three murders and last week he was sentenced. he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. a faulty heater may be to blame for the death of a new york couple renting an airbnb apartment in mexico. their bodies were found nearly two weeks ago. mexican officials say they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. the couple's family is urge holiday travelers to bring carbon monoxide detectors when

you rent. the family of a wisconsin woman who died after possibly drinking tainted alcohol is suing a resort in mexico. 20-year-old abbey conner drowned in a pool in an upscale hotel in playa del carmen. a toxic mix of cheap ingredients is partially to blame for her death. the resort denies the claim saying it serves only sealed bottles that meet all standards. a thursday night thriller. dallas scored a touchdown early and the defense held drew brees and the saints usually powerful offense in check all night long. the cowboys ended new orleans' ten-game winning streak. 13-1 responding after a 9-year-old girl wrote to him asking why his brand of sneakers were sold only in boys sizes. well, thanks to that young girl, things are about to change.

9-year-old riley morrison of napa, california, is now basketball's biggest star. >> i just can't believe it got to this point. >> reporter: and all over a pair of basketball shoes. she is a point guard and went online searching for the girls version of steph curry's shoe, the 5s, but under armour only marketed them to boys and she had an issue with that. >> so was there really a difference between the girls and boys shoes? >> i don't think so but it was just disappointing that they weren't on the girls page. >> girls are continually overlooked, and me as a father of a girl, i don't want her to be overlooked. i want her to have the same opportunities as a guy. >> reporter: so riley wrote a letter. >> dear, steven curley, my name is riley just like your daughter. >> reporter: and three weeks later, steph's handwritten response saying spent the last two days talking to under armour. we are correcting this now. i want to make sure you can wear my kicks proudly. steph even promising to send the young girl a pair. >> i didn't really think he would respond and that he'd send me any shoes because he is such a busy man. it means to me like girls are

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good morning. welcome to friday, november 30th. we made it. and it's not raining outside. >> yeah. a lot better at least commute-wise. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco back this morning. thank you. a few damp spots. no windshield wipers running. dry live doppler 7 at 4:27. temperatures are definitely cooler this morning.d-s to mid- partly sunny conditions and upper 50s with a slight chance of showers across the ocean water. got another storm coming at us tomorrow. first, back to alexis for a check of traffic. >> yeah. i think things will be much easier than yesterday morning. looking live at the bay bridge

right now. they were actually blocking several lanes approaching the treasure island, yorba tunnel. a couple of hraeupbgs were closed the rest of the way into san francisco. all of that has been picked up. drive times, we're in the green all the way around. 101, santa rosa to petaluma, 14 minutes. castro valley to the maze, 13. no issues 280/680 to 85. that will take you 11 minutes. breaking news this morning. hotel giant marriott just revealed a security breach that exposedsoesot sound good. it found out in early september about unauthorized access to guest information at itspropert. someone kauptd and encrypted a

customercopied and encrypted a customer database. marriott says it is taking steps to help guests monitor is and protect their personal information. we'll have a live report from the san francisco marriott at 5:00 a.m. new this morning, stanford university is investigating a math instructor for alleged sexual misconduct. former student athletes say the teacher stared at them inappropriately in the showers. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at stanford. matt? >> reporter: good morning, alexis. wrestlers say they came forward to speak out publicly because they recently became fathers and would kids to suffer the same type of humiliation. this story comes from the bay area news group. they repormer wrestlers showed up to look at them in team showers. some of the wrestlers say

coaches knew but did nothing to stop it. they launched an investigation under title ix. he has a decade on the board of directors of its youth program. he resigned his possession from the wrestling club in june. he called it a misunderstanding and said he never had any improper behavior. he said i am shocked some of the wrestlers said they were uncomfortable. no one ever said anything to me. they could wrap up their investigation as early as today. matt keller, abc 7 news. all right, matt, thank you. it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, happy friday. an update on weather and traffic. we start with mike. let's talk about what's going on as far as the visibility. sneak peek