breaking news in america this morning, a new fire erupting in southern california. to 80 miles per hour. >> there's nothing they could do with that wind. >> we take you to the front lines, the evacuations, the damage, the flames approaching the ronald reagan presidential library and this morning the new time line. a crucial day ahead in the impeachment investigation. the vote on capitol hill this morning and what president trump's former national security adviser john bolton is now saying. is rodney reed innocent? the convicted killer now scheduled to be executed in texas but this morning, the potential bombshell in the case raising new doubt. celebrities including kim kardashian now coming to his side. >> i know that i'm innocent.

i am innocent, absolutely innocent. >> what prosecutors are saying this morning. a new message from alex trebek this morning as he fights cancer. what he wishes he knew sooner. plus, the halloween forecast looking frightful for much of the country. >> and this morning the nation's capital is home to the world series champions. the historic feat, the mvp and something we never knew about the washington nationals. ♪ and we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ good thursday morning, everyone, on this halloween. we begin with breaking news from the historic firefight in california. >> another wildfire exploded overnight forcing mandatory evacuations south of los angeles. thick smoke can be seen billowing over the area. >> this new fire comes as authorities issue a warning that they've never had to issue before. overnight new wildfires erupting

in southern california. this fire south of los angeles forced evacuations with flames fueled by the strongest winds to hit this area in more than a decade. the situation so dire the national weather service issued an extreme red flag warning for the first time ever. the winds so powerful, it blew over big rigs. >> the heat is intense. the wind is enormous and it's fueling that inferno. >> reporter: gusts topping 70 miles per hour in simi valley as the so- easy fire ignited wednesday coming within 30 yards of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> you could see the flare-ups here as well as it's inching closer and closer to the library. >> reporter: the landmark is where the former president and first lady nancy reagan are now buried. inside the building air force one and a dozen people sheltering in place as flames raced up the hills. an employee describes what those firefighters saved. >> we have an actual air force one airplane on display that served seven u.s. presidents. every speech ronald reagan ever

gave, every handwritten note, every memo, every photograph ever taken of him, there's so many priceless items within our wall, i couldn't name them all. >> reporter: ground crews worked ardy.seous in >> we tried to save them all. we can't always be in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: homeowners jumped in, some using buckets trying to desperately douse the flames. others scrambling to get themselves and their terrified animals to safety. >> we grabbed the trailers and took off. >> reporter: in riverside county, this apocalyptic scene. dozens in wheelchairs evacuated from a nursing home blanketed by blinding smoke. this morning, new concerns about other fires burning in the state. the largest, the kincade fire in sonoma county, has now destroyed more than 76,000 acres burning down more than 130 homes. the historic firefight taking its toll on emergency personnel. the evidence seen on these

covered in fire retardant. for the firefighters battling the flames, some are working 26-hour shifts and haven't been home since sunday. >> y'all have families? what do you say when you leave to head out on multiple days now? this is what, day four? >> they understand that the families around here know that we're important to them. >> and we're thinking about all those firefighters and those impacted this morning. more heavy winds are expected in southern california today. we'll have the weather forecast in less than five minutes. well, now to the cruci washington as the impeachment investigation ramps up. democrats plan to approve a resolution that will move the investigation from behind closed doors into public view. meanwhile, former national security adviser john bolton is making it clear that he will not testify voluntarily. abc's ines de la cuetara has all the details. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai and kenneth. house democrats are confident that they will achieve near

unity today as they vote on a new resolution outlining rules for making hearings public and for releasing deposition transcripts. this morning, house democrats gearing up to take the impeachment inquiry to a whole new level as the full house prepares to vote on a resolution today laying out the rules for next steps in the investigation including procedures for public hearings. congressional republicans still opposing the process. >> speaker pelosi has initiated a bizarre process. >> reporter: but they're struggling to explain the substance coming out of those hearings that's raising even more questions about the phone call that kicked off the inquiry. the white house has insisted it released a complete transcript of the conversation between president trump and the president of ukraine. >> word for word, comma for comma, done by people that do it for a living. we had an exact transcript. >> reporter: but earlier this week lieutenant colonel

alexander vindman who was on that call reportedly told lawmakers crucial phrases were left out. according to "the new york times," vindman testified the document released by the white house did not include comments from the president, that there were recordings of former vice president joe biden discussing corruption, and it did not reflect the ukrainian president making an explicit mention of the company biden's son worked for. on wednesday more damning testimony from trump's nominee for russia ambassador john sullivan. >> soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent, i don't think that would be in accord with our values. >> reporter: democrats now summoning the president's former national security adviser john bolton. his attorney telling abc news, bolton will not appear voluntarily but will accept a subpoena. and today tim morrison is expected to testify. he is the top russia expert on the national security council, but he is expected to leave his white house post soon. janai and kenneth. >> ines, we'll follow the latest on that crucial vite scheduled for just a few hours from now. well, twitter is banning all

political ads ahead of the 2020 election. twitter's ceo says social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage to spread misleading messages. president trump's campaign manager calls the decision another attempt to silence conservative voices. the move comes as facebook continues to face criticism for not fact-checking political ads. ceo mark zuckerberg says it's not about profits, it's about upholding free expression. the virginia teenager missing for nine days has been found safe. 14-year-old isabel hicks was found with her alleged abductor bruce lynch. he was taken into custody in caroline county after a traffic stop. another driver had spotted lynch's vehicle and called police. lynch is believed to be the former boyfriend of hicks' mother. authorities feared for the a new world series champion has been crowned. >> this morning's "washington post," that front page says it all, the headline read,

at last the natts are champs. the washington nationals took the lead for good last night with that home run by howie kendrick then added three more runs to beat them 6-2. >> back in d.c. fans celebrated in the rain including that one guy right there who ripped off his shirt and dove across the dugout roof. it's the first world series win for the nationals franchise. abc's eva pilgrim spoke with one of the heroes. >> took me 14 years and they're hard to come by even though i've been in the playoffs a lot. i mean this, is probably the most special thing i've ever done in my career. >> what will do you to celebrate. >> you know what, we got to go back to d.c. and bring a parade. >> that parade is set for saturday. >> big congrats to the nats. but right now time to look at your weather for this halloween morning. good morning. another breezy day across southern california leading to that extreme fire threat. the winds do calm down as we head into this afternoon and this evening. good news for firefighters.

unfortunately, bad news for trick-or-treaters along the east. heavy rainfall all the way from the southeast up into new england. even a few severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts possible across the mid-atlantic as we head into our thursday and thursday night. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. coming certmaacle people realize. also ahead, what we're learning from this new video showing the raid that took down the leader of isis. plus, the new fight over a plan to ban the sale of foie gras.

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warning about the danger of colored contact lenses which many people use as part of their costumes. the ftc is reminding people it's against the law to buy the lenses without a prescription. doctors say wearing them without a prescription could cause blurry vision or even blindness. the pentagon has released dramatic images of the raid that ended with the death of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. you can see special forces exchange fire with militants on the ground in syria before storming the compound. despite the success of the mission, a top counterterrorism official delivered a fresh warning to lawmakers saying at least 14,000 active isis fighters remain in syria and >> there's no question that the losses over the weekend were significant to isis. at the same time, it's a deep bench. >> officials expect isis to announce a new leader in the coming days. teachers in chicago have approved a tentative contract deal but they're still returning to the picket lines today. that's because the union wants the city to add school

days to the calendar to make up for those canceled during the strike. so far the mayor is refusing that demand. disappointing news about student test scores across the country. two-thirds of american students cannot read at their grade level. reading scores for fourth and eighth graders are down in the last two years. the u.s. education secretary calls it a student achievement crisis. >> absolutely. well, new york city lawmakers passed a law banning the selling of foie gras. it's considered a delicacy. animal rights activists are saying ducks and geese are subject to cruelty, force fed to enlarge their livers. the country's largest producer of foie gras is now vowing to fight the ban in court. coming up, the important new message from alex trebek. but first,heonbeing ra aga rdhian nowcling kim and later, what happened after this nasty brawl in the

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we are back now with the growing effort to free a convicted killer on death row. >> rodney reed is scheduled to be executed for the murder of a teenager in 1996 but now lawmakers and even celebrities are rallying behind him amid growing doubts about his guilt. this morning, convicted killer rodney reed is set to be executed in three weeks, but he maintains his innocence. >> i know that i'm innocent. i am innocent, absolutely innocent. >> reporter: reed was convicted of killing 19-year-old stacey stites. her murder stunned the town of b bidlings, texas. her body dumped on the side of the road weeks before her wedding. >> he strangled stacey stites with her own belt. >> reporter: he was arrested after his dna was found at the scene.

reed claims he had a secret and consensual relationship with stites he says explains his dna being found. >> if a new jury would hear your case, what do you think would exonerate you? >> i know if they were to hear this case, that this case would itself exonerate me. >> why? why are you so convinced? >> because all the evidence points to the person who we all think did this crime. >> reporter: and now another potential bombshell. the innocent project released a sworn affidavit from a prisoner who claims that a known party to stites confessed to her murder while the two served time together behind bars. this morning celebrities including kim kardashian and mark cuban are calling on the texas governor to stop the execution so evidence can be investigated. but this morning, prosecutors are standing by their case and the guilty verdict. >> the claim of innocence is consistent and cohesive, and it goes in one direction. theirs has gone everywhere over the years.

they've now settled on this one but when you look at it, it's a scatter shot approach of lots of different things and that's part of the problem. the right man has been convicted beyond a reasonable doubt of stacey stites' murder. >> reed's execution is scheduled for november 20th. as for the stites family they say they're confident reed is the killer. abc's deborah roberts sat down with reed as you saw there. we'll have more of her interview later this morning on "good morning america." "jeopardy" host alex trebek says he wishes he had known the signs of pancreatic cancer earlier. he's out with a new public service announcement teaming up with the world pancreatic cancer coalition to warn others about the early symptoms of the disease. >> in order to help patients fight and survive this disease, more attention and awareness are needed. i wish i had known sooner that the persistent stomach pain i experienced prior to my diagnosis was a symptom of pancreatic cancer. >> other common symptoms include midback pain, unexplained weight

loss and yellowing of the skin. trebek, of course, has stage four pancreatic cancer and recently told us he was preparing for more chemo treatments. well, turning now to sports, suspensions are likely after a basketball brawl in philadelphia. look at this. joel embiid of the 76ers and minnesota's karl-anthony towns got very physical in the third quarter. neither player was injured. both of them, though, look at that eye. a finger to the eye. both of them were ejected. and some big injury news, steph curry of the golden state warriors suffered a broken hand. he left the game immediately. no word how long he'll be out. the rockets and wizards put onui ahothat didn't include overtime, and there was this coincidence, the team represented the same cities playing in the world series.

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>> the original image appears to be trump giving the medal to honor veteran james mccluen in 2017. he responded saying i'm not offended by another hero. the buzz of last night's big win. the first ever for the team. >> it seems experience counts for something. the nationals were the oldest team in the league this season. their average age nearly 31 years old. >> here's something to look forward to. the nats and astros will meet again soon. they'll actually share a spring training facility in florida and will play each other february 22nd. >> meanwhile, the astros' loss really hurt the famous houston furniture salesman known at mattress mack. he had a nearly $12 million bet on the astros winning. >> yeah. >> ouch. >> he's taking a seat there. >> yeah. and from that heftyoss to a hefty heist, someone stole

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making news right now at 4:27, a challenging season turning worse for the warriors. steph curry goes down with an injury that could keep him out for a while. and welcome back. thousands of people evacuated by the kincade fire return home. calmer winds are helping firefighters gain ground on that inferno. lights are coming back on after the pg&e power shutoffs. the latest round of blackouts could be the last for a while. >> amen. >> yes. >> wait a minute. >> exclamation marks after that one. >> i got so many messages from people saying we're home.f the yesterday clapping emojis, smiling, whatever you could find to make them and know that we're happy for them. this is going to stay away for a while. tht's good news.

the next couple of weeks, no critical fire conditions. we have a little bit of a side effect to that dry air, that's the freeze warning that continues through 9:00 this morning. don't forget the people without power. keep them warm. check on them. sensitive plants, pets and pipes need to be watched out for. while the critical fire conditions are over, the side effects are still possibly an issue. right now all of us running green, as good as it could be air-wise. as you look at our air quality forecast there's a possibility of poor air quality for those most sensitive up in the north bay t smoke lingers there. we'll look at your temperatures for halloween and a gorgeous weekend coming up. first let's talk to jobina about the commute. >> we're starting off with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the cash lanes are filling in here. everything else is runnin smoothly. 87 is very empty this morning. a good time to head out on the

roads. hopping over to tracy, we're following a three-car crash, this is westbound 580 past 205. speeds are down to 22 miles per hour. this will impact our super commuters. very quickly here. a good word here. i'm happy to report some good news. the smart train has been impacted by the power outages, free full service is through wednesday, november 6th. everything is operating normally now. no changes to the smart trains. >> thank you very much. firefighters hope to continue to make progress on containing the kincade fire burning in sonoma and lake counties. >> this fire charred more than 76,000 acres. that's 120 square miles. 266 structures have been destroyed including about 133 of those being homes. the fire is 45% contained. full containment is expected a week from today. only about 5,800 residents are still under mandatory evacuation orders which is down from the

180,000 at the peak of the evacuations. power is slowly returning to people in lake county where the kincade fire is still active. >> last night people got an update from cal fire and local officials. and they had some colorful words for pg&e. cornell barnard attended a community meeting in middletown. >> i appreciate it. thank you very much. >> reporter: lots of praise for cal fire at this community meeting in lake county. the kincade fire was burning only miles away from middletown, but firefighters may have stopped it. >> the fire is 45% contained, approximately 76,000 acres and so they're making great progress. >> reporter: jeanie costin says her anxiety le