this morning on "world news now," the public impeachment showdown enters week two. as president trump blasts a witness to the inquiry, hear what house speaker nancy pelosi is offering trump to do. also this morning the stunning new numbers in the race for the white house. mayor pete buttigieg taking the lead in a new poll as new york's former mayor makes moves to enter the race. new this half hour, the interview that has outraged millions across england. >> prince andrew is facing major backlash. hear how he tried to defend himself from accusations that he had sex with a teenager himself. what beyonce was up to this weekend and what one of our favorite colleagues was up to there with her. we have full details later this half hour in "the skinny." looks like we're going 8.

it's monday, november 18th. good morning, everyone. big weekend for the carters. >> absolutely. >> and a big monday for us because we've got candace mccowan in the seat filling in for janai norman this morning. >> keeping it warm for janai. >> our friend from wabc. >> came a few feet over. >> what are they going to do without you this morning? >> i don't know. >> you could say hello to them. >> hi, guys. >> i guess they see you on tv all the time. >> they do, can't get away. >> thanks wabc for letting us borrow candace mccowan while she fills in on weekend "gma." we're going to have some fun this morning. >> absolutely. >> we're going to get to some news. we begin this half hour with president trump lashing out at another impeachment witness ahead of her public testimony set for tomorrow. >> jennifer williams, the president singled her out on

twitter calling the aide to the vice president a never trumper. >> as the president and other republicans demand to hear from the whistle-blower who triggered the investigation, house speaker nancy pelosi is vowing to make sure the president does not intimidate the anonymous official. as the house impeachment inquiry prepares for three more days of public hearings this week, democrats are not wavering. >> the president of the united states used taxpayer-funded military assistance to pressure a foreign leader to help him in his re-election campaign. >> reporter: republicans are pushing back. >> the evidence is crumbling. i think the democrats know they're in trouble on this. >> reporter: over the weekend the committee releasing transcripts of the closed-door testimony from jennifer williams, a member of vice president pence's staff. williams was on that july 25th phone call in which trump brought up investigating the bidens in the 2016 election. she testifies she remembers the mention of burisma, the ukrainian energy company where hunter biden served on the board.

but the transcript of the call released by the white house makes no mention of burisma. the president blasting williams sunday tweeting, tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls. she should meet with the other never trumpers who i don't know and mostly never heard of and work out a better presidential attack. that tweet comes days after the president attacked former ambassador marie yovanovitch as she was testifying. >> i think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter. i think he knows full well that he's in that office way over his head. and so he has to diminish everyone else. >> she used the word imposter. talking about the president of the united states. who 63 million people voted for. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi on cbs saying the president will have every opportunity to present his case. meanwhile the witnesses lined up to testify this week could poke holes in the republicans' defense. >> in addition to jennifer williams, tuesday we will hear from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and tim morrison, national security officials who were also on the call to ukraine. also testifying tomorrow, kurt volker, former special envoy to ukraine. and wednesday, the much-anticipated testimony of eu ambassador gordon sondland,

followed by two senior state department officials thursday. it will be fiona hill, the president's former top adviser on russia. >> stay with abc news for live coverage of the impeachment hearings tuesday, wednesday, thursday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. we do have breaking news to get to this morning. in fresno, california, police say a family gathering turned into a deadly shooting scene. >> ahoti others wounded when a gunman opened fire on a group of people who had gathered at a home to watch a football game. the suspect reportedly snuck into the backyard and shot ten people who were there. it is unclear if the suspect was known to the victims. the southern california high school where two students were shot and killed last week will remain closed for two more weeks. thousands of people attended a vigil last night. three other students were wounded and the young gunman himself died later from a self-inflicted gunshot. syracuse university has suspended all fraternity social activities after the latest in a string of racist incidents. saturday night a group that

included frat members used a racist slur toward a black female student. at least ten incidents have been reported on or near campus this month. state officials are investigating. in the race for the white house many of the democratic presidential candidates are now just two days away from their next debate. >> while they're getting ready they may want to be sharpening their attack lines against south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg. he's opened a substantial lead in iowa according to at least one new poll. abc's whit johnson reports. >> reporter: a surging mayor pete buttigieg shaking up the race for president with new front-runner status in iowa. >> i've been feeling momentum. in a sense of when people hear the message, they connect with it. >> reporter: that new cnn/"des moines register" poll showing buttigieg with a commanding lead over senators elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, and former vice

president joe biden, jumping 16 points in two months. the south bend, indiana, mayor has the most offices in the state, his message seeming to resonate. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg continuing to test the waters. he's criticized his potential rivals for apologizing too much for their pasts. >> joe biden went out and apologized for being male, over 50, white. beto whatever his name is, he's apologized for being born. >> reporter: but in a speech in a predominantly black church in brooklyn, bloomberg with his own apology, saying he regrets his controversial stop and frisk policy, a policy he defended for years. >> i now see that we could and should have acted sooner and acted faster to cut the stops. i wish we had. i'm sorry that we didn't. >> reporter: the top ten candidates will meet on the debate stage in georgia on wednesday. with those new rising poll numbers in iowa, mayor pete could now find himself a target. whit johnson, abc news, new york.

>> a big thanks to whit there. we got a new list out of rich folks. bill gates is once again the richest person in the world. >> bloomberg has released its latest billionaire index and the microsoft cofounder is back on top. gates, $110 billion net worth moves him past amazon ceo jeff bezos who sits at second. at $109 billion. mark zuckerberg rounded out the top five. >> bezos held top spot for two years. gates moved past him thanks to microsoft stock rise and that costly, costly divorce for mr. bezos. his wife mckenzie is now 24th on the list at a measly $35 billion. >> maybe that keeps you warm at night, think so? >> rolling around in the cash. yes. so bill gates, jeff bezos. >> warren buffett. >> all on there, just filthy rich. >> filthy. >> filthy. >> taking a bath in it. >> warren buffett, he gives a lot of it away. >> he does.

>> he probably could be at the top. >> he has his pledge encouraging other people to give most of it away. >> that's right. >> he can now go to mckenzie bezos and talk to her about giving it away. >> say, i need some cash. coming up, an update on that historic flooding in venice. prince andrew opening up about jeffrey epstein and how he couldn't possibly have had sex with an accuser when she was just 17. later in "the skinny," boyz ii men back on stage overnight. you're watching "world news now." ♪

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disaster. the damage is estimated at more than $1 billion. also overseas the stunningly candid interview with britain's prince andrew. >> he's breaking his silence about his friendship with accused sex trafficker jeffrey epstein. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: prince andrew speaking publicly about his relationship with the multimillion-dollar financier and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein in an exclusive bbc interview saying multiple times he doesn't regret their initial friendship. >> do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? yes. >> unbecoming? he was a sex offender. >> yeah, i'm sorry, i'm being polite. in the sense that he was a sex offender. but no. was i right in having him as a friend at the time? bearing in mind this was some years before he was accused of

being a sex offender. i don't think there was anything wrong then. the problem was the fact that once he had been convicted -- >> you stayed. >> i stayed with him. >> reporter: in 2008 epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor and became listed as a registered sex offender. in 2010 the prince was seen in this video obtained by "the daily mail" appearing in the doorway of epstein's new york mansion. prince andrew admitting he stayed four days saying he came to end their friendship. >> you were staying at the house -- >> yes. >> -- of a convicted sex offender. >> it was a convenient place to stay. there is -- i mean -- i've gone through this in my mind so many times. at the end of the day -- with the benefit of all the hindsight that one could have, it was definitely the wrong thing to do. but at the time i felt it was the honorable and right thing to do. >> reporter: earlier this year epstein died of apparent suicide

in jail, awaiting trial for child sex trafficking charges. prince andrew maintains that despite multiple visits to several of epstein's homes, he never saw any indication of unlawful conduct involving underage girls. >> i won't stop fighting, i will never be silenced until these people are brought to justice. >> reporter: virginia roberts giuffre, now 35, says she was one of epstein's teenage sex slaves. in court filings, giuffre claims epstein ordered her to have sex with powerful friends, including on three occasions, prince andrew. >> i have no recollection of meeting this lady, none whatsoever. >> you don't remember meeting her? >> no. >> reporter: the prince categorically denying he ever had sex with giuffre. as for this now infamous picture of the two together, the prince says he doesn't remember it being taken and says it could be a fake. >> nobody can prove whether or not it -- that photograph has been doctored, but i don't

recollect that photograph ever being taken. >> our thanks to eva there. so should he have done this interview? people were waiting for him to speak out. >> this is a hard interview, because you wonder if there was anything he could have said that would have -- >> right, exactly. he's being skewered right now, especially that -- initially with the whole, you know -- he was unbecoming, but -- >> polite, yeah. >> he's like, he's a sex offender. but apparently the tabloids are reporting that his public relations adviser actually resigned a couple of weeks ago because he didn't want him to do this interview because he thought it could backfire. >> well, sounds like he might have been on to something. because that one was a hard one. >> yeah, definitely. cringeworthy there. all right, when we come back, the big winners at last night's soul train awards. celine dion finally weighing in on that titanic debate over jack and the door.

♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time for "the skinny" starting with this year's soul train awards.

>> yeah, this year that event took place in las vegas. leading this year's pack of winners was "no guidance" chris brown's song featuring drake named song of the year. >> also making headlines, boyz ii men and stokley paying tribute to this year's legend award recipients, jimmy jam and terry lewis with their rendition -- turn it up, turn it up right now. ♪ yeah, mm, gimme that boyz ii men from philly right there. they did renditions of "tender love," "on bended knee," "breaking my heart." >> despite rave reviews on social media, quite a few fans are commenting boyz ii men to say the least were singing off key. >> nope, i ain't here for it, i ain't listening to it. >> i think they did great. i'm just happy to see them. >> boyz ii men, they're legendary, they're great. >> they are.

>> they could never sing off key. >> not everybody's on it all the time. you know? >> yeah, i mean -- like me. i mean, sometimes i can be just a little off and it's just, you know. >> all right, next to the two-night extravaganza for jay-z and beyonce. >> the carters this weekend, this was the first sean carter foundation gala at the newly renovated hard rock hotel in south florida and queen bey did not disappoint, kicking off friday night in a cleany, shimmering, champagne-hued gown at their invitation-only, high-roller blackjack tournament. >> my invitation got lost. saturday night beyonce really turned heads in a glammed-up vintage look in a sheer silver dress, bofer wrap, scarlet lipstick. >> got to make sure we say bofer. also in attendance, our own robin roberts looking spectacular there. the event raised $6 million for college prep for needy students. i got to email robin and see what was -- i mean, gimme a little insight there. >> i wonder if she had to sign

an nda. >> right, that's very true. >> we need to hear it all. >> we saw night one and night two gown looks from beyonce. we have our own beyonce to tell us which was the fave? oh wait, she's right there behind jack. >> jack? >> jack, which one was your favorite outfit of the weekend for beyonce? >> i didn't have one. >> oh, you didn't? >> no. >> she just looked great all the way around? >> whole way around. >> all the way around. what are you doing with our beyonce over there? >> we're just hanging out, you know. >> she's helping you write stories? >> stimulating conversation as usual. >> very, yeah, i'm sure. maybe she can show you some dance moves. >> sing to you a little bit. oh, okay. >> there it goes. >> we're going to let you guys continue. >> watching jack dance here, i loved every moment of that. since "titanic" came out 22 years ago, fans have argued back and forth about the fate of leo dicaprio's character jack dawson. did he really have to die in the icy ocean? or was there room on that floating door?

>> there was room. >> jack says there was room. our jack. >> over the weekend celine dion, who sings the film's iconic song, finally weighing in on whether or not she thinks jack could have survived. >> he doesn't need an invitation. [ laughter and applause ] maybe all his body's so frozen he didn't have the strength to -- ♪ jump in for my love you know? >> yeah, you didn't think that he could -- ♪ jump for her love jump in and feel the touch ♪ >> oh, i love celine. so "titanic" director james cameron said in an interview this year, there's no debate jack had to die. i know for a fact that the person that typically sits right here, janai, she thinks rose could have saved him. >> i feel if he were to jump on it, it would have flipped, it wouldn't have worked out well. as it should be. >> right. a big announcement over the weekend, sounds like a joke but it's really not "real housewives

of salt lake city." >> there's going to be a "housewives of salt lake city"? i can't believe that. i can't believe that.

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kindness that is now going viral. >> a texas cross-country mom was desperate trying to raise money to help her son's cross-country reached out to actor ashton kutcher through community.com knows kids' causes are close to his heart. >> she never really expected a response until she got one. ask and you shall receive. kutcher not only responded, he sent brand-new shoes to the team just in time for their regional meet. >> she says kutcher's rep checked in on the team to wish the boys good luck. that's so awesome. didn't he give out his phone number like a few months ago. >> he did, on twitter. >> ask me questions or something like that? >> you know moms are resourceful. >> they really are. next to an update on ♪ here comes "jeopardy!" james here comes "jeopardy!" james ♪ >> the "jeopardy!" superstar who won 32 regular games in a row over the summer, he took home the $250,000 grand prize in the tournament of champions on friday night. >> he ended up beating the contestant who ended his winning streak, emma boettcher.

>> james holzhauer's winnings totaling $2.7 million. >> so this is the last we'll see of "jeopardy!" james, right? >> this is the last of the song? or no? >> wait, do you want it to be? >> i mean, i -- i don't know if the world is ready for it to end. >> that's very true, yeah. finally for a little something that "jeopardy!" james might consider spending his money on. >> it comes to be known as the travolta dress, the midnight blue velvet gown in which princess diana famously danced with john travolta at a white house gala in 1985. >> everybody knows that picture. it is now on the auction block for $450,000. >> $450,000. >> you know, christmas is coming up, kenneth. >> you know what, it is, and i think that you would look beautiful in that stunning gown, it's historic. everybody's so obsessed with everything princess diana. >> why not, she's so great and wonderful. >> well, she is. i will bid on it right after the show for you. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com.

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morning america." have a good one. breaking news in america this morning, gunfire erupting at this home in california. ten people are shot. a family gathering to watch football apparently coming under attack. the search for the suspect. also breaking right now, the intense firefight between police and protesters in hong kong. students barricaded inside a university, gas bombs, rubber bullets and bows and arrows flying. officers moving in hoping to end the standoff. royal backlash. prince andrew explains his relationship with sex offender jeffrey epstein and denies having sex with a 17-year-old but this morning his explanation facing new scrutiny including his claim about a medical condition that prevents him from sweating. plus, the news overnight