breaking news in america this morning, deadly volcano eruption sending ash and particles into the sky. this morning what royal caribbean is saying about passengers on the island as shocking new video of the eruption comes in. naval base attack. the fbi tweeting the mass shooting as an act of terrorism. did the saudi air force member have help planning the attack and how authorities said he legally obtained the gun. impeachment showdown, a critical hearing getting under way in just hours with democrats laying out their argument as republicans intensify their counterattacks, plus the long awaited report released today on whether the fbi conducted illegal surveillance on a former trump campaign aide.

and celebrating the man who brought life to "sesame street." ♪ who's the fella with all yellow ♪ >> the tributes pouring in for caroll, big bird's voice since the character's beginning. not again. steve harvey announces a wrong winner during the miss universe pageant. what happened this time. and from the equipment mix-up nearly canceling the game to the cheerleaders causing a delay. >> we need the cheerleaders off the field, please. >> to a fan making the best of his live tv moment. >> this place is still packed and people are still partying. >> the must see moments on and off the gridiron this morning. good monday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. it's kenneth moton. it's great to have toni collins from her sister network espn in

for janai norman. we begin with breaking news this morning, the death toll is rising after a volcano erupted at a popular tourist destination in new zealand. >> dozens are missing. police are not sure how many were on the island because volcano experts are warning rescue crews to stay away fearing another eruption. tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the white island volcano just before it blew. >> officials say some of the tourists are from new zealand. others from other countries. this video you're seeing was taken by an american from san francisco. this is new zealand's most active volcano, and it had been showing increased activity recently. >> on the scheme of things for volcanic eruptions, it's not large, but if you were close to that, it is not good. it has quieted down, but we can't be certain there won't be another eruption in the next 24 hours. >> a royal caribbean cruise from sydney was near the island for sightseeing. the company issuing a statement saying, quote, we can confirm that a number of our guests were touring the island today. "ovation of the seas" will

remain overnight until we learn more about the situation. now, to the other big story this morning, the deadly shooting spree at a florida navy base. that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism. >> authorities are focusing on a motive and if the saudi air mann acted alone or was part of a larger network. saudi officials and authorities are reportedly trying to determine if the suspect was radicalized during a trip back home late last year. abc's trevor ault has more. >> reporter: hundreds of federal agents continue to investigate friday's deadly shooting at naval air station pensacola which the fbi now presumes was an act of terror. >> i know that the community is safe and there's not any sort of immediate direct threat of any additional terrorist acts at this time. >> reporter: the suspected shooter, mohammed alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the royal saudi air force, was in the u.s. as part of a pilot training program. >> you have foreign military personnel coming to our base. they should not be doing that if they hate our country. >> reporter: the gunman's

saudi classmates are being kept on base and are cooperating with questioning. sources telling abc news investigators are looking into claims by alshamrani's classmates that he watched mass shooting videos at his home days before the attack. >> members of the fbi's joint terrorism task force are working tirelessly to discern if any possible ideology that may have been a factor in this attack. >> reporter: the fbi is now carefully reviewing surveillance images and cell phone video taken immediately after the rampage as families mourn the loss of three young lives, 23-year-old ensign joshua watson, 19-year-old airman mohammed sameh haitham and 21-year-old airman apprentice cameron walters. members of the community lining up to pay respects during a solemn procession returning the fallen to the naval air station. >> i urge anyone who feels they need a little extra support to reach out and get the help they need. >> reporter: the two officers injured when they heroically confronted the gunman are now recovering.

trevor ault, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to trevor there and the fbi says the gun used in the shooting was purchased legally in florida. normally it's not legal for non-u.s. officials to obtain a gun, however a federal law allows official representatives from certain foreign governments like saudi arabia to obtain a gun. we turn now to capitol hill and the fast-moving push to impeach president trump. another public hearing is set for today with house democrats poised to make their case to kick president trump out of office. the president is refusing to participate, but the democrats worked through the weekend rapidly moving to draw up articles of impeachment. abc's serena marshall joins us from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: kenneth, good morning. this week is going to start with democrats introducing charges against the president that's likely to include obstruction and abuse of power and it'll wrap up with a committee vote on impeachment. the second official impeachment hearing under way this morning and this time it's the lawyers testifying before congress. >> we're in the process now of

focusing that into something that, you know, holds him accountable. >> reporter: democrats working through the weekend as lawyers from both parties from both the judiciary and intelligence committees will present the findings of their investigations and democrats say theirs shows a rock solid case. >> i think the case we have if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. >> reporter: not participating though the president's team, even as his personal lawyer rudy giuliani spent the past week in ukraine, something even republicans were uncomfortable with. >> but it is weird that he's over there. >> i think he wants to go before congress and say and also to the attorney general and to the cooperative justice, i think he's found plenty. >> reporter: some democrats pointing to that as a reason to continue their breakneck pace. >> are you moving too quickly? that would be a valid concern if the president wasn't moving quickly to have his lawyer go over to ukraine and continue to cheat our elections. >> reporter: the president meanwhile continues to call the whole thing a sham. >> we had a perfect conversation.

>> reporter: even as he took to twitter sunday firing off nearly 100 tweets and retweets in just one day, most targeting democrats and the inquiry as republicans remain united behind him. there are currently no hearings scheduled for after today but we expect the chair of the judiciary committee to introduce those articles of impeachment in the coming days. kenneth, toni. >> all right, serena, thank you. as you mentioned, the justice department's internal report on the russia report is coming out. the inspector general found the fbi had enough legitimate evidence to open the probe, a rejection of the president's claim that it was an illegal witch-hunt but the report is also expected to document errors and omissions by investigators. the attorney general is overseeing a separate but similar criminal investigation. time now for a look at your weather for this monday morning. good morning. we're watching this powerful storm make its way into the great lakes.

on the back side of it cold and snowy. out ahead a warmer but wet day. we're talking widespread 1 to 2 inches of rainfall by the end of the day tomorrow. on the snowy side of things 6 to 12 inches from central north dakota into the u.p. of michigan. behind this system lots of colder air spilling into the midwest and the northeast as we head into the middle of the week. we're talking temperatures into the 20s by tuesday in chicago. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. coming up, why an old floppy disk sold for $84,000. also ahead, a man under arrest accused of planning a mass shooting this morning, the videos that police say show him rehearsing an attack. and ripe for the picking, a pricey piece of artwork is ruined when a man walks up and

♪ les poissons les poissons, how i love les poissons ♪ the voice behind chef louis in "the little mermaid" has died. rene auberjonois lost his battle against lung cancer at his home in los angeles sunday. his film career began in 1970 in the movie "m.a.s.h." he also received a number of tony nominations for his work on broadway and had regular roles in the '80s sitcoms "benson" and the '90s sigh tie "star trek: deep space nine." he was 79. the california man planning a mass shooting is due in court today. investigators say steve homoki filmed and posted chilling videos on youtube in which he appeared to be rehearsing a terror attack. the videos show a man pointing assault weapons at people from a hotel window in downtown san diego. a tipster led police to homoki saying he had planned -- had a plan in place.

>> you take every tip seriously because you just don't know if it's going to be a real shooter or not. where you're talking about shooting out of a window down on people below, which is exactly what happened in las vegas, and so that's why it's so alarming. >> charges against the suspect include possession of an assault weapon. homoki told a local tv station that the videos were a miniature art project. fans and celebrities are mourning the death of 21-year-old rapper juice wrld. the artist whose real name was jarad higgins died sunday morning after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest at chicago's midway airport. he was at the forefront of the so-called emo rap scene. his biggest hit, "lucid dreams" streamed a billion times. an autopsy scheduled for today. >> a pricey fruit at an art exhibit turned into a meal. that banana duct taped to the wall at art basil miami was gobbled by a performance artist. no charges were filed. the gallery says he didn't destroy the work. the three buyers who paid 400

thousand for it apparently bought the concept of the piece, not the fruit itself so once it was purchased, he could eat it. and check this out, that is steve jobs' autograph on a floppy disk that sold for more than $84,000 and before its auction started an estimate was the disk would sell for around $7500. it's believed the late apple boss signed it around 1988. coming up, the tributes pouring in for the man behind big bird. also ahead, witnesses watching in horror as tigers pounce on a conservationist. what we're learning about the victim. and crisis asserted. the travel mistake that led to the patriots/chiefs game nearly being canceled. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance.

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by an avalanche in the state this season. now to another sad passing. the world is remembering a childhood favorite, the man behind big bird for 50 years. >> legendary "sesame street" puppeteer caroll spinney has died. spinney, who also brought us oscar the grouch referred to himself as the most unfamous person in america after entertaining and educating children. will ganss has more. ♪ who's the fella who is all yellow ♪ ♪ who, who, who >> reporter: he's 8'2" of pure sunny yellow happiness and caroll spinney, the beating heart that brought big bird to life. spinney has been underneath those 4,000 feathers since "sesame street's" first episode in 1969 when big bird looked like this. >> i'm a bird. birds are big. >> reporter: all eyes on that lovable giant canary though the puppet itself had no eye holes itself for spinney. instead, he was able to see

using a video monitor strapped to his chest. one of spinney's arms operating the head, beak and eyes. >> i'm just about to see if i have any mail today. >> reporter: the other operating the left wing and a string helping him operate the right. the actor has also been the the voice behind oscar the grouch, who was orange when he made his debut. spinney says oscar's voice was inspired by a cab driver he met on his way to a rehearsal. >> well, if you won't go away, i will. >> reporter: spinney also revealing he almost left "sesame street" in the first season. the actor worried he wasn't up to par with the rest of the cast. on his way to quit, he ran into the guy who built the big bird puppet convincing him to give it another month. spinney gave it another month and another five decades. big bird receiving a star on the hollywood walk of fame. taking trips around the world. >> this is the great wall of china. >> reporter: not bad for a flightless bird and neither are spinney's five daytime emmys and a lifetime achievement award. he's been training his successor since the late '90s, but matt

vogel didn't don the yellow feathers until late last year. vogel whose last name means bird in german said caroll taught me to keep an innocence and childlike quality alive not only in big bird but myself. thank you, caroll. thank you, caroll, indeed. the rest of the cast of "sesame street" in attendance at yesterday's kennedy center honors wore a yellow feather pinned to their suits. you see it there in honor of their late friend and mentor. kenneth, toni. >> nice tribute. thank you, will. and a california animal conservation activist is recovering after she was injured by the tigers at her park. patty perry went into their cage at the sanctuary she founded near los angeles during an event for donors. a spokesperson says she does that nearly every day. but this time the big cats got a little too playful. >> they began to play with her and the bengal took both of his paws and wrapped around her legs and she fell down. another one jumped on her and begin to pull on her before they got her out and caused some lacerations.

>> luckily the guests at that event included a group up firefighters who helped perry after she escaped from the cage. she's expected to recover and get back with the tigers. in sports college football's final four is all set. number one lsu will face number four oklahoma and then ohio state will take on defending champion clemson. both games are december 28th. the winners play for the title on january 13th. over to the pros, the los angeles rams jumped out to an 18-point lead on seattle. on their way to a 28-12 win. the only thing slowing down l.a. in the first half, not the not the players, the team's cheerleaders. check this out. >> we need the cheerleaders off the field please. >> all right. the rams mascot. hey, it's hollywood, baby. what can i tell you? >> yes, it is hollywood. apparently the cheerleaders got

a little too caught up in the congratulations part and slowed down things for the team there. an equipment mishap almost derailed kansas city's win in new england. the gear for 35 k.c. players went to new jersey instead of foxborough because the chiefs didn't take it off their plane. it showed up hours before game time. if it hadn't kansas city would have forfeited. >> conspiracy theory right there. >> right. all right. up next in "the pulse," another major mix-up for steve harvey at the miss universe pageant. also ahead, ryan reynolds showing off his superhero reflexes when a stage barrier came crashing down in front of him. and a tough day on the job for e reporter as a football fan makes the most of his moment on live television. one reporter as a football fan makes the most of his moment on live television. your holiday shopping is complete. it's time to celebrate. ♪

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all righty, so "the pulse" begins with steve harvey at the miss universe pageant and, yes, it happened again. >> harvey was hosting the competition last night when he announced the winner of the costume contest. that's when things went wrong. >> uh-huh. harvey said the wrong winner and was quick to shift the blame. take a listen. >> here's a look at the winner, philippines. this is it right here. >> it's not philippines. it's malaysia. >> okay, well, let me explain something to you. i just read that in the teleprompter. y'all gonna quit doing this to me. i can read. it said now. they're trying to fix it now. here's what they did back to me in 2015. >> that was when harvey announced miss colombia was the winner when it was really miss philippines. >> the winner here, it was miss

south africa, zozibini tunzi. the most important thing being taught is leadership and called women the most powerful beings in the world. miss puerto rico was the runner-up. she said they should be taught leadership. it's all about leadership for young girls. >> love that. next, an update on the peloton ad controversy and the actress caught in the middle of it all. >> the ad features a wife documenting her fitness. critics call this sexist. monica ruiz, the actress who portrays the wife says she's shocked and overwhelmed by all the social media attention especially the negative. >> meantime, ruiz is in a new commercial for ryan reynolds' gin which pokes fun at the controversy. it's a good ad too. hey, but reynolds may be getting a little tired of the notoriety after a mishap in brazil. >> he was nearly injured by his fans. >> reynolds had jumped off the stage to meet and greet at comic-con experience. the crowd knocked over a barricade in its excitement nearly hitting him. reynolds, look at him, he leaped out of the way just in time. >> okay. and finally a shoutout to a reporter that really hung in there.

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we all saw it coming in. >> i think it will get worse. the south bay, where there's no fog right now, that will creep into your neighborhoods. you have almost unlimited visibility in the south bay. the rest of us are around a couple hundred feet. 50 feet or less at times. san jose temperatures are at about 53 degrees. during the afternoon hours, 57 to about 60 degrees. we'll talk more about that fog next. here is jobina. >> good morning. fog here on our maps now. everywhere you see this white color and the gray, that's where we experience the fog. you can see the cash lanes are stacking up. it is thick, especially as you make it through the toll plaza and on to the bridge. look at this. the screen did not go black. this is just how foggy it is in emeryville. you can't make out the

headlights there right now. very dangerous conditions. a commuter alert. southbound highway 101 closure that will be starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. and go through 6:00 a.m. between daly city and holloway avenue. there will be a one-mile portion closed on the road. >> thanks. this morning washington democrats are expected to present evidence for their impeachment case against the president. >> the white house is still not participating in the process. serena marshall has a preview of the hearing. >> reporter: the second official impeachment hearing under way. this time it's the lawyers testifying before congress. >> we're in the process now of focusing that into something that, you know, holds him accountable. >> reporter: democrats working through the weekend as lawyers from both parties from both the judiciary and intelligence committees will present the findings of their investigations and democrats say theirs shows a rock solid case. >> i think the case we have if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three

minutes flat. >> reporter: not participating though the president's team, even as his personal lawyer rudy giuliani spent the past week in ukraine, something even republicans were uncomfortable with. >> but it is weird that he's over there. >> i think he wants to go before congress and say and also to the attorney general and to the cooperative justice, i think he's found plenty. >> reporter: some democrats pointing to that as a reason to continue their breakneck pace. >> are you moving too quickly? that would be a valid concern if the president wasn't moving quickly to have his lawyer go over to ukraine and continue to cheat our elections. >> reporter: the president meanwhile continues to call the whole thing a sham. >> we had a perfect conversation. >> reporter: even as he took to twitter sunday firing off nearly 100 tweets and retweets in just one day, most targeting democrats and the inquiry as republicans remain united behind him. later today the inspector general of the jus