have a great erica this morning the attack on the power grid in north carolina police saying someone opened fire spraying power substations with bullets. a state of emergency declared tens of thousands of people left in the dark, many without heat or water , possibly for days. is the attack related to the protest over a local drag show what police are saying? a seven year old girl is kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a fedex driver. the statewide tribute planned for her today and what fedex is saying about the suspect. religious faith versus lgbtq rights. the case the supreme court is hearing today that could change how americans do business wave slams into a cruise ship. an american woman

is killed. now we hear from a witness to rescues caught on camera, a mother coming to the rescue. that's her daughter is attacked by this raccoon, and in another state, a toddler is attacked by a coyote, her father racing to save her and later the new mom who thought giving birth would be the only big memory on her baby girl's birthday. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good monday morning, everyone. i'm re in an alley and i'm morgan norwood in for andrew. we begin with an attack on the power grid in north carolina. it's being called intentional vandalism. authorities say cowards opened fire on power substations, and it could leave thousands of people in the dark. for days. a state of emergency has been declared as police investigate whether the vandalism is related to protests over a drag show. tens of thousands of people in

north carolina are preparing to be without electricity for days after gunfire damage to electrical substations seen in the case that the show that the firearm had been used. to disable the equipment. an estimated 45,000 customers lost power saturday night when authorities say someone opened fire on the substations in moore county, damaging multiple pieces of equipment. authorities say some areas may have no power until thursday, unlike perhaps a storm where you can you can go in and reroute power somewhere else. that was not an option. in this case, entire towns have no working traffic lights and with cold temperatures in the forecast. a shelter has been opened in a local sports complex . the sheriff says the attack appears to be targeted. they're looking into whether the sabotage is connected to a drag show in the area. earlier saturday, a crowd gathered outside the theater to protest a drag show that night. our 40

minutes into the show the audience using their phones to lightthe room whenever we band together, and we come together, um we are stronger than any sort of opposition that we are met west since the shooting at club q in colorado springs last month , authorities say hate speech targeting lgbtq people has increased online. in ohio this weekend, a school had to cancel a drag queen story our amid threats of protests from the proud boys back in north carolina. authorities say there is no evidence yet connecting the drag show in the attack on the power grid group has stepped up to acknowledge or accept it there, ones that done it, so yeah, i call them cowards. the largest hospital in the area is running on a generator, but says it is operating normally. today is the final day of campaigning before tomorrow's senate runoff

in georgia. raphael warnock in herschel walker are making one last appeal to voters after early voting seta record. abc is justin finch has more on what's at stake, justin good morning. good morning. georgia voters have been here before last electing a senator in 2021 runoff race, and this time incumbent democrat raphael warnock is in another tight fight against him ballot republican herschel walker after neither 1 50% of the midterm vote. georgia senate hopefuls are wrapping up closing arguments trying to rally voters back to the polls again. it's time to have our voices heard and vote counting. i know you might be tired, but can you imagine how tired you are going to be if herschel walker is your senator for the next six years after neither met the 50% threshold for november midterm win republican challenger herschel walker and incumbent rafael or knock are vying once more to be georgia's next senator? and both parties have

brought out big names support. mr walker has been talking about issues better of great importance to the people of georgia. like whether it's better to be a vampire or werewolf. he didn't come to talk about hope and change. he came to make fun. of my friend herschel walk in the final days of the campaign, walker still fending off accusers allegations forgive you. you forgiven. and no one can bring it up again with one day left to go concerned that walker's candidates seem and democrats senate majority could affect turnout. what hurts the republicans? the most is you can't argue now. this is for control. get ballot click that button early voter turnout in georgia breaking records. more than 1.8 million georgia voters already cast ballots despite a

new law limiting early voting days, and the democrats have secured control of the upper chamber. georgia win would tighten their grip, but a republican win could stall the president's agenda, possibly giving the gop on edge in 2024. morrigan rhiannon. justin thank you attribute his plan today for the seven year old texas girl kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a fedex driver. people across texas are now being asked to honor athena strained by wearing pink, which was her favorite color. athena's body was found a few miles from her home on friday, two days after she went missing, police say 31 year old tanner horner has confessed. but his motive remains unclear. he is being held on $1.5 million bond. precious child taken from their lives. pray for these folks, um, so that they might be relieved as some of the pain. horner was a contract worker, but fedex says he was subjected to the same background check as

full time employees and had no criminal history. a major case at the supreme court today involving lgbtq rights, the justices will hear arguments on whether business owners can refuse to provide a service to same sex couples based on their religious beliefs and free speech. abc is derek dennis reports. this morning whether it's baking a cake. if it's not something, i will say it and it's not something all right on a cake or designing a wedding website. i am a christian and as a christian, i believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. supreme court is set to decide whether public service can be denied based on a person's constitutional right to free speech versus equal lgbtq rights. it stems from a colorado case brought by website designer laurie smith appealing to the supreme court not to be fined or otherwise. is punished under colorado law for refusing to work on an lgbtq themed project , saying it would violate her religious beliefs. i'm never

refusing a project based on who is requesting requesting the work, but the message that i'm being asked to my time talents into promoting and celebrating, colorado's attorney general philip wiser, says otherwise, if you're open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody. that's a core of our civil rights law, and it has deep roots in american law. smith's 2019 lawsuit follows a similar case brought by colorado baker jack phillips in 2012, who argued he should not be forced to make an l g b t q themed cake for a same sex couple under his first amendment right to it. express his own speech. he won the case on a technicality. in a narrow ruling, artem scardina, a transgender woman is now suing smith for violating her rights. tld him who i was. then it became. i won't sell it to you. ultimately the supreme court now gets to decide if one right overrides another. what's at stake is the right of every american to be able to speak messages that are consistent with their conscience and to not

face government punishment for declining to speak a message that violates their core convictions if the supreme court rules in favor of service providers and could have a sweeping effect, essentially carving out a legal exemption for business owners to deny any kind of service based on their personal beliefs. giving them an overriding right to say no. morrigan rhiannon, derek. thank you. iranian state media is denying a claim that iran is disbanding its controversial morality. police those officers have been enforcing the islamic dress code, which is fueled months of protests. critics say dissolving the morality police would still not be enough. they want regimechange. china is loosening more of its covid 19 restrictions. those policies sparked the historic wave of recent protests. but beginning today, people are able to ride mass transit in beijing and elsewhere without showing a recent negative covid test malls and restaurants. also reopening . it is time now for a look at your monday weather. it is

snowing in the rockies and reining in the southeast. that rain will spread out over the next day and then move into the northeast by wednesday. the range stretches from texas all the way up to maine through friday, areas of kentucky and tennessee will see up to six inches of rain and 1 to 2 inches are expected in parts of the east and checking today's high temperatures sixties in the southwest fifties in the plains in the northeast, and the twin cities failedto hit the freezing mark today 77 in dallas, 53. in kansas city. coming up the play of the year in high school football, but first a rogue wave slams into a cruise ship killing a passenger. we hear from a witness. and weeks after four college students were murdered in idaho , the surviving roommates are speaking out. eta jones,

her and the backstreet boys live on g m. a back now, with a deadly cruise at the bottom of the world. the rogue wave slammed into a viking cruise ship near antarctica, killing a 62 year old american woman who was hit by broken glass. a witness says the impact was so violent she thought the ship may have hit an iceberg. the windows came crashing. and there was this wallace seawater that came in beds were being shoved up against the doors so that they would not be able to get it. they were not able to get out of the room. how scary the investigation is underway into the passenger's death. that ship sailed back to argentina a weeks after four college students were murdered in idaho. we're now hearing from the surviving roommates as one victim's father describes his frustration with police handling this unsolved case. this morning, the unsolved

murders of four university of idaho students entering a critical week when detectives are expected to receive forensic test results more than three weeks after caylee gonzalves madison mugen xena cornered and even chapin were found stabbed in their off campus home. my life was greatly impacted to have known these four beautiful people to surviving roommates broke their silence during the memorial and letters read by a pastor. i know it will be hard. to not have the four of them in our lives, but i know zanna, ethan, maddie and kayleigh would want us to live life and be happy. and they would want us to celebrate their lives. it comes as family members criticize investigators for releasing little information, including white. the surviving roommates have been ruled out as suspects who called 911 how the killer got inside the house and what's leading investigators to believe the attack was targeted. this community is not going to hell and tell this guy's pulled off the streets, it ain't gonna happen. father confirms his daughter's wounds were more severe than madison's. and he

says autopsy reports show their causes of death. do not match investigators that caylee and madison were killed in the same bed on the top floor of the house match indicate that one of them he doesn't have to go up the steps. let's stop playing games, guys, i need somebody step up and be an outfit. be somebody to be a leader. don't make me do it. points of damage don't match. i'm just gonna say it wasn't leaked to me. i earned that i paid for that funeral. i paid for that. it's my right. you ain't taking that from me. calm down. if you don't want to say nothing, that's your bet. and authorities say they have received 3000 tips in this case coming up george clooney's big night also ahead, parents to the rescue from a girl attacked by a raccoon. a toddler attacked by a raccoon. a toddler attacked by a coyote. the mom and dad caught avoiding triggers but can't keep migraines away? qulipta® can help prevent migraines. you can't always prevent what's going on outside... that's why qulipta® helps what's going on inside.

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headed to the hall of fame. a special committee has sent fred mcgriff to cooperstown. he had 493 home runs during his career , while mcgriff is in barry bonds, roger clemens and curt schilling all missed out again on sunday night football. the cowboys were accused of running up the score because dallas scored 33 points in the fourth quarter. blowing out the cold 54 to 19. it was the most lopsided final quarter of a game since get this 1925. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi, made his first public appearance since being attacked in their home, president biden made a fist pump to paul pelosi , who attended the kennedy% center honors event in washington last night. pelosi is recovering from a skull fracture . honorees at the event included george clooney, gladys knight, amy grant, and you, too. big congrats to all of them. we turn now to a terrifying attack on the way to the bus stop a girl attacked by a raccoon until her

mom stepped in, and this wasn't the only animal attack over the weekend. this morning. two moments of parental heroism caught on camera after young children were attacked by wild animals in broad daylight. in connecticut, logan mcnamara's five year old daughter, riley was waiting for the bus friday when a raccoon latched onto her leg. logan rushes outside is riley screams in terror, she manages to yank the animal off her daughter and struggles with it as riley runs inside record down. eventually she is able to toss the raccoon into the front yard and get inside. both mom and daughter were bitten and scratched and went to the hospital for rabies shots. both are okay. but logan says she'll be setting traps on her property after animal control officials were unable to track down the raccoon. meanwhile in california

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reggie: now at 5:00, we are on storm watch again this morning. the rain might impact your drive to work or going to school. drew is standing by with when the rain is going to come down the hardest and when they might clear. kumasi: paul pelosi making his first public appearance since his attack at the san francisco home p how president biden paid tribute. reggie: how the covid-19 mandate might be a thing of the past. kumasi: plus, the latest 9-to-5 adventure for dolly parton, who may set up her own museum. reggie: to be clear, she already has her own museum called "chasing rainbows," but i guess this is her first non-themepark museum. welcome to monday, december 5. kumasi: we will start with a check of our forecast with drew. drew: