up to the rooms, they said they were still walking the perimeter of the hotel, but i don't see -- i just walked out of my room, and i don't see staff or anyone. i see people sleeping in the lobby, but i do not see staff or firefighters. >> i want to show you a piece of video. this is with when i started becoming concerned about the park vista hotel where logan is. the chef posted this, look how close the flames areth camera around at one point, and you see others there inside the hotel. it is smokey. the flames are right there on top of the hotel. see there are people right in that lobby area. logan, that's the situation that you've been dealing with over the last few hours. i cannot imagine how frightening it is to be there right now. >> yes. it's terrifying, it is. >> and you couldn't evacuate? there's only one road out of town, so with your aunt and cousin, and you have to stay put?

there's one road to get down the mountain from the hotel, and it was un-gulfed in flames. >> well, we are keeping fingers crossed for you and your family, just stay calm, and i know the firefighters have their hands full, but we will hope for the best. thank you so much, logan. >> thank you. >> yeah. and the good news is they're >> supposed to target the fire getting a little bit of rain. so hopefully that helps. zone. >> we have a storm system moving through bringing heavy rain. the second system is expected this evening, so, of course, we'll continue to stay on top of the breaking story from tennessee. other major story now from south america where there's been a deadly plane crash in colombia. 81 people were on board the plane chartered by a brazilian club soccer team when it went down on the way to the airport. there were nine crew members on board, and officials say at least six people survived the crash.

electrical problems before the crash, but because of weather conditions, the crash site can only be reached by ground. we're going to continue to track this breaking news story. and if that wasn't enough, we have the aftermath of the attack at ohio state university. so many talking about this. the massive school in columbus, ohio, getting back to normal today, classes resuming this morning. >> but there are plenty of questions about the frightening attack there yesterday. investigators are looking into the life of the somalia-born student who went on the attack. kenneth moton has more. >> reporter: good morning. the crime scene takes us, but the active investigation continues at ohio state university. local and federal authorities believe the suspect acted alone, but they are working to figure out if his motive was terror related. confusion and chaos on the campus of ohio state university. >> fire department, this is osu. we have a vehicle that struck several pedestrians. >> reporter: investigators say

jurchled a curb and plowed into several people near the school's engineering building. he got out armed with a butcher knife and started slash iing. >> i called people. they were like, don't go to campus. there's an active shooter. >> a heroic campus cop, two years on the force, opened fire killing the suspect. >> the cop yelled, he charged the cop, and the cop was forced to shoot him. >> reporter: there was no active shooter and the terrifying theme sparked panic. many barricading themselves in clas tweeted, active shooter, run, hide, fight. >> i ran into a bathroom, luckily, there was just a single stall and i was able to lock myself in there. >> reporter: the attacker identified as 18-year-old student abdul aki razkan.

the treatment of muslims, and minutes before attack, posted, i can't take it anymore. >> authorities have to treat it as a potential terrorist attack. >> reporter: they are searching the suspect's home for clues on his motive, but leaders in the muslim community here spoke out urging people not to jump to conclusions that falsely link this accident to the face of islam. >> thank you. he mentioned there the hero cop who shot and killed the attacker. a school official said 28-year-old ohio state officer allen place at the right time in order to end the threat quickly. he was in the area where the attack took place, and because of a gas leak, he saw the entire incident as it played out and shot the driver in less than a minute after the whole thing amazing. a recount of the general election could get underway in wisconsin as early as thursday. green party candidate jill stein has until this afternoon to pay $3.5 million to cover the cost. but get this, she's already

the recount effort that upset donald trump is targeting pennsylvania and michigan where he was just declared the winner by fewer than 11,000 votes. hillary clinton would have to flip all three states to overturn the victory. >> reporter: the president-elect is holding a second meeting today with mitt romney as he continues to weigh his choices for secretary of state. after meeting with another potential pick, retired general david petraeus, trump tweeted that he was very impressed. we get more now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump summoning a favorite military leader to trump tower, retired general david petraeus, now a contender for secretary of state. >> the meeting went very well. was with him for about an hour. he basically walked us around the world, showed a grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities, as well. >> reporter: petraeus, the most

generation, falling from grace after leaking classified information to his mistress, forcing him to resign as director of the cia, a punishment trump said went too far. >> and general petraeus' life and reputation has been destroyed for doing nothing. >> reporter: meeting comes as trump's senior adviser conway wages a campaign against another ump's toughest critics.one of >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trun >> reporter: conway says trump supporters would feel betrayed if romney gets the job. >> there was the never trump movement and then there was governor mitt romney. he went out of his way to hurt donald trump. i don't think cost of admission for party unity has to be the secretary of state position. >> reporter: others on team trump push for long time loyal

>> it's going to be a busy week, buckle up. >> reporter: reports that president-elect trump was furious at his former campaign manager, conway, for what she said about mitt romney, but she says anything said on television, she's told the president like that in person, and she's working alongside him and vice president pence and that the reports are completely false. tom llamas, abc news, new york. coming up, the new health alert. a second state is now reporting a homegrown case of the zika virus. beware of what you read on the internet, fake news websites and what's feeding them. refresh remember to check out our behind the scenes pictures on instagram. they are always real. abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." ? holy night ?

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the white house says the president will not attend the president of castro friday. thousands of cubans continue to pay respect. schools and government offices are closed and a massive rally planned for to tomorrow, his ashes begin a three-day procession east across cuba before being laid to rest on sunday. a group of iranians small craft aimed its gun at a u.s. navy helicopter in the strait of hormuz this weekend. the chopper was flying ahead of the uss eisenhower as it headed out of the persian gulf. the defense department official called the move by the iranians

texas reporting its first homegrown case of the zika virus. the woman is a resident of brownsville near the border of mexico, reported no travel to other countries with ongoing zika outbreaks. until now, the only state to report homegrown cases was florida. if you recall, the first state in the u.s. to report another deadly virus, the ebola virus, on u.s. soil was in texas. also from texas, a about bizarre incident at the airport in houston. a fem airlines flight opened an emergency door and jumped from the moving plane. the woman was detained by the police as she ran away from the aircraft on the tarmac as the plane arrived from new orleans. the woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. the district attorney and fbi declining to file charges. now to the strange sight on an australian highway with traffic brought to a standstill by an suv doing reverse donuts after what seemed like a minor

the driver was unconscious. one managed to open the door, get in, and apply the hand brake. the driver may have had a medical issue causing that crash. coming up, the next half hour, new developments in the mystery kidnapping in california. the mother of two found alive three weeks after vanishing while jogging. what we're now hearing from an eyewitness who found her tied up on the side of the road. number of those so-called fake news websites. unlikely breeding ground feeding them and how they are making jobs of real journalists so much harder. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" continues after this from our abc

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that a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes. >> the same sentiment could be applied to do -- i can say this word -- proliferation. you sounded so dig phied. with juju chang. >> reporter: in one of the most contentious elections in modern history, sensationalized, and at times flat out fake news amplifying partisan rigor across the country. pope francis shocks the world, endorsing donald trump for president. fake. there's this. fbi agent suspected in hillary's leak found dead of apparent murder/suicide from the denver guardian. problem is, there is no such thing as the denver guardian. while medias are brands built on

reporting misinformation and it's spreading like wildfire online. buzzfeed's craig silverman was one of the first to recognize this problem and has been tracking fake news on the internet for years. buzzfeed uncovered a breeding ground for some of the fake news sites. >> more than a hundred websites in one small town in central cedonia.r: that's right. in particular, veles, an economically depressed city of 45,000. think of it as the the rust belt of the republic. we went to macedonia to see for ourselves. some of the welcomes' creators speak out in the shadows for the first time on television. >> i had 7 million views on one article. >> they find a way to spread. >> this work that i put in in

parents' whole life salary. >> reporter: two days after trump's victory, facebook founder mark zuckerberg dismissed the notion that the social network had an impact. >> the idea that fake news influenced the election in any way, i think, is pretty crazy idea. >> reporter: but a recent pugh poll found that 62% of american adults get news on social media with facebook leading the pack by far. nearly two-thirds of the users getting news from the site. after scoffing at the notion that fake news on facebook had an impact, zuckerberg se recognize there might be a problem writing, the bottom line is we take this misinformation seriously. we take this responsibility seriously. we've made significant progress, but there is more work to be done. but the biggest game changer could lie in eliminating the profit motive. >> basically, i have my bank account connected to my google adsense account and the payments

so in a way, we are working for google. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, google telling us as of early last week, they now prohibit google ads from being placed on misrepresented contend, adding, moving forward, we'll restrict ad serving on pages that misrepresent, misstate or conseat information. separates fact from fiction is not easy when mainstream media is at an all time high for mistrust. >> when donald trump says millions voted illegally, cetoletely not true, that gives with the truth and people make things up. >> reporter: and when our social media feed designed to mirror our own opinions only confirming our biases. so when you give a customer what they want -- >> they end up drowning in exactly what they want and to the exclusion of anything else. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> i read about this recently. >> difficult. it's an ecochamber and hard to know the truth and what's not.

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not my parallel self. it's a theory. it's not real. it's a theory. >> einstein had theories that came out to be fact. don't bust it yet. >> once it's proven, get back to me. einstein's theories were proven. anyway -- >> it says a person could potentially visit other timelines and meet themselves. it's fascinating and cool. >> i have the opposite opinion. >> i'd be in the south of france right now. >> let's talk about visiting a restaurant that you might enjoy. if you're an introvert and really only go out to eat to pick up food because you can't another human being. >> yeah. >> this is perfect for you. ichiran, the named japanese chain, is now offering in bushwick on wednesday, a low interaction dining experience. so you seat yourself referencing an electronic seating chart on the wall. indicates when a table is

slide you the menu and you press a button to signal a server to retrieve whatever needs retrieved, i guess. so, why? >> why can't you do it and just stay home? >> why go out if you don't want to be around people? again -- >> my problem with ramen and eating out with hearing people slurp. oh, that would be the end. >> like "the lady and the tramp." >> no. it doesn't end with fun. this is cute. a baby goat can only truly relaxed when dressed likis >> as a duck. polly, she's is blind and experiences anxiety, but put her in a duck costume, and she feels just ducky and relaxed. this is great. this is at an animal sanctuary that she's been at for four months. >> she's cute. >> she's very cute. i feel the same way about that.

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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, an out-of-control wildfire destroying dozens of structures forcing evacuations in tennessee. people trapped inside a hotel filled with smoke as flames reach the windows and now dolly parton's dollywood in one fire's path. also breaking right now, inveat plane crash. a soccer team on board. new details about what the pilot reported before the crash and word of survivors just in. and campus attack. a student at ohio state university ramming his car into a group and going on a stabbing spree. what we're learning about the suspect, his social media post moments before that attack and the hero police officer who took