this morning on "world news now," wildfire emergency, the rain fanning flames in some regions. we'll talk with an official on the ground there for the latest updates. and last nights's dinner between president-elect trump and mitt romney was apparently good enough to bury the hatchet. hillary clinton's surprise appearance last night. find out what katy perry had to do with it. new this half hour, new development in the case of the missing california mom found alive after three weeks. >> her husband speaks to abc news about his wife's condition after being badly beaten and how police officers, quote, warn ed him to brace himself before visiting her in the hospital.

"hamilton" creator, collaborating with the rock, we'll have the full story on the skinny. it's wednesday, november 30th. it'll catch on eventually, this song. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> yeah. >> i wonder if all the audience members watching the show will be on the phone. >> one show you're allowed to take photos of. >> snapchatting during it. >> d.j. kelly, like, no, not another one. all right, a serious note this morning, though, with the devastating wildfires in eastern tennessee. the resort city of gatlinburg under a curfew until 6:00 a.m. to keep residents and tourists safe. >> the fire destroyed much of the town at the foot of the great smokey mountains. unbelievable footage we're seeing. gusts as strong as 60 miles per hour pushed flames over 20

just the clothes on their backs. three deaths are being blamed on the flames. investigators say the fire that started it all was caused by humans. >> earliier we spoke with mark nagi with the department of transportation, spending all day driving around the coupe. >> i know you toured the area, what did you tell us about the destruction there? >> caller: good news is downtown gatlinburg is pretty much all in tact, but you go on the side a mile of that main strip, it looks like a bomb has gone off. >> wow. >> caller: homes that are -- you only know they were there because the foundation is all that remains, and it's something that's going to take a long time for the folks in gatlinburg to rebuild. >> as you drove around the area, were you stunned but how devastating this was? >> caller: absolutely. i mean, you hear the reports from the night before about the high winds or 60 miles per hour,

how much widespread devastation there is in the area. it isn't just the folks vacationing there. this is also just the normal houses for the folks that live in gatlinburg, so these are the folks that are going to have to deal with this 365 days a year. >> can you speak to the ramifications of this? affecting both the residents that live there, but also the many, many tourists that go there every year. >> caller: yeah, certainly. you just wonder what it's going to be like when you get the busier tourist seasons. this is, perhaps, the worst fire seen in east tennessee in about a century. the governor toured the area. this is something that's going to take a while for folks to deal with. >> give us the latest overall as far as you know, the fire is under control and it did not have much of an impact on dollywood at the same time, right? >> caller: that's correct.

into the area. we have seen heavy rains helping smaller fires that remean in the gatlinburg area. >> i wonder, any semblance of the a plan to move forward and rebuild? >> caller: well, i think it's way too early to say, but this has been something that governor is well aware of everything going on in the area, and it's something that the state will deal with, and i'm sure we'll get federal assistance as well. >> thanks to mark nagi from the tennesse the latest on the devastation, mark. >> caller: thank you. >> another note about the nichgs right now, high wind watches and warnings in the fire zone today, however, more rain is on the way. >> hoping the rain helps with the fire, but the same system is bringing tornados to louisiana and mississippi creating a dangerous situation in that region. >> this breaking news overnight, the powerful storms have been tearing across the south, and we've just learned those storms have turned deadly. in alabama, three people have

destroyed across the state. we'll stay on top of the breaking news story. now to mitt romeny's stunning about face on donald trump turning criticism to compliments. months after romney blasted trump as a phoney conman, they sat down together with the secretary of state within reach, and he heaped praise on the president-elect saying america's best days are ahead. >> he did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together, and his vision is something which obviously connected with the american people in a very powerful way. >> romney said he's been impressed with trump since the victory speech. they discussed world affairs over dinner calls the conversation inlightening and engaging. >> okay. trump has been putting the cabinet together with nominees

sparking a new debate with a single tweet, punishment about burning the american flag. here's more now from tom llamas. >> reporter: president-elect trump starting his day with an out of the blue declaration on twitter. nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. if they do, there must be consequences. perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. no explauanation for the trigge but it came 30 minutes after a fox news segment tha massachusetts college removed all american flags after someone set one ablaze to protest trump. >> they took down the flag after one flag was set on fire. >> reporter: flag burns is protected under the first amendment, 26 years ago, the supreme court decided it was freedom of speech. one of the justices who agreed was scalia, who trump often praised. >> in this country, we have a long tradition of protecting unpleasant speech. >> we have a responsibility as a

rights that are in the constitution. >> reporter: trump's tweet taking attention from a busy they for the transition team. republican congressman tom price of georgia picked as secretary of health and human services. price is an orthopedic surgeon and fierce critic of obamacare. >> this is bad for patients, of all americans. >> one of the few americans with are detailed plan for replacing the health care law, repealing medicaid, providi for millions of low income americans. he also nominated chao, and for treasury secretary, trump picking his campaign finance chairman who spent 17 years working for goldman sachs where he was a part ner, but the powerful job of secretary of state still unfilled. trump meeting with bob corker.

appearance last night to surprise one of the most famous and loyal sporters. she dropped in on a a unicef gala in manhattan to present perry with a humanitarian award moving the singer to tears saying we need champions like perry now more than ever, and she credited clinton with lighting a voice inside her that will never go out. hundreds of thousands of cubans gathered for far farewell. there was a speech thanking world leaders for their words of praise, and castro's official funeral is on sunday where two american diplomats will represent the u.s. there. and there's overwhelming grief in brazil after that plane crashed and killed almost an entire professional soccer team. the plane went down near medellin, colombia, where the team would play the biggest match in its history tonight. 71 killed, but somehow six

electrical failure, the plane's tail struck the top of the mountain and the rest slid down the other side of the mountain. the plane's black boxes have been recovered from the wreckage. among the victims was a 22-year-old player who a week ago was captured on video after learning he would soon be a dad. you see the excitement there. he scored the goal that led the team to dance in the competition. a tennessee school bus driver acuscused in the for the first time. walker led in court in cuffs and shackled. his attorney immediately asking for a delay. he's due back december 13th. ecstasy closer to being available by prescription to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. it's sold under the name mdma, and stage three would be the last step before possible approval as a possible prescription.

the world's oldest living person is not watching this morning. it's okay. a belated happy birthday anyway. >> emma moreno celebrated her 117th birthday yesterday at her home in northern italy. she blew the candles on her cake out all by herself. go, emma. >> yeah. celebrating with her were her nieces, care giver, and doctor. she's the world's only living person who was born 1800s. >> i would love to chat with her. seen -- a lot, especially living in italy, the history she's seen. it's a title i don't want. >> the oldest living person? >> no. >> you don't? >> next time she's in the news? >> oh, don't -- it'll be her next birthday, 118, emma. >> yes, exactly. coming up, the new development in the case of that missing mom in california found alive after more than three

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to "gma" mixture of horror and elation upon first seeing his wife in the hospital. the officers warned me to brace myself. her face covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings, bridge of the nose, broken. weighing just 87 pounds, he emaciated body covered in severe burns. she's been branded. now it's being a skrut newsed. >> it is not a was a message. >> to who? >> could be a message to her. it could be a message to others. >> reporter: authorities are hunting for the captors described as two armed hispanic women in a dark suv. keith said his wife was released with a chain around her waist and bag over her head and keeps pushing back against speculation the 22-day ordeal was some sort of hoax calling the rumors

saying the long blond hair chopped off, using that as some kind of psychological warfare to destroy her identity. abc news, california. when we come back, the beauties who stripped off their clothes and makeup for a calendar. >> "millennials: the musical"

time now for the skinny starting with the first peek at 2017 calendar. >> will be the 44th edition of the italian tire company exclusive calendar featuring the stars, but next year, like this year, they are focusing on natural beauty and fem this showing the 55-year-old in a black piece, one of the photos, and profound expression on her face. >> uma thurman involved this year, she, by the way, looks half her 46 years in age. no other way about that. without makeup. >> extremely close up. getting up close and personal to nicole kidman. who said after the shoot that female power is the courage to be yourself. >> i love that. >> yeah.

standards of beauty, the actor adam driver, big fan, opens up about extreme weight loss in the role for "silence." >> check out these pictures. he looks nearly unrecognizable in the role. 50 pounds lighter than usual. basically emaciated, a christian missionary in japan. >> a far cry from the build for the character in "star wars" last year. >> he did not go into detail the interview magazine as to how he lost all the weight, but he did say that the overwhelming hunger helped him to deliver a more raw performance. >> or hangry performance. >> wonder if he was cranky, because if so, i understand. >> "silence" hits theaters limited release december 23rd before nationwide in january. christian bale did a similar thing for a movie winning him an

so there's been a trend. >> yes. >> of people who want totransfo. >> it's not healthy. >> are we encouraging actors to do things that are bad for their bodies because it's a guaranteed oscar? >> i would do it. >> anything for the arts. >> you'd do it? no, i would be hangry. >> each camera adding ten pounds. >> unless the role requires doing this, i would not do a good jo child of dwyane "the rock" johnson, and the "hamilton" creator. >> titled perfectly enough "millennials: the musical." here's a look. >> i'm going to purge all my technology. i'm going to actually commit to something. i'm going to commit millennial suicide. ? this is all too complicated ?

use it ? ? stop wasting data after all ? ? delete my instagram twitter facebook tindr ? ? get a real job ? >> so the entire musical focuses on millennials' obsession with technology, and it runs less than 15 minutes. perfect for a millennial's short attention span. >> sort of long for them. wait, are you trying to say you're a millennial? >> what? what was that? all right. okay. all right. we won't have -- okay. moving on. next story. moving along. >> a celebrity teacher at the university of texas. >> oscar winning actor traded in the lincoln for a golf cart to give students a lift. >> part of the shore walk program created to help students get home safely when walking home from 7:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. >> the university of texas student government posted the

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? ? ? ? all right. i real version. >> taylor's not on spotify. no. we got ryan adams, just as cool. here's something that taylor swift fans had not considered, not even in their wildest dreams. >> everything has changed now that the ten-time grammy winner is filling blank space on directv with her own channel. get it? here's abc's dan harris.

feeling 22 ? >> reporter: nanfans will soon enjoy feeling 22 24/7. the multiplatinum pop star getting her own tv channel striking a deal with at&t to launch taylor swift now. >> are you ready? >> reporter: fans can access never before seen performances and exclusive content through u-verse, directv, and directv now, a new streaming service set to launch on wednesday. screaming, dying, crying. i can't contain my emotioning. they are also saying good-bye to their social lives. last month, at&t announced swift would headline the super saturday night event on the eve of super bowl sunday in heousto. she tweeted out a jersey dawning her lucky no. 13. she's not the only superstar. reece witherspoon is providing

brand, hello sunshine. no word as to how swiftly the content will hit the screen, but it turns out for some -- ? wildest dreams ? >> reporter: wildest dreams do come true. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> dan harris likes taylor swift puns, see! i feel vindicated now. entire directv package or make you more or less likely -- >> just to get the channel, you mean? >> yeah. >> will i get it? >> i don't know. >> i know every word to every song, i don't know how much more i need. such a thing as too much? >> a long list of starbucks lovers. >> you know all the words too. this is abc's "world news

making news in america this morning, breaking right now, severe storms turning deadly. homes torn apart after tornado warnings overnight. where the storms are heading right now. those storms are passing over tennessee where wildfires are still burning this morning. we're getting our first look now at the charred town and hearing from the two men who shot they evacuated. from enemies to potential allies president-elect donald trump and mitt romney having dinner together. what romney said afterwards as trump announces new cabinet members and sets off a first amendment firestorm. a pipeline explosion near a major airport sends fire shooting into the sky and leaves