this morning on "world news now," the deadly rampage in northern california. >> the lone gunman seeming to pick his targets at random. police now say he tried to get inside a school, we'll bring you the latest. under fire and speaking out, roy moore talking about the latest assault allegations against him as his republican party cuts ties with the senate hopeful. the push for a write-in candidate. also breaking overnight, the college basketball players detained in china arriving back in the u.s. their school, ucla, now deciding what should happen to them. and it's time to lose that

of your flij. those leftovers might have cured polio, but they're no longer edible. clear out that fridge on wednesday november 15, natural clean out your refrigerator day. >> oh. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that looked a little funky. >> i did an experiment, walking around all the refrigerators here in the building, just to see how nasty people be. and it was, it was, the results were surprising. >> okay, well, we will have more on that coming up. but we're going to start on a serious note with new developments in another mass shooting and the heroic school staffers who may have saved children's lives. >> a gunman killed four people in a rural northern california community apparently at random. but when he attempted to go into a school to continue his rampage he was unable to. the school was on

abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: the gunman had already killed four people by the time he started firing into the rancho tehama elementary school right during morning dropoff. >> one of the teachers came running around the building. >> reporter: a witness says he took cover inside his child's kindergarten classroom as the gunman shattered windows, wounded one child and terrified the rest. >> they saw their friends shot up on the ground, they started balling. >> reporter: the shooter fired in multiple locations for 45 minutes, terrorizing residents in this rural area, about 100 miles from sacramento, all residents ordered to shelter in place. >> it was very clear at the onset we had a subject that was randomly picking targets. >> reporter: police say the

went on that shooting spree throughout the community, pumping this truck full of bullets, wounding a mother and her child. a neighbor says the shooting began when the suspect killed his roommate. the suspect was known to shoot guns late at night and had threatened flint in the past. >> this guy was crazy, and's been threatening us. >> reporter: by the time it was all over, seven different crime scenes, five people killed, including the shooter and at least ten more wounded. >> the suspected shooter is deceased by law enforcement bullets. >> reporter: apparently, he'd had multiple recent run ins with the law, including a domestic violence incident and a look-running dispute with a neighbor. they think he was out on bond. he had no license to occasiony a gun, three weapons with him including that long gun and two handguns. the four people killed were all adults, but ten people still hospitalized.

>> quite a scene in red bluff. to politics now and alabama senate candidate roy moore speaking very little about the sexual assault allegations against him during an appearance at a church. this taking place hours ago, and moore said the controversy swirling around him is part of a spiritual battle going on in american politics. >> obviously, i've made a few people mad. i'm the only one that can unite democrats and republicans. they've done everything they could, and now they're together to try to keep me from going to washington. >> in an attempt to ramp up the pressure on moore, the republican national committee has ended a joint fund raising agreement with him. and now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is the latest floating the idea of a write-in candidate. mcconnell says that attorney general jeff sessions may be the only person who could win that wa

chaos of the trump campaign for his hazy memory about russian contacts. sessions faced more than five hours of testimony on capitol hill. he insists he never lied to congress and denied that he's doing the president's political bidding. jennae norman has the details. >> reporter: the nation's top law enforcement official facing tough questions, forced to defend himself. facing questions about whether he lied last month when he testified before senators that he wasn't aware of trump campaign contacts with russians. >> the trump campaign had contact with the russians through mr. papadopoulos and others. >> reporter: a guilty ply from george papadopoulos revealed at this 2016 meeting sessions was aware of papadopoulos offering to arrange a meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin. >> i will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied. that is a lie! i believe that i wanted to make

authorized to represent the campaign with the russian government. >> reporter: and questions swirling around new revelations sessions authorized federal prosecutors to examine allegations that donations to the clinton foundation influenced the obama administration and decide whether there's any merit to appoint a special counsel. a move that has some wondering whether the independent justice department is caving to pressure from the president. >> is it common for the leader of the country to order the criminal justice system to retaliate against his political opponent? >> the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents, and that would be wrong. >> reporter: and it wasn't just democrats with tough questions. one republican congressman wanted to know why no special counsel has been appointed to investigate the actions of hillary clinton and

the attorney general saying there would need to be a factual basis and proper standards met for that to happen. on capitol hill, janay norman, abc news. president trump is back at the white house expected to make a major announcement as soon as today. he declared his tour of asia a tremendous success in his words. he said he made a lot of progress shaping trade deals. the president said he spoke with the chinese leader on behalf of three ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting in china. those players are now back on american soil. the three, including the brother of an l.a. laker rookie, lonzo ball, were released without charges filed against them. they're scheduled to make a public statement with school officials later this morning. the school has been deciding whether to take disciplinary action. the pentagon confirms that an active duty service member

has undergone gender reassignment surgery. the surgery was paid for by the military's health coverage, because a doctor declared it to be medically necessary. and supporters of same-sex marriage were celebrating in australia this morning after a public survey found major support for legalization. 62% of respondents expressed support for marriage equality. the poll puts legalizing gay marriage on the australian parliament as agenda. lawmakers could take action this year. the northwest is being drenched again. part of what's described as a fire hose of moisture. the heavy rain has already begun to fall across the seattle area. but the wind's latest round won't be as bad as earlier this week. it took several attempts before this flight was able to land at sea-tac in seattle. a passenger recorded the turbulence on the flight from portland. can you see the plane bouncing all over the

the winter storm now moving into the northwest is going to continue moving across the country. of course this week possibly making a mess for early holiday travelers. and yeah, quite a scene there for so many people looking forward to their, to their travel. not something they want to see. >> lots of people are about to get on planes, and that does not insmi inspire kf agains inspire confidence. a dog, tied, needed a blood transfusion. he put out a call on a facebook group. some brought their dogs to the clinic, some driving from other provinces, really far away. the sick dog's owner didn't know any of them. >> but it turns out argo was a match, first donating blood and then staying all day with ted and hess owner after the transfusion. argo literally saved ted's life and also got to make a new friend. >> yeah, he did. coming up,

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so keeping an eye on the right there, you see that? >> ooh. >> that's venus just a couple hours ago. the city's camera caught what appears to be a meteor. and police in tampa are on the search for a serial killer. >> the latest victim was shot while going to feed the homeless. and this time they may have missed the killer by just seconds. >> reporter: in tampa, a front door camera capturing the fbi going door to door. residents urged to stay inside while they hunt for the killer who could be hiding in their own neighborhood. police arriving just before 5:00 a.m., right after the gunman claimed his suspected fourth victim. >> the shooter ran. >> reporter: witnesses telling officers they missed the suspect by just five seconds, describing him as a thin

six feet tall. >> this has got to stop. we need to catch this killer before we have to notify one more family that one of their loved ones is dead. >> reporter: the latest victim, 60 year old ronald felton on his way to fied the homeless at his church. he enjoyed helping others. >> i love him. he's going to be in my heart. >> reporter: for weeks, police asking the public to help them identify this person of interest, spotted on multiple cameras, near the scene of the first of three murders in october. those victims killed at night, blocks apart, shot at random. fell top now killed in that same neighborhood. we spoke to a woman who heard the gunshots. she asked that we not show her face. she already has a stun gun for protection but is thinking about buying a real gun. >> i think it's the best way, but it's scary, quite scary, so. >> reporter: police clearing this neighborhood and reopening the street where the

took place. residents are allowed to leave their home, but they want residents to look through surveillance and make sure any guns or weapons are accounted for. and we're getting a look at a violent confrontation in a botched drug raid. officers raided a home, completely unaware that they were actually facing undercover cops from the 12th precinct, posing as drug dealers. the police chief is admitting a brake down in communication. luckily, no officers were seriously hurt and an investigation is under way to determine whether any criminal charges should be filed. >> that's so weird. >> they were both trying -- >> yeah. >> a drug bust on each other, not realizing they were facing fellow officers. >> whoo, luckily, nobody fired any shots. ? th >> that could have been very dangerous. the parents in richmond,

quiz given to sixth grade students. it started out innocently enough like what do you call the father of your father? the answer, grandpa. but the last few questions talk to what some are calling an inappropriate turn. >> what do you call the much younger boyfriend of an older woman? boy toy. what do you call the beautiful and much younger wife of a wealthy man? trophy wife. >> first of all, the term is starter wife. the school superintendent says it was not approved curriculum. >> you think? >> really. and the matter has now become a personnel issue for the school. >> do you think the teacher just read the first few and said that sounds like a great quiz to give the kids, what could possibly go wrong? well, coming up in the next half hour, the growing concerns in california, a series of small earthquakes hit an area overdue for the big one. but first, it'sat

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♪ livin' in the fridge ♪ i'm livin' in the fridge ♪ >> adorable. he's a husky. he probably likes it nice and cold in there. >> i guess. >> probably likes all the food in there, too. the family turkey is missing. it's a good day for this. pause because we are honoring the hardest-working appliance in your home. it's clean out your refrigerator day. >> it's perfect timing, thanksgiving is next week. >> you need to make space for the leftovers going in. the fda sent out a tweet saying thanksgiving is coming soon, and you'll need room for all those leftovers, clean out your refrigerator day, #food safety. >> so we decide to take a tour of the fridges around abc

who's in need of deep cleaning. >> oh, boy. >> see what it looks like inside. whoa. >> that's "world news now's" fridge. that's not bad. >> pretty good. >> there's a weird obsession with milk down there. >> yeah, why are there like eight containers of milk. and half and half. you need eight containers of that, too apparently. >> that's a main one that's used by everybody. and this one was disappointing, it was really, really clean. >> really? >> who is this secret bandit going around cleaning refrigerators? i would like to hire them for my office. >> just for show, i brought my fridge down here. >> i thought we could help you clean it up in honor of the holiday. >> i'll clean it up. no, that's fine, i already cleaned it. >> don't you think we should be nice and help kendis clean out his refrigerator? it's the least we could do.

i brought the clorox wipes. let me open it. >> it's fine. it's clean. >> what is in this fridge that you want us so badly not to see. is there any food in here? >> there's tartar sauce. >> some rum, two bottles of champagne, wow, for good measure. some begigin. >> this is good stuff. >> is this rum here? >> i'm surprised there's still rum in here. >> i do enjoy this, the tartar sauce for good measure, but listen, we came here to help you clean out the fridge, so i will do exactly that. i got you, buddy. >> i'm hanging on to this. >> true friendship right here. >> quiz time. >> the quiz! >> what kind of champagne do you have in your hand? >> quiz time. where do you keep meat in the fridge. do you know where

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♪ okay. time for your wednesday "mix." you may recall a couple weeks ago we told you about a fake car commercial for a 1996 honda. great shots here, had 140,000 miles on it. well, now a popular used car dealership is, carmax is capitalizing on that attention with its own ad, offeri offering $20,000 for greeny, the car there. >> $20,000 for the car? wasn't the bluebook like $1400? >> yeah, it's a slight markup. but it's gotten so popular,

gotten so much attention, the cat is worth $5,000, the coffeemaker, $3500. carmax is all over it. >> congratulations carmax. hopefully you get the sale. over to iowa now, do you ever get one of those, you know you're a liong islander if, the decided to show unity with iowa by saying, ya ain't from iowa if you never had one of these, one of these, apparently, is a pop tart grilled cheese or maybe not so grilled, a pop tart grilled cheese sandwich. apparently, he meant it as a joke, but the iowa state police told him you're under arrest because they did not appreciate. everyone from iowa basically came out saying we don't actually eat these. >> it sounds like a great idea. you have the sweet, the salty, everything together. i made that for

>> oh, strawberry. >> is it strawberry? is it pretty good? >> pretty good. sweet, salty. >> no, no. i'm driving. next to weight-watchers coming out with this interesting thing. >> thanks. he hands me a pop-tarts cheese sandwich and tells my about weight-watchers. >> now they have a diet wine, only 85 calories as opposed to 120 calorie wine. 19 points on weight-watchers. over to a new study showing a staggering 64% of british adults admit they are still scared of the dark. >> what? >> two-thirds of the population. they don't like putting the lights off at bedtime. they check under their bid. >> no way. >> for monsters lurking. 20% of them say that. now when i go home early, at 5:00, 6:00 in the morning,

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this morning on "world news now," the mass shooting in california. police say a man killed his neighbors and continued his rampage through the town. there are now seven crime scenes, including a school, which he tried to enter. we'll have the latest. harassment on the hill. current and former congress women testify that they've been harassed by fellow members of congress. this as speaker ryan is calling for mandatory antiharassment training. and new this morning, the collision over the skies with an airliner. >> a bird hit an airliner and it got stuck. workers say they've never seen anything like it. we'll explain what's next for