this morning on "world news now," president trump is giving his full support to alabama senate candidate roy moore despite sexual misconduct allegations against him. and the republican committee is sending resources back to alabama. what it all means a week before the election. and the president's legal team comes up with a new strategy, saying that the president cannot obstruct justice. this comes as michael flynn is now cooperating with the russia probe. and if at first you don't succeed, detroit, try again. >> the silverdome faced a second round of explosives.

we'll see how it played out. and with jimmy kimmel setting out this week to help his son recover from surgery, a-listers are filling in. chris pratt getting things started with some singing and dirty dancing. "the skinny" is packed on this december 5th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> chris pratt did a good job sitting in for jimmy. let's start off with new developments in that race for senate in alabama. >> yeah, the republican national committee has now reestablished its support for roy moore, despite the claims of sexual misconduct against him. the rnc is sending resources back to alabama with a week to go until voters choose between him and moore and democrat doug jones. >> that support comes as one of moore's accusers is offering new evidence of her relationship with him. debbie wesson gibson produced a high school graduation card from him.

and references in her scrapbook. she says they are proof of their open relationship when she was 17 and he was 34. it was published hours after president trump endorsed moore. tom llamas has more. >> reporter: on air force one, president trump made it official, calling roy moore to endorse him, even though moore has been accused of molesting teenage girls. moore tweeting the president told him "go get'em, roy." he has been accused of inappropriate behavior, including sexual assault. >> he laid out some blankets on the floor of his living room and proceeded to seduce me. i was a 14 year old child trying to play in an adult's world, and he was 32 years old. >> reporter: the president has expressed doubts. >> roy moore has denied it. that's all i can say, he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. >> rep

mcconnell, at first quick to side with moore's accusers. >> roy moore should step aside. the women who have come forward are entirely credible. he's obviously not fit to be in the united states senate. >> reporter: now mcconnell has changed his tune. >> do you believe judge roy moore should be in the senate? >> i'm going to let the people of alabama make the call. >> reporter: moore has denied all accusations of sexual misconduct, campaigning almost exclusively in churches to rally evangelical voters. today moore tweeting, thankful for president trump's support. can't wait to help him, #drain the swamp. so far, no plans to campaign with moore, but the president will have a late-night rally in pensacola, florida. it's so close to the alabama border it's part of the mobile media market. the moore campaign tells me they welcome that contact, because president trump's peop

are roy moore's people. ns paul manafort is accused of ghost writing an editorial with a russian associate while on house arrest putting the terms of his bail in jeopardy. court papers say he was collaborating with an associate linked to the russian service and they were planning to publish it in someone else's name. and they want to influence public opinion on manafort. prosecutors want the judge to reconsider his bail agreement. president trump says he feels bad for former national security adviser michael flynn. meanwhile, the debate is refuelled for obstruction of justice. as one of his attorneys now argues argues it's a crime the president cannot commit. >> reporter: it's a possible new legal defense for the president. the president'

president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice in his role, because he is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states and can give his opinion on any legal case. the claim follows this statement, which dowd says he wrote from the president's twitter account. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. that led to speculation the president was admitting he knew flynn lied to the fbi before he allegedly tried to get then-fbi director james comey to go easy on flynn. >> i understood him to be saying that what he wanted me to do was drop any investigation connected to flynn's account to his conversations with the russians. >> reporter: multiple legal experts disagree with the president's lawyer, saying a president can obstruct justice. >> there is no question that a president of the united states can break the law. legal sclars believe that a sitting president can't be prosecuted for a crime while

he's president. that the remedy would be political, impeachment or waiting until his term is over. >> reporter: but it's not the first time the president claimed some laws don't apply to the chief executive. >> when the president does it, it means it is not illegal. >> reporter: both nixon and clinton faced obstruction of justice charges during their impeachment hearings. serena marshal, abc news, washington. a judge in new york will decide if a former contestant can proceed. she was on "the apprentice." she claims president trump kissed and grabbed her in 2007 when she visited him about a possible job at the trump organization. she filed the suit in january after trump said her claim was a lie. and now to breaking news out of southern california. a fast-moving brush fire is threatening homes. >> it's burning north of los angeles in the city of santa paula and ventura. there are some evacuations that are taking place in both

these are early morning live pictures as can you tell there many you can see how this fire has grown quite a bit. in fact, it has doubled in size, just in the last couple of hours. burning thousands of acres. santa ana winds gusting to 70 miles per hour are fanning the flames and the high winds are expected to remain through most of the week. we are told this fire is considered fatal right now, there's been at least one death associated with it. it was a traffic accident that took place moments ago. >> dangerous weather conditions as well. also farther north, a wintry storm hitting the upper midwest is set to bring a chill to a lot of the country. the latest radar shows the front pushing a line of storms 1400 miles from texas to michigan. it is bringing blizzard and whiteout conditions to some areas. dumping nearly a foot of snow in some areas. wind chills will be below zero in some areas. the crew of another commercial airliner believes it saw north korea's latest missile launch.

francisco to hong kong when those on board saw the missile's re-entry. the missile was far from the jet and the plane was not affected. the korean air pilots on two other flights say they also saw the missile. and yemen's former president has been killed in fighting between his supporters and their former allies. ali abdullah saleh ruled for two decades before he was forced to resign during the arab spring, section year -- six years ago. fighting in the capital has intensified in the past week. a 69-year-old man from jacksonville, florida is in fbi custody for allegedly planning a mass shoot being at an islamic center. he is a gun enthusiast who expressed strong anti-islamic sentiment. he was arrested after his home was raided last friday. he's held on a weapons charge while other counts are considered.

as the famed r and b group shalimar sang, the second time is so much better. >> huh? >> you know them, of course. and in detroit, that means more explosives. >> the first attempt to demolish the upper deck of the pontiac silverdome was an epic fail. there was a lot of noise, some smoke, that's pretty much it. so demolition crews tried again yesterday afternoon. this time it was successful, kind of >> look at it. go! go! okay. so they only gave a half hour's notice, perhaps in case of another embarrassing failure, but i mean for the most part, it was the upper deck is gone. >> you could still hold an event there. you could sit in the bleachers and watch people play on the field. the cheap seats are gone. if you were sitting in the cheap

but now there are new cheap seats. they're probably selling those seats at a discount. >> it is still a very detroit thing, sadly. coming up, one of the ucla basketball players arrested for shoplifting in china now leaving the school. lavar ball pulling his son and saying that his punishment in china was less harsh than the school's decision to bench him. and the count down to 2018 is on. we're looking back at 2017 to see who was named entertainer of the year. and before you guess, we'll tell you, you won't be able to guess. take that. you're watching "world news now." "world news now."

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and one of the bengals was carted off. after a high hit from schuster. >> that was rough hit. pittsburgh's chris boswell won the game for the steelers. the steelers just couldn't pull it off in the majority of the regular playtime there. they had to wait until the last few seconds to pull a victory off. >> what was the score? >> 23-20. two ugly wins. >> the steelers won that game by the way. and the giants are set to start eli manning against the cowboys on sunday. it follows the firing of coach mcadoo and the general manager. >> they decided it was going so badly they didn't need to wait until the offseason to make changes. big blue is 2-10 so far this year. outspoken basketball dad lavar ball has reportedly pulled his son liangelo out of ucla. >> his father says they are

son is quote, outta there. ball was serving an indefinite suspension following heis shoplifting arrest in china. >> and ucla's coach says they respect the decision ball and his family have made and wish him the best in the future. last month, ball hoped the school for helping get him home. >> i'm grateful for this ucla team that stood strong beside us and made it possible for me to be sitting here before you today. i respect all the hard work they put in to get us back to the united states. >> he also thanked president trump. but that didn't stop the back and forth that took place between lavar his dad, and the president. >> the oldest ball son, lonzo is rookie for the lakers, and the staples center has adopted an lavar ball rule where the fans are not allowed in the section for the family. americans invade the brits on the red carpet. >> and honoring the entertainer of the y

mystery. of the year, or will we? mystery.

guest hosts, and the way they prepare, they like to do something like staying up all night, working on the monologue. they do a bunch of research on their guests. that's not what i did, what i did last night, i flew to seattle and got hammered at a seahawks game. >> woo! >> look at him, raising the flag after enjoying some $14 beer perhaps? >> no doubt. and that's why they won that game against the, the -- >> all because of him. >> the eagles. he got them pumped. he of course is our skinny lead, pratt filling in for jimmy kimmel while jimmy spent some time with his family. kimmel's son underwent a scheduled and successful surgery, looking cute, and there is a special guest host each night this week. >> guillermo gave his blessing to pratt, and then this with

choice epic duet with chris stapleton. "time of my life" from "dirty dancing". ♪ >> that's cheating! >> cheating! >> that is not how you do the lift. his form is all wrong. that's not how you do the hold. >> he's got one hand straight up chris stapleton's parts. >> we already showed them. >> yeah, this is how you do it. >> check it out. ♪ time of my life >> there you go. >> that's how you do the lift! that's how you do the lift! >> whoo! >> now we know. >> you did it. you nailed it. >> no, no, no. ah, man. let's move on. move on, quick. >> next to the fashion awards held last night. the star-studded red carpet featured singers rita ora. >> there's sam smith. >> sam smith.

model icon, naomi campbell. >> woo. >> walk like naomi. maisie williams. >> aka. and it may have been the british fashion awards, but there was an american invasion. check out selena gomez, with her victorian-style dress and new blond locks as well. >> and also making her debut at the event, ms. piggy. >> i like her dress. >> distinctly american. you couldn't see the lower half of her dress. that was kind of weird. so my favorite, louis hamilton was also there in a very british outfit. >> at that's my boy. >> the race car driver. he's awesome. >> we have a big one now. the honor of entertainer of the year. >> plenty to choose from. could it be dwayne the rock johnson. >> yes! it should have been. but no.

sexiest man alive. >> we know how that went, so no, no blake shelton. >> got to be my baby mama, beyonce. >> i think jay z would have a problem with that, but no, not beyonce, no, not justin bieber. we're talking about this man, entertainer of the year, alfonzo rivero, host of "america's funniest video", aka carlton. >> like the kid from "silver spoons"? >> like the kid from "fresh prince of bel-air". >> he's the entertainer of the year? >> the 35th annual awards. recognized him for his contributions to the entertainment world. >> he returned to the ballroom for a three-way dance in the finals. still no understanding of why he's entertainer of the year. >> i tell you why, the dance. that's why. >> and while we're dancing, let's check out this moment from the new york city subway. this was classic. >> fine. somebody starts playing new

york's own carnegie on a speaker and insanity ensues. kwhek it out. everybody starts dancing. we have to put the clean version out, it's not what they were sichking. out, it ses not what they were singing

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>> so they have about, i'd say a lot of days until their wedding. it is one of the most-watched weddings expected in the world. how did their relation come about? and remain a secret. here's amy robach. >> reporter: we're learning more about how the palace's newest couple kept their relationship under cover for so long. >> keeping harry and meghan's relationship under wraps is a cloak and dagger operation. meghan had a job on "suits". so she couldn't fly around as much as harry could. so when he had time he would jump on a plane and fly into toronto. it was actually the friends of meghan to open up their doors for places that they could actually hang out. >> reporter: even going on double dates in toronto and london. >> the other couple that harry and meghan often went on double dates with is his favorite cousin, princess eugenie and her partner. >> reporter: and part of that cloak and dagger operation, quiet, 24/7 protection early on.

>> now that they're engaged, she'll receive further training. she'll know how to deal with a kidnap threat or if someone is following her. >> reporter: she is now transitioning to life in the public eye, but it's a transition a long time in the making. >> i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly, it was sort of confirmation to me that everything, all the stars were aligned. everything was just perfect. it was this beautiful woman literally tripped and fell my life. >> reporter: prince harry picking out the center diamond from botswana. >> he'd actually planned it several months before proposing to meghan. it was a trip to botswana in may of this year when he selected the diamond and kept that a secret from pretty much everyone around him. botswana is a special place to harry. it was the place he escaped to after the death of his mother and got to spend time away from the media intrusion.

>> reporter: the ring glimmering with significance in more ways than one. >> the little diamonds on the side are from my mother's jewelry collection, to make sure that she's with us on this c

making news in america this morning, firefight. hundreds of homes evacuated overnight. fast-moving fire on the march north of los angeles. heavy winds and dry conditions fueling the worst fire threat of the season. leaving residents with holiday lights being warned about the danger. new information about the fbi agent fired from special counsel robert mueller's russia probe for sending potentially critical messages about president trump. the key role that agent played in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation plus the new bombshell about paul manafort. sign lgu