gloria riviera, abc news, baltimore. >>> and we have an update on that one woman's effort to pay back homeless man who spent his last $20 to help her out. >> i love this story. kate mcclure set up a gofundme page to raise money for the man who helped her on the side of the road, johnny bobbitt jr., when she was out of gas on the side of the road late at night. johnny is a veteran from north carolina, with a good heart, according to a friend back home. >> her goal was to raise $10,000 to try and help him out. but the total is now approaching $300,000. kate posted her response to that, saying, unreal. to pay it all forward and use some of that money to help others in the homeless community as well. >> when it was just over a thousand dollars, he was like, this will change my life. 300,000. >> $300,000. what a beautiful thing. >> he won the powerball. >> last $20 to his name and he used it to buy her gas. >> so nice. >>> well, coming up, we'll see if our pig-skin predictions from yesterday were right. >> ooh. >>> plus the incriminating video of this english teacher that got her escorted

here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, the new stunning revelations. the former head of the dnc threatened to drop hillary clinton from the 2016 democratic ticket. in excerpts from her book, donna brazile said the campaign had taken on the odor of failure, causing her to consider putting joe biden at the top of the ticket. after this video of clinton fainting just two months before election day. >> i was under tremendous pressure after secretary clinton fainted to have a plan "b." >> reporter: "again and again i thought of joe biden, but thinking of all the women behind hillary, i couldn't make good on the threat to replace her." >> a lot of people saying that it's not the campaign they knew. >> they should take a look inside of what they did last year and then write their own book. >> reporter: more than 100 top clinton aides say they're shocked, and find it troubling brazile would buy into false russian-fueled propaganda about hillary clinton's health. >> she got up, like most of us, got up, and kept fighting. so, that's the hillary clinton i hope pe

gloria riviera for us from washington, thank you, gloria. >>> and now to new developments in hollywood's widening sexual misconduct scandal. the nypd says it's gathering evidence for a potential rape charge against harvey weinstein. >> there are also reports scotland yard is investigating kevin spacey's alleged sexual assault of a man back in 2008. this as netflix gives the "house of cards" star the ax. abc's eva pilgrim is here with details on all of this. eva, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, guys. overnight netflix making a big statement saying they don't want anything to do with "house of cards" if kevin spacey is a part of it. the production house that creates the hit show has suspended the actor. this as allegations against some of hollywood's once seemingly untouchable power players now turn into criminal investigations. new this morning, possible charges looming for former hollywood power producer harvey weinstein. >> we have an actual case here. >> reporter: new york city police now saying they are gathering evidence to potentially arrest weinstein for rape, but t

here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, senator al franken facing questions for the first time since sexual misconduct allegations against him. this interview to air tonight on minnesota station wcco. >> i have a long way back, i have a long way back to win back the trust the people of minnesota. i've let the people down. >> reporter: four women have accused the minnesota democrat of inappropriate touching. franken also spoke with minnesota public radio. >> this whole thing has been embarrassing and it's been difficult. this has been a shock to me. i would never intentionally do that. >> reporter: two of the women claim he groped their backsides during a campaign photo op at a state fair. >> i take photographs at the state fair with thousands of people. i am someone who hugs people. >> reporter: but lindsay menz did not think the contact was >> al franken pulled me in towards him and put his hand on my rear. >> reporter: leeann tweeden, in this photo, was the first woman to come forward. franken calling it -- >> inexcusable, i am ashamed of that photo. she didn't have any ability to

abc's gloria riviera is in baltimore tonight. >> reporter: tonight, an unnerving twist in the case of baltimore detective sean suiter, shot in the head with his own gun. no suspects and few clues to who murdered him, but now this revelation from police -- >> the very next day after detective suiter was murdered, he was scheduled to appear before a federal grand jury, hearing a police corruption case, and indicting eight baltimore cops. some of those cops admitted to shaking down citizens, stealing drugs, then selling them. authorities say suiter was not a target in that investigation. and there is no evidence yet his murder was premeditated. >> i'm just determined to keep following the evidence. there is nothing that we won't consider. >> reporter: an 18-year veteran of the force and father of five, suiter was with his partner investigating a triple murder last week when they noticed a man acting suspiciously. suiter approached. >> the struggle, and again there is evidence of a struggle, was brief and violent. >> we do not know where these shots came from. we have officers in bad loca

we get more now from abc's gloria riviera. >> reporter: with the end of 2017 in sight, congress has a lengthy and ambitious to-do list, and not much time to do it. after a lengthy thanksgiving break, congress will be back on the hill on monday with only three weeks to get most of the work done before christmas recess begins on december 15th. >> we're going to give the american people a huge tax cut for christmas. hopefully that will be a great big beautiful christmas present. >> reporter: a number of gop senators have expressed concern over the tax bill. >> what i want to see is the information to prove the economic growth we're going to get with all of our tax revisions. >> reporter: the house recently passed a $1.4 trillion tax cut, and the senate is likely to vote on its own version later this week. lawmakers will also have less than two weeks to come up with a funding plan to avoid a partial government shutdown december 8th. and the pressure will be on by friday for lawmakers as some state officials say the holdover cash, which funds health care for children of low-income families

abc's gloria riviera has more. >> reporter: an unnerving twist in the case of baltimore detective seanhe was scheduled to be before a federal grand jury. >> that federal grand jury hearing, a police corruption case indicting eight baltimore cops. some of those cops admitted to shaking down citizens, stealing drugs and then selling them. authorities say suitor was not a target in that investigation and there is no evidence yet his murder was premeditated. >> i just am determined to keep following the evidence. there's nothing that we won't consider. >> an 18-year veteran of the force and father of five, suitor was with his partner, investigating a triple murder last week, when they noticed a man acting suspiciously. suitor approached. >> the struggle and, again, there's evidence of a struggle, was brief and violent. >> we do not know where they shots came from. we have officers in bad locations. let's everybody take cover somewhere. >> suitor's partner called for help, buts was only able to give a vague description of the suspect. police and federal agents are focussing on that dangerou

abc news reporter gloria riviera has the latest on the gop tax plan from washington. >> reporter: withhe end of 2017 in sight, congress has a lengthy and ambitious to-do list and not much time to do it. after a lengthy thanksgiving break, congress will be back on the hill on monday with only three weeks to get most of the work done before christmas recess begins on december 15th. >> we're going to give the american people a huge tax cut for christmas. hopefully that will be a great big, beautiful christmas present. >> reporter: on tuesday, president trump will meet with senate lerepublicans to discuss tax reform. a number of gop senators have expressed concern over the tax bill. >> written in secret, this bill is being rushed to the floor without hearings or the chance for the american people to weigh in. >> reporter: the house recently passed a $1.4 trillion tax cut, and the senate is likely to vote on its own version later this week. lawmakers will also have less than two weeks to come up with a funding plan to avoid a partial government shutdown december 8. and the pressure will be

gloria riviera is on the story from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. in the race to the finish 2017, both parties are doubling down on achieving their version of success. the slate is packed. president trump vying for support from within his own party on issues like tax reform and the budget. as he defies many gop leaders elsewhere. all of this, as the clock ticks down. with the end of 2017 in sight, congress has a lengthy and ambitious to do list. and not much time to do it. after a lengthy thanksgiving break, congress will be back on the hill on monday. with only three weeks to get most of the work done before christmas recess begins on december 15th. >> we're going to give the american people a huge tax cut for christmas. hopefully, that will be great, big, beautiful christmas present. >> reporter: on tuesday, president trump meets with senate republicans to discuss tax reform. a number of gop senators have expressed concern over the tax bill. >> well, what i want to see is the information to prov

abc's gloria riviera is in washington with that story. gloria, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. that is not all. in addition to saying she thought about replacing hillary clinton, long-time democratic leader donna brazile is blasting her own party for what she says are failings on just about every level from campaign management to a flawed candidate. a doomed campaign she tried, in vain, she writes, to save. this morning, new bombshell allegations from dnc interim chair donna brazile. revealing she thought about dropping hillary clinton from the 2016 democratic ticket. in excerpts from her new memoir, released by "the washington post," brazile said she seriously concerned party insider's suggestions to put someone else on the ticket after clinton fainted at a 9/11 event just two months before the election. again and again, i thought about joe biden. she writes. considering the historical importance of a female candidate, i could not make good on that threat to replace her. other shocking allegations, include secret dea