we start with marcus moore on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, a tiny texas town, the site of a mass consid massacre. sutherland springs, texas. authorities say it started about 11:20 a.m., when a gunman walked and opened fire. er >> i'm going to turn the camera around briefly. there is a possible mass casualty at the sutherland springs baptist church. >> reporter: word quickly spreading through the town. >> families starting to arrive. two helicopters have just landed. this is investigation. >> reporter: outside the church, tears and prayers as people gather awaiting word on loved ones possibly inside. a pastor from a neighboring church arriving to help. >> we all are prepared we're going to hear names and we're going to know every one of them. and it's going to be devastating to a lot of people here. >> reporter: the fbi and atf investigating. 27 dead, including the pastor's 14-year-old daughter. the gunman who opened fire, now dead. >> marcus joins us live. you just reported the shooter is dead. and tonight we're learning police had to track him down. >> reporter: that's right, th

marcus moore has the latest. >> reporter: the calls growing louder for roy moore to leave the senate race. 50 liberal pastors calling him unfit for office. >> there is nothing christian about the policies moore has supported. they are as terrible as the abuse he has so vehemently denied. >> reporter: moore has repeatedly denied allegations of sexually assaulting or acting inappropriately with at least eight women, some who were teenagers at the time. >> they not only are untrue, but they have no evidence to support them. >> reporter: a former co-worker of the 14 year old accuser claiming she told him of the incident years ago. >> she was deadly serious. and after she finished, the room was quiet. and i believed her. everyone believed her. and i'm only coming forward with the hopes that some of these other people who can substantiate her claim will come forward. >> reporter: alabama's largest newspaper becoming the third publication to endorse the democratic candidate doug jones. but the president is largely silent on the issue. >> should roy moore resign, mr. president? do you believ

we start with marcus moore on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, a tiny texas town, the site of a massacre. the shooting inside a baptist church. first responders descending on the scene. ambulances racing to the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. authorities say it started about 11:20 a.m. this morning, when a gunman walked in and opened fire. as he exited the church to reload, a local resident got his gun and fired. >> he had taken off, and the other gentleman said, we need to pursue him, he shot up the church. and that's what we did. >> reporter: outside the church, tears and prayers. >> there's no words. there's just, this happens in new york, in big cities. no one is safe. >> reporter: word quickly spreading through the town. a pastor from a neighboring church arriving to help. >> we all are prepared we're going to hear names and we're going to know every one of them. >> reporter: texas rangers securing the scene. the fbi and atf investigating. as authorities assess the horrifying tolls, 26 dead including the pastor's 14-year-old daughter. >> as governor, i ask for eve

we start with marcus moore on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, a tiny texas town, the site of a massacre. the shooting inside a baptist church. first responders descending on the scene. ambulances racing to the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. authorities say it started about 11:20 a.m., this morning, when a gunman walked and opened fire. reportedly walked in, starting shooting, then went outside when he was shot and took off. word quickly spreading through the town. a pastor from a neighboring church arriving to help. >> we all are prepared we're going to hear names and we're going to know every one of them. >> there's no words. there's just, this happens in new york, in big cities. no one is safe. >> reporter: texas rangers securing the scene. the fbi and atf investigating. erica hearn dornandez was one o first on the scene. >> families starting to arrive. two helicopters have just landed. this is an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: 27 dead, including the pastor's 14-year-old daughter. at least two dozen injured. the gunman who opened fire, now dead. >> marcus join

tom. >> marcus moore for us from sutherland springings. thank you. the frightening scene in san diego. those obstacle courses becoming more and more popular. tonight nearly two dozen children hurt when a platform collapses at one of those courses inside an indoor gym. parents scrambling to find children under the debris. here's marcie gonzalez. >> reporter: children, terrified and in tears. rushed out of this obstacle gym in san diego on stretchers and in the arms of first responders. >> everybody was crying and bleeding. >> reporter: the aftermath of a platform collapse that injured at least 23 people and is under investigation tonight. >> the kids were obviously going like crazy. scared. >> reporter: diego madrigal, saying at around 7:40 saturday night employees announced they were serving pizza, when dozens of children rushed upstairs to the wooden platform overlooking the rest of the gym. that platform collapsing, sending people toppling more than 10 feet to the ground below. others underneath hurt by falling debris and broken glass. >> luckily a

marcus moore, abc news, dallas. >>> turning you now to football and thanksgiving, three games startingt after noon for fans. the final match-up was outside of our nation's capital. washington hosted the new york giants, and some young giants had some cheering to do and were emulating their coaches. >> wow, look at that. [ laughter ] >> they came dressed like coach m ben mcadoo there. the game was tied with less than four minutes to go. washington's kirk cousins hit josh dotson for the score. skins win 20-10. >> yes. dallas and the los angeles chargers played the middle game of the triple-header, philip rivers burned the boys for three touchdowns, 434 yards. the chargers handed dallas his third consecutive loss by 20 points, 28-6, the final there deep in the heart of texas. and minnesota picked up the win over detroit. one of the vikings players is hoping he picked up a name for his newborn. after sacking the lions' matthew stafford, he pulled up his shirt to reveal the message -- i've just had a baby boy. what should we name him? twitter suggestions included thor and griffin mcgriffin

here's marcus moore. >> reporter: tonight, the calls growing louder for roy moore to leave the senate race. 50 liberal pastors calling him unfit for office. >> there is nothing christian about the policies moore has they are as immoral as the terrible abuse he so vehemently denies. >> reporter: moore has repeatedly denied allegations of sexually assaulting or acting inappropriately with at least eight women, some who were teenagers at the time. >> they're not only untrue, but they have no evidence to support them. >> reporter: today a former co-worker of the 14-year-old accuser claiming she told him of the incident years ago. >> but she was deadly serious, and after she finished, the room was quiet. and i believed her. everyone there believed her. and i'm only coming forward with the hopes that some of these other people who can substantiate her claim will come forward. >> reporter: alabama's largest newspaper becoming the third publication to endorse the democratic candidate doug jones. but president trump has been largely silent on the issue. >> should roy moore resign, mr. presiden

abc's marcus moore in el paso. >> reporter: new details mysterious death of border protection agent rogelio martinez. sources now confirming to abc news that martinez and his partner were found at the bottom of a 14-foot ravine 30 miles from the mexican partner. and that his partner, who survived, doesn't remember what happened. the fbi says both men had traumatic head injuries but still unable to say if it was an attack or an accident. hours after the news broke, esident trump tweeting officer killed. we will and must build the wall." >> the president has been among those who have said that the -- he described it as a brutal attack. is he i have not briefed the the hwhere martineznd c investigators search the rugged hills of the u.s./mexico border for answers. david? >> marcus thank you. >>> from overseas tonight, the end of a very long era in zimbabwe. years in celebrations erupting in the streets. the 93-year-old has ruled independence but with an increasingly ruthless hand. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the urgent nationwide manhunt at this hou

here's abc's marcus moore. >> i'm very sorry for the language that i used. i'm not proud of it. >> reporter: tonight, jody warner, the now former dallas county assistant d.a., apologizing for what she said during an uber ride that cost her her job. >> i'm asking you politely to please step out of my vehicle. >> no, because now i'm -- >> ma'am please. >> no! no ma'am please. dude you're all -- everything is being report recorded. i'm an assistant district attorney. so, shut [ bleep ] up. >> reporter: warner's words recorded by uber driver shaun platt and posted on facebook after he called 911 when she refused to get out of his car friday night. >> i want to go home so badly, but you're so stupid, i want the cops to come so that they can [ bleep ] you up. >> reporter: platt says, at one point, warner got physical with him, a charge she denies. >> i'm embarrassed my family, i embarrassed myself. >> reporter: the driver in this case says an apology is enough. >> i'm not angry at her. i forgive her. >> reporter: david, warner admits she was drinking, and uncomfor

abc's marcus moore is in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, these court documents revealing in disturbing detail how one texas woman allegedly mailed homemade explosives to then-president obama and texas governor greg abbott that "could have caused severe burns and death." investigators say a "victim activated improvised explosive device" actually reached the texas governor and "was designed to explode, but it failed" because the governor "did not open it as designed." >> i'm totally baffled that a sitting state governor could open a package that has a potential bomb inside it. >> reporter: prosecutors say 46-year-old julia poff of brookshire, texas, mailed the devices, along with a third, to the acting head of the social security administration in october 2016, after her applications for benefits were denied. court documents show that the governor's package "had an obliterated shipping label that was addressed to poff." but one of the biggest clues coming from that "cat hair found on the obama package." >> this is really textbook law enforcement forensic work. pulling up hairs and fibers

abc's marcus moore in el paso. >> reporter: new details emerging tonight in the mysterious death of border protection agent rogelio martinez. >> this is the most important investigation in the el paso division of the fbi. >> reporter: sources now confirming to abc news that martinez and his partner were found at the bottom of a 14-foot ravine, 30 miles from the mexican border. and that his partner, who survived, doesn't remember what happened. the fbi says both men suffered traumatic head injuries, but still unable to say if it was an attack or an accident. this is the type of terrain these agents traverse as they work along the border here, and you can see how barren the land is, and there's also dropoffs, and consider just how treacherous this could be at night. hours after the news broke, president trump tweeting, "border patrol officer killed. we will and must build the wall." the president has been among those who have said that this -- he described it as a brutal attack. is he correct? >> i have not briefed the president. >> reporter: david, the area where martinez and his partner we

abc's marcus moore is there on scene. >> reporter: a tiny texas town, the site of a massacre. a baptist church, first responders descending on the scene. >> we have six ambulances en route. >> reporter: those ambulances racing to the first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. authorities say it started at about 11:20 when a gunman walked in during services. as he exited the church to reload, a local resident grabbed his rifle and shot him. the suspect got away, but that good samaritan wasn't far behind. >> the shooter had taken off and fled in his vehicle. the other gentleman came and he said we needed to pursue him, that he just shot up the church. so that's what i did. >> reporter: the suspect dead, his vehicle found a county away from the church. >> be with us as we learn to deal with this. >> reporter: outside the church, tears and prayers as people gathered, awaiting word on loved ones possibly inside. >> no. there's no words. there's just, this happens in new york, in big cities. no one's safe. >> reporter: word quickly spreading through the town of less than 1,0

his partner injured on the scene and president trump speaking out on the incident and abc's marcus moore el paso with new reporting on where and how the agents were found. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: george, good morning. we just got an update from the hospital where that surviving agent was airlifted over the weekend. he is till in icu this morning listed in critical but stable condition and overnight law enforcement sources are telling abc news that the responding border protection agents when they arrived at the scene at about 11:20 at night they found these two men suffering from traumatic head injuries and broken bones. this at the bottom of a ravine. the border protection agent rogelio martinez passed away from his injuries and this morning what exactly happened is still a mystery. but sources close to this investigation are also telling abc news that these two agents were responding to a sensor which detects human activity at the border but says there is so little evidence they cannot rule out the possibility that they fell into this ravine accide accidentally. >> many more

. >> if these allegations are true, roy moore should step aside for all the obvious reasons. >> ruth marcus, i mean, there is an awakening in the senate, and i do believe that it is because there are more women elected now. it's certainly not an equal number, but you have a greater consciousness among men as well of the electeds because they have more women colleagues. >> that's absolutely true, andrea. you and i have talked about this. we go back to the clarence thomas and anita hill senate hearings. a lot more women in the senate, there are actually women in the judiciary committee. that makes a big difference. i think these latest episodes have showed us both that times have changed and that they haven't changed enough. really credit to the senate and the senators who -- for making this change. this is clearly long overdue. there are still problems going on in congress as a workplace, as there are in workplaces all over the country, as we've been learning. i think it is important, probably, to distinguish between that intolerable behavior and the intolerable behavior that roy moore has b

moore himself has denied "the washington post" claims, calling them false. for more, i'm joined by ruth marcusor "the washington post" and ron reagan, an msnbc political analyst. i want to start with ruth on this. ruth, you can watch this lawyer. he's so obviously a lawyer. he says, my client says, my client says, my client says. he's not saying he believes him. this looks like tactics. they're playing for time with sean hannity of all people, who's now playing spencer tracy in this thing and saying he's going to be the judge. if he can get away with it, fine for sean. but it seems like this is tactical. i'm asking you, yeah, we want to get the original, the actual yearbook, and gloria allred will not give away anything without some sort of negotiation. she's now calling for senate hearings. this give sean the chance tonight to give the guy a pass for a couple of days, at least. it looks all so tactical, only addressing one in five of the claims against judge moore. only one in five at a press conference with no questions. your thoughts? >> you work with -- when you're a defense lawyer, and he

happen two weeks from today when roy moore is voted on, perhaps elected as a senator down there in alabama. so we're bringing in now jonathan dayport and ruth marcusers from "the washington post," deputy editorial page editor with marcus and columnist and contributor for msnbc, jonathan kayport. chuck and nancy, as they are known, refusing to attend the meeting. because of the president's tweet they say, slamming them for wanting to raise taxes, not really wanting a deal. so they said it was for show. you know, understandably. now the response from the white house is there's political grandstanding by the democrats. ryan and mcconnell saying they're going to be there, ruth, notwithstanding. >> so getting even weirder is probably like the motto of 2017. covers all situations. we always knew that december was going to be the toughest month. that there's just an incredible, incredibly difficult and controversial slate on the congressional to do list. this tweet and then the pretty predictable response to it doesn't make a difficult situation any easier. and there's always going to be this -- you know, grand standing is what washington is about. of co

bruce marcus and the washington post editorial page, how should they be punished. in looking at roy mooreharvey weinstein, and kevin spacey, available online. stephen is joining us from williamston, south carolina, independent line. .aller: good morning, sir i would like to point out something about the process of these accusations against roy moore. the process is that there is no refutecan repudiate or or defend himself against these accusations. ,he most recent accusation recently on cnn, occurred over 26 years ago and it basically amounts to he said, she said, and there is no way to tell who is telling the truth. the original accuser, who supposedly was 14 at the time, and that was 38 years ago, has completely disappeared. no one can even talk to her. similarly, gloria allred refuses to hand over the high school yearbook that is the only physical piece of evidence available. and she will not do it until after the election, just wait and see. the whole point of this thing is to make a series of unsubstantiated allegations that the target, in this case, roy moore, cannot repudiate or de