marcus moore, thank you so much. >>> next tonight to the white house. where president trump says he has completed his answers for special counsel robert mueller and he wrote them himself. trump also defending acting attorney general matthew whitaker, saying he has free rein to limit mueller's investigation. but while the president may think he's finished answering questions, the special counsel has yet to reveal his timeline. here's abc white house correspondent tara palmeri. >> reporter: tonight president trump making it clear he alone is the one answering special counsel robert mueller's questions. >> your team is preparing written answers to questions about -- >> no, no. not my team. i'm preparing written answers. my -- i -- i'm the one that does the answering. >> reporter: those answers are now finished, and he says will be submitted soon. the president also all but ruling out a sitdown interview. >> i think we've wasted enough time on this witch hunt and the answer is probably, we're finished. >> reporter: when it comes to acting attorney general m

>> marcus moore right in front oaf that destruction in houston. thank you. rob marciano is here now with more. rob, that stormfront is now reaching up all the way to the east coast? >> reporter: yeah, it's still moving east, tom. and with so many confirmed tornadoes, it reminds us this time of year, we can get tornadoes that persist overnight. tonight, though, the main threat will be heavy rain. we still helo wch out ohio riv. the rain stretches from st. louis back all the way through the carolinas. tomorrow an upper level push consolidates it, with another severe line getting through the carolinas. and then by tomorrow night, across the i-95 corridor. tomorrow night into saturday morning. hartford, boston, new york, that's when the stormiest time is going to be. a rough start to this weekend. tom? >> all right, rob, thank you. >>> next tonight, another big story we're following. the worldwide walkout at google. thousands of employees walking off the job today, from singapore to dublin, london and across the u.s. workers protesting the company's handling of

here's abc's marcus moore. >> reporter: more than a week after the deadly camp fire ravaged parts of northern california, the desperate search continues for those still missing. >> i would ask that people make every diligent effort to reach out to their friends and family and let them know they're okay and then also check with us and let us know that they're okay so we can devote our resources to locating people who haven't yet been accounted for. >> reporter: the president visiting the devastated areas saturday. >> we do have to do management, maintenance and we'll be working also with environmental groups. they've really -- i think everybody's seen the light. hopefully this is going to be the last of these. >> reporter: some still unhappy with the president's earlier criticism of california's forest management. >> the reality is we're always going to have wildfires in california. we need to take steps to reduce their frequency, reduce their severity, and, yes, forest management is one piece of it, but there are lots of other pieces. >> reporter: but california's governor jerry brow

abc's marcus moore is on the scene tonight. >> reporter: it started at 9:15 this morning. >> we got a lot of smoke inside. we got a lot of people. we need to start evacuating these buildings. >> reporter: this dallas condos engulfed in an inferno. firefighters going door-to-door, racing to get families to safety. red hot flames sending residents scrambling. >> things started imploding. you could see people's stuff going up in smoke. >> reporter: parts of the building collapsing. as more than 100 firefighters work to douse the flames. there are times when the smoke is building and choking as this fight continues. at one point, the roof collapse and three firefighters had to be rescued. >> fourth alarm. we have a mayday at this time. >> reporter: these firefighters were essentially trapped? >> they were trapped inside. it was a floor that was above them that collapsed into the unit that they were in. and it cut off their means of egress. >> reporter: a rapid intervention item finding those firefighters, finally pulling them from the building. >> and marcus moore joins us live from the s

abc's marcus moore is in paradis, california. >> reporter: tonight, the staggering number 11 days after the fire broke out. nearly 1,000 still missing. loved ones posting pictures and names outside this shelter. people like julian and his dog jack. officials are optimistic they will track down many of the unaccounted for, but the wait is agonizing. >> when you don't know, the grief is suspended, and people have said to me, it's like treading water. >> reporter: president trump seeing that devastation first-hand over the weekend, after criticizing forest management in california. he cited the conversation he says he had with the president of finland. >> they spend a lot of time raking and cleaning, they don't have any problem. >> reporter: the finnish president tonight responding, saying the two did talk about forest fires, but he doesn't recall discussing raking. >> and marcus moore with us tonight from california. i mentioned the rain a moment ago, marcus, it will help, but it could bring a new set of problems? >> reporter: yeah, david, that's right. it will certainly help crews stop t

this is marcus moore. >> president trump touring fire ravaged zone seeing firsthand the devastation leftrnight. and overnight, the camp fire rising to 76, and the president rising to northern california fir first and flanked by the governor-electavin new sosome, and governor jerry brown. there were support rs on the roadside near the town of paradise. >> it is very sad to see it. >> he is saying that he is stand big the comments about the forest. >> i was spending time with the president of finland and he said that they spend time raking, and cleaning, and they don't have problems. >> reporter: in chico, the president taking in the gravity of this damage. >> in california, we have never seen anything like this, jerry, it is like total devastation. >> outside trump protesters and supporters gathered. >> the whole town is trying to mobilize people who had to evacuate. now all of the resources are sent here to protect him. >> i will knock you out. >> you are stupid. >> reporter: nearby, the 11th hour for tent city outside of a lcal walmart where the residents who lost their homes were told

abc's marcus moore is in mexico speaking with those migrants about their long journey. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: well, whit, good morning. the members of this caravan have now started the next leg of their trip to the north and this morning we see men, women and children who you see just behind me here are part of this caravan that's been going on now for several weeks and they were up early this morning and have now begun the journey to a town 50 miles from where we are right now they arrive in the small mexican town of sayula. members of this so-called caravan are about to begin the next leg of their journey to the north. >> this is the only way they can be heard. >> reporter: president trump ordered 5,000 troops to the mexico border. >> if it was an invasion i don't think kids are invading. the majority is hard working people. >> reporter: for many their goal is to reach the u.s. where immigration has been made a central issue just days before the midterm election, perhaps driving scores of early voters to the polls and prompting strong rhetoric on all sides.

abc's marcus moore is in malibu. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: well, whit, good morning.he destruction here is unimaginable. just a couple of walls left standing where a house used to be and you can see there is just pure rubble left behind and this is the scene repeated in various parts of the state and this morning, those new numbers are revealing the scale of this disaster. overnight the death toll from northern california's horrifying camp fire rising to 71 with authorities still trying to locate as many as a thousand people and over 12,000 structures destroyed. thick smoke from the fire seen here from space, reaching over 100 miles to san francisco. forcing residents to wear face masks, canceling flights and closing schools. the air quality in san francisco yesterday reportedly the worst of any major city in the country. california's scorched earth and thick smoke the backdrop for president trump's planned visit later today. >> the big problem we have is management. you need forest management. it has to be. i'm not saying that in a negative way. i'm just saying the f

marcus moore covering it for us. marcus, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. >> we're in the one of the neighborhoods president trump visited on his tour of the devastation. when you look around, you are reminded of how relentless these flames were when they came through here. they seemingly very quickly destroyed everything in the path of those flames as they marched down hills and hopped over roadways and destroyed homes and properties across the state. president trump touring the fire zone this weekend, seeing firsthand the devastation left behind. overnight the death toll of northern california's camp fire rising to 76. the number of missing potentially as high as 1200. the president arriving in northern california first. smoke hanging in the air as he disembarked, flanked by governor elect gavin newsome and governor jerry brown. his motorcade passing supporters along the roadside to welcome him to paradise, the town of 28,000 wiped out by the camp fire. >> it's very sad to see it. >> reporter: the pres

marcus moore, abc news, chico, california. >> thanks to marcus in california. >>> there is new fallouthis morning after the election recount in florida. republican rick scott's victory in the senate race will be officially certified tomorrow. and now there is word that em -- embattled broward county supervisor, brenda snipes is resigning. >>> well, the president is admitting for the first time that the united states has a secret recording of the killing of "washington post" columnist, jamal khashoggi. he was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last month. intelligent sources tell "the washington post," the cia has concluded it was the saudi crown prince who ordered khashoggkhas murder. the president calls that premature and says he hasn't listened to the tape. >> we have the tape and i don't want to hear the tape. >> why don't you want to hear the tape? >> because it's a suffering tape. it's a terrible tape. i have been fully briefed on it. there is no reason for me to hear it. >> reporter: trump says his administration will have a very full report about khashoggi's death e

abc's marcus moore on the scene. >> reporter: it started at 9:15. >> we've got a lot of smoke inside.d to start evacuating these buildings. >> reporter: these dallas condos engulfed in an inferno. firefighters going door to door to get people to safety. >> things started imploding. you could see people's stuff going up in smoke. >> reporter: parts of the building collapsing. as more than 100 firefighters worked to douse the flames. >> there are times when the smoke is blinding and choking as this fight continues. at one point the roof collapsed and three firefighters had to be rescued when a floor fell in. >> fourth alarm on this spot. we have a mayday at this time. >> these firefighters were essentially trapped. >> they were trapped inside. it was a floor above them that collapsed into the unit that they were in and it cut off their means of egress. >> reporter: a rapid intervention team finding those firefighters, finally pulling them from the building. >> all three firefighters were rushed to an area hospital and are expected to be okay. one official told me if it had not been for

marcus moore, abc news, chico, california. >> our thanks to marcus. >>> this is a weird silver liningcalifornia wildfires is creating beautiful sunsets thousands of miles away. even in washington, d.c. >> wow. >> the light bouncing off the ash particles in the air, enhancing the red and orange colors at sunrise and there at sunset over the potomac. >> interesting. >> mmm-hmm. >>> for the second time this year, the cdc issued an e. coli warning about romaine lettuce. the agency says 32 cases have been linked to bacteria in 11 states. americans are being warned not to eat lettuce at all and all forms should be thrown out. in the spring, five people died and more than 200 others sickened by an e. coli strain linked to arizona. the cdc says the two strains are not linked. >> okay. that gets us to this. tomorrow most americans will be stuffing themselves with turkey and side dishes. >> what you'll likely be cramming into your mouth with that turkey depends on where you live. here it is, a survey a few years ago from 538.com identified the most common side dishes by region. southeast likes

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abc's marcus moore is there in paradise, california. marcus, another concern, all that smoke in the air. >> reporter: cecilia, that's right. this acrid smoke from the fire that destroyed this house has been sitting here for several days. at one point it was so thick that researchers in the san francisco area said that breathing it in was like smoking 11 cigarettes in one day. this morning, the toll of the missing from california's wildfires skyrocketing. overnight, news the number of killed in the camp fire climbed to 77. >> i would ask that people reach out to their friends and families to say they are okay. >> reporter: the search for those missing. white boards filled with those ssone nus of the desra latives yio ndhem. the pastor at this chico california, church. >> we're going to walk this around tomorrow morning to find out if they see themselves on the list. >> reporter: this man says he lost his friends in the fire and overnight learned that his own home was among the more than 10,000 inessential rated. >> i want to get out of he

marcus. -alex. -nice to meet you. -nice to meet you. how many acres do you have here? -900. -holy cow. alex moorens in honeydew farms, and when it comes to weed, bigger is definitely better. what happens on this 900 acres? we have cultivation sites spread out in different locations on the ranch. honeydew has nearly three acres of open-air plants and 22 greenhouses -- all of it legal. so if you see a helicopter, you don't care. oh, no, the sheriff's department is welcome to come over any time they want. i mean, we're completely transparent at this point. you know, i don't want to be looking through, you know, a jail cell at my kids. lemonis: alex runs honeydew, along with his wife, miranda. it's a far cry from the years he spent working in the shadows. did you wonder if you were gonna potentially go to jail on certain days? absolutely. -you did? -absolutely. and what did you tell people you did for a living? well, i mean, i did do construction back then during the day, but then maybe early in the morning or late in the evening i had a few plants in the woods. and the thing i think i would be worri