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Hangs onto the side of a plane in the trailer. Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning comes out next year. Warner Brothers is taking steps to fill a key role in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

Variety reports the studio wants Dumbledore to be played by actor Mark Rylance. The new cast is expected to appear in seven seasons, one for each book and next. A frigid feet at the bottom of the world, the ultimate test of endurance. It was an.

Ultramarathon in Antarctica, and the runners braved 13 below zero temperatures, racing on ice for a total of 100 miles. The two winners were Americans crossing the finish line in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

Finally, a new look for Louis Vuitton.

Its flagship store in New York has been made to look like a big stack of Louis luggage. It's just a creative way to cover the building, which is under construction. It's a brilliant idea.

Construction is expensive, too. Top headlines. Next.

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Checking more top stories. President elect Trump is expected to choose Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Rubio is known for hawkish views on China and Iran. Meanwhile, ABC news Overnight projected Congressman Ruben Gallego will win the Arizona Senate race over Republican Kari Lake in Denver.

A Delta jet carrying 154 people landed safely with damage to its nose cone. The crew did not report being hit by anything. No word on what caused the damage.

Overseas aid groups say Israel has failed to meet today's U.S. deadline for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The white House has said failure to comply could lead to cuts in military support.

U.S. highway safety officials are looking into reports that the engines in more than 1 million Honda and Acura vehicles can fail. The model years affected include 2016 through 2020.

Today's weather more rain and mountain snow in the northwest. Gusty winds could fuel fires in Southern California and in the northeast, and storms from the Northern Plains to Texas.

And finally, the spirit of OMG heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Danny New explains.

And that's driven to deep left by Iglesias. It's hard to.

Believe that before Jose Iglesias became a New York folk hero for the.

Mets this season. Oh my God. And before his now beloved song OMG became immortalized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A few days ago, this Cuban born second baseman had not played in the league for two years.

It was a dream season. Oh, what a play.

Great play by Iglesias.

Despite creating plenty of highlights for Colorado in 2022. Iglesias just kept getting cut by teams.

I started, you know, leaning towards the music just to kind of release the stress.

Under his moniker, he recorded this mostly Spanish language song that focuses on overcoming adversity through joy. Then when he finally got the call from the Mets in 2024, his teammates heard the unreleased version and quickly made OMG their locker room anthem.

Everybody just start dancing and singing. Hey, that's pretty good.

Next thing you know, the ballpark is playing it after every home run. Players are posing with an OMG sign and oh my god, he's even performing it for thousands of fans.

50,000 people keep singing OMG! You know, I was like, oh my God.

The song would eventually debut at number one on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales when it finally dropped. And here I go, here I go. Fellow Cuban-American and Grammy winner Pitbull remixed the song in October. Now, after posting one of the best batting averages in the league and helping to turn the Mets season around with his singles and his single, Jose hopes his comeback can help other athletes with a second passion.

You know that to prove that it's doable, that is is possible.

And guys, you may have noticed Jose was in the studio while we were talking, and that's because he was actually working on his next song called Nadia Sabina, which translates roughly to nobody knows anything.

And that's your good morning, America first look. Have a great Tuesday.

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Right now on Good Morning America. First look from little Marco to Secretary of State. The latest big job offer expected from president elect Trump. And the other big news overnight about his new administration. Plus, how former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition.

Days before the big Thanksgiving travel rush. A new warning about delays at the airport. The concerns about staffing shortages. Plus two passenger planes hit by gunfire, leading to service cancelations.

The verdict in the case of two young girls murdered on a hiking trail. What's next for the man convicted in their killing?

Bitcoin or bust? The post-election cryptocurrency craze. Should you be investing in digital currency. Why its value is soaring.

The missing kayaker who wasn't really missing. How police say this. Father of three reported missing last summer actually faked his own death and where he is now.

Caught on camera, the dangerous mission to save this goat stuck on a cliff.

And homeowners beware. The new social media challenge sending strangers to your door.

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Good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew Dymburt.

I'm Andrea Fujii in for Rhiannon. We begin with president elect Trump racing to fill top positions in his new administration.

He's apparently chosen the man for one of the most influential cabinet positions. And as Trump goes on a hiring spree. We're learning. Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition by refusing an invitation from the Biden White House.

ABC's Christiane Cordero has the latest. Christiane. Good morning.

Andrea. Good morning. From little Marco to secretary of state, a former Trump rival could soon play a major role in his administration. This morning, president elect Trump's new administration is taking shape, with Trump moving faster than he did in 2016 to fill key positions. Sources say he's expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who currently sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to become secretary of state.

The first thing he does is launch an attack about some little guy thing because he doesn't have answers.

The two were bitter rivals during the 2016 campaign, Trump calling Rubio, little Marco and Rubio making insinuations about Trump's manhood.

Don't worry about it, little Marco. He referred to my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem, I guarantee it.

Trump also mocked Rubio for this incident from 2013, when Rubio paused to take a sip of water. While giving the Republican response to then-President Obama's State of the Union.

Do you remember that catastrophe? And he's like this. And we will. Ha ha! I need water. Help me, I need water! Help! And this is on live television. This total choke artist.

But Rubio returned to Trump's good graces, advising Trump and making the short list for potential running mates. Another Floridian is set to play a key role in the administration. Sources say Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Mike Waltz for national security adviser. Trump went through four national security advisers in his first term. This time, he's turning to waltz the first Green Beret to serve in Congress and a well-known critic of China. He spoke at the Republican convention this summer.

Our enemies bullets could give a damn about black.

White or brown, or about religion, or about gender or about anything else. The only colors that matter in the foxhole are the red, white and blue baby.

Trump, also naming former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. Zeldin saying the agency will restore U.S. energy dominance and revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, all while protecting access to clean air and water. It comes as Robert F Kennedy Jr reportedly reviews resumes for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA. Kennedy has indicated he would fire up to 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health as he seeks to reshape the government's health agencies.

We're going to do our job. Despite the politics on.

Immigration, Trump's choice to carry out his mass deportation plans, border czar Tom Homan is vowing to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff in sanctuary cities.

We're doing it, so get used to it, because we're coming.

Meanwhile, Melania Trump is expected to break tradition by not traveling to Washington tomorrow as her husband meets with President Biden for the traditional post-election meeting at the white House. It's unclear why Melania did not accept the invitation. One report claims that there was a scheduling conflict. The New York Post claims that Mrs. Trump is reportedly upset over the FBI searching allegedly her son's room during the classified documents investigation. Andrea.

All right. Christiane. Thank you. Congressman Ruben Gallego will become Arizona's first Latino senator. ABC News Now projects Gallego will defeat Republican Kari Lake. The GOP now holds a 52 to 47 majority in the Senate. Meanwhile, in the House, Democrats have flipped another district in California, but 14 races are still not called.

Red flag fire warnings are posted in the northeast this morning because of heavy winds and bone dry conditions fueling wildfires. One fire just north of New York City has burned about five square miles and was only 20% contained overnight, and the largest fire in Massachusetts is now contained after burning 400 acres north of Boston on the West coast. Gusty winds this morning could pose another challenge for crews fighting the so-called mountain fire in Southern California. It's about 40% contained after destroying more than 170 buildings, most of them homes.

At least three U.S. airlines have paused flights to and from Haiti after bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane trying to land in port au Prince. A flight attendant was injured and the plane diverted to the Dominican Republic. A JetBlue flight was also hit by gunfire. The State Department says gangs are trying to stop air traffic amid Haiti's ongoing political crisis.

Millions of Americans are preparing to travel for the holidays. And now a new warning about potential delays not because of weather, but because of staffing shortages. This morning, with the busiest travel week of the year fast approaching, officials are sounding the alarm about staffing at airports.

Our air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed.

In Austin, Texas, Sunday. Major wait times and delays. A local congressman says that's because there were supposed to be 13 air traffic controllers on duty, and the airport had only eight by the holiday season. He warns controller staffing could be down to half what it should be.

The situation has actually gotten worse since I first began pressing the FAA to act last year.

It's a problem playing out nationwide. Earlier this year, the FAA said it was short 3000 controllers. It recently announced more than 1800 have been hired, but many are still in training.

We had one plane almost land on top of a packed. Southwest Airlines flight last year. This keeps happening again and again because we don't have the margin of safety we need there.

And this year, Thanksgiving travel is expected to set records. The industry expecting 36.5 million airline seats to be scheduled, a nearly 5% increase over last year. The worst day for travel. Sunday, December 1st, when travelers return home. As for departing, consider leaving the Monday before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving Day itself to save time and money. The FAA says it's modernizing equipment to speed up the training of new air traffic controllers, and it's looking for more schools to help with training.

Now to Indiana and a guilty verdict in the murders of two young girls cheering was heard outside court after the jury announced its decision. Nearly eight years after the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana. 52 year old Richard Allen, a husband and father who worked at a local CVS, has been found guilty. Onlookers outside court cheering the verdict. 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were killed on a hiking trail back in 2017, but Allen wasn't arrested until five years after the crime. There was no DNA evidence, but eventually prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. Police also credited Libby for capturing this crucial evidence on her phone before the murders. Nice.

Young girl. This young lady is a hero. There's no doubt. To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. To record what we believe is criminal behavior that is about to occur.

Police say Allen confessed more than 60 times, but the defense claimed he was psychotic from solitary confinement. A psychologist testified that Allen said he wanted to sexually assault the girls, but killed them when someone passing by startled him. The jury took nearly 20 hours to deliberate. Today, for me.

Means some major healing for this community and the county.

Allen will be sentenced on December 20th and faces up to 130 years in prison.

Time now for your Tuesday weather.

Good morning. Although it will be a lot cooler in the northeast. There will be fire danger because of the active breeze and low humidity driving fire danger here. We've had a large wildfire along the New York New Jersey line, and parts of Orange and Passaic counties that may get more active with the volatile fire weather, and we could see some smoke into New York City once again today, this morning. We're also facing fire danger in Southern California with a dry downsloping wind. For AccuWeather, I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

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More unrest in Amsterdam days after Israeli soccer fans were attacked. Tram was set on fire as dozens of people took to the streets with firecrackers and sticks. Five more people are under arrest for last week's violence. Police say Jews were targeted after Israeli fans destroyed a Palestinian flag.

Some say it's an easy way to make big money. Others say investors beware. We're talking about cryptocurrency and it's hitting record highs after the election. ABC's Lionel Moise takes a closer look.

This morning, a new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000, an all time record. You're seeing.

An.

Extremely rapid rise in value. It's up 25 or 30% since the election results came in last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

FTX is the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto. It's the best way to get in the game.

I'm never wrong about this stuff. Never.

Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

Experts say if you do decide to invest in crypto, diversity is key, saying due to the risk it should only be a small percentage of your portfolio. Andrew. Andrea.

All right. Lionel. Thank you. Well, new concerns now about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year, from 51 to nearly 1200 cases statewide. Children usually get a series of shots against the illness beginning at two months old.

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But back now with a warning from police a new door knocking challenge has emerged on TikTok. People are being encouraged to post video of themselves kicking doors of homes, leaving residents terrified. Some homeowners report hundreds of dollars in damages.

50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, authorities say they've solved the crime thanks to DNA technology. 84 year old John Miller of Minnesota has been arrested for the 1974 killing of Mary Shelley, who was hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago. Authorities say they traced DNA found at the crime scene to his relatives.

I was actually sitting in a deer stand when I got a text from an investigator yesterday, and I had a difficult time controlling my excitement. Finally put a bow on this one and have somebody in custody for it is unbelievably satisfying.

The victim's brother thanked police for never giving up.

Now to the story of a missing kayaker. Turns out he wasn't missing at all. Police say the father of three was faking his own death. This morning, a stunning development in the case of a married father of three who seemingly vanished while kayaking.

He felt that the dad was drowned. A day ago. They found out that he wasn't.

Ryan Borgwardt was reported missing August 12th when he failed to return from his lake in Wisconsin. Police found his capsized kayak in his car nearby, and a fisherman found his tackle box with his wallet, keys and license inside. Authorities searched for eight weeks using drones, radar and boats with no sign of borgwardt.

I've never searched this much, this area so thoroughly and not not come up with something.

Recently, investigators became suspicious after learning Borgward's name had been checked by Canadian law enforcement. On August 13th, the day after his disappearance, they also discovered he had taken out a $375,000 life insurance policy, moved money to a foreign bank, and had replaced his computer's hard drive. Investigators now say Borgwardt is actually alive and well, hiding in Europe after corresponding with a woman in Uzbekistan.

That was something we didn't expect.

Authorities are now pleading with Borgwardt to call home.

We understand that things can happen, but there is a family that wants their daddy back.

Police say it's too early to say what charges he may face.

In sports, the Dolphins scored the only two touchdowns on Monday Night Football. They beat the Rams 23 to 15. Their win also avoids what would have been a first ever winless weekend for Florida's 12. College and pro football teams coming up.

The impossible return of Tom cruise.

Plus the delicate rescue to save a goat in trouble.

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Time to check the pulse. And we begin with a goat in need of some helping hands.

The kid got stuck on a high mountain in Oahu and was trapped for four days, while a group of good Samaritans decided to try to rescue him. First coaxing the goat with some food and then grabbing him and carrying him to safety.

The animal, since named buddy, is now recovering at a sanctuary. He is believed to be just two weeks old. Next, Tom cruise is back to his old tricks.

The first trailer for the next Mission Impossible movie is out. Take a look.

You've always been on the right side, brother. I have no regrets. Neither should you.

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We just saw there. Cruise hangs onto the side of a plane in the trailer. Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning comes out next year. Warner Bros. Is taking steps to fill a key role in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

Variety reports the studio wants Dumbledore to be played by actor Mark Rylance. The new cast is expected to appear in seven seasons, one for each book and next. A frigid feet at the bottom of the world. The ultimate test of endurance. It was an.

Ultramarathon in Antarctica, and the runners braved 13 below zero temperatures, racing on ice for a total of 100 miles. The two winners were Americans crossing the finish line in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

Finally, a new look for Louis Vuitton.

Its flagship store in New York has been made to look like a big stack of Louis luggage. It's just a creative way to cover the building, which is under construction. It's a brilliant idea, and.

Construction is expensive too. Top headlines. Next.

Baby. Oh, baby. It was one of the most joyous mornings ever in GMA history. Okay.

And push now. Push. One, two, three. The baby's out. Baby boy.

Babies being born in three different hospitals live on GMA.

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Checking more top stories. President elect Trump is expected to choose Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Rubio is known for hawkish views on China and Iran. Meanwhile, ABC news Overnight projected Congressman Ruben Gallego will win the Arizona Senate race over Republican Kari Lake.

In Denver, a Delta jet carrying 154 people landed safely with damage to its nose cone. The crew did not report being hit by anything. No word on what caused the damage.

Overseas aid groups say Israel has failed to meet today's U.S. deadline for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The white House has said failure to comply could lead to cuts in military support.

U.S. highway safety officials are looking into reports that the engines in more than 1 million Honda and Acura vehicles can fail. The model years affected include 2016 through 2020.

Today's weather more rain and mountain snow in the northwest. Gusty winds could fuel fires in Southern California and in the northeast, and storms from the Northern Plains to Texas.

And finally, the spirit of OMG heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Danny New explains.

And that's driven to deep left by Iglesias. It's hard to.

Believe that before Jose Iglesias became a New York folk hero for the Mets this season. Oh my God. And before his now beloved song OMG became immortalized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame a few days ago, this Cuban born second baseman had not played in the league for two years.

It was a dream season. Oh, what a play.

Great play by Iglesias.

Despite creating plenty of highlights for Colorado in 2022. Iglesias just kept getting cut by teams.

I started, you know, leaning towards the music just to kind of release the stress.

Under his moniker, he recorded this mostly Spanish language song that focuses on overcoming adversity through joy. Then when he finally got the call from the Mets in 2024, his teammates heard the unreleased version and quickly made OMG their locker room anthem.

Everybody just started dancing and singing. Hey, that's pretty good.

Next thing you know, the ballpark is playing it after every home run. Players are posing with an OMG sign and oh my god, he's even performing it for thousands of fans.

50,000 people keep singing OMG! You know, I was like, oh my God.

The song would eventually debut at number one on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales when it finally dropped. And here I go, here I go. Fellow Cuban-American and Grammy winner Pitbull remixed the song in October. Now, after posting one of the best batting averages in the league and helping to turn the Mets season around with his singles and his single, Jose hopes his comeback can help other athletes with a second passion.

You know the to prove that it's doable, that is is possible.

And guys, you may have noticed Jose was in the studio while we were talking, and that's because he was actually working on his next song called Nadia Sabina, which translates roughly to nobody knows anything.

And that's your good morning, America first look. Have a great.

Tuesday.

America's number one news, ABC news now streaming 24 over seven on Disney+.

Right now on Good Morning America. First look from little Marco to Secretary of State. The latest big job offer expected from president elect Trump. And the other big news overnight about his new administration. Plus, how former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition.

Days before the big Thanksgiving travel rush. A new warning about delays at the airport. The concerns about staffing shortages. Plus two passenger planes hit by gunfire, leading to service cancelations.

The verdict in the case of two young girls murdered on a hiking trail. What's next for the man convicted in their killing?

Bitcoin or bust? The post-election cryptocurrency craze. Should you be investing in digital currency? Why its value is soaring.

The missing kayaker who wasn't really missing. How police say this. Father of three reported missing last summer actually faked his own death and where he is now.

Caught on camera. The dangerous mission to save this goat stuck on a cliff.

And homeowners, beware the new social media challenge sending strangers to your door.

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I'm Andrea Fujii in for Rhiannon. We begin with president elect Trump racing to fill top positions in his new administration.

He's apparently chosen the man for one of the most influential cabinet positions. And as Trump goes on a hiring spree. We're learning. Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition by refusing an invitation from the Biden White House.

ABC's Christiane Cordero has the latest. Christiane. Good morning.

Andrea, good morning From little Marco to Secretary of state, a former Trump rival could soon play a major role in his administration. This morning, president elect Trump's new administration is taking shape, with Trump moving faster than he did in 2016 to fill key positions. Sources say he is expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who currently sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to become secretary of state.

The first thing he does is launch an attack about some little guy thing because he doesn't have answers.

The two were bitter rivals during the 2016 campaign, Trump calling Rubio, little Marco and Rubio making insinuations about Trump's manhood.

Don't worry about it, little Marco. He referred to my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem, I guarantee it.

Trump also mocked Rubio for this incident from 2013, when Rubio paused to take a sip of water. While giving the Republican response to then-President President Obama's State of the Union. Do you remember that catastrophe?

And he's like this. And we will. Ha ha! I need water. Help me, I need water! Help! And he's. This is on live television. This total choke artist.

But Rubio returned to Trump's good graces, advising Trump and making the short list for potential running mates. Another Floridian is set to play a key role in the administration. Sources say Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Mike Waltz for national security adviser. Trump went through four national security advisers in his first term. This time, he's turning to waltz the first Green Beret to serve in Congress and a well-known critic of China. He spoke at the Republican convention this summer.

Our enemies bullets could give a damn about black, white or brown, or about religion, or about gender or about anything else. The only colors that matter in the foxhole are the red, white and blue baby.

Trump, also naming former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. Zeldin saying the agency will restore U.S. energy dominance and revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, all while protecting access to clean air and water. It comes as Robert F Kennedy Jr reportedly reviews resumes for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA. Kennedy has indicated he would fire up to 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health as he seeks to reshape the government's health agencies.

We're going to do our job despite the politics on immigration.

Trump's choice to carry out his mass deportation plans, border czar Tom Homan is vowing to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff in sanctuary cities.

We're doing it, so get used to it, because we're coming.

Meanwhile, Melania Trump is expected to break tradition by not traveling to Washington tomorrow as her husband meets with President Biden for the traditional post-election meeting at the white House. It's unclear why Melania did not accept the invitation. One report claims that there was a scheduling conflict. The New York Post claims that Mrs. Trump is reportedly upset over the FBI searching allegedly her son's room during the classified documents investigation. Andrea.

All right. Christiane. Thank you. Congressman Ruben Gallego will become Arizona's first Latino senator. ABC News Now projects Gallego will defeat Republican Kari Lake. The GOP now holds a 52 to 47 majority in the Senate. Meanwhile, in the House, Democrats have flipped another district in California, but 14 races are still not called.

Red flag fire warnings are posted in the northeast this morning because of heavy winds and bone dry conditions fueling wildfires. One fire just north of New York City has burned about five square miles and was only 20% contained overnight. And the largest fire in Massachusetts is now contained after burning 400 acres north of Boston on the West Coast. Gusty winds this morning could pose another challenge for crews fighting the so-called mountain fire in Southern California. It's about 40% contained after destroying more than 170 buildings, most of them homes.

At least three U.S. airlines have paused flights to and from Haiti after bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane trying to land in port au Prince. A flight attendant was injured and the plane diverted to the Dominican Republic. A JetBlue flight was also hit by gunfire. The State Department says gangs are trying to stop air traffic amid Haiti's ongoing political crisis.

Millions of Americans are preparing to travel for the holidays. And now a new warning about potential delays not because of weather, but because of staffing shortages. This morning, with the busiest travel week of the year fast approaching, officials are sounding the alarm about staffing at airports.

Our air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed.

In Austin, Texas, Sunday. Major wait times and delays. A local congressman says that's because there were supposed to be 13 air traffic controllers on duty, and the airport had only eight by the holiday season. He warns controller staffing could be down to half what it should be.

The situation has actually gotten worse since I first began pressing the FAA to act last year.

It's a problem playing out nationwide. Earlier this year, the FAA said it was short 3000 controllers. It recently announced more than 1800 have been hired, but many are still in training.

We had one plane almost land on top of a packed. Southwest Airlines flight last year. This keeps happening again and again because we don't have the margin of safety we need there.

And this year, Thanksgiving travel is expected to set records. The industry expecting 36.5 million airline seats to be scheduled, a nearly 5% increase over last year, the worst day for travel. Sunday, December 1st, when travelers return home. As for departing, consider leaving the Monday before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving Day itself to save time and money. The FAA says it's modernizing equipment to speed up the training of new air traffic controllers, and it's looking for more schools to help with training.

Now to Indiana and a guilty verdict in the murders of two young girls. Cheering was heard outside court after the jury announced its decision, nearly eight years after the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana. 52 year old Richard Allen, a husband and father who worked at a local CVS, has been found guilty. Onlookers outside court cheering the verdict. 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were killed on a hiking trail back in 2017, but Allen wasn't arrested until five years after the crime. There was no DNA evidence, but eventually prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. Police also credited Libby for capturing this crucial evidence on her phone before the murders. Guys!

Down here!

This young lady is a hero. There's no doubt. To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. To record what we believe is criminal behavior that is about to occur.

Police say Allen confessed to more than 60 times, but the defense claimed he was psychotic from solitary confinement. A psychologist testified Allen said he wanted to sexually assault the girls, but killed them when someone passing by startled him. The jury took nearly 20 hours to deliberate today.

For me, needs some major healing for this community and the county.

Allen will be sentenced on December 20th and faces up to 130 years in prison.

Time now for your Tuesday weather.

Good morning. Although it will be a lot cooler in the northeast. There will be fire danger because of the active breeze and low humidity driving fire danger here. We've had a large wildfire along the New York New Jersey line, and parts of Orange and Passaic counties that may get more active with the volatile fire weather, and we could see some smoke into New York City once again today, this morning. We're also facing fire danger in Southern California with a dry downsloping wind for AccuWeather. I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

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More unrest in Amsterdam days after Israeli soccer fans were attacked, tram was set on fire as dozens of people took to the streets with firecrackers and sticks. Five more people are under arrest for last week's violence. Police say Jews were targeted after Israeli fans destroyed a Palestinian flag.

Some say it's an easy way to make big money. Others say investors beware. We're talking about cryptocurrency and it's hitting record highs after the election. ABC's Lionel Moise takes a closer look.

This morning a new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000. An all time record.

You're seeing an extremely rapid rise in value. It's up 25 or 30% since the election results came in last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. president elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

FTX is the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto. It's the best way to get in the game.

I'm never wrong about this stuff. Never.

Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

Experts say if you do decide to invest in crypto, diversity is key, saying due to the risk it should only be a small percentage of your portfolio. Andrew. Andrea.

All right. Lionel. Thank you. Well, new concerns now about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year, from 51 to nearly 1200 cases statewide. Children usually get a series of shots against the illness beginning at two months old.

Coming up, the new social media challenge sending strangers to your door.

Also ahead, did he just want to flee his family? The kayaker reported missing, who was apparently faking his own death.

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Back now, with a warning from police, a new door knocking challenge has emerged on TikTok. People are being encouraged to post video of themselves Kicking doors of homes, leaving residents terrified. Some homeowners report hundreds of dollars in damages.

50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, authorities say they've solved the crime thanks to DNA technology. 84 year old John Miller of Minnesota has been arrested for the 1974 killing of Mary Shelley, who was hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago. Authorities say they traced DNA found at the crime scene to his relatives.

I was actually sitting in a deer stand when I got a text from Investigator Westlund yesterday, and I had a difficult time controlling my excitement. Finally put a bow on this one and have somebody in custody for it is unbelievably satisfying.

The victim's brother thanked police for never giving up.

Now to the story of a missing kayaker. Turns out he wasn't missing at all. Police say the father of three was faking his own death. This morning, a stunning development in the case of a married father of three who seemingly vanished while kayaking.

He felt that the dad was drowned. A day ago. They found out that he wasn't.

Ryan Borgwardt was reported missing August 12th when he failed to return from his lake in Wisconsin. Police found his capsized kayak in his car nearby, and a fisherman found his tackle box with his wallet, keys and license inside. Authorities searched for eight weeks using drones, radar and boats with no sign of borgwardt.

I've never searched this much, this area so thoroughly and not not come up with something.

Recently, investigators became suspicious after learning Borgward's name had been checked by Canadian law enforcement on August 13th, the day after his disappearance. They also discovered he had taken out a $375,000 life insurance policy, moved money to a foreign bank, and had replaced his computer's hard drive. Investigators now say Borgwardt is actually alive and well, hiding in Europe after corresponding with a woman in Uzbekistan.

That was something we didn't expect.

Authorities now pleading with Borgwardt to call home.

We understand that things can happen, but there is a family that wants their daddy back.

Police say it's too early to say what charges he may face.

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Time to check the pulse. And we begin with a goat in need of some helping hands.

The kid got stuck on a high mountain in Oahu and was trapped for four days. Well, a group of good Samaritans decided to try to rescue him. First coaxing the goat with some food and then grabbing him and carrying him to safety.

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We just saw there. their crews hanging onto the side of a plane in the trailer for Mission Impossible. The Final Reckoning comes out next year. Warner Brothers is taking steps to fill a key role in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

Variety reports the studio wants Dumbledore to be played by actor Mark Rylance. The new cast is expected to appear in seven seasons, one for each book. And next, a frigid feat at the bottom of the world. The ultimate test of endurance. It was an.

Ultramarathon in Antarctica, and the runners braved 13 below zero temperatures, racing on ice for a total of 100 miles. The two winners were Americans crossing the finish line in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

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Checking more top stories. President elect Trump is expected to choose Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. Rubio is known for his hawkish views on China and Iran. Meanwhile, ABC news Overnight projected Congressman Ruben Gallego will win the Arizona Senate race over Republican Kari Lake in Denver.

A Delta jet carrying 154 people landed safely with damage to its nose cone. The crew did not report being hit by anything. No word on what caused the damage.

Overseas aid groups say Israel has failed to meet today's U.S. deadline for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The white House has said failure to comply could lead to cuts in military support.

U.S. highway safety officials are looking into reports that the engines in more than 1 million Honda and Acura vehicles can fail. The model years affected include 2016 through 2020.

Today's weather more rain and mountain snow in the northwest. Gusty winds could fuel fires in Southern California and in the northeast, and storms from the Northern Plains to Texas.

And finally, the spirit of OMG heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Danny New explains.

And that's driven to deep left by Iglesias.

It's hard to believe that before Jose Iglesias became a New York folk hero for the Mets this season. Oh my God. And before his now beloved song OMG became immortalized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame a few days ago, this Cuban born second baseman had not played in the league for two years.

It was a dream season. Oh, what a play.

Great play by Iglesias. Despite creating plenty of highlights for Colorado in 2022. Iglesias just kept getting cut by teams.

I started, you know, leaning towards the music just to kind of release the stress.

Under his moniker, he recorded this mostly Spanish language song that focuses on overcoming adversity through joy. Then when he finally got the call from the Mets in 2024, his teammates heard the unreleased version and quickly made OMG their locker room anthem.

Everybody just started dancing and saying, hey, that's pretty good. Next thing you.

Know, the ballpark is playing it after every home run. Players are posing with an OMG sign and oh my god, he's doing it for thousands of fans.

50,000 people keep singing OMG! You know, I was like oh my God.

The song would eventually debut at number one on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales when it finally dropped. And here I go, here I go. Fellow Cuban-American and Grammy winner Pitbull remixed the song in October. Now, after posting one of the best batting averages in the league and helping to turn the Mets season around with his singles and his single, Jose hopes his comeback can help other athletes with a second passion.

You know the to prove that it's doable, that is is possible.

And guys, you may have noticed Jose was in the studio while we were talking, and that's because he was actually working on his next song called Nadia Sabina, which translates roughly to nobody knows anything.

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Right now on Good Morning America. First look from little Marco to Secretary of state. The latest big job offer expected from president elect Trump. And the other big news overnight about his new administration. Plus, how former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition.

Days before the big Thanksgiving travel rush. A new warning about delays at the airport. The concerns about staffing shortages. Plus two passenger planes hit by gunfire, leading to service cancelations.

The verdict in the case of two young girls murdered on a hiking trail. What's next for the man convicted in their killing?

Bitcoin or bust? The post-election cryptocurrency craze. Should you be investing in digital currency? Why its value is soaring.

The missing kayaker who wasn't really missing. How police say this. Father of three reported missing last summer actually faked his own death and where he is now.

Caught on camera. The dangerous mission to save this goat stuck on a cliff.

And homeowners beware the new social media challenge sending strangers to your door.

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Good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew Dymburt.

I'm Andrea Fujii in for Rhiannon. We begin with president elect Trump racing to fill top positions in his new administration.

He's apparently chosen the man for one of the most influential cabinet positions. And as Trump goes on a hiring spree. We're learning. Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition by refusing an invitation from the Biden White House.

ABC's Christiane Cordero has the latest. Christiane good morning.

Andrea, Good morning. From little Marco to Secretary of state. A former Trump rival could soon play a major role in his administration. This morning, president elect Trump's new administration is taking shape, with Trump moving faster than he did in 2016 to fill key positions. Sources say he is expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who currently sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to become secretary of state.

The first thing he does is launch an attack about some little guy thing because he doesn't have answers.

The two were bitter rivals during the 2016 campaign, Trump calling Rubio, little Marco and Rubio making insinuations about Trump's manhood.

Don't worry about it, little Marco. He referred to my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem, I guarantee it.

Trump also mocked Rubio for this incident from 2013, when Rubio paused to take a sip of water. While giving the Republican response to then President Obama's State of the Union.

Do you remember that catastrophe? And he's like this. And we were, oh, I need water. Help me, I need water! Help! And he's. This is on live television. This total choke artist.

But Rubio returned to Trump's good graces, advising Trump and making the short list for potential running mates. Another Floridian is set to play a key role in the administration. Sources say Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Mike Waltz for national security adviser. Trump went through four national security advisers in his first term. This time, he's turning to waltz the first Green Beret to serve in Congress and a well-known critic of China. He spoke at the Republican convention this summer.

Our enemies bullets could give a damn about black, white or brown, or about religion, or about gender or about anything else. The only colors that matter in the foxhole So are the red.

White and.

Blue baby.

Trump also naming former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. Zeldin saying the agency will restore U.S. energy dominance and revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, all while protecting access to clean air and water. It comes as Robert F Kennedy Jr reportedly reviews resumes for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA. Kennedy has indicated he would fire up to 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health as he seeks to reshape the government's health agencies.

We're going to do our job despite the politics on immigration.

Trump's choice to carry out his mass deportation plans, border czar Tom Homan is vowing to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff in sanctuary cities.

We're doing it to get used to it because we're coming.

Meanwhile, Melania Trump is expected to break tradition by not traveling to Washington tomorrow as her husband meets with President Biden for the traditional post-election meeting at the white House. It's unclear why Melania did not accept the invitation. One report claims that there was a scheduling conflict. The New York Post claims that Mrs. Trump is reportedly upset over the FBI searching allegedly her son's room during the classified documents investigation. Andrea.

All right, Christiane, thank you. Congressman Ruben Gallego will become Arizona's first Latino senator. ABC News Now projects Gallego will defeat Republican Kari Lake. The GOP now holds a 52 to 47 majority in the Senate. Meanwhile, in the House, Democrats have flipped another district in California, but 14 races are still not called.

Red flag fire warnings are posted in the northeast this morning because of heavy winds and bone dry conditions fueling wildfires. One fire just north of New York City has burned about five square miles and was only 20% contained overnight. And the largest fire in Massachusetts is now contained after burning 400 acres north of Boston on the West coast. Gusty winds this morning could pose another challenge for crews fighting the so-called mountain fire in Southern California. It's about 40% contained after destroying more than 170 buildings, most of them homes.

At least three U.S. airlines have paused flights to and from Haiti after bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane trying to land in port au Prince. A flight attendant was injured and the plane diverted to the Dominican Republic. A JetBlue flight was also hit by gunfire. The State Department says gangs are trying to stop air traffic amid Haiti's ongoing political crisis.

Millions of Americans are preparing to travel for the holidays. And now a new warning about potential delays not because of weather, but because of staffing shortages. This morning, with the busiest travel week of the year fast approaching, officials are sounding the alarm about staffing at airports.

Our air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed.

In Austin, Texas, Sunday major wait times and delays. A local congressman says that's because there were supposed to be 13 air traffic controllers on duty, and the airport had only eight by the holiday season. He warns controller staffing could be down to half what it should be.

The situation has actually gotten worse since I first began pressing the FAA to act last year.

It's a problem playing out nationwide. Earlier this year, the FAA said it was short 3000 controllers. It recently announced more than 1900 have been hired, but many are still in training.

We had one plane almost land on top of a packed. Southwest Airlines flight last year. This keeps happening again and again because we don't have the margin of safety we need there.

And this year, Thanksgiving travel is expected to set records. The industry expecting 36.5 million airline seats to be scheduled, a nearly 5% increase over last year. The worst day for travel. Sunday, December 1st, when travelers return home. As for departing, Consider leaving the Monday before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving Day itself to save time and money. The FAA says it's modernizing equipment to speed up the training of new air traffic controllers, and it's looking for more schools to help with training.

Now to Indiana and a guilty verdict in the murders of two young girls. Cheering was heard outside court after the jury announced its decision, nearly eight years after the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana. 52 year old Richard Allen, a husband and father who worked at a local CVS, has been found guilty. Onlookers outside court cheering the verdict. 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were killed on a hiking trail back in 2017, but Allen wasn't arrested until five years after the crime. There was no DNA evidence, but eventually prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. Police also credited Libby for capturing this crucial evidence on her phone before the murders. Nice.

Young girl. This young lady is a hero. There's no doubt. To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. To record what we believe is criminal behavior that is about to occur.

Police say Allen confessed more than 60 times, but the defense claimed he was psychotic from solitary confinement. A psychologist testified Allen said he wanted to sexually assault the girls, but killed them when someone passing by startled him. The jury took nearly 20 hours to deliberate. Today.

For me, means some major healing for this community and the county.

Allen will be sentenced on December 20th and faces up to 130 years in prison.

Time now for your Tuesday weather.

Good morning. Although it will be a lot cooler in the northeast, there will be fire danger because of the active breeze and low humidity driving fire danger here. We've had a large wildfire along the New York New Jersey line, and parts of Orange and Passaic counties that may get more active with the volatile fire weather, and we could see some smoke into New York City once again today. This morning, we're also facing fire danger in Southern California with a dry downsloping wind. For AccuWeather, I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

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More unrest in Amsterdam days after Israeli soccer fans were attacked, tram was set on fire as dozens of people took to the streets with firecrackers and sticks. Five more people are under arrest for last week's violence. Police say Jews were targeted after Israeli fans destroyed a Palestinian flag.

Some say it's an easy way to make big money. Others say investors beware. We're talking about cryptocurrency and it's hitting record highs after the election. ABC's Leyna moise takes a closer look.

This morning a new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000, an all time record.

You're seeing an extremely rapid rise in value. It's up 25 or 30% since the election results came in last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

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I'm never wrong about this stuff. Never.

Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

Experts say if you do decide to invest in crypto, diversity is key, saying due to the risk it should only be a small percentage of your portfolio. Andrew. Andrea.

All right. Lionel. Thank you. Well, new concerns now about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year, from 51 to nearly 1200 cases statewide. Children usually get a series of shots against the illness beginning at two months old.

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50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, authorities say they've solved the crime thanks to DNA technology. 84 year old John Miller of Minnesota has been arrested for the 1974 killing of Mary Shelley, who was hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago. Authorities say they traced DNA found at the crime scene to his relatives.

I was actually sitting in a deer stand when I got a text from an investigator yesterday, and I had a difficult time controlling my excitement. Finally put a bow on this one and have somebody in custody for it is unbelievably satisfying.

The victim's brother thanked police for never giving up.

Now to the story of a missing kayaker. Turns out he wasn't missing at all. Police say the father of three was faking his own death. This morning, a stunning development in the case of a married father of three who seemingly vanished while kayaking.

He felt that the dad was drowned. A day ago. They found out that he wasn't.

Ryan Borgwardt was reported missing August 12th when he failed to return from his lake in Wisconsin. Police found his capsized kayak in his car nearby, and a fisherman found his tackle box with his wallet, keys and license inside. Authorities searched for eight weeks using drones, radar and boats with no sign of borgwardt.

I've never searched this much, this area so thoroughly and not not come up with something.

Recently, investigators became suspicious after learning Borgward's name had been checked by Canadian law enforcement. On August 13th, the day after his disappearance, they also discovered he had taken out a $375,000 life insurance policy, moved money to a foreign bank, and had replaced his computer's hard drive. Investigators now say Borgwardt is actually alive and well, hiding in Europe after corresponding with a woman in Uzbekistan.

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Authorities now pleading with Borgwardt to call home.

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In Denver, a Delta jet carrying 154 people landed safely with damage to its nose cone. The crew did not report being hit by anything. No word on what caused the damage.

Overseas aid groups say Israel has failed to meet today's U.S. deadline for allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The white House has said failure to comply could lead to cuts in military support.

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The song would eventually debut at number one on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales. When it finally dropped and I go, here I go. Fellow Cuban-American and Grammy winner Pitbull remixed the song in October. Now, after posting one of the best batting averages in the league and helping to turn the Mets season around with his singles and his single, Jose hopes his comeback can help other athletes with a second passion.

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And there's about to be a hawk in the white House. We start here. Marco Rubio is expected to be nominated to be the next Secretary of state.

I will tell you, a lot of these picks are coming very quickly.

Now. A sharp critic of Russia will be expected to export Donald Trump's isolationist policies overseas. Meanwhile, Ukraine contemplates its end game.

They know there is an opportunity to potentially start negotiations when Trump takes office.

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An American plane comes under fire as Haiti's new government tries to wrestle power from gangs. From ABC news. This is. Start here. I'm Brad Mielke. Presidential candidates are asked about everything. But when you think about it, a vast majority of these things they don't have control over. Like, what do you think of this legislation that might never get written? What do you think about the gas prices you can't control? But one thing you can control is who you're going to hire. The federal government employs nearly 3 million people who write rules about your health care, your car, your local waterways. They interact with companies, with foreign governments, with the criminal justice system all on your behalf. And the people leading these agencies have broad powers to shape policy and priorities. These top jobs are appointed by the president of the United States. Well, between now and Inauguration Day, president elect Donald Trump will once again have to fill dozens of key roles in his administration. And yesterday, he named several people to key positions.

And overnight, we've gotten word about one of the top jobs in the presidential cabinet. Let's go straight to ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, who joins us from Mar a Lago. Rachel, we're hearing about Marco Rubio for secretary of state. What can you tell us?

Yeah. This is a former Trump rival now turned secretary of state, president elect Donald Trump expected to name Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as his secretary of state. This is according to multiple sources. Look, Rubio was once a bitter rival of Donald Trump in 2016. He quickly became one of his staunchest supporters. He's a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is a hawkish Republican with really deep experience in international affairs. Is there.

A pathway to ending this conflict that preserves Ukrainian.

Sovereignty and does not sort of reward Putin for what he's done.

But he's also shown in recent months a willingness to try to adapt to. Trump's worldview on matters like America's support for Ukraine and its war against Russia. He started to echo Donald Trump in this, saying the war needs to be brought to an end. That it's time for it to reach a conclusion. And he's also been a loyal surrogate for Donald Trump's campaign during the 2024 election.

The violent rhetoric, he's.

The guy that's been shot, almost shot at or shot at one time and almost assassinated the second. He's the violent rhetoric there, the violent rhetoric.

This presents a very unique scenario, Brad, for Senator Marco Rubio, because he ultimately will have to be confirmed by his own colleagues. These are people that know him well. And I will tell you, even Democrats that disagree with Senator Marco Rubio, they have a level of respect for him, that he's really someone that knows his stuff. He knows his way around foreign policy. And so there is a sort of level of respect there. This may be a contentious confirmation process, and certainly not an easy one, but ultimately he could have an easier path.

I say like, this is not Rex Tillerson being named secretary of state by Trump back in the day, right? This is not a guy who you'd expect to dismantle the State Department. And Rachel, this isn't even the only job associated with a name in the last 24 hours. What other jobs is President Trump filling right now?

Yeah, a lot of these picks are coming very quickly. Clearly, president elect Donald Trump is very eager to fill out his administration. And so he announced that one of his chief defenders in Congress, someone who was very loyal to him on Capitol Hill, a member of the Republican House leadership, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, will now be his ambassador to the United Nations.

It is clear for the whole world to see nothing.

Absolutely nothing will stop President Trump from standing and fighting for our great country.

You may remember, this was a role that Nikki Haley had. The former governor of South Carolina, will. Donald Trump made it clear that she will not be returning in any sort of capacity in this administration. He also announced that former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin will be the EPA administrator.

We need him back in the white House now more than ever before.

And this is going to be a significant role, Brad, because as EPA administrator, it will be up to Zeldin to start pulling back what he has called the left wing regulations and focus on unleashing economic prosperity through the agency. One of his first tasks is probably going to be trying to overturn several things that President Biden put into place some of the biggest rules on climate that the EPA has had, and that's everything from certain regulations for vehicles to slashing pollution from power plants and oil and gas producers.

We had a president who defeated ISIS, broke Iran, stood with Israel.

We're also learning from sources that Donald Trump is also going to be selecting Congressman Mike Wallace to serve as his national security Advisor. Brad, keep in mind here that Republicans are inching closer to the majority in the House. And right now you have the president elect basically hand plucking Republicans out of the House and into his administration. This could make things very tricky for speaker Mike Johnson with passing any legislation should Republicans eventually clinch the majority. This is.

The thing. If you're somebody from a purple district at all, it's so hard to get selected by the president because they're like, well, we need you to fill out our numbers. These lawmakers both seem to come from safe seats, so we'll see. But in the meantime, Rachel, we've been talking about these high level, you know, cabinet appointments and ambassadors. Trump is filling out other roles on his staff as well. Right. Like, are there any to you that sort of sneak under the radar to the rest of the public? But to you, they're like, no, this is the influential guy. This is the influential job.

Absolutely, Brad. Look, Zeldin and Stefanik, they're going to have to go through a Senate confirmation process. But I do think some of the most influential positions in this administration will not require a confirmation process at all by the Senate. And that is starting with what Donald Trump is calling the border czar. The president elect announcing that his former Ice director, Tom Homan, is going to fill this role.

I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden released in our country, in violation of federal law. You better start packing now.

He went on to say that Homan is going to be in charge of all deportation. Remember, Donald Trump on the campaign trail had this signature promise. He said that he was going to have the largest mass deportation program that America has ever seen. And so now, Homan, who is someone who was Ice director before, during the first Trump administration, who was there at a time when thousands of migrants were being separated from their children, will now be in charge of carrying that out? Recently on 60 minutes, Brad, he was asked if you could carry out this mass deportation process without separating families.

Of course, there's families can be deported together.

And Brad, it's not just going to be home. And we're also learning that Stephen Miller, who is a hard line immigration advisor that was also part of Trump's first administration, will be returning as well.

Who's going to stand up.

And say the cartels are gone? The criminal migrants are gone. The gangs are gone. America is for Americans and Americans only.

He's sort of the architect behind some of this hard line immigration language. He's going to have significant role and influence in this administration as well.

I see. And not all those subject to congressional approval the way some of those cabinet members are. And then, Rachel, speaking of people who, like, don't have to be approved by anyone, can we talk about Elon Musk for a second? Because I feel like we always talk about him as kind of like a celebrity, like an interesting name. He's the richest man on Earth. Like he controls more money than anyone else on earth, by most estimations at this point. And now he's become, apparently, according to reporting like omnipresent around Mar-A-Lago. I mean, what does this mean for his role at the white House?

Yeah, Brad, it was put to me this way. There is probably no one, I am told, that has seen president elect Donald Trump more since the election than Elon Musk. And he has been around. He's not only been at Mar-A-Lago having dinners with the incoming first lady, Melania Trump, and President elect Donald Trump. He's not only been on the golf course with Donald Trump's grandchildren. This is someone who has now been in the room for conversations that the president elect has had with foreign leaders. He was in the room as Donald Trump was speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sources telling us at one point, Donald Trump even handing Musk the phone to talk to Zelensky himself. He was also in the room for a conversation with Turkish President Erdogan. And we are told now by sources that Musk is weighing in and offering input on staffing decisions. And so look out on the campaign trail. Donald Trump always said that Elon Musk would have some type of role maybe overseeing government efficiency. What we are seeing happen right now is something that stretches far beyond government efficiency.

This is significant influence into this administration, into possible decisions that the president elect could be making about who goes into his cabinet, about who serves in his administration. And Brad, all of it really underscoring just the power that Elon Musk has.

Really important reporting there, because we are going to be spending a lot of time in the near future talking about the relationships between public entities and private business and the interests there. So Rachel Scott reporting from Mar-A-Lago right now. Thank you so much.

Thanks, Brad.

Next up on Start Here. If politics is all about relationships, well, Trump has a very complicated relationship with Ukraine.

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Even before Trump settled on his secretary of state nominee. Governments around the world were preparing for what a Trump presidency would mean for them. And in just the last few days, you're already starting to hear a shift in rhetoric from Ukraine and Russia. So could the results of this election have an immediate impact on this war? ABC's Patrick Reevell was based in Moscow. For years, he's been covering the war in Ukraine. Patrick, Marco Rubio aside. I mean, what is the feeling been on the ground in Ukraine since former President Trump became president elect Trump?

I mean, I think it's a very, very interesting question that will possibly surprise many people because I think most people expect that in Ukraine, the election of Donald Trump would be met with alarm because of his strong statements over the over the years, saying that he wants to cut aid and speaking very taking a very tough line about Ukraine.

Every time Zelensky comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion. I think he's the greatest salesman on earth.

But on the ground, what we've been hearing from our colleagues there, what we've been hearing from soldiers and senior commanders, is that many of them are quite pleased that Donald Trump has been elected, because they hope that it's going to create an opening, a potential opening, to try and end the war.

I believe I will be able to make a deal between President Putin and President Zelensky quite quickly.

I think what this most speaks to is this huge disillusionment. There is, as well in Ukraine with the Biden administration's policy.

If he doesn't feed us with hope as it was done during Biden's presidency, I think this approach will make things much better, in.

Particular over the past year where they feel that the Biden administration has been so restrictive in what Ukraine is allowed to do with the weapons it's receiving, as well as also drip feeding the weapons to them. Many Ukrainians basically feel that they were being given enough aid to just barely survive. Some of them have described it as being kept on life support, but not enough to try and end the war, and not enough even to try and force fair negotiations. And they felt that basically they were slowly being destroyed, watching huge numbers of people die, but with no clear way out of this war. And so they're absolutely concerned about a Trump administration cutting aid to the country. They worry that that will happen. But they also hope, though, that this could still be a moment where he's such a disrupter that he will basically shake up the war and create this opportunity to have a negotiation.

So but just so I'm clear, Patrick, when we talk about potential negotiations or potential peace plan, is that would basically mean, like we're going to redraw the borders of Ukraine starting now, right. Like Crimea formerly yours, this land in the eastern part of the country. Yours, Russia. Is that what this ends up meaning?

So, you know, Donald Trump throughout his campaign repeatedly said that he would end the war in 24 hours.

I'll end that war between those two countries in 24 hours. It won't even take that long. You know.

We don't yet know what Donald Trump's plan is. I think, honestly, our best understanding is that he, too doesn't have a full plan yet. But there are a number of advisers in Trump's orbit who have floated various ideas. Almost all of them involve freezing the conflict and in exchange, Ukraine promising not to join NATO. And at the same time, the US continuing to provide Ukraine with some kind of weapons, substantial weaponry to be able to continue to defend itself. I mean, I talked to the head of Zelensky's political party in parliament, and he told me that if the war were to be frozen, Ukraine could only accept freezing the war in exchange for real security guarantees from the US so that the war can't just begin again in a in a few years time, so that Russia doesn't get a chance to just rearm and attack, and that already that's going to be a very difficult issue to negotiate both on the Trump side, it's going to be very hard for him to provide suitable guarantees, acceptable guarantees for Ukraine.

And on the Russian side, will they accept the US and Western countries continuing to help Ukraine militarily? So, you know, there are huge questions, but certainly we seem to be entering a new phase where the US, the main backer of Ukraine, is going to try and push hard for negotiations and going to try and force Ukraine to have these negotiations. And it appears that many in Ukraine are willing to countenance having negotiations. They just fear what the outcome of them will be. I see.

Because you had Joe Biden been like, we're going to stick with you guys no matter what. If you think Trump is not going to do that, if you're Ukraine, you're like, well, I guess we should just get to the negotiating table now and try to get something out of this. But doesn't that mean Russia will smell blood in the water at the negotiating table? How does Russia now respond to all this? Yeah, I.

Think in the short term, before Donald Trump takes office, the expectation is that Russia will push extremely hard to try and take as much territory as possible so that when negotiations begin, it's going to assume it keeps basically banks, everything that it has taken. And the other fact is that right now, as we speak, the situation on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine is very, very difficult. They are under severe pressure. There are areas of the front where large numbers of Ukrainian troops are at risk of encirclement, and the Russians are making serious progress, and Ukraine is basically severely and dangerously short of men. They just don't have enough troops right now for multiple reasons, including their own political decisions, that they don't want to mobilize more people right now. So there is Russia knows that it has the advantage, and it knows that it will likely get to keep whatever it can take. So we're very likely to see in the coming months intensified offensives, including in Kursk, where we you were talking about the 50,000 troops that are massed.

We expect that imminently to begin a major offensive, including involving North Korean troops in the Kursk region, trying to push Ukraine out.

Which then makes you wonder, right, if the plan had always been to freeze the war with these borders in place, to effectively cede this ground to Russia, would we also have spent nearly $200 billion in American taxpayer money on Ukraine? That's just the funds approved by Congress thus far. Patrick Reevell reporting on all this. Thank you so much.

Thanks, Brad.

Now, as we talk about how dire the situation is in Ukraine or in other parts of the world, the country of Haiti has been described as a failed state just 600 miles from Florida.

The State Department warning of gang led efforts.

To stop travel into the country. Well, yesterday.

That all came into stark relief as a Spirit Airlines flight landing in port au Prince was hit with gunfire. Let's bring in ABC's Conor Finnegan, who covers Latin America from his home base of Mexico City. Conor, first off, what happened to this plane?

Hey, Brad. Yes. So the Spirit Airlines flight was heading down to Haiti from Fort Lauderdale when it was hit by direct gunfire. The plane was just about 550ft off of the ground when pilots had to divert to the neighboring Dominican Republic. One flight attendant on board suffered minor injuries during the action, and we actually talked to a passenger who was on board during that flight.

I heard a clock, clock, clock, you know, three times.

Multiple airlines now have suspended their services, including JetBlue and American Airlines. The airport there in port au Prince remains closed, and blame is being placed on these gangs that have run rampant across Haiti and control huge swaths of territory. The U.S. embassy issued an alert saying that the gangs have tried to shut down the airport as they have done in the past, this time using roadblocks and and small arms fire. This is not the first time the airport has been attacked. As I said, you know, this happened just months ago, earlier this year. Yeah.

Because we have been hearing about this violence now for months and months. But how does that apply to like, an airport or like, why does that become a risk just to fly in on a commercial jetliner?

Yeah, obviously control of the airport in port au Prince is huge. You know, these gangs have been struggling to take over larger and larger parts of the country. And so controlling this main point of access in the airport is a major point for them. It was just.

Last month when a UN helicopter with 18 people on board was also fired upon by gangs. It also diverted and no one was injured.

In total, now over 700,000 people have been displaced by this gang violence and it's caused major issues for what is imported into Haiti, not just at the airport, but through their ports across the country.

There has been in my neighborhood. The gangs are setting the houses on fire. We had no peace in the courtyard because bullets were raining down on us and hitting the roof of my house.

Now, over 5 million people are suffering from hunger in Haiti, according to the latest UN estimates. And so much of that is because of the grip that these gangs have on the country. And then.

Connor, I mean, just to zoom out, what is next for Haiti then? Because this was supposed to be on like Inauguration Day for their new prime minister. Right. I mean, how do you even begin to deal with the violence here? Yeah.

A new prime minister that is incredibly controversial. You know, there are some within the Haitian political system that say this man has no right to take office. The previous prime minister had been ousted on Sunday by the ruling Presidential Transitional Council that had been set up by foreign countries, by the Caribbean nations and the U.S. and others. So there is a real governing crisis on the ground right now in Haiti. There are no democratically elected leaders. There has not been a parliament for years, and the country has been without a president since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated back in 2021. And so if you have no government, how can you even begin to fight back and take back control of the country from these gangs?

We've also provided $200 million to the Haitian police since 2021, helping to train and equip new recruits.

The U.S. has pushed this UN led effort, a UN security mission largely comprised of Kenyan troops trying to win back control of the country. But it is severely underfunded, understaffed, and those U.N. forces are supposed to be working with the Haitian National Police, one of the last governing authorities in the country, backed by the U.S., propped up with funding and equipment from the U.S.. And they've achieved next to nothing in terms of trying to regain control. All of it. Laz, now in the lap of this new prime minister, he was installed yesterday, but he almost didn't even make it. He arrived back in Haiti on Sunday at that same international airport. That gunfire has now left shuttered.

Wow. Yeah. And really, your lifeline to the rest of the world. You're an island country. Is air travel in and out. And to know that that is being threatened right now. A huge deal for that country and for the rest of the region there. Conor Finnegan, thank you so much. Thanks, Brad. Okay, one more quick break. When we come back, the lost and found won't know what hit it. One last thing is next.

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Right now on Good Morning America. First look from little Marco to secretary of state. The latest big job offer expected from president elect Trump. And the other big news overnight about his new administration. Plus, how former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition.

Days before the big Thanksgiving travel rush. A new warning about delays at the airport. The concerns about staffing shortages. Plus two passenger planes hit by gunfire, leading to service cancelations.

The verdict in the case of two young girls murdered on a hiking trail. What's next for the man convicted in their killing?

Bitcoin or bust? The post-election cryptocurrency Currency craze. Should you be investing in digital currency? Why its value is soaring.

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I'm Andrea Fujii in for Rhiannon. We begin with president elect Trump racing to fill top positions in his new administration.

He's apparently chosen the man for one of the most influential cabinet positions. And as Trump goes on a hiring spree. We're learning. Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to buck tradition by refusing an invitation from the Biden White House.

ABC's Christiane Cordero has the latest. Christiane. Good morning.

Andrea. Good morning. From little Marco to secretary of state, a former Trump rival could soon play a major role in his administration. This morning, president elect Trump's new administration is taking shape, with Trump moving faster than he did in 2016 to fill key positions. Sources say he is expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who currently sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to become secretary of state.

The first thing he does is launch an attack about some little guy thing because he doesn't have answers.

The two were bitter rivals during the 2016 campaign, Trump calling Rubio, little Marco and Rubio making insinuations about Trump's manhood.

Don't worry about it, little Marco. He referred to my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem, I guarantee it.

Trump also mocked Rubio for this incident from 2013, when Rubio paused to take a sip of water. While giving the Republican response to then-President Obama's State of the Union.

Do you remember that catastrophe? And he's like this. And we were. Ha, ha! I need water. Help me, I need water! Help! And he's. This is on live television. This total choke artist.

But Rubio returned to Trump's good graces, advising Trump and making the short list for potential running mates. Another Floridian is set to play a key role in the administration. Sources say Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Mike Waltz for national security adviser. Trump went through four national security advisers in his first term. This time, he's turning to waltz the first Green Beret to serve in Congress and a well-known critic of China. He spoke at the Republican convention this summer.

Our enemies bullets could give a damn about black, white or brown, or about religion, or about gender or about anything else. The only colors that matter in the foxhole are the red, white and blue baby.

Trump, also naming former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the EPA. Zeldin saying the agency will restore U.S. energy dominance and revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, all while protecting access to clean air and water. It comes as Robert F Kennedy Jr reportedly reviews resumes for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA. Kennedy has indicated he would fire up to 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health as he seeks to reshape the government's health agencies.

We're going to do our job. Despite the politics.

On immigration, Trump's choice to carry out his mass deportation plans, border czar Tom Homan is vowing to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement staff in sanctuary cities.

We're doing it, so get used to it, because we're coming.

Meanwhile, Melania Trump is expected to break tradition by not traveling to Washington tomorrow as her husband meets with President Biden for the traditional post-election meeting at the white House. It's unclear why Melania did not accept the invitation. One report claims that there was a scheduling conflict. The New York Post claims that Mrs. Trump is reportedly upset over the FBI searching allegedly her son's room during the classified documents investigation. Andrea.

All right, Christiane, thank you. Congressman Ruben Gallego will become Arizona's first Latino senator. ABC News Now projects Gallego will defeat Republican Kari Lake. The GOP now holds a 52 to 47 majority in the Senate. Meanwhile, in the House, Democrats have flipped another district in California, but 14 races are still not called.

Red flag fire warnings are posted in the northeast this morning because of heavy winds and bone dry conditions fueling wildfires. One fire just north of New York City has burned about five square miles and was only 20% contained overnight. And the largest fire in Massachusetts is now contained after burning 400 acres north of Boston on the west coast. Gusty winds this morning could pose another challenge for crews fighting the so-called mountain fire in Southern California. It's about 40% contained after destroying more than 170 buildings, most of them homes.

At least three U.S. airlines have paused flights to and from Haiti after bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane trying to land in port au Prince. A flight attendant was injured and the plane diverted to the Dominican Republic. A JetBlue flight was also hit by gunfire. The State Department says gangs are trying to stop air traffic amid Haiti's ongoing political crisis.

Millions of Americans are preparing to travel for the holidays. And now a new warning about potential delays not because of weather, but because of staffing shortages. This morning, with the busiest travel week of the year fast approaching, officials are sounding the alarm about staffing at airports.

Our air traffic controllers are overworked and understaffed.

In Austin, Texas, Sunday. Major wait times and delays. A local congressman says that's because there were supposed to be 13 air traffic controllers on duty, and the airport had only eight by the holiday season. He warns controller staffing could be down to half what it should be.

The situation has actually gotten worse since I first began pressing the FAA to act last year.

It's a problem playing out nationwide. Earlier this year, the FAA said it was short 3000 controllers. It recently announced more than 1800 have been hired, but many are still in training.

We had one plane almost land on top of a packed Southwest Airlines flight last year. This keeps happening again and again because we don't have the margin of safety we need there.

And this year, Thanksgiving travel is expected to set records. The industry expecting 36.5 million airline seats to be scheduled, a nearly 5% increase over last year. The worst day for travel Sunday, December 1st, when travelers return home. As for departing, consider leaving the Monday before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving Day itself to save time and money. The FAA says it's modernizing equipment to speed up the training of new air traffic controllers, and it's looking for more schools to help with training.

Now to Indiana and a guilty verdict in the murders of two young girls. Cheering was heard outside court after the jury announced its decision, nearly eight years after the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana. 52 year old Richard Allen, a husband and father who worked at a local CVS, has been found guilty. Onlookers outside court cheering the verdict. 13 year old Abby Williams and 14 year old Libby German were killed on a hiking trail back in 2017, but Allen wasn't arrested until five years after the crime. There was no DNA evidence, but eventually prosecutors linked an unspent bullet from the crime scene to Allen's gun. Police also credited Libby for capturing this crucial evidence on her phone before the murders.

This young lady is a hero, there's no doubt. To have enough presence of mind to activate the video system on her cell phone. To record what we believe is criminal behavior that is about to occur.

Police say Allen confessed more than 60 times, but the defense claimed he was psychotic from solitary confinement. A psychologist testified Allen said he wanted to sexually assault the girls, but killed them when someone passing by startled him. The jury took nearly 20 hours to deliberate today. For me.

It means some major healing for this community and the county.

Allen will be sentenced on December 20th and faces up to 130 years in prison.

Time now for your Tuesday weather.

Good morning. Although it will be a lot cooler in the northeast. There will be fire danger because of the active breeze and low humidity driving fire danger here. We've had a large wildfire along the New York New Jersey line, and parts of Orange and Passaic counties that may get more active with the volatile fire weather, and we could see some smoke into New York City once again today. This morning, we're also facing fire danger in Southern California with a dry downsloping wind. For AccuWeather, I'm Jeff Cornish for ABC news.

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More unrest in Amsterdam. Days after Israeli soccer fans were attacked, tram was set on fire as dozens of people took to the streets with firecrackers and sticks. Five more people are under arrest for last week's violence. Police say Jews were targeted after Israeli fans destroyed a Palestinian flag.

Some say it's an easy way to make big money. Others say investors beware. We're talking about cryptocurrency and it's hitting record highs. After the election. ABC's Lionel Moise takes a closer look.

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Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly Without a middleman like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these. FTX is the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto. It's the best way to get in the game.

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Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already.

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I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

Experts say if you do decide to invest in crypto, diversity is key, saying due to the risk it should only be a small percentage of your portfolio. Andrew. Andrea.

All right. Lionel. Thank you. Well, new concerns now about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year, from 51 to nearly 1200 cases statewide. Children usually get a series of shots against the illness beginning at two months old.

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50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, authorities say they've solved the crime thanks to DNA technology. 84 year old John Miller of Minnesota has been arrested for the 1974 killing of Mary Shelley, who was hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago. Authorities say they traced DNA found at the crime scene to his relatives.

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Recently, investigators became suspicious after learning Borgward's name had been checked by Canadian law enforcement on August 13th, the day after his disappearance. They also discovered he had taken out a $375,000 life insurance policy, moved money to a foreign bank, and had replaced his computer's hard drive. Investigators now say Borgwardt is actually alive and well, hiding in Europe after corresponding with a woman in Uzbekistan. That was.

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An American plane comes under fire as Haiti's new government tries to wrestle power from gangs. From ABC news. This is start here. I'm Brad Mielke. Presidential candidates are asked about everything. But when you think about it, a vast majority of these things they don't have control over, like, what do you think of this legislation that might never get written? What do you think about the gas prices you can't control? But one thing you can control is who you're going to hire. The federal government employs nearly 3 million people who write rules about your health care, your car, your local waterways. They interact with companies, with foreign governments, with the criminal justice system all on your behalf. And the people leading these agencies have broad powers to shape policy and priorities. These top jobs are appointed by the president of the United States. Well, between now and Inauguration Day, president elect Donald Trump will once again have to fill dozens of key roles in his administration. And yesterday, he named several people to key positions.

And overnight, we've gotten word about one of the top jobs in the presidential cabinet. Let's go straight to ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, who joins us from Mar a Lago. Rachel, we're hearing about Marco Rubio for secretary of state. What can you tell us?

Yeah. This is a former Trump rival now turned secretary of state, president elect Donald Trump expected to name Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as his secretary of state. This is according to multiple sources. Look, Rubio was once a bitter rival of Donald Trump in 2016. He quickly became one of his staunchest supporters. He's a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is a hawkish Republican with really deep experience in international affairs.

Is there a pathway to ending this conflict that preserves Ukrainian sovereignty and does not sort of reward Putin for what he's done.

But he's also shown in recent months a willingness to try to adapt to Trump's worldview on matters like America's support for Ukraine and its war against Russia. He started to echo Donald Trump in this, saying the war needs to be brought to an end, that it's time for it to reach a conclusion. And he's also been a loyal surrogate for Donald Trump's campaign during the 2024 election.

The violent rhetoric, he's the guy that's been shot, almost shot at or shot at one time and almost assassinated the second. He's the violent rhetoric there, the violent rhetoric.

This presents a very unique scenario for Senator Marco Rubio, because he ultimately will have to be confirmed by his own colleagues. These are people that know him well. And I will tell you, even Democrats that disagree with Senator Marco Rubio, they have a level of respect for him, that he's really someone that knows his stuff. He knows his way around foreign policy. And so there is a sort of level of respect there. This may be a contentious confirmation process, and certainly not an easy one, but ultimately he could have an easier path.

I see like this is not Rex Tillerson being named secretary of state by Trump back in the day, right? This is not a guy who you'd expect to dismantle the State Department. And Rachel. This isn't even the only job associated with a name in the last 24 hours. What other jobs is President Trump filling right now?

Yeah, a lot of these picks are coming very quickly. Clearly, president elect Donald Trump is very eager to fill out his administration. And so he announced that one of his chief defenders in Congress, someone who was very loyal to him on Capitol Hill, a member of the Republican House leadership, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York, will now be his ambassador to the United Nations.

It is clear for the whole world to see nothing.

Absolutely nothing will stop President Trump from standing and fighting for our great country.

You may remember, this was a role that Nikki Haley had. The former governor of South Carolina, Will Donald Trump, made it clear that she will not be returning in any sort of capacity in this administration. He also announced that former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin will be the EPA administrator. We need.

Him back in the white House now more than ever before.

And this is going to be a significant role because as EPA administrator, it will be up to Zeldin to start pulling back what he has called the left wing regulations and focus on unleashing economic prosperity through the agency. One of his first tasks is probably going to be trying to overturn several things that President Biden put into place some of the biggest rules on climate that the EPA has had, and that's everything from certain regulations for vehicles to slashing pollution from power plants and oil and gas producers.

We had a president who defeated ISIS, broke Iran, stood with Israel.

We're also learning from sources that Donald Trump is also going to be selecting Congressman Mike Walsh to serve as his National Security Advisor. Brad, keep in mind here that Republicans are inching closer to the majority in the House. And right now you have the president elect basically hand plucking Republicans out of the House and into his administration. This could make things very tricky for speaker Mike Johnson with passing any legislation should Republicans eventually clinch the majority. This is.

The thing. If you're somebody from a purple district at all, it's so hard to get selected by the president because they're like, well, we need you to fill out our numbers. These lawmakers both seem to come from safe seats, so we'll see. But in the meantime, Rachel, we've been talking about these high level, you know, cabinet appointments and ambassadors. Trump is filling out other roles on his staff as well. Right. Like are there any to you that sort of sneak under the radar to the rest of the public? But to you, they're like, no, this is the influential guy. This is the influential job.

Absolutely, Brad. Look, Zeldin and Stefanik, they're going to have to go through a Senate confirmation process. But I do think some of the most influential positions in this administration will not require a confirmation process at all by the Senate. And that is starting with what Donald Trump is calling the border czar. The president elect announcing that his former Ice director, Tom Homan, is going to fill this role.

I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden released in our country, in violation of federal law. You better start packing now.

He went on to say that Homan is going to be in charge of all deportation. Remember, Donald Trump on the campaign trail had this signature promise. He said that he was going to have the largest mass deportation program that America has ever seen. And so now, Homan, who is someone who was Ice director before, during the first Trump administration, who was there at a time when thousands of migrants were being separated from their children, will now be in charge of carrying that out? Recently on 60 minutes, Brad, he was asked if you could carry out this mass deportation process without separating families.

Of course, those families can be deported together.

And, Brad, it's not just going to be home. And we're are also learning that Stephen Miller, who is a hard line immigration adviser that was also part of Trump's first administration, will be returning as well.

Who's going to stand up and say the cartels are gone?

The criminal migrants are gone. The gangs are gone.

America is for Americans and Americans only.

He's sort of the architect behind some of this hard line immigration language. He's going to have significant role and influence in this administration as well.

I see. And not all those subject to congressional approval the way some of those cabinet members are. And then, Rachel, speaking of people who, like, don't have to be approved by anyone, can we talk about Elon Musk for a second? Because I feel like we always talk about him as kind of like a celebrity, like an interesting name. He's the richest man on earth. Like he controls more money than anyone else on earth, by most estimations at this point. And now he's become, apparently, according to reporting like omnipresent around Mar-A-Lago. I mean, what does this mean for his role at the white House?

Yeah, Brad, it was put to me this way. There's probably no one I am told, that has seen president elect Donald Trump more since the election than Elon Musk. And he has been around. He's not only been at Mar-A-Lago having dinners with the incoming first lady, Melania Trump, and President elect Donald Trump. He's not only been on the golf course with Donald Trump's grandchildren. This is someone who has now been in the room for conversations that the president elect has had with foreign leaders. He was in the room as Donald Trump was speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sources telling us that at one point, Donald Trump even handing Musk the phone to talk to Zelensky himself. He was also in the room for a conversation with Turkish President Erdogan. And we are told now by sources that Musk is weighing in and offering input on staffing decisions. And so look out on the campaign trail. Donald Trump always said that Elon Musk would have some type of role maybe overseeing government efficiency. What we are seeing happen right now is something that stretches far beyond government efficiency.

This is significant influence into this administration, into possible decisions that the president elect could be making about who goes into his cabinet, about who serves in his administration. And Brad, all of it really underscoring just the power that Elon Musk has.

Really important reporting there, because we are going to be spending a lot of time in the near future talking about the relationships between public entities and private business and the interests there. So Rachel Scott reporting from Mar-A-Lago right now. Thank you so much.

Thanks, Brad.

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Even before Trump settled on his secretary of state nominee. Governments around the world were preparing for what a Trump presidency would mean for them. And in just the last few days, you're already starting to hear a shift in rhetoric from Ukraine and Russia. So could the results of this election have an immediate impact on this war? ABC's Patrick Reevell was based in Moscow. For years, he's been covering the war in Ukraine. Patrick, Marco Rubio aside. I mean, what is the feeling been on the ground in Ukraine since former President Trump became president elect Trump?

I mean, I think it's a very, very interesting question that will possibly surprise many people because I think most people expect that in Ukraine, the election of Donald Trump would be met with alarm because of his strong statements over the over the years, saying that he wants to cut aid and speaking very taking a very tough line about Ukraine.

Every time Zelensky comes to the United States. He walks away with $100 billion. I think he's the greatest salesman on Earth.

But on the ground, what we've been hearing from our colleagues there, what we've been hearing from soldiers and senior commanders, is that many of them are quite pleased that Donald Trump has been elected, because they hope that it's going to create an opening, a potential opening, to try and end the war.

I believe I will be able to make a deal between President Putin and President Zelensky quite quickly.

I think what this most speaks to is this huge disillusionment. There is, as well in Ukraine with the Biden administration's policy.

If he doesn't feed us with hope as it was done during Biden's presidency, I think this approach will make things much better, in.

Particular over the past year where they feel that the Biden administration has been so restrictive in what Ukraine is allowed to do with the weapons it's receiving, as well as also drip feeding the weapons to them. Many Ukrainians basically feel that they were being given enough aid to just barely survive. Some of them have described it as being kept on life support, but not enough to try and end the war, and not enough even to try and force fair negotiations. And they felt that basically they were slowly being destroyed, watching huge numbers of people die, but with no clear way out of this war. And so they're absolutely concerned about a Trump administration cutting aid to the country. They worry that that will happen. But they also hope, though, that this could still be a moment where he's such a disrupter that he will basically shake up the war and create this opportunity to have a negotiation.

So but just so I'm clear, Patrick, when we talk about potential negotiations or potential peace plan, that would basically mean, like we're going to redraw the borders of Ukraine starting now, right? Like Crimea, formerly yours, this land in the eastern part of the country. Yours, Russia. Is that what this ends up meaning?

So, you know, Donald Trump throughout his campaign repeatedly said that he would end the war in 24 hours.

I'll end that war between those two countries in 24 hours. It won't even take that long. You know.

We don't yet know what Donald Trump's plan is. I think, honestly, our best understanding is that he, too doesn't have a full plan yet. But there are a number of advisers in Trump's orbit who have floated various ideas. Almost all of them involve freezing the conflict and in exchange, Ukraine promising not to join NATO. And at the same time, the US continuing to provide Ukraine with some kind of weapons, substantial weaponry to be able to continue to defend itself. I mean, I talked to the head of Zelensky's political party in parliament, and he told me that if the war were to be frozen, Ukraine could only accept freezing the war in exchange for real security guarantees from the US, so that the war can't just begin again in a in a few years time, so that Russia doesn't get a chance to just rearm and attack, and that already that's going to be a very difficult issue to negotiate both on the Trump side, it's going to be very hard for him to provide suitable guarantees, acceptable guarantees for Ukraine.

And on the Russian side, will they accept the US and Western countries continuing to help Ukraine militarily? So, you know, there are huge questions, but certainly we seem to be entering a new phase where the US, the main backer of Ukraine, is going to try and push hard for negotiations, and they're going to try and force Ukraine to have these negotiations. And it appears that many in Ukraine are willing to countenance having negotiations. They just fear what the outcome of them will be. I see.

Because you had Joe Biden being like, we're going to stick with you guys no matter what. If you think Trump is not going to do that, if you're Ukraine, you're like, well, I guess we should just get to the negotiating table now and try to get something out of this. But doesn't that mean Russia will smell blood in the water at the negotiating table? Like, how does Russia now respond to all this? Yeah, I.

Think in the short term, before Donald Trump takes office, the expectation is that Russia will push extremely hard to try and take as much territory as possible so that when negotiations begin, it's going to assume it keeps basically banks, everything that it has taken. And the other fact is that right now, as we speak, the situation on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine is very, very difficult. They are under severe pressure. There are areas of the front where large numbers of Ukrainian troops are at risk of encirclement, and the Russians are making serious progress, and Ukraine is basically severely and dangerously short of men. They just don't have enough troops right now for multiple reasons, including their own political decisions, that they don't want to mobilize more people right now. So there is Russia knows that it has the advantage, and it knows that it will likely get to keep whatever it can take. So we're very likely to see in the coming months intensified offensives, including in Kursk, where we were talking about the 50,000 troops that are massed.

We expect that imminently to begin a major offensive, including involving North Korean troops in the Kursk region, trying to push Ukraine out.

Which then makes you wonder, right, if the plan had always been to freeze the war with these borders in place, to effectively cede this ground to Russia, would we also have spent nearly $200 billion in American taxpayer money on Ukraine? That's just the funds approved by Congress thus far. Patrick Reevell reporting on all this. Thank you so much. Thanks, Brad. Now, as we talk about how dire the situation is in Ukraine or in other parts of the world, the country of Haiti has been described as a failed state just 600 miles from Florida.

The State Department warning of gang led efforts to stop travel into the country.

Well, yesterday that all came into stark relief as a Spirit Airlines flight landing in port au Prince was hit with gunfire. Let's bring in ABC's Conor Finnegan, who covers Latin America from his home base of Mexico City. Conor, first off, what happened to this plane?

Hey, Brad. Yes. So the Spirit Airlines flight was heading down to Haiti from Fort Lauderdale when it was hit by direct gunfire. The plane was just about 550ft off of the ground when pilots had to divert to the neighboring Dominican Republic. One flight attendant on board suffered minor injuries during the action, and we actually talked to a passenger who was on board during that flight.

I heard a clock, clock, clock, you know, three times.

Multiple airlines now have suspended their services, including JetBlue and American Airlines. The airport there in port au Prince remains closed, and blame is being placed on these gangs that have run rampant across Haiti and control huge swaths of territory. The U.S. embassy issued an alert saying that the gangs have tried to shut down the airport, as they have done in the past, this time using roadblocks and and small arms fire. This is not the first time the airport has been attacked. As I said, you know, this happened just months ago, earlier this year. Yeah.

Because we have been hearing about this violence now for months and months. But how does that apply to like, an airport or like, why does that become a risk just to fly in on a commercial jetliner?

Yeah, obviously control of the airport in port au Prince is huge. You know, these gangs have been struggling to take over larger and larger parts of the country. And so controlling this main point of access in the airport is a major point for them.

It was just last month when a U.N. helicopter with 18 people on board was also fired upon by gangs. It also diverted and no one was injured.

In total, now over 700,000 people have been displaced by this gang violence, and it's caused major issues for what is imported into Haiti, not just at the airport, but through their ports across the country. There must be.

Someone in my neighborhood. The gangs are setting the houses on fire. We had no peace in the courtyard because bullets were raining down on us and hitting the roof of my house.

Now over 5 million people are suffering from hunger in Haiti, according to the latest UN estimates. And so much of that is because of the grip that these gangs have on the country. And then.

I mean, just to zoom out, what is next for Haiti then? Because this was supposed to be on like Inauguration Day for their new prime minister. Right. I mean, how do you even begin to deal with the violence here? Yeah.

A new prime minister that is incredibly controversial. You know, there are some within the Haitian political system that say this man has no right to take office. The previous prime minister had been ousted on Sunday by the ruling Presidential Transitional Council that had been set up by foreign countries, by the Caribbean nations and the US and others. So there is a real governing crisis on the ground right now in Haiti. There are no democratically elected leaders. There has not been a parliament for years, and the country has been without a president since President Jovenel Moise was assassinated back in 2021. Madam president. And so if you have no government, how can you even begin to fight back and take back control of the country from these gangs?

We've also provided $200 million to the Haitian police since 2021, helping to train and equip new recruits.

The U.S. has pushed this UN led effort, a UN security mission largely comprised of Kenyan troops trying to win back control of the country. But it is severely underfunded, understaffed, and those U.N. forces are supposed to be working with the Haitian National Police, one of the last governing authorities in the country backed by the U.S., propped up with funding and equipment from the U.S.. And they've achieved next to nothing in terms of trying to regain control. All of it is now in the lap of this new prime minister. He was installed yesterday, but he almost didn't even make it. He arrived back in Haiti on Sunday at that same international airport that gunfire has now left shuttered.

Well, yeah. And really, your lifeline to the rest of the world. You're an island country. Is air travel in and out. And to know that that is being threatened right now. A huge deal for that country and for the rest of the region there. Conor Finnegan, thank you so much.

Thanks, Brad.

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And one last thing. It's one of the more helpless feelings you can experience as a traveler. You've arrived, but your luggage hasn't. And what's worse, the airline claims it's nowhere to be found. It's the reason many airplane passengers now use things like Apple AirTags, these little devices that can electronically track the exact location of their items.

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Now, one of the key issues here is going to be privacy. If you stick an AirTag in your golf bag, you don't want your caddie to know your location forever. So Apple says this link will stop working when you're reunited with your item or whenever you revoke permission on your phone. Even if you forget to do that, though, the link will die after seven days regardless. But what's also important to remember is devices like AirTags don't actually have GPS built into them. Calling them trackers is actually kind of a misnomer. What's actually happening is they're using Bluetooth to ping phones nearby that do have GPS capabilities, and then they're basing the location off of that. It's not just your phone. They have to ping either. Any Apple phone feeds into this network. All this to say, if your bag gets tossed off the plane or ends up in the wilderness somewhere, you're still out of luck. The apple can fall too far away from the tree. I think I hate though is like you had that find my app on the iPhone.

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Hi, I'm Diane Macedo. Let's get right to our top story. Sources tell ABC news president elect Trump is expected to name Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his pick for secretary of state. Rubio would join former Trump campaign co-chair Siouxsie Wiles, Congressman Mike Wallace, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, former Trump adviser Stephen Miller and former Ice director Tom Homan as potential members of the incoming administration. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. Senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott starts us off with the latest from Capitol Hill.

Reporter president elect Donald Trump moving fast to fill out his national security team, sources telling ABC news. Senator Marco Rubio will be nominated for secretary of state.

Marco is a big winner, beautiful winner from Florida.

The Florida senator sits on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees pushing a hard line agenda on China, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba. Once one of the president elect's fiercest rivals who Trump mocked as Little Marco, he repeatedly joined the former president on the campaign trail this year.

We are tired of living in a country that is no longer dreaming big, but that is going to change tomorrow and you're going to help change it.

Sources also say Trump will name Congressman Mike Waltz as his national security adviser. The retired Green Beret served multiple combat tours, including in Afghanistan. A known hawk on China, he supported aid to Ukraine but urged Europe to step up more with a war.

Going on in their doorstep. There are still over half the countries that haven't met their minimum, and he's going to push them hard, as he should.

Waltz is the second House lawmaker Trump is tapping, picking Elise Stefanik for U.N. ambassador. The former president also turning to a former House member, Lee Zeldin of New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency already preparing to weaken protection against climate change.

Day one and the first 100 days, we have the opportunity to to roll back regulations that are forcing businesses to be able to struggle.

But nothing says more about Trump's priorities than his second and third personnel picks, naming former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Tom Homan as his border and deportation czar and his former senior adviser Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy. America is for Americans and Americans only. Both played key roles in Trump's hard line immigration policies last time, including family separation. Both now set to fulfill his campaign promise of the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.

I want everybody to be clear it's going to be a targeted enforcement operation, Concentrating on criminals and national security threats.

First senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott joins me now for more on that. Hi, Rachel. So what would a potential Secretary of State Marco Rubio, mean for major foreign policy issues like the U.S. relationship with Ukraine, the U.S. relationship with NATO and so on? Yeah.

Yeah. In all eyes will be on Ukraine, because this is going to be a pressing issue that Senator Marco Rubio, if he is confirmed to this position, will have to deal with. And we know that at least on the latest package that passed in Congress and through the Senate, Senator Marco Rubio ended up voting no on supplying additional aid to Ukraine. He said that the U.S. needed to do more to step up to protect our own borders as well. And so we have seen him sort of inch closer to where president elect Donald Trump has been on this issue. I will tell you that just from my own conversations and covering Capitol Hill, Senator Marco Rubio is someone that is deeply respected, though, on Capitol Hill, even by Democrats who are across the aisle from him. And this is going to be an interesting confirmation hearing, of course, because of course he will have to be confirmed by his own colleagues there in the Senate.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans, Rachel, are getting ready to choose their new leader tomorrow. Trump has demanded the candidates agree to allow for recess appointments, meaning the Senate would not have to confirm his cabinet picks. So how does that race and that issue shaping up?

Yeah, it's very interesting here because president elect Donald Trump, he has been here at Mar-A-Lago. I am told that he has spoken to some of the candidates for Senate Majority Leader, either by phone or by text, but he has not weighed in with an endorsement here just yet. But he is making clear is that he does believe that anyone who wants this position or Senate Majority leader should support those so-called recess appointments, which would allow the president elect to push through his cabinet picks without an initial or an immediate confirmation process. This is something that past presidents have done on both sides of the aisle. The question is, how does Donald Trump use this power and you're already hearing from Democrats who have some concerns that would president elect Donald Trump use this power to push through some more conservative or radical picks that obviously, Democrats would have a lot of questions for and a traditional confirmation hearing process. And so, as the president elect travels to Washington, DC tomorrow to meet with President Biden face to face in the Oval Office, it is going to be a big question about whether or not he's going to weigh in here on the Senate majority Leader battle.

One thing that is going to be different than this is that this all unfolds behind the scenes. It's not like the speaker's race, which we saw play out in front of the cameras. We were there for all 15 rounds of that with Then-speaker Kevin McCarthy. Of course, now this is going to be a secret ballot. You're going to have Republicans go behind closed doors, cast a secret ballot to send a majority leader and Donald Trump's own running mate, the Senator JD Vance, who will be the next vice president of the United States, could still take a vote in this process as well.

Diane and Rachel, a lot of people were surprised to hear Elon Musk was on president elect Trump's call with Ukrainian President Zelensky last week. So what can you tell us about Musk's relationship with president elect Trump and how much influence he has over the incoming administration?

Yeah. You know, Diane, I'm told that there are few people that have spent more time with the president elect than Elon Musk himself. Of course, he is a billionaire who has supported the Trump campaign. He was holding events for Donald Trump's campaign in critical battleground states like Pennsylvania. We reported he was giving out those $1 million checks to register voters who signed his super PAC. And then in recent days, he's been spotted at Mar-A-Lago having dinner with the president elect, having dinner with the incoming first lady, Melania Trump. He's also been spotted on the golf course, not only with the president elect, but also his grandkids as well. But this has gone a step further. We know that Trump has promised that he would oversee government efficiency in the federal government, but this is not what we're talking about here. Elon Musk has been there for now. What we are learning at least two calls with foreign leaders Turkish President Erdogan and also Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. I'm told at one point that the president elect even handed Elon Musk the phone to speak to Zelensky himself.

They were having some conversations over the Starlink internet communication service, which allowed them to have that conversation. But again, all of it really underscores the massive influence that someone like Elon Musk is going to have. Sources also telling us he has been weighing in on potential cabinet picks, as well as roles in this administration that the president elect is currently deciding. Diane.

All right. ABC Senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, thank you. And a New York judge is set to decide whether to dismiss president elect Trump's hush money conviction or proceed to sentencing. Trump had asked for the verdict to be overturned or thrown out due to the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity. Senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky joins me now for more on that case. Aaron Trump's attorneys claim prosecutors used evidence that should be off limits under this presidential immunity ruling from the Supreme Court. So what does the judge have to consider here?

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Communications director.

Hope Hicks. There were tweets that Trump made as president about Michael Cohen, his former fixer and lawyer. So the judge is going to decide whether that evidence tainted the trial, as the defense argued, and whether the entire conviction needs to be overturned.

And, Erin, what are the potential outcomes and what happens if the judge decides to sentence the president elect to prison time?

It's. You can't even fathom it, can you? Because we've just never been here before. And that's why we're not exactly sure what this ruling today from the judge is going to look like in theory. Diane, he could toss out the conviction, throw out the indictment, and the whole thing would go away. And Trump would enter office unencumbered by any criminal conviction. Or he could say there needs to be a new trial. Or he could say, we're going to move forward with sentencing, when in theory, Trump faces up to four years in jail. But in all likelihood, there may just be kind of a kicking the can down the road, because we've just never been here before. And the judge is the first to rule of any judge on how this presidential immunity ruling might apply.

All right. Senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky. Thank you. Five more people are now in custody in Amsterdam in connection with violence between Israeli and Dutch soccer fans last week. Amsterdam officials are now banning demonstrations there after three nights of protests that included a tram being set on fire. Today also marks the end of the 30 day deadline the Biden administration set for Israel to improve the dire situation in Gaza. President Biden is expected to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the white House to push for peace in the Middle East. Foreign correspondent Brit Bennett joins me now from Tel Aviv, Israel, with more. Brit. Several aid agencies have signed a joint statement saying Israel has not met the U.S. criteria to improve the crisis in Gaza within this 30 day deadline. So what can we expect from the president's meeting with Herzog today? So the president, President Herzog's meeting, his role is largely symbolic. So it's not clear exactly what kind of, you know, impact that meeting will have.

But what we do know is that in the.

Norwegian Refugee Council said there is, quote, barely.

Any aid.

Crossing into.

Gaza right now with looting and chaos, meaning the aid.

Isn't actually.

Distributed to what they describe as a starving population. Now, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin have called for a surge in more food and aid into Gaza. Now that 30 day deadline is up, we know that that letter was calling for a minimum of 350 daily truckloads of goods, but just 57 Diane entered in a day in October, according to Israelis Israel's figures. Now, Israel has opened new aid crossings and expanded a humanitarian zone. But aid agencies say really, it's just a drop in the ocean. And the situation in north Gaza, as we've been reporting, where Israel says Hamas has regrouped, that that place has deteriorated to catastrophic levels after a renewed ground offensive that started weeks ago. Israel has blamed the UN and Hamas for looting, for the failure to distribute aid. But now the question really is, you know, will the Biden administration do enough to kind of follow through on this?

Diane Britt. New video is circulating online of strikes in Beirut. We know the IDF issued evacuation warnings to residents of at least one of the buildings hit. So what's the latest on the conflict there?

Yeah, no led up to the fighting. There are several people have been killed in an Israeli air attack in the north. That's as Israel continues bombing really across the country and its war against Hezbollah. We know that the Israeli army, as you say, warned more evacuations, more people to evacuate. Residents of 14 villages in southern Lebanon are fleeing now. The Israeli military told those residents that it intends to launch a military operation against Hezbollah in those villages, but this is part of widespread evacuation orders. And what it's doing is creating a lot of chaos and distress, as they say. They just don't know where to go. They don't know where is safe.

Diane before we let you go, the Amsterdam City Council is holding an emergency session right now to go over the unrest happening there. What more do you know about that? And what does this say about the global impact of the conflict in the Middle East?

Yeah, I think that's a good question. And, you know, the ramifications of Gaza are spreading quite wide. You know, there has been unrest in Amsterdam for a second night in a row after those clashes that we saw between Israeli soccer fans and pro-Palestinian protesters at dozens of people gathering in a suburb of the city last night, there was a standoff with a group claiming solidarity with the Palestinians who set fire to a tram. There is a ban now in place on protesting in the city following last week's violence, and a large number of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested for defying that ban. All this kicked off last week. You'll remember Israeli soccer fans were heard chanting racist slogans about Palestinians, while those Israeli fans were assaulted by men on scooters. Now the mayor of Amsterdam, called them anti-Semitic hit and run squads. Diane.

Foreign correspondent Britt Clennett in Israel for us. Thanks, Britt. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are now fighting Ukrainian forces. The troops are trying to drive Ukraine from the border area of Russia that Ukraine currently controls. This is Russia signs a new treaty with North Korea and prepares a new offensive. Chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell joins me now for more on that. Hi, Ian. So Ukrainian soldiers took over parts of the Kursk region earlier this year. How big of a deal is it now for Ukraine to be fighting and trying to defend that territory?

Yeah, I mean, I think it is.

A big deal.

Actually for both countries.

It's certainly a big deal for Russia because Vladimir Putin lost control of parts of one of his oblasts, one of his regions down on the border with Ukraine, which was a huge embarrassment for the Kremlin, and they've struggled really to try and drive. The Ukrainians out. They have regained some of that territory in Kursk, which. Obviously neighbors Ukraine. However, they've been unable to really force. The Ukrainians out. So President Zelenskyy, Ukrainian security and military officials have been certainly telling us that they think 50,000 or so Russian troops, possibly with North Koreans there as well, are gathering. We're hearing that perhaps this counteroffensive has begun, although in reality it's kind of been going on for a few weeks. I think what we're talking about is a, a stepped up offensive, and it matters for Ukraine as well, because it was seen as a victory that they managed to take Russian territory. It was seen as a tactically clever move, even though it's facing a lot of problems on its front lines inside Ukraine.

And some people say, well, you shouldn't have engaged in a new offensive when you were unable to deal with Russia on your own doorstep. However, there is a possibility that if if Ukraine can hold on to that territory, then potentially it can use it as a bargaining chip in any future peace negotiations, which is, of course, what we know the president elect is going to be keenest on.

In president elect Trump has vowed to end the Ukraine war quickly. What does this new treaty between Russia and North Korea do for that goal?

I think in some senses I think they're separate. I mean, clearly there is a link, but I think it's worth stepping back and looking at actually what's happened over certainly the last 6 to 12 months, primarily led by Vladimir Putin. But but you've seen this gradual kind of realignment, in other words, a hardening of this, this group of countries and known as Craig. This is China, Russia, Iran and North Korea who have all started working much more closely together. Now they've long been seen as, um, either as enemies or as competitors for the United States and other countries. But under the stewardship, really, of Vladimir Putin, they've come much closer together. There was a meeting BRICs meeting recently. A lot of those countries were there together. They're exchanging arms. You're now seeing this this defense pact between Iran, uh, sorry, between North Korea and Russia. And obviously China is also part of that, although China tends to act in its own interests. But at the moment there is a lot of convergence there.

I think for President Trump, I don't know that that necessarily complicates it. It might actually help Ukraine conversely.

All right. Chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell Ian thank you. And the FAA could ban U.S. flights to Haiti after two planes were hit by gunfire there. Multiple officials say the agency is urgently considering a ban and that a decision is expected today. It comes after a Spirit Airlines flight from Florida was hit with multiple shots while trying to land in Haiti. And after JetBlue says a flight from Haiti to New York City was also hit by a bullet. Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has the latest.

Reporter bullet holes line the inside of the Spirit Airlines plane after Haitian gangs opened fire on the jet over port au Prince, the packed plane was flying from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti, and just as it was about to land, the sound of gunfire. Jean David Derulo was a passenger on the flight.

I heard clock, clock, clock, you know, three times and a couple of us in the plane, we recognized the noise as being, um, gunshots, the.

Plane climbing back into the sky, eventually landing in the Dominican Republic. The airline says a flight attendant was treated for a minor injury.

It was a bit traumatic because I think, you know, I mean, we I didn't know. I mean, so, yeah, I mean, we were able to land safely in Santiago, but and I saw a lot of people. I mean, going to the, to the back of the planes. And the crew was really traumatized.

And we learned of another incident, JetBlue saying a flight from Haiti landed safely in New York. But after the flight, an inspection revealed the exterior of the plane had also been struck by a bullet. And we're told that the FAA is now considering banning all flights to. Haiti after that terrifying gunfire. In the meantime, Spirit and American Airlines have suspended flights through Thursday. JetBlue through December. Diane.

Transportation correspondent Gio benitez thank you. And new evacuations are underway in New York and New Jersey as deadly wildfires rage out of control. The Jennings Creek wildfire has scorched more than 5000 acres along New York and New Jersey's border. New York's governor calls it the biggest fire the state has seen in years. ABC's Trevor Ault is in Hewitt, new Jersey, just outside New York City. Trevor, what's the latest on this firefight?

Well, they've been able to make at least a little bit of progress, Diane, but this is essentially been burning out of control since it first sparked.

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Saturday. And we've been watching the.

Effort, both from local officials and also from the National Guard.

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Down, scooping up water and dropping hundreds of gallons Trying to contain these flames, but this has been enough to, as you mentioned, char more than.

5000 acres. It's burning right on the New York New Jersey border. This is just west of New York City, and the smoke has been enough to cause some air quality alerts. And this is very bizarre to watch play out, to be honest with you, in the middle of November in the northeast. But it has just been so dry here. It essentially created a tinderbox. We have seen some people doing voluntary evacuations from their home, other people who are staying put, but very concerned that the flames could shift a little bit, especially today as we have watched these winds pick back up. We did see last night, not last night, but the night before where we got a little bit of rain, but not nearly enough for what this entire region has needed was red flag warnings in effect, Diane, from New York City all the way up to Boston today. And this fire, the Jennings Creek Fire, has already killed at least one person, 18 year old Dariel Vasquez, a parks worker.

He was out here trying to help clear out some brush for firefighters, and a tree fell and killed him. We do know that overnight there was a memorial at the high school where he just recently graduated. Firefighters are starting to get some containment here. They've closed off a lot of roads, including this one where we are, but they are concerned with these conditions. If they don't get more, if they don't get any rain, if the winds continue that that number one, the fire could continue to burn, but also more fires could spark up. Just since the beginning of October in new Jersey, officials there have responded to 500 wildfires, including 40 just this past weekend. And we are nowhere near out of the woods. Diane, I.

Can see how dry it is just looking behind you. Trevor Ault. Thank you. Coming up, the verdict in the case of two young girls murdered on a hiking trail. What's next for the man now convicted of killing them?

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The jury deliberated for four days before finding Delphi local Richard Allen, a husband and father who worked at the CVS in town, guilty of murdering both girls in 2017. Abby and Libby were hiking on the Monon High Bridge Trail in Delphi when they went missing. Libby's phone recovered with key evidence. She recorded images of their killer, police say, and his chilling voice.

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For free. Welcome back to ABC News Live. First you're looking at Miami on this Tuesday, November 12th. Sources tell ABC news president elect Trump is expected to name Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his pick for secretary of state. Rubio would join Congressman Mike Waltz, former Congressman Lee Zeldin, former Trump campaign co-chair Siouxsie Wiles, former Ice director Tom Homan, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and former Trump adviser Stephen Miller as potential members of the incoming administration. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders joins me now with the latest. Katherine, what did Trumps pick so far say about what we can expect from the Trump administration when it comes to policy? Well, Diane, there certainly are no big surprises here. Of course, we know that he has been focused on immigration. We've heard his rhetoric on the campaign trail. So these names that we've been hearing, like Tom Homan, Stephen Miller as the deputy chief of staff for policy in the white House, aren't all but two surprising here.

Of course, his chief of staff, Siouxsie Wiles. We know Elise Stefanik, one of his top allies in Congress, will be the U.N. ambassador. We reported also yesterday that Marco Rubio is expected to be the secretary of state. That's not a big surprise there. He does have quite a bit of experience in that arena. And we know, of course, that the two men are very close. We knew because he didn't get the vice president vice presidential pick that he was up for a cabinet position. You see those others there? Mike Waltz, one of Trump's advisers in the House there, he has a lot of national security experience. So it's shaping up to really make a lot of sense in terms of who Trump will ultimately pick. Now the question becomes, of course, he's been focused on these big law enforcement jobs like attorney general, FBI, who he puts in those positions. CIA director that will be a big test for what the Trump agenda will ultimately look like. He's talked a lot about prosecuting his political enemies.

Who will he put there? A more traditional Republican pick, if you will, or one of the others who we've talked about who are very controversial now. I'm told there are meetings today at Mar a Lago, and who knows, some of those cabinet picks could come today in the next couple of days. This is all moving at a very rapid pace now when it comes to national security. Trump campaigned on the idea of America First. He often expressed his views, saying America should stay out of foreign wars. It seems Rubio and Mike Walsh may not be on the same page about that. So what do you make of that? Yeah, they may not be. That will be an interesting dynamic to see play out here, of course, because they do have some differing views on on those topics. Of course the national security adviser will have more proximity to the president. The national security adviser works out of the white House. Of course, Rubio will be working out of a different building at the State Department, so we'll see how that ultimately shakes out here.

There will be lots of meetings on that. In terms of policy and how they set the policy, whether it's through executive orders, whether it's through the State Department. So as you note, Diane, we'll see how some of these divergent views all come together. And we know president elect Trump is not just watching closely, but also weighing in on this race for Senate Majority leader. Republicans are set to choose who will lead the Senate tomorrow essentially in this closed door meeting. So what do you make of what you've heard from Trump so far in terms of wanting a candidate who will approve recess appointments, and how has that whole race shaping up? Yeah. So he hasn't weighed in specifically on who he would want for majority leader yet, whether it's Thune, some of those top allies in the Senate. But the idea of a recess appointments and how that will work is quite fascinating to see how that will ultimately play out on the Hill. Of course, we talked a lot about this and and it hasn't really happened in recent history.

Presidents have used it in that the idea of the recess appointments are there, because if there was a time where a three month period of time, if you will, where the Senate was out of session and the president needed to get picks confirmed, how would they do that? Now, Trump has been bringing it up because there are potentially controversial picks that even a Republican Senate wouldn't be able to confirm. So that could say something about Trump's picks down the line as he still fills out his cabinet. But also it remains to be seen whether Trump could potentially go to the Capitol. We don't know yet that he will. But we do know that Donald Trump will be in town meeting with President Joe Biden tomorrow. Of course, this these elections are going on at the same time. So we'll see what happens there as well. All right. ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders. Katherine. Thank you. And speculation is growing about what role billionaire businessman Elon Musk could play in the incoming Trump cabinet, if any.

Musk is a close ally of the president elect and played a major role in his campaign. His political action committee reportedly spent an estimated $200 million to get Trump elected. Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell joins me now for more on that. Drew, thanks for coming on. I know you've been doing some reporting about Musk and his involvement in politics for The Washington Post. So what have you learned about how Musk has leveraged his money, his businesses, his power, really, in order to further his political objectives?

Yeah. So, Elon, you.

Know, as you said, poured a ton.

Of money.

Into.

Trump's.

Campaign and poured a lot of just energy. You know, x formerly Twitter became like the.

Trump show all day, every day.

And so Trump is kind of paying.

Him back.

By, you know, really elevating.

Elon.

Musk as, you know, this super genius who can help run the country. And Elon has been down.

In Mar-A-Lago at the Trump, you know, transition.

Nerve center since the election.

Basically Don Junior's daughter said he had achieved uncle status.

So Elon is.

Hanging around and the.

Role appears.

To be not really.

An official.

Government role like leading an.

Agency, but really just kind of being in Trump's.

Ear and advising him.

Trump has talked.

About, you know.

Wanting.

To, uh, put him in charge of a government.

Efficiency.

Commission, which Elon has talked about, you know, trimming 2 trillion off the, you.

Know, $6.

Trillion federal budget. So that would be a third of the budget.

So he's going to play a really powerful.

Shadow role in shaping the Trump.

Administration. You know, if he if he stays in the good graces of the president elect.

For for that.

Long.

Given that, and given he's already the richest man in the world, he holds multiple really powerful companies and so on. Would it even be in his interest to be an official member of the Trump administration?

That's a great question, I think. Not really. I mean, he plays a role right now where he can affect the Trump administration.

From the from the.

Outside without really having to sit in a chair in Washington. You know, this is a guy with six companies of billions of dollars in government contracts, space that does private space, Tesla electric cars, Starlink that does internet. All of these really have a connection to the federal government already. They they they make billions of dollars from.

Taxpayers every.

Year. But also, you know, Elon faces government investigations right now. Some of these companies are facing, you know, really tough probes from from the federal government. So it kind of behooves him to be kind of in the middle of outside and inside and play the shaping role and and his hopes, you know, make sure that the Trump DOJ.

Doesn't come.

After his companies, allows him to continue to be the richest guy on the planet and keep running his businesses while still having.

Having a.

Role in how Washington shakes out.

And many were surprised to hear that he was on the call with president elect Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine last week. What are you hearing in terms of the influence he's having or could have on the next administration and kind of that aspect of this?

Yeah, so that was surprising. I mean, you know, again, this is not a Elon Musk for for all of his success over the years in private enterprise, he has no government experience, right. He has no foreign policy experience. He's he's a very rich guy with a lot of great businesses. But, you know, he is not somebody who we have traditionally seen as a secretary of state role doing diplomacy. And yet he has interest in this. Right. You can go on his ex feed and he is posting dozens of times a day about whatever he wants. And he has a lot of big, big opinions. And of course, you know, to get a little technical, Starlink is very important to. You know, the Russia Ukraine fight. Both sides have have, you know, had a had a role in using it on the battlefield. And so that I think is going to be surprising to people. I think even inside the Trump administration, there's some questions of how deep his role is really going to go.

You know, this is a guy who has his own, um, his own interests, right? Who that may not always be on the side of, of, of America or the Trump administration itself. So that's going to be I think it's going to be interesting seeing how this bromance plays out and whether these two, you know, hyper ego.

Uh.

Titans of, of America can really kind of coexist and play nice together. Even as, you know, the going gets tough.

All right, Drew Harwell. Thank you. And as Elon Musk gets more involved with the incoming administration, cryptocurrencies are skyrocketing. Musk's longtime support is a longtime supporter of crypto. And that's fueling some hopes that Trump will follow through on his promise to deregulate the industry. Now, Bitcoin is hitting an all time high, up nearly 30% from a year ago. ABC's Lionel Moise has the latest.

A new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000, an all time record.

You're seeing an.

Extremely rapid rise in value. It's up.

25.

Or 30% since the election results came in.

Last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

FTX is the safest and easiest way to buy and sell crypto.

It's the best way to get in the game.

I'm never.

Wrong about this.

Stuff.

Never.

Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run.

Up.

There's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

ABC's Lionel Moise. Thank you. And let's bring in ABC's Elizabeth Schulze for more on this. Elizabeth, what's fueling this rally? Yeah, and this is a significant move in in an asset cryptocurrency that does see a lot of swings up and down. But what we've seen in the past week that about.

30%.

Gain.

Fueled.

By the expectation, as you heard in that piece, that.

President elect.

Trump and Republicans in Congress to.

We'll take a more friendly approach when it comes to regulating cryptocurrency.

So the.

Concern had.

Been that the government and the Biden administration had.

Proposed some steps.

To crack down on.

This industry, which is largely unregulated right now.

Former former President Trump.

As a candidate and now as president elect, has pledged to make the U.S. the crypto capital.

Of the world.

And it's important to keep in mind he took a lot of big donations.

From crypto industry leaders. They were a huge contributor to his campaign, and he himself has a little bit of a stake in this. Remember, he helped launch that crypto venture just a couple of weeks before the election. So he was once a crypto skeptic and now says he's all on board with cryptocurrency.

Now a lot of people own cryptocurrencies, but they've also become popular with bad actors like criminals, terrorists and so on. So what are the pros and cons here in the argument over whether or not and the degree to which they should be regulated? Right.

So people who own cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there's a lot of cryptocurrencies. But bitcoin is the biggest one. They say it's an alternative form of payment to traditional currencies like the dollar. You can go online. You can make these payments between people. You don't have to go through a bank. You don't have to go through a central government. That's an appeal to them for a lot of believers in crypto. There are some places where you can even make payments in Bitcoin. If you download a digital wallet, you can sometimes pay bills through a select number of merchants. So we're talking about how AT&T you can pay your phone bill through crypto. But that's rare. It has become more popular as an investment because of the big gains that we've seen. So just if you take an investment $1,000 in Bitcoin through a fund like you would put a fund through Fidelity or Schwab, that $1,000 a year ago has turned into about $2,400 today. So that is a big return. And that's one reason why it's enticing.

But you've got to remember, just as much as you can gain that money, you can also lose it. There is no guaranteed return when it comes to cryptocurrencies. And these these assets are super volatile. So they go up and they go down. There's no expectation that you will get your money back. So generally when you're talking to financial advisors, they say if you do want to invest in this, if you want to put some money in cryptocurrency, you've got to be prepared for some of those roller coaster ride all along the way.

What are you watching for as president elect Trump puts together his administration in relation to this? How do you think that could impact what we see happen with crypto? A key question.

Here really comes around the Securities and Exchange Commission. The president elect Trump has pledged to get rid of the head of that agency, Gary Gensler. He has seen as a guy who kind of wanted to take a more hard line approach on this industry, wanted to put some rules in place. And Trump has pledged that he would not keep him in place. So who he nominates to that role will be important and will really set the standard for what regulation would look like. And then, of course, you have to look at Congress, because we also saw that a lot of the elected leaders in both the House and Senate received donations from from the crypto industry. So they might also take a more lax approach when it comes to putting some of those rules in place. What the crypto industry has said is it does not need to be regulated in the same way that maybe a more traditional bank would be. It doesn't want to have those kinds of strict rules in place that back. Some of your assets make it maybe easier to track some of your payment.

That's one of the appeal of cryptocurrency to people who are, you know, invested in it. And so really, the question we're going to be looking at over the next, you know, at least couple of years is how far do they go or what rules at all do they put in place when it comes to putting some of those safeguards in place. All right.

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Sources tell ABC news president elect Trump is expected to name Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his pick for secretary of state. Rubio would join Congressman Mike Waltz, former Congressman Lee Zeldin, Trump campaign co-chair Siouxsie Wiles, former Ice director Tom Homan, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and former Trump adviser Stephen Miller as potential members of the incoming administration. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. Let's bring in ABC news senior white House correspondent Selina Wang and ABC's Jay O'Brien for more. Selina, what are we learning about president elect Trump's new appointments in these sort of key foreign policy and national security positions?

Yeah, Diane. Well, it's clear that the president.

Elect has learned.

Lessons from his first administration, because this time around, he's making his appointments at a rapid.

Pace. He is rewarding.

Those who are loyal to him.

And also picking those who he believes.

Are going to.

Carry out his demands. So sources tell us that he's expected to name Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state.

Now, Rubio is really seen.

As more of a conventional pick. He is someone who has deep foreign policy experience. He sits on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. He is a hawk on China, Iran and Venezuela. In fact, in the Senate, he's one of the most outspoken figures on the U.S..

Being more.

Aggressive towards China. Now Rubio and Trump, they did have a testy.

Relationship.

Back in 2016 when they were rivals, but they have since grown very close. And Rubio was out campaigning with Trump on the trail earlier this year. Now, we're also learning that Trump is expected to name representative Mike Waltz as his national security adviser. He is a former Green Beret. He is also a China hawk when it comes to Ukraine. He has supported aid to Ukraine in the past, but he has said that the Europeans should step up. What is notable here is that he is naming two hard liners on China, Diane. And so this does point to more tensions in the US-China relationship in the years going forward.

J Senate Republicans are also getting ready to choose their new leader tomorrow. Trump has demanded that whoever it is has to be someone who will agree to recess appointments, meaning the Senate would not have to confirm his cabinet picks. How is all that laying out? Who are the top contenders here, and does it seem like they will choose someone who will meet that Trump demand?

Mr. speaker, how do you feel about the election outcome?

We're very happy we got the majority.

Sorry about that. Speaker Mike Johnson, just walking right behind me. He's going to a press conference now, Diane. So we had to get a question in. He's happy. He says he's got the majority. ABC news has got that slim House Republican majority likely again we've got some races still outstanding at this hour. House speaker Mike Johnson, if he has that slim Republican majority on track to, he will essentially have a very slim majority that he already had. And the reason why we bring all of that up, and he's about to go address it in front of cameras is because we've seen how chaotic it's been when House Republicans only have a few votes to work with, when they have to pass contentious pieces of legislation. I say all that to put the speaker's comments just seconds ago on live TV in context. Back to your question, though, on the Senate. Senate Republicans are going to meet tomorrow. They're going to have a closed ballot, secret ballot vote on who's going to be their next leader.

As Mitch McConnell steps aside from that role. And we don't have a good whip count, if you will, which is what we call a vote count on who's going to back this notion of recess appointments. Rick Scott, who's the long shot third party or not? Third, but number three name in contention here. He has said he would back it. John Thune, who's the leading candidate, and John Cornyn as well, have indicated that they would be behind giving Trump this kind of broad recess appointment power, too. But the reality is, we don't know what the temperature is like inside the House Senate Republican Conference to this idea. Traditionally, the Senate has not liked to give the president broad recess appointment powers because the Senate likes to have this power of voting on and giving the advice and consent to cabinet level nominees. So this would be a divergence away from past history if they were to acquiesce to this will of Donald Trump. But the reality is, Donald Trump also helped Senate Republicans get the majority.

He dragged a number of long shot Senate Republican candidates in some pretty tough races, and others who were in some swing states over the finish line. And so there is this thought that if he wants it, there are some Senate Republicans I've talked to and have talked to others who say he might just deserve it. So is he going to get what he wants? We'll see how that bears out tomorrow.

All right. Jay O'Brien with the breaking news. Asking questions on the fly. We love it. Jay and Selena President Biden is set to meet with president elect Trump tomorrow at the white House. What do you expect out of that meeting?

Yeah, look, this meeting is a symbol to the world that there will be a peaceful transfer of power in the United States. But look, this is going to be a very difficult moment for President Biden. He has called Donald Trump a threat to democracy. And now he has to hand over the keys of power to him. And President Biden, though he's made clear that he's going to direct his entire administration to help Trump with this smooth transition, something that Donald Trump did not afford to President Biden back in 2020. We're also learning from sources that Melania Trump is not expected to travel with Donald Trump to Washington tomorrow, although we are told that first lady Jill Biden did extend an invitation to her. Now, when it comes to the contents of the meeting, the white House says that they're going to discuss foreign and domestic issues. We are expecting that President Biden is going to make his case to Donald Trump for why he cannot walk away from Ukraine, urging him that doing so would lead to more instability in Europe and around the world.

All right, Selina, thank you. And we are looking live there at House leadership, getting ready to have a news conference reminder that ABC news has not called who will control the House. There are still races there up for grabs, but we are expecting to hear from a couple leadership there on Capitol Hill. Let's listen.

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Donald Trump.

And House Republicans are the solution. That's why voters delivered House Republicans a majority and sent Donald Trump to the white House in a landslide. I'm proud to have led the NRCC to achieve this victory, even after Democrats spent $550 million spreading lies about House Republicans. We went on offense and flipped seats from Pennsylvania to Michigan to Colorado and beyond. The American people saw through the Democrat lies Because Republicans had better candidates and a better message about what we would do to improve their daily lives. Though it was my honor to lead our successful effort to hold the House at the NRCC, I didn't do it alone. House Republicans bought into the plan. We had record member participation from across our conference, and our entire incredible leadership team worked together to make it happen. I'm especially grateful of our team leader, speaker Mike Johnson, whose dauntless energy and hard work are the reason we're here, raising $27 million directly to the NRCC and traveling to countless cities in over two dozen states to help our candidates. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

You've earned the gavel, Mr. Speaker, with your long days on the road, little sleep and relentless optimism. Now, with Donald Trump as president, Mike Johnson as Speaker, and a new Senate majority. Republicans will have unified government in Washington for the first time since the beginning of President Trump's first term. And what do we do together? During that first term, we passed historic tax cuts that led to the greatest economy in a generation. We supported border security legislation and building the wall, leading to historically low illegal crossings. We rebuilt our military and pursued a foreign policy that led to peace and stability around the world. We had energy independence for the first time. Kamala and extreme Democrats. Right on cue. Broke it. You broke it. Now Republicans have a mandate to fix it. If we deliver on the promises we campaigned on, I'm confident the American people will reward our success. And I'm ready to get back to work. Let's get it done. And now I'd like to introduce our majority whip, mr.

Tom Emmer.

It's exciting. I guess he's happy that I'm going to speak. You don't get that every day, Mike.

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Stage. A mandate to put America first and make this country great again. I've always said we run to win and we win to govern. Voters gave us the wins we we asked for. Now it's time. Now the time for governing is here. The speaker and the Majority leader put together a legislative agenda that will allow us to hit the ground running on day one and begin delivering on President Trump's America First agenda as the whip, I will work with every corner of our conference to ensure every voice is heard, every constituent is represented, and that we get these policies across the finish line. Our members have worked hard over the last two years to show what a House majority is capable of. We passed legislation to lower costs for families, secure our borders, and reverse the damage the Harris Biden administration has inflicted on our country, all of which collected dust on Chuck Schumer's desk. But now that we have the trifecta, it's finally time to counteract the Democrats negligence once and for all by turning our agenda into law.

And I have no doubt that this House Republican team will get it done. The time for failed policies that have wreaked havoc on hardworking Americans for the last four years is over. The time for proven leadership is now. And with that, I turn it over to one of our proven leaders, our Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

Thank you whip.

Last week, the American.

People delivered a mandate to this town, to Washington, that they want to fix the problems that have been plaguing families all across this country for the last three and a half years. You know, I got the opportunity to travel to every single swing district throughout the nation, and I got the opportunity to travel to a number of swing districts with President Trump. And I saw the same theme come up everywhere we went. People are furious that there's an open southern border and they want it closed. People are struggling because they can't afford to buy food or fill up their cars or pay their utility bills. And the leaders in the white House were not listening. And what we talked about when we were out on the campaign trail and our candidates talked about were real issues, real solutions to the problems that those families were facing. We talked about how Republicans, if we get the white House and the House and Senate, would act quickly to get our economy moving again, to lower costs at the grocery store, to lower electricity costs, to secure our southern border and restore America's place in the world.

Those were the issues we actually ran on and talked about in every community in America. And the American people responded. And the other side is sitting around trying to blame themselves and assign blame for what the reason was for their failure, but they still will not admit the real problem. Why Democrats were rejected at the polls last week. It was because they had no answers. They had no message to those families who were struggling. They wanted to double down on the same failed far left policies that they've been ramming through Washington for the last four years that caused this inflation, that caused the open borders, that caused the problems that families are facing. And so as we prepare for this unified government, this unique opportunity that the American people have given us, one thing the American people can rest assured in knowing is that President Trump and this Republican majority are already planning to go to work for them on day one in January, to start fixing those problems. We have an agenda. We've been planning for the first 100 days to lower food costs, to lower energy costs, to secure America's border, to get this economy moving again.

So those families who have been struggling can finally get back on their feet, can finally have some savings in their pockets so they can send their kids to college so they can go on a family vacation so they can have more take home pay. That's an agenda we've been working on with President Trump for months now. We didn't wait until the day after the election to start planning this. And this shows the relentless focus of Donald Trump. He knew that if he had won the election, this would be his last opportunity to serve as president of the United States. And there will not be a minute to waste. And you can see his resolve already and how quickly he's making really good, smart picks. I know he's already pulled a few really talented people out of the house. Hopefully no more for a little while until special elections can come, but it shows you the talent that we have and the ability we have to get this country turned around quickly. The American people are hungry for it, and they're going to find a Republican leadership ready to work for them so that they don't have to struggle any longer.

And the man leading that charge, who worked as tirelessly as ever. And I know the whip and our nrsC Chair Richard Hudson talked about this. Nobody's traveled around the globe, theoretically more than Mike Johnson, to ensure that even though some of the pundits said we couldn't hold the House, we would hold the House so that we could continue delivering those promises. Our speaker of the House today and tomorrow. Mike Johnson.

Thank you, Steve. Our great majority leader, thank you to our whip Emmer, our NRCC chairman, Richard Hudson. All three of these gentlemen and our whole leadership team, Elise and all the rest of Blakemore and McLane and Palmer and everyone did everything possible to ensure that we could come to this moment. It is a beautiful morning in Washington. It is a new day in America. The sun is shining, and that's a reflection about how we all feel. This is a this is a very, very important moment for the country and we do not take it lightly. We did work really hard to bring this day about. The actual statistics are even No even harsher than you said, Richard. My team calculated. They told me last night, actually, when it was all said and done, it did more than 360 campaign events in over 250 cities across 40 states, and I logged enough miles to circumnavigate the globe five and a half times. But it was worth it. It was worth it.

And we got extraordinary candidates. We flipped blue seats to red as we planned, and we kept this majority. We expect that the majority will be larger than last time. We still have a number of races outstanding, but we're very optimistic about those. And we are looking forward to governing in unified government beginning in January. It's true that on Tuesday, voters rejected what they really felt was the misery of the last four years. We're moving on and we're turning the page, and this is something that the American people desperately need and deserve. We are going to raise an America First banner above this place. And you saw a demographic shift that I was talking about on the campaign trail for over a year with new demographics, new groups of persons who had not traditionally been with the Republican Party, who came on board with us because they believed in what we were saying. They believed the answers that we were providing for all the great challenges facing the country. And we made them a commitment to do that. And we will.

And as the new members return now, we lay the groundwork for the next Congress, and we usher in this new day in America. Republicans in the House and Senate have a mandate. It's true. It was a decisive win across the nation. The American people want us to implement and deliver that America First agenda, and we have to do that while we have that energy and that excitement, beginning on the very first day of the Congress in the New Year. It's clear the American people do want secure borders. They want to prevent terrorists and criminals from entering the country. These things are common sense. They want and deserve lower costs for groceries and gasoline. They they want us to project strength on the world stage again, and not the weakness that we have projected for the last four years. They want an end to the wokeness and the radical gender ideology, and a return to common sense in our children's classrooms and corporate boardrooms and government agencies. And we're going to ensure all that's true. This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump's agenda in the 113th Congress, and we will work closely with him and his administration to turn this country around and unleash, unleash, as he says, a new golden age in America.

That's not a campaign slogan. We believe that that is true. We believe in our hearts that America's best days are ahead of us, and we're excited to deliver upon that promise. The only way we're able to work quickly is because we have unified control of the Congress, both chambers now and the white House beginning January. And I want to congratulate all our Republican incumbents who worked so hard to ensure their re-elections and our new members who helped us to keep this House majority, especially a couple of new members that flipped districts from red to blue, people like Tom Barrett and Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, Tim Moore, Addison McDowell, Brad not Gabe Evans from different states around the country who worked really hard to ensure that we could have Republicans return to those seats. And we have an amazing group of freshman members who are going to join our conference, the Patriots who are already here and who are ready to implement this agenda on day one. Now, as we sit here this morning, we're still watching a number of races.

We have races still pending in Alaska, Arizona, California, Maine, Ohio and Oregon. And we're going to ensure that every single legal vote is counted in those races. So while we're completing the work of this Congress, we're shifting gears and preparing for the next Congress. We're also still in campaign mode in some sense, and awaiting the final outcome of these races. Looking ahead, over the past year, I've been working with our committee chairs and our Senate colleagues to lay the groundwork for this America First agenda. It will grow our economy and reduce inflation. It will secure our borders. We will restore America's energy dominance once again, we'll implement educational freedom and we will drain the swamp. And that's just the beginning of the agenda. This leadership team standing behind me has been preparing for this moment, and we are ready to deliver on America's mandate in the next Congress. When President Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, we all look back and recognize that the Republican Party was not fully prepared for that moment, and precious time was wasted in the beginning of that Congress.

I know it well because that was my freshman year in Congress. We began in 2017. We are not going to make those mistakes again. We will be ready on day one. We are prepared this time. And as we wind down the 118th Congress, we'll be ready to take the ball and run full speed. And the 119th Congress that begins in January. With that, if you have a few questions, we'll be happy to answer them.

We've just been watching House Republican leaders taking a victory lap in their first news conference since the election, ABC news has not yet projected which party will control the House, as some races are still too close to call. But Republicans do appear poised to keep control. We just heard Majority Whip Tom Emmer say Republicans have a mandate for change to counteract what he calls Democrats negligence. Majority Leader Steve Scalise criticized what he called far left policies, saying Republican leadership is ready to work for Americans so they don't have to struggle as much as they have been. And House speaker Mike Johnson says he expects to lead a House majority in a unified Republican government come January, and that House Republicans will hit the ground running to implement president elect Trump's agenda and usher in a new golden age in America. And we have more breaking news. The judge in the hush money case against president elect Trump is delaying his decision on whether to sentence Trump on his conviction or dismiss the case. Trump had asked for that verdict to be overturned or thrown out due to the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity.

That decision is now scheduled for next Tuesday. Let's bring in senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky, who's outside that courthouse, along with senior reporter Katherine Faulders and ABC news legal contributor Kim Whaley for more. Erin, the Manhattan DA's office signaled that it needs more time to consider how to proceed now that Trump is the president elect. So what's the latest there? How is that factoring into all of this?

For weeks, we had expected Judge Juan Merchan to decide whether the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling would apply to president elect Trump's criminal hush money case, where he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He had signaled that decision was coming today, but in the last several days, in secret, not publicly, but in secret, the lawyers for the for for Trump and the Manhattan DA's office had been going back and forth on email trying to delay any decision because of the outcome of the election. We didn't see the full correspondence, but we saw enough of it to realize that Trump's people asked for a delay. The DA's office agreed, saying that these are unprecedented times, and the judge has now given the DA's office until November 19th to decide how they may want to proceed, whether they're going to make any particular recommendations now that Trump is president elect.

So, Kim, what does the judge need to consider here? Because this whole thing is unprecedented?

Well, the judge, of course, has the sentencing question before him. But I think there's a.

Broader issue.

Presumably, that the Trump team is trying to push forward, which is that somehow, now that he's been elected president, the voters have spoken and the indictment itself should be dismissed. The entire case should be dismissed. That's, I think, elevated beyond just immunity. And we know Jack Smith is also asked for a pause and received a pause in the January 6th case before a federal judge. Judge Chutkan in Washington, D.C.. The Justice Department has a separate question. That is the internal memo basically stating you don't indict or prosecute sitting presidents. So I think we'll have to see what specifically in these papers. But they're essentially arguing this changes the entire game here with all of these cases.

And Catherine, where does this leave president elect Trump's other outstanding cases? Yeah. Well, this is this conviction likely remains his last legal hurdle before the inauguration. We know in Georgia that's been tied up in all sorts of delays for over a year now. And as Kim just alluded to, special Counsel Jack Smith has essentially been in these talks with the Department of Justice, according to our sources, about how to wind down those two convictions there as it relates to Trump's election subversion case in Washington, D.C., as it relates to January 6th. And then, of course, the classified documents case which the judge threw out. And it's now at the at the circuit level. So we know that those talks are ongoing. So essentially all of his other cases are really not going anywhere. Before he attends the inauguration, Aaron, what are you watching for as the judge considers this decision?

Well, I'm interested in what prosecutors are going to say. Are they going to? They've already said they don't believe the presidential immunity decision applies to this case. Because Trump was a private citizen when he paid off Stormy Daniels. Are they now going to suggest that sentencing get put off for for four years? Are they going to to agree that the case simply cannot go forward because Trump is president elect? There aren't that many options to consider. The prosecutors are undoubtedly going to say the conviction should stand, but they may well agree that sentencing just isn't practical.

Catherine, what would that look like? There's a potential for prison time here. What happens if you sentence a president elect to do time behind bars? Oh, gosh. I honestly don't even know what that would look like here. I think there's a lot of unprecedented circumstances, I don't know. I know that jail time here has been something that seems unlikely, and who knows whether or not when the judge is making this calculation. If he's taking into consideration, of course, that Trump is now the president elect. So as we've been talking a lot about here, and as even the papers say in other arguments, this is truly unprecedented. And if there is a sentencing which potentially that would get delayed with with this week delay, if you will, we'll obviously see what happens there, but not really sure how that would look if the judge were to sentence the president elect to any jail time. Kim, what sort of precedent could this decision set, whatever it is?

Well, I agree, I mean, it's the only case probably, given the immunity decision, that unless there's a new configuration on the Supreme Court will ever go forward for crimes committed by a sitting or former president. So Merchan knows this is the one and done. I think it's highly unlikely he'll disturb the actual verdict. I think it's highly unlikely he'll impose any kind of jail time. So the question would be, does he impose some kind of probation or something else, or is indicated, hold it for four years. Um, you know, the Jack Smith is a little bit different because there is an option for him to submit a report to the United States Congress that's required under the special Counsel regulations. The time is ticking. And he could decide or DOJ could decide. The American people needs a record of the of the the evidence gathered in the January 6th case, and even more importantly, the Mar-A-Lago classified documents case, because he's indicated that much of that information is classified. And we in this moment don't know whether Donald Trump in that connection actually threatened national security.

So I think really the legacy of the January 6th and the Mar-A-Lago cases are much more important than what's before Judge Merchan, although he is going to have to decide Side. How do you balance the rule of law determined by a jury, against this unprecedented notion of a man with 34 felony convictions now being elevated to the most powerful position in the land, if not the world? Armed with a decision by the United States Supreme Court that crimes committed using official power, which we don't know how that would have been parsed here, but crimes using official power in the white House are above the law and immune from any civil or criminal immunity.

All right. Erin. Katherine Kim, thank you all. And thank you. At home, I'm Diane Macedo. The news never stops and neither do we. You can find ABC News Live anywhere. You stream live news on the ABC news app or on ABC news.com. And we have a lot more news for you right after the break. Stick around.

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Bullet three. Welcome back to ABC News Live. First you're looking at Miami on this Tuesday, November 12th. Sources tell ABC news president elect Trump is expected to name Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his pick for secretary of state. Rubio would join Congressman Mike Walsh, former Congressman Lee Zeldin, former Trump campaign co-chair Siouxsie Wiles, former Ice director Tom Homan, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and former Trump adviser Stephen Miller as potential members of the incoming administration. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders joins me now with the latest. Katherine, what are Trump's picks so far say about what we can expect from the Trump administration when it comes to policy? Well, Diane, there certainly are no big surprises here. Of course, we know that he has been focused on immigration. We've heard his rhetoric on the campaign trail. So these names that we've been hearing, like Tom Homan, Stephen Miller as the deputy chief of staff for policy in the white House, aren't all but two surprising here.

Of course, this chief of staff, Siouxsie Wiles, we know Elise Stefanik, one of his top allies in Congress, will be the U.N. ambassador. We reported also yesterday that Marco Rubio is expected to be the secretary of state. That's not a big surprise there. He does have quite a bit of experience in that arena. And we know, of course, that the two men are very close. We knew because he didn't get the vice president vice presidential pick that he was up for a cabinet position. You see those others there? Mike Waltz, one of Trump's advisers in the House. There, he has a lot of national security experience, so it's shaping up to really make a lot of sense in terms of who Trump will ultimately pick. Now the question becomes, of course, he's been focused on these big law enforcement jobs like attorney general, FBI, who he puts in those positions. CIA director that will be a big test for what the Trump agenda will ultimately look like. He's talked a lot about prosecuting his political enemies.

Who will he put there? A more traditional Republican pick, if you will, or one of the others who we've talked about who are very controversial now. I'm told there are meetings today at Mar a Lago, and who knows, some of those cabinet picks could come today in the next couple of days. This is all moving at a very rapid pace now when it comes to national security. Trump campaigned on the idea of America First. He often expressed his views, saying America should stay out of foreign wars. It seems Rubio and Mike Walsh may not be on the same page about that. So what do you make of that? Yeah, they may not be. That will be an interesting dynamic to see play out here, of course, because they do have some differing views on on those topics. Of course the national security adviser will have more proximity to the president. The national security adviser works out of the white House. Of course, Rubio will be working out of a different building at the State Department, so we'll see how that ultimately shakes out here.

There will be lots of meetings on that in terms of policy and how they set the policy, whether it's through executive orders, whether it's through the State Department. So, as you know, Diane, we'll see how some of these divergent views all come together. And we know president elect Trump is not just watching closely, but also weighing in on this race for Senate Majority leader. Republicans are set to choose who will lead the Senate tomorrow, essentially in this closed door meeting. So what do you make of what you've heard from Trump so far in terms of wanting a candidate who will approve recess Appointments. And how is that whole race shaping up? Yeah. So he hasn't weighed in specifically on who he would want for majority leader yet, whether it's Thune, some of those top allies in the Senate. But the idea of recess appointments and how that will work is quite fascinating to see how that will ultimately play out on the hill. Of course, we talked a lot about this and and it hasn't really happened in recent history.

Presidents have used it in that the idea of the recess appointments are there, because if there was a time where a three month period of time, if you will, where the Senate was out of session and the president needed to get picks confirmed, how would they do that? Now, Trump has been bringing it up because there are potentially controversial picks that even a Republican Senate wouldn't be able to confirm. So that could say something about Trump's picks down the line as he still fills out his cabinet. But also, it remains to be seen whether Trump could potentially go to the Capitol. We don't know yet that he will, but we do know that Donald Trump will be in town meeting with President Joe Biden tomorrow. Of course, this these elections are going on at the same time. So we'll see what happens there as well. All right. ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders. Katherine. Thank you. And speculation is growing about what role billionaire businessman Elon Musk could play in the incoming Trump cabinet, if any.

Musk is a close ally of the president elect and played a major role in his campaign. His political action committee reportedly spent an estimated $200 million to get Trump elected. Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell joins me now for more on that. Drew, thanks for coming on. I know you've been doing some reporting about Musk and his involvement in politics for The Washington Post. So what have you learned about how Musk has leveraged his money, his businesses, his power, really, in order to further his political objectives?

Yeah. So, Elon, you know, as you said, poured a ton of money into Trump's campaign and poured a lot of just energy. You know, x formerly Twitter became like the Trump show all day every day. And so Trump is kind of paying him back by, you know, really elevating Elon Musk as, you know, this super genius who can help run the country. And Elon has been down in Mar-A-Lago at the Trump, you know, transition nerve center since the election. Basically Don Junior's.

Uh, daughter.

Said he had achieved uncle status. So Elon is hanging around and the role appears to be not really an official government role like leading an agency, but really just kind of being in Trump's ear and advising him. Trump has talked about, you know, wanting to, uh, put him in charge of a government efficiency commission, which Elon has talked about, you know, trimming 2 trillion off the, you know, $6 trillion federal budget. So that would be a third of the budget. So he's going to play a really powerful shadow role in shaping the Trump administration. You know, if he if he stays in the good graces of the president elect for for that long.

Given that and given he's already the richest man in the world. He holds multiple really powerful companies and so on. Would it even be in his interest to be an official member of the Trump administration?

That's a great question, I think. Not really. I mean, he plays a role right now where he can affect the Trump administration from the from the outside without really having to sit in a chair in Washington. You know, this is a guy with six companies of billions of dollars in government contracts, space that does private space, Tesla electric cars, Starlink that does internet. All of these really have a connection to the federal government already. They they make billions of dollars from taxpayers every year. But also, you know, Elon faces government investigations right now. Some of these companies are facing, you know, really tough probes from from the federal government. So it kind of behooves him to be kind of in the middle of outside and inside and play this shaping role and, and his hopes, you know, make sure that the Trump DOJ doesn't come after his companies, allows him to continue to be the richest guy on the planet and keep running his businesses while still having having a role in how Washington shakes out.

And many were surprised to hear that he was on the call with president elect Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine last week. What are you hearing in terms of the influence he's having or could have on the next administration and kind of that aspect of this?

Yeah, so that was surprising. I mean, you know, again, this is not a Elon Musk for for all of his success over the years in private enterprise, he has no government experience, right. He has no foreign policy experience. He's a very rich guy with a lot of great businesses. But, you know, he is not somebody who we have traditionally seen as a secretary of state role doing diplomacy. And yet he has interest in this. Right. You can go on his ex feed and he is posting dozens of times a day about whatever he wants. And he has a lot of big, big opinions. And of course, you know, to get a little technical, Starlink is very important to, you know, the Russia Ukraine fight. Both sides have have, you know, had a had a role in using it on the battlefield. And so that I think is going to be surprising to people. I think even inside the Trump administration, there's some questions of how deep his role is really going to go.

You know, this is a guy who has his own, um, his own interests, right? Who that may not always be on the side of, of, of America or the Trump administration itself. So that's going to be I think it's going to be interesting seeing how this bromance plays out and whether these two, you know, hyper ego, uh, titans of, of America can really kind of coexist and play nice together, even as, you know, the going gets tough.

All right, Drew Harwell. Thank you. And as Elon Musk gets more involved with the incoming administration, cryptocurrencies are skyrocketing. Musk's longtime support is a longtime supporter of crypto. And that's fueling some hopes that Trump will follow through on his promise to deregulate the industry. Now Bitcoin is hitting an all time high. Up nearly 30% from a year ago. ABC's Lionel Moise has the latest.

A new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000, an all time record.

You're seeing an extremely rapid rise in value. It's up 25 or 30% since the election results came in last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is a digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

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Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm drive driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

ABC's Lionel Moise. Thank you. And let's bring in ABC's Elizabeth Schulze for more on this. Elizabeth, what's fueling this rally? Yeah, this.

Is a significant move in a in a asset cryptocurrency that does see a lot of swings up and down. But what we've seen in the past week that about 30% gain fueled by the expectation, as you heard in that piece, that president elect Trump and Republicans in Congress to will take a more friendly approach when it comes to regulating cryptocurrency. So the concern had been that the government and the Biden administration had proposed some steps to crack down on this industry, which is largely unregulated right now. Former former President Trump, as a candidate and now as president elect, has pledged to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. And it's important to keep in mind he took a lot of big donations from crypto industry leaders. They were a huge contributor to his campaign, and he himself has a little bit of a stake in this. Remember, he helped launch that crypto venture just a couple of weeks before the election. So he was once a crypto skeptic and now says he's all on board with cryptocurrency now.

A lot of people own cryptocurrencies, but they've also become popular with bad actors like criminals, terrorists and so on. So what are the pros and cons here in the argument over whether or not in the degree to which they should be regulated? Right.

So people who own cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there's a lot of cryptocurrencies. But bitcoin is the biggest one. They say it's an alternative form of payment to traditional currencies like the dollar. You can go online. You can make these payments between people. You don't have to go through a bank. You don't have to go through a central government. That's an appeal to them for a lot of believers in crypto. There are some places where you can even make payments in Bitcoin. If you download a digital wallet, you can sometimes pay bills through a select number of merchants. So we're talking about how AT&T you can pay your phone bill through crypto. But that's rare. It has become more popular as an investment because of the big gains that we've seen. So just if you take an investment $1,000 in Bitcoin through a fund like you would put a fund through Fidelity or Schwab, that $1,000 a year ago has turned into about $2,400 today. So that is a big return. And that's one reason why it's enticing.

But you've got to remember, just as much as you can gain that money, you can also lose it. There is no guaranteed return when it comes to cryptocurrencies. And these these assets are super volatile. So they go up and they go down. There's no expectation that you will get your money back. So generally when you're talking to financial advisors, they say if you do want to invest in this, if you want to put some money in cryptocurrency, you've got to be prepared for some of those roller coaster ride all along the way.

What are you watching for as president elect Trump puts together his administration in relation to this? How do you think that could impact what we see happen with crypto?

A key question here really comes around the Securities and Exchange Commission. The president elect Trump has pledged to get rid of the head of that agency, Gary Gensler. He has seen as a guy who kind of wanted to take a more hard line approach on this industry, wanted to put some rules in place. And Trump has pledged that he would not keep him in place. So who he nominates to that role will be important and will really set the standard for what regulation would look like. And then, of course, you have to look at Congress, because we also saw that a lot of the elected leaders in both the House and Senate received donations from from the crypto industry. So they might also take a more lax approach when it comes to putting some of those rules in place. What the crypto industry has said is it does not need to be regulated in the same way that maybe a more traditional bank would be. It doesn't want to have those kinds of strict rules in place that, you know, back.

Some of your assets make it maybe easier to track some of your payment. That's one of the appeal of cryptocurrency to people who are, you know, invested in it. And so really, the question we're going to be looking at over the next, you know, at least couple of years is how far do they go or what rules at all do they put in place when it comes to putting some of those safeguards in place? All right.

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Experts say it appears to be the wavering hormone levels during perimenopause that can trigger the symptoms in some women. Genetics and other factors may also play a role, but the silence and shame surrounding menopause prevents many women from talking about their symptoms or seeking help.

We are the first generation to have this conversation openly with our friends, so I was just kind of going along my merry way, only expecting hot flashes, night sweats, not realizing that there are so many other indicators.

Desiree wasn't having hot flashes or night sweats, and when antidepressants didn't work, she turned to her ob gyn doctor, Jessica Shepard, who also happens to be her sister.

When I listened to her story, I realized that there is a lot of perimenopausal features in this. And so I was able to offer her hormone replacement therapy and she was able to see her symptoms resolved. I felt like somebody had turned the light on and I was back in. That is when the fog lifted. I feel completely back to my younger self.

And studies show antidepressants can reduce hot flashes by up to 64%, and hormone replacement therapy can cut them by 77%. And experts say those two combined appear to be even more effective in improving depression symptoms. As always, check with your doctor about what is right for you. Diane.

Erielle Reshef thank you. And concerns are growing about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year from 51 to nearly 1200 Hundred cases statewide. The bacterial infection causes severe coughing fits and can be life threatening for babies. Children usually get a series of shots against whooping cough starting at two months old. Coming up, the most impossible mission yet. Is this the end of Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt? Will Ganss has a breakdown of that and more coming up in the T.

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Unbelievable. Well, he's a short king and he's representing all of us. Well thank you, Tom, for your work. By the way, Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning is scheduled to be released May 23rd, 2025. Next to the baby news from one of Hollywood's hottest couples, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are expecting a child together. Megan sharing this photo on Instagram with the caption, nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back. The Transformers star has previously been open about her difficulties with pregnancies in the past, revealing in 2023 that she suffered a pregnancy loss with MGK. The post confirmed that she is pregnant again with a black and white photo of the positive pregnancy test results. Congratulations to that happy couple. Good for them. Yeah, happy for them. And finally a new project for Lil Wayne. Actually, this isn't. Finally, I have a bonus story for you after this. The Grammy winner is set to join NFL Game Day Morning on the NFL network. The NFL Game Day posting on their Instagram that they're excited for the collab.

Wayne will appear weekly for the rest of the NFL season. After making a name for himself as a die hard Packers fan and appearing on Fox Sports One's Undisputed alongside Skip Bayless, Lil Wayne will officially join NFL Game Day Morning this Sunday.

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He's a Renaissance man. Like a certain Michael Strahan. Some might say another Renaissance man. All right. Finally, a reminder that we're 30, flirty and thriving and singing now to, I guess, 13 going on 30 is being turned into a musical. The Jennifer Garner flick will make its stage debut next year in London's West End, with eyes on a Broadway transfer after that. One of the musical's producers saying, quote, all the songs are original in this musical, but thriller is the only one that we're sort of parachuting in because it's such an iconic good moment from the movie. I'm glad that they're keeping that. You can't cut thriller from 13 going on 30.

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I don't believe she is, but if she wanted to. Yeah. Do you ever. Do you have access to getting her involved?

No, I don't, I don't, but I'm guessing at least a surprise audience appearance by her.

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Hi, I'm Diane Macedo. We are following breaking news. The judge in the hush money case against president elect Trump is delaying his decision on whether to sentence Trump on his conviction or dismiss the case. Trump had asked for the verdict to be overturned or thrown out due to the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity. Now, that decision is scheduled for next Tuesday. Let's bring in senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky outside court, along with ABC news legal contributor Brian Buchmeyer for more. Aaron, the Manhattan DA's office signaled they need more time to consider how to proceed now that Trump is the president elect. This request was put into the court to to dismiss the charges even before the election. So how is that now factoring into all of this?

Yeah. The judge was supposed to rule today whether the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling should apply to the conviction. Trump wanted his conviction thrown out. Prosecutors said it didn't have to be because Trump was a private citizen when he paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels. But now prosecutors are saying they need some time to figure out really how this case should proceed. The defense wants it gone. They say that just like the federal cases against Trump are going to be dismissed because he's going into office. The state case here in New York should be as well. Prosecutors say they want another week to figure it out. They did agree with the defense, though, that these are unprecedented times, given that Trump is now president elect.

Brian, the whole scenario is unprecedented. Was before Trump even won reelection. So what happens now? What does the prosecutor need to take into consideration here? What does the judge need to take into consideration here?

Short answer a lot. So for the prosecution, they have to look at the case from the standpoint of what the Supreme Court said, as it applies to presidential immunity.

That there's a.

Presumption of immunity where a president.

Is acting within their given.

Role. And if that applies here, then the actions would be immune. But you have to also look at it from a kind of like a circumstantial by circumstantial Analysis that this is when president, now president elect Donald Trump was not in office, but some of his communications with Hope Hicks or his now ex formerly Twitter tweets would have maybe fallen into that category. So the judge is going to have to determine whether or not an evaluation of how this jury decided this as based on information that is banned from being considered based on the Scotus decision or not. And then for the prosecution, are they going to dismiss the case, dismiss in the interest of justice? Will the judge simply sentenced to time served based on the interest of justice? It's a lot of factors to consider.

Erin, what are the potential outcomes here? Could the president elect still get prison time?

Well, I guess in theory maybe, but probably not until after he's out of office. The judge will first consider if presidential immunity applies, whether that means the conviction needs to be overturned, whether there needs to be a new trial, whether the indictment should be thrown out altogether. If the conviction does not need to be overturned, then the judge needs to decide whether to go ahead with sentencing. On November 26th, the scheduled whether to delay it indefinitely, maybe until Trump is out of office. And if he does go forward, can you actually put a president elect into jail? It's an unbelievable contemplation.

Brian, what sort of precedent could this decision set? Whatever the decision is.

I mean, it's going to answer the question as to what do we do when a person is convicted of a crime and then gets elected into president? And so there's never really been this question before. We've seen issues where, for example, back in the 90s of then President Clinton was sued civilly, how that case went to the Supreme Court as to how to handle a civil case while someone is in the presidency, but what to do when they're convicted and then elected? This is going to give a roadmap for the state of New York, of course, and then every other state will look to it and say, if this happens again, I don't know how it will. This is the route to take if someone is convicted and now becomes a president. And Brian.

How much of this decision is about that? The conviction followed by the election versus the conviction that happened before this Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

The answer is all of the above. They all go into the play. The fact that a large part of this country are eligible voters voted for for President Donald Trump. The fact that the conviction happened prior to being elected, the Supreme Court decision as to how immunity applies to the facts that may have been considered in this trial. It is all in play here as to how this works out.

All right. Aaron Katersky, Brian Buchmeyer, thank you. And sources tell ABC news president elect Trump is expected to name Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his pick for secretary of state. Rubio joins recent picks Congressman Mike Waltz, former Congressman Lee Zeldin and other prominent Republicans already on Trump's list. Meanwhile, House Republicans are taking a victory lap of their own.

This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump's agenda in the 113th Congress. And we will work closely with him and his administration to turn this country around and unleash, unleash, as he says, a new golden age in America. That's not a campaign slogan. We believe that that is true. We believe in our hearts that America's best days are ahead of us. And we're excited to deliver upon that promise.

Republicans appear poised to keep control of the House, of some of those races are still outstanding, and it's too close to call. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. Let's bring in ABC news senior white House correspondent Selina Wang and ABC's Jay O'Brien on Capitol Hill. Jay, ABC news hasn't projected that Republicans will retain control of the House just yet, but Speaker Johnson sounded pretty confident there. I know you also asked him before how he felt about his chances of holding on to the speakership. So what do you make of that conference from Republicans and what you're hearing there on Capitol Hill?

Yeah, Johnson is confident. He said to me in the hallway before he stepped out for that press conference that they won the majority. We haven't called it yet at ABC news because some of these races are still too close to call. But as you said, they appear poised to hold on to a slim majority in the House of Representatives. They're within striking distance. They would need to pick up just two more races in order to actually get the 218 they need by last count. So Mike Johnson is declaring victory, and he feels positive and he feels good. And he wants to enact the Trump agenda here in a Republican controlled House of Representatives with also a Republican controlled Senate and obviously Donald Trump in the white House. Well, Mike Johnson said at that press conference, is that Republicans want to, quote, raise an America First banner above this place, this place being the House of Representatives. So that was key to what their vision is. One concern for the immediate future, though, Diane, right now is remember I said that Republican majority is slim.

We've seen a lot of chaos when Republicans have a slim majority, as they have right now in governing the House of Representatives. And Donald Trump is picking off House Republicans here and there to join his new administration. Elise Stefanik, the number four Republican in the House, now the U.N. ambassador nominee, Mike Waltz, now picked for his national security advisor. And so we heard the number two Republican in the House today, Steve Scalise, essentially saying he hopes Donald Trump doesn't pick any more House Republicans right now because the numbers that they have to work with on vote counts are so thin.

You know, glad to see it, but slow down on that a little bit, Jay. There was also something else that stuck out to me, where Speaker Johnson said during that press conference that Republicans have learned from their mistakes during the first Trump administration. What do you think he meant by that? What do they intend to do differently this time?

Well, I've heard from Republicans who say Donald Trump is professionalizing this operation, and he's picking people that are loyal to his vision and people that he believes won't thwart his vision. There were people in the previous Trump administration, because of the chaos, tried to mollify some of Donald Trump's instincts. And there's a belief amongst Republicans I talked to that, this administration is more loyal to Donald Trump than he's building now than previous administrations. And also, this Congress is expected to be more loyal to Donald Trump. When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, there were still old Guard Republicans in Congress, and there are still some of those now. But there are also members of Congress now in the House and in the Senate who ran because of Donald Trump or who were nominated or won their various primaries because of an endorsement from Donald Trump. So because Republicans have the majority, that's one thing. But they also have members who are far more loyal to Donald Trump. And we have to see how that plays out. Now in terms of Donald Trump executing his vision.

And Syleena Johnson is expected to travel to Mar-A-Lago this weekend to meet with president elect Trump. What are you watching for there?

Yeah, look, what we're.

Clearly seeing here is that Donald Trump has learned from his mistakes that first time around. And this time around, he's moving a whole lot faster to assemble his key advisory positions as well as cabinet roles. So he is looking for those who are loyal to him, who he believes is going to carry out his demands. So we're getting some new information. He's expected, according to sources, to name Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state. Now, Rubio is seen as really a more conventional pick. He has deep foreign policy experience. He sits on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. He is a hardliner when it comes to China, Iran and Venezuela. In fact, he's one of the most outspoken senators when it comes to the U.S. being more aggressive on China. Now, he used to be a rival with Donald Trump back in 2016, but since then they've grown very close. And Rubio was out on the campaign trail earlier this year stumping with Donald Trump. Now, sources also tell us that he's planning to name representative Mike Waltz as his national security adviser.

Now, Waltz is also a China hardliner, and when it comes to Ukraine, Waltz has been supportive of aid to Ukraine in the past, but has said that the Europeans need to contribute more. So what can we glean from these two choices? Now? They are both China hardliners, so that is an indication that relations between these two superpowers are only going to get more testy and tense in the years to come. Diane.

All right. Selina Wang, Jay O'Brien. Thank you both. Today marks the end of the 30 day deadline the Biden administration set for Israel to improve the dire situation in Gaza. President Biden is expected to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the white House to push for peace in the Middle East. White House correspondent Karen Travers joins me now, along with foreign correspondent Britt Clennett from Tel Aviv, Israel, for more. Karen, President Herzog doesn't really have much power over the war in Gaza. So what is Biden hoping to get out of this meeting with him today?

You know, it's really a symbolic meeting to sit.

Down with the president of Israel because, as you note, he doesn't hold the power. They're more of a figurehead position when the power rests with the prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. And, of course, the relationship between President Biden and the Biden administration and Netanyahu is strained.

Recently, and there hasn't been significant ties, contacts between them in the last couple of weeks. So today, on the agenda for the presidents to sit down in the Oval Office, they're going to be talking about the efforts to reach a ceasefire in both Gaza and in Lebanon, the efforts to try to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza and also regional stability, the concerns about Iran and other things popping up in that area. But, you know, Diane, for the white House, this is all about, I think, trying to show that they're still very actively engaged on this issue, even as the Trump transition team moves full steam ahead, putting their national security teams into place. And the cease fire conversations have stalled right now, and it doesn't look like things are moving along. At least the U.S. engagement in this right now not going forward.

Karen, the U.S. previously said that Israel would face consequences if the U.S. didn't see an improvement in Gaza. So what now?

You know, there was that 30 day deadline that was given by the Biden administration last month for Israel to increase the humanitarian assistance into Gaza or face potential consequences, and that could include the triggering of American laws, where then there would be restrictions on U.S. military aid to Israel. That deadline, that 30 days is now today. And there are a lot of questions then about what this means. No indication yet from the white House about what they're going to do. We've reached out to the National Security Council to see what this means, but I think it is a big question then, about what the leverage the United States has over Israel again, because of that transition that is happening with the Trump team coming in. Donald Trump has a very strong relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So you could get a sense that perhaps on the Israeli side, they could just wait things out until January 20th.

And several aid agencies have signed this joint statement saying Israel has not met that U.S. criteria to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within this deadline. I know you spoke to the spokesperson for the IDF's unit of the Coordination of Government Activities in the territories. So what did he tell you?

Well, their spokesperson, he refuted a report by eight aid organizations which listed 19 measures of compliance with those U.S. demands. It said that Israel had failed to comply with 15 and only partially complied with four. But he did admit by his own numbers that actually they were falling short of the demand of 350 trucks per day. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.

So I think that the.

Report itself is filled with many lies and a lot of inaccuracies, and a lot of what they're describing there just.

Isn't true.

And it's also important to note that, that those eight.

Organizations are just a handful of the organizations that are actually operating on the ground in Gaza. These organizations that we work with every day, and we work together with them to facilitate humanitarian aid and to continue increasing the amount of aid that reaches the people in Gaza, because at the end of the day, we want to make sure that civilians in Gaza are getting the humanitarian aid that they need.

Now, he did point the blame at aid agencies, saying it's a distribution problem. But we know from speaking to aid agencies, they say that it's simply too dangerous and it's very hard for them to get that desperately needed aid to the people that need them.

Britt. Meanwhile, new video circulating online of strikes in Beirut. What's the latest on the conflict there?

Yeah, no let up to the fighting in Lebanon. We do know today that there were ten attacks announced by Hezbollah into Israel. But as you say, a fighting strikes across Lebanon. Several people have been killed in an air attack in the north. That's as as the bombing continues in that country as Israel tries to target Hezbollah. Also more evacuations. 14 more villages in southern Lebanon. People being told to flee. They say that it's creating chaos, uncertainty, disarray and stress that they just don't know where is safe to go anymore. Diane.

All right. Karen Travers, Britt Clennett. Thank you. And we have breaking news. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the global head of the Church of England, is resigning. Justin Welby says he's stepping down. Quote in sorrow after an investigation found he consistently mishandled physical and sexual abuse claims at Christian summer camps. The alleged victims include more than 100 boys over five decades. The archbishop is well known for presiding over notable events such as the Queen's funeral, the king's coronation and the wedding of Harry and Meghan. The committee, known as the Crown Nominations Commission, will now search for a successor to lead the 85 million Anglicans worldwide. That name will be presented to the King for a final decision. New evacuations are underway in New York and New Jersey as deadly wildfires rage out of control. The Jennings Creek wildfire has scorched more than 5000 acres along the New York New Jersey border. New York's governor calls it the biggest fire the state has seen in years. ABC's Trevor Ault is in Hewitt, new Jersey with the latest.

Well, Diane, it's very strange to see this play out in the northeast and mid November, but it's just been so dry here. It essentially created a tinderbox. The Jennings Creek wildfire has now charred more than 5000 acres between New York and New Jersey. It's burning right along the border just west of New York City. The governor of New York says that even just that section burning in New York State makes this the worst fire that they've seen in several years. Now, we've been watching Blackhawk helicopters from the National Guard dropping hundreds of gallons of water. Drones are flying overhead trying to survey the damage, and the smoke has led to some air quality alerts in both New York and New Jersey. We also know this has killed at least one person, 18 year old Dariel Vasquez, a parks worker that was trying to clear out some brush for firefighters. He was struck and killed by a falling tree. Overnight, there was a memorial service held at the high school where he just recently graduated. Now, since just the beginning of October in New Jersey, they have already responded to 500 wildfires, including 40 of them just this past weekend.

And you might notice the wind that's really blowing. Right now, firefighters are concerned about those winds picking it up and fueling these flames even more. Diane.

All right, Trevor Ault, thank you. And let's bring in ABC news meteorologist Somara Theodore. Now for more somara. What's the latest on the fire danger.

All right, so, Diane, right now we're looking at some of the coldest air of the season getting ready to move in. And that's significant because this is really cold, dry air that we're going ahead to tomorrow. That, along with the winds behind this front are leading to the elevated risk for fire danger. So if you live in that shade of beige there from the Delmarva Peninsula into new Jersey, you have an elevated fire risk Today, red flag warnings have been issued for parts of upstate New York, Long Island, New York City, New Haven, Providence, right on into Massachusetts. Relative humidity now between 29% and 40%. Wind gusts up to 40mph. And so that's really going to constitute for adding to that threat for wildfire. And the wind gusts will continue as we head through tomorrow. So we're looking at even lower relative humidity out on the East coast. Meanwhile, on the West coast, a different story. The Santa Ana winds finally dying down. We are expecting a series of storms to move through that should help to alleviate the issues with the wildfires just a bit out west, but they still have a wind advisory in place today.

Diane Somara Theodore. Thank you. Coming up, two passenger jets hit by bullets in Haiti. What Spirit Airlines and JetBlue are saying about the incidents and what it could mean for future travel there?

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Well, that's the big question right now. And the investigation is ongoing. But as you know, there has been just chaos for for months, years in Haiti. Airlines try to keep their planes going in and.

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Haiti right now, but they have suspended those flights, as you mentioned. We may never get an answer of exactly what happened, but as you can imagine, two planes hit by bullets, both coming from the United States, sparking a lot of concern here today.

So what's the FAA looking at now, and how are they going to determine whether or not to issue a ban here?

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All right. ABC news transportation reporter Sam Sweeney. Sam thank you.

Thank you.

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Yeah.

So I did this just.

For a week, and it.

Made pretty.

Good decisions.

You know.

It it had me doing yoga every day for an hour, you know, had me working.

For not longer than, like an hour or two without taking breaks.

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In my day. It was.

Um, you.

Know, doing.

Quality time with my daughter had me cooking three meals.

A day. I mean, it was.

Just very kind of beautiful life.

That dreamed up for.

Me. I had a hard.

Time keeping up with it.

It kind of felt like it thought I was a wellness influencer. Um, but yeah, I had it deciding everything. I had made about 100 decisions for me over the course of the week.

Did you give it parameters like goals you wanted to achieve, or values that are important to you for it to make those decisions for you?

I only told it that I was a journalist doing an experiment, outsourcing my decision making, and that I had a family and I was using lots of different tools, like dozens of different generative AI tools. But the main decision makers were the chat bots that the big technology companies have released, like ChatGPT. And it was interesting because one of the chat bots, Claude from the company anthropic, said it was the only one. It said, no, I can't help you. I don't think it's a good idea for you to outsource all of your decision making to AI. You're giving up too much control. You know, uh, AI is limited. Um, and so it was the only one that said no to me, but the others were were happy to help.

Wow. Look at Claude being so conscious. So what did you feel like you learned from this? Was there something that really stuck out to you that surprised you most?

Well, one thing I learned is that the tools worked pretty well. Um, and they were really helpful, especially the ability to take a photo and upload it. So there was something wrong with the grout in my shower, and I just took a photo of it and said, the ChatGPT tell me what's going on here. And it was able to kind of diagnose the issue. And so in that way, I think the tools are almost like a better Google, like a more informed way of searching the world's information. But the effect that it had on my life was that it felt like it was kind of flattening me out. The advice it was giving me was kind of a the like, basic good advice, like, my haircut is this is a nice haircut, but it is, as one expert told me, the average of what everyone wants, it wasn't going to give me like a really cool, exotic haircut. And so it felt like it was kind of flattening us out. And when I talked to experts about that, they said that is one of their worries about our handing more decision making over to AI is that it will make us super boring.

It will kind of steer us towards the generic good decision.

Were there any other concerns that stuck out to you?

Um, there are a couple of hallucinations. None that were terrible, though it did tell my daughter. She asked the difference between her middle finger and her middle finger, with the thumb added, and it told her that the first one was a rude gesture and that the second one was a friendly gesture that made that meant chill out. So she's now been using that gesture with me a lot since then. So there were a couple of hallucinations, but nothing that was too terrible. I would just say the overall effect was that it did make me feel a little boring. Um, and I think that the tools are better used as a way to kind of maybe help you reach a decision, help you think through it, but that maybe we shouldn't hand over control entirely to AI.

And I'm out of time. Kashmir. But quickly, what do you think you'll keep if any of these tools do you think you'll keep using them and how?

I do plan to keep using some of the chat bots, probably ChatGPT. I found that one to be the most kind of powerful and flexible. Um, and I do like taking photos of things around the house and getting advice for what to do about it. And I did like some of the generative music makers. I really liked making songs with my daughters. That was fun.

Oh, that sounds like a good time. All right. New York Times technology reporter Kashmir Hill. So interesting. Thanks. Kashmir.

My pleasure.

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Tom Homan, Stephen.

Miller, as the deputy chief of staff for policy in the white House, aren't.

All but.

Two surprising here. Of course, as chief of Staff Siouxsie Wiles, we know Elise Stefanik, one of his top allies in Congress, will be the U.N. ambassador. We reported also yesterday that Marco Rubio is expected to be the secretary of state. That's not a big surprise there. He does have quite a bit of experience in that arena. And we know, of course, that the two men are very close. We knew because he didn't get the vice president vice presidential pick that he was up for a cabinet position. You see those others there, Mike Waltz, one of Trump's advisors in the House there. He has a lot of national security experience. So it's.

Shaping up.

To really make a lot of sense in terms of who Trump will ultimately pick. Now the question becomes, of course, he's been focused on these big law enforcement jobs like attorney general, FBI, who he puts in those positions, CIA director. That will be a big test for what the Trump agenda will ultimately look like. He's talked a lot about prosecuting his political enemies. Who will he put there? A more traditional Republican.

Pick, if you will.

Or one of the others who we've talked about who are very controversial. Now, I'm told there are meetings today at Mar a Lago and who knows, some of.

Those cabinet picks.

Could come today in the next couple of days. This is all moving at a very rapid pace now when it comes to national security. Trump campaigned on the idea of America First. He often expressed his views, saying America should stay out of foreign wars. It seems Rubio and Mike Walsh may not be on the same page about that. So what do you make of that?

Yeah, they may not be.

That will be an interesting dynamic to see play out here, of course, because they do have some differing views on on those topics.

Of course, the national.

Security adviser will have more proximity.

To the.

President. The national security adviser works out of the white House. Of course, Rubio will be working out of a different building at the State Department, so.

We'll.

See how that ultimately shakes out here. There will be lots of.

Meetings on that in.

Terms of policy and how they set the policy, whether it's through executive orders, whether it's through the State Department.

So, as you know.

Diane, we'll see how some of these divergent views all come together. And we know president elect Trump is not just watching closely, but also weighing in on this race for Senate Majority leader. Republicans are set to choose who will lead the Senate tomorrow, essentially in this closed door meeting. So what do you make of what you've heard from Trump so far in terms of wanting a candidate who will approve recess appointments? And how has that whole race shaping up?

Yeah. So he hasn't weighed in.

Specifically on who he would want for majority leader yet, whether it's.

Thune, some.

Of those top allies in the Senate. But the idea of recess appointments and how that will work.

Is quite fascinating to see how.

That will ultimately play out on the Hill. Of course, we talked a lot about this and.

And it.

Hasn't really.

Happened.

In.

Recent history.

Presidents have used it in that the idea of the recess.

Appointments.

Are there, because if there was a time.

Where a three month period of time.

If you will, where the Senate was out of.

Session and the president needed to.

Get picks confirmed, how would they do that now? Trump has been bringing it up because there are potentially controversial picks that even a Republican Senate.

Wouldn't be.

Able to confirm. So that could say something about Trump's picks down the line as he still fills out his cabinet. But also, it remains to be seen whether Trump could potentially go to the Capitol. We don't know yet that he will, but we do know that Donald Trump.

Will be in town meeting with President Joe Biden tomorrow. Of course, this these elections are going on at the same time. So we'll see what happens there as well.

All right. ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders. Catherine. Thank you. And speculation is growing about what role billionaire businessman Elon Musk could play in the incoming Trump cabinet, if any. Musk is a close ally of the president elect and played a major role in his campaign. His political action committee reportedly spent an estimated $200 million to get Trump elected. Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell joins me now for more on that. Drew, thanks for coming on. I know you've been doing some reporting about Musk and his involvement in politics for The Washington Post. So what have you learned about how Musk has leveraged his money, his businesses, his power, really, in order to further his political objectives?

Yeah. So, Elon, you know, as you said, poured a ton of money into Trump's campaign and poured a lot of just energy. You know, x formerly Twitter became like the Trump show all day, every day. And so Trump is kind of paying him back by, you know, really elevating Elon Musk as, you know, this super genius who can help run the country. And Elon has been down in Mar-A-Lago at the Trump, you know, transition nerve center since the election. Basically Don Junior's daughter said he had achieved uncle status. So Elon is hanging around and the role appears to be not really an official government role like leading an agency, but really just kind of being in Trump's ear and advising him. Trump has talked about, you know, wanting to, uh, put him in charge of a government efficiency commission, which Elon has talked about, you know, trimming 2 trillion off the, you know, $6 trillion federal budget. So that would be a third of the budget.

So he's going to play a really powerful shadow role in shaping the Trump administration. You know, if he if he stays in the good graces of the president elect for for that long.

Given that and given he's already the richest man in the world, he holds multiple really powerful companies and so on, would it even be in his interest to be an official member of the Trump administration?

That's a great question, I think. Not really. I mean, he plays a role right now where he can affect the Trump administration from the from the outside without really having to sit in a chair in Washington. You know, this is a guy with six companies of A billions of dollars in government contracts. Space that does private space, Tesla electric cars, Starlink that does internet. All of these really have a connection to the federal government already. They they they make billions of dollars from taxpayers every year. But also, you know, Elon faces government investigations right now. Some of these companies are facing, you know, really tough probes from from the federal government. So it kind of behooves him to be kind of in the middle of outside and inside and play this shaping role and, and his hopes, you know, make sure that the Trump DOJ doesn't come after his companies, allows him to continue to be the richest guy on the planet and keep running his businesses while still having having a role in how Washington shakes out.

And many were surprised to hear that he was on the call with president elect Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine last week. What are you hearing in terms of the influence he's having or could have on the next administration and kind of that aspect of this.

Yeah. So that was surprising. I mean, you know, again, this is not a Elon Musk for for all of his success over the years in private enterprise, he has no government experience. Right. He has no foreign policy experience. He's a very rich guy with a lot of great businesses. But, you know, he is not somebody who we have traditionally seen as a secretary of state role doing diplomacy. And yet he has interest in this. Right. You can go on his X feed, and he is posting dozens of times a day about whatever he wants. And he has a lot of big, big opinions. And of course, you know, to get a little technical, Starlink is very important to, you know, the Russia Ukraine fight. Both sides have have, you know, had a had a role in using it on the battlefield. And so that I think is going to be surprising to people. I think even inside the Trump administration, there's some questions of how deep his role is really going to go.

You know, this is a guy who has his own, um, his own interests, right? Who that may not always be on the side of, of, of America or the Trump administration itself. So that's going to be I think it's going to be interesting seeing how this bromance plays out and whether these two, you know, hyper ego, uh, titans of, of America can really kind of coexist and play nice together, even as, you know, the going gets tough.

All right, drew Harwell. Thank you. And as Elon Musk gets more involved with the incoming administration, cryptocurrencies are skyrocketing. Musk's longtime support is a longtime supporter of crypto. And that's fueling some hopes that Trump will follow through on his promise to deregulate the industry. Now, Bitcoin is hitting an all time high, up nearly 30% from a year ago. ABC's Lionel Moise has the latest.

A new high in the craze over crypto. Bitcoin surging past $87,000, an all time record.

You're seeing an extremely rapid rise in value. It's up 25 or 30% since the election results came in last Tuesday.

Bitcoin and other crypto is digital currency that can be bought and sold directly without a middleman, like a bank. President elect Trump has vowed to build a national strategic reserve of Bitcoin.

I'm laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world, and we'll get it done.

And he's reportedly considering pro-crypto candidates to lead U.S. financial agencies. But crypto has been under scrutiny in recent years. You may remember commercials like these.

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Celebrities promoting now defunct crypto trading platform FTX, only to be named in a class action lawsuit. The CEO sentenced to 25 years for defrauding investors out of billions of dollars. Critics also voicing concern about the environmental impact due to the energy consuming transactions. Still, Trump's promise to deregulate the industry and Trump ally Elon Musk's longtime support of crypto are fueling investors enthusiasm, driving the price sky high.

If you've already made your money, I would say congratulations. Take it off the table, pay your capital gains taxes, and you'll have some good stories to tell people at the bar. For people who have missed this run up, there's lots of things that you wish you had bought a week ago, but I think it's already too late.

ABC's Lionel Moise. Thank you. And let's bring in ABC's Elizabeth Chelsea for more on this. Elizabeth, what's fueling this rally? Yeah.

And this is a significant move in in an asset cryptocurrency that does see a lot of swings up and down. But what we've seen in the past week that about 30% gain fueled by the expectation, as you heard in that piece, that president elect Trump and Republicans in Congress to will take a more friendly approach when it comes to regulating cryptocurrency. So the concern had been that the government and the Biden administration had proposed some steps to crack down on this industry, which is largely unregulated right now. Former former President Trump, as a candidate and now as president elect, has pledged to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. And it's important to keep in mind he took a lot of big donations from crypto industry leaders. They were a huge contributor to his campaign, and he himself has a little bit of a stake in this. Remember, he helped launch that crypto venture just a couple of weeks before the election. So he was once a crypto skeptic and now says he's all on board with cryptocurrency.

Now, a.

Lot of people own cryptocurrencies, but they've also become popular with bad actors like criminals, terrorists and so on. So what are the pros and cons here in the argument over whether or not in the degree to which they should be regulated? Right.

So people who own cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, there's a lot of cryptocurrencies. But Bitcoin is the biggest one. They say it's an alternative form of payment to traditional currencies like the dollar. You can go online. You can make these payments between people. You don't have to go through a bank. You don't have to go through a central government. That's an appeal to them for a lot of believers in crypto. There are some places where you can even make payments in Bitcoin. If you download a digital wallet, you can sometimes pay bills through a select number of merchants. So we're talking about how AT&T you can pay your phone bill through crypto, but that's rare. It has become more popular as an investment because of the big gains that we've seen. So just if you take an investment $1,000 in Bitcoin through a fund like you would put a fund through Fidelity or Schwab, that $1,000 a year ago has turned into about $2,400 today. So that is a big return. And that's one reason why it's enticing.

But you've got to remember, just as much as you can gain that money, you can also lose it. There is no guaranteed return when it comes to cryptocurrencies. And these these assets are super volatile. So they go up and they go down. There's no expectation that you will get your money back. So generally when you're talking to financial advisors. They say if you do want to invest in this, if you want to put some money in cryptocurrency, you've got to be prepared for some of those roller coaster ride all along the way.

What are you watching for as president elect Trump puts together his administration in relation to this? How do you think that could impact what we see happen with crypto?

A key question here really comes around the Securities and Exchange Commission. The president elect Trump has pledged to get rid of the head of that agency, Gary Gensler. He has seen as a guy who kind of wanted to take a more hard line approach on this industry, wanted to put some rules in place. And Trump has pledged that he would not keep him in place. So who he nominates to that role will be important and will really set the standard for what regulation would look like. And then, of course, you have to look at Congress, because we also saw that a lot of the elected leaders in both the House and Senate received donations from from the crypto industry. So they might also take a more lax approach when it comes to putting some of those rules in place. What the crypto industry has said is it does not need to be regulated in the same way that maybe a more traditional bank would be. It doesn't want to have those kinds of strict rules in place that, you know, back.

Some of your assets make it maybe easier to track some of your payment. That's one of the appeal of cryptocurrency to people who are, you know, invested in it. And so really, the question we're going to be looking at over the next, you know, at least couple of years is how far do they go or what rules at all do they put in place when it comes to putting some of those safeguards in place?

All right, Elizabeth, thank you. Thanks. And a health alert for women. The connection between perimenopause and depression.

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Welcome back to ABC News Live. First, health experts are warning about emotional and mental health issues associated with perimenopause. Menopause. So many women suffer perimenopausal symptoms in silence, and as many as 20% of women delay treatment for at least a year. Now, one mom tells ABC news she wasn't prepared for the avalanche of emotions that came with this phase of life. ABC's Erielle Reshef has the details.

The depression the listlessness. It just never got better.

48 year old Desiree Jordan's life turned upside down four years ago when she and her husband of 28 years moved across the country just after their last child left for college.

There was so much going on at the time. Perimenopause was the last thing that I attributed it to.

But in the years before menopause called perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone levels can fluctuate, leading to mood swings, irregular menstrual cycles, and even depression. In fact, women in this stage are about 40% more likely to experience depressive symptoms than younger women.

The reason that it's quite concerning for patients is that it feels very overwhelming to have this change in mind, body connection, and not really having a clear, defining reason of why it started.

Experts say it appears to be the wavering hormone levels during perimenopause that can trigger the symptoms in some women. Genetics and other factors may also play a role, but the silence and shame surrounding menopause prevents many women from talking about their symptoms or seeking help.

We are the first generation to have this conversation openly with our friends, so I was just kind of going along my merry way, only expecting hot flashes, night sweats, not realizing that there are so many other indicators.

Desiree wasn't having hot flashes or night sweats, and when antidepressants didn't work, she turned to her ob gyn doctor, Jessica Shepherd, who also happens to be her sister.

When I listened to her story, I realized that there is a lot of perimenopausal features in this, and so I was able to offer her hormone replacement therapy and she was able to see her symptoms resolved. I felt like somebody had turned the light on and I was back in. That is when the fog lifted. I feel completely back to my younger self.

And studies show antidepressants can reduce hot flashes by up to 64%, and hormone replacement therapy can cut them by 77%. And experts say those two combined appear to be even more effective in improving depression symptoms. As always, check with your doctor about what is right for you. Diane.

Erielle Reshef. Thank you. And concerns are growing about whooping cough as more kids go without vaccinations. Officials in Washington state say the number of cases is up more than 2,000% this year from 51 to nearly 1200 cases statewide. The bacterial infection causes severe coughing fits and can be life threatening for babies. Children usually get a series of shots against whooping cough starting at two months old. Coming up, the most impossible mission yet. Is this the end of Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt? Will Ganss has a breakdown of that and more coming up in the team.

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Unbelievable. Well, he's a short king and he's representing all of us. Well thank you, Tom, for your work. By the way, Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning is scheduled to be released May 23rd, 2025. Next to the baby news from one of Hollywood's hottest couples, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are expecting a child together. Megan sharing this photo on Instagram with the caption, nothing is ever really lost. Welcome back. The Transformers star has previously been open about her difficulties with pregnancies in the past, revealing in 2023 that she suffered a pregnancy loss with MGK. The post confirmed that she is pregnant again with a black and white photo of the positive pregnancy test results. Congratulations to that happy couple. Yeah, happy for them. And finally, a new project for Lil Wayne. Actually, this isn't. Finally, I have a bonus story for you after this. The Grammy winner is set to join NFL Game Day Morning on the NFL network, the NFL Game Day. Posting on their Instagram that they're excited for the collab, Wayne will appear weekly for the rest of the NFL season.

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Hi, I'm Diane Macedo. Let's get right to our top story. House speaker Mike Johnson says president elect Trump is expected to visit Capitol Hill tomorrow. This is House. Republicans are taking a victory lap.

This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump's agenda in the 109th Congress, and we will work closely with him and his administration to turn this country around and unleash, unleash, as he says, a new golden age in America. That's not a campaign slogan. We believe that that is true. We believe in our hearts that America's best days are ahead of us, and we're excited to deliver upon that promise.

ABC news hasn't projected who will control the House next year. Some races are still too close to call, but Republicans do appear poised to retain control of the House. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. Let's bring in ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders and ABC news contributing political correspondent Rachel Bade. Thanks to you both for coming on. Katherine, we have seen some infighting among House Republicans in recent years. Do you get the sense that we'll see a more united front from House Republicans as Trump takes office again?

I know, Diane, I'm reminded and I know Rachel knows this well. But back to all of those speaker fights.

That we had in recent years with the Republican controlled House.

Look, Republicans.

Are very close to closing in on unified power here. Obviously, they will take the white House. They control the Senate. They are close to.

Regaining.

Or.

Retaining, frankly, power in the House. So, as Mike Johnson said there, this is a new golden.

Age in.

America. I think yeah, sure. Certainly there.

Will be.

A unified front. At the same time, there always is infighting, especially on the House side of things. So we'll see ultimately how that plays out. But but this will be quite a new Washington with Republicans controlling the white House and both chambers of Congress.

Rachel, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had already announced that he would step down after the election earlier this year. What do we know about the candidates for Senate Majority Leader and how closely they align with Trump's agenda?

Well, Diane, if you asked any of those three.

Candidates who are running to replace McConnell, all of them are going to want to claim that they're going to do everything they can to uphold Donald Trump's agenda, get it passed through Congress, and basically want to be his best friend right now. But the truth of the matter is there's one candidate who he's closest with and that is Rick Scott. He's a Florida Republican, former governor, and he's very much in the MAGA movement. People over there really love him. He has a close relationship with Donald Trump's de facto campaign manager, who is now his chief of staff, Siouxsie Wiles. But here's the problem. You know, whereas, you know, MAGA has really had a moment from election night, as we saw in this, all the results that came in throughout the country here in this sort of core group of Senate Republicans, this very small contingent constituency. MAGA is not actually very much in right now. In fact, a lot of Republicans are more sort of traditional Republicans. Right. They they do love Mitch McConnell, who is not exactly close with Donald Trump.

And because of that, Rick Scott is actually not considered ahead in the race right now. He's actually pretty far behind John Thune and John Cornyn, who are the ones running to sort of replace Mitch McConnell and would sort of govern in his mold. They are more popular with their colleagues. And so there's something interesting, though, that's been going on in the past 24 hours or so. There's been this sort of pressure campaign by MAGA world to try to get people to support Rick Scott. They have been going after senators, even going after some of these members families on Twitter. That is actually having a backlash here on Capitol Hill and could hurt Scott even more.

Now, Rachel Trump is insisting that the candidates agree to allow recess appointments, which would that would fast track his cabinet picks without that normal oversight from Congress. So why is Trump pushing for this? And do we know whether the candidates for leadership, those three, will they comply with that?

Well, all of them said that they would in some way, shape or form. Basically, if Donald Trump says jump right now, these candidates are going to say how high? Because they all want this job, and they all want to seem like they're close with Donald Trump and would work closely with him. But I think what you're seeing with Donald Trump right now is he's clearly learned something from his previous presidency. He knows that Congress can be a thorn in his side sometimes, even if it's controlled by his own party. He recalls, you know, back in 2020, when he wanted to put have a number of new cabinet folks appointed and confirmed, and they were not able to move quickly up here on the hill. And so he wants lawmakers to move quickly. And if they can't get the votes to do that, he wants the ability to basically, you know, move these people on his own and get them in place without Congress, without the advice and consent that comes with Congress's role up here.

And so that's what he's doing here. He's trying to sort of set himself up to go around Congress if he needs to.

All right, Rachel, Katherine Faulders, thank you both. And we're following some breaking news. The judge in the hush money case against president elect Trump is delaying his decision on whether to sentence Trump on his conviction or dismiss the case. Trump had asked for that verdict to be overturned or thrown out due to the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity. Now, that decision is scheduled for next Tuesday. Let's bring in senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky outside court, along with ABC news legal contributor Brian Buchmeyer for more. Aaron, the Manhattan DA's office signaled they need more time to consider how to proceed now that Trump is the president elect. This request was put into the court to to dismiss the charges even before the election. So how is that now factoring into all of this?

Yeah. The judge was supposed to rule today whether the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling should apply to the conviction. Trump wanted his conviction thrown out. Prosecutors said it didn't have to be because Trump was a private citizen when he paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels. But now prosecutors are saying they need some time to figure out really how this case should proceed. The defense wants it gone. They say that just like the federal cases against Trump are going to be dismissed because he's going into office. The state case here in New York should be as well. Prosecutors say they want another week to figure it out. They did agree with the defense, though, that these are unprecedented times, given that Trump is now president elect.

Brian, the whole scenario is unprecedented. Was before Trump even won re-election. So what happens now? What does the prosecutor need to take into consideration here? What does the judge need to take into consideration here?

Short answer a lot. So for the prosecution, they have to look at the case from the standpoint of what the Supreme Court said, as it applies to presidential immunity, that there's a presumption of immunity where a president is acting within their given role. And if that applies here, then the actions would be immune. But you have to also look at it from a kind of like a circumstantial by circumstantial analysis, that this is when president, now president elect Donald Trump was not in office, but some of his communications with Hope Hicks or his now ex formerly Twitter tweets would have maybe fallen into that category. So the judge is going to have to determine whether or not an evaluation of how this jury decided this as based on information that is banned from being considered based on the Scotus decision or not. And then for the prosecution, are they going to dismiss the case, dismiss an interest of justice? Will the judge simply Sentence to time served based on the interest of justice. It's a lot of factors to consider.

And what are the potential outcomes here? Could the president elect still get prison time?

Well, I guess in theory maybe, but probably not until after he's out of office. The judge will first consider if presidential immunity applies, whether that means the conviction needs to be overturned, whether there needs to be a new trial, whether the indictment should be thrown out altogether. If the conviction does not need to be overturned. Then the judge needs to decide whether to go ahead with sentencing on November 26th, the scheduled whether to delay it indefinitely, maybe until Trump is out of office. And if he does go forward, can you actually put a president elect into jail? It's an unbelievable contemplation.

Brian, what sort of precedent could this decision set? Whatever the decision is.

I mean, it's going to answer the question as to what do we do when a person is convicted of a crime and then gets elected into president. And so there's never really been this question before. We've seen issues where, for example, back in the 90s of then President Clinton was sued civilly, how that case went to the Supreme Court as to how to handle a civil case while someone is in the presidency, but what to do when they're convicted and then elected? This is going to give a roadmap for the state of New York, of course, and then every other state will look to it and say, if this happens again, I don't know how it will. This is the route to take if someone is convicted and now becomes a president.

And Brian, how much of this decision is about that, the conviction followed by the election versus the conviction that happened before this Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity?

The answer is all of the above. They all go into the play. The fact that a large portion of this country are eligible voters voted for for President Donald Trump. The fact that the conviction happened prior to being elected, the Supreme Court decision as to how immunity applies to the facts that may have been considered in this trial, it is all in play here as to how this works out.

All right. Aaron Katersky, Brian Buchmeyer. Thank you. A new evacuations are underway in New York and New Jersey as deadly wildfires rage out of control. The Jennings Creek wildfire has scorched more than 5000 acres along the New York New Jersey border. New York's governor calls it the biggest fire the state has seen in years. Raegan Medgie of our ABC station in New York City has the latest. Reporter we're outside Greenwood.

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The park area where the wildfire.

Is burning, an area that these forest rangers are familiar with. And then that's when they start trying to tackle this growing blaze.

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From across our area have.

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The deadly Jennings Creek Fire that claimed the life of an 18 year old volunteer firefighter on Saturday. Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus explains the strategy on tackling the fire.

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Fire line.

Whether we're digging it or we're back.

Burning. Sometimes we set a small fire so it prevents the fire from actually spreading. And now we push that line almost like you would like a World War Two type of trench warfare pushing this fire back. Unfortunately, at night time, because it's so dangerous up there, we have to pull most of the people off the ground. So that's the time that the fire can make its gains. But for the most part, we have it under control. And, you know, it could change because of the wind direction. I'm seeing your your hair blow. The wind is now going to be 40 degrees, 40mph today. That does not help. But again, we're continuing to pound it.

And this wildfire is called the Jennings Creek wildfire. And officials say by the time it's 100% contained, they expect 5000 acres to have burned outside the command center in Orange County, New York. Raegan Medgie.

ABC news, Reagan. Thank you. And let's bring in ABC News meteorologist Somara Theodore. Now for more on the conditions. Are they looking better or worse for these firefighters? You know, as.

He mentioned there, the winds are a real big concern. As this front passed through, we've got gusty winds behind it. We have some of the coldest air of the season moving in. And that cold air is very dry. So those are the conditions we need for wildfire development. So unfortunately there is there remains an elevated fire danger for the Delmarva Peninsula. The State of new Jersey, red flag warnings throughout New York City, Long Island, up into upstate New York and into New England. Humidity 29% to 40%. Winds gusting as high as 40mph. And then tomorrow we go through this again. So we're actually going to see the winds become a little bit stronger lower. Tomorrow however the humidity drops. So we're still pretty dry. We can't really catch a break there. That's on the East Coast. That's the story for us. Meanwhile out west, you know they were dealing with wildfires as well. They're also dealing with snowstorms and Blue Canyon California. But the one thing I do want to mention about the West is they've got a series of storms moving in that should bring some rain.

The Santa Ana winds will start to die off, and hopefully we'll start to see things get a little bit more moist out there. Diane.

All right. Tamara. Theodore. Thank you. And the Archbishop of Canterbury, the global head of the Church of England, is resigning. Justin Welby says he's stepping down in sorrow after an investigation found he consistently mishandled physical and sexual abuse claims at Christian summer camps. The alleged victims include more than 100 boys over five decades. Let's go to ABC's Patrick Reevell in London for more. Patrick, what's the latest here?

Hi, Dan. Yeah, as you say, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced that he is stepping down today. The archbishop said that he would resign amid intense pressure following this damning report that was published a week ago that said that he had failed to ensure a proper investigation of abuse by a serial abuser at Christian summer camps back in the 70s and 80s. And this report basically found that a prominent lawyer called John Smith had been brutally abusing boys in these summer camps, and that the church had, through its response over the years, effectively failed to provide any meaningful response and that that had amounted to a cover up. Now, Justin Welby took office as archbishop in 2013, and the report found that he had also failed to take adequate responses. It said that if he had gone to the police and reported the abuse at the time, perhaps that could have led to a real investigation and perhaps even a conviction of Smith. And so today, we've heard from the archbishop in a statement saying that he is resigning, saying that he must take personal and institutional responsibility for the period between 2013 and 2024, saying that it was clearly a retraumatizing period.

He also said that he wrongly believed that he had been told that the police had been informed about these claims, and that then a suitable response would be taken. He said he was wrong to believe that. He also said that he expressed sorrow for the victims, and said that he hoped by resigning this would help the Church of England move forward. But clearly an enormous blow to the to the church and for the 85 million believers and Anglican believers around the world. Ian.

All right. Patrick. Thank you. Coming up, two passenger jets hit by bullets in Haiti. What spirit Airlines and JetBlue are saying about the incidents and what it could mean for future travel there?

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Well, right now, airlines are trying to figure out exactly what happened here, and we may never get that answer because of the chaos that is unfolding in Haiti. It wasn't until that JetBlue JetBlue plane was back at New York's JFK when they discovered that it had been hit by a bullet. So the airlines pulling out of Haiti yesterday as a precaution can't send their planes and their crews into danger. Now that we know how bad the situation is there, and it's anybody's guess when those flights may restart.

So, Sam, what do you expect from the FAA's decision today? And what's at stake in deciding whether to ban U.S. flights to Haiti.

Well, there's a number of agencies that are involved in this decision making process. They're going to do a vote today, and ultimately it will come down to the FAA administrator. And if Mike Whitaker, the administrator, signs off on this, we will see an immediate ban. And airlines and pilots will be notified as soon as today. How long will that last? We are told it could be 30 days, but it's possibly as long as 90 days. And they don't make this decision lightly because one, they have to take in safety for the crews and the passengers going in. But also there is a critical need for aid, for food, for medical supplies, to get aid workers into Haiti and out of Haiti. Also, American citizens are there. So they have to take all of that into account and then make a final decision. Again, we could get that as early as today.

All right. ABC news transportation reporter Sam Sweeney. Thank you. And a Boston woman must return a $70,000 engagement ring to her ex-fiancé after the relationship fell apart. The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that an engagement ring must be returned to the person who bought it. That decision ends a six decade state rule that required judges to identify who was to blame for the end of the relationship, before determining ownership of the ring. Let's go to ABC news legal contributor Brian Buchmeyer here with more. Brian, a lot of people have a lot of opinions on this one. So from a legal perspective, what do you make of this ruling and the logic behind it?

Yeah, well, definitely the legal perspective. Mrs. Buchmeyer, don't call me out on this one, but rings are typically considered as a conditional gift. It's the understanding that I get down on one knee and I propose and I say, I want to marry you. The understanding is that that will become a gift once that marriage occurs. Now, in some states, the minority of them, there is this issue of fault that if you are at fault, if you cheat, if you steal, if you something and you're the one who breaks the relationship, even though you're the one that gives the gift, the other person gets to keep the ring. It seems like Massachusetts is kind of falling in line with the majority of states. That's saying no, it's a conditional gift, regardless of fault. If the if the engagement falls apart, it goes back to the person who gave the gift.

Okay, so if the ring is part of a contract and not a gift, what happens if the engagement happens on a holiday? What if you propose on Christmas, or your birthday, or some other event where that person would expect a gift? And instead of a gift, you say, oh, here's the gift, here's the ring.

Be careful. You're going to kill a lot of Christmas engagements. I'm just I'm.

Just asking the questions that people want to know.

Well, first and foremost, it is a state by state issue. New York operates different than Illinois, than California than Texas. When I say go to state by state.

But it can make a difference, right?

It can make a difference. But it's still is in most states, considered a conditional gift. Because if I gave you a Christmas present, I'd say, Diane, you know what? You did such a great job. Here's a cell phone. I'm not asking you to give me something back for that cell phone, but when I went to my now wife and I proposed, it was a condition of I'm giving you this ring because I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I want to have a family and all that comes with marriage. If that falls apart, even if it's on Christmas, even if it's on her birthday, even if it's on something. Oh, there's when I got down on one knee and proposed to my wife. It's so sweet. Yeah. Uh, September 1st, 2019. Made the big question. And she still stuck around. I don't know why, but it's still considered a conditional gift. That's how it operates. So even on holidays, it depends on the state.

May still go back to the person.

So can you then demand a birthday gift if you have to return the ring.

To Victoria Buchmeyer? Yes she can. Anyone else? I'm not sure how the law works.

ABC news legal contributor Brian Buchmeyer. You look like you're sweating a little, Brian. I just hope.

She's not watching this right now.

Uh, Brian. Thank you. My pleasure. All right, coming up, a consumer alert for a popular item that might be in your fridge. Why? Costco is recalling nearly £80,000 of butter.

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Welcome back. Bitcoin is hitting a record high and Netflix is seeing a surprising surge in ad tier subscribers. ABC news business reporter Alexis Christoforous has more on that. And your other business headlines. Alexis, what are you watching?

Today we have our eye on Wall Street. We've been talking a lot about those records. It's been breaking. Well, it's taking a breather today from its post-election rally that took all three major stock indexes to new all time highs. You'll remember the Dow closed above 44,000 for the first time ever yesterday. Still holding there, as you can see, but down more than 250 points, the S&P 500 had its first close above 6000 and Bitcoin's impressive rally also on pause. Today, the cryptocurrency has been on a tear since the election, crossing $87,000 for the first time this week. President elect Trump was previously a crypto skeptic, but changed his mind and embraced the digital asset on the campaign trail. Trump has said he wants the U.S. to be the crypto capital of the planet and create a strategic reserve of Bitcoin. Costco is recalling nearly £80,000 of butter because the label fails to mention that it contains milk. The FDA says packages for both the salted and unsalted Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter lists cream as an ingredient, but they do not include an allergy warning that the butter contains milk.

A number of people took to social media to mock the unusual recall, but the FDA says if you bought the butter and you have a sensitivity or allergy to milk, you should either dispose of it or return it to Costco for a refund. And a new milestone today for Netflix, it's cheaper. AD supported plan has reached 70 million active monthly users. The streaming giant says more than 50% of its new signups are for the ad supported plans in countries that offer the option. Netflix rolled out the plan with commercials for $6.99 a month two years ago to help make up for slower subscriber growth. Netflix also said it has sold out its ad inventory for two live Christmas Day NFL games. By the way, the next big live event for Netflix is going to be the Mike Tyson Jake Paul boxing match that's happening November 15th, and an all subscribers have access to that for free.

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Hi I'm Diane Macedo. Let's get right to our top story. House speaker Mike Johnson says president elect Trump is expected to visit Capitol Hill tomorrow. This is House Republicans are taking a victory lap.

This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump's agenda in the 109th Congress, and we will work closely with him and his administration to turn this country around and unleash, unleash, as he says, a new golden age in America. That's not a campaign slogan. We believe that that is true. We believe in our hearts that America's best days are ahead of us, and we're excited to deliver upon that promise.

ABC news hasn't projected who will control the House next year. Some races are still too close to call, but Republicans do appear poised to retain control of the House. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are set to meet behind closed doors to select their new leader tomorrow. Let's bring in ABC news senior reporter Katherine Faulders and ABC news contributing political correspondent Rachel Bade. Thanks to you both for coming on. Katherine, we have seen some infighting among House Republicans in recent years. Do you get the sense that we'll see a more united front from House Republicans as Trump takes office again?

I know, Diane, I'm reminded and I know Rachel knows this well. But back to all of those speaker fights that we had in recent years with the Republican controlled House. Look, Republicans are.

Very close to closing in.

On unified power here. Obviously, they will take the white House. They control the Senate. They are close to regaining or retaining, frankly, power in the House. So, as Mike Johnson said there, this is a new golden age in America. I think yeah, sure. Certainly there will be a unified front. At the same time, there always is infighting, especially on the House side of things. So we'll see ultimately how that plays out. But but this will be quite a new Washington with Republicans controlling the white House and both chambers of Congress.

Rachel, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had already announced that he would step down after the election earlier this year. What do we know about the candidates for Senate Majority Leader and how closely they align with Trump's agenda?

Well, Diane, if you asked any of those three candidates who are running to replace McConnell, all of them are going to want to claim that they're going to do everything they can to uphold Donald Trump's agenda, get it passed through Congress, and basically want to be his best friend right now. But the truth of the matter is there's one candidate who he's closest with and that is Rick Scott. He's a Florida Republican, former governor, and he's very much in the MAGA movement. People over there really love him. He has a close relationship with Donald Trump's de facto campaign manager, who is now his chief of staff. Siouxsie Wiles but here's the problem. You know, whereas, you know, Maggie has really had a moment from election night, as we saw in this, all the results that came in throughout the country here in this sort of core group of Senate Republicans, this very small contingent constituency. Maggie is not actually very much in right now. In fact, a lot of Republicans are more sort of traditional Republicans.

Right? They they do love Mitch McConnell, who is not exactly close with Donald Trump. And because of that, Rick Scott is actually not considered ahead in the race right now. He's actually pretty far behind John Thune and John Cornyn, who are the ones running to sort of replace Mitch McConnell and would sort of govern in his mold. They are more popular with their colleagues. And so there's something interesting that's been going on in the past 24 hours or so. There's been this sort of pressure campaign by MAGA world to try to get people to support Rick Scott. They have been going after senators, even going after some of these members families on Twitter that is actually having a backlash here on Capitol Hill and could hurt Scott even more.

Now, Rachel Trump is insisting that the candidates agree to allow recess appointments, which would that would fast track his cabinet picks without that normal oversight from Congress. So why is Trump pushing for this? And do we know whether the candidates for leadership, those three, will they comply with that?

Well, all of them said that they would in some way, shape or form. Basically, if Donald Trump says jump right now, these candidates are going to say how high? Because they all want this job, and they all want to seem like they're close with Donald Trump and would work closely with him. But I think what you're seeing with Donald Trump right now is he's clearly learned something from his previous presidency. He knows that Congress can be a thorn in his side sometimes, even if it's controlled by his own party. He recalls, you know, back in 2020, when he wanted to put have a number of new cabinet folks appointed and confirmed, and they were not able to move quickly up here on the hill. And so he wants lawmakers to move quickly. And if they can't get the votes to do that, he wants the ability to basically, you know, move these people on his own and get them in place without Congress, without the advise and consent that comes with Congress's role up here.

And so that's what he's doing here. He's trying to sort of set himself up to go around Congress if he needs to.

All right, Rachel, Katherine Faulders, thank you both. And we're following some breaking news. The judge in the hush money case against president elect Trump is delaying his decision on whether to sentence Trump on his conviction or dismiss the case. Trump had asked for that verdict to be overturned or thrown out due to the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity. Now, that decision is scheduled for next Tuesday. Let's bring in senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky outside court, along with ABC news legal contributor Brian Buchmeyer for more. Aaron, the Manhattan DA's office signaled they need more time to consider how to proceed now that Trump is the president elect. This request was put into the court to to dismiss the charges even before the election. So how is that now factoring into all of this?

Yeah. The judge was supposed to rule today whether the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling should apply to the conviction. Trump wanted his conviction thrown out. Prosecutors said it didn't have to be because Trump was a private citizen when he paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels. But now prosecutors are saying they need some time to figure out really how this case should proceed. The defense wants it gone. They say that just like the federal cases against Trump are going to be dismissed because he's going into office. The state case here in New York should be as well. Prosecutors say they want another week to figure it out. They did agree with the defense, though, that these are unprecedented times, given that Trump is now president elect.

Brian, the whole scenario is unprecedented. Was before Trump even won re-election. So what happens now? What does the prosecutor need to take into consideration here? What does the judge need to take into consideration here?

Short answer a lot. So for the prosecution, they have to look at the case from the standpoint of what the Supreme Court said, as it applies to presidential immunity, that there's a presumption of immunity where a president is acting within their given role. And if that applies here, then the actions would be immune. But you have to also look at it from a kind of like a circumstantial by circumstantial analysis that this is when president, now president elect Donald Trump was not in office, but some of his communications with Hope Hicks or his now ex formerly Twitter tweets would have maybe fallen into that category. So the judge is going to have to determine whether or not evaluation of how this jury decided this as based on information that is banned from being considered based on the Scotus decision or not. And then for the prosecution, are they going to dismiss the case, dismiss in the interest of justice? Will the judge simply sentenced to time served based on the interest of justice. It's a lot of factors to consider.

And what are the potential outcomes here? Could the president elect still get prison time?

Well, I guess in theory maybe, but probably not until after he's out of office. The judge will first consider if presidential immunity applies, whether that means the conviction needs to be overturned, whether there needs to be a new trial, whether the indictment should be thrown out altogether. If the conviction does not need to be overturned. Then the judge needs to decide whether to go ahead with sentencing on November 26th, the scheduled whether to delay it indefinitely, maybe until Trump is out of office. And if he does go forward, can you actually put a president elect into jail? It's an unbelievable contemplation.

Brian, what sort of precedent could this decision set? Whatever the decision is.

I mean, it's going to answer the question as to what do we do when a person is convicted of a crime and then gets elected into president. And so there's never really been this question before. We've seen issues where, for example, back in the 90s of then President Clinton was sued civilly, how that case went to the Supreme Court as to how to handle a civil case while someone is in the presidency, but what to do when they're convicted and then elected? This is going to give a roadmap for the state of New York, of course, and then every other state will look to it and say, if this happens again, I don't know how it will. This is the route to take if someone is convicted and now becomes a president.

And Brian, how much of this decision is about that, the conviction followed by the election versus the conviction that happened before this Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity?

The answer is all of the above. They all go into the play. The fact that a large portion of this country are eligible voters voted for for President Donald Trump. The fact that the conviction happened prior to being elected, the Supreme Court decision as to how immunity applies to the facts that may have been considered in this trial. It is all in play here as to how this works out.

All right. Aaron Katersky, Brian Buchmeyer. Thank you. A new evacuations are underway in New York and New Jersey as deadly wildfires rage out of control. The Jennings Creek wildfire has scorched more than 5000 acres along the New York New Jersey border. New York's governor calls it the biggest fire the state has seen in years. Raegan Medgie of our ABC station in New York City has the latest. Reporter we're outside Greenwood.

Lake Fire Department. This is the command center for the New York side of the wildfire. As we know, it started in Passaic County in New Jersey.

On Saturday afternoon.

Then spread into Orange County, New York.

And it has been.

Burning ever since. Now, what happens here at the command center is that all volunteer firefighters and the paid employees.

The state.

Rangers, the forest rangers, they come into this command center, and that's when they get the orders for the day ahead. So the way it breaks down is that each forest ranger will take a crew of volunteer firefighters and then lead them into the park area where the wildfire is burning an area that these forest rangers are familiar with. And then that's when they start trying to tackle this growing blaze. So all morning long, volunteer firefighters.

From across.

Our area have been arriving here. We saw several companies from Suffolk County, and they're also coming from as far north as the Canadian border, all to provide the needed manpower to tackle the deadly Jennings Creek Fire that claimed the life of an 18 year old volunteer firefighter on Saturday. Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus explains the strategy on tackling the fire.

It's literally a military operation.

We are building.

A fire line, whether we're digging it or we're back burning. Sometimes we set a small fire so it prevents the fire from actually spreading. And now we push that line almost like you would like a World War Two type of trench warfare pushing this fire back. Unfortunately, at night time, because it's so dangerous up there, we have to pull most of the people off the ground. So that's the time that the fire can make its gains. But for the most part, we have it under control. And, you know, it could change because of the wind direction. I'm seeing your your hair blow. The wind is now going to be 40 degrees 40mph today. That does not help. But again, we're continuing to pound it.

And this wildfire is called the Jennings Creek wildfire. And officials say by the time it's 100% contained, they expect 5000 acres to have burned outside the command center in Orange County, New York. Raegan Medgie.

ABC news, Reagan. Thank you. And let's bring in ABC News meteorologist Somara Theodore. Now for more on the conditions. Are they looking better or worse for these firefighters? You know, as.

He mentioned there, the winds are a real big concern. As this front passed through, we've got gusty winds behind it. We have some of the coldest air of the season moving in. And that cold air is very dry. So those are the conditions we need for wildfire development. So unfortunately there is there remains an elevated fire danger for the Delmarva Peninsula. The State of new Jersey, red flag warnings throughout New York City, Long Island, up into upstate New York and into New England. Humidity 29% to 40%. Winds gusting as high as 40mph. And then tomorrow we go through this again. So we're actually going to see the winds become a little bit stronger lower. Tomorrow however the humidity drops. So we're still pretty dry. We can't really catch a break there. That's on the East Coast. That's the story for us. Meanwhile out west, you know they were dealing with wildfires as well. They're also dealing with snowstorms in Blue Canyon, California. But the one thing I do want to mention about the West is they've got a series of storms moving in that should bring some rain.

The Santa Ana winds will start to die off, and hopefully we'll start to see things get a little bit more moist out there. Diane.

All right. Tamara. Theodore. Thank you. And the Archbishop of Canterbury, the global head of the Church of England, is resigning. Justin Welby says he's stepping down in sorrow after an investigation found he consistently mishandled physical and sexual abuse claims at Christian summer camps. The alleged victims include more than 100 boys over five decades. Let's go to ABC's Patrick Reevell in London for more. Patrick, what's the latest here?

Hi, Dan. Yeah, as you say, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has announced that he is stepping down today. The archbishop said that he would resign amid intense pressure following this damning report that was published a week ago that said that he had failed to ensure a proper investigation of abuse by a serial abuser at Christian summer camps back in the 70s and 80s. And this report basically found that a prominent lawyer called John Smith had been brutally abusing boys in these summer camps, and that the church had, through its response over the years, effectively failed to provide any meaningful response and that that had amounted to a cover up. Now, Justin Welby took office as archbishop in 2013, and the report found that he had also failed to take adequate responses. It said that if he had gone to the police and reported the abuse at the time, perhaps that could have led to a real investigation and perhaps even a conviction of Smith. And so today, we've heard from the archbishop in a statement saying that he is resigning, saying that he must take personal and institutional responsibility for the period between 2013 and 2024, saying that it was clearly a retraumatizing period.

He also said that he wrongly believed that he had been told that the police had been informed about these claims, and that then a suitable response would be taken. He said he was wrong to believe that. He also said that he expressed sorrow for the victims, and said that he hoped by resigning this would help the Church of England move forward. But clearly an enormous blow to the to the church and for the 85 million believers and Anglican believers around the world. Ian.

All right. Patrick. Thank you. Coming up, two passenger jets hit by bullets in Haiti. What spirit Airlines and JetBlue are saying about the incidents and what it could mean for future travel there.

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