of water pushing cars into each other. republican revolt. why donald trump and ben carson are threatening to boycott the next gop debate and new evidence overnight showing that joe biden could be rallying the troops for a presidential run. we're live in washington. scary sight. a plane on the runway about to take off when a piece of the engine comes flying off. a wild night in sports. theets moving on winning on the road, plus, the play a@ready being called theatch of the year in college football. good friday morning to you. we begin with the images rarely seen in sououern calilirnia. a vicious rainstorm triggering intense flash flooding and massive mudslides. >> this is what it looked like for drivers. cars tossed around by the river of mud.

than a dozen people and eight dogs. south of there a vital stretch of interstate 5 could be closed the beginning of the mess left behind. a muddy ms in southern california. overnight, the cleanup getting under way. rocks, debris and mud feet deep surround homes and cars. >> we can't see and it was just like -- it was just really crazy. >> reporter: the mudflow miles long stranding drivers for hours cutting off the main artery between los angeles and the central valley. >> a big rig was sliding towards me. >> we got back in our cars and after that we just started sliding and boulders started coming so it was quick. it happened quick so it was scary. >> reporter: one woman forced to lee her vehicle behind wading through a fastumoving muddy rive

this intense storm bringing high winds, heavy downpours and hail catching a lot of people off guard. >> i drove down and then i saw two mudslides -- i passed the fifit one, the second o o i tried to avoid it but i can't. it was coming down too fast. >> and more thunderstorms are expected later today for california. >> we're also watching the radar on the east coast. you can see that large system bringing rain and right behind a cold front, temperatures expected to dip into the 30s this weekend in the northeast. > another major story developing overnight. the arrest of a hacker who allegedly passed u.s. military data to isis. the man is fromkosovo. he was arrested last month in malaysia and is accused of stealing the personal information of more than 1300 u.s. military and other government personnel. officials say he then passed the material to isis which posted it online hoping its supporters in the u u. would use it totage attacks. if he's tried and convicted in

the u.s., he faces 35 years in prison. well, some stunning developments in the presidential race as two gop front-runners threaten to boycott the next debate. >> and the democrats pulling in some serious campaign cash. plus, what about joe biden? it's "your voice, your vote." abc's kenneth m mon tracking it all live from washington. goododmorning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena. yes, donald trump and ben carson say they will not sta for a three-hour debate literally. also getting our first public glimpse into vice president joe biden's inner circle as he decides on the 2016 race. rallying the troops a top aide to vice president joe biden sent a letter to the vp's former staff about hisimpending decision on the race for the white house. yet? you all. >> reporter: the vice president playing coy, but that aide, former delaware senator ted kaufman wrote biden is aware of the practical demands of making a final decision soon. the rest reads like a campaign letter.

thee longtime biden budud says theevp would run an optimistic campaign, a campaign from the heart, campaign consistent with his values, our values and the values of the american people. kaufman ended, if biden decides to run we will need each and every one of you yesterday. >> thank you, san antonio. >> reporter: he's right in. in the past t tee months financial reports show hillary inton in the leadd raising $28 million. bernie sanhers had a reason to dance on "the ellen degeneres show." he raised 26 million. republican ben carson, 21 million. carson and donald trump are joining forces promising to boycott the planned three-hour debate hosted by cnbc and trump toldld fox news' greta van susteren it's too much. >> i'm all for three hours. i'm sorry they don't have the endurance to go the distance. >> reporter: jeb bush's campaign

weighed in saying he's ready to debate. cnbc is finalizing the format of that october 28th showdown. reena and phillip. >> kenneth moton live in washington, kenneth, thank you. reaction is pouring in to the president's plan to delay the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. president obama planning to leave nearly 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan through most of next year. and that there will still be 5500 when he leaves office there. he promised to bring all the troopspsome soonene but that was before the taliban's resurgence. >> this modest but meaningful extension of our presence while sticking to our current narrow missions can make a real difference. it's the right thing to do. >> republican presidential candidates jeb bush and marco rubio crcricized the decision n far too low. bush accused the president of undermining military commanders.

dozens of palestinians have thrown firebombs at a west bank site revered by some of the jews as the tomb of joseph. no one was hurt. it's the latest in a series of attacks which has left 8 israelis and 31 palestinians dead. the u.n. security council meets in special session later this morning to address the worsening crisis. prosecutors in the u.s. and britain have identified two new suspects that they want to question about the bombing of pan am flight 103. that was the airliner that went down over lockerbie, scotland, in 1988 killing 270 people. the plot to take down ththplane has always been n ed to libya. given the turmoil there, those new suspects might never be questioned. former house speer dennis hastert has agreed to plead guilty in a hush money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct. he's accused of sexually abusing teen boys when he was a high school wrestling coach paying at least one of them to keep his secret then lying to the fbi about his bank transactions. the plea deal is likely to

involve prison time. no rain in sight. a dc-10 tanker is joining the battle in texas to contain a raging wildfire. flames have scorched through six square miles east of austin and wiped d t three dozen homes. 400 other homes s ve been advised to evacuate and raf quadrupling in size on thursday, the wildfire is only about 25% contained. get ready for a wet but less snowy winter. forecasters say el nino is likely to be one of the strongest ever bringing lots of rain to the southwest. they also predict cooler conditions in much of the south and much milder across the northern u.s. well, still ahead, luck ofof the drdr. the maker of a popular cereal offering a wacky option. we've got to tell you about ts one. and shutting it down. one state pulling the plug on daily fantasy sports websites. plus, amazing performance. the mets moving on in the

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hero spencer stone who helped stop a gunman on a european train has been released from a california hospital. stone was being treated for stab wounds following a street fight in sacramento. he released a statement thanking those who had cared for him and saying he was now focused on healing and recovering and looking forward to the next part of his journey. there have been no arrests in the stabbing. another strike against those heavily advertised daily fantasy sports websites. regulators in nevada ordered them to be shut down,n, off-limitstso users there saying they cannot t erate in that state wiwiout a gambling license.

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well, former nba star lamar odom is still on life supporor this morning after h hwas found unconscious in a nevada brothel on tuesday. there's been no official word on odom's condition but sources tell espn that he has made some progress in the last day or so. staffers at the brothel say he spent four days there, at times drinking, doing cocaine and taking herbal viagra. actor randy quaid and his wife are free this morning after being held for a week in a a vermont t il. a judge released the couple and d dismissed charges that they were fugitives from justice i california. the quaids fled to canada five years ago when they were accused of trespassing and vandalizing a santa barbara home they once owned. if they leave vermont, another state could extradite them to california. well, a terrifying ordeal fofoa florida man coming face-to-face with an eight-foot alligator. doug brown was fixing a backyard pump in orlando when the the huge gator jumped from a

arm. brown managed to yank his arm away and the alligator fell back into the water. his injuries are not serious but he's still rattled saying it felt like a horror movie. for the second week in a row, kosovo's parliament session was shut down by oppositioio lawmakers settttg off canisters of tear gas. they're furious with the government over moves they say endangers their territorial integrity and they're pledging to continue their protests. the trouble began last month when protesters threw eggs at the prime minister. and here's what you do not want to see while taking off, a plane's engine started falling this happened on a low cost airline flight in chile. plane was safely back on the ground minutes later. >> low cost airline, huh? >> that's the operative word there, low cost. now some sports. the american league championship series opens tonight with the kansas city royals hosting the toronto blue jays. >> and as we said yesterday morning, the nlcs is now set, as well.

>> he's steve, i'm neil. we're going to do sports highlights right now. steve, you go first. >> all right. jon lester and matt harvey, game one of the nlcs in queens. here's how we got to that point. top of the second, daniel murphy off zack greinke, get out of town. murphy's third home run of the series then in the bottom of the ninth. jeurys familia gets howie kendrick, the mets win the game and the series, 3-2. it'll be new york and chicago in flushing on saturday night in game one. > it was the falconsnsnd saints in neneorleans on thursday night. that's steve gleason, former saints safety. he grew up in spokane. michael mauti, this is a steve gleason imitation. steve gleason did that in the first home game after katrina for the

saints against the falcons.. mauti does it here and this is the tweet of the year right here. hey, falcons, #neverpunt. good, steve. mark ingram, he had a couple of touchdowns. drew brees, another 300-yard passing game and the saints give the falcons their first loss. that's all we have. and that's good. >> have a nice day. >> you too, gentlemen. >one more football highlight. this one from the ucla versus stanford ge last night. >> stanford was already well out in front in the third quarter when they tried some razzle-dazzle. this catch in the end zone, incredible. receiver francis owusu caught the ball on the back of the bruins defender. it was ruled a touchdownwn look at thatat pinned it to his back, ruled a touchdown and the cardinal went on to win, 56-35. >> that's an impressive play. >> sure is. highlight from off the field starring one of the good guys, j.j. watt of the houston texans. he dressed up in a full batman costume and greeted kids during

a halloween party at a children's hospital in texas. >> but it didn't take long for the cape crusader's mama to come off then watt sisied autographs and took pictures with just about everybody there. good going f him. it's really nice. >> yeah, batman just needs jadeveon clowney to be his robin, and he'll be all set. a woman at a hillary clinton rally getting more attention than the candidate all because her hair. and new gig. a man named santa claus named to the north pole's'sown council.our medicare part d prescriptions. at walgreens, we call that "carpe med diem." that's almost latin for "seize the day to get more out of life and medicare part d." from one-dollar copays on select plans... ...to now reward points on all prescriptions, walgreens has you covered. so drop by and seize the savings! walgreens.

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poisoned me with ham. another claimed he broke his arm reaching to grab a falling sandwich. >> and here, one of our favorites, a woman actually said that she was going to the beach because her doctor said thth she needed more vitamin d. >> i would buy that. >> there we go. check out this this life-size version of a childhood car that's now for sale. a pair of brothers in britain made the little tykes car for adults nearly two years ago. >> sincecehen they've driven it over 5,000 m mes making people smile when they see it. and now they put it up for sale on ebay. >> looking for more than $33,000 for it. and when it was built, it was appraised for 46 grand. >> more news after this. until i realized our body handles a lot. 1,100 meals a year... 730 rushed snacks... add 300 stressful decisions... no wonder our digestive system sometimes acts up. so try activia!

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donald trump and ben carson are threatening to boycott the next gop debate. they want it held to two hours and they also want to make opening and closing statements directly to the e mera. a vicious rainstorm has triggered widespread flash flooding and massive mudslides shutting down interstate 5 and other major roadways for most of the day. looking at today's weather those storms continuing today in the southwest. rainy across the great lakes, sunny and dry in the east, windy in the midwest. finally, the presidential debate gave the late night comics plenty of material. >> here now your "friday funnies." tuned in to watch hillary clinton, bernie sanders and the they invited to fill out the stage. >> jim webb had to answer r tough questions like who are you and can we see som i.d.? >> the odds were stacked against cnn. following the gop debate circus with these five candidates was like following an episode of "empire" with an episode of "charlie rose tells a long

fishing story." >> so, how can cnn g g viewers juststs excited for a trumpless democratic debate? the answer is someone else who won't be there. >> there it is, the extra podium just in case vice president biden decides to show up. >> before the debate people were like can we just vote for the empty podium? >> and now the empty podium is pulling ahead of martin o'malley. >> what does that say about you for casting a vote for something you weren't sure about. >> i think you're being rough. i just arrived at the united states senate. >> come on, anderson cooper, you're being rough on linc. he just arrived in the united states senate. you know the other senators were giving him swirlies and running him through the spanking machine. he didn't know what to do. jimmy christmas, stop giving him the business. why don't you ask jim webb something. he hasn't talked in like ten minutes. >> webb's anger at being ignored led to an awkward moment where he threw a tantrum and threatened to hold his breath until sosoone asked a questionon >> you know your debate was

banner headline the next day is, elderly man not having the e-mail. >> the american people are sick and tirereof hearing about your damn e-m-mls. >> thank y y, me too. me too. >> you know. >> that's the laugh of a woman who is thinking, you buffoon. if you had an e-mail scandal i would hang you from the rafters with it. >> and to think, we got another full year of these gems. >> very good point. on behalf of phillip and myself thanks for tuning in. that's what's making news in america this morning.warnings and frost advisories are in place across the areaeas we begin our y. temperatures are in the 30s across our local temperature map. the wind speed is 5 to 10 miles per hour from the northwest.

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