>> detailing the quick thinking that kept them alive in an exclusive interview. and "star wars, the force awakens." the just-released movie poster. where you'll see the first full trailer today and when you can buy tickets. good monday morning, everyone. for millions of people this october morning, it sure feels like december r s already arrived. >es, as frost and freree advisories stretch all the way to the deep south. and upstate new york is already covered in heavy snow. it's dragging down powerlines. and trees still covered in leaves. >> and the fans at weekend footballllames shivered in t stands.. ininuffalo for the bills-bengals gaga, they bundled up. as the flakes came down. how long will it last? here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: it's beginning to look a lot like winter. the weather is changing on us fast.

this is what it looked like. a week later, this. >> i woke up this morning and i thought it was christmas. >> reporter: it may be october. but ththcoldest air mass of the season has alrlrdy swept from the midwest into parts of the east. across upstate new york, a blast of winter bringing dangerous conditions. more than 50 accidents in syracuse blamed, in part, on icy roads. snow collecting on this backyard deck. nine inches so far. another backyard buried under the snow. kids a an't complaining. >> i have not seen this snow >> reporter: the snow also falling early in parts of upper michigan. but in grand rapids, just plain cold. temps in the mid 30s didn't stop these dedicated marathon runners. >> it's good weather to run in. this is greaweather to run in. >> reporter: thousandsdsf runners taking the cold weather in stridid forecasters say despite the chilly temps and snow already falling in parts of the country, a first frost like this is not unusual. these cold temps will linger into today across much of the

east. but here's some good news. it will warm up later this week. get ready to ditch the cold weather gear. stephanie ramos, abc news, shington. >> ditch them? i never broke them out. >> it's freezing i here in the studio. >> we didn't expect it to be this cold this early. there's also extreme weather in the southwest. phoenix has been pummeled by large, damaging hail. >> and as you can see here, it was somewhere between the size of a quarter and a golf ball. ththhailstorm kicked up the water in this swimming pool here. it looks like snow has somewhat covered this lawn. >> on radar, you see the storms moving through arizona and the rockies. downpours expected today in the pacific northwest from seattle to portland. now to the race for the white house heating up with a bitter war of words bebeeen two gop candidates. >> it's a new round of attacks on the republican side. donald trump and jeb bush sounding off about 9/11.

more now from abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: it's a feud few republicans expected to see. donald trump and jeb bush going at i iover 9/11. >> jeb said, we were safe with my brother. we were safe. well, the world trade center just fell down. >> reporter: jeb bush fired back in a new campaign video and on tv. >> it looks as though it's -- he's an actor playing the role of a candidate for president. not bonini up on the issues. >> reporter: the cononoversy began last week when trump suggested in an interview that george w. bush might be to blame for the 9/11 attacks. >> when you talk about george bush. i mean, say what you want. the world trade center came down during his time. >> hold on. stop. you can't blame george bush for that. >> well, he was president, okay? >> reporter: trump insists that he wasn't placing blame, but that a tougher stance on immimiation, like his, wouould have stopped the 9/11 hijackers. >> mr. trump talks about things as though he's still on "the apprentice." >> reporter: on thdemocratic side, all eyes remain on vice president joe biden. >> it may be the greatest honor

i have ever received in my public life. >> reporter: and still no word on the race for president. democratat front-runner hillarar clinton says she's not interested in adding pressure. >> i'm not in any way suggesting or recommending that the vice president accept any timetable other than the one that is clicking inside of him. he has to make this decision. >> reporter: a decision that could come in the next few days. devin dwyer, abc news, washington. turning our r cus overseas. another weekend of bloodshed in the middle east as tensions continue to escalate. a palestinian attacker opened fire at a bus stop in southern israel yesterday, killing an israeli soldier and wounding ten other people before being shot and killed. and israel put up a 15-foot-high wall separating jewish and arab neighborhohos in east jerusalem.m. secretary of state jn kerry is meeting with leaders from both sides later on this week. and in syria, a top al qaeda commander has been killed in a

u.s. zone strike. sanafi al nasr was the head of a supersecret al qaeda cell that plotted d tacks in the u.s. anan europe. he was also involved in the group's finances. the landmark and controversial nuclear deal with iran is in effect. it could be months before the crippling sanctions are lifted on iran. iran has to prove to international inspectors that it's serious about cutting back on its nuclear proroam. even so, the iranian vice president says his country is bracing for a tsunami of tourism once the sanctions are gone. a minnesota town is mourning a sheriff's deputy who was killed with his own gun when a hospitalized suspect grabbed it. police in st. cloud say the suspect got out of his hospital bed and struggled with the deputy before shooting him. hospspal security officers tased the patient. he later died. police say the suspect was not undearrest at the time and was not handcuffed. former nba star lamar odom is said to be improving at a las vegas hospital this morning. he's been there since being found unconscious last tuesday

at a brothel. a family member toto us last night thth odom is doing very y well. on friday, reportedly speaking with family and gave a thumbs up. the results of toxicology tests which should shed light on his episode, are still pending. president oboba planning an historic trip next year. he'll visit laos. the first american president to travel there. in 2012, hillary clinton became the first u.s. secretary of state to pay a visit since 1955. president obama has increasingly directed his foreign policy attention to countries in asia. well, coming up. happening today. a big change coming to the usese of personal drones. and, awawa. ert. now considered a hero. a woman's quick thinking stops a kidnapping. an offseason gig for alex rodriguez. his first day on the job and it

we'll talk about it. today, the government is announcing a plan to require people to register their drones. a task force is going to be created to implement the registry program. it could go into effect by christmas. an estimated 500,000 drones are already y the air. and the skies are about to get a whole lot buzzier. another 750,000 drones expected to be sold this christmas. the massive air bag recall is still growing. general motors is now recalling about 400 new vehicles. it's a small number. but the first to include 2015 gm models. certain buicks, cadillacs, chevy

malibus have air bags that could explode when deployed. this adds to the 23 million vehicles already recalled for defective takata air bags. amazon is suing more than 1,000 people for posting fake reviews on its website. the company is targeting people who sell reviews on n e website fiverr.com, where people look for odd jobs. in april, amazon sued several other websites for the same thing. most of them are now shut down. and, it was a weekend for "goosebumps" at the box office. the family-friendly horror flick starring jack black beat all the competetion, taking in $23.5 ion. that was just $2 million ahead of "the martian." "bridge of spies" starring tom hanks was third. >> "the martian" still doing very well. when we come back, hidden remains. a 400-year-old church suddenly reemerging. and hope fading for cubs fans. ananher dominating perfofoance by the mets.

>> there's always hope. this is a look at spectators at a houston air show. they watch as a skydiver fell to earth, unable to steer his parachute because of high winds. three others were supposed to jump with him. the stunt was called off after he had already taken the leap. he landed on a vendor's tent breaking a limb, but otherwise okay. now for a look at morning road conditions. take extra caution from the

southwest up through the rockies. wet roads possible from minnesota gan and south florida, a awell. if y y're flying, airport t delays possible in salt lake city and miami. a killer remains on the loose this morning after a deadly shooting at a zombie-themed street festival in ft. myers, florida. >> a 20-year-old man was killed zombicon. dressed as zombies running for their lives. 20,000 people had gathered for the event. there's no word on a possible motive. a texateenager is the sixth high school football player to die this season. 16-year-old cameron matthews was a junior in high school. during a football game friday dizzy and then collapsed on the sideline. hospital where he died on saturday. the exact cause of his death is not yet known. mourners returned to the stadium for a vigil saturday night. a couple from texas is telling their harrowing story of

survival exclusively to abc news. as they narrowly escaped a fiery airplane crash. they were coming in for a landing in their small plane. this is just south of dallas. when something wasn't right. they were able to deploy a giant parachute which covers the entire aircraft. >> i thought there was something wrong with the plane. i was trying to control it. next moment, i saw the line. i realized, , went up to grab the handle for the parachute, but, my wife had already pulled it. parachute definitely saved our lives. >> wow. well, the parachute caught on some powerlines and prevented the airplane from ever making contact. the couple, by the way, can't wait to get back in the air with a new w ane, equipped wi a parachute, of course. more from an exclusive interview on "good morning america" today. >> what an ordeal. in california, a little girl is safe and back with her family thanks to a very observant school employee. teacher's aide sandra ferguson

single-handedly foiled a strange man. e 11-year-old lookininscared. after questioning the girl about the man, she blocked him in with her car. got the girl out, and called police. >> it was kind of like a super woman-power thing. it was like, wow, i can't believe i did that. >> i'll buy that. super r man-power thing. the 51-year-old man was arrested on attempted kidnapping charges. the girl was not hurt. just in time for halloween. ghostly sight, you might say, at a mexican reservoir. check this out. a 16th century church submerged for years has reappeared. a lack of rain has drawn the water level down more than 80 feet. it's believed the church was abandoned wh a devastating plague swept through. it's the second time in recent, years that the church has been revealed. the last time the water was so low, people could actually walk inside. absolutely freaky. well, now some sports. the american league championship series resumes tonight in

the blue jays trail the royals, , 2-0. >> and last night, right here in new york, it was game two of the national league championship series. and new york native jimmy kimmel threw the ceremonial first pitch. he actually did pretty well with his toss. we get details on the game and some football from our guys at espn. > hn buccigross. john anderson. a new week is upon us. a little chilly over the weekend. but the sports continued. >> we have game two of the nlcs. >> played outdoors. >> or patriots-colts. what should we start with? football? you like the football? >> let's find out together. >> all right. yes, it is! the deflategate revenge game. there ininndy. there's the greatest living americic, tom brady. the indy folks were creative. third quarter. patriots trail 21-20 coming out of the locker room. oh, tommy hit rob gronkowski. across the middle. touchdown. 60 times he's gotten to spike pats up 27-21. would not trail again. lookokg, looking. legarrette blount.

he's caught two passes this season. that one for a touchdown. the patriots won, 34-27. >> the first of his career. for legarrette blount. all right. i'll just shut up and do my own highlights, john. daniel murphy grew up in florida. howewer, he doesn't mind h hting in the cold weather. he homers again. he's homered in four straight games in this post season for the mels. he's the greatest tter in the world right now. >> yep. >> gets the mets off to a good start. they go on to win, they beat the cubs. they're up 2-0 in the nlcs. plus the next three games will be played in chicago. those fans will be loud. just like in new york. hey, they could win three in a row. it's happened before. also, the heat beat the hawks in a preseason game. that's what we got. >> all right. thanks to the johns. new york yankees slugger alex rodriguez is joining fox's post baseball coverage. after being introduced on that

did you see this? a-rod proceeded to throw a pass that a studio monitor. >> a-rod was a high school quarterback and got a scholarship offer from thehe university of miami. he tweeted, i'll try not to break anything else. >> let's'sope. and how is this s r treating an injured player? this right here happened at a soccer game in greece. >> the stretcher bearer drops, twice on their own field. they just throw him down. but they get to the side. a trainer from the player's team seems to say that something is wrong. they don't want to hear. it was really a tough day. it's just rough totoatch. >> can we give them a red flag, , a red card? >> yeah, you're right. >> it's pretty bad. well, up next in "the pulse." eddie murphy's return. the funnyman telling his first jokes on stage in nearly three decades. and terrifying crash.

down a cliff. it is time to checec"the pulse." starting with what really was a big night for eddie murphy, accepting the nation's top award for humor. >> murphy was honored at the kennedy center last night with the mark twain prize. he did something he's not done for nearly 30 years. standup. murphy surprised the crowd with an impersonation of bill cosby, pretending to be theheisgraced comedian, refusing to give back his award. >> a change of heart for murphy since turning down the chance to do cosby for the 40th anniversary special of "saturday night live." there was no bride or groom at a recent wedding reception. but the guests will always remember it. >> this is really cool. the dwayne family booked their daughter's wedding at a high-end hotel in sacramento. but days before, the groom called the whole thing off.

price tag. $35,000 nonrefundable event. instead of letting the reception go to waste, the dwaynes ditched the guest list and invited residents of a homeless shelter to enjoy the meal. what a great gesture. i love it. it's a great day for "star wars" fans. the hype machine is cranking up ahead of the new movie right about now. >> oh, looking forward to this one. the official theater poster was releleed yesterday. featured prominently were the likes of han solo, princess leia, and chewbacca. luke skywalker nowhere to be seen. >> interesting. and tonight, a new "star wars" trailer debuts at half time of "monday night football." and tickets for opening night december 18th go on sale today. we should say "star wars" is a production of our parent company, d dney. >> i hope that means i'll be able to get tickets. >> free. >> free? i'm willing to pay. and a death-defying ride for a mountain bike competitor. he just set off on a qualifying round in the red bull rampage competition in utah when he lost control and tumbled down the de of a cliff. >> his helmet camera recorded

coming to o st on a ledge. amazingly, he got back up and got back on his bike and finished the run. he didn't qualiffor the final round. seeing what they had to deal

>> more news after this. our top stories this morning. donald trump and jeb bush going at it again. this time, trump claiming 9/11 may not have happened had he been president.. challenging bush's claim that his brother kept the country safe. and bush firing back with a new video. more violence in israel. a palestinian attacker killed an israeli soldier and wounded ten people. and israel hastily erected a wall between jewish and arab neighborhoods in east jerusalem, hoping to stop the attacks. up to ninenenches of snow on the ground along parts of the great lakes this morning. temperatures in most of the east will be below average.

and in today's weather, rain in the pacific northwest and in the rockies from montana to arizona. we move on to an amazing story of survival. army veteran in illinois recovering at home following his heroic intervention against a knife-wielding assailant. he says some military training from decades ago helped him save a group of children. abc's david wright has the details. >> sending units to the library. >> reporter: at a public library in illinois, a violent attack by a man wielding at least two hunting knives. >> they do have the knives. he has cut another person who has a pretty good hand injury. >> reporter: 19-year-old dustin brown allegedly burst into the room screaming, i'm going to kill some people. that's when he met his match. >> good morning. >> reportete 75-year-old james vernon was teaching a chess class at the library. >> i thought first this is a really bad halloween prank. then i realized, this wasn't a prank. this was the real thing. >> reporter: the army veteran

put himself between the would-be attacker and the 16 kids. >> i gave them the cue and they took the cue they got up and ran out. just like lite mice going down the hole. they were gone. >> reporter:he children, ages 7 to 13, all escaped unharmed. mom sandy rossi got out, too. >> the kids were definitely afraid. and i was very afraid. >> reporter: vernon was all alone. then the attacacr turned on him. >> he went overhand. i blocked with t left hand. >> reporter: brown is now charged with attempted murder. he was already facing 22 counts of child pornography. >> i thought maybe i could persuade him to just give up the whole idea and -- that wasn't to be. >> reporter: vernon's hand was slashed in the attack. he's expected to make a fufu recovery. at church -- >> take a moment, please. >> reporter: -- the congregation greeted him as a hero. david wright, abc news, new york. >> a hero as he should be greeted. >> way to go, vernon. his 76th birthday next week. and that's what's making news in america this morning.

>> stay with us for "goo morning amamica." have a fantastst start of the week, everyone. moay. temperatures are sitting in the upper 50s and lower 60s. this is about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. the wind is from the south between 10 and 20 miles per hour. the e cal satellite and radar picture is pretty quiet with mostly clear skies. checking out your dayplanner - it appears that we'll top out in the lower 80s this afternoon with sunshine. stay tuned for your complete 7 day