i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin in washington where hillary clinton heads to capitol hill this morning where she will face intense questioning on the benghazi attack. >> supporters say the appearance before the republican-led committee is all about politics. abc's serena marshall has a preview. >> reporter: eight hours at least in front of the house select committee on benghazi for democratic front-runner hillary clinton. investigating the september 11th, 2012 attacks that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. it was the first i'm in three decades that an american diplomat died over seas. clinton took responsibility. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk one night decided they would go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> reporter: today clinton will be questioned by seven

republicans and five democrats on the panel, each getting ten minutes and don't expect questions about clinton's private e-mail unless they're directly related to benghazi. >> chairman trey gowdy looking for answers to new evidence. >> none of the seven previous committees bothered to access the e-mails of our ambassador. if you want a window into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails? s. >> as for clinton, she isn't expecting to add much. >> i already testified about benghazi. i testified to the best of my ability before the senate and the house. i don't know that i have much to add. >> reporter: the pressure is on the committee accused of playing politics during an election year to produce new evidence. for clinton after a strong showing at the first debate and official word that vice president bid isn't running a successful day means clearing her third political hurdle in recent weeks. serena marshall, abc news, washington.

hill, congressman paul ryan is getting support from a key group of republicans in his bid for speaker. two-thirds of the freedom caucus, a group of about 40 lawmakers agreed last night to back ryan as the speaker and while that's good news for ryan, it's still not enough to ensure that he will be elected. >> on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, that big announcement from vice president joe biden making the painstaking decision not to run for president. a white house spokesman says president obama served as a sounding board as biden considered mounting what would have been his third presidential campaign. it's your voice, your vote. and abc's jonathan carl was there for biden's big announcement. >> reporter: with his wife and his boss at his side, joe biden walked into the rose garden, the final steps on a painful journey. he and his family were finally prepared to run, but he concluded, the window has simply closed. >> unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the

nomination. >> reporter: biden's friends say he had desperately wanted to run for president -- he had even talked to supporters about launching a campaign -- but always hanging over his decision was the grief surrounding the death earlier this year of his son, beau. you could see biden still struggling with the loss in an interview last month with stephen colbert. >> but i find myself -- you understand it, i -- just sometimes, it just sort of overwhelms you. >> reporter: in the rose garden, with virtually all of the president's and vice president's senior advisers looking on, biden said his family is now in a better place. >> sooner, rather than later, when you think of your loved one, it brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes. well, that's where the bidens are today, thank god. >> reporter: in fact, much of biden's announcement sounded like a campaign speech, including two clear messages to hillary clinton. one on what she said in last week's debate, when asked to name her favorite enemies. >> well, in addition to the nra,

the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the iranians, probably the republicans. >> i don't think we should look at republicans as our enemies. they are our opposition. they are not our enemies. and for the sake of the country, we have to work together. >> shortly after he walked out of the rose garden he received a call from hillary clinton who then put out a statement praising him saying i am confident that history isn't finished with joe biden. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. breaking news from new mexico where an albuquerque police officer has been shot. investigators say the officer was hit several times after making a traffic stop. suspect considered armed and dangerous is still on the loose. residents are being warned to stay behind their locked doors. >> also from albuquerque, breaking news in that deadly road rage shooting that left a

police have arrested tony torez and charged him with murder after they say he confessed to the shooting. lilly garcia was riding in the back of her dad's truck when he was forced out of his lane by another driver. the two exchanged words and then police torez fired into garcia's truck hitting the little girl. we're now hearing the brave 911 call made by a 14-year-old girl who justive. >>ed a small plane crash flying last week in idaho with her father when the plane went down. despite the traumatic event, she made a call for help. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> my dad is in alane crash and i don't know where we are. >> she stayed on the line while a certainly plane located them and directed a rescue team on the ground. during that time, the girl tried cpr on her father four times but despite her efforts, he passed away. extreme weather making a real mess in the southwest. hail was a problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of eggs.

there was large hail and strong winds in the el paso, texas area. the storms in the region are far from over. justin povick at accuweather has more. good morning. >> rina and phillip, thanks and good morning to you. very concerning what's going on over the south plains with the potential for flash flooding in very heavy rainfall and mind you, this is an area that has been in a drought for the past couple of months. heavy rains will continue here through tweekend. we also have patritiousia which is making its move off to the north and west bending back into mexico as a hurricane. later on this week. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. hands free technology is apparently not the ultimate solution for distracted driving. a new study found it can take 27 seconds for a driver using voice commands to regain full alertness. researchers say peoe blew through stop signs and had close calls and traveled the length of

three football fields all because their text or call was still on their mind. the aaa study also found the type of system in your car also impacted the distraction. >> u.p.s. has agreed to return more than $4 million to settle accusations over overcharging. the lawsuit was brought by government customers in 14 states claiming they paid premium prices for overnight deliveries that did not arrive on time. the suit also charged that u.p.s. employees falsified delivery records preventing customers from getting refunds. that's not cool. >> huh-uh. what is cool, the nfl week seven, that gets under way tonight which basically that means there's still a long, long way to go before the super bowl. but preparations for that day are well under way. >> case in point, kitten bowl 3. it was filmed yesterday here in new york, plenty of cute kittens running around in kitten sized stadium. they were climbing on the uprights and playing with little footballs haveing a great time and looking for dan harris.

he loves cats. >> the kitten bowl is meant as a way of getting these cats into permanent homes. it will air on the hallmark channel on february 7th. that is the day of the super bowl. >> they are very cute. i'd love to adopt all of this em. >> that's such a great idea. they had the puppy bowl for a while and now heavy got the kitten bowl. >> spread the love. i'd like that one. >> it's a great cause. peel yourself away from the game at alftime i guess so able to check it out. >> sounds good. coming up in "the skinny," the time travelers from "back to the future" a little confused about 2015. their laughs with jimmy kimmel. >> also ahead, the science of fear. take a trip inside a university laboratory dedicated to scaring people. could fright actually be good for you? >> but first a real-life scare for a woman trapped in her car for six days after an accident. her crippling injuries and her lawsuit against an automaker. that's after a look at today's

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the automaker is recalling 6.5 million cars worldwide because of power window switches that can overheat, melt and cause a fire. most of the cars are in north america and they include toyota's most popular compacts, sedans pickups and suvs. the problem is blamed on a factory error. one injury has been reported. >> another auto recall involving general motors is at the center of a lawsuit against the company. >> the woman who filed it claims her recall notice basically got her too late. gio benitez has the details. >> reporter: 458-year-old kristin hopkins lo survived six days trapped in her wrecked car and ultimately lost her legs below the knees, is taking on automotive giant gm, claiming the 2014 accident was the company's fault. >> i woke up on the roof of my car because it was upside down. >> reporter: her 2009 chevy malibu plummeting 300 feet from this colorado road. the single mother of four

doctor, hurt and bleeding." how do you survive that? >> the sheer will to live. hoping to see my kids again. >> reporter: her lawsuit just filed alleges that the power steering and electronic stability control failed. >> we think that had these failures not occurred, then this crash wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: in fact, gm has issued safety recalls for the same problems she alleges she had with the 2009 malibu, but she says, she got her first recall letter from gm nearly three months after her accident. the second, just weeks ago. what is your message now to gm? >> basically, why did this happen? >> reporter: and now gm tes us it is taking this very, very seriously but they want to look at that car to see what happened and why. reena and phillip. >> thank you so much for that. kristin hopkins is now 3 inches taller because of the prosthetic

through this rehabilitation, her kids are sent to live with her ex-husband while she's recovering. >> that must be hard. >> absolutely. >> hard to do. her attorney apparently saying they hope maybe this teaches gm a lesson not to wait so long to issue a recall. >> maybe it will. coming up, khloe kardashian and lamar odom rethinking their divorce. >> and the actress who is calls out a magazine for how they photoshop her figure. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.there are oceans and rocks. places where fish swim and birds fly. history is art is created. things happen that should always be remembered. heroes emerge. a woman sets people free. a man makes light. a leader steps forward. it can be a place, a feeling, a state of mind. so get up. get out there, and find your park.

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skinny, so skinny >> kim kardashian celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday with a surprise bash thrown by kanye. >> one guest was notably absent, her sister khloe. she remains by lamar odom's side as he recovers from an overdose. >> yesterday they put a divorce on hold. khloe's attorney successfully petitioned the county court to you their divorce papers. >> they filed in 2013 but remain legally married. khloe has had to make his medical decisions while he was in a coma for four days. he is reportedly still on dialysis but is recovering which is great news. >> so many people really pulling for him and a lot of people happy to see they're back together.

lo can conquer all. >> zendaya is known for her advocacy for positive body image. she's speaking out once again after discovering how a major fashion magazine photoshoped her body. she's only 19 years old and the actress landed a cover of modeliste magazines and shocked to learn her thighs and torso ha have been photoshoped to look thinner. >> she release the before and after shots. these are the things that make women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty we have and thanked the magazine for pulling the manipulated images. >> way to go for her for putting the pressure on the cover and saying that's not my body because most people would not do that. >> that's darn right. you get a chance to be in a magazine, photoshop all you want. definitely giving a better view for all the young women out there. >> yesterday was "back to the future" day.

the day marty mcfly and doc brown ralphed to the future. last night on jimmy kimmel they made it from hill valley in 1985 to brooklyn. >> having just time traveled 30 years they were confused and disappointed with our apparent lack of development in the time being. >> apparently, the technological and cultural achievements of this era are somewhat underwhelming. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now that happen. >> that was a great moment. >> yep. >> also guests on the show last night was democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders who earlier in the evening had a chance to talk about the future with the man who knows best, of course, doc brown. >> some similarities there. >> that's a cool picture. >> it sure is. and bernie sanders he might

be getting some competition from a new candidate. >> at last night's 30th anniversary screening here in new york, our skinny street team hit the red carpet and caught up with goldie wilson, the young diner worker from "back to the future" who ended up mayor of hill valley and we got the exclusive on his campaign policy. >> as the mayor of hill valley in the future, i wanted to reign supreme over track issues in the air. progress is my middle name. honesty, decency, integrity. vote for goldie. >> heard it here first, folks. vote for goldie. progress is his middle name. if you were banking on biden, you've got to just go with goldie. >> there's some room in the race now. and did you enjoy your "back to the future" day. >> i loved that movie, everything about it. too bad it's over. cubs didn't win. >> all right.

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this time of year, plenty of us love to get creeped out. and if you ever wondered why that is, the answer could be biological. >> abc's nick watt spent some time with researchers and as it turns out, getting scared might actually be good for you aah. >> reporter: why, oh, why, do we do this to ourselves? the answer might lurk right here. let's rewind. >> let's get this over with. >> nice to see you. >> hi. >> reporter: i'm in a makeshift lab in a basement of the scare house, halloween attraction with two university of pittsburgh scientist who think getting scared might actually be good for us. so i'm a guinea pig in your experiment. >> absolutely or you will be once you sign this consent form. >> then a series of prestress

with one of the scientists while listening to ugly noises. they've been wiring up a few volunteers like me. i'm going in. >> no, no, no, no, no, no. >> i jumped so hard, i pulled my finger monitor off. i'm not sure it survived or is going to take many good readings. this place is only open 24 days a year and the run up who halloween has amazing sets and 100 actors and margin i kerr one of the designers of this terror fest who just wrote a book aptly named "scared." >> our thinking brain is taking a break. all of the worry and concern gets pushed to the side because our body wants to prioritize things that help us survive. >> i didn't flinch at all with the noises. i should be more chilled because i've just been scared half to death.

us, and that's why we do it. >> hi. happy halloween. nick watt, abc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> oh! >> no thank you. no thank you. my brain can take breaks in other ways. >> wow into look, it's already getting weird. >> it's pretty spooky. it's getting very weird. this earthquake that's happening. > starting to get the fear. >> i think our eyes are going to be killed by this light right here. >> there you go. no possible way we're going to be able to read what's in front of us. thanks a lot, guys. >> i've just been blinded by the light. >> i have no idea. go to social media. you know what it is. i can't see anymore. >> scary. scary stuff. this is abc's "world news

two decades. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. here's top headlines we're following this morning. polices in albuquerque have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder in a case of deadly road rage that left a 4-year-old girl dead. details in a moment. >> bowing out, joe biden decides not to run for president removing a potential obstacle for hillary clinton. the vice president said he was ready to run after grieving the death of his son but it was now simply too late. a new gornment study finds nearly 10% of u.s. adults say they use maine. that's doubling the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an increasingly permissive view about the drug. >> and thanks to their win over the cubs last night, the mets are heading to the world series for the first time in 15 years. new york's daniel murphy made history hitting a home run for the sixth straight postseason game.

royals or the blue jays, those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. breaking news from albuquerque where police have charged a man in a case of deadly road rage. >> 4-year-old lilly garcia was a passenger in her father's fruk when she was shot and later died from her injuries. abc's elizabeth hur has details. >> reporter: seeking justice for lilly garcia, police asked the public for help identifying her killer. described as a white or hispanic man in his mid 20s to early 30s. last seen driving a dark red toyota sedan with a spoiler and tinted windows. shortly after making the plea police say tips led detectives to this. >> they observed a subject that appeared to match the identity of the person they were looking for. the car pulled over without incident.

and the individual was taken into custody and detained. >> the daughter is not conscious. she's going to be 4 years of age. >> reporter: police say lilly was sitting with her 7-year-old brother in the back seat of the truck when the suspect drove up and opened fire. lilly's fathe saw her bleeding and pulled over. >> there's an adult holding what looks like an unresponsive chide. >> need the freeway shut down. >> reporter: for hours police shut down the busy highway sweeping the area for the suspected gunman to no avail. >> we still need tips. >> a go fund me page has been set up to pay for her funeral and police continue to ask anyone with knowledge of the shooting to do the right thing. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances is going to live with that father for the rest of his life. >> reporter: but late wednesday, police announced their search is

and her killer was under arrest. now, on the phone, lilly's pare told abc news lilly just started school two days ago adding she was very bright, she was very smart and she is was his world. reena and phillip, back to you into thanks so much, elizabeth more breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot stop. police say the shooter remains at large. they have urged residents in the area to stay inside with doors and windows locked. the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. that officer has been on the force for eight years. the new york police department is also being rocked by a tragic shooting. the suspect in the killing of an nypd officer was arraigned last night in a courtroom packed with cops. career criminal tyrone howard is charged with first degree murder. with more on the death of the officer, here's abc's linsey davis.

captured on police radio. >> 10-4, i got a cop down! >> reporter: playing out in real time, a police chase and shootout that claims the life of new york police officer randolph holder. his partner breathless and in distress. >> my partner is down! >> reporter: it started out as a gunfight between rival gangs tuesday night. >> we heard a bunch of gunshots. it was pretty chaotic. >> reporter: the suspects fled, one of them reportedly stealing a bike at gunpoint. holder spots the suspect, tyrone howard. and then, an exchange of gun fire. >> a recovered firearm with blood on it and a bicycle. >> reporter: holder suffers a fatal bullet in the forehead. >> four police officers murdered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> reporter: as his body left the hospital, dozens of officers silently saluted holder, a third generation police officer. >> he should have been closing on a house in the next month. all of those dreams are down the drain. >> reporter: police say the suspect was a career criminal. previously convicted of a drug

charge and released from jail early and after a recent drug bust, a judge opted to put him in rehab instead of behind bars. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the surviving brother in that upstate new york church beating has given a public account of what happened. christopher leonard says he was first purged in the stomach by a church member. then his parents and half sister attacked him. he was then placed in another room with ear plugs so he quinton hear what was going on. when he returned his brother was not breathing. > hours from now hillary clinton goes before the benghazi committee on capital. she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the bekz attack. republicans say they are pressing for information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics. in moscow, vladimir tute tin

met with syria's bashar al assad at the kremlin. it was his first known trip outside syria since the civil war in his country began four years ago. they discussed russia's air campaign over syria in a meeting the white house is causing unproductive. >> six more people arrested in connection with the prison escape of mexican drug lard joaquin "el chapo" guzman. one man identifieded as the mastermind of the jail break and another believed to be his brother-in-law accused of supervising the mile long tunnel used as an escape route. two dozen employees are also facing charges. the vatican is denying a report that the pope is in ill health saying he's perfect. italian newspaper reported pope francis has a small but curable brain tumor. the spokesman called the story completely unfounded, irresponsible and inexcusable. some extreme weather right now after the aftermath of

philippines, the storm roared through on sunday leaving extensive damage and plenty of flooding. the death toll climbed to nearly 40 and expected to go higher as remote areas are accessed. more than 100,000 people were forced out of their homes. was the 12th major storm to hit the philippines this year. in the southwestern u.s., hail was a problem in new mexico. in some areas hail was -- there was hail storms and winds in the el paso, texas area. the region is in for more extreme weather because of a tropical storm system. justin povick at accuweather has the details into thanks and good morning to you. once again, we're tracking the tropics in the latest on patricia has it moving off to the north and west and again, this could cause some major flash flooding throughout mexico, eventually some of the rains getting pulled off to the north into the gulf of mexico and even before that happens, we

are concerned about major flash flooding from dallas north and westbound thursday through saturday. reena and phillip, back to you into justin, thank you. here's one for the dumb criminals file comes to us from houston. >> a couple of guys tried to rip off coach's sports bar and grill after breaking through the door. they tried to get into the atm but would could not, one of them falling over trying. they also tried to to take down a big tv but ultimately they failed. >> crazy, scary. i mean you just don't think it's ever going to happen at a place that you work or anything ta that you're associated with. >> when i saw the guy fall, i thought it couldn't happen to a better person. >> one of the crooks he was nice enough to look straight into the security camera. while he was behind the bar. now you try to cover your face. there you go. coaches, that establishment are offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of these geniuses.

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officials saying daniel suarez used his cyber skills to boost grades for himself and a friend as well as access class schedules of hundreds of other students. his alleged accomplices eric vaseman and alex mosquera, all 17 years old suarez the alleged mastermind now facing charges including burglary, computer tampering and identityyy theft. some now calling him a modern day ferris bueller. >> i've got it right here in front of me. he has missed nine days. >> i asked for a car. i got a computer. >> but officials say this is no laughing matter. the school district confirming types of information that may have been viewed include student id numbers, name, address, contact information, and student schedules. >> we're waiting for a full have to be done and he maintains his innocence.

>> mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >> the teens all plead the not guilty and have been released on bond. if convicted he faces up to seven years behind bars. >> the other two looking up to four years in prison. the school district says they have beefed up security since the breach. you're smart enough to pull that off, you're smart enough to do what you got to do the right way. >> a lot ofeople feel like they can cheat and get away with it and get ahead. >> excellent example of that not being the case. >> coming up, celebrating back to the future with the people that matter most. >> we caught up with all the stars of the films, plus their super fans last night. find out why michael j. fox still prefers the walkman to the ipod.

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>> i'm kind of a big nerd when it comes to this movie and only this movie. >> i dress for marty for halloween a lot of years. >> you control your future and you have to make it a good one. >> it surprised me about 15 years ago when i realized it was going to last. it's lasted now all these years. >> 30 years after the opening of a film that's still -- >> it means more to them than just a show. it's part of their lives and that's an amazing privilege as an actor. you don't get that many chances to make tha kind of connection. >> it's a mashup of all these different genres that just plays through almost effortlessly. i found my father's high school yearbook when i was visiting my parents. my father i discovered had been the president of his graduating class and i wondered wow, i didn't like the president of my graduating class. if i'd have gone to school with my dad, would i have been friends with him and that's when lightning struck.

here that you guys are out here. thank you and you still want to watch the movie and share it with your family. >> it's an iconic family and words can't begin to describe how amazing it is. >> marty, yeah. i'm just visiting just for a couple hours. >> i hear there's a secret that nike's going to really come out with those shoes. >> are those the self-lacing nikes? >> fashion that is -- that you wish. i'm still into the big hair. check it out! big hair. not giving it up. >> my kids make fun of me when i talk about the ipod. i call it a walkman. and they are like roll their eyes. >> walkman were advanced technology. >> you have to rewind it. >> it was pathetic. >> thank you.

>> that was already cool. >> hover boards. i mean, we just drove here from brooklyn from the kimmel show. took us an hour. an hour and 15 minutes. hover board i could have been here in about ten. >> probably the hover board. i like the hover board. >> you've got the fish tail design i see. >> how does it taste? >> i don't know. i'm not going to open it. just going to have to guess about it. i'm curious but at the same time i'm not trying to open it. >> it probably tastes terrible if it's from back there. >> definitely. it's perfect still. >> the delorean is a legendary vehicle in my mind. that's a key player. >> if you could ask doc one question, what would it be? >> how does it feel to know so much from so many different time periods? >> what caused him to slip and bump his head because had he not slipped and fallen, he never would have come up with a flux capacitor. >> a genius ahead of his time, many times.

>> go somewhere on the field, knock the ball out of the hands and let the mets win tonight. >> what do you say to haters of the third movie. >> how could anyone hate -- will the cubs come back from 3-0? >> absolutely. >> it's 2015. there's no reason for it not to happen. it's 2015. >> you have to root for the cubs. >> and strike three called. and the mets are on their way back. >> oh. we got some things right. >> some things. but that was interesting though that the cubs got so close to this premonition or whatever you want to call it. >> the foreign correspondent within me wants to know what doc felt when they got gadhafi. are the libyans still chasing him? >> that we find out in back to the future 4. coming up, saving for the future.

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finally this half hour, we're going to take a look at the financial challenge of raising children. >> each little one will cost you an average of a quarter million dollars can until they're 18. that does not even include college. rebecca jarvis has new ways to lock up a secure future for your kids. >> reporter: meet adorable charley massey. the 3-month-old has her future ahead of her. the challenge for mom sharon and dan craig is how to pay for that future. >> you want the best for your kids and you want better for your kids than you had. >> reporter: babies come witit considerable price tags. according togovernment studies,

child to a a 18 is $250,000. fortunately, to help baby charlie's parents, we knew just who to call. catherine alford, a financial writer and mother of 18-month-old twins who specializes in family finance. >> hi, guys had lou are you today? >> step one says catherine, start an education fund. beyond a 529 plan, catherine likes to advise coups to invest in a mutual fund in a child's name. >> the benefit of that is that they can use that money for anything so if they want to go on a trip or study abroad, they can do that. >>. >> reporter: step two, don't splurge on luxuries like too many baby gadgets or annual over the top birthday parties. >> get used to the idea of minimalism. there is so much pressure to have the most amazing it birthday parties in sneb three, consider investing in a r%ntal property. >> the key is to buy a home with a 15-year mortgage. by the time they're 18 and going to college, the mortgage is totally paid for and it just

becomes a cash generating property. >> reporter: real estate can come with downsides notes catherine but it's a risk that can prove worthwhile for a baby's future. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> another reason i don't have any kids. wow. that is something. >> don't let the money hold you back. >> 30% on housing, child care 18%, food another 16%. mom, dad, buy me jordans. >> you know, i always like to factor in grandma. >> look, you're able to figure it out very nicely. >> that's because i live in downton abby. and i borrow the middleton's prince william's carriage.

this morning on "world news now," joe biden's emotional decision. >> why he's not running for president despite personal and political pressure. what fellow candidates are saying now after there long awaited campaign move. breaking developments in the road rage case in albuquerque. what police announced a short while ago after a 4-year-old girl riding in a car was shot and killed. mets victory for the first time in 15 years. the team is going to the world series. theg moments in chicago and which player made history. and later, oscacas comeback.. chris rock returns to hostt the next academymy awards. the humor we canxpect from the so-caused m m of the entertainment world. it is thursday, octcter 22nd. fm abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone on this thursday. i'm reena ninan.

>> i'm phillip mena. we were just talking about the baseball game. >> i'm surprised you made it in. >> well, we stayed up to watch it, that's for sure. people here in new york a obviously excited the mets are moving onto the world series. that's just new york. the rest of the country i think were pulling for the cubs who hadn't won since 2008 and that's going to continue. >> how much did the pulling for the cubs have to do with the back to the future movie? >> it was a convergence which we know did not happen and that combined with the fact they hadn't won for so long of was rooting for them but here in new york mets fans are happy. we turn now and begin with politics and the end of a political guessing game that has gripped the country for months. joe biden announcing that he will not run for president. >> we had been waiting for this one. will he, won't he. aides close to the president say he did not make up his mind till

was too late to launch a successful bid. kenneth woeten has the late jest. >> reporter: still grieving the loss of his son, vice president joe biden says his time to jump into the race has passed. >> it may very well be that that process but the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president i've conclude it has closed. >> reporter: he stooded with president obama a a his wife in the rose garden of the white house but only biden spoke about hihi decision just a few months after h h son b bu died. >> beau was our inspiration. unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. >> reporter: getting into the race now would have been a major challenge for biden. our new polol shows the vp with 16% i support for the nominatio versus hillary clinton's 54%. >> a few weeks ago, it seemed like there was was a fervor and

people aren't sure about bernie sanders as an alternative. then debate happened. >> reporter: clinton called biden andnd tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better. donald trump said biden made the correct decisionn >> and frankly i really want to run against hillary. i really do. >> reporter: and more reaction to biden's announcement poured in. the super pac said it was grateful for supporters and bernied saers thanked biden for a lifetime of public service. >> kenneth, thank you. as for the republicans, donald trump is the clear front-runner according to our latest poll. 42% say trump is most likely to win the gop nomination. just 15% say carson will get it. and 43% say trump has the best chance of winning the general election against a democratic opponent. ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz and carly fiorina are way behind trump. hillary clinton takes a break from the campaign trail

committee on capitol hill. for the an least eight hours, she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats. about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they're pressssg for new w formation. clintonupporters say the gop is playingpolitics. wikileaks has published what appearso be hacacd informatiti from the personal e-maiai account of cia director johnn brennan. the cia is callingng the postings a crime. they apparently include his security clearance application when he was seeking a job as white house counter-terrorism advisor. the hacker claims to be a policy. there's no information it is classified. the case of road rage ended with a 4-year-old girl shot to death. police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after a search rng on tuesday afternoon.

of that little girl has rocked the entire community to its core. >> reporter: she is the face of the most heartbreaking case of road rage anyone can remember. and word of a possible break in her murder. >> there's an adult holding, it looks like an unresponsive child. >> reporter: they also just released this 911 call of a motorist who saw what happened to 4-year-old lilly xwarz garcia. her father just picked her up from her second day of school on tuesday. she and her 7-year-old brother isaac riding in the back of this pickup when lily was shot in the head. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lily. >> reporter: albuquerque police say lily's father and another driver kept cutting each other off as they were approaching an exit on interstate 40. police say the other driver pulled up next to the family and opened fire. the police chief is still begging witnesses to come forward. this city coming together to catch a child killer. ryan owens, abc news. so heart breaking and more

breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot during a track stop. police say the shooter remains at large and they have urged residents in thth area to stay inside with doors and w wdows locked. the suspect considered armed and dangerers. the officer shot multiple times. he's beeee on n e force for eight years. and here in new york, a suspect in the murder of a police officer has been arraigned. tyrone howard still limping from a bullet wound to the leg was brought before the judge in a room packed with police. he's been charged with murder in the death of officer randolph holder. the empire state building going blue overnight in the officer's memory. according to nasa scientists, the los angeles area is likely to be hit by an earthquake measuringat least a magnitude 5 sometime in the next three years. they based their findings on how the earth's crust w changed by a 5.1 quaking in that same area last march. the u.s. geological survey has done its own analysis and pegs

the probability at 85%. and in the southwest, some extreme weather. hail was the problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of an egg. at one point, the storm was so intense it forced some trucks off the road. there was also large hail and strong wind in the el paso, texas area. the storms across the lone star state are far from over. here issious tin pavek at accuweather. >> thanks and good morning to you. it looks like one extreme to the other on the way for the south plains whereas we've been tracking dry conditions and drought major drought, in fact. now we're switching gearser and we're moving it to flash flooding potential. this become a l lelihood later on thursday into friday and saturday. two to f fe inches of rain alone on thursdada could cause some rivers to jump out of their banks butut i'm po more concerned about the addddional rain friday into saturday which is going to leave somebody with over a foot of water.

and then we're also watching the tropics. this is patricia moving off to the north and west expected to bend back north into mexico and bring additional rains into the southern u.s. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you. a stinningew study about the use of marin in our country. nearly 10% of u.s. adults more than 22 million people say they use pot those numbers represent a doubling in the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an increasingly permissive view about the drug which is legal in 23 states for medicinal states. recreational use is legal in four states. new science is revealing why so many of us can't get enough cheese. researchers say cheese is just as addictive as some drugs and it affected the same areas of our brain. one scientist calls cheese dairy crack. i think that's a good term because i think it's true. he says a protein component is concentrated during the cheese making process and the brain

i'm also addicted to crack mac and cheese. i wonder what's in that little powdery mix. >> i don't want to know but it is so delicious.s. >> i alsoo like brie andndcheddar. >> we can g g on all day w wh that. munster is great. well, t tre could be moror anges coming to the mcdonald's menu. e company reportedly going to offer $2 for two value menu including items like a small fry and mcdouble which includes cheese. just last month, they launched all day breakfast and a handful of stores now have monster energy drinks on the menu. the turn aroundlayers to be working. their stock hit a record high last week. >> i hope you can get a breakfast burrito or something. >> at all hours. all right. youtube is offering a new subscription service. for $10 a month subscribers can watch videos ad free and save videos to watch later on their

>> i was watching gwen stefani's new video. >> did you have to sit through ads? >> i did have to. >> sports with reena can only start with one thing. baseball's new national league champion the new york mets. >> big night for mets. we're excited about this one. they were looking to advance to the world series for the first time in ten years, and boy they got right to work in the first. i'm sorry, it was the first time in 15 years. it's been awhile. very long time. lucas duda slamming a three-run home run. next batter travis dar knono made it 0 with another homer. in the eighth inning, daniel murphy made history crushing a home run for the sixth straight postseason game making it-1. they held on to win 8-3. the mets might either the royals or blue jays in the world series starting next tuesday and to the cubs i say, next year in jerusalem. you never know.

and speaking of these two teams, the blue jays were facing eliminatn but blew their game with the royals open in the sixth inning. they scored four times to open a 5-0 lead. the jays tacked on two more along the way to a 7-1 victory. they trail the series 3-2 with game six tomorrow night in kansas city. >> there you go. no matter who makes it all the franchises have not won in an xwhil. >> to cubs fans out there, boy was it a good year for you guys. go jerusalem. and also, go cubs because they've made more progress than the hover board has in 30 years. >> good point. there you go. cubs are well on their way like they always say there, maybe next year. >> or in jerusalem. coming up "the mix," sesame street's new character and the essons we can all learn from her. >> also has chris rock mellowed since the laststime he hosted the oscars? hollywood buzzing aboutut his rerern to the a ademy award stage.

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a marine pilot has been killed in the crash of an f/a-18 jet near a british air base. the aircraft was returning to its home base in california after deployment to bahrain when

that pilot was part of a group of so-called red devil pilots that supported u.s., iraqi and coalition air strikes. >> secretary of state john kerry meets in berlin today with israel prime minister benjamin met net over the middle east cris. complicating matters netanyahu's comments blaming a former palestinian leader for inspiring the locaust. those comments quickly denounced by israeli historians. >> now to a rare loooo insidid one ofofhe most oppressiveeations in the world. myanmar. >> tens of thousands are risking their lives trying to escape persecution in the country. abc's bob woodruff traveling to a place most journalists are not allowed to go. >> reporter: we're on our way into a highly repressive area of myanmar to see first-hand what is happening with the rohingya minority. a population of over 1 million people, desperate and on the ve. willing to risk death and slavery to escape.

allowed in this area. matt smith, an activist and founder of fortify rights, is taking us in. not an easy trip to get. >> it's so bad here, the best option is to force death, torture or other abuses at sea and in thailand, just to escape. >> reporter: this has been called the world's largest outdoor prison, home to over 140,000. they cannot leave the camps to atatnd school, work or seek medical carere children born in the camps are not isised birth certificatete >> they are surviving on very little. very little. >> reporter: we met a young mother of five. she and her children were stranded on a cargo boat for 50 days over the summer. your children were beaten by these traffickers? "yes," she said. "if they cried for rice or water, they were hit." trafficking is a big business here. if i wanted to be trafficked out of here, how much would it cost?

how much would i have to pay? he said it would cost me about 2,000 u.s. dollars. here in the camps, the rohingya children tell me they want to go home. but for now, they must stay in the camps, enjoying what they can. once the rain stops, thousands of men, women and children will take to the water again, willing to risk it all for a chance at a better life. bob woodruff, abc news, myanmar. >> they'veve been described as the world's least wanted and one of the most persecuted group of minority. just a heartbreaking scene there. great reporting by bob. >> absolutely. really was. >> coming up in our next half hour, the incredible survival story of a woman who was trapped in her car for nearly a week and how she's now going after general a major lawsuit saying it was responsible for the crash. but first, t oscars go to chris rock. the always edgy comedian tapped

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what a wonderful world music oh yeah prif every winter hollywood's best and brightest come out to celebrate the silver screen's best offerings of the year. there's one person who h h the tough job of entererining all the stars. this is a touou job. a job hosting the acadede awards. but this guy's solid as a rock. here's abc's ron claiborne. >> chris rock. >> reporter: that was ten years ago. chris rock tweeting look who's back #oscars. >> there's only four real stars. the rest are just popular people. okay? like clint eastwood is a star. that's a star, okay? toby mcguire is just a boy in tights. okay in. >> rock is sti best known for his edgy high velocity standup

comedy often about race. >> black movies don't have real names. you get names like barber shop. that's not a name. that's just a location. >> chris rock first hit it big in the early 1990s on saturday night live." >> here comes nat. >> he's now 50 years old. so has he llowed? >> measurement year they're going to give out oscars in the papaing lot. a drive through oscar lane. get your oscar and mcflurry and keep it moving. > probably not. we'll find out in february. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> i think he's a good pick. >> he's my favorite comedian. if i was wavering whether i would watch or not, definitely going to make me watch. >> i also loved ellen when she was there that time we hosted it, right? in our dreams. >> there it is. the only time we'll see that. at least me into new details on sesame street.

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and now it's time for "the mix." i do love my sesame street, especially the initiives they take. they've just introduced on wednesday morning a new character. i want you to meet, everyone, julia. their latest character and she has autism. she's a character with autism and they want tlp families deal with the stigma of autism. and she makes a point of talking about how sometimes she likes to play a little differently. she says just because she's not making eye contact with you doesn't mean she doesn't want to play with you. the researchers have worked three years in developing this initiative hoping to bring people together. even on social media they're using an the #seeee amazing.. children with autism are five times more likely to be bullied and they're hoping this character might take weight difficulties. >> what a great inclusive idea. count on sesame street to hook that up.

series and you know the flying cars haven't happened yet but we do have some self-tying shoes. remember those cool shows that marty mcfly? this is the first pair.of course, going to michael j. fox from his twitter page. he posted this video showing these cool new tied up -- all themselves. they do it all by themselves. which is what we were waiting for. they're called the nike mag and en he, later on he supported thth on jimmy kimmel. >> great. they made -- they make more sense. they'll only be available by foundation. them today. and they lace up. >> they place up on their own. >> yeah. >> wow. >> so cool. >> get me a pair.

i like the color, i like the style. >> very cool. not till next year. some of the money was going to go to his mike j. fox foundation which helps parkinsons. >> good cause, good shoes. love it. you can put your back into it. remember that song? >> that was a marathon runner back into it for his dating fe. heecided he's going to run this marathon and husband his back as a personal ad for dating. it kind of worked. he got 12 facebook friend requests from women and they noticed his shirtless aand he said that the conversations have been promising. he actually met with one of the women who reaped out to him. >> the things guys do. the things guys do to get noticed. >> your back can be a billboard

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this morning on "world news now," tough questions today for hillary clinton. members of congress want answers about the deadly benghazi attack again. the political firestorm for the democratic front-runner just hours from now. clinton's democratic rival joe biden deciding he's not running for president. biden's gut wrenching decision and what it means for the entire presidential race. >> and new this half hour, cries for help moments after a plane crash. >> a 14-year-old girl's pleas to 911 operators after her fatherer small plane crash.h. the critical momomts for first responders trying to locate her. >> and later the personal decision made by lamar odom and khloe kardashian after his trip to a brothel and brush with death. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, october 22nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning on this very

>> and i'm phillip mena. we begin in washington where hillary clinton heads to capitol hill this morning where she will face intense questioning on the benghazi attack. >> yeah, her supporters say the appearance before the republican-led committee is all about politics. abc's serena marshall has a preview. reporter: eight houou at least in front of the house select committee on benghazi for democratic front-runner hillary clinton. investigating the september 11th, 2012 attacks that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. it was the first time in three decades that an american diplomat died overseas in 2013, clinton took responsibility. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> reporter: today clinton will be questioned by seven republicans and five democrats

minutes and dodot expect questions about clinton's private e-mail unless they're directly related to benghazi. >> chairman trey gowdy looking for answers to new evidence. >> none of the seven previous committees bothered to access the-mails of our ambassador. if you want a wiow into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails? >> as for clinton, she isn't expecting to add much. >> i've already testified about benghazi. i testified to the best of my ability before the senate and the house. i don't know that i have much to add. >> reporter: the pressure is on the committee accused of playing politics during an election year to produce new evidence. and for clinton, after a strong showing at the first debate and officialalord that vice president biden isn't t nning a succesesul day means clearinin her third political hurdle in recent weeks. serena marshall, abc news, washington. >> thank you.

also on capitol hill, congressman paul ryan is getting support from a key group of republicans in his bid for speaker. two-thirds of the freedom caucus, a group of about 40 lawmakers agreed last night to back ryan as the speaker and while that's good news for ryan, it's still not enough to ensure that he will be elected. >> on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, that big announcement from vice president joe biden making the painstaking decision not to run for president. a white house spokesman says president obama served as a sounding board as biden considered mounting what would have been his third presidential campaigngn it's your voice, your vote. and abc's s nathan carl was there for biden's big announcement. >> reporter: with his wife and his boss at his side, joe biden walked into the rose garden, the final steps on a painful journey. he and his family were finally prepared to run, but he concluded, the window has simply closed. >> unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination.

he had desperately wanted to run for president -- he had even talked to supporters about launching a campaign -- but always hanging over his decision was the grief surrounding the death earlier this year of his son, beau. you could see biden still struggling with the loss in an interview last month with h stephen colbert. >> but i find myself -- yoyo understand it, i -- just sometimes, it just sort of overwhelms you. >> reporter: in the rose garden, with virtually all of the president's and vice president's senior advisers looking on, biden said his family is now in a better place. >> sooner, rather than later, when you think of your loved one, it brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes. well, that's where the bidens are today, thank god. >> reporter: in fact, much of biden's announcement sounded like a campaign speech, including two clear messages to hillary clinton. one on what she said in last week's debate, when asked to name her favorite enemies.

the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the iranians, probably the republicans. >> i don't think we shld look at republicans as our enemies. they are our opposition. they are not our enemies. and for the sake of the country, we have to work together. >> shortly after biden walked out of the roz garden, he received a call from hillary clinton who then put out a statement praising him saying, i am confident that history isn't finished with joe biden. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. breaking news from new mexico where an albuquerque police officer has been shot. investigators say the officer r was hit several times after making a traffic stop. the suspect considered armed and dangerous, is still on loose. residents are being warned to stay behind their locked doors. >> also from albuquerque, breaking news in that deadly road rage shooting that left a 4-year-old girl dead.

police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after they say he confessed to the shooting. lilly garcia was riding in the back of her dad's truck when he was forced out of his lane by another driver. the two exchanged words, and then police say torrez fired into garcia's truck hitting the little girl. we're now hearing the brave 911 call made by a 14-year-old girl who had just survived a small plane crash. the teen was f fing with her father last week in idaho when their p pne went down. despite the traumatic event, she made a call for help. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> my dad had a plane crash and i don't know where we are. >> she stayed on the line while >> a search plane located them and directed a rescue team on the ground. during that time, the girl tried cpr on her father four times but despite her efforts, he passed away. extreme weather making a real mess in the southwest. hail was a problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the

there was also large hail and strong wind in the el paso, texas, area. the storms in the region are far from over. justin povick at accuweather has more. hey, justiti good morning. >> rina and phillip, thanks and goododorning to you. very concerning what's going on over the south plains with the potential for flash flooding in very heavy rainfall and mind you, this is an area that has been in a drought for the past couple of months. heavy rains will continue here through texas into the weekend. we also have patricia which is making its move off to the north and west bending back into mexico as a hurricane. later on this week. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. hands free technology is apparently not the ultimate solution for distracted driving. a new study found it can take 27 seconds for a driver using voice commands to regain full alertness. researchers say people blew through stop signs and had close calls and traveled the length of three football fields all because their text or call was

still on their mind. the aaa study also found the type of system in your car also impacted the level of distraction. >> u.p.s. has agreed to return more than $4 million to settle accusations over overcharging. the lawsuit was brought by government customers in 14 states claiming they paid premium prices for overnight deliveries that did not arrive on time. the suit also charged that u.p.s. employees falsified delivery records preventing customers from getting refunds. that's not cool. >> huh-uh. what is cool, the nfl week seven, that gets under way tonight which basicacay that means there's s ill a long, long way to go before the super bowl. but preparations for that t y are well under way. >> case in point, kitten bowl 3. it was filmed yesterday here in new york, plenty of cute kittens running around in kitten sized stadium. they were climbing on the uprights and playing with little footballs just having a great time and looking for dan harris. he loves cats.

>> that's right. >> the kitten bowl is meant as a way of getting these cats into permanent homes. which that's the cool part of it. it will air on the hallmark channel on february 7th. of course, that is the day of the super bowl. >> they are very cute. i'd love to adopt all of them. >> that's such a great idea. thth had the puppy bowl for a while and now theheve got the kikien bowl. >> spread the love. i'd like that one. >> it's a great causus peel yourselelaway from the game at halftime i guess so able to check it out. >> sounds good. coming up in "the skinny," the time travelers from "back to the future" a little confused about 2015. their laughs with jimmy kimmel. >> also ahead, the science of fear. take a trip inside a university laboratory dedicated to scaring people. could fright actually be good for you? >> but first a real-life scare for a woman trapped in her car for six days after an accident. her crippling injuries and her lawsuit against an automaker. that's after a look at today's national forecast map. you're watching "world news now."

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doctor, hurt and bleeding." how do you survive that? >> the sheer will to live. hoping to see my kids again. >> reporter: her lawsuit just filed alleges that the power steering and electronic stability control failed. >> we think that had these failures not occurred, then this crash wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: in fact, gm has issued safety recalls for the same problems she alleges she had with the 2009 malibu, but she says, she got her first recall letter from gm nearly threremonths after her accident. the second, just weeks ago. what is your message now to gm? >> basically, why did this happen? >> reporter: and now gm tells us it is taking this very, very seriously but they want to look at that car to see what happened and why. reena and phillip. >> thank you so much for that. >> kristin hopkins is now 3 inches taller because of the prosthetic legs and while she's

going through this rehabilitation, her kids were sent to live with her etch husband while she's recovering. >> that must be hard. >> absolutely. >> hard to do. her attorney apparently saying they hope maybe this teaches gm a lesson not to wait so long to issusua recall. >> maybe it will. coming up, khloe kardashian and lamar odom retetnking their vorce. >> and the actress who calls out a magazine for how they photoshopped her figure. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.ocks. places where fish swim and birds fly. story is made. art is created. things happen that should always be remembered. heroes emerge. a woman sets people free. a man makes light. a leader steps forward. it can be a place, a feeling, a state of mind. so get up. get out there, and find your r rk.

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skinny, so skinny >> kim kardashian celebrated her35th birthdadayesterday with a surprise birthday bash thrown by kanye. >> one guest was notably absent, her sister khloe. she remains by lamar odom's side as he recovers from an apparent overdose. >> the formerly eranged husband and wife were headed for divorce but yesterday they put all that on hold. khloe's attorney successfully petitioned the county court to pull their divorce papers. >> they filed in 2013 but remain legally married. khloe has had to make his medical decisions while he was in a coma for four days. he is reportedly still on dialysis but is recovering which is great news. >> so many people really pulling for him and a lot of people happy to see thehere back togethth. love can conquer a a. it can help a lot of people. >> you hope so. >> zendaya is known for her

advocacy for positive body image. and i sure love this story because she's speaking out once again after discovering how a major fashion magazine photoshoped her body. she's only 19 years old and the actress landed a cover of and shocked to learn her thighs and torso ha have been photoshoped to look thinner. >> she release the before and after shots. these are the things that make women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty have and thanked the magazine for pulling the manipulated imageses a 19-year-old already getting photoshoped. >> way to go for her for putting the pressure on the magazine and saying that's not my body because most people would not do that. >> that's darn right. you get a chance to be in a magazine, photoshop all you want. definitely giving a better view for all the young women out there. >> yesterday was "back to the future" day.

brown traveled to the future. last night on jimmy kimmel live" had he made it from hill valley in 1985 to brooklyn. >> having just time traveled 30 yeyes they were confusedednd disappointed with our apparent lack of pment ininhe time being. >> apparently, the technological this era are somewhat underwhelming. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now that happen. >> that was a great moment. >> yep. >> also guests on the show last night was democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders who earlier in the evening had a chance to talk about the future with the man who knkns best, of course, doc brown. >> some similarities thehe. that's a cool pictutu. >> it sure is. and bernie sanders he might be getting some competition from

>> at last night's 30th anniversarscreening here in new york, our skinny street team hit the red carpet and caught up with goldie wilson, the young diner worker from "back to the future" who ended up mayor of hill valley and we got the exclusive on his campaign policy. >> as the mayor of hill valley in the future, i wanted to reign spreep over traffic issues in the air. progress is my middle name. honesty, decency, integrity. vote for goldie. >> heard it here first, fofos. vote for goldie. progress i ihis middle name. if you were banking on biden, you've got to just go with goldie. >> there's some room in the race now. and did you enjoy your "back to the future" day? >> i loved that movie, everything about it. too bad it's over. cubs didn't win. >> all right. coming up, how getting scared

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this time of year, plenty of us love to get creeped out. and if you ever wondered why that is, the answer could be biological. >> abc's nick watt spent some time with researchers and as it turns out, getting scared might actually be good for you. aah! ? >> reporter: why, oh, why, do we do this to ourselves? the answer might lurk right here. let's rewind. >> let's get this ovov with. >> nice to see you. >> hi. >> reporter: i'm in a makeshifif lab in the basement of the scare house, halloween attraction with two university of pittsburgh scientists who think getting scared. >> hi, might actually be good for us. so i'm a guinea pig in your experiment. >> absolutely or you will be once you sign this consent form. >> then a series of prescare house stress tests including

holding hands with one of the scientists while listening to ugly noises. they've been wiring up a few volunteers like me. i'm going in. >> no, no, no, no, no, no. >> i jumped so hard, i pulled my finger monitor o o. m not sure it surviv going to take manynyood readingsgs this place is only open 24 days a year and the run up to halloween has amazing sets and 100 actors and margie kerr, one of the designers of this terror fest who just wrote a book aptly nameded "scared." >> our thinking brain is taking a break. all of the worry and concern gets pushed to the side because our body wants to prioritize things that help us survive. >> reporter: my post scare house analysis -- >> i didn't flinch at all with the noises. i should be more chilled because i've just been scared half to death. this r rlly might be good fofo

>> hi. happy halloween. nick watt, abc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> oh! >> no thank you. no thank you. my brain can take breaks in other ways. >> wow. >> look, it's already getting weird. >> it's pretty spooky. it's getting very weird. this earthquake that's happening. > starting to get the fear. >> i think our eyes are going to be killed by this light right here. >> there you go. no possible way we're going to be able to read what's in front of us. thanks a lot, guys. >> i've just been blinded by the light. >> i have no idea. go to social media. you know what it is. i can't see anymore. >> scary. scary stuff. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for

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>> i'm reena ninan. here's some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." polices in albuquerque have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder in a case of deadly road rage that left a 4-year-old girl dead. details in just a moment. >> bowing out, joe biden decides not to run for president removing a potential obstacle for hillary clinton. the vice president said he was ready to run after grieving the death of his son but it was now simply too late. a new government study finds nearly 10% of u.s. adults say they use marijuana. that's doubling the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an increasingly permissive view about the drug. >> and thanks to their win over the cubs last night, the mets are heading to the world series for the first time in 15 years. new york's daniel murphy made history hitting a home run for the sixth straight postseason game.

the mets will face either the royals osh the blue jays. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd.osh the blueueays. those ararsome of our top stories on this thururay, october 2222.rosh the blue jays. those are somemef our top stories on this thursday, , october 22nd. ththblue jays. thososare some of our top stories on this s ursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. we begin this half hour with eaking news from albuquerque where police have arrested and charged a man in a case of deadly road rage. >> 4-year-old lilly garcia was a passenger in her father's truck when she was shot and later died from her injuries. abc'elizabeth hur has details. >> reporter: seeking justice for lilly garcia, police asked the public for help identifying her killer. described as a white or hispanic man in his mid 20s to early 30s. last seen driving a dark red toyota sedan with a spoiler and tinted windows. shortly after making the plele police say t ts led detectives to this. >> they observed a subject that t appeared to match ththidentity the person they werlooking for. the car pulled over without incident. and the individual was taken

conscious. she's going to be 4 years of age. >> reporter: police say lilly was sitting with her 7-year-old brother in the back seat of the pickup truck when the suspect drove up and opened fire. lilly's father saw her bleeding and pulled over. >> there's an adult holding what looks like an unresponsive child. >> i'm going to need the freeway shut down. >> reporter: for hours police shut down the busy i-40 highway sweeping an the area for the suspected gununn, to no avail. >> we ststl need tips. >> a go fund me pagegeas been set up to pay for her funeral and police continue to ask anyone with knowledge of the shooting to do the right thing. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances is going to live with that father for the rest of his life. >> reporter: but late wednesday, police announced their search is

and her killer was under arrest. now, on the phone lilly's father told abc news lilly just started school two days ago adding she was very bright, she was very smart, and she was his world. reena and phillip, back to you >> thanks, elizabeth. more breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighng for his life after being shot multiple times during a traffic stop. dozens of officersthroughout the area joined the hours long search for the suspect who was considered armed and dangerous who is now in custody. we're expecting more about the suspect in the coming hours. the new york police department is also being rocked by a tragic shooting. the suspect in the killing of an nypd officer was arraigned last night in a courtroom packed with cops. career criminal tyrone howard is charged with first degree murder. with more on the death of the officer, here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: gunshots and grief captured on police radio.

>> 10-4, i got a cop down! >> reporter: playing out in real shootout that claims the life of new york police officer randolph holder. his partner breathless and in distress. >> my partner is down! >> reporter: it started out as a gunfight between rival gangs tuesday night. >> we heard a bunch of gunshots. it was pretty chaotic. one of them reportedly stealing a bike at gunpoint. holder spots the suspect, tyrone howard. and then, an exchange of gun fire. >> a recovered firearm with blood on it and a bicycle. >> reporter: holder suffers a fatal bullet in the forehead. >> four police officers murdered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> reporter: as his body left the hospital, dozens of officers silently saluted holder, a third generation police officer. >> he should have been closing on a house in the next month. all of those dreams went down the drain. >> reporter: police say the suspect was a career criminal. previously convicted of a drug

bust, a judge opted to put him in rehab instead of behind bars. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the surviving brother in that upstate new york church beating has given the first public account of what happened. christopher leonard says he was first punched in the stomach by a church member. then his parents and half sister attacked him. he was then placed in another room with ear plugs so he couldn't hear what was going on. when he returned his brother was not breathing. > hours from now hillary clinton takes a break from campaigning to go before the benghazi committee on capitol hill. she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they are pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics. >> in moscow, russian president

bashar al assad at the kremlin. it was his first known trip outside syria since the civil war in his country began four years ago. they discussed russia's air campaign over syria in a meeting the white house is calling "unproductive." >> six more people arrested in connection with the prison escape of mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. one man identified as the mastermind of the jail break and another suspect is believed to be el chapo's brother-in-law accused of supervise ago the mile long tunnel used as an escape route. nearly two dozen prison officials and employees are also facing charges. the vatican is denying a report that the pope is in ill health sayinhe's perfect. italian newspaper reported pope francis has a small but curable brain tumor. the vatican spokesman called the story completely unfounded, irresponsible and inexcusable. some extreme weather right now after the aftermath of another deadly typhoon in the

through on sunday leaving behind extensive damage and plenty of flooding. the death toll climbed to nearly 40 and expected to go higher as remote areas are accessed. more than 100,000 people were forced out of their homes. this was the 12th major storm to hit the philippines this year. in the southwestern u.s., hail was a problem in new mexico. in some areas hail was egg sized. there was also hey storms and winds in the el paso, texas area. the region is in for more extreme weather because of a tropical storm system. justin povick at accuweather has the details. >> good morning to you. once again, we're tracking the tropics in the latest on patricia has it moving off to the north and west and again, this could cause some major flash flooding throughout mexico, eventually some of the rains getting pulled off to the north into the gulf of mexico and even before that happens, we are concerned about major flash

saturday. reena and phillip, back to you >> justin, thank you. here's one for the dumb criminals file comes to us from houston. >> a couple of guys tried to rip off coach's sports bar and grill after breaking through the door. they tried to get into the atm but could not. one of them falling over trying. they also tried to take down a big tv but ultimately they failed. >> crazy, scary. i mean you just don't think it's ever going to happen at a place that you work or anything that you're associated with. >> when i saw the guy fall, i thought it couldn't happen to a better person. >> one of the crooks he was nice enough to look straight into the security camera. while he was behind the bar. now you try to cover your face there you go. coach's, that establishment they're offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of these geniuses. good luck to them. >> not exactly oceans 11.

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they're hoping to use the images to track the health and growth of the orcas over time. >> a warning about a popular over the counter cold medicine called corycidin. it comes in pill form or syrup form and when taken with soda to get high, it can cause serious problems including hallucination. at least five teens were hospitalized in one northern california district alone. all right. a recent survey conducted by rutgers university says that 95% of high school students admitted to some form of cheating. > that includes tests, plagiarism on papers or copying homework. but hacking into school software to straighten up straight up change your grade is as severe as it can get. three students are now finding that out the hard way. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: three new york students trading the classroom for the courtroom. facing serious charges for allegedly hacking into their long island high school's computer system. officials saying daniel soares

used his cyber skills to boost grades for himself and a friend as well as access class schedules of hundreds of other students. his alleged accomplices eric vaysman and alex mosquera, all 17 years old. >> soares, the alleged mastermind now facing charges, including burglary, computer tampering and identity theft. some now calling him a modern darris bueller. >> i've got it right here in front of me. he has missed nine days. >> i asked for a car. i got a computer. >> but officials say this is no laughing matter. the school district confirming types of information that may have been viewed include student id numbers, name, address, contact information, and student schedules. >> we're waiting for a full investigation to be done, and he maintains his innocence.

new york. >> we should highlight the teens have pleaded not guilty and have been released on bond. >> if convicted soar el ed faces up to seven years behind bars. >> the other two looking up to four years in prison. the school district says they have beefed up security since the breach. you're smart enough to pull that off, you're smart enough to do what you got to do the right way. >> a lot of people feel like they can cheat and get away with it and get ahead. that's unfortunate. >> excellent example of that not being the case. >> coming up, celebrating back to the future with the people that matter most. >> we caught up with all the stars of the films, plus their super fans last night. find out why michael j. fox still prefers the walkman to the ipod. "world news now" continues after this from our abc

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it comes to this movie and only this movie. >> i dress for marty for halloween a lot of years. >> you control your future and your destiny so you have to go out and make it a good one. >> it surprised me about 15 years ago when i realized it was going to last. it's lasted now all these years. >> 30 years after the opening of a film that's still -- >> it means more to them than just a show. it's part of their lives and that's an amazing privilege as an actor. you don't get that many chances to make that kind of connection. >> it's a mashup of all these different genres that just plays through almost effortlessly. i found my father's high school yearbook when i was visiting my parents. my father i discovered had been the president of his graduating class and i wondered wow, i didn't like the president of my graduating class. if i'd have gone to school with my dad, would i have been friends with him and that's when lightning struck. >> it's exciting that people out here that you guys are out here. thank you and you still want to

watch the movie and share it with your family. >> it's an iconic film and words can't even begin to describe how amazing it is. >> marty, yeah. i'm just visiting just for a couple hours. >> i hear there's a secret that nike's going to really come out with those shoes. >> are those the self-lacing nikes? >> fashion that you wish is still here? i'm still into the big hair. check it out! big hair. not giving it up. >> my kids make fun of me when i talk about the ipod. i call it a walkman. and they like roll their eyes. >> walkman were advanced technology. >> you have to rewind it. >> it was pathetic. >> thank you. >> that was really cool.

i mean, we just drove here from brooklyn from the kimmel show. took us an hour. an hour and 15 minutes. hover board i could have been here in about ten. >> probably the hover board. i like the hover board. >> you've got the fish tail design i see. >> how does it taste? >> i don't know. i'm not going to open it. just going to have to guess about it. i'm curious but at the same time i'm not trying to open it. >> it probably tastes terrible now if it's from back then. >> definitely. it's perfect still. >> the delorean is a legendary vehicle in my mind. that's a key player. >> if you could ask doc one question, what would it be? >> how does it feel to know so much from so many different time periods? >> what caused him to slip and bump his head because had he not slipped and fallen, he never would have come up with a flux capacitor. >> a genius ahead of his time, really, ahead.times.

knock the ball out of one of the guy's hands and let the mets win tonight. that's all. >> what do you say to haters of the third movie. >> how could anyone hate -- will the cubs come back from 3-0? >> absolutely. >> it's going to happen. it's 2015. there's no reason for it not to happen. it's 2015. >> you have to root for the cubs. >> and strike three called. and the mets are on their way back. >> oh. we got some things right. >> some things. but that was interesting though that the cubs got so close to this premonition or whatever you want to call it. >> the foreign correspondent within me wants to know what doc felt when they got gadhafi. are the libyans still chasing him? >> that we find out in back to the future 4. when they capitalize onall of this stuff, which they should do very soon. coming up, saving for the future. >> and you won't need a

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finally this half hour, we're going to take a look at the financial challenge of raising children. >> each little one will cost you an average of a quarter million dollars until they're 18. that does not even include college. abc's rebecca jarvis has a new way to lock up a secure future for your kids. >> reporter: meet adorable charli massey. the 3-month-old has her future ahead of her. the challenge for mom sharon and dan craig is how to pay for that future. >> you want the best for your kids and you want better for your kids than you had. >> reporter: babies come with considerable price tags. according to government studies, the average cost of raising a

child to age 18 is $250,000. fortunately, to help baby charli's parents, we just who to call. catherine alford, a financial writer and mother of 18-month-old twins who specializes in family finance. >> hi, guys. how are you today in >> step one says catherine, start an education fund. beyond a 529 plan, catherine likes to advise couples to invest in a mutual fund in a child's name. >> the benefit of that is that they can use that money for anything so if they want to go on a trip or study abroad, they can do that. >> reporter: step two, don't splurge on luxuries like too many baby gadgets or annual over the top birthday parties. >> get used to the idea of minimalism. there is so much pressure to have the most amazing birthday parties. >> step number three, consider investing in a rental property. >> the key is to buy a home with a 15-year mortgage. by the time they're 18 and going to college, the mortgage is totally paid for and it just becomes a cash generating property.

come with downsides notes catherine but it's a risk that can prove worthwhile for a baby's future. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> another reason i don't have any kids. wow. that is something. >> don't let the money hold you back. >> 30% on housing, child care 18%, food another 16%. mom, dad, buy me jordans. >> you know, i always like to factor in grandma. >> look, you're able to figure it out very nicely. >> that's because i live in downtownton abby. >> there you go. >> and i borrow the middleton's, prince william's carriage. >> she's got it all figured out. >> actually it's prince george's carriage..

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this morning on "world news now," joe biden's emotional decision. >> why he's not running for president despite personal and political pressure. what fcandidates are saying now after this long-await campaign move. breaking developments in the road rage case in albuquerque. what police announced a short while ago after a 4-year-old girl riding in a car was shot and killed. mets victory for the first time in 15 years. the team is going to the world series. the exciting moments in chicago and which player made history. and later, oscar's comeback. chris rock returns to host the next academy awards. the humor we can expect from the so-caused mvp of the entertainment world. it is thursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone on this thursday. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena.

we were just talking about the baseball game. >> i'm surprised you made it in. >> well, we stayed up to watch it, that's for sure. people here in new york are obviously excited the mets are moving onto the world series. that's just new york. the rest of the country i think were pulling for the cubs who hadn't won since 2008 and that's going to continue. >> how much did the pulling for the "back to the future" movie? people wanted to see that happen. >> it was a convergence which we know did not happen and that combined with the fact they hadn't won for so long of was -- so long everyone was rooting for them but here in new york mets fans are happy. we turn now and begin with politics and the end of a political guessing game that has gripped the country for months. joe biden announcing that he will not run for president. >> we had been waiting for this one. will he, won't he. aides close to the president say he did not make up his mind till tuesday night simply saying it was too late to launch a

successful bid. it's "your voice, your vote," and abc's kenneth woten has the latest. >> reporter: still grieving the loss of his son, vice president joe biden says his time to jump into the race has passed. >> it may very well be that process, by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president. i've concluded it has closed. >> reporter: he stood with president obama and his wife in the rose garden of the white house, but only biden spoke about his decision just a few months after his son beau died. >> beau was our inspiration. unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. >> reporter: getting into the race now would have been a major challenge for biden. our new abc news/"washington post" poll shows the vp with 16% support for the nomination versus hillary clinton's 54%.

interest in his candidacy. people had second thoughts about hillary clinton and weren't sure about bernie sanders as an alternative. then debate happened. >> reporter: clinton called biden and tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better. donald trump said biden made the correct decision. >> and frankly i really want to run against hillary. i really do. >> reporter: and more reaction to biden's announcement poured in. the draft biden super pac said it was grateful for supporters and bernie sanders thank biden for a lifetime of public service. >> kenneth, thank you. as for the republicans, donald trump is the clear front-runner according to our latest poll. 42% say trump is most likely to win the gop nomination. just 15% say carson will get it. and 43% say trump has the best chance of winning the general election against a democratic opponent. ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz and carly fiorina are way behind trump. hillary clinton takes a

break from the campaign trail today to go before the benghazi committee on capitol hill. for the an least eight hours, she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats from seven republicans and five democrats. about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they're pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics. wikileaks has published what appears to be hacked information from the personal e-mail account of cia director john brennan. the cia is calling the postings a crime. they apparently include his security clearance application when he was seeking a job as white house counter-terrorism advisor. the hacker claims to be a teenager protesting u.s. foreign policy. there's no information it is classified. and breaking news from albuquerque in the case of road rage ended with a 4-year-old girl shot to death. police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after a search on tuesday afternoon. as ryan owens reports, the death

of that little girl has rocked the entire community to its core. >> reporter: she is the face of the most heartbreaking case of road rage anyone can remember. and word of a possible break in her murder. >> there's an adult holding, it looks like an unresponsive child. >> reporter: they also just released this 911 call of a motorist who saw what happened to 4-year-old lilly garcia. her father just picked her up from her second day of school on tuesday. she and her 7-year-old brother isaac riding in the back of this pickup when lily was shot in the head. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lily. >> reporter: albuquerque police say lily's father and another driver kept cutting each other off as they were approaching an exit on interstate 40. police say the other driver pulled up next to the family and opened fire. the police chief is still begging witnesses to come forward. this city coming together to catch a child killer.

>> so heartbreaking. and more breaking news from albuquerque albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot during a track stop. the eight-year veteran of the force was hit multiple times. a manhunt was launched for the suspect. with residents told to stay inside and lock their doors. the suspect now in custody. we expect to learn more about him later this morning. here in new york, a suspect in the murder of a police officer has been arraigned. tyrone howard still limping from a bullet wound to the leg was brought before the judge in a room packed with police. he's been charged with murder in the death of officer randolph holder. the empire state building going blue overnight in the officer's memory. according to nasa scientists, the los angeles area is likely to be hit by an earthquake measuring at least a magnitude 5 sometime in the next three years. they based their findings on how the earth's crust was changed by a 5.1 quake in that same area last march.

the probability at 85%. and in the southwest, some extreme weather. hail was the problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of an egg. at one point, the storm was so intense it forced some trucks off the road. there was also large hail and strong wind in the el paso, texas, area. the storms across the lone star state are far from over. here's justin past pavek at accuweather. >> thanks and good morning to you. it looks like one extreme to the other on the way for the south plains whereas we've been tracking dry conditions and drought major drought, in fact. now we're switching gears and we're moving it to flash flooding potential. this become a likelihood later on thursday into friday and saturday. two to five inches of rain alone on thursday could cause some rivers to jump out of their banks, but i'm more concerned about the additional rain friday into saturday which is going to leave somebody with over a foot

and then we're also watching the tropics. this is patricia moving off to the north and west expected to bend back north into mexico and bring additional rains into the southern u.s. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you. a stunning new study about the use of marin in our country. nearly 10% of u.s. adults more than 22 million people say they use pot. those numbers represent a doubling in the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an increasingly permissive view about the drug which is legal in 23 states for medicinal uses. recreational use is legal in four states. new science is revealing why so many of us can't get enough cheese. researchers say cheese is just as addictive as some drugs and affects the same areas of our brain. one scientist calls cheese dairy crack. i think that's a good term because i think it's true.

concentrated during the cheese-making process, and the brain treats it like morphine. i'm also addicted to crack mac and cheese. i wonder what's in that little powdery mix. >> i don't want to know but it is so delicious. >> i also like brie and cheddar. >> we can go on all day with that. muensters is great. well, there could be more changes coming to the mcdonald's menu. the company reportedly going to offer $2 for two value menu including items like a small fry and mcdouble which includes cheese. just last month, they launched all-day breakfast, and a handful of stores now have monster energy drinks on the menu. the turnaround appears to be working. their stock hit a record high last week. >> i hope you can get a breakfast burrito or something. >> at all hours. all right. youtube is offering a new subscription service. beginning next week, for $10 a month, subscribers can watch videos ad free and save videos to watch later on their tablet or phone. >> i was watching gwen stefani's

new video. very good. >> did you have to sit through ads? >> i did have to. >> $10 a month, no more. well, this morning's sports with reena can only start with one thing. baseball's new national league champion the new york mets. >> big night for mets. we're excited about this one. they were looking to advance to the world series for the first time in ten years, and boy they got right to work in the first. i'm sorry, it was the first time in 15 years. it's been awhile. very long time. lucas duda slamming a three-run home run. next batter travis dar know made it 4-0 with another homer. in the eighth inning, daniel murphy made history crushing a home run for the sixth straight post season game making it 8-1. they held on to win 8-3. the mets might either the royals or blue jays in the world series starting next tuesday and to the cubs i say, next year in jerusalem.

and speaking of these two teams, the blue jays were facing elimination but blew their game with the royals open in the sixth inning. they scored four times to open a 5-0 lead. the jays tacked on two more along the way to a 7-1 victory. they trail the series 3-2 with game six tomorrow night in kansas city. >> there you go. no matter who makes it all the franchises have not won in a while. >> i have to say to cubs fans out there, boy was it a good year for you guys. >> go jerusalem! >> go jerusalem. and also, go cubs because they've made more progress than the hover board has in 30 years. >> good point. there you go. cubs are well on their way like they always say there, maybe next year. >> or in jerusalem. coming up "the mix," sesame street's new character and the essons we can all learn from her. also has chris rock mellowed since the last time he hosted the oscars? hollywood buzzing about his return to the academy award stage.

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of so-called red devil pilots that supported u.s., iraqi and coalition air strikes. >> secretary of state john kerry meets in berlin today with israeli p pme minister benjamimi netanyahu u er the middle east crisis. complicating matters netanyahu's comments blaming a former palestinian leader for inspiring the holocaust. those comments quickly denounced by israeli historians. now to a rare look inside one of the most oppressive nations in the world. the souththstsian region of myanmar. >> tens of thousands are risking ththr lives trying to escape persecution in the country. abc's bob woodruff traveling to a place most journalists are not allowed to go. >> reporter: we're on our way into a highly repressive area of myanmar to see firsthand what happening with the rohingya minority. a population of over 1 million people, desperate and on the move. willing to risk death and slavery to escape.

journalists are almost never allowed in this area. matt smith, an activist and founder of fortify rights, is taking us in. not an easy trip to get. >> it's so bad here,e,he best option is to force death, torture or other abuses at sea and in thailand, just to escape. >> reporter: this has been called the world's largest outdoor prison, home to over 140,000. they cannot leave the camps to attend school, work or seek medical care. children born in the camps are not issued birth certificates. >> they are surviving on very little. very little. >> reporter: we met a young mother of five. she and her children were stranded on a cargo boat for 50 days over the summer. your childldn were beaten by these traffickers? "yes," she said. "if they cried for rice or water, they were hit." trafficking is a big business here. if i wanted to be trafficked out

how much would i have to pay? he said it would cost me about 2,000 u.s. dollars. hehe in the camps, the rohingya children tell me they want to go home. but for now, they must stay in the camps, enjoying what they can. once the rain stops, thousands of men, women and children will take to the water again, willing to risk it all for a chance at a better life. bob woodruff, abc news, myanmar. >> they've been described as thehe world's least wanted and one of the most persecuted group of minority. just a hrtbreaking scene there. great reporting by bob. >> absolutely. really was. well, coming up in our next half-hour, the incredible survival story ofof woman who was trapppp in her nearly a week and how she's now going after general motors in a major lawsuit saying it was responsible for the crash. but first, the oscars go to chris rock. the always edgy comedian tapped to host this year's academy

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music oh yeah every winter, hollywood's best and brightest come out to celebrate the silver screen's best offerings of the year. there's one person who has the tough job of entertaining all the stars. >> this is a tough job. a job hosting the academy awards. but this guy's solid as a rock. here's abc's ron claiborne. >> chris rock. >> reporter: that was ten years ago. chris rock tweeting look who's back #oscars. >> there's only four real stars. the rest are just populala people. okay? like clint eastwood is a star. that's a star, okay? toby mcguire is just a boy in tights. okay in. >> rock is still best known for his edgy high velocity standup comedy often about race. >> black movies don't have real

names. you get names like barber shop. that's not a name.e. that's just a location. >> chris rock first hit it big in the early 1990s on saturday night live." >> here comes nat. >> he's now 50 years old. so has he mellowed? >> measurement year they're going to give out oscars in the parking lot. a drive througugoscar lane. get your oscar and mcflurry and > probably not. we'll find out in february. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> i think he's a good pick. >> he's my favorite comedian. wavering whether i would watch or not, definitely going to make me watch. >> i also loved ellen when she was the that time we hosted it, right? in our dreams. >> there it is. the only time we'll see that. at least me. new details on sesame street. we'll be back. into new details on sesame street.

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. and now it's time for "the mix." i do love "sesame street". especially the initiatives they take. they've just introduced on wednesday morning a new character. i want you to meet, everyone, julia. their latest character and she has autism. she's a character with autism m and they want totoelp families al with the stigma of autism. and she makes a point of talking about how sometimes she likes to play a little differently. she says just because she's not making eye contact with you doesn't mean she doesn't want to play with you. the researchers have worked three years in developing this initiative hoping to bring people together. even on social media they're using the hash tag #seeamazing. they realize that children with autism are five times more likely to be bullied and they're hoping this character might take weight difficulties. >> what a great inclusive idea.

we know the cubs did not win the series and you know the flying cars haven't happened yet but we do have some,self-tying shoes. remember those cool shows that marty mcfly? this is the first pair -- of course, going to michael j. fox. from his twitter page. he posted this video showing these cool new t td up -- all themselves. they do it all by themselves. which is what we were waiting for. i think it's very cooling. they're called the nike mag and then later on, he sported them on jimmy kimmel. >> great. they made -- they make more sense.e. they'll only be available by ction which will benenit our foundation. mark parker from nike brought them today. and they lace up. >> they lace up on their own? >> yeah. see the thing? [ applause ] >> wow. >> so cool. . >> get me a pairir how do w wget a pair?

i like the color, i likekehe style. >> very cool. not till next year. some of the money was going to go to his mike j. fox foundation which helps parkinsons. >> good cause, good shoes. love it. you can put your back into it. remember that song? >> thahawas a marathon runnene back into it for hisisating life. he decided he's going to run this marathon and husband his back as a personal ad for dating. it kind of worked. he got 12 facebook friend requests from women and they noticed his shirtless ad and he said that the conversations have been promisisi. hehectually met with onenef the women who riechd out reach -- reached out to him. >> the things guys do. the things guys do to get noticed. >> your back can be a billboard for your dating life.

>> helps when you're in shape, this morning on "world news now," tough questions s day for hihiary clinton. members of congress want answers about the deadly benghazi attack again. the political firestorm for the democratic front-runner just hours from now. clinton's democratic rival joe biden deciding he's not running for president. biden's gut wrenching decision and what it means for the entire presidential race. and new this half-hour, cries for help moments after a plane crash. >> a 14-5ear-old girl's pleas to 911 operators after her father's small plane crash. the critical moments for first responders trying to locate her. and later, the personal decision made by lamar odom and khloe kardashian after his trip to a brothel and brush with death. that's in "the s snny" on this thursday, october 22ndnd from abc news, this the "world news now." >> good morning on this very

>> and i'm phillip mena. we begin in washington where hillary clinton heads to capitol hillllhis morning where she will face intenen questioning on the e benghazi attack. >> supporters say the appearance before the republican-led committee is all about politics. abc's serena marshall has a preview. >> reporter: eight hours at least in front of the house select committee on benghazi for democratic front-runner hillary clinton. investigating the september 11th, 2012, attacks that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. it was the first time in three decades that an american diplomat died over seas. clinton took responsibility. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or it was because of guys out for a walk one night decided they would go kill some ericans? what d dference at this point does it make?? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everytytng we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >> reporter: today clinton will be questioned by seven republicans and five democrats

on the panel, each getting ten minutes. and don't expect questions about clinton's ivate e-mail unless they're directly related to benghazi. >> chairman trey gowdy looking for answers to new evidence. >> none of theheeven previous committees bothered to access the e-mails of our ambassador. if you want a window into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails? s. >> as for clinton, she isn't expecting to add much. >> i already testified about benghazi. i testified to the best of my ability before the senate and the house. i don't know that i have much to add. >> reporter: the pressure is on the committee accused of playing politics during an election year to produce new evidence. for clinton after a strong showing at the first debate and president biden isn't running a successful day means clearing her third political hurdle in recent wee. serena marshall, abc news,

washington. >> thank you. also on capitol hill, congressman paul ryan is getting support from a key group of republicans in his bid for speaker. two-thirds of the freedom caucus, a group of about 40 lawmakers, agreed last night to back ryan as the speaker and while that's good news for ryan, it's still not enough to ensure that he will be elected. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, that big announcement from vice president joe biden making the painstaking decision not to run for president. a white house spokesman says president obama served as a sounding board as biden considered mounting what would have b bn his third presidential campaign. it's your voice, y yr vote. and abc's jonathan carl was there for biden's big announcement. >> reporter: with his wife and his boss at his side, joe biden walked into the rose garden, the final steps on a painful journey. he and his family were finally prepared to run, but he concluded, the window has simply closed. >> unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the

>> reporter: biden's friends say he had desperately wanted to run for president -- he had even talked to supporters about launching a campaign -- but always hanging over his decision was the grief surrounding the death earlier this year of his son, beau. you could see biden still struggling with the loss in an interview last month with stephen colbert. >> but i find myself -- you understand it, i -- just sometimes, it just sort of overwhelms you. >> reporter: in the rose garden, with virtually all of the senior advisers looking on, biden said his family is now in >> sooner, rather than later, when you think of your loved lips before it brings a tear to your eyes. well, that's where the bidens are today, thank god. >> reporter: in fact, much of biden's announcement sounded like a campaign speech, including two clear messages to hillary clinton. one on what she said in last

week's debate, when asked to name her favavite enemies. >ell, in addition to the nra, the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the iranians, probably the republicans. >> i don't think we should look at republicans as our enemies. they are our opposition. they are not our enemies. and for the sake of the country, we have to work together. >> shortly after he walked out of the rose garden he received a call from hillary clinton who then put out a statement praising him saying i am confident that history isn't finished with joe biden. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. breaking news from new mexico where an albuquerque police officer hasaseen shot. investigators say the officer was hit several times after making a traffic stop. suspect considered armed and dangerous is still on the loose. residents are being warned to

stay behind their locked doors. also from albuquerque, breaking news in that deadly road rage shooting that left a 4-year-o-o girl dead. police have arrested tony torrez d charged him with murder after theyeyay he confessed to the shooting. lilly garcia was riding in the back of her dad's truck when he was forced out of his lane by another driver. the two exchanged words, and then police say torrez fired into garcia's truck hitting the little girl. we're now hearing the brave 911 call made by a 14-year-old girl who just survived a small plane crash. the teen was flying with her father last ek in idaho when their plane went down. despite the traumatic event, she made a call for help. >> 911. what is your emergency? >> my dad had a plane crash, and i don't know where we are. >> she stayed on the line while a search plane located them and directed a rescue team on the ground. during that time, the girl tried cpr on her father four times but despite her r forts, he passed away. extreme weather making a real mess in the southwest. hail was a problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of eggs.

there was large hail and strong winds in the el paso, texas, area. the storms in the region are far from over. jujuin pavek at accu-weather has more. good morning. >> rina and phillip, thanks and good morning to you. very concerning what's going on over the south plains with the potential for flash flooding in very heavy rainfall and mind you, this is an area that has been in a drought for the past couple of months. heavy rains will continue here rough texas into the weekend. we also have patriria which is making its move off to the north d west bending back into mexico as a hurricane later on this week. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. hands-free technology is apparently not the ultimate solution for distracted driving. a new study found it can take 27 seconds for a driver using voice commands to regain full alertness. researchers say people blew rough stop signs and had close calls and traveled the length of three football fields all

because their text or call was still on their mind. the aaa study also found the type of system in your car also impacted the distraction. package delivivy giant u.p.s. has agreed to return more than $4 million to settle accusations over overcharging. the lawsuit was brought by government customers in 14 states claiming they paid premium prices for overnight deliveries that did not arrive on time. the suit also charged that u.p.s. employees falsified delivery records preventing g customers from getting refunun. that's not cool. >> huh-uh. what is cool, the nfl week seven, that gets under way tonight which basically that means there's still a long, long way to go before the super bowl. but preparations for that day are well under way. >> case in point, kitten bowl 3. it was filmed yesterday here in new york, plenty of cute kittens running around in kitten sized stadium. they were climbing on the uprights and playing with little footballs having a great time and looking for dan harris.

>> the kitten bowl is meant as a way of getting these cats into permanent homes. it will air on the hallmark channel on february 7th. that is the day of the super bowl. >> they are very cute. i'd love to adopt all of this em. >> that't'such a great idea. they had the puppy bowl for a while and now heavy got the kitten bowl. >> spread the love. i'd like that one. >> it's a great cause. peel yourself away from the game at halftime i guess so able to check it out. >> sounds good. coming up in "the skinny," the time travelers from "back to the future" a little confused about 2015. their laughs with jimmy kimmel. >> also ahead, the science of fear. take a trip inside a university laboratory dedicated to scaring people. could fright actually be good for you? but first, a real-life scare for a woman trapped in her car for six days after an accint. her crippling injuries and her lawsuit against an automaker. that's after a look at today's national forecast map.

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yep, it's a giant beehive. yep, it's a giant beehive. it's been plaguiui an orlando, florida, family. it's now gone from their backyard. the expert called in to remove the hive says he was impressed with its size, thought to weigh about 100 pounds, and swarming with tens of thousands of bees. they'll all be relocated. the wax recycled and the honey harvested. i wonder if it's really good honey. >> i don't know, but yuck. >> you'd rathenot know. >> i rather not. wait for it in aar. a consumer alert about a fire risk in millions of toyota cars and trucks.

the automaker is recalling 6.5 million cars worldwide becausese ofofower window switches that can overheat, melt and cause a fire. most of the cars are in north america and they include toyota's most popular compacts, sedans pickups and suvs. the problem is blamed on a factory error. one injury has been reported. >> another auto recall involving general motors is at the center of a lawsuit against the company. >> the woman who filed it claims her recall notice basically got her too late. gio benitez has the details. >> reporter: 45-year-old kristin hopkins survived six days trapped in her wrecked car and ultimately lost her legs below the knees, is taking on automotive giantm, claiming the 2014 accident was the company's fault. >> i woke up on the roof of my car because it was upside down. >> reporter: her 2009 chevy malibu plummting 300 feet from

this colorado road. the single mother of four writing on an umbrella, "need doctor, hurt and bleeding." how do you survive that? >> the sheer will to live. hoping t tsee my kids again. >> reporter: h h lawsuit just filed alleges that the power steering and electronic stability control failed. >> we think that had these failures not occurred, then this crash wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: in fact, gm has issued safety recalls for the same problems she alleges she had with the 2009 malibu, but she says, she e t her first rerell letter from gm nearly three months after her accident. the second, just weeks ago. what is your message now to gm? >> basically, why did this happen? >> reporter: and now gm tells us it is taking this veve, very seriously, but they want to look at that car to see what happened and why. reena and phillip. >> thank*you so much for that. kristin hopkins is now 3 inches taller because of the prosthetic legs and while she's going through this rehabilitation, her kids are sent to live with her

ex-husband while she's recovering. >> that must be hard. >> absolutely. >> hard to do. her attorney apparently saying they hope maybe this teaches gm a lesson not to wait so long to issue a recall. >> maybe it will. coming up, khloe kardashian and lamar odom rethinking their divorce. and the actrere who calls out a a gazine for how they photoshopped her figure. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.ocks. places where fish swim and birds fly. history is made. art is created. things happen that should ways be remembered. heroes emerge. a woman sets people free. a man makes light. a leader steps forward. it can be a place, a feeling, a state of mind. so get up. get out there,e,and find your park.

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skinny, so skinny >> kim kardashian celebrated her skinny, so skinny kim kardashian celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday with a surprise bash thrown by kanye. >> one guest was notably absent, her sister khloe. she remains by l lar odom's side as he recovers from an overdose. >> the formerly estranged husband and wife were headed for divorce. yesterday they put all that on hold. khloe's attorney successfully petitioned the county court to you their divorce papers. >> they initially filed i i 2013 but remain legally married. khloe has had to make his medical decisions while he was in a coma for four days. he is reportedly still on dialysis but is recovering which is great news. >> so many people really pulling for him and a lot of people happy to see they're back together. love can conquer all. can help a lot of peoplele

>> we hope so. zendaya is known for her advocacy for positive body image. she's speaking out once again after discovering how a major fashion magazine photo-shopped her body. she's only 19 years old and the actress landed a cover of " modelmodel "modeliste" magazine and shocked to learn her thighs and torso ha have been photoshopped to look thinner. >> she released the before and after shots. she e id, these are the things that makeke women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty we have and thanked the magazine for pulling the manipulated images. 19-year-old already getting photo-shopped. >> way to go for her for putting the pressure on the cover and saying that's not my body because most people would not do that. >> that's darn right. you get a chance to be in a magazine, you're like, yeah, photoshop all you want. no,, definitely giving a betttt view for all the young women out there. and yesterday was, of

brown traveled to the future. last night on "jimmy kimmel live," they made it from hill valley in 1985 to brooklyn. >> having just time traveled 30 years they were conf and disappointed with our apparent lack of development in the time being. >> apparently, the technological and cultural achievements of this era are somewhat underwhelming. [ applause ] >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now that happen. >> that was a great moment. >> yep. >> also guests on the show last night was democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders who earlier in the evening had a chance to talk about the future with the man who knows best, of course, d brown. >> some similarities there. >> that's a cool picture. >> it sure is.

and bernie sanders he might be getting some competition from a new candidate. >> at last night's 30th anniversary screening here in new york, our skinny street team hit the red carpet and caught up with goldie wilson, the young diner worker from "back to the future" who ended up mayor of hill valley. and we got the exclusive on hisisampaign policy. >> as s e mayor of hill valley in the future, i wanted to reign supreme over traffic issues in the air. progress is my middle name. honesty, decency, integrity. vote for goldie. >> heard it here first, folks. vote for goldie. >> heardprogress is his middle name. if you were banking on biden, you've got to just go with goldie. >> there's some room in the race now. and did you enjoy your "back to the future" day? >> i loved that movie, everything about it. too bad it's over. cubs didn't win. >> all right. well,

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this time of year, plenty of us love to get creeped out. and if you ever wondered why that is, the answer could be biological. >> abc's nick watt spent some time with researchers and as it turns out, getting scared might actually be good for you aah. >> reporter: why, oh, why, do we do this to ourselves? the answer might lurk right here. let's rewind. >> let's get this over with. >> nice to see you. >> hi. >> reporter: i'm in a makeshift lab in a basement of the scare house, halloween attraction with two university of pittsburgh scientist who think getting scared might actually be good for us. so i'm a guinea pig in your experiment. >> absolutely or you will be once you sign this consent form. >> then a series of prestress tests including holding hands with one of the scientists while listening to ugly noises.

volunteers like me. i'm going in. >> no, no, no, no, no, no. >> i jumped so hard, i pulled my finger monitor off. i'm not sure it survived or is going to take many good readings. this place is only open 24 days a year and the run up who halloween has amazing sets and 100 actors, and margi kerr, one fest who just wrote a book aptly named "scream." >> when we're scared, our thinking brain is taking a break. all of the worry and concern gets pushed to the side because our body wants to prioritize things that help us survive. >> reporter: my post scare house analysis -- i didn't flinch at all with the noises. i should be more chilled because i've just been scared half to death. this really might be good for us, and that's why we do it.

happy halloween. nick watt, abc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> oh! >> no thank you. no thank you. my brain can take breaks in other ways. >> wow into look, it's already getting weird. >> it's pretty spooky. it's getting very weird. this earthquake that's happening. > starting to get the fear. >> i think our eyes are going to be killed by this light right here. >> there you go. no possible way we're going to be able to read what's in front of us. thanks a lot, guys. >> i've just been blinded by the light. >> i have no idea. go to social media. you know what it is. i can't see anymore. >> scary. scary stuff. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. insomniacs for two decades. her nurse. her personal assistant.

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. i can't believe we broke old man hennessey's window correction dude, you broke. i just threw the ball. this is really bad. what are we going to do? dude, kiss your life goodbye. let's go. oh. keep smiling, keep shining knowing you can always count on me, for sure hi alive. >> truly is a miracle. i don't think i would have the wits about me to punch the shark and keep going. >> i'm wearing makeup. not very tough. >> confessions of an early morning anchor. >> that's what's making news in

making news in america this morning, benghazi testimony. hillary clinton is set to face a congressional panel again answering questions about the attacks that killed four americans. we're live in washington with what could be the biggest day in clinton's presidential campaign. breaking overnight, a confession in the road rage killing of a 4-year-old girl. the new picture of the suspect and what he told police. new this morning, left alone and locked inside a day-care center, police bust through the door finding the crying baby inside a dark room. so how did it happen? and world series bound. the mets derail the cubs' quest. all thhighlights and celebrations well into the night. >> on their way back. well, good thursday morning to you. hillary clinton hours away from a showdown on capitol hill. >> benghazi and e-mails have