after settininand passing deadlines, new hikes in the speculation. is he in or out? we're live in washington. breaking overnight, oscar pistorius releleed from custody after spending one year behind bars for killing his girlfriend. could he go back to prison? developing nowa muiriraculous turnaround for lamar odom. breathing on hiswn and flown to another location overnight, the new details just in. and "star wars: the force awakens," chewie, the lightsabers and princess leia. websites crashing and the fans buying more than 100 tickets at a time. hey, good tutuday morning with you. we begin with the rampant speculation about what joe biden is about to announce. >> the vice president is nearing a decision on a potential run for the white house but what he'll say and when h@'s say it,

the gun last night accidentally publishing a story headlined "biden to launch a presential campaign." the story quickly taken down andd the paper blbled it on a technical glitch, and abc's stephanie ramos is in washington with more on biden's next move, oh, lots of tongues wagging. >> reporter: that's definitely true. good morning, reena and kendis. still no word as to whether or not vice president joe biden will run, but he is under so intense presesre as to whether or not he'll jump p to this race fofopresident. will he or won't he join the 2016 presidential race? that is still the biggest question looming over vice president joe biden. >> this is an intensely personal decision for anybody to make. he understands theheime and pressure he's under but he will make a decision when he's prepared to make it. >> reporter: everyone but biden is weighing in on the decision especially supporters. >> it's about respect. >> reporter: two videos out, lots of questions. >> have you made your decision yet? >> reporter: and still no desion. but how about th?

potentially aimed at the two democratic front-runners, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> i don't consider republicans enemies. they're friends. >> reporter: a psible response totolinton's debate answsw when asked which enemy she is most proud of. >> probably the republicans. >> reporter: clinton later calling her answer tongue in self-dcribed democratic socialist bernie sanders? >> i'm not one of these guys, you know, let's go after the rich and powerful and they're the problem. they're not a problem. >> reporter: polling on the democratic side voters think hillary clinton is a stronger leader than biden but the vps more likable. we've learnrn biden recently sat down with potential supporters and democrats in early states, so we should hear a decision from him any day now patiently if there is such a thing. back to you. >> we have been patiently awaiting. stephanie ramos live in

thanks, steph. >> seems like we've been waiting a long time. on the republican side the two top gop presidential hopefuls are asking the government forecret service otection. the e quest from donald trtrp and ben carsrs being reviewed by the homeland security secretary and taxpayers would foot the bill for this. such requests are not unusual for front-runners at this point in the race. both candidates have made controversial comments about ethnic andndeligious groups, andnd both are attractctg large crowds. democratic presidential candidate jim webb may be ready to jump ship. webb is now considering running as an independent, and he's holding a news conference today to discuss his candidacy. webb repeatedly complained about not getting enouou talk time during last week's democratic debate. well, historic elections north of the border overnight with a landslide victory. justin trudeau becomes canada's second youngest ever prime minister. his liberal party agenda includes legalizing marijuana and taking in more refugees and beat out conservative stephen harper who had been in office for nearly ten years.

the 43-year-old trudeau is following in his famous father's footste. pierre trudeau was prime minister for much of the '70s andd'80s. and in south olympic athlete oscar pistorius is out of prison and was paroled sterday, a day earlier than expected after spending nearly a year behind bars for the death ofis girlfriend, reevava steenkamp. pistorius is now under house arrest and will remain that way for the next four years. prosecutors are appealing his manslaughter conviction hoping to have it changed to murder. if that happens, pistorius would return to prison for 1years. and back in this country overerght, lamar ododo has reportedly been discharged from a hospital in las vegas and moved to a facility in los angeles. espn reports that the former nba and reality tv star was brought to l.a. last night by medical helicopter. odom's fily says he is alert and that his contion is improvinin odom was found unconscious at a brothel in nevada a week ago. well, japan has confirmed the first case of cancer linked to work at the fukushima nuclear plant.

thatacility suffered a meltwn in mar of 2011 aftft the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. a worker at the plant now being treated for leukemia. shares in tokyo electric dropped about 5% on e news as experts say it could open theoor to huge lawits. under investigation this morning, the security breach involving the personal e-mail of cia director john brennan. a teenage hackers claims to have accessed the account which included details about brennan's securiry clearance. the hacker also released names and social security numbers of otherey intelligence officials on the cia director's contact list. the fbi and the secret service now actively searching for that teenager. planned parenthood says it is going to fight a funding cut to its clinicscs in texas. state officials yesterday dropped planned parenthood from the state's medicare program following an investigation into those undercover videos in which the le of tissue was discussed. a similar battle is being fought in louisianahere a judge ordered state funding to continueor at least two more

weeks. more heavy rains have made quite a mess in southern california. flash floods rushed through streets in at least one los angeles neighborhood. some drivers were stopped in eir tracks, as you c c see. ighbors came out in n e rain to try to clear the draiai. the water receded quickly leaving a muddy mess in its wake. that rain clears out of southern california today, but the storms move on to nevada and the southwest, as well as the rockcks. flash flooding possible. > well, it appears george h.w. bush is recovering well from his fall this summer. overnight, the ex-president's spokesman tweeted this picture. it shows h.w. holding his new biography called "destiny and power." for the first time in months he is seen without his neck brace. that's really a great sight. >> just had it a week ago at the baseball game. good to see that he's improving. still ahead, the "star wars" movinghbreaking the internet as tiets officially go onale overnight. and a major malfunction. a school bus packed with students s sayed with

how it all happened and why parents are outraged. plus, spnging into action, a young boy in a river finds himself in trouble. the dramatat rescue caught on camera. terry bradshaw? what a surprise! you know what else is a surprise? shingles. and how it cananit you out of nowhere. i know. i had it. c'mon let's sit down and talk about it. and did you know that one in three people will get shingles? (all) no. that's why i'm reminding people if you had chickenpox then the shingles virus is already iide you. (all) oooh. who's had chickenpox? scoot over. and look that nasty rash can pop up anywhere and the pain can be even worse than it looks. talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

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registered and how. sightings by pilots have doubled since last year and there are reports that drones have interfered with firefighting. the new guidelines should be in place inmid-deceer, some 700,0000drones are expected to be purchased this holiday season. oprah winfrey is taking a big stake in weight watchers. the known for her own struggles with weight has bought 10% o the company for s $43 million. she'll also havee seat on the board. winfrey plans to help the company broaden its mission to focus on overall health and wellness. weight watchers stock rose 105% on monday alone following the annocement. me than 200 lawsuitssave beenen filed against volkswagen in the last few weeks, all stemming from its emissions scandal. in many of them vehicle owners claim volkswagen marketed its diesel engine cars a can alternatives. for years knowing the vehicles were cheatingmission tests. vw will almost inevitably have

to compensate owners and they could be forced to buy back the vehicles all together. the gas price has plunged and somee areas have it below $2 a gallon. the average, 2.26, the lowest since february, it's 85 cents cheaper than this time last year. drivers in south carolina, new jersey are paying the lowest. we're talking just under 2 bucks a gallon. it's like '60s all over again. when we come back, air rage, a fight over a reclining seat forcing an emergencylanding. and playoff baseball. the blue e ys finally get the bats going and nfc rivals in

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on board a southst airlines plane. >> it was 30 minutes into the flighthtrom san francisco.o. the pilil ruested an emergency landing back in l.a. eyewitnesses say the trouble started when a woman reclined her seat. the man behind her was not happy. he's now accused of choking her. comedian mark curry was on board. >> the lady who got, you know, hit was talking about it. she was saying he hit me in my head and choked me and she was really emotional. >> police cars were waiting when the plane touched down. the allegedttacke walald out the planene was questioned but not arrested. the flight took off again for san francisco. well, new developments after the release of this dramatic video of a texas driver appearing to veer into a passing motorcycle momorcycle. that driver now faces two counts of aggravavad assault with a deadly weapon. he's due to appear in court later today. even though he can be heard on the video saying i don't care, when confronted about the incident the driver now says he

swervedfter being bitten by a spider. police in cleveland have released another bit of dash cam of the scene of a domestic incident involving hnny manziel. his girlfriend was also in the vehicle and said both had been drinking before having a fight. a police report indicates crowley accused manziel of pushing her head against the ndow. >> he h h me couple of times. >> while you were in the car. >> yeah, i don't want to -- >> a police also released a photo of a mark on colleen's arm which apparently is from manziel's attemptpt to keep her frfr jumping out off the vehicle. in charges filed in the case. a group of students on a school bus in washington state got quite a scare. >> open the window. open the window. >> what is it? >> we don' know. >> that wawa reactctn when a heater hose ruptured and

after it happened some of the kids had stomachs and headaches as well as burning eyes. the parents claim their children weren't checked at the scene. the school district says none of the kids were sprayed a a that thth 7-year-old bus is inspected every summer before school starts. well, a dramatic rescue caught on cam in texas. ems cadetk getting a lesson they didn't expect. their commander stopped t tching their swswt water awareness class to save a drowning boy. commander craig smith bulled the boy to safety after seeing him fall off his inner tube and struggle to stay aflo. the entire reseue was caught on helmet cam. pretty remarkabab. >> good to see he's all right after that. now some sports. a baseball doubleheader going on today. action in both league championship series. >> and last night it was baseball and football. hikhlights now from our guys at espn. >> good morning, welcome tour "sportrtenter" set in l l angeles. i'm stan verrett. this is neil everett. playoff baseball trumps monday night football.

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uncle's home this morning starting wt's supposed to be four years of house arrest. it's for the death of his girlfrieie, pistorius spent nearly a year in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. espn reports lamar odom has been flown from a los angeles hospit to one in l.a. he's recovering after being found unconscious a a a brothel in nevada a week ago today.y. looking at today's weather, a big warm-up in the east, midwest, showers along the great lakes, rain and storms from the southwest up through the rockies. flash flooding possible. andn this mning when there's so much talk about "star wars," some lucky kids were at the white house last night stargazing. >> the first family hosted the second ever astronomy night named at inspiring the next generation and abc's serena marshall was there. reporter: he may be president -- >> they never let me tinker with the telescopes. they don't let me moon thing ares when you aren't around. >> reporter: hosting the second ever astromy night president

obama admitting even he knees a helping hand. >> yng lady sophie, we need you to come up here and help me with this telescope. the interesting thing, the images is inverted. >> it ? >> yeah, it is. my right sidid isit up but if you look through the telescope it's the left side that's left up. >> it has a myer. it is a reflective one. >> i was just trying to make a point. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: more than 300 kid, parents and teachers cameut r the event aimeded at kidding gets excited about science and space. >> as long as young people like so many of you that are here tonight keep seeking answers t@ the gat questions, america can do anything. >> reporter: also in attenennce ll nye the science guy, 11 astronauts and ahmed mohamad, remember him, last month he was the texas teenager getting arrested for his homemade clock. this month he's at the white house t ting presidede obama up on his invite but without the

clock telling abc's robin roberts at the time. >> will you bring the clock with you? >> the clock is still in the custody with the police. >> do you wt it back? >> i want it back with my humility. >> reporter: while he did come empty-handed he was able to get a photo standing beside the president hu milty and all. >> what a sweet story. >> yeah, fun night for all those kids there. >> that's what's making news in america this rning. >> stay with us f f "good morning america."" have a great tuesday, everyone.you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . after fighing field fires in eastern iowa, fire fighters asking for the puulic's help. the dryyweather this month makes it easy for fires to