"dancing with the stars," who was sent home setting the stage for tonight's big show and the moment that moved the judges to tears. and we do say good tuesday morning, everyone. authorities are sounding the alarm after a month of deadly terror attacks. >> there are growing concerns about terror organizations and their possible plans during the busy holiday week. here are new developments overnight. a joint bulletin issued by the fbi and homeland security saying terror groups could try to replicate the effects of the paris attacks. >> the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert because of terror threats, and right now the terror dragnet in brussels paralyzing the country for a fourth straight day there in belgium, and it could last another week. abc's stephanie ramos is live with the details this morning in d.c.

stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. the state department is -- they say they're not telling americans not to travel around the world but to be vigilant. if you@plan on traveling this holiday season, a new warning for you in the wake of recent deadly attacks in paris, mali and egypt. the state departmentssuing an uncommon worldwide alert d to increased terrorist threats. >> we are and we continue to be and we have been concerned about copycat-like attacks. >> reporter: the state department says "current information suggeses isil and other teteorist groups continue totolan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. these attacks may employ a variety of tactics using conventional and nonconventional weapons," proof that isis is not giving up, promising attacks in this propaganda video showing images of new york city's times square. the city in turn stepping up its police presence. as this heightened alert remains global today, president obama is set to meet with french president francois hollande, but

leavempty-handed. president obama is showing no signs of expanding&the u.s. strategy in the middle east and now western europe even though he's under pressure to do so from france. kendis, reena, back to you. >> stephanie ramos in washingt. steph, thanks so much. a possible new clue in the international manhunt for an alleged eighth suspect in the paris tift attacks. >> a suicide belt turning up in the question now, did it belong to salah abdeslam, who is ststl on the run? authorities say his cell phone signal was pinging in the very same suburb late at night after the attacks. he was last seen in brussels, belgium. >> and, of course, that city, which is the headquarters of nato and the european union, on lockdown this morning for a four consecutive day. s.w.a.t. teamsn masks swarming the neighborhood where that eighth suspect liveded officials imposing the highest alert because of a possible terror threat that they say, quoting here, is serious and imminent. abc'matt gutman driving along

with brusssss police officers seeing the city under siege. >> reporter: this whole city is on lockdown. i mean, everywhere you go you see police officers with masks, machine guns. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: army. >> yes. >> that high alert will remain in place until next week, but schools, public transportation and government o@fices in brussels will begin to open again tomorrow. we've got some breaking news that is coming in from turkey where the military says it has shot down a russian plane, and now we're getting reports that russia is confirming that report. turkey says the russian jet violatat its airspace near t t syrian border. the early reports that we're getting say the two pilots parachuted to safety. russia, of course, has been conducting air strikes in syria since september. this morning donald trump is doubling down on his statement that he saw on television muslims in new jersey lebrating the 9/11 attacks. he says he's received hundreds of calls and tweets in recent days from people who told him that they eyewitnessed the scenes that he described, and he

read part of this article from "the washington post." >> in jersey city within hours of two jetliners plowing into the world trade center, law enforcement authories detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style -- tailgate, yoyoknow what that means? >> "the washington post" later said that article was incorrect. ben carson, trump's main rival, is backing away from claims he made earlier about muslims in new jersey celebrating. a spokesman said carson remembers news footage of groups in the middle east celebrating. in the meantime, the republican governor of indiana is being sued over his attempts to block syrian refugees from ttling in that statete that federal lawsuit brought by the aclu. governor mike pence suspended

attacks. the lawsuit indicates that it violates the equal protection clause of the constitution because indiana accepts refugees from other countries. well, breaking overnight, % four crew members are dead after a helicopter crash at the ft. hood range in texas. military officials say the helicopter was on a routine training mission. an investigation to determine the cause of the csh is under way. the names of the deceased have not been released. and we're following more breaking news from minneapolis where five protesters have been shot overnight near ongoing demonstrations over the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer. witnessesesay the shooters were part of a white supremacist group with at least one wearing a mask. when protesters tried to herd them away from the scene, the shooting broke o. none of the injuries we're told believededo be life-threateninin well, the weather not doing any favors to those flying to or from the west coas there's a look at the radar. a storm system moving into california, oregon and washington. we're talking g to a foot of snow expected in the sierra nevada. more from accuweather's molly

how is it looking, molly? >> good morning, kendis and reena. we continue to keep an eye out on this next system impacting the pac northwest bringing in some heavy snow totals through wednesday night. sierra nevadas could be looking at 6 to 12 inches of snow. now, wednesday a very high travel day before the thanksgiving holiday. this red-shaded area indicating poor conditions, las vegas towards the denver area. on the flip side east coast looks good to go. new york city, phihidelphia going to be warming up and expecting some sunshine. here's a look at our thanksgiving day, some soaking rain coming into the country's midsection. dallas by the time it's all saidid and done c cld be looking at 2 to 3 inches of rain. also travel plans in chicago could be looking a little hairy by thanksgiving day. kendis and reena, back to you. >> all right. our thanks to molly there at accuweather. wellllstill ahead, the shoppers already camping out for black friday. and under investigation, the nfl questioning a team after a quarterbacb took a big hit and

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after she noticed a lump on his neck. the woman is a nurse, and she urged them to get it checked out. christina picks up the story. >> the nurse's name is ryan read, and we are so thankful for her. >> so glad you made it. >> you look good. >> yeah, not too bad. look, it's healing. >> it looks really good. >> thanks to ryan we caught the cancer before it spread. they removed my thyroid, and i'm cancer-free. i'm officially a survivor. >> thank you so much for sending that e-mail. i mean, without you, we probably would have never known. >> just a gut feeling. >> honestly you saved his life. thank you. truly, truly. >> incredible. you heard that correctly. tarek had thyroid cancer. >> and the couple says if it wasn't foryan, they probably would have waited until the lump got worse. by that time the cancer may have spread. that is the best deal they probably ever made. >> yeah, got to read your viewer e-mails. okay, so next up take a look at this dress behind us, like all of them. okay, they look familiar, of course. yeah. >> and you've probably seen it before, and now the dress is

it all started when one tv meteteologist shared a lininto the dress in a facebook group for women in the profession. >> okay, then several others in the group starting sharing pictures of themselves in the same dress. it looks like every meteorologist in the country is wearing this one. >> they say it's universally flattering, and the budget-friendly dress, $23, i'll take one in pink, please. >> not bad. smart. well, a 14-year-old from kentucky is the new rubik's cube champion. the first person ever to solve the puzzle in under five seconds. lucas etter's record time, 4.9 seconds. take a look. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> boom! you can see that record time there on the clock. yoyosaw it there. the other contestants at the official competition, this was in maryland, celebrated along with him. the previous record, by the way, was set this past april, a

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top stories this morning, the e ate department issuiui a worldwide travel alert after a month of terror attacks. the warning comes as the busy holiday travel season gets under way. brussels remains on the highest alert amid warnings of a popoible terror attack. a suspect wanted in the paris attacks was last seen in that city. he may be linked to a suicide vest found abandoned in a paris suburb and breaking news, the turkish military says it has shot down a russian warplane. turkey says the jet violated its airspace near the syrian border. russia, of course, has been conducting air stres in syria since september. today's weather, dry, coolol d mild for the eastern two-thirds of the country. rain and snow for the west coast

and the northern rockies. some areas could get up to a foot of snow. the battle in the ballroom not yet over. it's tonight, "dancing with the stars" finale event started la night, though, with four phenomenal pairs. >> yeah, the competition is so strong, , en a perfect score was not enough to save one couple. >> carlos and witney. >> reporter: two weeks of perfect scores was just not enough to save carlos penavega. his hip-hop inspired freestyle featured cameos of other eliminated stars from this season including, of course, his wife, alexa. backstage the big-timeush singer thanked his pro partner witney. >> you know, this whole experience, like we came in and we really wanted to win, but we wanted to have a good time and show the world like how much love we have for everyone. and i think we did that, especially with our freestyle dance tonight. it was just full of life and energy, and i could not be more proud of what we accomplished. you can make it right

>> reporter: two other stars had perfect scores on monday night including nick carter who brought the audience to its feet with his dance to his own backstreet boys hit "larger than life." my name all right >> repororr: and then there's s bindi irwin, the judges moved to tears by her freestyle dance. >> you danced from the heart, and you touched everybody's soul, not just here, but i think all over america. >> reporter: rounding out the final three heheing into tonight, alek skarlatos, of course, the american hero, a favorite with voters at home, so who will take home the mirrorball trophy? the final night of season 21 now just hours away. >> oh, they've all worked so hard. it's pretty remarkable. >> all the excitement. by the way, i was looking at this. even before the season started, the oddsmakers in vegas had bindi irwin at 4-1 odds of winning it all. they knew something that clearly we didn't. >> yeah. >> well, bindi, nick andndlek are all incredible dancers, i have to say, and it's been quite

>> they've come a long way. >> i look forward to tonight. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great tuesday. >> have a great tuesday.you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . a domestic dispute in des moines led to thhdeaths of a woman and her 16 year old daughter. police say the woman's husband is to blame. an iowa congressman supports the idea of giving more background checks to syrian and iraqi refugees looking for a home in the u-s. huhudreds will be pouring into the stores and malls this friday. and the stores are getting ready for the$& influx.&more on those preparations coming up. gogod tuesday morning! its 430, november 24th. here is a live look at first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara