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and, of course, on "american this morning" and "gma." we go to more headlines this morning beginning with the arrest of a man with top secret data. investigators say they found classified documents and digital data stolen from the nsa. officials say some material so sensitive it would cause, quote, exceptionally grave damage if made public.
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stole critical computer codes nsa uses to hack foreign adversaries. presidential candidates gear up for the next debate in three days now that their running mates had their turn. hillary clinton is taking a break to prepare while donald trump gets a dress rehearsal of sorts at a town hall in new hampshire today. we are on the campaign trail where trump took a victory lap for pence's debate. >> reporter: donald trump taking credit for his running job, and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice, that was my first hire as we would say in las vegas. >> reporter: in the v.p. debate, governor mike pence praised for his style, and both candidates arguing over which campaign deals more insults. >> he's called women slobs, pigs, dogs, disgusting. he attacked an indiana-born federal judge saying he was unqualified to hear a federal
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mexican. he went after john mccain, a p.o.w., and said he was not a hero because he had been captured. he said african-americans are living in hell. >> reporter: pence trying to turn the tables. >> did y'all just hear that? ours is an insult driven campaign. to be honest with you, if donald trump said all the things you said he said in the way you said he said them, he wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton levels when she said half of our >> reporter: trump now testing a possible new line of attack for his own debate sunday. >> bill clinton, yesterday, oh, they are so angry at him. they scolded him yesterday. he was scolded. >> reporter: he's talking about the recent clinton comments criticizing obamacare. >> so you've got this crazy system where all the sudden 25 million more people have health
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week wind up with premiums doubles and coverage cut in half. it's the craziest thing in the world. >> so bill clinton torched president obama's signature legislation. he said it's just the crazy system. and that's the way he said it. it's the craziest thing in the whole world. >> reporter: clinton clarifying saying he supports obamacare, but it has some pr hillary clinton flying to washington, already deep in the focus prep, trump once mocked. >> you decided to stay home, and that's okay. >> i think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate, and, yes, i did. >> reporter: we learned donald trump will host a private town hall in new hampshire likely emulating the format sunday night at that debate. tom llamas, abc new york.
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november 4th, marking a turning point for our planet. the development came after a coalition of the world's largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it over the top. the south carolina 6-year-old who was shot dead outside his school has been laid to rest. little jacob hall was dressed in a batman costume for his future ral, and the mourners in costume to honor his love for the characters. they boy charge with killing jacob opinion. a retired marine sergeant who lost all four limbs in afghanistan said a lifelong dream came true because of a gift from a stranger. >> he was a queue drupele amputee stepping on an ied six years ago, and after dozens of surgery and long wait to find the right donor, peck underwent a rare operation, a double arm transplant, which doctors say it
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he's eternally grateful to the family of the donor because now he canfiance's hand. >> jessica, my rock. without you, i wouldn't be here. i have come so far so fast. i love you, and i will continue to love you, and i hope you will stand by my side until i die. >> a touching press conference. peck says since he was 12 years old,e he has a fighting chance to realize that dream. >> wow. talk about sacrificing everything for your country. >> absolutely. >> this man has given so much, and i'm so glad he's getting something back. >> quite an operation that took 14 hours, several doctors working on him, so -- >> wow. >> they did great work there. >> what a great guy. coming up, more, of course, on hurricane matthew's overnight path, but first, worries over samsung's phones catching fire. recent incident happening on a plane to a phone that was
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hurricane matthew bearing down now on the bahamas expected to gain strength today heading towards florida's east coast. we're tracking the storm every step of the way. frightening moments playing out on a southwest airlines flight in louisville as smoke filled the cabin before the plane even taxied to the runway. >> a passenger says his samsung smart phone started burning, but this was not a fire-prone ph >> reporter: what happened in this jet at the gate at louisville could mean bigger trouble for samsung. accordsing i according to a passenger, it was his smoking burning replacement note 7 phone. >> i noticed smoke pouring out of my pocket, threw that on to the ground where it continued to smoke and burn and smolder into the carpet. >> reporter: he powered down as
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>> popped, sizzled. i was scared i would have bits of glass in my hand. >> reporter: none of the 76 pmgs were hurt as the jet was quickly evacuated. 60% of the original note 7s sold in the u.s. have been replaced, and half the originals overheated with 26 people burned. some of the replacements that the south korea company rushed to market were getting hot, but this a replacement phone smoking and burning, so serious the consumer product safety commission already has investigators on the ground in louisville. >> we are going to be working around the clock to ensure we get to the bottom of this and ensure that consumers know what they can count on or not with regards to this remedy. >> reporter: samsung is also sendi ii iing representatives t louisville and working with the government to identify the phone and cause. if the phone burning on the
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for samsung. abc news, reagan national airport. coming up in the next half hour, the hospital bill sticker shock new parents welcoming their son into the world, but then the surprise charge on the invoice, and why they were charged just for holding their newborn baby boy. first in the wake of the kim kardashian armed robbery, selfies are under closer scrutiny. how to protect you're watching world news now.
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as kim kardashian learned the hard way, oversharing puts you at personal risk, but there's precautions to take. here's t.j. holmes with that. >> on our way! >> getting ready. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to the robbery, social media mogul kim kardashian west was publicly documenting her way through the night. now some, incoming famous friends are saying her habit of very public postings may have led the thieves directly to her. >> can want advertise your wealth and be surprised some people want a share of it. >> reporter: something the family talked about on their reality show. >> kylie is snap chatting and not concerned about our location being known. >> reporter: security experts say it's not just stars who might be inadvertently sharing too much as this man was sentenced to eight years behind
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women stealing jewelry and laptops using ips gram. >> openly browsed the platform and found photographs and placed them on a map and drove to the victims' locations. >> reporter: how do protect yourself? >> taking a picture, the picture doesn't say, this is taken in new york city, but it carries that information behind it. >> reporter: some of the biggest dangers? geotagging posts with locations, and keeping your data switched on. >> control which app has access to the data. >> reporter: delay a post saying where you were rather than where you are. abc news, new york. >> this is like her business is being on social media, i understand the importance of warnings, but there's a fine line between that and victim blaming. >> just because she shows bling doesn't mean you should take it from her.
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kendis and i aficionados we are, she took liberty because she never did that. these are, you know, makes it up a little bit, but i'm not mad about it. this woman is a professional singer, dancer, actress, everything, a reality tv star. she killed it. it's crazy because braids maids already have to buy the ugly dress and shoes and now perform for the groom? >> if you do your dance routine, what would it be? >> i wouldn't -- >> what would it be? >> crazy in love. you want me to perform? obvious is put a ring on it, right? >> single ladies, that's it. >> yeah. >> come on. >> you liked and you did put a ring on. >> that's it? no, like -- >> yes, kendis, yes! i'm so working this. yes! you just made this officially my
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>> she got me into it. >> yes. i didn't know you had it in you. new respect for you. >> i want to see your moves. oh. moving on to talk -- >> how do we top that? we should have closed with that. >> a couple days ago, we had national taco day. >> right. and vodka day. i celebrated that. >> exactly. well, here's how a lot of people could have celebrated. taco bell merges with air bnb giving someone the opportunity to actually stay in a taco bell. this is in canada in ontario, canada, and you can stay there for a couple days. >> comes with food, right? >> it does come with food. >> a bong? because, you know, who wants to sit at taco bell and have unlimited -- >> the munchies. >> all right. that's all for this half hour.
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breaking news now on "world news now," hurricane matthews picking up steam on the way to the u.s., millions urged to take cover with massive e evacuations underway, the latest on what americans can expect as the storm moves closer. top secret government files feared a national security agency contractor arrested for alleged spy activity. see why so many are comparing this case to edward snowden. and new this half hour, the hospital bill sticker shock for one couple in utah. >> it was not necessarily the total amount of the bill, but one item they were billed for, and why the hospital charged them $40 to hold their son in the first moments of his life. >> you have to see this one to believe it.
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herself into one. most beloved first ladies of all time. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, october 6th. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, i'm in for diane macedo. >> great to have you with us, mara, as always. i'm kendis gibson. starting with the serious breaking news, hurricane matthew, which is continuing to show strength despite losing some power through the caribbean. >> and here's a view of the massive category 3 system from about 250 miles above the earth. this shot coming from the international space station. here's the latest on mat matthew. as many as 2 million people in the southeastern u.s. are being urged to evacuate their homes. states of emergency have been declared in four states. >> reporter: more than 1500 flights have been cancelled with
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school has been can semcelled f million students, and in florida, schools shut until next week. here's images of the damage on haiti's southwest peninsula. more than 3100 homes have been destroyed, at least ten deaths blamed on the storm, and united states has acceptabisent experti to assess the damage and $1 million in food and other disaster relief. in the united states, massive evacuations are taking place throughout the southeast. people are as far carolinas being told to leave their homes as matthew moves north. we are in charleston area right now where the roads have been packed. >> reporter: evacuations underway. the south carolina coast, more than a million people told to get out immediately and the number could grow as the number gets closer. >> we want you to evacuate. we do not want you to stay. >> reporter: residents boarding
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and now headed to safer ground. those without cars, a fleet of busses offering rides for people like samir. >> it's going to be super flooded, so we decided to leave. >> reporter: traffic already bumper to bumper on interstate 26, the main artery out of charleston, and then the highway patrol blocking eastbound traffic. >> absolutely no one on the roads, that is what troopers are looking for. >> reporter: soon making the major in out faster. this map showing the state's evacuation routes and where the interstate 26 traffic is now going in a single direction, away from the coast. it's the first time they had contra flow on interstate 26. so far, so good. gas up and be ready to go all the way to columbia. the last time they had an evacuation for a major hurricane was in 1999, floyd, turning a
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they don't want that happening again. charleston, south carolina, abc news. accuweather's tracking the latest movement. >> a look at what to expect in the coming hours, good morning, justin. >> thanks, good morning to you as well. we have major hurricane matthew with the potential to strengthen even more today, churning its way north and west. the impacts will be felt later on today just off the coastline here of florida, more so from south beach northbound to west taking it along the space coast here later on friday, and also into friday night. potential for hurricane force winds from jacksonville southbound towards port st. luce, and in terms of rainfall, we could see over 8 inches of precipitation over the course of the next couple days, and a dangerous storm surge here as well around daytona beach, upwards of 10 feet.
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it's hard to understand the numbers in the forecast. >> absolutely. this shows the winds at the bahamas, that's 107 miles per hour to the northwest with gusts of 131 miles per hour. remember to stay with us for more storm coverage tlouhrougho the morning. we'll continue to bring you the latest developments on matthew as soon as we get them, but we move on now to a contractor working for the national security agey underarrest charged with stealing top secret information. >> reporter: this is the home where harold martin iii is accused of illegally keeping some of the nation's top secrets, stolen from the agency with the nation's most cutting edge technology, the nsa, and neighbors stunned. >> a shock to everybody. >> next thing you knew, i seen fbi jackets, police, state police. >> reporter: martin a contractor at the same company that edward
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undisclosed location after the august raid that recovered classified documents and digital media, material so sensitive, quote, could caution exceptionally grave damage to the security of united states. >> once it's out of nsa, anyone can get it. >> reporter: sources tell abc news they suspect he stole critical computer codes nsa uses to hack foreign adversaries. they're not acc espionage, but telling us the probe is far from over. when confronted, martin admitted to taking the classified information, but his lawyers say he loves his country and would never betray it, pierre thomas, west virginia. the vice presidential candidates are campaigning for the second straight day following their showdown, and both acknowledged the debate between them was not expected to
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trump joined other republicans in heaping praise on pence and then promptly took credit for the performance himself. >> mike pence did an incredible job, and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice. >> meanwhile, pence laughs off reports that trump was jealous of his performance dismissing allegations as standard operating procedure with the media. >> hillary clinton prepares for the next debate and congra on a job well done. tim kaine claims he ron the debate but admits his wife gave him a hard time for interrupting so often. he call pence a good debater, but claimed he could not stand up for trump, and clinton agreed. >> well, pence refused to defend the statements because they are indefensible. and so when your own running
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ticket, i think that tells you everything you need to know about who's qualified and temperamentally fit to be president. >> clinton is off the trail today keeping a light schedule ahead of sunday's debate, and tru trump prepared by holding an inviation town hall in new hampshire tonight. a commercial space flight took another big step forward. blue origin, the company owned by amazon's jeff the crew escape system. it detaches after 45 seconds after launch. the parachutes open, and capsules float safely to earth. he hopes to be carrying paying passengers into space by 2018. >> that's a little early. >> i don't want to be the early adopter on space travel. >> exactly. those hoping to start holiday shopping on thanksgiving at the mall of america may have to spend time with family instead.
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announced they will be closed on thanks giving giving the day back to its employees. the mall will reopen at 5:00 a.m. on black friday. >> that said, for those who can't wait, king of prussia mall, country's second largest in the suburb of philadelphia, will be open on thanksgiving from 6:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. so the time you're tired of your uncle mookie, and -- >> mookie? after a food coma nap. >> exactly. the day off. it's really about them, you know, they don't necessarily want to be at work as much as you may want to shop. >> nice to get away from the kinfolks too. >> well, i can agree with that. we all got that uncle mookie. >> and aunt naynay. coming up, sticker shock for a couple in utah, amount charged for the delivery of their son, eye opening enough, and the real
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its eye is expected to be close to florida's east coast by thursday evening. the u.s. has not seen a storm this powerful in more than a decade. >> wow. >> in the meantime, a storm of another kind brewing online over a charge of a bill the father of a newborn is calling outrageous. >> you got to see this. >> yeah. >> the utah couple charged $13,000 for the birth of their son, but one item in particular here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: a utah mother and father share their newborn's first few minutes of life, priceless, right? ryan grassley thought so until he got the bill from the hospital. that charge right there, $39.35. >> the bill called it skip skin-to-skin contact, and i'm pretty sure you can't blame this on obamacare. >> reporter: it was a hot topic
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with reddit after grassley shared the bill. the hospital insists the charge is not for holding the baby, but for the additional care giver needed to maintain the highest levels of patient safety. they say they only bring in that extra nurse when it's a c-section. grassley says in this case the nurse borrowed the camera to take pictures as he held the baby on his wife's chest. he had no idea they'd charge him for it. he has a sense of humor about it launching a go fund me campaign. the goal? $40. david wright, abc news, new york. >> okay. can i tell you, first of all how important it is to look at your bills. >> yeah. >> when i i gave birth to my daughter, i had a $1,000 charge because i had to walk through the emergency room to get to the elevator to go to the delivery floor. >> well, how nice was the emergency room? >> well, very friendly, they pointed me in the direction of the elevator, clearly, a thousand dollar service. hospitals charge for anything. >> any weird charges with your son, cruz? >> i have not got the bill yet. about that time. >> you get a bill for $40 for
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assassination, and it is set to hit theaters friday, december 2nd, already getting a lot of of oscar buzz and people saying she might be a big contender for best actress. i have to sit down with her in a week for an interview about this. >> aren't you lucky. >> just a humble brag. >> aren't you special. >> i can't wait. it will be at the peninsula. just had to throw that out there. >> admitting it. next, he h yet, but he's already amassed quite a fortune. >> that's daniel radcliffe making nearly $96 million from the "harry potter" movies at 27 years old, famous, and he's loaded. >> single? >> i think he's single. so what do you think he spends money on? >> well, would you believe nothing? he tells the british newspaper, the telegraph, quote, i don't really do anything with my money, so what does he do? >> not even like a tesla, nothing?
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the newspaper having money means you don't have to worry about it, which he says is, quote, a very lovely freedom to have. >> he says he's using what he called this immense freedom to take risks and make broader choices in film, and money gives you freedom. >> it does. >> but it can get you a nice grill. >> oh, my gosh, yes, a pumped out car. >> a house. >> a wife. >> have a little fun. >> exactly. spend it. five mon the home and recording studio of prince paisley park is opening to the public. >> no one is going crazy yet because it's welcoming guests only for a limited time, just three days, today, saturday, and next friday, october 14th, and that's it for now. >> wow. limited schedule is thanks to a temporary agreement with the city there in minnesota where the site is located. prince's estate wanted it to operate as a museum.
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on hold until studies can be done on the attraction's impact on the community like traffic and utilities. the counsel will consider paisley park's application in december. happening shortly after the holidays, a major event for fans of bon jovi. so the entire state of new jersey. >> the garden state will be empty after the holidays. the band showcasing its upcoming lp, "this house is not for sale" on a winter tour kicking off in february. >> the tour packs 20 dates in six weeks, starting in greenville, south carolina a circling the country before concluding march 22 in minneapolis. >> this house is not for sale is bon jovi's 14th studio out, lp, set for release on friday, october 21st. >> i thought they were like the rolling stones and always toured anyway. >> i thought they did. i don't know -- >> shock you that i'm not a bon jovi fan? >> no, no, we're both beyonce
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>> reporter: the friday night lights will be dark this week for football players at granite falls high school. they were set to play arch bishop-murphy, a private school power house who outscored their first three opponents this year, 170-0. players and coaches in granite falls decided to forfeit, they say, after concerns about safety. with the opposing team having much larger, faster players. kids and parents are concerned about getting hurt, so bottom line -- >> the latest of three schools to cancel their matchups, raising questions about sportsmanship and a level playing field. with a public school confined to drawing players from nearby in the same league as a private school without those limits. >> it's not only a state problem, but it's a national problem too. what do you do with schools that
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athletes. >> as a team, we miss football. >> reporter: a response from the opponents who say they were stunned with three competitors backing out at the last minute, three weeks in a row, and how that impacts their team on and off the field. >> there's no replacement. our kids have lost three games now of their senior season for some of them, three weeks of competition for others, so you're not going to e replace that. >> at the end of the day, we want to play football. that's what 'r that's why we practice. that's why we put the time in the offseason. >> our thanks to lindsey from the seattle station for that report. well, don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. coming up, more news from abc. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. now," informing insomniacs for
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more news later tonight here on t-v nine. good morning, i'm in for diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here's the headlines we're following this morning on "world news now". hurricane matthew makes its way towards the bahamas right now after cutting a deadly path through haiti. meanwh meanwhile, evacuations underway in the united states. carolinas leaving their homes, full coverage ahead. a contractor working for the nsa's under arrest, charged with stealing government secrets. the justice department says some of the information so sensitive it could have caused, quote, exceptionally grave damage. paisley park, prince's former studio, opens for tours today, but the future of the museum is urn clear after neighbors raise concerns over traffic and public safety. after a remarkable scoreless
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pitching aces, one swing of the bat changedverything in the national league wild card game. that three-run homer was enough for a san francisco giants win over the new york mets. those are some of the top stories on this thursday, october 6th. from abc news, this is "world news now." off to a great start so far. >> taking your word for it. >> indeed. we start with hurricane matthew, and it's bearing down on the bahamas. >> the leading edge bringing rain to the capital city of nassau, and hundreds already moved into shelters. at the massive atlantis resort, people are spending the night in the ballroom. more than 2,000 people there evacuated from the room's towers. >> not the dream vacation there. that's a look at the satellite, matthew headed into the most populated places, and inching closer to the u.s. where evacuations are underway.
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>> reporter: millions ordered to evacuate in the next 48 hours. >> i continue to ask the citizens of south carolina to pray for each other. >> reporter: florida, georgia, and the carolinas have already declared a state of emergency. people are scrambling for supplies, food, and bottled water. >> waiting about 30, 40 minutes for plywood. >> we wanted batteries. >> they are out of flashlights, and we pulled up to a pu >> reporter: it's claimed over a dozen lives so far. >> this is serious. having a plan in place means the difference between life and death when it comes to a storm of this magnitude. >> reporter: in haiti, disaster teams assess the damage caused by flash flooding and 145 miles per hour winds. many roads and houses destroyed by the killer storm.
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i lost everything. the water took it. i won't have a chance to get it back. >> reporter: now the storm is pounding the bahamas. next move is to florida's east coast. fema warning residents in the affected areas to leave before it's too late. >> it's going to be super flooded, so we decided to leave this today. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott says thousands and thousands of national guardsmen are standing by to help confront what could be the largest hurricane evacuation in the state's history. kendis, mara? >> thanks there. matthew's creating a nightmare for air travelers with more than 1500 u.s. flights have been cancelled. >> about 1500, and more than half scheduled to go into or out of miami and ft. lauderdale, and american airlines took the biggest hit with nearly 500 flights just wiped out. 400 cancellations are already in place for friday, and the number is expected to rise depending on
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accuweather has been tracking matthew's moments. >> a look at what to expect in the coming hours, justin, good morning. >> kendis, mara, thanks. good morning to you as well. matthew remains powerful, potentially becoming stronger as the day wears on. defined movement to the north and west, and impacts start later on today. miami, i know later on tonight, and west palm beach, potentially from daytona to jacksonville as we get into friday and friday night. impacts wind-wise, potential for over 100 miles per hour wind gusts in the darker shaded purple areas from interstate 95 out towards the coast and moves north as we go into the weekend. heavy rainfall, 8 inches at the florida coast, and potentially over a foot near the south carolina coast along with storm surge at daytona beach with 6-10 feet. making a move back to the north
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so it bears watching the next several days. kendis, mara, back to you. >> thanks to justin. other stories this morning, the presidential candidates are preparing for round two, the next debate set for sunday night in st. louis, and they are both praising the debate performances of their running mates. one of them, senator tim kaine, admits he could have cut back on interruptions a bit. here's more. >> reporter: donald trump riding high on his running mate's performance at the vice presidential debate. >> mike pence did an incredible job, and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice. >> reporter: trump called pence's performance the single most decisive victory in the history of vice presidential debates. in a fundraiser in d.c., hillary clinton backed up tim kaine and
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>> and so when your own running mate won't defend the top of the ticket, i think that tells you everything you need to know about who's qualified and temperamentally fit to be president, even mike pence doesn't think donald trump is. >> reporter: but kaine reacted wednesday to criticism he interrupted mike pence during the 90-minute debate. >> the american people know -- >> i'll -- >> this is -- >> senator, please. >> i got dinged a little bit by my wife for much. he's a good debater. he's pretty smooth, but there is one thing he can't do, and that is defend donald trump on anything. >> reporter: meanwhile on the campaign trail in battleground nevada, trump tested out a new attack line on bill clinton, not -- the former president. >> you have a crazy system where 25 million people have health care, but the people out there are busting it, 60 hours a week,
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doubled and their coverage cut in half. it's the craziest thing in the world. >> can you imagine when he walked home to that beautiful home in westchester, and he said, oh, hillary, how was your day? oh, did he suffer. bill called it a system, a crazy system, and said that it's the craziest thing in the world. >> reporter: hoping to turn nevada red, trump pronounced the state's name wrong, then tried to tell the crowd the right way to pronounce it. >> nevada, and you know what i said? you know what i said? i said when i came out here, i said, nobody says it the other way. it has to be nevada. >> reporter: hillary clinton spent wednesday in debate prep with no public events scheduled until sunday's debate. donald trump heads to new hampshire this evening for an invitation only town hall event similar to the format of
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kendis, mara? >> josh, thank you for the report. now to the murder trial of a georgia man being postponed because of the hurricane matthew. testimony resumes monday in the case of justin ross harris charged with leaving his son in a hot car. a prosecution witness testified yesterday that harris shed tears after the discovery of his son's body, but the witness did not feel the tears were sincere. a los angeles sheriff's sergeant killed while responding to a burglary. steve owen who had been with the department for 29 years died in the hospital in lancaster after being shot in the face. other deputies chased down the suspect. well, traffic fatalities are climbing again this year, up about 10% in the first half of the year. federal officials say nearly 18,000 people die from accidents from january to june, and some of the increases due to more people driving because of the improving economy. here's an idea we don't want to face.
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an expiration date. >> no kidding. forever? although we hear those fantastic stories about people who live well past the age of 100, some researchers now say that human life span probably maxes out at 115 years. >> wow. >> but others disagree say life extending technology could mean there's no limit. i don't want to live forever. >> i don't either. >> give me a good 115 years, i'm happy. and cranky as i am right now, just imagine. >> and 80-year-old kendis. >> trouble. we do it every day, but we really don't know why. we're talking about yawning. one of the least understood behaviors, indeed. >> just hearing that makes me want to yawn. >> yeah. >> after countless youtube video showing animals yawning, scientists say yawn could be meant to cool down the brain that uses a lot of energy and
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they found bigger brains mean bigger yawns. >> so the videos show that the weight of the brain and the number of neurons in its outer layer were reliable predictors of the length of a creature's yawn regardless of the size of the body or mouth. >> just one question. >> yeah? >> how did the study get funded? a study on yawns? >> yawning. >> size of brains, no disrespect to science, but -- >> somebody looking at youtube videos and going, i want to know why. th >> right. must know more. >> because, yeah. >> all right. anyway, coming up -- >> shortest yawns. >> i heard you yawn. coming up, the scary clown craze that's gripping much of the country. i did say a scary crown craze, threats on social threats resulted in fear and there's been a dozen arrests, and it's
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atlanticoa instilling fear inland, in the meantime, is the scary clown craze that's swept across more than two dozen states. >> authorities say it's nothing to laugh about. here's the latest. >> reporter: a scary prank sweeping the nation, creepy clown sightings sending towns into a frenzy. for the first time ever, the topic of clowns brought up in a white house press briefing. >> you know, this is a situation that local law enforcement authorities take quite seriously. >> reporter: from california -- >> i've just been terrified ever since. i actually got trampled by a crowd yesterday because they were all running away in terror. >> reporter: to connecticut, police investigating social media threats promising clowns are coming to school to attack students. in texas, someone using the profile of tim slaughter and a scary clown face posting a list of schools he planned to visit by halloween. so far, 22 states reporting threats of close up violence,
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>> all in black, black gloves on, had his hood up, and he had a silver mask on. it was, like, one of those evil looking clown ones. >> reporter: in oregon, a woman claims a man in a clown mask tried to attack her, and in mental anguish, a boy claims a perp dressed as a clown cut him with a knife. back in september, residents in south carolina recording someone in a clown costume tried to lure children into the woods. there's possibly been a dozen arrests based on clown sightings. in connecticut, a school district is banning clown costumes and symbols of terror this halloween. >> thank you for the report. coming up, clearing up the confusion behind the chainsmokers. >> the hottest music act around and dig into the essence of the my millennial music and what's behind the name. does it refer to pop? "world news now" continues
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they are not composed of women, although vocalists featured are women. if you're still confused, we're up all nightline with nick watt. ? ? >> reporter: the chainsmokers, you may know them from the slightly irritating novelty 2014 break out hit. >> but first, let me take a selfie. >> reporter: from a splashy article, you get the impression drinking, talking about the size of their man hoods, and if they are the future of music, are we in trouble? >> you guys came across, like, real -- >> yeah. >> i wouldn't use the word. >> yeah. >> did they get you wrong or are you? >> parts that we do and don't like. i think we should have done a better job considering how hard we work on the music. >> we do 250 shows a year. we're back in vegas tomorrow. we got miami, austin, vegas
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>> reporter: they collaborate a lot. drew also sings, but do they play instruments? it's an old man question. >> we play all the instruments on our report. >> reporter: and they fuss with it on their laptops. >> play a bass guitar for the vibe, sound of a real bass, but i cut out the low end which is what a bass is for and add the sub under it so there's a super low synthetic feeling and get the indistinguishable, just sounds like a super -- i have no idea what you're talking about, but it sounds great. >> okay, cool. >> reporter: the laptops can crash, and they have lost a trove of songs. >> don't let me down is one of the songs we lost, and i had to remake the song from scratch. ? ? having to like go back through
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"selfie," 463 million youtube hits and counting. ? ? >> you made a decision, i'm done. i'm going to make what i want to make, what feels cool, i don't care if people can dance to it. i don't care -- i care, but, like, i just want to do what i like. and that was roses. ? ? >> reporter: roses and the rest made them the biggest pop stars in america by being themselves, making music they like. long live the chainsmoke. nick watt for "nightline" in west hollywood, california. >> i love their music. >> learning so much from this show today. all songs i love, and they thought they were women. no idea they were guys. >> absolutely fantastic, and they are young, and seem so humble.
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time now for "this happened" spotlights wild and wacky moments on camera that really did happen. >> yes, they did. we're starting this morning with this lady. let's go to her picture. that is irna, the prime minister of norway, a very important job. >> all right. running an entire country is pretty important, even if it is only the size of california with a population of roughly of brooklyn and queens, a lot of people. >> no disrespect. >> in a recent debate, she was caught doing this. she's playing pokemon go. >> well, it's not the first time a politician was playing the game during parliament. >> what is going on there? >> the leader of the liberal party caught playing it during a meeting on national security.
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be debating, what to do about the craze. >> i'm thinking somebody put a lure there inside of parliament, and so everybody's, like, all right. >> this is a pokemon go thing. i have no clue what you're talking about. i'm a married mom with two little kids. anything pop culture, unless it's like von dutch hat, that's how far back i am. >> you need barbara billings to come -- >> who? >> i speak pokemon. >> i need help. next, a lesson we learned in kindergarten, take your turn. this i know because i have a kindergartener. >> it's a life skill more essential on the highway. this is an example of two drivers in the philippines ruining it for everybody. they kept nudging side by side until they arrived at the toll booth, and then they apparently wedged themselves in between the curbs so that nobody else could get through and the police had to eventually get involved.
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wrong. >> totally. >> yeah. they messed it up for everybody and traffic is screwed up thanks those jerks. next the case of the lost around found gopro. back in march 2013, this amazing jump skiing near yellowstone. if your name is axel, you have to do it. it was at the cost of his go pro that he lost in the jump. >> three years later, he returned to the sc amazingly, after all those years of extreme weather, it still worked. >> this somehow makes sen to me. i feel like the freezing it, it would be freezing it, like, it would preserve it in time, you know, like the dna of the dinosaur or something. >> exactly. and the video was right there. all preserved. >> fantastic. all right. >> pretty cool. that's all for this half hour.
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breaking news this morning on "world news now," millions of americans urged to head for safety. >> evacuations underway as hurricane matthew gathers strength overnight, barrelling into the bahamas with winds into the triple digits. the powerful storm now taking direct aim at the florida panhandle. we'll have all the details including the latest model tracking matthew's path throughout the weekend. round two around the corner, donald trump and hillary clinton gearing up to debate again, this, as they weigh in on their running mate's debate performances. plus, why trump is using former bill clinton's recent comments against hillary. smoke fills the cabin of a southwest airline's plane before it even has a chance to take off after a samsung smart phone catches fire, but the owner of
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fire-prone galaxy note 7 and this phone, he says, was the replacement. and -- ? >> single lady no more. check out this bride going big on her big day putting on a show fit for a queen. we're going to see how she and her braids maids were able to pull off some of beyonce's move on this thursday, october 6th, what a great way to start the morning. ? ? let me upgrade you ? >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you were getting down, you were doing some beyonce in the open. >> no, no, i got no beyonce moves. >> you got a little. >> without pulling my back out. >> right, right. well, good morning. says on the prompter joining me is a wonderfully talented mara schiavocampo. did you write that?
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i paid the producers here extra for the good word. >> great having you with us, and a look at your beyonce moves later. first, serious news to begin with. hurricane matthew beginning a deadly march towards the caribbean in the united states, 16 deaths are being blamed on the storm. >> matthew is a category 3 storm now with winds sustained at 115 miles per hour. it's moving towards nassau in the bahamas now at 10 miles per hour and as much as 15 inches of rain and a is expected through thursday. >> in the u.s., nearly 2 million people are being urged to evacuate, florida, georgia and the carolinas are under states of emergency. >> and nearly 2,000 flights are cancelled because of the storm, and so are waiving fees for travel to florida. we are in miami looking at the rest of the preparations. >> reporter: in florida, time is running out. the southeast preparing for a direct hit from hurricane
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>> when you look at the storm going along the east coast, we have to prepare the county, so it could be the biggest evacuation ever. >> reporter: matthew potentially the worst storm to hit the sunshine state in over a decade. strengthening in open water, winds over 120 miles per hour, reeking havoc across the caribbean for the past 24 hours. making a second landfall in eastern cuba, leveling a town. officials in haiti still trying to assess the damage. the main bridge that connects to out. and officials postponing sunday's presidential election indefinitely. our linsey davis is on the ground. >> reporter: people worried about landslides and cholera. it's difficult to know the full extent of the damage on this island because in some of the areas most impacted by hurricane matthew, communication has been cut off. >> reporter: matthew now barrelling towards the bahamas. and in nassau, airports closed, residents who stayed behind are fearing the worst. >> my stomach has me telling
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>> reporter: 3500 guests in hotels. alex perez is in nassau. 3,000 people riding out this iconic hotel, 90% americans, spending the night in a conference room turned into a shelter. >> reporter: now with 24 hours to go, florida and much of the southeast tracking this storm's every move. >> we're going to get whatever comes at us, imagine a category 2, we're in trouble. >> has been a while, but the others are just like tropical storms, whatever, this is a little scary. >> reporter: residents forced to choose, evacuate or stock up. supplies running low. tempers running high. >> this is the line. i've already been to three gas stations that are shut down because they are out of gas. >> reporter: these lines are long, but these people are the lucky ones because most of the gas stations in this area have already run out of gas. the governor calling up 500 national guards groups, and the president warning residents. >> if you get an evacuation order, just remember that you
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you cannot restore a life if it is lost, and we want to make sure that we minimize any possible loss of life or risk to people in these areas. >> reporter: we've driven all around south florida and we've seen plenty of gas stations without fuel at all. the governor says there's no shortage, but they are watching that closely. abc news, gio benitez, miami. well, the question many are now asking, when will matthew arrive in their area? >> justin has a look at what we can expect in the coming hours. good morning. >> kendis, mara, thanks, good morning to you as well. we're tracking a powerful major hurricane matthew churning off to the north and to the west, impacts here expected to be quite severe. in fact, take a look at the projected path here later on today, moving towards the south florida coastline before bending back off to the north. okay. so what do we expect here in
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towards miami at least down towards the coast and expanding along the space coast, northbound forward daytona and jacksonville into friday. potentially a storm surge up to 10 feet in daytona with very heavy rainfall as well, that could approach 4 to 8 inches. kendis, mara, back to you. >> all right, thanks to justin there at accuweather. remember to stay with abc news throughout the morning. >> we'll continue to update you with the latest on hurricane matthew throughout the show, this morning" and "gma." we are going to turn now to this morning's other arrests turning to the arrest of a man with top secret data. they raided the home of harrell martin, iii. investigators say they found classified documents and digital data stolen from the nsa. officials say some material so sensitive it would cause, quote, exceptionally grave damage if made public. sources tell abc news martin
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nsa uses to hack foreign adversaries. presidential candidates gear up for the next debate in three days now that their running mates had their turn. hillary clinton is taking a break to prepare while donald trump gets a dress rehearsal of sorts at a town hall in new hampshire today. abc's tom llamas is on the campaign trail where trump took a victory debate for mike pence's debate performance. >> reporter: donald trump taking credit for his running mate's debate performance. >> mike pence did an incredible job, and i'm getting a lot of credit because that's really my first so-called choice, that was my first hire as we would say in las vegas. >> reporter: in the v.p. debate, governor mike pence praised for his style, and both candidates arguing over which campaign deals more insults. >> he's called women slobs, pigs, dogs, disgusting. he attacked an indiana-born federal judge saying he was unqualified to hear a federal lawsuit because his parents were
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he went after john mccain, a p.o.w., and said he was not a hero because he had been captured. he said african-americans are living in hell. >> reporter: pence trying to turn the tables. >> did y'all just hear that? ours is an insult driven campaign? to be honest with you, if donald trump said all the things you said he said in the way you said he said them, he wouldn't have a fraction of the insults that hillary clinton levels when she said half of our supporters are >> reporter: trump now testing a possible new line of attack for his own debate sunday. >> bill clinton, yesterday, oh, they are so angry at him. they scolded him yesterday. he was scolded. >> reporter: he's talking about the recent clinton comments criticizing obamacare. >> so you've got this crazy system where all the sudden 25 million more people have health care, and the people out there
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week wind up with premiums doubled and coverage cut in half. it's the craziest thing in the world. >> so bill clinton torched president obama's signature legislation. he said, it's just a crazy system. and that's the way he said it. it's the craziest thing in the whole world. >> reporter: clinton clarifying saying he supports obamacare, but it has some problems. hillary clinton flying to washington, already deep in the focus prep, trump once mocked. >> you decided to stay home, and that's okay. >> i think donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate, and, yes, i did. >> reporter: we learned donald trump will host a private town hall in new hampshire likely emulating the format sunday night at that debate. tom llamas, abc news, new york. president obama hailing the
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effect november 4th. the president said it marked a turning point for our planet. the development came after a coalition of the world's largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it over the top. the south carolina 6-year-old who was shot dead outside his school has been laid to rest. little jacob hall was dressed in a batman costume for his future funeral. many of the mourners also wearing superhero costumes to honor jacob's love for the for the 14-year-old boy charged with killing jacob. a retired marine sergeant who lost all four limbs in afghanistan said a lifelong dream came true because of a gift from a stranger. >> john peck became a quadruple amputee after stepping on an ied six years ago. and after dozens of surgery and
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operation, a double arm transplant, which doctors say it was a success. he's eternally grateful to the family of the donor because now he can hold his fiance's hand. >> jessica, my rock. without you, i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't have come so far so fast. i love you, and i will continue to love you, and i hope you will stand by my side until i die. >> a touching press conference. as for the lifon old, he wanted to be a chef, and thanks to the donor, he believes he has a fighting chance to realize that dream. >> wow. talk about sacrificing everything for your country. >> absolutely. >> this man has given so much, and i'm so glad he's getting something back. >> quite an operation that took 14 hours, several doctors working on him, so -- >> wow. >> they did great work there. >> what a brave guy. coming up, more, of course, on hurricane matthew's overnight path. but first, more worries over samsung's phones catching fire.
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happening on a plane to a phone that was meant to replace the faulty one. how to keep yourselves safe while taking a selfie. >> what you should know sharing images on social media and preventing would-be thieves from tracking your every move. >> we have a few selfies this morning on our instagram page. no one was robbed during it at abc. you're watching "world news now." ching "world news now." oh. i don't see cake, i just see mess. what's that make mommy do? (doorbell) what's that? swiffer wetjet. this is amazing. woah wow. now i feel more like making a mess is part of growing up. only new wetjet pads have absorb and lock to soak up tough messes and lock them away stop cleaning. start swiffering. ahh...still sick, huh? i'll take it from here. i'm good.
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hurricane matthew bearing down right now on the bahamas. it's expected to gain strength today as it heads towards florida's east coast. we're tracking the storm every step of the way. frightening moments playing out on a southwest airlines flight in louisville as smoke filled the cabin before the plane even taxied to the runway. >> a passenger says his samsung smart phone started burning, but this phone wasn't one of those fire-prone this phone was one of the replacementings. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: what happened in this jet at the gate at louisville could mean bigger trouble for samsung. according to a passenger, it was his smoking burning replacement note 7 phone. >> i noticed smoke pouring out of my pocket. pulled it out of my pocket, threw it on the ground where it continued to smoke and burn and smolder into the carpet. >> reporter: he powered down as instructed and put it in the
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you could say even. i was scared i would have bits of glass in my hand. >> reporter: none of the 76 people on board was hurt as the jet was quickly evacuated. latest count had 60% of the original note 7s sold in the u.s. replaced. nearly 100 overheated with 26 people burned. there some of the replacements that the south korea company rushed to market were getting hot, but this would be the first case of a replacement phone smoking and burning, so serious the consumer product safety commission already has investigators on the ground in louisville. >> we are going to be working around the clock to ensure we can get to the bottom of this and make sure that consumers know what they can count on or not twroord this remedy. >> reporter: samsung is also sending representatives to louisville and working with the government to identify the phone and cause. if the phone burning on the
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mean a second recall for samsung. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. coming up in the next half hour, the hospital bill sticker shock new parents welcoming their son into the world, but after mom underwent a sea section, but then the surprise choice on the invoice, why they were charged just for holding their newborn baby boy. but first in the wake of the kim kardashian armed robbery, selfies are now coming under closer scrutiny. how to protect yourself from
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>> that's amazing. as kim kardashian learned the hard way, oversharing puts you at personal risk, but there's precautions you can take. here's t.j. holmes with that. >> on our way to giavanci. >> getting ready. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to the robbery, social media mogul kim kardashian west was publicly documenting her way through the night. >> it's about to start. >> reporter: now some, famous carl laggerfield, saying her habit of very public postings may have led the thieves directly to her. >> can want advertise your wealth and be surprised some people want a share of it. >> reporter: something the family talked about on their reality show. >> kylie is snap chatting and not concerned about our location being known. >> reporter: security experts say it's not just stars who might be inadvertently sharing too much as this man was
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bars to use instagram to find addresses of 33 women stealing jewelry and laptops. >> openly browsed the platform and found photographs and placed them on a map and drove to the victims' locations. >> reporter: what should you do to protect yourself? >> taking a picture, the picture doesn't say, this is taken in new york city, but it carries that information behind it. >> reporter: some of the biggest dangers? geotagging posts with locations, and keeping your cell phone data switched on. >> control on individual access, which app has access to the data. >> reporter: delay a post saying where you were rather than where you are. t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> this is like her business is being on social media, i understand the importance of warnings, but there's a fine line between that and victim blaming. >> it is a bit of victim blaming just because she's showing her bling doesn't mean you should take it from her. >> they are not sharing, but
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? your thursday morning mix starts with cool pictures from the other side of america. >> i'm very excited about this. merica. >> let's go to hawaii. this is why america's great. this is high definition video of lava there, just bubbling up. it shows the lava breaking mantel, lava lake, cool footage. you don't often get this sort of high def footage of the lava flow there. >> don't know how much we can say about lava other than it's pretty. >> it's pretty. and speaking of hot stuff -- do you like that segue? speaking of hot stuff, check this bride out, my kind of girl. this is the wedding dance she performed for her husband,
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kendis and i aficionados we are, she took the liberty with the choreographies because she never did that. these are, you know, makes it up a little bit, but i'm not mad about it. this woman is a professional singer, dancer, actress, everything, a reality tv star. she killed it. it's crazy because braids maids already have to buy the ugly dress and shoes and now perform for the groom? >> if you do your dance routine, what would it be? >> i wouldn't do it to upgrade >> what would it be? >> crazy in love. you want me to perform? obvious one is put a ring on it because the single ladies? >> that's it. come on? come on. that's it? >> you liked and you did put a ring on. no, like -- >> yes, kendis, yes! i'm so working this. yes! you just made this officially my best day at work ever.
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i didn't know you had it in you. whole new respect for you, kendis. >> i want to see your moves. oh. >> how do we move on to talk about taco bell? >> how do we top that? we should have closed with that. >> a couple days ago, we had national taco day. >> right. and vodka day. i celebrated that. >> exactly. well, here's how a lot of people could have celebrated. taco bell merges with air bnb giving someo t to actually stay in a taco bell. p look at this. this is in canada in ontario, canada, and you can stay there for a couple days. >> comes with food, right? >> it does come with food. >> does it come with a bong? because, you know, who wants to sit at taco bell and have unlimited steak? >> the munchies. >> all right. that's all for this half hour.
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fills with clouds and a shower and storm chance develops. the morning activity looks scattered, with more widespread activity holding off until the afternoon and evening. heavier rains could fall with some of the stronger storms along with some gusty winds. the cold front sweeps across the area friday dragging down cooler, drier and windy weather. highs fall into the upper 50s and lower 60s into the upcoming weekend. have a great night! tonight: chance of showers and storms late. wind: se 5-10. low: 60 tomorrow: showers and storms likely, especially in the afternoon and evening. wind: se 5-15. high: 76 tom. night: showers and storms likely. wind: s 10-20. low: 52 friday: gradual clearing. cooler and windy.
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sunday: mostly sunny. high: 69 low: 42 monday: slight chance of showers. high: 67 making news in america this thursday morning -- breaking right now. hurricane matthew slamming the bahamas overnight. winds well over 100 miles an hour. tourists at the atlantis resort, hurried into the ballroom. where they're forced to ride out the storm. the scenes there. plus, new video of damage left behind in haiti, as a possible humanitarian crisis gets under way. and bracing for impact here in the u.s. people from florida to the carolinas are heading out. the mass evacuation as matthew marches closer. we have the latest track. donald trump praises mike pence for his debate performance. taking credit for what he calls a win. and the must-see reaction from first graders when trump makes a surprise visit. and busted. a country's prime minister playing a popular game while in
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