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so that's the one that feels right to me. >> i would think oceans would have been sooner, maybe? >> right, i feel like there's maritime law that goes way back hundreds of years that would have declared whether or not oceans or parts of oceans could be claimed as territory. and antarctica, even, was explored earlier. >> sooner. >> you know, early 1900s, late 1800s seems like when they would have solved that problem. >> okay. >> so i think it's the moon. but i don't want you to disown me if i'm wrong. >> i don't think it would help me to use another lifeline here. i think i have to go for it. and trust that a 1967 treaty would have been-- >> about the moon. >> about the time that people were going into space and just prior to man landing on the moon. so i will not disown you if i am wrong.
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but i am going to take a risk here and say that it's a, the moon. final answer. >> i hate to see friends break up. we don't have to worry about it today. it's all good. it's all good. and so is this, $30,000. [horn blares] that sound means that time is up for today. but you're not going anywhere. you still got two lifelines. he's one step away from $50,000. only five away from $1 million. thanks for watching today. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. closed captioning sponsored by: . . i didn't think i'd have a heart attack. but i did. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an
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distracted driving has long been a growing danger on the roads. so for years, we've been told to use those hands-free mobile devices behind the wheel. >> a new study is providing more evidence that hands-free is not exactly risk-free. abc's clayton sandell has more. >> reporter: near chicago. investigators say the driver of this car that ended up crushed under a big rig killing a passenger may have been texting. distracted driving is one of the biggest dangers on the road. but a new aaa study says those hands-free systems that are supposed to make us safer -- >> call amy smith at work. >> okay. calling del reed. >> can themselves be highly
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distracting. > oh, my gosh, i guess that is a stop sign. >> reporter: aaa tested about a dozen hands-free systems. chevys rated a mild distraction. siri on the iphone rated high. the mazda 6 very high. chevy and mazda did not return our calls. apple declined to comment. most surprising, the study found distractions don't stop when you hang up. >> aaa found hands-free technologies can keep distracting you up to half a minute longer. that's enough time to drive three football fields going only 25 miles an hour. >> hands-free isn't risk free and using your voice to try to interact with the systems can lead to levels of distraction that are unsafe. >> reporter: researchers say keep your eyes on the road and for that 27 seconds your brain, too. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> you've got to put the cell phone inside the glove compartment to drive these days. >> it sure is really, really distracting and dangerous. when we come back, john travolta's big television comeback. >> and justin bieber putting sorry to a song. "the skinny" up next.
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♪ skinny, so skinny okay. welcome back. time for "the skinny." topping our headlines this morning, a sneak peek at a television comeback that has our jaws dropping. it was pretty good. >> he's come a long way from vinnie barbarino and even edna turnblad. talking about, of course, john travolta.
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he's playing an attorney, robert shapiro. he sits down with cuba gooding jr. as o.j. simpson in the latest teaser for "american crime story." >> anytime that i take on a new criminal case, i always ask the client a question. now, i won't be judgmental. so -- >> wow. of course, they cut away just before he asked gooding/simpson, the big question whether he killed his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman, and robert kardashian going to be played by david schwimmer. >> wow. riveting. as you can see, travolta, he just nails it as shapiro. "american crime story," the people versus o.j. simpson will premiere in february on fx. up next, justin bieber certainly full of surprises these days. >> the singer just dropped a video for his single "sorry" off of his upcoming album "purpose." a day earlier than he promised.
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he based the lyrics -- seems to be all about her, of course. always about her. selena gomez. he's begging for a second chance in one of the verses. ♪ one more shot at forgiveness >> interestingly enough, we never actually see bieber himself in the video. his new album "purpose" will drop in full on november 13th. >> this is like justin timberlake and britney spears all over again. that whole saga from the last generation. >> who else has a new good music video? gwen stefani, people are saying also about her ex. >> bush. got to check that one out. another major singer making headlines this morning. >> following up on a story we brought you earlier this week. today adele is expected to release the first single for her upcoming album "25." along with a new video. we heard a tiny snippet of that single on british television "hello" which she dropped over the weekend.
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♪ hello, it's me ♪ i was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet ♪ >> for a second there, i said hello and i thought she was going to say, is it me you're looking for. i was like, wait a minute. >> hall and oates. >> adele just joined instagram yesterday and announced her upcoming album "25" will drop on november 20th. finally, the world of professional sports intersecting with hollywood. >> actor vin diesel has revealed that his 7-year-old daughter is taking judo lessons from none other than ufc champ ronda rousey. >> diesel met her on the set of "fast and furious," and it seems to be paying off. he told fox sports that thanks to her auntie ronda, his daughter is an orange belt with stripes in judo. >> he says he wants his daughter one day to be able to protect herself and be able to say no means no. don't mess with this girl.
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coming up, too much politics for one week. we'll be back. one week. we'll be back.
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♪ whoa, it was quite a week for political theater both on the campaign trail and, of course, on capitol hill. >> and we all enjoyed a trip "back to the future." and here now is our weekly "friday rewind." >> i cannot and i will not give up my family time. i may not be on the road as often as previous speakers, but i pledge to try and make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. >> it may very well be that 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. >> i'm not blaming george bush,
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but i don't want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe. >> does anybody actually blame my brother for the attacks on 9/11? if they do, they're totally marginalizing our society. >> i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> any attack against a house of faith is an attack on our freedom as americans which we all hold dear. and all americans should be concerned. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances. >> four police officers murdered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> the lady who got hit was talking about it. she was going, he hit me in my head and choked me, and she was really emotional. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a
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selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now. >> those stories about what happened. >> it's true. all of it. >> oh, what a week for "star wars." you know, some people find the title of "the force awakens" a little blasphemous because some people are saying the force never sleeps. how can you say it awakens? >> they've got to find something. >> it's awakening the franchise after all these years. there's going to be two more movies after this one. how do i put my name in for a walk-on role for "star wars"? >> there's still two more to be done? >> do you have j.j. abrams' e-mail on your computer? >> we can check it out. december 18th. that's when we can check it out. >> more news coming up. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan with the top headlines that we're following this morning on "world news now." hillary clinton getting generally good marks following her marathon session before the house benghazi committee. some of the most heated moments during the 11-hour hearing were between republicans and democrats on the panel. details ahead. congressman paul ryan officially enters the race for speaker of the house. that comes after ryan got support from three key groups including hard line conservatives in the house. the election is next week. homeland security officials say top secret -- two secret service agents were found asleep at their recent posts in months, one at the white house. details straight ahead. and forecasters are calling hurricane patricia potentially catastrophic as it heads for mexico's central coast.
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packing winds of nearly 160 miles an hour. the category 5 hurricane is set to make landfall near puerto vallarta later today. those are some of our top stories on this friday, october 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." hello. we begin this half hour with that shocking report about the secret service officers found asleep on the job, including one at the white house. >> and now homeland security officials are warning overworked agency employees could pose a serious security risk. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: sleeping on the job. not the words you want associated with the secret service. two uniformed officers were caught napping in august. one while on duty at a foreign diplomat's residence. the other at the white house. a new inspector general management alert says inadequate staffing and scheduling may pose an immediate or potential danger to u.s. secret service officers
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and those whom they protect. >> this should be a wake-up call to the secret service. you cannot have officers and agents working the long, long hours that they are. >> reporter: the secret service objects, saying the sleeping officers, and only them, were at fault. both were disciplined. but the latest revelation comes on the heels of a recent disclosure that secret service agents had been rifling through the employment files of congressman jason chaffetz and were contemplating embarrassing him. all this after that fence jumper got inside the white house. this following a prostitution scandal. after successfully protecting the pope, the secret service was hoping to turn the page from negative headlines to more positive coverage. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. this morning's other big story, plenty of reaction to that 11-hour hearing into the benghazi attacks. hillary clinton taking questions for most of the time with the occasional break for water, even a cough drop at one point. republicans on the committee trying to turn over new information while democrats
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called it all political theater. >> this investigation is about four people who were killed representing our country on foreign soil. >> you know, i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> you tell the american people one thing, you tell your family an entirely different story. why didn't you just speak plain to the american people? >> well, congressman, there was a lot of conflicting information that we were trying to make sense of. the situation was very fluid. it was fast-moving. > republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail secretary clinton's presidential campaign. >> why not just tell the court i turned over everything. >> you know how lawyers are, they use more words perhaps than they need. >> trust me, i know that and they charge you for every one of them. >> yeah, i'm well aware of that,
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mr. chairman, and the clock is ticking. >> well -- >> it was a brief moment of levity there as the hearing was winding down last night. 11 hours, that's a long time. the investigation by the house actually cost taxpayers $5 million. i was impressed all she needed was a couple cough drops and some water. >> wow, that's pure attrition right there. but she was able to hold up okay. >> seems like it. we've got sad news to tell you about. for the first time, the u.s. has lost a soldier in the fight against isis. it happened during a mission in iraq. >> u.s. special operations forces helped raid an isis compound and were surprised by who they found inside. abc's martha raddatz has the details. >> reporter: it was a daring mission, as bold as it was complicated. saving dozens of those isis hostages facing imminent mass execution. under cover of darkness, five american helicopters ferry kurdish special forces and 30
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u.s. advisers to a prison camp in hawija, not far from the isis stronghold of mosul. u.s. air strikes cleared roads and surrounding buildings to prevent isis reinforcements. on the ground, rescuers expected to find 20 kurdish hostages but were stunned to come across 70. an intense firefight erupted, and while the americans were not there officially in a combat role, they were forced to jump in as the battle raged. as many as 20 isis fighters were killed, but an american service member was wounded and later died. the first u.s. combat death since the fight against isis began last year. >> they have the right to defend themselves, those u.s. forces, but this was a unique circumstance. >> reporter: all the hostages were safely rescued. five isis terrorists were taken into custody, and important intelligence was reportedly recovered. the raid is raising questions though about the role of u.s. troops in iraq who were not
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meant to engage in combat as president obama has stated many times. >> these american forces will not have a combat mission. we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. >> martha raddatz, abc news, dubai. a tough morning commute ahead for drivers in north texas. flash flood warnings are posted after the first rain to hit the area in a month and a half. this was the scene at an rv park in the west texas town of rankin. several travel trailers and rvs floating away. air travel delays were starting to build up in the dallas area. >> a whole lot more rain is forecasted for the region. >> for a look at this weekend, let's turn to accuweather's justin povick. good morning. >> thanks. good morning to you, as well. as we go throughout the daytime hours and even into the evening, i'm extremely concerned about slow-moving heavy thunderstorms which will dump tremendous amounts of water from dallas
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ft. worth south and west and before it's all said and done, we could have staggering rainfall amounts of 6 to even 12 inches. the drought's erased, but we are concerned about some extremely dangerous flooding. phillip and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. anger and grief this morning from the family of a black man shot and killed by police in florida. he was waiting for help after his car broke down. his family now suggesting he had no way of knowing the man approaching was an undercover officer. with more, here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: questions from the family of corey jones, after an undercover officer shot and killed the musician. the family attorneys saying they spoke with prosecutors who told them the officer never displayed a badge. that the musician himself never fired his gun, which was legally bought. and that jones was shot three times. so, why did officer nouman raja kill jones? >> he would not ever, ever, ever, ever, ever pull a gun on a police. >> reporter: the family
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side-by-side thursday with their attorneys at a rally. they say jones was just waiting for a tow. >> he called his big brother, c.j. his brother offered to come and get him. >> reporter: police telling us officer raja's account. >> he stopped to investigate what he believed to be an abandoned vehicle. he was suddenly confronted by an armed subject. >> reporter: the questions, did officer raja, who was in an unmarked car, ever identify himself as an officer? >> i need to know why. why is my son gone today? why? >> reporter: officer raja is now on paid leave. meanwhile, the state attorney won't confirm or deny the family's account, saying they are investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. some very special men and women who served in world war ii are finally getting their due, receiving the congressional gold medal. they're known as monuments men whose story was told in the film by the same name starring george clooney, matt damon and cate blanchett among others.
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they were allied civilian soldiers assigned to recover art stolen by the nazis. house speaker john boehner cheeked up when talking about their contribution to history. >> we get to toast our heroes, and we get to fall in love with freedom all over again because knowing who we're from shows our children what they can be. >> the original group consisted of about 350 mostly middle-aged men and women who worked as historians for museums before the war. only six of them are still alive today. >> wow. there is some controversy surrounding a popular halloween costume. it's because it just might be too good. >> the costume is called the black invisible man. with the lights on, you see the child here dressed head to toe in black. it's dark. he's invisible and kids are trick-or-treating at night. >> that's what concerned parents are saying.
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it is not safe to wear it on halloween night because they might not be seen by drivers and some are telling their kids to wear lighted necklaces as a safety precaution which would make sense. >> one of our producers said you should wrap them up in that reflective tape. >> something. that's just a car target. that's all that really is. you could be used to identify bad parents though. >> oh really? >> if you see the kid with the -- with that. >> it took me a second. >> well, they don't care. they're like, well, put a necklace on, something. >> we might send you out with a gopro cam on halloween to find out the good parents and the bad parents. though naughty and nice. help santa out. >> look at me standing up here judging when i don't have kids. it just seems like -- >> you know what? i bet you'd be a good daddy. >> i certainly would not let them dress in all black and go have fun trick-or-treating in the streets, kids. see you tomorrow. that's the one thing i would not do. >> parenting advice from phillip
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plenty more to come there. a warning to drivers whose cars were recalled to fix air bag deflectors made by takata. get those repairs done soon or face a serious risk of death or injury. the government says eight people have died and 98 others have been hurt because of inflaters that can explode with too much force. very serious warning there. quite a few americans looking to make a few extra bucks are increasingly seeking their homes as potential gold mines. i didn't know this was a possibility. >> but with more people than ever advertising their homes online to prospective short-term tenants, how do you make your home stand out in the crowd? here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: it's the stuff of dreams. making enough money renting out your house to quit your job and travel the world. this woman seems to be doing it, telling buzzfeed news she makes a staggering $60,000 a year renting out her two-bedroom
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california condo on airbnb. enough money to fund trips to costa rica, buenos aires and more. unlike her, many are just trying to make ends meet. >> i'd like to get to the point that i'm mortgage free so that way i can work on some of the debt that i have. >> reporter: first time homeowner betsy haul in ocean view, california, put her spare bedroom on airbnb for $69 a night. so far, not a lot of interest. >> mortgage is very expensive so renting out helps secure the fact that if something did happen, then i still have some form of income. >> reporter: enterome makeover specialist kimba hills. >> i'm excited to get going. >> reporter: her first secret, it's all about the color. hill said classic bold hues like white, black and green make a room pop. so we add an accent rug and cover up that dull brown couch adding some colorful throw pillows. >> i got lucky. >> i love it. >> reporter: next, sell your spot. take what's unique about your location and highlight it. betsy's home is close to the
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beach, a huge selling point. so kimba adds a tropical vacation theme with fresh flowers and beach theme light fixtures. we spent $500 on improvements, and after a few hours of work, we turned that bedroom from this to this. >> oh, my gosh. this is a completely different place. >> i know. >> reporter: the final step, nail your ad. it's in sites like airbnb and i stopover.com's best interest that you rent your space. so did you know, airbnb will send a professional photographer to your house to take pics for free. transforming betsy's online ad from this to this. airbnb's appraisers telling us betsy could now list her new room for up to $100 a night, which could bring in $13,000 a year. a nearly 45% bump. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. interesting. >> all about the marketing.
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>> uh-huh. coming up, the actor simply known as trivago guy. >> why he is the anti-salesman. stay with us. >> announcer: "world news now" continues
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the geniuses of madison the geniuses of madison avenue have preached for generations that the right spokesman can make or break a company or product. >> but that conventional wisdom is being turned upside down by
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one guy whose off-beat appearance should have been a disaster for the online travel agency trivago. abc's byron pitts has more. >> did you notice there's so many prices out there for the exact same room. >> tim williams is known as the trivago guy. slightly rumpled with a three-day stubble yet approachable. >> when i travel to miami, i need to be connected. >> reporter: he's pitching good deals. lots of people want to know what his deal is. >> i come from houston, texas, and made my way up to new york a long time ago to study acting and worked on "my so-called life" here with claire danes. not too long after that, i worked on "the sopranos." >> is that alcohol on your breath. >> reporter: but it's his commercial success that has men and women obsessing over his laid back look that also comes with a little criticism. >> from doug, tuck in your shirt, you badly dressed trivago guy. tucked in my shirt. this is for you, doug. is that enough? >> reporter: he joins the ranks of spokespeople like progressive insurance agent flo. the most interesting man in the
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world himself. >> stay thirsty, my friends. >> reporter: making a career out of being the face of one company. how does he end up as the trivago front man? well, he moved to germany. >> my agent's here in new york saying are you crazy? you don't speak german. i said i do. i will. i'll learn it because i've got to work. eventually i ended up on a show which translates to "good times, bad times." i played an american rock star and that's why i couldn't shave. so i had to shoot on monday, and on thursday and friday, i had to shoot trivago. after doing fittings, we realized none of the belts seemed to be fitting the belt loops. so we went out without the belt. >> trivago does the work for you and instantly compares prices. >> reporter: a happenstance wardrobe malfunction put him in the world of the advertising elite. byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> interesting. apparently it's worked for them because they said the u.s. market is now their biggest revenuemaker and they now have a spanish and french trivago guy. >> there you go. all you need to do.
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shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right ♪ all right. it's movie time. and although it's the season of oscar bait, don't expect to see these twos films at any award shows. >> first up, "the last witch hunter," a supernatural action movie starring vin diesel and elijah wood. diesel plays a centuries old immortal being whose job is to hunt witches. his strength is put to the test when a powerful witch queen who he defeats hundreds of years ago is resurrected, hellbent on destroying humanity. but he needs the help of a young priest.
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>> get down! >> the critics taking it down. they are in agreement. this is no "fast and furious" with wendy ide of screen international quipping like its star, "the last witch hunter" is big, overblown and frequently incomprehensible. and tom huddleson of time-out says simply, what an ugly, idiotic mess this is. >> that is rough. rough. >> that's raw honesty. that's what they think. >> next up, "rock the kasbah," starring legendary bill murray. he plays a washed up rock manager who is dumped by his last client while on a uso tour in afghanistan. he looks to revive his career after he discovers a teenager with a golden voice and a dream to become the first female in an afghan television show. bruce willis, kate hudson show
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up to help fulfill her dream. but it's bill murray's character who needs the help. >> private? >> yeah. >> oh. sure. sure. >> you look kind of nervous. probably your first hostage rescue, huh? >> yes, sir. >> there. >> no, i can get that one. thank you. >> all right. wow. i've never seen anything like this before, sir. good for you. >> well, it's wartime, son. >> here's the unfortunate part. even with an all-star cast, it couldn't sway the critics. they've pummeled this one with sam wolf of we've got this covered saying it's a "dreadful excuse for a comedy that will make you question your faith in bill murray." no.
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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now" -- marathon grilling. >> hillary clinton's benghazi hearing on capitol hill lasting 11 hours. heated moments between republicans and democrats. plus, how it might affect clinton's run for the white house. the daring mission to rescue hostages taken by isis. the first american soldier is killed in the fight against the islamic state. details just ahead on the intense rush to stop an imminent mass execution. and disturbing new details in the case of the toddler left locked up in a day care facility. firefighters breaking down the doors to find a baby girl. how could this have happened? and fright fest. we have got a roundup of the best movies to get you in the halloween spirit. from the latest to the classics, rotten tomatoes is here with the
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best on-demand options if you dare. it's freaky friday, october 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning on this friday. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. unbelievable, 11 hours after it began, the benghazi hearing finally wrapped up late last night. >> a confident hillary clinton answering questions for much of that time, and at other times, watching as the committee members squabbled among themselves. abc's kenneth moton watched it all unfold on capitol hill. >> reporter: an intense and dramatic day on capitol hill. >> and here's basically what happened to their requests. they were torn up. >> well, that's just not true. >> reporter: hillary clinton held her ground against the house select complete investigating the terrorist
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attack on a u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi. republicans questioned clinton for hours about what was done before, during and after the attack that killed four americans including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. >> madam secretary, i understand there already people frankly in both party who have suggested that this investigation is about you. let me assure you it is not. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> reporter: republicans were also focused on clinton's advisor and friend sidney blumenthal whose e-mails reached clinton, but ambassador stevens' security requests did not. >> i can only tell you that i know a number of requests were fulfilled, and some were not. >> that republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail secretary clinton's presidential campaign. >> reporter: late thursday night, clinton walked out of the day-long grilling as she goes from the hot seat back to the campaign trail. >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: what's next for this 12-member house committee? it will write a final report on
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the benghazi attacks sometime over the next year and before the presidential election. reena and phillip. >> thank you so much. also on capitol hill, wisconsin congressman paul ryan has officially entered the race for speaker of the house. the former vice presidential nominee will face elections next week in a closed door house gop meeting on wednesday and on the house floor on thursday. given the support he's gotten so far, his election to the post is likely. in iraq, the first american casualty to report in the fight against isis. it happened during a raid that saved the lives of dozens of captives. that raid took place not far from the isis stronghold of mosul. a u.s. air strike cleared the area to prevent isis reinforcements. american and kurdish special forces troops expected to find just 20 hostages but were stunned to come across 70 during an intense firefight. as many as 20 isis fighters were killed, and that american we mentioned was wounded and later died.
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and these stunning images are from the suburbs of damascus, syria. they were shot from a drone and show the massive scale of the destruction in rebel-held areas done from years of battle against syrian government forces. fighting has been going on since 2013. the area shown is just a few miles from syrian president bashar assad's palace. a shocking report has revealed at least two secret service officers were found asleep on the job, one at the white house. homeland security investigators say it's not entirely their fault instead blaming fatigue from travel and long working hours. they warn unless things change, overworked agents pose a significant security risk. president obama vetoed a sweeping $600 billion defense policy bill heating up the battle with republicans over federal spending. the president agrees with pouring more money into defense programs, but he insists domestic spending must go up at the same time. in a rare oval office ceremony, the president accused republicans of resorting to
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gimmicks and blocking changes needed to address modern security threats. >> we have repeatedly put forward a series of reforms and eliminating programs that the pentagon does not want. congress keeps on stuffing them back in. >> the president also objects to a provision making it harder to shut down the prison in guantanamo bay, one of his top priorities. house republicans are vowing to override the veto, but if they can't get enough votes, they'll have to revise the bill or try to settle the large budget dispute. the suspect in the shooting of an albuquerque police officer is facing federal charges because he was a felon carrying a gun. devon lyman was found a few hours after the shooting still wearing a handcuff on one wrist following an altercation with the officer. the officer facing more surgery is in critical but stable condition. and we're learning new details about the new mexico man charged with shooting a 4-year-old girl to death in a case of road rage. as abc's ryan owens reports, this is not his first brush with
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the law. >> do you have any questions about anything i've said? >> no, sir. >> reporter: those are the only two words uttered by the accused killer of 4-year-old lilly garcia, but the judge had plenty to say to tony torrez. >> this is possibly one of the most wanton and atrocious acts as alleged, i think, in the history of this city. >> reporter: in court, prosecutors detailed torrez's violent criminal history, which includes another arrest for road rage. court documents show he pulled a gun on a driver in 2006. that case was dismissed. >> the daughter is not conscious. >> reporter: the criminal complaint details how prosecutors believe the accused murderer cut off the family's pickup truck. lilly's father then threw up his hands and called him a name. a chase ensued with torrez allegedly firing four shots. >> the first time that you met her, she would grab your heart. she's going to be missed by a lot of people. >> reporter: police say torrez has confessed, and they appear to have plenty of evidence, including the gun used to kill lilly. they say they found it in his
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home. ryan owens, abc news, albuquerque, new mexico. gnc is being sued accused of selling supplements made with illegal ingredients. oregon claims the chain knowingly sold supplements spiked with two synthetic drugs. gnc said the claims were without merit adding it no longer sells products with those ingredients. gnc shares dropped 21% before closing down 14%. health experts in the uk are calling for a sugar tax. they issued a new report concluding sugary food and drinks should be taxed up to 20% citing an urgent need to tackle addiction to sugar. prime minister david cameron is against the tax saying there are better ways to deal with childhood obesity. he may be open to restrictions on advertising items that are high in sugar. the second of this year's nfl games in london is sunday and the bills face the jaguars. >> last night it was the seahawks and 49ers.
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this one was all seattle. marshawn lynch opened the scoring with a one-yard plunge in the first quarter. >> i'm just here so i don't get fined. >> i'm just here so i don't get fined. with the score 10-0, russell wilson connecting with tyler lockette for a 43-yard touchdown. pretty much over from there. seattle won it, 20-3. it was the fourth straight win against their division rivals. just kind of owning the 49ers lately. but, yeah, marshawn lynch everybody's favorite. >> beast mode apparently. 122 yards despite vomiting on sideline. >> did he really? i missed that. >> is that right, jack? back me up here. >> that's what i read. >> that's what you read. we were too busy preparing. >> skittles finally caught up to him. >> those rainbow flavors what things they do to you on the sidelines. >> he's the only one that could vomit on the sidelines and it's still kind of cool. the only guy. that's marshawn. week seven, football is back. >> football is back.
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>> seattle returning to normal. there you go. they're going to make a run for the super bowl again? >> back-to-back super bowls. they have a losing record right now. >> maybe they'll go to britain. coming up, the shocking discovery that a father made after arriving at a day care facility. his toddler left locked inside by herself. what police think may have actually happened. and later. >> i'm grae drake, senior editor of rotten tomatoes. it's scary movie season. we have four good movie options if you love a little fear. yeah, "halloween" is on the list, but can you think of three more? you're watching "world news now." we do? i took the trash out. "halloween is on the list but can you think of three more? you're watching "world news now." " is on the list but can you think of three more? you're watching "world news now." n. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80%
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getting a first look at a student at a high school in durham, north carolina, being tased by officers. the student had been asked to leave the school after being suspended, but he refused. after he struck an officer in the head, a taser was used to take him down. the local sheriff called it an appropriate level of force for a volatile situation. the student is fine. we're hearing more details this morning about that day care center in chicago under investigation for reportedly locking up for the day and
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leaving a 1-year-old girl behind. i found this so upsetting and difficult to watch. >> absolutely horrifying. the little girl's father was frantic, called police who had to force their way inside. abc's linzie janis has the story. >> reporter: firefighters breaking down the door of this chicago day care, desperately trying to reach a baby girl locked inside. her frantic father recording it all. >> journee? >> it was pitch black and, like, the police had the flashlight down, and the only thing i could see was my baby crawling on the floor. >> reporter: 1-year-old journee's dad reportedly arriving 15 minutes before their official closing, finding the doors locked. >> my heart dropped. i was just glad that she was okay. >> reporter: the center now being investigated by authorities. we've seen it before. earlier this year, this houston father smashing a window at his son's day care. the 10-month-old left inside on his own.
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that center calling it a terrible accident. little journee's mom saying that day care told her they mistook her child for a doll. the facility hasn't returned our calls for comment. linzie janis, abc news. >> it's so upsetting for little kids. she is 1-year-old. when they're left alone, it's terrifying to be left alone in the dark, but the fact she was there without anyone makes you rethink schools and day cares that if this could happen to her, what else could happen across the country. >> i'm sure it was even more terrifying for the parents at that age. maybe at 3 or 4, maybe the kid would freak out at that point. 1 years old, you're so vulnerable. i can't imagine being the parent. this is not the end. this is not the end of this. i'm sure there will be -- we'll be hearing more. >> take a look at your facilities everywhere. coming up in our next half hour, what you may not have known about distracted driving. >> those hands-free devices may
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be more dangerous than you think. what a new study is telling us. first, we're ramping up to halloween and scary movie season time. kendis gibson sat down with rotten tomatoes' grae drake who give us her picks for your scary movie play list. that's next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"
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♪ there's definitely a nip in the air, and the leaves are turning and that, of course, means one thing. it's prime season for checking out our favorite scary movies. but in addition to the obvious halloween classics, there are quite a few new movies out there that should be making your personal play lists. joining us now is rotten tomatoes senior editor grae drake. thank you for being here with
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us. >> thank you. >> i'm a big fan of scary movies. >> so am i. i love any excuse to leap into people's laps. >> you don't need a nice little picker up. >> get in there. >> we'll do that first. >> so on the website, we have 75 of the best reviewed horror movies ever. right? and i was really surprised at what ended up being 75th. >> okay. >> as in the scariest or -- >> as in like the bottom of our list, and it just tells you how fantastic all of the films actually are because if this is our last one, then it's a solid list. >> where do you want to start? >> the movie "the conjuring." >> i've seen this movie. it's great. >> it just came out with patrick wilson, based on a true story. it is not for the faint of heart or anyone buying real estate within the next time period
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because this family moves into a house, and it's super haunted. >> it's based on a true story? >> yeah. a lot like amityville horror except different family, different house. same paranormal researchers. >> okay. >> that helped out this poor family. it's a really scary film. >> what else? >> there's a lot of classics on the list, too. you can't like have a conversation about scary movies without talking about "halloween," "carrie" "the shining." those are like in the 40s and 50s on the list. >> what are the ones you would say have been missed by many folks in more recent years perhaps? >> one of the best scary movies that i've ever seen is the "babadook." this single mom, and her son has some behavioral problems. who hasn't been there? that's a true to life setup. and her son is really terrified of the boogeyman. a book mysteriously shows up at
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their house. >> boom. >> you think, oh, great, a book. literacy, this is wonderful. your child's going to read and be really smart. no, don't read the book. don't read it. it's so scary. >> that one, "babadook." what else? >> "it follows" is another new film that came out recently starring micah monroe. an interesting new actress and it's spectacular. >> i'm curious about "it follows." the reviews on rotten tomatoes were great. i downloaded it and watched the first few minutes. it was kind of gory, and i was out. is that a theme? >> you're done. it doesn't get any better from there. just leave it. and what was really interesting is the number one best reviewed horror movie according to our critics. >> i could only imagine. >> rewind. go back in time. it's an old one. >> was it in black and white? >> yes. >> "psycho." >> good guess.
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>> but wrong. >> it's not. it's "the cabinet of dr. caligari." >> of course, that one. who doesn't have that one? what the heck is that? >> so it's a german film from 1920. and it is one of the scariest movies that you'll ever see because it's about a hypnotist who convinces a guy that essentially has a form of sleep walking as a disorder to murder people for him. >> interesting. >> it's one of the most important films stylistically that led a german movement called expressionism. it's beautiful to look at. it's chilling, and it will give you nightmares from 1920. >> is it a talkie? >> no. there are bords. >> they're all scary words. >> i can imagine. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> now we're scared. >> we're terrified. i'm going to jump in your lap. >> but i might like it. thanks, grae, senior editor of rotten tomatoes and co-host of the fall movie preview on the reelzchannel.
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this morning on "world news now" shouting match on the hill. republicans and democrats in congress battle it out over benghazi and politics as hillary clinton stays calm. the 11-hour hearing by the numbers just ahead. washed out. happening now, the flash flooding threat in north texas as the region braces for up to ten inches of rain. homes washed away and storms even threatening the current quest for the world series. and new this half hour, also in texas, cops on the lookout. >> for a group of four escapees. the emus, yes, emus still on the loose overnight. we're getting a sneak peek at john travolta's big comeback to the small screen. can you guess who he's
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portraying in the fx series "american crime story"? it's friday, october 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." and good morning on this very busy friday morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. we have emus and john travolta to get to. first, hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail this morning after an 11-hour day, a long time before the benghazi committee. >> and clinton, the chairman of the committee shaking hands there when it was all over after 9:00 p.m. eastern. talk about marathon hearing. before that, hours of aggressive questioning and tense moments. abc's jonathan karl reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: hillary clinton was all smiles as she came before the committee that she's accused of being on a partisan witch hunt. with huge crowds lining the hallways outside, from the start, the republican chairman was defensive. >> madam secretary, i understand
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there are people, frankly, in both parties who have suggested that this investigation is about you. let me assure you it is not, and let me assure you why it is not. this investigation is about four people who were killed representing our country on foreign soil. >> reporter: and the top democrat on the attack. >> republicans are squandering millions of taxpayer dollars on this abusive effort to derail secretary clinton's presidential campaign. >> reporter: republicans released a never seen before e-mail mrs. clinton wrote on the very night of that deadly attack in benghazi. it was addressed to diane reynolds, the name she used for e-mails sent to her daughter, chelsea. "two of our officers were killed in benghazi by an al qaeda-linked group." that's quite different than what the obama administration said in the days after the attack that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. that it was a spontaneous protest over an anti-islamic video that grew violent. >> you tell the american people one thing. you tell your family an entirely
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different story. why didn't you just speak plain to the american people? >> well, congressman, there was a lot of conflicting information that we were trying to make sense of. the situation was very fluid. it was fast-moving. >> reporter: republicans also demanded to know why the state department had denied several requests for more security in the months before the attack. >> can you account for why that is? why we have increasing requests and yet no increase in security? >> well, congressman, i can only tell you that i know a number of requests were fulfilled, and some were not. >> reporter: mrs. clinton took responsibility for what happened, as she has in the past. >> i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been wracng my brain about what more could have been done. >> reporter: republicans came with printouts of clinton's e-mails related to libya. and asked why there were so few in the months before the attack,
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implying that she was not paying attention. >> libya, benghazi, chris stevens, the staff there, they seemed to fall off your radar in 2012, and the situation is getting much worse. >> well, congresswoman, i did not conduct most of the business that i did on behalf of our country on e-mail. i conducted it in meetings. i read massive amounts of memos, great deal of classified information. i made a lot of secure phone calls. i was in and out of the white house all the time. >> reporter: and again and again, republicans pressed her about her e-mails from her old friend sidney blumenthal. >> help us understand how sidney blumenthal had that kind of access to you, madam secretary, but the ambassador did not. >> reporter: that line of questioning made democrats furious, and the two sides started fighting with each other. >> i tell you what. >> the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? that's what we want to have. let the world see it. >> why is it that you only want mr. blumenthal's transcript released? >> reporter: they went at it.
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hillary clinton just looked on. if republicans were hoping to draw blood with this hearing, they didn't really succeed. in the face of relentless questioning, hillary clinton was calm, sober and substantive, and when republicans tried to engage her in political fights, she didn't take the bait. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >> hillary clinton did get three breaks during the hearings, each one about an hour long. that means she spent more than eight hours before the panel. the word e-mail was mentioned nearly 300 times, and the committee has interviewed 54 witnesses with more to come. so far the committee's investigation has cost taxpayers just under $5 million. a major political boost for republican presidential candidate ben carson. one poll shows he's a front-runner in iowa. the latest quinnipiac poll shows carson with 28% of the iowa vote. that's eight points ahead of donald trump. marco rubio has 13% and ted cruz has 10%.
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carson jumped ahead in this poll over the last month with trump slipping to second. one of the longest and most sophisticated drug smuggling tunnels has been discovered between the u.s. and mexico. authorities seized 12 tons of marijuana and arrested nearly two dozen people. the 2,400-foot tunnel connected warehouses in san diego and tijuana. it was lit, ventilated and equipped with a rail system. the arrests were the result of sting operations in both countries. in iraq the first american casualty to report in the fight against isis. it happened during a raid that had the lives of dozens of captives not far from mosul. u.s. air strikes cleared the air. american and kurdish special forces troops expected to find just 20 hostages, but they were stunned. they came across 70. and during an intense fight, as many as 20 isis fighters were killed. the americans we mentioned -- american we mentioned was wounded and unfortunately did later die.
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breaking news from nashville where one person has been killed in a shooting on the campus of tennessee state university. two others are hospitalized from the incident. metro nashville police say that shooting happened around 11:00 p.m. last night from an apparent dispute over a dice game in an outdoor courtyard. we'll bring you more details as soon as we get them. outrage growing over the latest police shooting that left a young black man dead. cory jones' family said prosecutors in florida told them the undercover officer never showed his badge, and jones never fired his gun which he was licensed to carry. the 3w 1-year-old musician was shot three times by officer nouman raja after his car broke down on a highway ramp. >> he called his big brother, cj. his brother offered to come and get him. he said, no, i really need my car because i have to perform in church with the choir the next morning. >> police say officer raja
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stopped to investigate what he believed was an abandoned car and was confronted by an armed man. he's now on paid leave. flash flood warnings in effect for north texas overnight as the region is hit with the first rain in weeks. this was the scene at an rv park in the west texas town of rankin. several travel trailers and rvs floating away and travel delays reported at love field in dallas. the morning's commute expected to be a major challenge. those rains do not look to be letting up soon. >> for a look at the forecast including a major hurricane in the pacific, let's head over to accuweather's justin povick. good morning to you. >> thanks and good morning to you. heavy rainfall and dangerous flash flooding. unfortunately, that returns to much of texas throughout the day into the overnight and also for the upcoming weekend. i'm very concerned from dallas to abilene. some spots here through the weekend could experience 6 to even 12 inches of rain. then we have dangerous hurricane
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patricia bending to the north. likely to strike the western portion of mexico later on this afternoon. phillip and reena, back to you. >> thank you, justin. presidential candidate and new jersey governor chris christie is facing a lawsuit stemming from last year's ebola outbreak. a nurse is seeking a quarter million dollars in damages. kaci hickox was quarantined in newark after having contact with ebola patients in west africa. she said she was illegally held in a tent against her will even though she had no symptoms. she says christie was driven by fear and politics, not health concerns. ten sex abuse victims of subway pitchman jared fogel are getting checks of $100,000 each. he pleaded guilty to child abuse and is due to be sentenced next month. prosecutors say it's rare restitution is paid before the sentence is handed out. fogel faces a minimum of five years in prison. in the swiss alps, a camera captured the amazing moment when
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a giant chunk of rock broke off the side of a mountain and thundered downhill. the site had been under observation for some time after instruments recorded significant erosion. as a precaution, the village at the foot of the mountain was evacuated ahead of time. thankfully, nobody was injured. back here at home, a breaking news situation near austin, texas. ladies and gentlemen, there's a gang of emus on the loose. >> the four of them escaped their enclosure, and there they were seen walking down the street in round rock, texas, yesterday afternoon. their names, in case you come across them, emmitt, he's the big one. >> as in emmitt smith? >> exactly as in emmitt smith. and the others as in hughey, dewey and louie. >> as in hughey and the news. >> there you go. you're on fire this morning. >> i'm on fire. it's friday. we should say the names of the nephews of donald duck, hughey an dewey and louie.
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police say they're considered highly dangerous and residents have been told to avoid them. not to feed them. efforts to get them back to their fenced in backyard will resume this morning. again folks, possibly armed and dangerous. do not feed them. lock your doors. >> hughey, dewey and louie are not hughey and the news? >> donald duck had nephews. >> it's been awhile. >> you clearly didn't watch "duck tails." i'm going to get you a little episode of "duck tails" on youtube. >> i clearly need it. coming up next, distracted driving. > what we're finding out about those hands-free devices. a new study says they're not as safe as we've been told. coming up in "the skinny," john travolta like never before. who he's playing in his big tv comeback role next year. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance.
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distracted driving has long been a growing danger on the roads. so for years, we've been told to use those hands-free mobile devices behind the wheel. >> a new study is providing more evidence that hands-free is not exactly risk-free. abc's clayton sandell has more. >> reporter: near chicago, investigators say the driver of this car that ended up crushed under a big rig killing a passenger may have been texting. distracted driving is one of the biggest dangers on the road. but a new aaa study says those hands-free systems that are supposed to make us safer -- >> call amy smith at work. >> okay. calling del reed. >> huh? >> reporter: can themselves be highly distracting.
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> oh, my gosh, i guess that is a stop sign. >> reporter: aaa tested about a dozen hands-free systems. chevy's rated a mild distraction. siri on the iphone rated high. the mazda 6 very high. chevy and mazda did not return our calls. apple declined to comment. most surprising, the study found distractions don't stop when you hang up. >> aaa found hands-free technologies can keep distracting you up to half a minute longer. that's enough time to drive three football fields going only 25 miles an hour. >> hands-free isn't risk free and using your voice to try to interact with the systems can lead to levels of distraction that are unsafe. >> reporter: researchers say keep your eyes on the road and for that 27 seconds your brain, too. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> you've got to put the cell phone inside the glove compartment to drive these days. >> it sure is really, really distracting and dangerous. when we come back, john travolta's big television comeback. >> and justin bieber putting sorry to a song. "the skinny" up next. >> announcer: "world news now"
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♪ skinny so skinny ♪ okay. welcome back. time for "the skinny." topping our headlines this morning, a sneak peek at a television comeback that has our jaws dropping. it was pretty good. >> he's come a long way from vinnie barbarino and even edna turnblad. talking about, of course, john travolta.
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he's playing an attorney, robert shapiro. he sits down with cuba gooding jr. as o.j. simpson in the latest teaser for "american crime story." >> anytime that i take on a new criminal case, i always ask the client a question. now, i won't be judgmental. so -- >> wow. of course, they cut away just before he asked gooding/simpson, the big question whether he killed his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. and robert kardashian going to be played by david schwimmer. >> wow. riveting. as you can see, travolta, he just nails it as shapiro. "american crime story: the people versus o.j. simpson" will premiere in february on fx. up next, justin bieber certainly full of surprises these days. >> the singer just dropped a video for his single "sorry" off of his upcoming album "purpose."
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a day earlier than he promised. he based the lyrics -- seems to be all about her, of course. always about her, selena gomez. he's begging for a second chance in one of the verses. ♪ one more shot at forgiveness >> interestingly enough, we never actually see bieber himself in the video. his new album "purpose" will drop in full on november 13th. >> this is like justin timberlake and britney spears all over again. that whole saga from the last generation. >> who else has a new good music video? gwen stefani, people are saying also about her ex. >> bush. got to check that one out. another major singer making headlines this morning. >> following up on a story we brought you earlier th week. today adele is expected to release the first single for her upcoming album "25." along with a new video. we heard a tiny snippet of that single in a commercial on
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british television, "hello" which she dropped over the weekend. ♪ hello, it's me ♪ i was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet ♪ >> for a second there, i said hello, and i thought she was going to say, is it me you're looking for. i was like, wait a minute. >> hall and oates. >> adele just joined instagram yesterday and announced her upcoming album "25" will drop on november 20th. finally, the world of professional sports intersecting with hollywood. >> actor vin diesel has revealed that his 7-year-old daughter is taking judo lessons from none other than ufc champ ronda rousey. >> diesel met her on the set of "fast and furious," and it seems to be paying off. he told fox sports that thanks to her auntie ronda, his daughter is an orange belt with stripes in judo. >> he says he wants his daughter one day to be able to protect herself and be able to say no means no. don't mess with this girl.
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coming up, too much politics for one week. we'll be back. one week. we'll be back.
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♪ whoa, it was quite a week for political theater both on the campaign trail and, of course, on capitol hill. >> and we all enjoyed a trip "back to the future." and here now is our weekly "friday rewind." >> i cannot and i will not give up my family time. i may not be on the road as often previous speakers, but i pledge to try and make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. >> it may very well be that 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.
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>> i'm not blaming george bush, but i don't want jeb bush to say, my brother kept us safe. >> does anybody actually blame my brother for the attacks on 9/11? if they do, they're totally marginalizing our society. >> i would imagine i've thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> any attack against a house of faith is an attack on our freedom as americans which we all hold dear. and all americans should be concerned. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances. >> four police officers murdered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> the lady who got hit was talking about it. she was going, he hit me in my head and choked me, and she was really emotional. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a
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selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now. >> those stories about what happened. >> it's true. all of it. >> oh, what a week for "star wars." you know, some people find the title of "the force awakens" a little blasphemous because some people are saying the force never sleeps. how can you say it awakens? >> they've got to find something. >> it's awakening the franchise after all these years. there's going to be two more movies after this one. how do i put my name in for a walk-on role for "star wars"? >> there's still two more to be done? >> do you have j.j. abrams' e-mail on your computer? >> we can check it out. december 18th. that's when we can check it out. >> more news coming up. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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making news in america this morning, marathon hearing. hillary clinton defending her role over the benghazi attacks. >> i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> clinton getting emotional, the panel bickering back and forth. we're live in washington with the details. extreme weather. severe flooding in the south picking up a mobile home, moving it downstream. where it's all heading today plus the massive hurricane on the move being called potentially catastrophic. close call. a couple in a coffee shop running for safety when they see a bus coming right at them. and caught on camera. on the lam, a wild goose chase with a bunch of emus.

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