making news in america this morning, debate day. the stage set for the next gop face-off. donald trump taking new jabs overnight criticizing ben carson. we're live in washington. sweeping changes at the university of missouri. two top leaders stepping down after weeks of demonstrations. the racial tensions at a boiling point. so what's next for the university? doping scandal. one of the top medal winning countries accused of sanctioning steroid use facing a ban from the next olympics. a skier losing control cartwheeling more than a quarter mile down a mountain. hi, everyone. we do say good tuesday morning

to you. we'll get started with the battle for the republican nomination. another opportunity tonight for the presidential hopefuls to make their case to the country. >> the eight highest polling candidates will face off in debate number four on this stage in milwaukee tonight as questions swirl about carson's stories of a troubled past. it's "your voice, your vote." abc's stephanie ramos has a preview from washington. good morning to you, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you, reena and kendis. live from milwaukee this time for donald trump and the rest of the field. the candidates who averaged at least 2 1/2% in the polls will be on the main stage tonight. >> the next president of the united states, donald trump. >> reporter: a rock star welcome for gop white house hopeful donald trump in front of a pumped up crowd at a rally in springfield, illinois. trump taking jabs at his opponent and slamming ben carson. >> if you try to hit your mother

over the head with a hammer, your poll numbers go up. >> reporter: the latest national poll shows trump and carson are practically tied followed by marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush which means trump will share center stage with carson at the fourth presidential debate tonight. >> i have never seen this before. >> reporter: in the last week carson calling himself the victim of a media witchhunt. >> you're asking me about something that occurred 50 years ago and you expect me to have the details on that. >> reporter: carson will likely face tough questions tonight after a week's worth of stories sent him into defense mode over claims in his autobiography he was offered a description to west point and had a youth. presidential contender marco rubio says he knows everything he needs to know about his competition, ben carson. >> ben carson story. like mine would only be possible in a great country like america. >> reporter: the debate is scheduled to last two hours. a few changes have been made to the format since the last debate

which was called a disaster by the rny. candidates will not make opening statements but will have more time to make arguments. reena and kendis, back to you. >> another network is taking over the realms of that donald trump tonight, stephanie ramos in washington, thank you. well, later on "good morning america," donald trump talks about his predictions for tonight's debris and join us tomorrow on "america this morning" for our analysis. resignations at the university of missouri triggered by student protests, a hunger strike and a show of solidarity by the football team. the university president stepping down under pressure accused of being indifferent to complaints of growing racial tensions. and the school's chancellor gave up his position for a less prominent role. with more here's abc's alex perez. >> reporte

try triumph. going on strike vowing no more games until tim wolfe resigned. tensions on this predominantly white campus bubbling and the student body president payton head posting on facebook someone continuously screamed the "n" word at him. a swastika found in the bathroom and demonstrators said wolfe wasn't quick enough to condemn them. jonathan butler going on a hunger strike. tensions flaring friday night after wolfe had this to say when asked by students to define systemic oppression. a student tweeting video to news organizations. >> systemic oppression is because you don't believe that you have the equal opportunity for success. >> did you just blame us. >> reporter: wolfe admitting racism does exist at our university. i am sorry this is the case. alex perez, abc news, columbia, missouri. tracking a storm system that will mess with air travel on the east coast.

the radar shows the southeast finally drying out but the rain front reaching into the mid-atlantic states closing in on new york city. some areas will get as much as 2 inches, gusty winds will come with it, as well. across the country, heavy snow overnight in reno, nevada, promises a tough commute. by 8:30 last night 8 inches had fallen. four inches in just one hour. below freezing temperatures overnight could make for icy road, as well. as accuweather meteorologist cam tran explains this storm is getting stronger. good morning to you, cam. >> good morning, reena and kendis. we have this storm system that will bring in widespread snowfall across the inner mountain west. as it shifts off to the east it will strengthen and intensify looking at blizzard condition as cross eastern colorado as we head into tuesday night into wednesday morning so making that travel pretty temperous along i-70. then the storm system will press off to the east bringing the threat of severe weather across the midwest from des moines down to little rock as we head into

wednesday afternoon into wednesday night. back to you, reena and kendis. >> cam, thank you. terrorism does not appear to be a motive in the death of two americans in jordan. it looks like the shooter got into an argument with one of the american trainers. it all escalated and he opened fire. the shooter was then killed by troops. the american victim worked for a private military contractor. the investigation in the meantime, into the crash of the russian passenger jet in egypt is increasingly pointing to an inside job. surveillance tape at the sharm el sheikh airport is being scrutinized for someone with access who may have placed a bomb in the hold of that plane. investigators are also combing through employee records looking for a ramp worker who may have been recruited by isis. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues his u.s. visit after a high-profile stop at the white house. it was the first face-to-face meeting between netanyahu and

obama since tensions arose over the iran nuclear deal. the two leaders appeared to brush aside those tensions when president obama called the disagreement, quote, a narrow issue. and president obama has a new facebook page. there he is. it's been up for less than a day and has already more than 500,000 likes. a video posted on it shows the president walking around the south lawn of the white house and talking about his work fighting climate change. i guess it's helpful to be the president if you want to get as many fans on facebook. >> i'm sure he has lots of likes, lots of friends and can you imagine his status updates. chilling in the oval office. still ahead. the major change coming to seaworld and its, ka shows. a driver ramming a police car after a chase. the officer opening fire. and rude awakening. a couple hears a middle of the night knock at the door and

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you're looking at the rescue of a 23-year-old hiker in southern california. she was stranded on that steep slope right there without a working cell phone for two days. she ended up there after taking a wrong trail and becoming lost. she was taken to a hospital for treatment. the university of virginia fraternity that was the focus of a debunked "rolling stone" article about rape is suing the magazine for $25 million. phi capita sigh's defamation lawsuit is the third against the magazine for their story about a uva freshman who claimed she was gang raped at a party at the fraternity. the details of her story proved not to be true. chipotle restaurants in oregon and washington could re-open as soon as tomorrow. health investigators say they found no link between the restaurant and a recent e. coli outbreak that made more than 40 people sick. chipotle has agreed to give all

43 of the closed restaurants a deep cleaning before they open again. in response to its emissions scandal, volkswagen is offering what it calls a goodwill package to car owners. the company giving them a thousand dollars in gift cards and vouchers as a first step toward regaining their trust. more than 480,000 owners will receive the offer in the u.s. their cars have software used to trick emissions tests. vw is working on a fix for those vehicles. nordstrom is taking a stand against christmas creep, that earlier and earlier start to christmas shopping. its stores will not be open on thanksgiving day and there will be no christmas decorations in stores until the day after. according to nordstrom's, they just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time. >> a lot of people support that. >> yes, so veterans day tomorrow first. and when we come back, a massive doping scandal calls for an entire country to be banned from the 2016 olympic games after an explosive report about a state-sponsored steroid

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and couldn't attend the funeral. the two officers involved are being held on a million dollars bond each charged with second degree murder. a wild incident in oklahoma was caught by a police officer's body cam. take a look. >> stop, stop. >> that officer firing two shots before being sent flying by the impact of that suv. when the vehicle finally came to a stop, the 41-year-old woman behind the wheel was uncooperative, so officers tased her. one of them went into the suv through the sunroof. the woman was arrested and is charged with several counts including assault and battery and driving under the influence. seaworld in san diego has announced a really big change, phasing out killer whale entertainment shows but animal rights activists say that's not enough. they want an end to keeping orcas in captivity. now, instead seaworld plans to replace the orca show with an

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know more. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. it is tuesday at 4:28. thank you for joining us. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. if you have to get out the door at this time well look at weather. mike? >> how about not using the you will umbrella? we have left over clouded but all a dry. from sutro tower you can see how clean the air is. we are in the 40's to nearly 50 this morning and mostly sunny, chilled sunshine and mid-to-upper 50s at noon and a passing cloud or two. you will notice the dry air at 4:00, 56 at 2:00 >> at the bay bridge toll plaza, fast trackers are moving quickly. at the san mateo bridge the traffic is lit.

drive time traffic 580 over the altamont pass is 27 minutes and highway 4 is clear and 101 authority bay is not bad. >> thank you, leyla. we have developing news from the south bay where a neighborhood is trying to return to normal after a violent incident lebanons two people dead. matt keller is at the intersection of camden and wyrick avenue where it took place. matt? >> yes, a neighbor said investigators left an hour ago. she said it was not uncommon to sees police at this home. here is video from sky 7 of the incident year. ds of officers con novembered on the south san jose neighborhood yesterday when they say a gunman was hell up in a him on cam beach avenue with a female hostage. it came at 2:15 when the gunman fired two shots into the ground before taking the woman by force and three hours later the suspect decided to walk out of the house with a gun in his hand. >> it felt lake a war zone.

shooting. the poce were if the back yesterday for a wail. it was scary. >> suspect was armed with one handgun. the shots were fired. the suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene. >> police say the female hostage was dead inside the home and investigators are not releasing the relationship with the s an officer was wounded and the injuries are not considered life threatening. he is expected to be okay. >> thank you. we see a last crashes but this in san leandro was especially terrifying. an credit witness said an s.u.v. whizzed by her going over 100 miles per hour and say the driver blue through a stop sign, clipped a car and careened into the garage and she heard a man say my god, my daughter is in the garage. the garage was converted into a living space and a 25-year-old woman was