good monday morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm erielle reshef in for diane macedo. here's some of our top stories this monday morning. officials say a man inspired by isis was planning to detonate a weapon of mass destruction at a miami mall, but they believe solano acted alone. details, ahead. a tampa neighborhood is living in fear after three people were killed in the past two weeks, apparently at random. residents held a vigil last night. the most recent murder occurred while extra police were there in that area. the sentencing hearing for army sergeant bowe bergdahl begins today. bergdahl pleaded guilty by endangering his fellow soldiers by leaving his post in afghanistan eight years ago before being.captured by the taliban. he faces life in prison. a retired army captain is set to receive the medal of honor for saving the lives of 60 personnel in a mission so secret it remained classified for

decades. even his wife didn't know about it. those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 23rd. from abc news, this is "world news now." our top story this half hour is a terrifying alleged plot against a south florida shopping mall. >> officials say the suspect was inspired by isis, but working alone. he was caught by undercover fbi agents and informants. we get the latest right now from abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: the fbi arresting an alleged bomber in an undercover sting operation first reported by "the miami herald." 53-year-old vicente solano in federal custody after allegedly planning to blow up a huge shopping center with what authorities call a weapon of mass destruction. he had reportedly targeted the dolphin mall just west of miami.

authorities say solano acted alone, planning on detonating a fake bomb obtained from undercover agents, later talking with a confident informant who contacted the joint terrorism task force about the attack plans. authors say there's evidence online that solano made pro-islamic state videos, but no indication he was directed by terrorists. dolphin mall confirms there is an ongoing fbi investigation but they'll not comment on this case. sources telling us that solano never had access to real explosives. adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. and also in florida someone appears to be terrorizing one tampa neighborhood. there have been three murders in less than two weeks in seminole heights and there's no apparent connection between the victims. the most recent victim was only there by mistake. he'd caught the wrong bus. police are warning residents not to walk alone at night. but last night, people came out to show solidarity and express their grief for the two men and a woman who have been killed.

you see the scenes there in tampa. and an ohio city is in mourning after the shooting death of a police officer. 31-year-old justin leo was killed over the weekend in girard, just outside of youngstown, ohio. his funeral will be later this week. authorities say officer leo was shot while responding to a domestic call about an armed man who had been drinking all day. his partner shot and killed the suspect. president trump is making it clear to remembers that a failure to pass his tax cut package will be a failure at the poll ex next year. he urged lawmakers to approve the budget approved last week by the senate so they can move on to tax reform. the overhaul promises to slash the corporate tax rate while offering relief to the middle class. the president wants the bill on his desk by thanksgiving. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has acknowledged he's not sure where the president stands with the bipartisan legislation on health care. after mixed signals from the white house, mcconnell says he's

waiting for president trump to tell him what kind of bill he will signer or he must sign. and he's refusing to bring the current legislation to the floor without that support. the measure is designed to destabilize insurance markets by extending subsidies that the president has blocked. such a wonderful moment over the weekend. the five former presidents coming together for a special evening. the rare gathering saw politics take a back seat while raising $2 million to help americans recovering from the recent hurricanes. the special night included comments from the current chief executive. with here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: in this current bitter and partisan political climate, this rare and historic sight of unity. the five living former u.s. presidents side by side at the one america appeal concert to help millions impacted by the catastrophic hurricane season. presidents clinton, obama, bush 43, bush 41 and carter. hosting the star-studded relief concert. george h.w. bush back home in texas.

a rare appearance for the 93-year-old who had a couple of health scares earlier this year. >> i want to thank president george w. bush and most of all george h.w. bush. we are so proud to be with him today. >> reporter: a fun night for the serious mission. the former presidents spotted grooving to the beat. surprise guest, lady gaga. ♪ give me a million reasons >> reporter: and a long list of music stars also lent their voices. five presidents joined forces afterer harvey hit texas. but after irma slammed into florida and maria devastated puerto rico, the work continues. former president bill clinton made this comment about the current state of politics. >> if we just do what we ought to do and prove that the heart of america, without regard to race or religion or political

party, is greater than our problems. >> reporter: president trump even made an appearance to thank his predecessors. >> together we will recover. we will rebuild. and we will come back stronger and better than ever before. >> reporter: trump praised the ex-presidents in that video. but during this unity event, different words from the president who tweeted perhaps no administration has done more in its first nine months than this administration. we should mention before this concert, this effort by the former presidents had already raised $31 million for hurricane victims. >> our kenneth moton there in dallas for us. in the meantime, in ohio, the ohio state university is facing a federal lawsuit over its refusal to let white nationalist, richard spencer speak on campus. the lawsuit follows spencer's raucous reception last week at speak on campus. the lawsuit follows spencer's raucous reception last week at the university of florida where protesters drowned him out. ohio state insists it values freedom of speech, but says spencer's appearance would pose

a substantial risk to public safety. and louisiana state university is reinstating its ban on alcohol at fraternity and sorority events a month after a student died in an alleged hazing incident. lsu lifted the restriction last week, but the president of the university said some students haven't absorbed the seriousness of the situation. 18-year-old fraternity pledge maxwell gruver died after drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. ten former and current students have been arrested. new allegations are swirling this morning around former fox news anchor, bill o'reilly. the former fox news host reportedly settled a sexual harassment claim with fox news analyst lis ps wiehl. fox news resigned the cable news host to a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal. in a tweet over the weekend, o'reilly promised to speak out on the issue today. another hollywood power

player is facing a growing sexual harassment scandal. "bugsy" director james is being accused of sexually harassing over 30 women over the past years. the women claim he approached them in a variety of locations including parks and copy centers and even in line at the bank. he calls the allegation impossible due to diabetes and a heart condition. it's not just the media world, but wall street, one of the largest wall street companies have pushed out a portfolio manager and a prominent tech fund manager has been fired from fidelity. the company says it held an emergency meeting over the dismissals. a spokesman says the firm will not and do not tolerate this type of behavior. and tv's dr. phil may soon be facing a lawsuit over a minor collision he had with a skateboarder in los angeles. it happened as dr. phil mcgraw was leaving the universal studio

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the 20th. now to other items in your home that have been recalled that you may not even know about. >> it comes as ikea faces fresh fire over the death of another child crushed by one of those dressers. here's abc'ser marsy gonzalez. >> reporter: this 2-year-old killed, crushed by a dresser that fell on top of him. joseph dudeck's family say they had no idea that piece of bedroom furniture was recalled nearly a year earlier. ikea issuing that recall after seven other deaths in 2016. >> he was the light of our lives. >> reporter: all linked to dressers like this one toppling onto children. >> we do not think ikea's doing nearly enough. >> reporter: ikea telling abc news, the recall offered consumers a choice of several remedies which are still available today and which we have communicated via our website and social media and e-mail campaigns. but with some families still unaware, some question whether more can be done. >> companies need to spend the

same time, energy and money that they spend to sell us products to get them out of our homes once they're found to be dangerous. >> reporter: experts say check consumer safety protection websites for recalls. also register items when you buy them. >> that little white card that comes with any big ticket purchase, send it back to the manufacturer. because if there's ever a recall, they will alert you. >> reporter: and another tip, before you buy items secondhand, check to make sure they haven't been recalled. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> definitely something many parents need to keep in mind. >> worst possible scenario. a new book, pulling back the curtain of "rolling stone" magazine. exploring the complicated relationship between the magazine founder and the rolling stones' famous front man. famous front man. that's next. ah! i was in the tree watching you, and then i fell. i'm not eating pizza from the trash. then i discovered mucinex. huge difference.

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♪ if you start me up ♪ i'll never stop ♪ if you start me up >> woo! >> now to an intimate look at the life of "rolling stone" founder. jann wenner in a new biography. >> the book is called "sticky fingers." chris conley spoke with the author. >> reporter: with jann wenner as the founder and editor, "rolling stone" covered the >> he recognized that the youth culture was going to be the culture. rock and roll was the first expression of that power. yann followed that on a biweekly basis. >> reporter: the author tells jann wenner's professional story with unprecedented access in phenomenal detail in the

biography, "sticky fingers", highlighted as well, the star-crossed relationships with superstars his magazine covered, like john lennon. >> live in a new motion picture. ♪ let it be >> reporter: whom he saw weeping in a theater, as the film "let it be" chronicled their demise. >> he was there to witness that. and he forms this bond with john lennon and gets him to give him what was essentially the exit interview. and it was john lennon pouring his guts out about what it meant to be in the beatles. >> reporter: rolling stones' daring images pushed mainstream stars to the edge. from brittany spears to jennifer aniston back to 70s heart throb david cassidy. what was the significance as your book covers david cassidy? >> david cassidy, nude on the cover of "rolling stone." he'd been a teen idol, on the "partridge family," squeaky clean.

nobody would have expected this guy to break out and become counter cultural. right? ♪ baby, we were born to run >> reporter: you think of bruce springsteen as someone who is so familiar with the press. but he confided in you that being mentioned for the first time "rolling stone," big deal in his life. >> huge. springsteen was of a generation of rock stars who grew up with "rolling stone." here's springsteen, he's learning how to big be a rock star from "rolling stone." ♪ like a candle in the wind >> reporter: in 1976, elton john would come out in "rolling stone's" pages. >> it was the first time anyone ever actually asked me, and i feel really comfortable about it. and i didn't think about any consequences, because it was the truth. if you were going to come out and say something like that, be it in a great magazine like "rolling stone." >> reporter: nearly two decades later, in 1995, wenner himself would come out. through it all was the tangled relationship between wenner and rolling stone's mick jagger.

how would you describe their love/hate/bonding/anti-bonding relationship over the 50 years of "rolling stone"? >> i would describe it as a volatile partnership. in fact, he launched into, why did he call it that? why did he have to call it "rolling stone"? >> reporter: chris connolly, abc news, new york. >> why did he call it "rolling stone?" because the stones, mick jagger. >> but they held on to this disagreement? for some time? >> a little acrimony. we didn't know that that was the case, but certainly the rolling stones immortalized by that magazine. i have to say, i went to a concert is, rolling stones, for my 21st birthday. it was the best concert ever, ever. this is not as tangential but wenner was not happy with this biography, says he's being mischaracterized. >> very, very angry about it,

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>> and the "snowman" movie with the oscar nominee there, really didn't do very well, pulling in $3 million. >> i'm holding out to watch that one. every year thousands run the marine corps marathon in d.c. and one widow is actually turning the race into a salute to the marine she lost. here's abc's tom llamas with her story. >> reporter: at the marine corps marathon, wives of the blue angels, pulling off their own maneuver to help a fellow wife. >> glad it's done and really, really accomplished. >> reporter: that's christina. her husband jeff, the father of their two small children was a pilot for the blue angels. he died on june 2nd last year doing what he loved. an incident covered right here on world news. a blue angels f-18 crashed near nashville, at least one team killed. the team was prepping for an air show this weekend. >> reporter: before the accident, christina says her husband had a challenge for her.

>> jeff and i had a conversation before he passed about whether or not i would be interested in running the marine corps marathon. and i initially said no. after he passed, i said i think i'm going to go run the marine corps for him. >> reporter: christina says she felt her husband guide her through the rigorous marathon training. >> i feel jeff sometimes. i have this thing with the number six pop up sometimes. i feel like that's him. that was his jet number. it was pouring pretty hard one day. i went under an awning and pulled out my run tracker and i was at mile 6.66. and i was like, hey, honey, still doing it. still running. >> reporter: and that training paid off. christina finished the race. and though her husband couldn't be there, she could still hear his voice. >> he's really stoked for me, yeah. he'd call me hoss. >> good for her fulfilling that promise. >> no doubt he was there in spirit with her. >> a thousand percent, yeah. seeing the signs there, with the sixes. that's it for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on

this morning on "world news now," the manhunt for a possible serial killer. >> three victims shot in the same florida neighborhood. people in the area on edge. why authorities are looking for the person in this surveillance video. and president trump urging lawmakers to pass his sweeping tax cut bill, warning them if they don't, they'll pay the price in next year's mid-term elections. all of this as there are new questions about the deadly ambush involving the four american special ops soldiers. in sports, a foggy night in foxborough. but it didn't stop the patriots in this super bowl rematch. plus the quarterback suffering a possible season-ending injury. and why is this guy dressed as super girl? and later, when nature calls. the french president's dog lifts a leg right in the middle of a high-level meeting. what happened next, ahead on this monday, october 23rd.

from abc news, this is "world news now." >> doesn't matter if you are the leader of the free world. >> you're not immune to your dog's whims. >> absolutely. we are going to start with that manhunt, really a neighborhood that is gripped with terror. >> three people killed in the past two weeks. residents in seminole heights held a candlelit vigil amid fears that a serial killer may still be stalking the area. >> we're talk about the tampa area here. there's no connection among the victims and police have few clues. abc's victor oquendo is there. >> reporter: police blanketing the seminole heights neighborhood where three people with no connection were gunned down within two weeks and ten blocks of each other. >> the worst nightmare. >> reporter: no leads, except for this grainy video of somebody with a hoodie that they would like to speak with. >> i was sitting in my living room and i hear the shots. >> reporter: you heard the shots. >> i hear the shots. >> reporter: the first shots

claimed the life of 22-year-old ben gentleman minimum mitchell on october 9th. then monica's body was found on october 13th. and anthony was shot on october 19th after he got off on the wrong bus stop. we met his family as they brought flowers and balloons to the spot where he died. >> it's a shame that i won't be able to see him anymore or talk to him anymore. >> reporter: residents now being told that when they leave their homes, not to walk alone. neighbors marching together over the weekend letting the killer know he's outnumbered. >> we're in this for the long haul. we're going to find this person. >> reporter: this memorial set up for the second victim, monica hoffa. police are urging everyone in this video to stay vigilant and to keep their porch lights out, even handing out light bulbs in 134 cases. if you're going to walk at night, don't do so alone. the chief says anyone seen alone

will be stopped and questioned. victor oquendo, tampa. south of there, a man accused of plotting to blow up a miami-area mall will make his first court appearance today. officials say vicente solano was acting alone but inspired by isis. he allegedly planned to detonate what authorities call a weapon of mass destruction. they say he acquired a fake device from undercover fbi agents. solano reportedly made pro-isis videos. a warning for lawmakers are from president trump if they fail to pass tax cuts. he says they will pay the price in next year's elections. he urged lawmakers to approve the bill passed by the senate. it would clear the way for tax reform promising to slash the corporate tax rate and offering relief to the middle class. the the president is hoping to sign this by thanksgiving. senate majority leader mcconnell says he's waiting for guidance from president trump as congress struggles to find common ground on health care. the president has sent mixed signals about a bipartisan bill that would extend the insurance payments that he has blocked.

the president initially expressing support for the legislation then criticizing it. mcconnell acknowledged he's not sure what the president wants. >> well, what i'm waiting is to hear from president trump what kind of health care bill he might sign. if there's a need for some kind of interim step here to stabilize the market, we need a bill the president will actually sign. i'm not certain yet what the president's looking for here, but i'll be happy it to bring a bill to the floor if i know president trump would sign it >> the white house has called for a bill to lift mandates that personalize employers and individuals. senator chuck schumer insists it would be a compromise. there's more fallout from that deadly ambush in niger. with conflicting information about the circumstances surrounding the death of those four american soldiers. and the heat the back and forth between the congresswoman and th

here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: in florida, a tearful good-bye. sergeant la david johnson's pregnant widow, dressed in white kissed his casket, also white. the couple's two young children there as well. sergeant johnson was one of four u.s. soldiers killed in niger october 4th by militants who pledged loyalty to isis. >> so at this point, we have conflicting stories. we want to be able to get the full, accurate story and get it right. >> reporter: republican lawmakers on key committees that oversee the military say they're not being given a clear picture of what happened in niger. >> we don't know exactly where we're at in the world militarily and what we're doing. i didn't know there were 1,000 troops in niger. >> reporter: a senior ted abc the risk was so low they did not use armored vehicles and did not have a drone overhead. months before this attack, the africa command warned congress of increasing threats and

complained about the lack of helicopters and drones, noting that only 20% to 30% of its intelligence, surveillance and recognizance needs were being met. quote, this limits situational understanding, support to operations and fails to offer threat indications and warnings. >> mr. president, did you authorize a mission in niger? >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: president trump has yet to comment on the specifics of the ambush. instead, he continues to feud with the florida congresswoman who accused him of being insensitive during his phone call with sergeant johnson's widow. the president called her wacky congresswoman wilson, the gift that keeps on giving. the congresswoman calls niger trump's benghazi. david wright, abc news. >> our thanks to david there. and the young widow, by the way, of sergeant la david johnson is making an exclusive appearance on "good morning america" today speaking out about her husband and that controversial phone call from president trump.

for the first time, we'll hear he from her on "gma this morning." the five living former presidents joined together over the weekend to help americans devastated by recent hurricanes. the rare event took place saturday at texas a&m university. both presidents bush join presidents carter, clinton and obama from the deep from the heart one america appeal concert. clinton said the history of americans helping one another shows what can be done when we put politics aside. >> if we just do what we ought to do and prove that the heart of america, without regard to race or religion or political party is greater than our problems. >> president trump thanked his predecessors for their help in a recorded message. he wasn't there, but sent this recording. this concert raised $2 million, bringing the former president's combined effort to $37 million. classes are back in session this week for more than 100 schools in puerto rico. some campuses of the university

of puerto rico will reopen for the first time since hurricane en in san juan will also . go back to class. right now 20% of customers have power. just 20%. 72% have access to running water. back here at home, officials are issuing strong warnings about the fire danger conditions across most of southern california. a record-breaking heat wave with ultra low humidity and fierce winds combining for a triple threat for firefighters battling the state's deadliest wildfires in decades. with humidity down in single digits in some areas, temperatures will be up to triple digits in some areas while winds will be up. further east, we have heavy rain and gusty winds. this weekend, we learned two things, really, about french president macron's dog. he has a leg up on the situation. and he can put out a fire.

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♪ another bombshell sexual harassment revelation is rocking the media world this morning. >> former fox news host bill o'reilly reportedly settled that harassment claim for $32 million right before the network renewed his contract. here's abc's eva pilgrim with the details. >> reporter: amid growing backlash against sexual harassment in the work place, new information the fox news reupped their former star bill o'reilly, despite knowing he had just made a multi-million dollar sexual harassment settlement. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: the "new york times" reporting that in january 2017, bill o'reiley personalitily settled a claim with lis wiehl for $32 million. then weeks later in february, the network re-signed their then top-rated host for a multi-year, multi-million deal. fox shrugged it off. they decided keeping their

biggest tv star was worth more to them than actually doing something about sexual harassment. >> reporter: this just six months after fox news chairman roger ailes was booted amid a sexual scandal that rocked the network. 21st century fox saying they knew about the weihl settlement and that o'reilly's new contract added protections. for the company specifically aimed at harassment. >> the fact was that fox was representing to everyone publicly that the era of sexual harassment was done, that they were cleaning house, that they were shifting their culture and they wering going to do something about it. >> reporter: but the controversial host was fired in april after it became public that he paid off five other former coworkers over sexual harassment allegations stretching back a decade. o'reilly telling the "new york times" he agreed to these settlements to protect my children.

i knew if we took it to court there would be three years of unrelenting headlines. that's why i did it. o'reiley tweeting late saturday, my investigative team has done a superb job in exposing the lies and smear. i will speak with you on monday. news of the latest settlement re-igniting the feud between o'reiley and gretchen carlson, the former fox news employee who received a settlement, tweeting nobody pays $32 million for false allegations, nobody. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. we move to that one to new sexual allegations. >> the man behind "bugsy" and "the pickup artist" is now being accused of harassing 38 women over the past 30 years. >> this all comes from the "l.a. times," saying he approached them in places like parks and copy centers and is even in line

at the bank. toback denies the allegations saying for the last 22 years, the claims are biologically impossible due to a diabetes and heart condition. from hollywood to wall street. two high level executives at fidelity investments have been pushed out amid sexual harassment claims. the company has reportedly held an emergency meeting over the dismissals. a spokesman says the firm, quote, simply will not and do not tolerate this type of behavior. coming up in our next half hour, it's a day conspiracy theorists have been waiting for for decades. the final batch of documents related to the kennedy assassination, about 3,000 pages in all, soon released to the public. but first, the world series is set. the astros will face off against the dodgers. see who vegas bookkeepers think will come out on top. next on "world news now." next on "world news now."

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the houston astros win the pennant! >> ah, yes, the astros have a date with the dodgers tomorrow night. game one of the world series, in los angeles. >> houston has only been to the

world series once before. the dodgers haven't been in nearly 30 years. quite the matchup. in vegas favor the dodgers at this point. after l.a. won the most games in baseball this season and is only lost once in the postseason. they're good. >> yeah, they are. but the astros are battle tested after a seven-game series against the yankees. game time temps are expected to reach the high 90s, if you can believe it in october. one of the hottest world series games ever. >> wow. pretty hot, as well, going for more than $3,000 apiece. houston needs it. they haven't been in the world series since 2005. >> it's really exciting for both teams. >> absolutely. who do you have? >> i'm going to go with the astros, because i was born in houston. >> i didn't know that. all right. l.a. >> it's not all oklahoma over here. there's some houston in there, too. let's talk football. atlanta, relived the nightmare with what was super bowl li. it was a foggy visit to new

england. did you see this? >> strange, strange weather. a thick cloud dropped over gillette stadium in foxborough and it pretty much mirrored the night for the falcons. tom brady uses rob gronkowski as an escort to go in for the score. new england builds a 23-0 lead on the way to a 23-7 win. arizona and l.a. rams playing in london when this happened. not bad. arizona qb carson palmer is hit by the defensive tackle, aaron donald. palmer broke his left arm. he actually tried to go back in the game, but doctors said no, no, no. carson palmer will have surgery when the team gets back to the u.s. and may be out for the season. arizona lost 33-0. don't look now, but the rams are good. >> palmer will be replaced by

this guy. that's backup quarterback drew stanton yesterday, yes, it is. he dressed as super girl because of carson palmer. here's why. it's a game between the two of them. the arizona quarterbacks, the rules are a little sketchy to us, but carson picks the outfit. so we guess that means stanton lost a bet. >> it looks a little sexy, i like it. >> it's one to get people's attention. now to buffalo versus the buccaneers. the bills rally to beat the buccs 30-27, but not before this happened. mike evans slamming into the sideline reporter for abc's powerhouse tv station, wham! >> yeah. ouch. evans went crashing into the sidelines. this can be really dangerous. it knocked over jenna and her cameraman, which she managed to get up from this after smashing to the ground. the station tweeting this as proof that she is okay. thumbs up. >> good for her. and we leave you with the this note. cam newton was feeling a little beige on sunday or was this more

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time now for the "mix." we're going to start with this. can drinking make you smart? the answer is probably not. but it could help you learn -- >> drinking what? >> drinking alcohol. drinking from an empty cup. no. drinking alcohol cannot necessarily make you smarter but can enhance your ability to learn a foreign language according to a study of the university of liverpool. they studied those trying to learn dutch and their proficiency started to improve as the drinks were poured. >> based on the slurring? >> no. i think your inhibitions drop a little bit. you're not as nervous. when i started to learn hebrew, it was better when i had a glass of wine. i'm believing you, whatever you say.

>> i don't know anything i'm saying. i'm all for it. i'll take a few drinks. >> and learn a language. only if you are of age. this is creepy. we've seen surveillance videos before. this is at a pub in the south of london. >> stop. >> the owner put together all these images in a clip of the weird sightings that they've noticed there in the historic city of canterbury. staff have reported shadow the passing doors, glass flying off shelves and lights turning on mysteriously. >> no way. that umbrella opened with no one underneath it? >> that is just insane. >> we're going to go from creepy -- >> look at that move by itself. >> it gives me the chills. >> it is being moved by somebody who knows a second language. >> somebody from the beyond. from creepy to cute. let's turn to this.

this toddler is so adorable. you have to watch her mimicking the pom squad or the cheerleaders there out on the field. here she goes. beyonce has nothing on this toddler. this is in louisiana. she's absolutely adorable. >> she's cute. i like that the cheerleader are like, hit it. >> shake it little one. so this is pretty cute, as well. some pigs. >> some pigs. >> pigs are sharing the tolly here. >> don't forget the pug, kendis. >> with a pug, during a shopping trip. >> be still my heart. >> they were buying food for her rescue animals and decided, you know what? we'll pack the whole gang in the shopping cart. and move along like that. >> if anybody knows what to get me for the holidays, this. a shopping cart full of pigs and pugs. they're so cute. look at that puggy. >> and the pigs look like they

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this m this morning on "world news now." we're watching the weather on two fronts as those powerful storms that ripped through the nation's mid section are now moving east. and california, the fire threat concerns are intensifying as the winds are expected to pick up and the temperatures are set to hit triple digits. also following this, the hunt for a killer, as three victims are shot in the same florida neighborhood. the community fear ago serial killer may be stalking the area. we'll bring you the latest on the investigation. and new this half hour, the secret government files about to be released. >> thousands of unseen documents about the jfk assassination will be released after more than half a century. will they answer lingering questions or fuel even more conspiracy theories? ♪ i'm bringing sexy back ♪ yeah ♪ the other boys don't know how to act ♪ >> and it's official, justin

timberlake is bringing his version of sexy back to the super bowl. remember the last time he brought it there, that was 14 years ago. that was interesting. timber lake talked overnight about what we can expect for his big show and what about janet? will she be back? we'll answer the questions, we hope, on this monday, october 23rd. from abc news, this is "world news now." it was the worst-kept secret all over the world. we all knew that he would be coming back to the super bowl. the question now is -- >> what kind of stunts will he pull off. >> exactly. we'll get to that in "the skinny." but we're going to start with the two weather fronts we are paying attention to. the severe storm system moving across the nation's mid section and the triple fire threat in california. >> dangerous storms tore through

parts of the midwest yesterday spawning four reported tornados in oklahoma. that included a confirmed ef-1 ripping the roof off a hotel and casino in norman during a beach boys concert. >> this comes as officials raise the red flag warning across southern california. triple digit temperatures, single-digit humidity rates. and gusty winds fueling at least one new brush fire. this fire broke out overnight in the los angeles area. here's abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: lightning, lighting up the skies over oklahoma. this twister dropping down next to the interstate. >> look at that! >> reporter: just one of more than 50 reports of severe weather tormenting tornado alley. this kfor news crew ambushed by a tornado, packing winds over 85 miles per hour. >> that's a tornado, duty. >> reporter: that same twister assaulting the the riverwind casino, packed for a beach boys concert. rain gushing through the roof, spilling into the auditorium.

outside, power lines and trees toppled. this building shredded. torrential rain blinding drivers trying to get around. and large hail to boot, blanketing the ground near elk city. and that same system moving east, causing flooding along the gulf coast. meanwhile, out west, an extreme santa ana event setting up for california with, temperatures in the triple digits through at least tuesday. rob marciano, abc news, new york. president trump is stepping up his feud with congresswoman frederica wilson. the president again calling the florida democrat wacky, tweeting that she is a disaster for her own party. it comes after the democratic lawmaker slammed the president's condoll call to a widow of a soldier killed in niger. meanwhile, congress is demanding answers following the ambush the in niger that claimed the lives of four u.s. soldiers. this morning, the future of a bipartisan health care bill remains uncertain. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell admitting he's not sure what the president actually wants. mcconnell says he's waiting for the president to tell hem what

kind of legislation he wants him to sign. he's refusing to bring the bill to the floor without the president's support. as it stands it would extend subsidy insurance payments that the president has blocked. he initially backed the effort before condemning it. a former cia director and retired general says the main threat to the u.s. may be the partisan politics. david petraeus was commenting on the conflict between john kelly and the florida congresswoman, fred rica wilson. he called it unfortunate. he also told martha radatz, it's symptomatic of what's troubling the country right now. >> the most important threat is not russia, north korea or even isis. it's parochialism here at home, especially in this city, which is preventing us from resolving issues that could allow us to capitalize on extraordinary opportunities.

>> general petraeus went on to say that he felt that kelly, also a former general, probably spent the weekend trying to move forward and focussing on what's important to the country overall. lawmakers in spain are expected to vote this week on their president's move to crush the separatist movement in the autonomous region of catalonia. nearly 500,000 protesters descending on barcelona to protest against plans to remove leaders of catalonia and impose control. the president of catalonia insists that the region will not accept direct rule. former president jimmy carter is offering to help with north korea. he tells the "new york times" he would be willing to go there and meet with its leaders. the 93-year-old ex-president says he's worried about the escalating rhetoric and tension between donald trump and kim jong un. he did something similar 23 years ago despite objections from then president bill

clinton. president carter says he has told national security adviser h.r. mcmaster that he's ready and willing to go right now. staying in in the region, japanese prime minister shinzo abe has gotten a strong endorsement from voters in that country's national elections. his coalition won a resounding victory giving him more time to push for changes in japan's constitution. abe campaigned on japan's booming economy and his hard-line stance against north korea. he's likely to become japan's longest-running prime minister. u.s. backed fighters in syria say they've taken the largest oil field from isis. an official with the syrian democratic forces says they've gained control of the al omar field after a battle yesterday morning. the oil field was a major source of income for isis. back here on the home front, the tampa police chief is calling it the worst night mere. a series of what appear to be random killings in the same neighborhood, three of them in the past two weeks. >> even a stepped-up police presence couldn't prevent the most recent murder. abc's richard cantu has more. >> reporter: they walked through a dark neighborhood in spite of the danger. residents, neighbors and

relatives of victims marching through the section where three people with no connection were gunned down all within two weeks and ten blocks of each other. >> this is devastating. and it's sad. >> reporter: police escorting marchers to the place where 20-year-old anthony naiboa was shot last thursday after he got off on the wrong bus stop. >> he was right here. yet they kill him for nothing. >> reporter: they mourned, and they prayed. >> on earth as it is in heaven. >> reporter: the first shots rang out october 9th, claiming the life of 22-year-old benjamin mitchell. four days later, 32-year-old monica hoffa's body was found down the street. >> there is no excuse for this. no one should have to go through this. >> reporter: police are still searching for the killer and the motive. right now the only lead, this grainy video of a person wearing a hood walking along a neighborhood street. police not even calling him a suspect but someone they'd like to speak with. >> we're in this for the long haul. we're going to find this person.

>> reporter: and warning residents not to walk alone when they leave their homes. police expected to address community fears at a meeting monday night. richard cantu, abc news, new york. and further north, police in orlando are investigating an extra special surprise that was included in one couple's order from amazon. the customer and her fiancee were puzzled over how heavy the 27 gallons of store containers were until they opened the containers and found 65 pounds of marijuana. police have seized the pot. no arrests have been made. i didn't know amazon was offering that. it's not something -- >> free gift with purchase. i don't think that was intentional. i don't know. >> a lot of people are like, oh, we'll sign up for amazon prime now. no. so the next time you and perhaps more than 200 friends are bored, you might want to take a leap. >> something tells me kendis and i are not going to try this anytime soon. no. >> this happened outside of sao paulo, brazil. 245 people tied themselves together to bungee cords and to

each other. there they are. >> so when they finished, most people were left hanging in midair. a few people dropped into the water below. they were trying to set the record for the most people involved in a rope jump. >> and they did. >> yeah. about 12 miles of rope and 1,000 harnesses. >> the length people will go to or the heights people will go to to break a record. >> the previous record was 149 brazilians. >> no, no, no. and no. >> you first. coming up, blowing the lid off the mother of all conspiracy theories. after more than half a century of secrecy, thousands of classified documents on the jfk assassination are about to be made public. and what you may not want to know about justin bieber. what he just did to himself. believe it or not, we're going to show you in "the skinny." but first, here's a look at today's forecast.

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well, people in we well, people in west virginia warned to avoid exposure to this billowing smoke in the wake of a huge warehouse fire in the town of parkersburg. the old tool plant is being used to store plastics. no injury reported. authorities say the smoke could actually contain harmful particulates. fire fighting efforts have strained the city's water resources and the fire is expected to burn for several more days. the u.s. military is looking for a few good men or women with experience. president trump has signed an executive order allowing the u.s. air force to pull as many as 1,000 u.s. pilots out of retirement and back into active duty. it's to address an acute shortage. but they say there is no plan to recall any of those pilots for now. president trump is also pulling back the veil of secrecy on what some consider to be one of america's biggest unsolved mysteries. >> after decades of secrecy, thousands of classified documents on president kennedy's

assassination are about to be made public. abc's kenneth moten is in dallas. >> reporter: the mother of all conspiracy theories reignited, >> president kennedy has been shot in dallas, texas. >> reporter: with president trump tweeting, i will be allowing, as president, the long blocked and classified jfk files to be opened. the documents, many from the fbi and cia, may reveal more answers about the shooting and the killer, lee harvey oswald. >> the lack of evidence has never stopped conspiracy theorists. >> reporter: the most recent abc/washington post poll finds 62% of americans think others besides oswald were involved. despite the film and even the warned commission. the commission, of course, finding oswald fired from his perch at the book des depository. but the question that has been at the center of the conspiracy, was there a second gunman on this grassy knoll? also fueling decades of speculation, texas nightclub owner jack ruby's shocking

murder of oswald on live tv. questions about the role of the cubans, the russians, the mafia, and even the cia. >> we'll find out what the fbi and cia knew about oswald and conditions disclose to the warrant commission, the original investigating body, or the public over the years. >> reporter: joseph b. kennedy saying he was looking for more than just a tweet from the president. >> it would have been nice if there was some communication between this administration and the members of our family. >> reporter: experts say these documents could show that the cia had critical information that oswald was in mexico city before the assassination. something that could be quite embarrassing for the cia. president trump has until thursday to decide if he would keep some documents classified. kenneth moten, abc news, dallas. our thanks to kenneth. when we come back, new details about the super bowl halftime show. and the zombies are back. "the skinny" is next. "the skinny" is next.

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>> he's got the suit and tie, he's got everything ready. breaking skinny news. justin timberlake confirming rumors that he will be headlining the super bowl halftime show. >> that means i'll be watching the super bowl. the grammy winner sat down to give us an idea of what we might see and what we probably won't see. ♪ can't stop the feelin' >> will you go back and watch all the super bowl half times that have been done before? >> i've already watched a ton of them to make sure that we're not pulling out any gags, you know, people are flying and lady gaga jumped from the top of the stadium or something? i don't know, man, i'm 36 now, i don't know how much of that i can do. >> you're a dad. you got a 2-year-old. you can't be flying off stadiums. >> i know. i've got to consider these things. >> so -- >> got to be responsible. he's a dad now.

>> he is a dad now. another thing we probably won't see is that wardrobe malfunction. it's been 14 years since the infamous show, still no word on whether janet jackson will be joining him on stage. of course, twitter overnight just erupted and saying if justin is allowed back, then so is janet. >> well, and wardrobe malfunction was in air quotes there. he also appeared with his boy band in synch in 2002. it'ser hard to forget this. you see britney there. this will be justin's third halftime show, which makes it the most by any entertainer. he is extremely talented. and with aerosmith and britney, by himself. >> he's great, but i think if justin is allowed back, there should be forgiveness for janet as well. >> that's true. >> and janet should be allowed back. but we have our date set in minneapolis, february 4th. >> maybe she'll surprise us all. who knows. >> minneapolis, february 4th. here we go, the 100th episode of the "walking dead" aired last night kicking off their eighth season. we promise no spoilers, nobody worry. but in case you're one of the three people like kendis and i are who don't know what this show is about, it's about zombies and people running away

from zombies and about zombies blowing things up and running away from each other. >> it's hard to tell when the title is "the walking dead" what the show is about. of course there are many fans who took to twitter and shared their reaction to the first episode. let's see if we can make sense out of what they are saying. some of the makeup is kind of interesting there. first up, quick recap here. from if daryl who says -- okay, jon stewart decided to star in a spaghetti western? that doesn't seem right. >> how about premiere in a nutshell, with more shots being fired, i guess we're getting that war they promised. >> we have no clue what happened in that show. >> what did i just read? >> or during that episode whatsoever. apparently, though, there were some dead people walking around. >> and chasing each other. so the internet is losing its collective mind over justin bieber's new tattoo. the singer sharing the video

over the weekend with fans. the tattoo artist to the stars, keith "bang bang" mckurty worked on him for three days on this. >> the tattoos are cool, but the angle is interesting. justin texted him saying he has a mustache on his belly and it needed more around it, more friends. mission accomplished. >> this is i guess what it used to be. bieber is in no way done with his tattoos. "bang bang" said he was going back soon, saying he did the bottom half of his front but still need to do the top of his front. >> i'm loving. >> "bang bang"? >> that and the fact that we're trying to read cool things right now. anyway. finally, hollywood can be a pretty scary place, especially around this time of year because it's almost halloween time, of course, and the stars like to dress up. there's this.

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right. that was the case with the spider dog. >> oh! no! >> named mars. his owner will probably have to rethink that costume. the owner said the search for mars' perfect costume does continue. understandably. >> maybe he should dress as venus. >> the dogs had their day to show off their halloween costumes at the 27th annual halloween dog parade in new york city over the weekend. >> yeah. this is always fun to watch. more than 10,000 people and pets gathered for the festivities. abc's adrienne bankert was there. >> lucky girl. >> reporter: if you're a dog person, you might have been at this howling-good time.

>> we both love it. he's always dressing up. and this is the best day of both of our lives. >> reporter: so is it like christmas rather than halloween? >> yes. >> reporter: thousands attending the tompkins park halloween dog parade where puppies stroll the cat walk, decked out in costumes of all kinds. tell me something. >> yes. >> reporter: did you come all the way here from dallas, texas to participate? >> i did. this is my third year. i built this in my hotel room. ♪ >> reporter: have you ever entered a dog costume contest before? >> no, this is my first time. >> we didn't think this many people would be here. we're just blown away. >> pose for the camera please, so cute. >> reporter: the park so packed. still everyone applauding the 2017 champions. >> the best in show and first place winner is pauline tour bus. number 275. >> reporter: adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> she's making her way through times square with a whole bunch of sight seers. >> doing elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist, touch the heart, blow a kiss. >> we'll see her next year at the westminster kennel club. >> yeah, yeah, you never know. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, a possible serial killer on the run. police calling it their worst nightmare. residents in one major city told not to walk alone at night. >> my wife is scared. why kids are scared. >> this morning the one big lead in the case. and fighting words. new overnight, senator john mccain takes aim at president trump and how he avoided vietnam. >> that is wrong. that is wrong. >> this as the president claims the congresswoman who slammed his call to a soldier's widow is the gift that keeps on giving. the jfk files. new insight into what may be revealed this week when secret documents about the kennedy assassination are released and why some may not be revealed after all. plus, justin timberlake. >> if we can get you to shake your booty at the super bowl