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localized power outages and significant leaf fall throughout the entire northeast. kenneth? stephanie? >> all right, paul, thank you. saudi arabia is continuing to deny involvement in the apparent murder of journalist people in da people in daytona beach, jamal khashoggi. florida got a surprise visitor when a small plane crashed just offshore. the several men linked to khashoggi's disappearance reportedly have direct ties with the single-engine experimental the crown prince. meanwhile, president trump is now comparing the allegations in aircraft was on its way from the case to those raised against supreme court justice brett north carolina. kavanaugh saying, quote, here we the pilot was taken to the hospital. he didn't appear to have any go again, you're guilty until proven innocent. major injuries. no one else was on board. abc's lana zak has more. one other person who went to rescue him was treated for exhaustion. turning to the courtroom >> reporter: an international crisis is brewing in saudi verdict in a grisly case of road arabia after "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi vanished from the saudi consulate in turkey. rage. >> what i would do -- i know >> stabbed to death in a walmart parking lot with his attacker actually recording the victim as he died. here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: a verdict in a senseless road rage killing, what i'm going to do, going to sanction the hell out of saudi arabia. >> reporter: in turkey, investigators search for clues kevin rodriguez, the victim. in khashoggi's disappearance. vice president pence hinting the the 19-year-old who had been a u.s. could become involved if it turns out a hit squad dispatched daredevil on instagram leaping off cliffs didn't see the danger coming in the walmart parking lot in southern california.

from saudi arabia was behind khashoggi's death. >> any act of violence that claims a life is to be condemned, but this was also an assault on a free and independent press. >> reporter: president trump, however, seemed to take the saudi denial at face value. james fortney, convicted of second-degree murder, he nearly >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know. hit the car rodriguez and his girlfriend were driving in, both >> reporter: dispatching secretary of state mike pompeo yelling. fortney recording with his phone to meet with the royal family. >> i stressed the importance of in his hand. then stabbing rodriguez in the heart with a 6-inch knife, still filming but then joining others in rendering first aid. it's the latest in a series of increasingly disturbing road rage incidents. from this street brawl in new york to this ramming incident in them conducting a complete california. investigation into the disappearance of jamal >> this was a senseless act and khashoggi. they made a commitment, they said they would do that. >> reporter: and now the they took my boy away from me. president is responding to critics who have questioned his financial ties to the saudi royal family calling that fake news and tweeting, i have no financial interests in saudi arabia. >> reporter: fortney was convicted of second-degree but on the campaign trail, mr. murder, and even though he tried to render first aid, he faces up to life in prison when sentenced trump bragged about their next month. investments. >> saudi arabia, and i get along great with all of them. they buy apartments from me. they spend 40 million, 50 million. am i supposed to dislike them? i like them very much. matt guttman, abc news, los angeles. a northern california high >> there had been reports the saudis intended to claim some school is looking into reports that one of its students served level of responsibility for khashoggi's disappearance and up a very ghoulish snack. even his death, calling it an >> officials believe some kids may have given their classmates interrogation gone awry, but so far the state department has not

cookies that contained the ashes been able to confirm those of a student's grandfather. details. kenneth? stephanie? president trump is again officials, they haven't been resorting to name calling, this able to test any of the cookies and there haven't been reports of any students getting sick over this, but -- >> wow. time aimed at stormy daniels, the porn star who says she slept >> that's just incredible. with him. >> so the school district says those who were involved are after a federal judge dismissed daniels' defamation lawsuit against trump, the president referred to daniels as horseface remorseful and this is now a personal family matter. and threatened to go after her but i'm pretty sure that the parents want more than that. and her lawyer. >> well, absolutely. maybe put some rules in place to not -- >> right. daniels fired back tweeting that trump has again demonstrated a hatred of women and lack of self-control. >> -- bring in homemade food, just to be on the safe side. >> but the school district says there is no health risk here. she ended with an apparent insult saying, game on, tiny. the president's wife is also in a feud with an entertainer. they're trying to assure parents, but i'm really sure that does not assure those parents. well, when we come back, the the first lady is upset by this support for daniel craig after music video here by the rapper t.i. that features a melania being man shamed on social media. and what we're hearing about ariana grande and her six-figure engagement ring. look-alike dancing in the oval that is coming up in office without her clothes. her spokeswoman calls it disrespectful and disgusting. mrs. trump is calling for a boycott of t.i. engagement ring. that is coming up in "the skinny." usa gymnastics is seeking

its fourth leader in 18 months. former congresswoman mary bono was on the job just four days. simone biles and aly raisman were among those criticizing her hiring. the law firm advised usa gymnastics during the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. bono was also criticized for an anti-nike tweet she sent out last month. we do know that bono is the widow of singer sonny bono. youtube users around the world have suffered from a rare global outage. a message saying an error occurred. please try again later. the outage lasted for about an hour and a half. youtube reported things getting back to normal at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. no word from youtube about what caused that outage. and we can all rest easy. the battle over the bagel emoji

has been put to bed. maybe bagelgate. bagel emojigate. is it over? >> it is kind of over. apple was toasted online. you get it? after details for the design of the new image came out a few weeks ago, mainly by new yorkers. you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, complaints included things like the crust wasn't really including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. appetizing and there is no cream cheese. what? >> apple has responded to the online grumbling by serving up a new look. it includes a rather sizeable smear and a remade crust that makes it look less like a donut. >> as a born and raised new yorker, let me give apple some advice here, we will never be satisfied. >> you won't? >> who is complaining about ♪ skinny this, though? who is that person? is it really an outrage or was it one guy and apple listened? are they pastry lovers? ♪ just give me the skinny "skinny" time. we're starting with a controversial case of social media man shaming. >> you new yorkers won't let me eat a pizza slice with a fork

and knife. i mean -- >> that's true. don't do that. you got to fold it. >> former cnn host piers morgan is no stranger to stirring the coming up, the spread of that polio-like illness among pot, but this morning he's children. what health officials are saying about the growing amount of getting it handed back to him cases. from legions of men. he shared an image of daniel plus this -- >> you're listening to delilah. craig, here it is, carrying his daughter in a baby carrier and tweeted, oh, 007, not you as >> the woman who has captivated the ears of millions for decades is now sharing her personal loss with her listeners. you're watching "world news well. #emasculatedbond. >> but morgan's point of view was apparently out of step with now." s of millions for decades is now sharing her personal loss the wide swath of men who are with listeners. you're watching "world news now." fighting back, including ross, sharing the snap of himself with three baby carriers and a stuffed bear saying, bring it on. leslie sharing this image of her husband, urging her followers to not tell her husband about the emasculation. >> morgan's defense was it's reportedly more manly to carry the baby in your arms than a carrier, but i don't -- nah. >> the carrier is meant to hold the baby. >> right.

it keeps your hands free. >> mom and dad, they take turns. you got to get to where you're going. it's easy. >> just in case dad has to, you know, lift a car, lift some igh. hi.o something. parents wear it around the house sometimes when you have to do chores. you wear the baby bjorn. next to the latest development in the breakup of ariana grande and pete davidson. >> she's made her first public appearance right here in new york city since her split with the "snl" cast member without her ring. >> about that ring, the 25-year-old has returned the $93,000 3 carat pear shaped stunner. it was set in platinum. it took the jeweler two weeks to create it. >> she's reportedly keeping that adopted tea cup pig named piggy smalls. i would keep the piggy as well.

next to a celebrity love that is apparently blossoming in a big way. >> riding high on her box office success with "a star is born," lady gaga has for the first time referred to her boyfriend christian carino as her fiance. >> gaga and carino who is a talent agent have been low key about their relationship since they were first spotted together nearly two years ago. >> wish them all the best. "dancing with the stars" judge carrie ann inaba sat down on "the talk" yesterday and revealed she and "full house" star john stamos previously dated years ago. we're gonna replace candy with some healthy halloween treats today. >> describing stamos as, quote, the loveliest human being in the whole world. these are called veggie fruit chews mine tasted like poopoo! she said things just didn't work mine tastes like broccoli, yuck! out because, quote, i wasn't i want candy! ready for someone as good as john stamos in my life at that moment. >> so you're like, hey, you're too good for me.

i can't -- yeah. stamos is now into his second marriage. inaba says the two remain on good terms. maybe she'll be the third. i'm just kidding. i'm just kidding. i hope he and his wife will have a very, very long marriage. >> absolutely. the musical "cats" is about to leap on to the silver screen. >> the andrew lloyd weber a lucky driver in florida was not hurt when that piece of plywood sliced through the windshield of his car. just incredible. musical is the fourth longest running of all-time opening in the driver refused medical 1982 and delay closing in 2000. attention. the plywood fell out of a pickup truck. its driver was ticketed for failing to properly secure the load. just incredible. >> this morning we're hearing that the film adaptation -- sound it out, with star taylor swift, idris elba and jennifer hudson along with ian mckellen and james corden. >> this is exciting to see it on the big screen. that driver lucky to be alive. >> absolutely. well, for the first time we're seeing video of a the film is set for release in confrontation in chicago. an off-duty police officer december of 2019. >> that will be cool. shooting an autistic man who was all right. well, coming up, the not armed. photographer who chronicled history now finds his own voice. >> the home surveillance video apparently shows the off-duty police sergeant shooting the man >> how pete souza is living up from within his pickup truck. the cop claimed he feared he would be beaten by an armed man. to his notoriety as the king of shade. you're watching "world news now." watching "world news

now." the victim survived. the police sergeant is under suspension without pay and has surrendered his badge and gun. now to a health alert for parents over the spread of a rare disease that starts out like a common cold but could potentially lead to paralysis. >> the cdc says there are now at least 62 confirmed cases across 22 states. most of them with children with just an average age of 4 years old. here is abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: 4-year-old camdyn carr from virginia has been in the hospital for six weeks. his parents say what started as a sinus infection left him barely able to speak or move his arms and legs. >> i can't tell you how he feels and how he's hurting or anything, so it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: camdyn is fighting acute flaccid myelitis or afm. after spikes in 2014 and 2016, the cdc says we could be seeing a similar outbreak.

>> we're suggesting parents do what they normally would do to prevent serious illness. making sure they're up to date on their vaccines. >> reporter: the cause of afm is unknown but doctors say it could be linked to viruses. so far this year 127 patients are under investigation, 62 are confirmed cases. the average age, 4 years old, like camdyn. this illness affects less than 1 in a million but it's serious. the cdc is warning parents to look for any signs of weakness in the arms or legs. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. the nasa astronaut who escaped last week's failed launch to the international space station said he knew he had to stay calm to survive. >> colonel nick hague is making his first pu the situation. the rocket failed and the emergency systems kicked in.

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now souza's instagram feed has gone from online to on the page with a new book called, of course, "shade." >> there are those of you saying, well, are you just being partisan for this book? babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. yet you've worked for a republican president as well. >> i worked for president a healthy baby is worth the wait. reagan. i saw that he respected the office of the presidency. i think that's what's missing now. >> how many pictures did you take during that time? >> i shot 1.9 million photos in the eight years. >> reporter: a former journalism professor, former white house photog, now turned artist. his work on exhibit at the stephen kasher gallery. >> this one is simply stormy. >> stormy. i didn't think it needed more words than that. this in response to trump saying if you are just going if you are just going he had the largest crowd in through a painful divorce right now -- >> mmm-hmm. >> -- the last thing you need to be worrying about is whether or not there is somebody out there for you. history which, of course, was not true. >> these are photographs of obama's first 100 days. >> there are a lot of people out there that recognize that voice. >> yes. >> that is the rich soothing voice of delilah, heard for >> for the last eight years, your job was to be a fly on the wall and not comment. what makes you want to come out decades on radio stations from from behind the lens now? >> i have a voice now because of the position i held at the white house. coast to coast in the late night hours.

>> delilah has brought comfort to millions through her advice i could not live with myself if i was not using my voice to and inspiration, but now she's revealing her own journey of speak out. >> reporter: the book's tag line loss and the love that she's getting back from her own loyal is simply "a tale of two listeners. here is abc's robin roberts. presidents." but souza also says it's a book with a message. >> if you're unhappy with the situation the way it is, you >> you're listening to delilah. >> she's the iconic radio host have to vote, you have to do with a smooth voice. 8 million listeners tune in to hear each week. your civic duty and vote in order to change the way things >> thank you for sharing your are. love, your story with us. thank you for listening to the >> you know how they say there is an old donald trump tweet for delilah show. everything that happens now? >> oh, i love the delilah show. i listen to it every day. there seems to be always a pete souza picture for something that >> reporter: she's our on-air happens now. >> that's true. he does a lot of the comparison confidant, but delilah also -- >> yeah. >> he's a very talented knows about heartache and loss. photographer. he's got some beautiful images last october her beloved son on instagram. >> i used to see him roaming zack took his own life. around the obama white house since, you know, obviously we're ssion therew book, "one k r sh d.c.-based. nice guy. het at a time. >> yeah. well, don't miss our updates >> bless you for being so open. i know after his passing you continued writing your book. on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> i couldn't at first. this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. i couldn't write, i couldn't talk about it.

the publishers talked to my sisters and said i'll help, i'll step in and help and i said, oh, no, no, no, nobody's telling zack's story but me. that kind of gave me the energy. >> is there something you would like to say to those who lifted you up in prayer? >> i would not be standing if it weren't for the prayers of my friends, my family and my listeners. so many listeners sent the most beautiful thoughts and prayers and shared their own stories of loss and grief and what helped them get through. it's been hard but i am -- i can still say i'm the most blessed woman i know. >> reporter: when she is not on the air counseling and comforting her listeners, delilah lives and works on a farm just outside seattle. it's her sanctuary. >> being in nature is my church. that's where i feel closest to god. >> there are so many things you wrote about that really touched me. live simply so others may simply live.

>> we spend so much time and energy getting more stuff, more success, you know, more, more. now every purchase i make in my mind i translate how many kids could i feed? >> there are going to be so many people who are going to pick up your book today. they are going to be inspired. how do you encourage someone to get started on their journey? >> well, everybody has a different calling and a different journey. we all have different gifts but you have to do something. take the first step and form that relationship one heart at a time because those rel ar gan our world. >> she has such ce. s open abt her own >> absolutely. she started on the radio at just 14 years old. >> mmm-hmm. >> she's been on the air for 30 years now. she takes her own calls. she screens her own phone calls. >> that's incredible. >> glad she's sharing her story.

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where does it come from, pasta? investigators have not been allowed into that residency, blocked by the saudis. we're told they will try again. >> yes. >> where does it come from? it's italian. >> well, not always. the reason they want to go >> i didn't look at my notes. there, because forensics want to find out whether or not jamal khashoggi or his body were ever there. ian pannell, abc news, istanbul, turkey. >> pasta can actually be traced massachusetts senator back to asia. thousands of years ago, folks. elizabeth warren is defending so go get your pasta. nice little comfort food no matter where it's from. >> absolutely. >> i'm not going to eat this, by her decision to release her dna results showing that she does, indeed, have native american ancestry. warren talked to the "boston the way, because it is from the concession stand downstairs. >> but it smells good. okay. globe" about her timing, saying remember that little boy? she shared the results because it's hefty, it will fill you up. she just received them and wanted to deflect from the remember that little boy we taunting by president trump and her opponents in next month's election. but the president slammed her anyway, calling the test bogus. residents of low-lying areas introduced you to who got on stage with the foo fighters in in central texas are being told kansas city. he's got skills on the guitar. guess what? he's got a big heart, too. so once he got all of this to evacuate but stay >> severe storms are sweeping attention, he decided to start a across northern texas and the gofundme page for his friend who deep south, adding to the heavy is sick. rain that has already fallen. so he -- in this facebook post >> the raging llano swept away a

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from abc news, this is a boy from australia gives us our royal moment of the day. "world news now." good morning. >> now, this little guy, he walked up to prince harry there. his name is luke. he's 5 years old. so many dads posting pictures about -- of themselves with their baby bjorn, they are proud of that. he also has down syndrome and he loves harry's beard there. so cute as he grabs on there. >> in addition to tugging on >> they are. harry's face, luke also gave the i typically carry one of those around. i don't have any kids but i put food in there, fruit. royal couple a hug. harry and meghan also took part in a community picnic. it's so wonderful to see them we'll talk about that later on. out and about and saying hi to so we want to turn to this folks and just -- >> yeah. story here. we begin with a community praying for a teenager's safe >> -- so down to earth. all right. return. well, coming up, rebooting "roseanne" without roseanne. >> dozens filled a church in wisconsin to hold a vigil for how "the conners" is now moving jayme closs who vanished monday. forward without its creator and title character. people wore blue and green ribbons. plus, just hours ago canada green for missing children and blue because it's the became the largest country to legalize marijuana. 13-year-old's favorite color. however, how canadians will be the desperate search has spread across the country. able to get their hands on it will be a different matter >> reporter: the search for all together. that is coming up on "world news now." missing 13-year-old jayme closs

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number one, what happened, but whether or not they knew about it. if they knew about it, that would be bad. >> reporter: he tweeted, quote, just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in their turkish consulate. in the days since khashoggi's disappearance, the president has tried to walk a fine line between vowing punishment and preserving the u.s.-saudi relationship, a relationship he has worked hard to cultivate, making saudi arabia the very first foreign country he visited as president. taking part in a traditional sword dance with the king. the president also tweeted, quote, for the record, i have no financial interests in saudi arabia. but just three years ago he said this -- a soccer administrator in >> saudi arabia, and i get along great with all of them. a soccer administrator in they buy apartments from me. they spend 40 million, 50 florida who happens to be white is getting a lot of attention million. am i supposed to dislike them? i like them very much. >> reporter: over the years, the saudis have invested in several major trump projects. for calling the police on a black parent. witnesses say the woman thought the dad yelled at a referee about a call, but both he and in 1991, they bought his yacht.

other witnesses say he was four years later, a saudi prince telling his son to keep playing. was part of a group that bought trump's plaza hotel. the administrator is heard on video saying she called 911 after the dad got nasty with me. in 2001, the kingdom of saudi arabia reportedly bought an the man said he was just trying entire floor of trump world tower in new york. to explain he was talking to his son. another parent had been ejected earlier in the day. >> well, that case in florida is since he was elected, the saudis have spent lavishly at trump properties, including dropping nearly $270,000 last year at the president's washington hotel near the white house. just the latest string in growing videos what many critics >> the president seems inclined are calling casual racism. >> we're hearing from a woman involved in one of the latest encounters as a growing number of people ask can we avoid these to believe the saudi denials on this. as he told the associated press, quote, here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. i don't like that. he actually compared the conflicts all together? accusations against the saudis here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: when it comes to with those against his pick for people accused of everyday racism, the internet has no mercy. >> i'm being followed and the supreme court, justice brett kavanaugh saying, quote, we just went through that with justice harassed, that's what sucks. kavanaugh and he was innocent >> reporter: doling out viral all the way as far as i am concerned. nicknames. >> you can film all you want. >> reporter: intended to brand any perpetrator forever. >> i want to call the police on so the president, at least at this point, seems inclined to him for having a barbecue. believe the denials coming from >> reporter: stephanie arrested saudi arabia. jonathan karl, abc news, the for assaulting a black teen at a community pool. white house.

>> get out now! >> reporter: became pool patrol paula. chief justice john roberts is emphasizing the independence her attorney saying there are two sides to every story. of the supreme court following the partisan confirmation fight over new justice brett kavanaugh. >> get out. >> reporter: and alison ettel who called the police on an 8-year-old girl selling water in a speech at the university of minnesota, roberts said the high court makes mistakes when it yields to political pressure. now known as permit patty. >> illegally selling water without a payment. he said the court speaks for the constitution not the people, and >> reporter: later saying she regrets the way she handled it. roberts each quoted kavanaugh, just this past week, teresa saying the justices don't sit on klein became cornerstore the opposite sides of the aisle caroline. or serve one party. president trump has named a new white house counsel. washington litigator pat cipollone is taking the job she accused a 9-year-old of following the departure of don mcgahn. the president said pat cipollone is a very talented guy. groping her. he would handle subpoenas should clearly showing it was the boy's backpack that accidentally grazed her. outside of the store she confronted the boy and his family, saying she's calling the the dems retake the house. police. >> no, i want the cops here republican senator ted cruz right now. and his democratic challenger congressman >> reporter: the boy, jeremiah, terrified of going to jail sobs outside of the store. his mother aghast. one witness, jason littlejohn,

immediately began filming. >> make her go viral. o'rourke accused cruz of being >> i knew something wasn't right and that's when i pulled out my phone and started reporting. after that i saw little jeremiah dishonest and even called him crying. >> don't cry, little man. lying ted like president trump >> that was the saddest thing in did in 2016. my life to see a little kid like cruz tried to paint o'rourke as that crying. >> reporter: after reviewing a leader of a liberal resistance surveillance footage, the woapon movement. >> congressman o'rourke is not able to work with president trump. with congressman o'rourke leading the way, two years of a partisan circus shutting down the federal government in a there is a hashtag to describe witch hunt on the president. that's not good for the state of the prejudices that pervade everyday lives. texas. just this week, hilary brooke it's not good for our country. mueller tried to block d'arreion toles from walking into his own luxury apartment in downtown st. louis. he immediately began filming. >> really interesting to hear you talk about a partisan circus after your last six years in the >> i don't like you're blocking u.s. senate. me where i pay to live at. >> well, recent polls show cruz >> it made me feel really uncomfortable, like less of a stretching his lead with just rourkehe of human. i felt like i was being judged. >> reporter: hilary mueller nearly $23 million. more than double that of cruz. president trump will hold a defending her actions, telling fox 2 now she was merely trying rally with cruz in houston next week. to follow the guidelines for residents. >> when i noticed an individual wall street is hoping for a repeat of yesterday's strong showing. the dow jumped 547 points, its be day in x i did not know, my only intent was to follow the direction i had been given by our condo

association board members repeatedly, and that is to never allow access to any individual that you do not know. gain. the increase wiped out some of last week's two-day nearly 1,400-point loss. rivers in central texas are also rising after heavy rain. >> reporter: some of these videos have had real world consequences. the woman who blocked a man from enters his own apartment, she as much as 13 inches fell in 48 hours and rivers are well above lost her job. flood stage. >> some employees might say, well, free speech matters and so i should be able to say whatever the current on the llano river i want to. the first amendment certainly protects you to do that. was so strong it took out a highway bridge and many other it does not guarantee you a job. crossings are closed. the governor of texas has issued >> reporter: but for some erasing centuries of institutional racism won't happen overnight. a disaster declaration for 18 counties because more rain is on the way. storms are sweeping across texas >> it's really impossible to and the south overnight. train people not to be racist or to get rid of their implicit bias in one day, one week or one year. we need to find a way for people to recognize we all have racial experts warn it won't take much blind spots, we all have gender to keep these rivers at or above flood stage. well, turning overseas to at and class blind spots and we all have work to do to end any kind of discrimination. atndt ll out of e ying to close befoing off from mumbai. >> the woman fell about 18 feet, >> we have a lot of work to do, and i think for that incident where the man couldn't get into suffering injuries to her legs. his apartment building, condo building, a neighborhood mixer, the airline says it's looking into what happened. well, when an animal was nicknamed "chubs," it brings to maybe that would do the trick. mind images of something small, pudgy and maybe even cuddly.

>> everybody introduce yourselves. >> right. >> and know who actually lives there. but, i mean, even experts, >> not this. academics noted minorities, especially black people, are n this is not cute and cuddly. the 15-foot-long alligator first spotted in that video in florida two years ago, he's back. they are the minority. the big reptile was seen that's a great idea, have a mixer. strolling across a golf course coming up, effective now near tampa over the weekend. marijuana is legal in canada from coast to coast. gosh, he's huge. the general manager of the course said chubs has been there a very long time and doesn't >> that's apparently only the cause any problems. first hurdle for canadians in actually procuring the weed. you're watching "world news now." anadians in actually procuring the weed. you're watching "world news now." he also says if you're on foot you, of course, do not want to be close to that thing. >> yes. >> it's a very obviously dangerous animal. >> i think he should be called "tiny." >> just being called something opposite of what he actually is. >> yeah, opposite. >> that's not a bad idea. >> because that thing is really big. >> it is massive. it is. well, coming up, the man who has enjoyed a front row seat to presidential history now finds his own voice. superstar.al white house

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this morning on "world news now," severe and deadly flooding rocks texas after a month's worth of rain falls in just days. >> the rushing water so powerful on one river a bridge collapsed and washed away. cars are getting stranded in the rushing water. we have the latest accuweather forecast. also this morning, breaking developments in the case of that missing u.s.-based journalist. new reports say men linked to his disappearance have direct ties to the saudi royal family. secretary of state mike pompeo spoke moments ago. a driver is pretty lucky to have survived this. after a sheet of plywood sliced into the window of his car on a busy highway. now we know where it came from. and it's possibly the greatest day of the year. see how you can get deals on spaghetti, linguini, rigatoni

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gimme one minute... and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. >> i think i had the 9. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. >> you had the 9? >> i had the 9. >> all right. this much - not enough but that's okay. i get excited when you at least about 80% - get one digit, right? friday's mega millions will be worth at least $868 million. medicare will pay for. what's left is on you. that's the second largest that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, jackpot in u.s. history. you've still got a chance. insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company comes in. >> if you can't wait that long, you can try tonight's powerball which is just a little $345 this type of plan helps pay some of what medicare doesn't. these are the only plans to carry the aarp endorsement for meeting their high standards of quality and service. million. >> i'd be good with just $5 million. 1. >> 5 million. so call unitedhealthcare insurance company today and ask for your free decision guide. let me get my checkbook out for you. i can loan you that. >> i figured you were rolling with this type of plan, u' h like that. >> you know what? yes. >> big baller. >> go talk to the bosses. maybe they'll give you a little more. and when you travel, your plan will go with you - anywhere in the country. whew! call unitedhealthcare today moving on. and ask for your free decision guide. >> moving on to the other big story this morning, severe flooding in 18 texas counties. >> yeah, the governor has issued a disaster declaration for those

counties, as much as 13 inches of rain fell in justmoh's worth water and at least one person has died. pete souza was the official pete souza was the official white house photographer for all eight years of the obama abc's clayton sandell has more. >> reporter: in texas, too much water. presidency as well as president reagan. >> but now he is moving from the flash flooding triggering rescues and evacuations. camera lens to the power of the >> we're starting to pull people out of houses and that's what our guys are doing right now. pen in a brand-new book. here is abc's juju chang. >> that's the witch hunt? >> that's the witch hunt. >> reporter: the overwhelming llano river taking out this >> reporter: pete souza has gone bridge in the town of kingsland northwest of austin. from documenting the white house nearby the colorado river hurling debris over the starkey dam. >> that looks like a deck that is just going over. wow. to criticizing it subtly, as the saying goes, by throwing shade. souza's instagram feed described as a master class in throwing shade. >> reporter: as waters rise, they've opened all ten flood gates. often in direct response to obamtain rugees on thets. >> i've seen, you know, two or three flood gates open. it's pretty powerful at that, but all ten flood gates, this is amazing. day of trump's travel ban. with his attorney general after a trumtw >> reporter: schools closed, cars stuck, more than 150 roads are impassable. gone from online to on the page with a new book called, of course, "shade."

>> there are those of you saying, well, are you just being partisan for this book? yet you've worked for a republican president as well. >> i worked for president reagan. i saw that he respected the office of the presidency. i think that's what's missing now. >> how many pictures did you take during that time? >> i shot 1.9 million photos in the eight years. >> reporter: a former journalism professor, former white house photog, now turned artist. his work on exhibit at the stephen kasher gallery. >> this one is simply stormy. >> stormy. i didn't think it needed more words than that. this in response to trump saying he had the largest crowd in history which, of course, was not true. >> these are photographs of obama's first 100 days. >> for the last eight years, your job was to be a fly on the wall and not comment. what makes you want to come out from behind the lens now? >> i have a voice now because of the position i held at the white house. i could not live with myself if i was not using my voice to speak out.

>> reporter: the book's tag line is simply "a tale of two presidents." but souza also says it's a book with a message. >> if you're unhappy with the situation the way it is, you have to vote, you have to do your civic duty and vote in order to change the way things are. >> you know how they say there is an old donald trump tweet for everything that happens now? there seems to be always a pete souza picture for something that happens now. >> that's true. he does a lot of the comparison -- >> yeah. >> he's a very talented photographer. he's got some beautiful images on instagram. >> i used to see him roaming around the obama white house since, you know, obviously we're d.c.-based. nice guy. >> yeah. well, don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

morning, a new twist in the diplomatic crisis with saudi arabia. the suspects in the disappearance of a "washington post" columnist are now being directly linked to the saudi royal family. we're live in istanbul with the breaking developments. flooding emergency. >> oh, my god. oh, get back. get back. get back. >> a texas river rises 35 feet washing out this bridge and sweeping away this deck. this morning the new threat with more rain on the way. breaking overnight, the jumbo jackpot grows even bigger. >> our first winning number tonight is 69. >> the mega record being set with no winners overnight. plus, for the first time we hear from the whit