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today between megyn kelly's lawyer and nbc executives after the host, of course, ignited that firestorm over the comments about blackface. >> she's reportedly fighting back against nbc after her show was taken off the air yesterday and replaced with a rerun. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: megyn kelly's future at nbc is on the line. the episode scrapped, instead a repeat. >> i'm megyn kelly. happy friday. >> reporter: kelly's views about blackface have sparked outrage. >> but what is racist? truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on halloween or a black person who puts whiteface on on halloween. when i was a kid that was okay if you were a character. >> reporter: even defending the costume of this reality star. >> she made her skin look darker than it really is and people said that was racist. i don't know, i felt like who doesn't love diana ross? >> reporter: kelly made a tearful apology. >> i defended the idea, saying as long as it was respectful and part of a halloween costume, it

seemed okay. well, i was wrong and i am sorry. >> reporter: and now kelly is reportedly gearing up to fight back. she's hired an attorney, who according to the "hollywood reporter," plans to meet with nbc executives friday and argue nbc is hypocritical because the reality star wore that costume on an nbc sister network. the chairman of nbc news condemned kelly's remarks during a staff town hall, according to "variety" saying, there is no place on our air or in this workplace for them. her "today" co-host calling her out. >> while she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country. >> reporter: kelly is no stranger to racial controversy. she's expressed regret for these comments on fox news. >> for all you kids watching at home, santa just is white. jesus was a white man, too. >> reporter: the career of nbc news' highest paid anchor with a reported three-year $50 million contract hangs in the balance. even after kelly's apology, the cast from "house of cards"

cancelled their upcoming appearance on her show. the plan for friday at this point is to air a rerun. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so far, sources close to the matter say that her exit isn't official yet but could be announced in the days ahead. >> drip, drip, drip. she signed a $69 million three-year deal just last year. >> was all that drip for the tea? >> the tea, exactly. when we come back, bieber's burrito bombshell. and matt damon is on fire. literally on fire. "the skinny" is next. literally on fire. "the skinny" is next. think only specialty stores have what's new? olay has the hottest debut. new olay clay stick masks, hydrating facial mist, and brightening eye cream.

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you're not american. >> yeah, he's not. >> i know. twitter's been on fire over this photo that is making the rounds with comments like, does he know how burritos work? and suggesting that bieber might actually think it's a harmonica. >> chipotle actually weighed in on their official twitter account saying, quote, we don't have a problem with this. >> one user quickly responded, well, you should. society needs rules to function. this isn't okay. >> jack looks like -- >> jack. >> you're going straight in the middle. >> this isn't how you do it? >> that's not how you do it. >> how do you do it? >> you start here. tony's is already gone. i don't know that there was an end or middle with tony's. seriously, you start on one end. >> you pick the beginning. >> which one is the end? >> that's as far as choices go, one or the other. not the middle.

fail. fail, fail, fail. all right. well, next to the big news for the fans of the movie "clueless," or as andre, the youngest person on our staff would say, what movie? >> the 1995 comedy starring alicia silverstone, stacey dash, the late brittany murphy and paul rudd hit the big screen just a few years before the internet became a thing-thing. >> complete with cellphones with antennas and mix tapes. >> now paramount pictures is reportedly breaking hearts in developing a remake because could anything be as good as this? >> no. not at all. "clueless" led to a three-season television spinoff, remember that? "clueless" the musical is set to debut next month here in new york as an off-broadway production. jack, how is that burrito doing? is it -- >> it's starting to fall apart. >> that's why you don't go in

the middle. >> i'm sorry. i -- i didn't know. >> are we twins? next, matt damon is on fire. literally. >> the -- >> you know what? that is enough. >> the 48-year-old has long been known to do his own stunts, especially in the jason bourne series. from diving and underwater sequences and hand-to-hand combat. you see there, even weapons. >> now we can add fire to that list of stunts. look. he was caught on camera earlier this week by "new york post's" "page six" tv being set on fire for his upcoming movie "ford versus ferrari." >> i think the ferrari won. damon was safely suited up for the scene which took place at a private airport outside of los angeles. >> that film is based on the battle between ford and ferrari. set for release next june.

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and although the king and crown prince have said they knew nothing of the plot to kill his father, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle claim the orders must have come from the top. the latest now on that migrant caravan making its way through mexico. president trump is making it a rallying cry ahead of the midterm elections, firing up his base with false claims. >> you're going to find middle eastern. you're going to find everything. >> now the president conceding he doesn't actually have the proof. >> no proof that they're in the caravan now? >> they could very well be. >> but there is no proof? >> there is no proof of anything. there is no proof of anything. one person in south carolina is holding the lucky ticket worth $1.6 billion. the cash payout in this world record jackpot, $904 million in cash. this is one of the best states to win the lottery because the winner can claim that money anonymously. in georgia, there are many long lines. the republican candidate, the secretary of state brian kemp, is facing accusations of trying to suppress the vote. >> kemp is already accused of

stalling 53,000 voter registrations, most of them black voters because of mismatched addresses, names spelled incorrectly or using john instead of jonathan. this is the terrifying moment an escalator inside a rome metro station suddenly accelerates out of control. investigators are now looking at this video trying to determine what went wrong. at least 20 people were injured in the incident. seven in serious condition. time now for the royals down under clip of the day. >> said it's so wrong but it's so wonderful. she said so. >> jack is loving this. >> jack, aren't you glad that we do this every day now? >> i hope this tour goes on for months. >> that's what he said at the start of the week. who knows now at this point. >> cooled to that idea. >> when you realize it does go on until halloween. >> keeps going. keeps going. >> let's wrap it up, baby. >> lots happening. >> it's going to be cold. >> it's going to be cold. >> up here at least. >> in the mid-atlantic. baseball continues tonight with

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good morning. good morning. i'm janai norman. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of our top headlines we're following this friday morning on "world news now." a mail facility near miami is now the focus of investigators hoping to get to the bottom of the bomb scare that is targeting so many democrats. the latest devices were addressed to former vice president joe biden and robert de niro. full coverage up next. in washington, d.c., hundreds came out to remember matthew shepard 20 years after he was kidnapped and killed for being gay. his ashes will be interred in the national cathedral today. missed out on the nearly $1.6 billion mega millions jackpot? well, there is a consolation prize this weekend and it's not a bad one. tomorrow night's powerball drawing is worth an estimated $750 million. that's the fourth largest in

u.s. history. and the dodgers are back home hoping the warm l.a. weather will help their bats eat heat up in tonight's game three of the world series. the red sox lead the series two games to none. the temperature at game time tonight is expected to be in the mid-80s. a big change. those are some of our top stories on this friday, october 26th. from abc news, this is "world news now." the red sox are pretty good. they could go for a sweep. >> looks like they might. >> we'll see if that l.a. weather will help. we're going to begin this half hour with the urgent manhunt who whoever is behind the string of pipe bombs. >> investigators are combing through a postal facility near miami where some of the packages may have been mailed from. because the devices are still in tact, they're expected to offer a treasure trove of clues. abc's juju chang has the latest. >> reporter: a nationwide investigation and manhunt under

way. in search of the bomb maker and those who may have mailed them. ten separate packages containing suspected explosive devices all addressed to prominent critics of president trump. from new york to los angeles, florida to washington, d.c. and delaware. law enforcement now chasing leads in southern florida where officials suspect some of the potential bombs may have originated. in new york city, a suspicious package intercepted. this one addressed to actor robert de niro. remember, at this year's tony awards, de niro took aim at the president. >> it's no longer down with trump, it's [ bleep ] trump. >> reporter: at the time, the president responding, calling de niro a very low iq individual. too many shots to the head by real boxers, he said. and federal investigators now pi ieve all ten packages went george soros in a suburb north of new york city. then late tuesday night, another device.

clinton, intercepted by the secret service before it reached her home in westchester county, new york. just hours later, a third suspicious package intercepted in washington, d.c. addressed to the home of former president obama. then in new york city, cnn was reporting on the spate of suspicious devices when their own alarms began to ring. >> to have projectiles -- that's a -- excuse me, that sounds like a fire alarm here. we'll keep you posted on that. >> reporter: that device was addressed to former cia director john brennan at the cnn address. then in maryland, a package addressed to democratic california congresswoman maxine waters. another device also addressed to the congresswoman was found at a postal facility in los angeles. in florida, police rushing to the office of democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. the device there had been addressed to former obama attorney general eric holder but had wasserman schultz as the return address.

then two packages addressed for former vice president joe biden. both intercepted at postal facilities in delaware. the tenth and latest package addressed to de niro. meanwhile, across the country a renewed debate over political rhetoric going too far. in wisconsin, the president condemned what he called political violence. >> we want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. we can do it. we can do it. we can do it. >> reporter: but president trump once again attacking the media, tweeting, a very big part of the anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the mainstream media that i refer to as fake news. it has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. mainstream media must clean up its act fast. in a statement, jeff zucker, cnn worldwide president, said there is a total and complete lack of understanding at the white house about the seriousness of their continued attack on the media.

the president and especially the white house press secretary should understand their words matter. thus far they have shown no comprehension of that. in new york, a city stands firm in the face of yet another act of terror. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> and president trump toned down his attacks on democrats at his latest rally but critics don't expect it to last in the run-up to the midterm elections. >> the white house is rejecting any claims the president is to blame for creating the divisive political climate that may have motivated the bomb scare. the press secretary came to the president's defense. >> there's a big difference between comments made and actions taken. the idea that this is at the hands of the president is absolutely ridiculous. >> again, the president blamed the anger in society on what he called fake news by the mainstream media, tweeting, it has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. former cia director john brennan

fired back on twitter, telling the president to stop blaming others, look in the mirror and clean up his act. so authorities will try to determine if the devices were intended to detonate or simply spark fear ahead of the election. >> for more insight into what investigators are looking for, we turn to former fbi agent and abc contributor steve gomez. steve, good morning. police and federal investigators are at a postal facility near miami. what exactly are they looking for? >> good morning. what they are looking for is the potential that this is the location where the suspect or suspects dropped off the packages. so now you have a number of investigative leads that can take place between looking for video, interviewing people, trying to figure out if anybody saw anybody that was coming in with a number of packages. if that was the only postal office that was used. >> got it. are these real bombs? >> they appear to be functioning bombs. it's a question of, are these

bombs that can be exploded. >> we had ten, why didn't any go off? >> that's a very good question. it seems they were capable of going off. would they have actually hurt anybody or killed anybody? probably not from what we understand. why would they do that? that's a big question because they might not truly want them to be hurt but maybe send a message not only to them but to the whole american public. >> steve, so far ten bombs. they've sparked a lot of fear, especially across the east coast. does it seem like this is something somebody could have done on a whim or a lot of planning? >> a lot of planning has to go into an operation like this. you're talking about ten devices. it's not just building a bomb, which takes a lot of work. you have to go about and acquire all the different tools and materials. once you get that, now you have the packaging that you have to put together. the packaging was all very similar. there must be a reason for why they did that.

so there was a lot of work that went into this. this isn't something that would have taken place overnight. it would have taken weeks, if not months. that makes you start to wonder, was there more than one person that was involved in this operation. >> very interesting. steve, thank you. well, president trump is considering a wide range of actions to keep that migrant caravan from crossing into the u.s. the white house says no decision has been made and when one is it won't be announced. reports say one plan is to shut the border to central americans and not consider any asylum requests. another is to send active duty troops, not the national guard, to the border. the caravan is still about 1,000 miles from the united states. asian markets slipped lower overnight following a rebound on wall street. the rally wiped out a large part of the losses that stocks suffered on wednesday. it also moved the dow and the s&p 500 back into positive territory for the year. one stock that could suffer

today is snap, the photo sharing company slumped to an all time low. snap is also warning investors that it expects to continue losing daily active users. ford is recalling nearly 1.5 million focus models. ford says there is a problem with a defective fuel valve that causes the cars to stall and not restart. the recall affects many models that were made between 2012 and 2018. ford is advising customers to keep their fuel tanks to at least half full until this problem is fixed. well, the man known as the french spiderman has taken his game across the english channel again. >> yeah, alain robert made his way up a london skyscraper with no safety equipment. the crowd watched from the street as the 56-year-old daredevil made it to the top where he was promptly arrested.

>> robert has scaled the side of famous buildings such as the empire state building and the eiffel tower. amazingly, he does all of this while living with vertigo. >> what? he has vertigo? >> fun fact. >> interesting. all right. cool. well, coming up, the son who finally meets his parents 37 years after they gave him up for adoption. but first, the new lead in the case of that young model murdered as she drove to work. what police are now saying about the man in this video. you're watching "world news now." like new clay stick masks. all mask, no mess. olay hydrating facial mist. for hydration on the go. and our breakthrough brightening eye cream. boosted with vitamin c.

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turning now to atlanta where police have a new lead in the shooting of a model. >> yeah, police say the man seen in this video is a person of interest. he was involved in an altercation in the area where the woman was shot and the cops want to talk with him. >> kelsey quayle was hit by random gunfire while driving to work. the 28-year-old died two days later. a potential package thief gets a surprise from a homeowner who wasn't even in their house. >> michelle toll lives outside houston. she recently installed the ring doorbell app to keep an eye on her house. toll received an alert while she was at work this week. so she opened the app and saw a woman taking packages from her porch. so she confronted her over the app. >> what are you doing? >> is this deborah's house? >> no. no, it's not. put my packages back on the porch. >> yeah, yeah. i'm so sorry. oh, my god, i'm so sorry. >> the woman dropped the boxes and left. it turns out they were filled

with cat litter. she says she gave the video to her neighbors so they can keep an eye out as well. >> that -- >> wow. caught red-handed. >> that woman tried to almost play it off pretty good. is this deborah's house? no. >> props on, like, trying to play it off. well, coming up, the touching family reunion 37 years in the making. >> how an at-home dna kit has brought a long lost son back home. you're watching "world news now." u're watching "world news now." n her cape. i'm super emma. but when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to tide pods free & gentle. it's gentle on her skin and takes care of stains better than the other free and clear detergent. so she can focus on saving the world, with a little help from dad. dermatologist recommended. it's got to be tide.

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have now become one thanks to an at-home dna kit. >> now a man from michigan has finally met his birth parents and the brother and sister he had never known about. abc's t.j. holmes was there the moment that family was reunited. >> reporter: mitch yurkovich is getting his family ready for the trip of a lifetime. the married father of four applied for a dna test kit through myheritage. they have a program called dna quest. the company says it teamed with experts to donate kits to connect thousands of adoptees with their biological relatives. in july, mitch received the results, leading him to discover his birth father. >> i saw his picture for the very first time. the resemblance was very striking. i was nervous about contacting him. >> reporter: mitch sent an e-mail from his home in bad axe, michigan to scott shaffer who lived in angel fire, new mexico. >> it was beyond my wildest dreams.

>> his question was, if you know anything about my mother, would you please share it with me? and so i e-mailed him back that -- >> she's right here. >> your mom and i are still together and you have a brother and sister. >> reporter: high school sweethearts scott and mary shaffer were just teenagers when they discovered mary was pregnant. >> how soon after you found out you were pregnant did you make the decision you were going to give the child up for adoption? >> almost right away i decided the baby needed a family. i was adopted myself so i knew he would at least go somewhere decent. >> reporter: it was a closed adoption. the shaffers didn't know where the baby would go. mary wrote mitch a letter. >> what was in that letter? >> why we gave him up and hoped he had a great life. come and look for us some day. >> reporter: scott and mary eventually married. they had two more children. mary kept his baby picture on gw upnowing they with the other brother out there someinmiinfrs i

>> it did kind of feel like we were missing out on something. we always knew about it. >> now we're finally getting to meet him. it still hasn't sunken in yet. >> reporter: now mitch and his family are making the journey across country to meet his birth family. >> ready? >> i can't wait to see them face-to-face, give them a hug, get to know them. >> this is 37 years in the making. what are you feeling sitting here? >> excitement. >> yeah, excited. >> very happy. >> do i have the right house? >> yeah, you do. >> you got the right house. >> so good to finally be able to hold you guys. >> this is crazy. >> you're standing here together now. what does that feel like? does it feel like you -- >> closure. >> closure, wow. >> or a start to a real happy time and closure of missing -- >> just seeing them face-to-face

was just -- i stopped and was like, where did the mirror come from? just seeing the little things that you don't get in the pictures. >> reporter: scott and mary take mitch through the home to show him the birth photo that's always been on their dresser. >> we've kept it like that always. >> reporter: mary showed mitch the letter she had written him 37 years later. >> i hope you can see when you're older. take care and be happy. love always. >> i took care and i'm happy. >> that's all we ever wanted. >> 37 years later. that's amazing. >> absolutely. that's all they ever wanted. good to see them. our thanks to t.j. for that. well, coming up, the action thriller set to be unleashed at the box office this weekend. >> so what are the critics saying about gerard butler in "hunter killer?" our "insomniac theater" straight ahead. killer?" our "insomniac theater" straight ahead. >> we've been ordered to cross waters that no american sub has ever crossed before. waters that no american subhas

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it is ti it is time for "insomniac theater." after you see these two movies you'll probably figure that hollywood just kind of gave up for this weekend. two new movies opening at the box office. >> this morning we start with an action thriller. gerard butler stars in "hunter killer" as an american submarine captain who assembles a team of elite navy s.e.a.l.s to rescue a kipnapped russian president. >> we are witnessing the most aggressive military build-up in russian history. >> we've been keeping tabs on the russian president and his defense minister. >> oh, my god. >> it's a coup.

>> we're dealing with a single rogue minister. >> we rescue the russian president. >> he need eyes and ears on the ground. >> captain, awaiting your orders. >> we're going in with four of our boys and getting one russian president. we need a local navigator. >> and if you think this looks fascinating, you may be alone. "hunter killer" is scoring a dismal 35% splat on rotten tomatoes. the a.p.'s lindsey barr calls it bombastic and garish, riddled with cliches, preposterous politics and diplomacy, and frenetic energy. another said it sinks to the bottom. they didn't hold back. >> it seems like the sequel or prequel to "white house down." johnny english strikes again. third installment has the

british actor atkinson returning as the whacky agent called back into action to combat cyber attack and forced to overcome the challenges of modern technology. >> virtual reality -- >> it's completely immersive and some people lose track of their actual surroundings. >> i think we can pretty much guarantee that's not going to happen. >> tell me the agent you've got in the field is making some progress? >> target acquired. >> this is a job for the shoe box inflater. >> don't open it in the car! >> can you reach your door handle? >> not really, sir. >> that's kind of funny. >> kinda. >> "johnny english strikes again" is scoring only 31% on rotten tomatoes. katie walsh writes, rowan atkinson's bumbling bond character should have retired. has a few more laughs and far fewer cringes than the two films that preceded it.

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this morning on "world news now," the urgent manhunt. >> the search is on for whoever sent suspicious devices to prominent democrats. ten packages now found so far. two were addressed to former president -- vice president joe biden, who is calling for a political cooldown. overnight, the focus for investigators is in a mail facility in south florida. our experts standing by live. also this morning, a dangerous storm is taking aim at the east coast. the remnants of hurricane willa expected to dump plenty of rain this weekend. with it, high winds and possible flooding. we'll have the latest accuweather tracking. plus, a company that pays its workers to sleep. get a good night's rest and you are rewarded. yeah, see how that works. and as we all know, flying is so much fun, great food, friendly passengers, spacious seats.

that's why kendis couldn't wait to climb aboard the longest flight in the world. kendis, how was it? >> i just landed and i took off two weeks ago today. >> it's friday, october 26th. from abc news, this is "world news now." like, seriously, i started as a mere 15-year-old on that flight -- >> and here we are today. >> exactly. now i'm just a curmudgeon old man after that flight. >> long flight. >> we'll break down the behind the scenes of what took place on that long flight. but we are going to start this half hour with that bomb scare triggering the urgent search for clues in at least five states. >> investigators are especially focused on south florida where some of the suspected bombs may have been mailed from addressed to prominent democrats like former president obama and others. the latest ones sent to vice president joe biden and actor

robert de niro. like the others, they're vocal critics and targets of president trump. we start with abc's maggie rulli. >> it's absolutely terrorism. >> reporter: the nationwide manhunt for an alleged attempted bomber continues. >> i can say with certainty that we will identify and arrest the person or people responsible for these acts. >> reporter: multiple sources confirmed to abc news that federal authorities are following promising leads right now in south florida, zeroing in on this mail facility in opa-locka as the potential place that at least some of the packages were mailed through. this desperate to find the person or people behind the ten nearly identical suspicious packages sent across the country to targets including barack obama, hillary clinton, congresswoman maxine waters and most recently former vice president joe biden and actor robert de niro. instorbeeve were all sentou the posofce anthey feamore may still b out there. >> we have over 600,000 postal employees out there so we have their eyes and ears looking for

these packages. >> reporter: sources say each package so far contained a digital clock, explosive powder, a battery as a power source and wiring to channel a spark for detonation. glass was also found, used as shrapnel. now each of those devices is being painstakingly examined. sources tell abc news that agents are searching each one for fingerprints. from how the wires are twisted they can tell if the bomber is right or left-handed. they are also trying to figure out if the devices were meant to detonate or made to simply create fear and panic. kendis and janai? >> maggie, thank you. >> and authorities say they're treating the suspected bombs as live devices that should be considered dangerous. >> for more on the investigation, we turn to former fbi special agent and abc news contributor steve gomez joining us from l.a. steve, good morning to you. where does the investigation stand?

>> well, they have ten devices that are at the fbi lab right now undergoing extensive analysis and examination to try to figure out, how were they constructed, what were the materials that were contained in the devices, where did they acquire those types of meats? some of these materials may have been acquired at certain places where they can go and identify certain stores, try to figure out if there were any individuals that came in, look at video, look at receipts and so on. those could provide very valuable leads to hopefully identify a suspect. >> steve, how could they narrow this down to a postal office possibly in south florida? >> well, the logical step to start with is the fact that the return addresses on every package was from south florida at an address that was shown as debbie wasserman schultz's office. even though it wasn't her office. so the assumption is to make these packages look like they were righteously coming from her is that they would have been placed into one of the postal offices in south florida.

so it's logical that they would have sent over a number of resources out there. i'm sure they're canvassing all the postal offices in that general area to try to figure out if that was one of the areas where they placed these packages in for delivery. >> so give me a profile of who we're looking for. do you figure it's some dude sitting in his mom's basement watching youtube videos and putting these things out or many people who are more serious and a little bit more sinister? >> well, initially when you started to hear about the packages that were being delivered to, say, former president obama, hillary clinton and so on, you started to think that the profile was somebody who was anti-democrat, anti-liberal. somebody maybe on the right side of the political spectrum. but as you start to go along and see that there are now ten devices and none of these devices went off, you start to wonder, okay, is this somebody who is maybe more concerned about affecting our political

agenda, the political system, especially in light of the fact that we have an election coming up in 12 days? and that's something that, in my view, is more of a domestic terrorism type of situation where they're trying to influence. it's not necessarily like al qaeda or something international. it's more domestic. they're probably trying to influence it. so it's a matter of from which side of the spectrum or maybe it's just somebody like you said, kendis, who is just more interested in trying to get some attention and send out these devices. >> well, they've gotten our attention and they've influenced, certainly. our thanks to steve gomez there in los angeles. thank you. moving on now to saudi arabia's admission that the killing of jamal khashoggi was premeditated. that statement contradicts the saudi's previous assertions that "the washington post" columnist was killed by mistake during a fight in the consulate in istanbul. also, we now know that cia director gina haspel has briefed president trump on the evidence of khashoggi's death that she reviewed on a trip to turkey.

also, khashoggi's son has left saudi arabia. we last saw salah khashoggi being offered condolences from saudi leaders. he and his family headed to the u.s. yesterday after a travel ban against them was lifted. their destination wasn't immediately clear. it's also unclear whether the family will meet with anyone from the trump administration. turning now to the weather in the u.s. -- the eastern u.s. is gearing up for a powerful storm. >> that system is over the south right now with heavy rain, but when it reaches the northeast, some of its precipitation will be snow. >> it's hard to see the map. there is a lot of precipitation there. accuweather's julia weiden has the storm's track. good morning. >> kendis, janai, we've seen soaking rains in the southeast. we have more to come today up through the carolinas and then into saturday, that wet and windy weather will arrive to the northeast. we're looking at that rain moving from southwest to northeast, bringing soaking rains, about 1 to 3 inches in total through the first half of the weekend. on top of that, high gusting winds will cause scattered power outages and coastal flooding.

we're especially concerned about saturday morning from new jersey throughout long island. kendis? janai? >> julie, thank you. up next in the world series, game three in los angeles tonight. the dodgers arrived home in warm, sunny weather after dropping the first two games to the red sox. >> the weather is expected to be in the mid-80s for tonight's game. that's a big change from the mid-40s in boston. the dodgers face a big challenge, though, tonight. no team has overcome a 2-0 world series deficit since 1996. so it's happened -- relatively recently. >> -- in 1996, though, don't you? >> was that yankees? >> the new york baseball yankees. >> oh, okay. >> good job. >> they bought the world series that year, too? >> good luck to them tonight. well, a company in japan is making a lot of friends from those of us who work the overnights. >> a wedding planner called

crazy inc. is apparently paying its workers to sleep. >> hey-o. >> where do we sign up? according to bloomberg, the company awards points to employees who sleep at least six hours a night, five days a week. >> the points can reportedly be exchanged for up to $570 of food per year at crazy inc.'s cafeteria. sleep totals are tracked by an app from a mattress maker. >> wow. if abc did the same thing, none of us would win. >> i don't know about you but i'm very particular about my sleep. i make sure i'm getting at least six hours a night. >> that's what i said three years ago. we'll see how that works out in a few weeks. all right. coming up, caught on surveillance camera. would-be robbers were told to come back later when there would be more cash in the register. see what they did next.

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a dad in western canada speaking out about this scary face-off with a grizzly bear. the video showing the animal charging. he fired bird shots at it then it charges again. the bear eventually ran off. the man says he's glad that it was him outside and not his kids. no one was injured. >> scary bear. well, a popular spot at yosemite that produced a viral picture is now the scene of a tragedy. >> that viral picture just last week. yosemite officials say a man and a woman died in an apparent fall from taft point. the overlook is 3,000 feet above the floor of yosemite valley. it also has very few railings. last week this photo of a couple on the overlook generated thousands of social media views as they were in the middle of an engagement and the photographer tried to find them.

well, turning now, the coast guard and navy are looking for a missing plane off the coast of south carolina. it's a piper pa-31, similar to this one you see, heading to the bahamas. air traffic controllers were notified of an in-flight emergency when the plane was about 100 miles south of charleston and then lost contact with it. and the latest from our stupid crook file comes to us from belgium. >> surveillance video shows robbers coming into an e-cig store in a small town. they demanded money but the owner told them to come back later in the day when he'd have more cash. >> that seems logical. >> get this. they did. >> the store owner also had two undercover cops waiting for them. their dreams of instant wealth went up in a puff of smoke. >> they tried. >> kids. coming up in our next half hour, the new development from megyn kelly. off the air this week. she's got a big meeting with bosses set for today.

but first, the longest nonstop flight in the world, 19 hours. newark, new jersey, to singapore. i'm going to show you how i survived it. that's next. that's next. singapore. i'm going to show you how i survived it. that's next.

♪ this is the good life ♪ welcome to the good life remember when we liked kanye a lot? >> before he was cancelled. >> the good life, indeed. >> who has it better than kendis? sitting next to me this morning. especially when he gets to hit the road. >> i'm very lucky. >> jump on a plane, lift off into the sky. >> and stay in the sky for nearly a day. two weeks ago today, in fact, the world's longest nonstop flight took off from newark, new jersey, and i was on board. voila. >> three -- >> two, one. >> a proud moment for singapore airport here at newark. our flight's in four hours. which begins this long, long, long journey. all right. here we go.

here we go, 19 hours to go. this a-350 is a brand-new plane. it is more fuel efficient which makes it more cost effective for the airline to operate this 19-hour flight. nothing really different about the cockpit on this particular plane. for this flight, because it's so long you'll have two sets of pilots that will basically split the shift. >> there is always a command crew. the captain and first officer who does the takeoff is the same command crew that does the landing. so we rest during the cruise so that we're fresh during the landing. >> okay. and you're doing the -- >> i'm going to be doing the landing also. >> the landing and the takeoff. all right. come over here. this is the crew rest area. pretty spacious. catering is huge on this plane. you have more than 460 meals for just 100-plus passengers. there are actually only two classes to this plane, business

class and premium economy. and even the premium economy is very, very spacious. even if i wasn't this short i'd be okay. for 19 hours. tired of being cooped up. where are we? are we there yet? we're not even off the ground yet? it's been, like, 19 minutes. 19 minutes. >> newark due to departure. >> we will have a water cannon salute. >> that's it. wheels up to singapore. [ applause ] >> people applauding in the back. kris asleep. we're basically one hour into the flight. i'm not tired yet, but when i am i can basically just tuck my legs in here, lay back, watch the 1,200 hours of movies and tv shows. >> mr. gibson, this would be the sauteed prawns and quinoa salad. >> all the meals designed to be less than 2,000 calories on the day.

>> you decided to take this flight specifically why? >> i'm kind of an aviation enthusiast. i'm always looking to try out a new aircraft and experience. ♪ i've got too much time on my hands ♪ ♪ i've got too much time on my hands ♪ ♪ can't get away from me ♪ too much time on my hands >> still several hours left and all i have are these abc-issued playing cards to play solitaire with. muir? george is a king? well, you know, she is our queen. yas, queen. jack as the jack. so that's where she's been! that's not funny.

we are starting to go down. 17 hours and counting. i could laugh, i could cry. i'm really getting emotional just thinking about being back on the ground. that's it. touchdown. 17 1/2 hours. we made it! bye. thank you. and they allowed me back. so ours ended up being 17 1/2 hours because of the route we took. >> okay. >> which is one of those unusual ones. apparently the pilot himself told us that he's never flown over the north pole and this was us over the north pole. >> what was the best part? >> the entertainment. >> what was the worst part? >> how long it was. i watched some tv, read some really interesting articles. >> yeah? >> yeah. >> okay.

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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," the multistate bomb scare now triggering an urgent search for clues. investigators are focused right now on south florida where some of the suspected bombs may have been mailed from, addressed to prominent democrats like former president barack obama. also this morning, president trump is preparing to send hundreds of u.s. troops to the southern border. he tells the caravan of migrants to turn around. new this half hour, megyn kelly's future remains in question. >> as pressure increases on nbc in the wake of the blackface scandal, we're learning of a showdown with executives set for today. and the photograph that nearly sent twitter into a full-scale meltdown. that appears to be justin bieber. that is a burrito being eaten in

the wrong direction, the wrong way. so many layers of wrong. we'll get to the bottom of it in "the skinny." it's friday, october 26th. ♪ sorry from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that burrito didn't have a chance. >> it is too late to say sorry. >> would you look at that? >> that picture is infuriating. we will get to that later. go all through the layers. >> absolutely. we begin this half hour with the bomb scare that is rattling nerves from coast to coast and putting high-profile democrats and other critics of president trump on alert. >> investigators are now zeroing in on a postal facility in opa-locka, florida, where some of the ten suspected bombs may have been sent from. as they search for a motive, president trump again blamed the media for the toxic political climate. joe biden says that he hopes leaders will work to lower the temperature in the public dialogue.

we start with abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: this was the scene on the west side highway in new york city. a bomb containment vehicle carrying another suspected pipe bomb to a secure facility. inside that nypd truck a potentially deadly device that arrived in a package, this time addressed to robert de niro. an outspoken critic of president trump. four more bombs discovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to ten. the fbi warning -- >> these devices should be considered dangerous. report any suspicious package to law enforcement and it is worth repeating, do not touch, do not move, do not handle any suspicious or unknown package. >> reporter: we now know how they discovered the bomb sent to de t ohe hed to go through his mail is a retired nypd detective and had seen the other packages carrying suspected bombs on the news. this package looked just like them and he called the bomb squad.

both addressed to vice president joe biden. a postal working making the discovery and reporting it to a supervisor. >> my first instinct was to get all the employees out of the building safely and then to, you know, just follow protocol. >> reporter: the packages all sharing the same characteristics, six american flag postage stamps, padded manila yellow envelopes, a pipe bomb looking device inside. law enforcement officials tell abc news they now believe all ten suspected pipe bombs went through the u.s. postal system sent through the mail. all of them were sent to people critical of president trump or who were frequent subjects of verbal attacks by the president. at this year's tony awards, de niro took aim at the president. >> it's no longer down with trump, it's [ bleep ] trump. >> reporter: at the time, the president responding, saying de niro was a very low iq individual, too many shots to the head by real boxers. but across the country, a renewed debate over political

rhetoric going too far, and in wisconsin, the president condemning what he called political violence. >> we want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. we can do it. we can do it. we can do it. >> reporter: what's unclear is how long the push for harmony will last. gio benitez, abc news, new york. and turning now to south florida. believed to be the origin of some of those packages. >> abc's victory oquendo joins us from miami, not far from a postal facility where the bomb squad and k-9 units have been dispatched. victor, good morning. >> reporter: kendis and janai, for the first time we're learning of a new focus for investigators. multiple sources now tell abc news that federal authorities are chasing promising leads right here in south florida. they're sending resources down to investigate. authorities are trying to figure out whether some of the devices sent to prominent democrats and others this week were built and possibly sent from here. all those packages had the same

return address to south florida. right now investigators don't have a suspect but they are working around the clock. kendis? janai? >> our thanks to victor oquendo there in miami. he mentioned the return address stickers on the packages. all of them included the name of congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. >> she's the former head of the democratic national committee. for the first time since the plot started, we're hearing from wasserman schultz and former vice president joe biden, the target of two suspected explosive devices. biden saying the u.s. has to turn off this hate machine. >> my hope is this recent spat of these pipe bombs being mailed might wake everybody in my business up a little bit. we have to begin to put this country back together again. i've never, never, never, ever looked at a political opponent as an enemy. >> my brave staffers and i saw those weapons of hate. everyone in this room and so many others will always choose love, compassion and honest communication to make our world

a better place. >> wasserman schultz was speaking at a campaign event for florida's democratic candidate for governor andrew gillum. she also said democrats won't be cowed into submission by people who hate. moving on to president trump's plan to send at least 800 active duty troops to the southern border. with election day less than two weeks away, these troops could be there as early as next week to support the border patrol with vehicles and other equipment. the president says he's using the military to respond to what he calls a national emergency. also, trump is said to be considering a wide range of executive actions to bar migrants from crossing the southern border and seeking asylum. in the meantime, the so-called migrant caravan in mexico is still about 1,000 miles from the nearest u.s. border crossing. but in a tweet president trump told them to turn around. police say the utah college student killed by her ex-boyfriend was being stalked days and even hours before her murder.

detectives say the man who shot lauren mccluskey was in her dorm with her friends the day she was killed. police say the pair met last month and she broke up with him after learning his real identity and criminal background but stayed in contact. investigators said there wasn't enough evidence to file a restraining order. another child has died from influenza, this time in new york city. the first pediatric death this flu season was reported in florida. a child who had not received a flu shot. a record number of children in the u.s. died from the flu last year and about 80% of them had not been vaccinated. this weekend is likely to be a washout here in the northeast. >> but first the severe storm system is soaking the deep south. region, and you can see it's in has more details. julia, good morning. >> janai, kendis, soaking rains expected again today in the

southeast, especially targeting the carolinas. this area of low pressure is moving its way off to the northeast. it is going to bring some pretty intense high gusting winds to the coastal areas, especially on saturday. we're looking at winds at 50 to 60-mile-per-hour gusts. that will cause some scattered power outages and unfortunately some coastal flooding. on top of all of that, this rain in some spots could change over to a messy mix of rain and snow in those higher elevation areas. iphone fans can now add a new device for their collection. >> the iphone xr went on sale around the world this morning. customers in sidney, australia didn't exactly fill the streets waiting for the new device. still, the xr has picked up some positive reviews for its price which starts at about $750. it also comes with many of the features of the x and the xs.

♪ ♪ t-t-time now for the royals down under clip of the day. >> we got to love the remix. >> yes. >> and the star wipe. >> and this time of day that we've waited for. >> uh-huh. jack, thank you. day 11 of the tour, and prince harry and meghan are back in australia. >> okay. >> australia. but it was an eventful last few hours that they spent in tonga. >> so they wore some brightly colored traditional dress this morning to meet some of the south pacific island's political leaders, but a small boy who was there to help greet them stole the show. >> yeah, after the royals strolled by, the kid was probably so overwhelmed that he took a nap. >> he was so excited. >> later when the kid woke up, harry knelt down and gave him a hug and harry and meghan helped dedicate two tongan forest preserves before they left tonga. are you wowed? are you not entertained, jack? >> i am -- i am mercifully

speechless. >> so much fun. >> day 12 tomorrow. >> when is this over? >> never. >> we still have next week. coming up, as if. okay. >> ew, get off of me! ugh, as if. >> i put the em-phas-is on the wrong -- >> syl-lable. >> i totally just paused there because we're about to reveal something that fans of the movie "clueless" have been waiting for for 23 years. but first, how embattled nbc tv host megyn kelly is reportedly planning to fight back against her employer after being pulled off the air. you're watching "world news now." now." you're watching "world news now." amazing than ever. smells more [darrell's wife] uh, honey, isn't that the dog's towel? [dog sfx]

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well, there is a meeting today between megyn kelly's lawyer and nbc executives after the host, of course, ignited that firestorm over the comments about blackface. >> she's reportedly fighting back against nbc after her show was taken off the air yesterday and replaced with a rerun. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: megyn kelly's future at nbc is on the line. the episode scrapped, instead a repeat. >> i'm megyn kelly. happy friday. >> reporter: kelly's views about blackface have sparked outrage. >> but what is racist? truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on halloween or a black person who puts whiteface on on halloween. when i was a kid that was okay if you were a character. >> reporter: even defending the costume of this reality star. >> she made her skin look darker than it really is and people said that was racist. i don't know, i felt like who doesn't love diana ross? >> reporter: kelly made a tearful apology. >> i defended the idea, saying as long as it was respectful and part of a halloween costume, it seemed okay.

well, i was wrong and i am sorry. >> reporter: and now kelly is reportedly gearing up to fight back. she's hired an attorney, who according to the "hollywood reporter," plans to meet with nbc executives friday and argue nbc is hypocritical because the reality star wore that costume on an nbc sister network. the chairman of nbc news condemned kelly's remarks during a staff town hall, according to "variety" saying, there is no place on our air or in this workplace for them. her "today" co-host calling her out. >> while she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country. >> reporter: kelly is no stranger to racial controversy. she's expressed regret for these comments on fox news. >> for all you kids watching at home, santa just is white. jesus was a white man, too. >> reporter: the career of nbc news' highest paid anchor with a reported three-year $50 million contract hangs in the balance. even after kelly's apology, the

cast from "house of cards" cancelled their upcoming appearance on her show. the plan for friday at this point is to air a rerun. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so far, sources close to the matter say that her exit isn't official yet but could be announced in the days ahead. >> drip, drip, drip. she signed a $69 million three-year deal just last year. >> was all that drip for the tea? >> the tea, exactly. when we come back, bieber's burrito bombshell. and matt damon is on fire. literally on fire. "the skinny" is next. terally on fire. "the skinny" is next. think only specialty stores have what's new? olay has the hottest debut. new olay clay stick masks, hydrating facial mist,

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♪ is it too late now to say sorry? ♪ time now for "the skinny." time now for "the skinny." starting with justin bieber. igniting yet another firestorm of controversy across the twitterverse. >> yes. so how do you eat a burrito? >> not like this. >> so this happened. this is a photo of what appears to be jb chowing down on a burrito like it's a corn cob on memorial day.

>> if you're not offended, you're not american. >> yeah, he's not. >> i know. twitter's been on fire over this photo that is making the rounds with comments like, does he know how burritos work? and suggesting that bieber might actually think it's a harmonica. >> chipotle actually weighed in on their official twitter account saying, quote, we don't have a problem with this. >> one user quickly responded, well, you should. society needs rules to function. this isn't okay. >> jack looks like -- >> jack. >> you're going straight in the middle. >> this isn't how you do it? >> that's not how you do it. >> how do you do it? >> you start here. tony's is already gone. i don't know that there was an end or middle with tony's. seriously, you start on one end. >> you pick the beginning. >> which one is the end? >> that's as far as choices go, one or the other. not the middle. fail.

fail, fail, fail. all right. well, next to the big news for the fans of the movie "clueless," or as andre, the youngest person on our staff would say, what movie? >> the 1995 comedy starring alicia silverstone, stacey dash, the late brittany murphy and paul rudd hit the big screen just a few years before the internet became a thing-thing. >> complete with cellphones with antennas and mix tapes. >> now paramount pictures is reportedly breaking hearts in developing a remake because could anything be as good as this? >> no. not at all. "clueless" led to a three-season television spinoff, remember that? "clueless" the musical is set to debut next month here in new york as an off-broadway production. jack, how is that burrito doing? is it -- >> it's starting to fall apart. >> that's why you don't go in the middle.

>> i'm sorry. i -- i didn't know. >> are we twins? next, matt damon is on fire. literally. >> the -- >> you know what? that is enough. >> the 48-year-old has long been known to do his own stunts, especially in the jason bourne series. from diving and underwater sequences and hand-to-hand combat. you see there, even weapons. >> now we can add fire to that list of stunts. look. he was caught on camera earlier this week by "new york post's" "page six" tv being set on fire for his upcoming movie "ford versus ferrari." >> i think the ferrari won. damon was safely suited up for the scene which took place at a private airport outside of los angeles. >> that film is based on the battle between ford and ferrari. set for release next june.

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and although the king and crown prince have said they knew nothing of the plot to kill his father, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle claim the orders must have come from the top. the latest now on that migrant caravan making its way through mexico. president trump is making it a rallying cry ahead of the midterm elections, firing up his base with false claims. >> you're going to find middle eastern. you're going to find everything. >> now the president conceding he doesn't actually have the proof. >> no proof that they're in the caravan now? >> they could very well be. >> but there is no proof? >> there is no proof of anything. there is no proof of anything. one person in south carolina is holding the lucky ticket worth $1.6 billion. the cash payout in this world record jackpot, $904 million in cash. this is one of the best states to win the lottery because the winner can claim that money anonymously. in georgia, there are many long lines. the republican candidate, the secretary of state brian kemp, is facing accusations of trying to suppress the vote.

>> kemp is already accused of stalling 53,000 voter registrations, most of them black voters because of mismatched addresses, names spelled incorrectly or using john instead of jonathan. this is the terrifying moment an escalator inside a rome metro station suddenly accelerates out of control. investigators are now looking at this video trying to determine what went wrong. at least 20 people were injured in the incident. seven in serious condition. time now for the royals down under clip of the day. >> said it's so wrong but it's so wonderful. she said so. >> jack is loving this. >> jack, aren't you glad that we do this every day now? >> i hope this tour goes on for months. >> that's what he said at the start of the week. who knows now at this point. >> cooled to that idea. >> when you realize it does go on until halloween. >> keeps going. keeps going. >> let's wrap it up, baby. >> lots happening. >> it's going to be cold. >> it's going to be cold. >> up here at least. >> in the mid-atlantic. baseball continues tonight with

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all the icebergs are gone! >> that's what's making news in america this friday. >> happy friday. making news in america this morning, the nationwide investigation into the suspected bombs sent to prominent democrats now focusing on a mail facility in south florida. what we're learning now about those devices as the manhunt intensifies. breaking overnight, a possible plan to close the southern border. the new action being considered by the white house to stop the caravan of migrants from making it to the united states. a devastating diagnosis. for the first time we hear from the race car driver involved in this horrific crash on the track. his struggle and how he's holding out hope. those stories plus, the shocking find at a goodwill store dating back centuries. forget those sky high rents. we meet the