>> definitely a miracle baby there. that's what's making news in america this morning. stay with us more "good morning america." making news in america this morning, the synagogue massacre suspect appearing in court for the first time and the synagogue's rabbi speaking out. >> i immediately announced to my congregation drop to the floor, do not move. don't utter a sound. be still. >> how he likely saved congregants. plus, the first funerals held in just hours as the president heads to pittsburgh. the hit list. new details on the man accused of sending pipe bombs to high-profile democrats. what police say about his long list of other targets as another suspicious package is found. midair mystery. the brand-new boeing jet going down in the java sea. e psengs the

no-fly list? plus, dramatic escape. a crane operator leaps to safety as the crane tips down a hill. new information on naps for toddlers. just how important are they? and the stranger holding a sleeping baby. the story behind this photo now viral. good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm lynda lopez. we begin with another day of mourning in pittsburgh. the first funerals for today set for today from that horrific synagogue massacre that left 11 people dead. >> and as vigils are held across the country, president trump is heading to the city this afternoon despite calls from some members of that jewish community to stay away. abc's elizabeth hagedorn has the latest from washington, d.c. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and lynda. funerals for some of the 11 worshippers killed saturday are set to begin today.

this as we're learning more about what may have motivated the shooter. rabbi jeffrey myers can still hear the gunshots. >> i'm hearing people screaming, and it's seared in my brain. i can't erase that tape. >> reporter: myers recounting the carnage as the gunman who police have identified as 46-year-old robert bowers stormed the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. >> something just innately told me that's a semiautomatic weapon. i immediately announced to my congregation, drop to the floor, do not move, don't utter a sound, be still. >> reporter: expressionless and shackled to a wheelchair, bowers appeared in federal court monday. federal prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty against bowers. of major interest to investigators are the subject's social media posts including those on a fringe site popular with white supremacists. there authorities say he

displayed a hatred of jews and migrants. >> i think this is another example of hate in our country that just doesn't go away, and i'm concerned because i think we're just going down the wrong path. hate has to stop. >> reporter: today the first funerals are being held. among them two brothers, cecil and david rosenthal, will be laid to rest together. also today the president and the first lady will visit pittsburgh to meet with the families of the victims. as for bowers, he remains in custody and is returning to court on thursday for a preliminary hearing. elizabeth hagedorn, abc news, washington. >> elizabeth, thanks so much. and as the president and first lady head to pittsburgh, the white house is forcefully defending mr. trump's claim that inaccurate news reporting is to blame for dividing the nation. in his very first comments after that deadly synagogue shooting, the president condemned what he

called an act of hate, but he did not mention the victims, instead suggesting armed guards at the synagogue could have prevented the results. >> if they had protection inside, the results would have been far better. >> reporter: an idea the mayor of pittsburgh firmly disagrees with. >> we should try to stop irrational behavior from happening at the forefront. >> reporter: later the president striking a somber tone. >> our nation and the world are shocked and stunned by the grief. >> reporter: but in an interview with fox news overnight, he defended the decision to hold a rally the same day as the shooting. >> you should go about your life. you can't let these people disrupt any more than they already have. >> reporter: and fired back at claims that his rhetoric could be fueling all that violence. >> when i say enemy of the people, i'm talking about the fake news, and it is fake. >> reporter: overnight trump made it very clear that one of the targets of recent attacks, cnn, is among the fake news media he considers the enemy of the people.

tweeting, cnn and others in the fake news business keep purposely and inaccurately reporting that i said the media is the enemy of the people. wrong, i said the fake news media is the enemy of the people, a very big difference. >> when you say he's trying to unite the country, why is he out there making these attacks? >> the very first thing the president did was condemn the attacks both in pittsburgh and in the pipe bombs. the first thing the media did was blame the president and make him responsible for these ridiculous acts. >> and we should mention during that briefing press secretary sanders denounced racism, hatred and bigotry in all forms. the pentagon is sending about 5200 active duty troops to the southern border by the end of this week. 800 of them are already on the way including these soldiers taking off from ft. knox. they'll back up border patrol but will not engage with migrants. as two migrant caravans tried to make their way to the u.s., president trump insists despite

the timing, the deployment is not about the midterm elections. >> you look at that thousands of people, somebody said, you know, they billed it down. i'm pretty good at figuring how many people. thousands and thousands of people on the bridge when you looked at that bridge loaded up with people. that's called an invasion of our country. this has nothing to do with elections, and i've been saying this long before election. i've been saying this before i even thought of running for office. we have to have strong borders. if we don't have strong borders, we don't have a country. >> the president also told fox news he will build tent cities to house them and kick them out of the country if their applications are denied. the mail bomb suspect kept a list of more than 100 potential if targets. cesar sayoc said little but appeared to be fighting back tears. the former male stripper and pizza deliveryman heer to gran the list of possible victims was

found inside his van where police believe he assembled the devices. another was found yesterday similar to the others. had one was mailed to cnn headquarters in atlanta. officials warn there may be more of these packages in the mail. the county republican headquarters in south daytona beach, florida, was vandalized this weekend. someone fired four shots through the plate glass window at the strip mall. no one was in the office at the time, and there were no injuries. police have no witnesses at this time. the party chairman says the shooting must be the work of some nice democrat. police say a school bus driver put himself and a 12-year-old in a life-threatening situation. dash cam video shows the bus entering floodwaters near austin, texas, earlier this month. the driver apparently ignored a barrier. moments later the bus begins drifting away. the driver and the student on the bus were rescued. the driver was charged with well, time now for a look at your weather for this morning. a storm is moving across the

pacific northwest bringing rain on the coast and mountain snow to the northern rockies. it could be some of the biggest snow of the season so far for the oregon cascades. and those storms will likely soak trick-or-treaters and may cause some flooding across parts of the central states as well. and looking at today's high temperatures, the 50s in the pacific northwest. low 40s in denver. 50s in detroit, new york and boston but still warm in several cities. 80th -- 80s in memphis. and coming up, a powerful earthquake overseas. the video just coming in. also ahead, students running for their lives after a deadly shooting at a school in north carolina. what's to blame here?

we've got the voices of the stakeholders from the property institute chief executive -- >> an earthquake down under brought parliament to a halt in new zealand. the 6.1 magnitude quake affected the country's north island. no major damage was reported, but parliament was evacuated for about 30 minutes. reports say more than 9,000 people felt the quake. >> and you can see the camera trembling there a little bit. also in that region the search continues for the fuselage of the indonesian jetliner that crashed into the sea. workers have recovered bodies and personal possessions even some seats., even some seats. it's believed all 189 people on board the lion air flight died. officials still don't know why the brand-new boeing 737 crashed minutes after takeoff. there was a problem with its instruments the day before. in the meantime, authorities are

trying to figure out whether an indonesian national on the u.s. no-fly list may have been on board that plane. a man is accused of burglarizing the wisconsin home of a missing teenager. police say the man broke into jayme closs' home this weekend hours before her parents were laid to rest. and took clothes belonging to jayme. closs was last seen two weeks ago when her parents were found shot to death. officers say they were alerted by motion activated cameras installed after the murder. the man has been cleared in closs' disappearance. overnight we learned the identities of the man and woman would fell to their deaths in yosemite national park. they were indian citizens living in the united states and travel bloggers who posted on social media as they went around the country and the world. in one recent post the woman can be seen sitting on the edge of the grand canyon. the ironic caption mentions the danger and asks is our life just worth one photo?

the so-called pleasanton puma all but shut down that oakland suburb for several hours. landscapers found it hiding in the bushes of an office park. it took pleasanton police four tranquilizers darts before he dozed off and could be taken away. attention shoppers another store without cashiers is getting set to open. walmart says its sam's club now in dallas will allow customers to scan item codes as they shop then they'll check out by having a worker just scan the code on their phone. no date set yet for the store's opening. >> interesting concept. all right. coming up, the new research showing just how important naps are for kids. also ahead, the dramatic escape when a crane operator jumps to safety. and the kidnapping case solved after more than four decades. where the victim was found and what his mother is now saying. victim was found and what miss mother is now saying h. they didn't work for me. i didn't think anything was going to work for me

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that was a life-saving move by the crane operator. you see it there. we circled it so you could see it. get a better look. this big man was teetering on a hillside in china. as it starts toppling over, the driver jumped to safety. he is said to be okay but had to go to the hospital because he fainted once he reached the ground. one student is dead and another charged with murder after a high school fight turned deadly. authorities say bullying led to the deadly encounter at butler high school in north carolina. >> the school is now closed today and no word yet when classes will resume. abc's eva pilgrim has more. >> oh, he's got a gun. >> reporter: chaos in a charlotte area school. students running for their lives. >> matthews pd is advising someone shot at the school. one male student is injured. >> reporter: the shots rang out just after 7:00 a.m. >> i saw the gun, and i had to run. >> reporter: a student capturing

the panic on instagram. the victim, 16-year-old bobby mckeithen, rushed to the hospital where he later died. >> the conflict began with bullying that escalated out of control. >> reporter: the shooter, a 16-year-old freshman, surrendered in the classroom. the school on lockdown and terrified parents told to wait at a nearby church. emotions running high. >> here we go. >> reporter: weaving around traffic crossing a major highway marching past police to the school. >> and i freaked out because i was like my child is in that school. >> reporter: students streaming out to tears and hugs. police say surveillance video clearly shows the fight that preceded the shooting. the alleged shooter is charged with first degree murder. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. suburban atlanta police made an unusual find during a traffic stop, several, in fact. the driver was pulled over for driving with his infant daughter on his lap. the officer found the baby on the floor near the pedals but under the baby was a stolen

handgun. a further search found marijuana and ecstasy pills shaped like lego characters. authorities used facial recognition to solve a decades old child abduction case. authorities say jermaine mann was abducted from his father in 1987 and settled in connecticut. jermaine's mom, lyneth mann-lewis, traveled to connecticut for an emotional reunion. >> i grabbed him, and i squeezed his head. i want to feel if he's real. i touched him. i said, oh, my god, my baby. he was, ah, he looked. oh, mommy, you have my eyes. and he hugged me and he kissed me. you have my eyes. hugged me and kissed me and we held there for a long time. >> understandably she also says she cooked for her son and hopes to visit again soon. the now 66-year-old alan

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wire clippers and then she went to an emergency dentist who eventually got them out. she went public with her story so others wouldn't make the same mistake tomorrow and claims next year she'll just be wearing a mask. >> easy bet. next a tender moment in a doctor's office in mobile -- near noble that has gone viral. that is joe hale on the left cradling the young son of a mother whose face is obscured in that photo. the mom jade is there filling out some paperwork. >> jade says she was trying out how to hold her son and take care of those forms when hale offered to help. >> i felt especially after he sat down and we started talking and stuff. it felt good. >> i didn't care if the baby was black, green, purple, it didn't matter to me. i do all children that a way. >> ah, it's been viewed almost half a million times on facebook alone. the mom says that she was thankful for the kindness of a stranger and that it's good to see something positive happen for a change, and if he wants to baby-sit next week, she's available and so is her baby. >> yeah.

>> well, next up, there is a new king of instagram, and it's cristiano ronaldo. the soccer superstar now the most followed person on that social network. >> ronaldo has more than 144 million followers. it's slightly more than the singer selena gomez. rounding out the top three on instagram is ariana gran. >> and finally let's say you're in your car and there just happens to be a cat on the windshield. how do you get that cat to move? >> you use your horn perhaps. but here's what one guy did, he got his leg up on the dashboard. how did that work out for you, fellow? yeah. life comes at you fast. fast.

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news from chp. they tell me it should be open in a few minutes. one lane, possibly two lanes open right now. i don't think this will be a long-term situation. in the meantime, that backup isn't something you want to get stuck in. you can take dublin or stone ridge to reconnect with 680. 580 through livermore is heavy right now due to construction, too. >> our east bay hills, great visibility. we have winds gusting close to 30 miles an hour. your 12-hour day planner reflects that wind first thing in the hills. throughout the day it's not as windy. a bright looking day. a lot of 70s and 80s from bay inland, but red flag warning is in place for the hills. now to breaking news coming in this morning. a family of eight has escaped a

house fire in south san francis francisco. >> firefighters battled smoke and flames at this home on fairway drive earlier this morning. you can see the fire heavily damaged the house. a woman that lives there says she woke up around 1:00, found something burning and saw the garage on fire. she says her family recently moved into that rental home. le happening now, the threat of fire danger continues in parts of the bay area. >> north bay and east bay under particular watch. matt brisbane joining us. >> reporter: good morning. some really scary conditions as we head into halloween in the bay area. you have windy conditions and dry conditions and firefighters warning everyone to be extra careful. >> by the end of october, we haven't had any substantial rain since the spring, so all the fields are really dry. >> reporter: dry is right.

check out drone view 7 flying over the east bay. all these winds, low humidity make the fire level very dangerous. the fire department is also concerned about halloween directions. they're asking everyone to not leave anyone with a heat or electric source unattended. >> a long time ago we switched away from putting candles in the pumpkins to the little battery-powered flicker lights that look like candles. >> reporter: that's a good idea. pg&e has not ordered any power shutoff like he had did two weeks. matt keller, abc7 news. we are following breaking traffic news where a high-speed chase ended in a crash. >> this happene