check out this video of the check out this video of the so-called highway hero in action. a busy houston freeway looked like a river due to a clogged storm drain, but the highway hero with water up to his waist unclogs the drain, even using her bare hands. moments later the road was all clear. thank you to him. >> bravo. a health alert this morning. a federal study confirms that, yes, radiation from cellphones can cause cancer. >> male rats in the test developed brain cancer but the national toxicology center explains the rats were exposed to more radiation exposure than the chattiest phone user. female rats did not deep tomb ors.

the radio frequency tested isn't used much by today's cellphones. >> okay. interesting. a first of its kind study may settle the ongoing debates about the benefits of hot versus cold coffee. researchers also busted the myth that ice coffee is less likely to cause heartburn. i didn't know this was a thing. >> i didn't either. >> the study found no difference between the ph levels. hot coffee can lower the risk of some cancers, diabetes as well as depression. >> are you a coffee drinker? >> no, not at all. so i have diabetes, cancer and depression. who knew it could help all of those. now to the heroic rescue of a humpback whale by two commercial fishermen off the coast of california. >> the two were heading back into the bay after a day on the job when they spotted the whale in distress, tangled in rope. >> reporter: it all starts with crew member sam synstelien on the front of the boat.

another crew member telling him to jump into action. >> get on it, sam. jump on the whale right now and cut it. >> reporter: he called the coast guard and was told there was nothing the coast guard could do. >> we saw a big whale and it was, like, getting cut with this line that was attached to the sea floor. >> reporter: so risk life, synstelien goes for it. >> cut it. it's right there. sam, right there. get it! swim! swim. >> reporter: with the knife in his mouth he climbs on top of the whale. >> cut it. >> reporter: hanging on as the whale thrashes its tail. by then he's already cut the buoy line. >> did you get it? yeah! >> reporter: and freed the whale. >> this is total exhilaration, like, did we really just do that. >> reporter: he says he didn't really think about the risk of what he was doing. >> she was free and could feel it. she kicked up her fin and took off. >> did you get it? yeah!

>> word to the wise, you're advised to call the coast guard, not try to cut the -- yes, slow clap for that. >> really. >> he did it. >> jonah of the sea. modern day there. so the -- they tried to report it to the coast guard, who told them that they couldn't respond for several hours. which is why he jumped in there. but they also say wildlife experts say it could have been a dangerous move that could have ended up with his death. i mean, the whale dragged him under for a little bit. >> this is dangerous. don't try this at home or at sea. >> all right. yeah, true. when we come back, why kids hate jimmy kimmel. and the one song that's still a nearly $1 million a year money maker for vanilla ice.p >> didn't he have one song, though? >> that's all he needed. >> that's it. hat's it.

we're gonna replace candy with some healthy halloween treats today. these are called veggie fruit chews mine tasted like poopoo! mine tastes like broccoli, yuck! i want candy!

♪ skinny ♪ skinny it is time for "the skinny," starting with the latest development in the ariana grande/pete davidson saga.

>> they're still broken up. that is the headline. >> the tune you're hearing is the pete davidson song. >> she dedicated a song to him? >> yeah, on her new album and it's called "pete davidson." >> that's serious -- a mistake. she's taking a jab at her ex-fiance after he appeared in a "saturday night live" promo. >> hey, maggie, i'm pete. >> hey, pete. >> you want to get married? >> no. >> 0 for 3. >> that was awkward. ariana was having none of that. she tweeted here, for somebody who claims to hate relevancy, you sure love clinging to it, huh? then she continued. thank you, next. >> the couple called it quits last month. they had gotten engaged in june after dating just a few weeks. >> who saw that one coming?

>> you didn't? >> and she started covering up her tattoos that had pete's name. there was so many -- >> a lot of mis-steps in that one. you'll learn for the next time. next, it was the night after halloween so, of course, that meant jimmy kimmel's annual, kids, i ate all your halloween candy prank. >> a lot of people think it's cruel. others think it's cute. we're checking out the highlights. >> mommy and daddy got really hungry last night and ate all your hungry. >> but -- >> it's all gone. >> but it's -- it was in there! no! >> i'm so disappointed at you. >> i ate all the m & ms. >> aww, that's sad. >> we have some broccoli in the fridge. do you want broccoli? >> i don't like that. >> do you want carrots? >> no! >> do you still love me?

>> well, not anymore because you ate all my candy. >> go to your room! go to your room! >> you're not mad i ate all your candy? >> i'm not mad at all. i would never be mad at you because you're my mom. >> you're too sweet. it's gross. >> have you ever tried it with your kids? >> i have not. i don't know that i would be able to live to tell. if i told him that i ate all of the halloween candy, but i love that kid, no, i still love you. you're my mom. >> that kid is smart. next to a mind-blowing number for a nearly 30-year-old song. >> embroiled in a nasty divorce, court records obtained by "the daily mail" have revealed that 28 years after the release of "ice ice baby," vanilla ice is still raking in more than $800,000 a year from that one song. that one song he ever did. >> the one hit. that song came out 28 years ago? >> i didn't realize. >> wow.

>> we're aging ourselves. >> yes, we are. so ice is worth about $9 million. >> that's impressive for a one-hit wonder. >> exactly. his house flipping show called "vanilla ice project" just wrapped up its eighth season on the diy network. >> i did not even realize. >> yeah, he's created something for himself beyond just that, you know? the jersey shore just got a little more cozy. >> mike "the situation" sorrentino has tied the knot with his girlfriend lauren at the legacy castle. >> slow clap there. the cast of the mtv reality show was all there including snooki, jwoww, dj pauley d and ronnie. the wedding comes just before he is headed off to prison for tax evasion. nothing says let's get hitched like my prison sentence is coming up.

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♪ ♪ i think a lot of people in best are happier this week as the week started with the world series and the parade. and of course madea made a visit. >> and we also covered another city with dealing with the unthinkable. here is the friday rewind. the man who allegedly turned a quiet sabbath into a massacre. robert bowers charged with 29 federal crimes, including hate crimes. >> thousands gathered. you see them there. to remember and honor those victims of the deadliest attack on american jews in our nation's history.

>> reporter: protesters pack the blocks around the tree of life synagogue. >> you don't belong here! this is our neighborhood! >> reporter: as a somber president trump paid his respects -- >> the first of two black boxes from the doomed indonesian flight found. divers recovered the important data recorder which could explain why the lion air jet fell out of the sky just 13 minutes into its flight. major flooding in historic venice, italy. take a look at this video. 75% of the city is under water. strong winds formed a storm system leading to an unusually high tide, raising water levels by 5 feet. venice is accustomed to flooding but this is the worst flooding they have experienced in ten years. the red sox returning to a heros welcome in boston, beating the dodgers in game five. >> take a look at what happened to their trophy. it's going down the street for the parade and then it gets clocked by a beer. yeah, someone tosses a beer that breaks the trophy. we're told minor repairs are needed so it's not that big of a deal. leave it to boston. they know how to celebrate,

don't they? how do you sit with this? >> don't point them at me. >> what do you do? >> you got to just lift them up, babe. shift. adjust. there you go. oh, my word. so kendis couldn't be with us so madea is going to do "the mix" with us. >> madea or jamie foxx's character from "in living color." >> oh, my gosh. except you couldn't see the balloons in jamie foxx's outfit, but -- >> i'm told that they end like -- >> no, don't -- >> let's see. jeez. i actually poked myself. >> i haven't seen that. >> with that -- my mom hasn't seen that either. proud moment. >> she -- i don't know that that would be proud. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

good morning on this friday. i'm kendis gibson. good morning on this friday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linsey davis. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." it's been a deadly week for school bus accidents. five students have died in four separate accidents in indiana, mississippi, pennsylvania and florida. at least five other children have been hospitalized, too, with serious injuries. the election countdown. president trump holding rallies in west virginia and indiana today. the vice president will join him in the hoosier state. and former president obama hits the trail in georgia for gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. google employees around the world took to the streets, walking off the job to protest the company's alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations. this follows a report that the company ignored accusations against senior executives.

it is time to fall back. don't forget to turn your clocks back tomorrow night before you go to bed. daylight saving time ends tomorrow night, except in arizona which doesn't take part. those are some of our top stories on this friday, november 2nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." we begin this half hour with the deadly and hazardous week at school bus stops for children across the country. on thursday a 7-year-old died in an apparent hit-and-run accident while waiting at the bus stop in franklin township, pennsylvania. >> also on thursday, at least five children and two adults were injured in tampa when they were hit by a car. abc's victor oquendo has the details. >> oh, lord have mercy. >> reporter: this cellphone video shows the dramatic aftermath of another horror at a school bus stop. >> multiple patients down. >> reporter: scattered backpacks and shoes, police in tampa now

investigating what led a vehicle to barrel into two adults and at least five children waiting to be picked up. two of the children suffering serious injuries. >> there is a lady that was holding one of her -- the little boy, and the little boy -- when she got hit, the little boy flew out of her hand, he hit the ground and she flipped and hit her face. >> reporter: the ambulance rushing to the scene also getting into an accident. two firefighters transported to the hospital as a precaution. while in pennsylvania police say a motorist was unaware they fatally struck a 7-year-old waiting at a bus stop near his home. the school bus driver finding him. these incidents following the death of a child in mississippi on wednesday and these three siblings killed while crossing this country road in indiana. the hood of the pickup that hit the children mangled. >> going from home, to the bus stop, going to school. we have to pay attention. there is a major problem of distracted driving in this country. >> reporter: police don't know what caused the accident at this

school bus stop here in tampa but the driver is cooperating with police. so far no charges have been filed. victor oquendo, abc news, tampa. >> and our thanks to victor. apparently there is a correlation between this time of year and a spike in these kinds of accidents because as we're all about to do this weekend as you turn back the clock, it gets dark earlier. so children are leaving for school when it is dark and returning home when it is dark in many places. >> it has been dark already in many places. >> right. >> i was taking a cab home in manhattan yesterday and we stopped for the school bus but so many other vehicles kept going, including a city bus. it was an incredible scene. all right. moving on now to president trump who is stoking fears on immigration again. with a last-minute pitch for votes, the president told supporters in columbia, missourf they don't want america to be overrun by masses of illegal aliens and giant abc's jonathan karl was there. >> reporter: in these final days

of the campaign, president trump is using the trappings and power of the presidency to make illegal immigration a central issue. bashing democrats from the white house. >> you can come up with the greatest border plan, the greatest immigration plan, you won't get one vote from a democrat. >> reporter: he's promising a new executive order to make it harder to seek asylum and talking about how he's sending u.s. troops to the border to stop a caravan of migrants. >> they will do the job. they're setting up right now and they're preparing. >> reporter: he has promised up to 15,000 military personnel, that's roughly the same number of u.s. troops fighting the taliban in afghanistan. but the troops at the border can only offer logistical support for the border patrol. backstage at his rally in florida, i asked him about that. >> the active duty military. you know the law. i mean, you're the president. they can't arrest people crossing the border. >> well, it depends. national emergency covers -- national emergency covers a lot of territory. they can't invade our country.

you look at that, it almost looks like an invasion. it really does look like an invasion. >> you think the caravans are an invasion? >> oh, i think so. >> these are some of the poorest people. >> and some dangerous people. these are some rough people. >> reporter: in fact, there is no invasion. the caravan of migrants fleeing poverty and violence is some 900 miles from the u.s. border. they are coming to ask for asylum not to invade. it's one of many exaggerations and falsehoods from the president in the final days of the campaign. as a candidate trump once promised never to tell a lie. >> i will never lie to you. >> can you tell me now honestly, have you kept that promise at all times? have you always been truthful? >> well, i try. i mean, i do try. i think you try, too. you say things about me that are not necessarily correct. i do try and i always want to tell the truth. when i can, i tell the truth. i mean, sometime it is turns out to be where something happens it's different or there's a change but i always like to be truthful. >> our thanks to john. a bail hearing is scheduled today for a florida man accused

of mailing more than a dozen pipe bombs to prominent democrats and others criticized by president trump. none of the devices went off but cesar sayoc faces nearly 50 years in prison if convicted. he's expected to be moved from miami to new york. today is the final funeral for the victims of the pittsburgh synagogue massacre. 97-year-old rose mallinger lived in the squirrel hill neighborhood where the shooting took place. she was also the eldest victim. her daughter was also injured in the shooting. a tennessee inmate has been executed by electric chair. edmund zagorski was the first man to die by electric chair in that state since 2007. he picked this method of dying over lethal injection saying it would be quicker and less painful. the last-minute appeal to the supreme court was denied.

extreme weather is on the move eastward as it does. this storm system here is now over the interior east, from the gulf of mexico up to the appalachian region. the same weather system brought flooding and possibly a tornado to the biloxi area. other damage was reported as well. the bad weather is on the move eastward overnight, and by this afternoon the heavy rain and strong winds will be hitting the coast. the system then moves up into new england tomorrow. the u.s. ambassador to russia has skin cancer. jon huntsman jr. told a utah newspaper he was diagnosed earlier this year with stage one melanoma. melanoma has a 91% survival rate in the u.s. when caught early, which this was. skin cancer tends to run in families and daughter abby huntsman told her colleagues on "the view" she's been treated recently for melanoma, too. sometimes you find love when you're not looking for it. that's the case for two marathon runners, one of whom can't see. >> now they are getting ready for the race of their lives.

here is diane macedo. >> reporter: for jesse ricks, it started simply enough. the avid runner wanted a running buddy so she volunteered as a guide for disabled runners. anthony butler tragically lost his vision in a shooting. >> everyone called me bright eyes. oh, my god, i don't have my eyes anymore. that's my trademark, what am i going to do. >> reporter: the two became fast friends learning how to keep pace with each other as they ran attached by a tether. that wasn't the only attachment developing. >> the first day i met anthony, i was like, i need that person in my life one way or another. happiest, most optimistic person in the world. and you just don't get that anymore. >> reporter: two years later, the couple has completed four marathons and are preparing for the biggest of them all, the new york city marathon this weekend. >> that's pretty cool. our thanks to diane for that. you run with you husband. >> yes. the couple that runs together, stays together. >> is that the case? >> so far so good. >> everybody's running from me is my problem, so i can't get to that point. >> you're a runner, too. >> i'm a runner. i'm not doing the marathons.

you've done 20-something in so many states. >> 24 but who is counting. >> good luck to the marathon runners this weekend in new york and good luck to them in love and running. coming up, only 53 more shopping days until christmas. >> but, again, who is counting? >> yeah. we're checking out which days are the best to shop for certain items on your holiday gift list and what you should buy now and what you should wait for. and later, one-on-one with barbra streisand and the inspiration for her new album. i think you'll be surprised. you're watching "world news now." album. i think you'll be surprised. you're watching "world news now."

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a woman is facing charges after this strange incident. she's seen choking a nightclub bouncer until he passes out. watch as it plays out. this is in plattsburgh, new york, near the canadian border. wow. the 22-year-old woman thought the bouncer had slapped her on the rear end. >> but here is another angle. you can see that the woman's female friend actually slapped her, but she seemed to think that it was the bouncer and then grabbed him by the neck. he says that he didn't resist because he thought it was a friend playing a joke. now the woman is facing a felony

strangulation charge. really incredible story, right? how about the friend that was joking, slapping her on the behind and now she has a mugshot. >> exactly. the bouncer is all right after all of that, but, man. we're still three weeks away, as you know, from black friday, but now is actually a great time to start some early planning. >> some retailers have already launched their holiday sales but you might want to hold off on some of those tempting deals. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: before you've packed up the halloween decorations, retailers already rolling out those holiday circulars. some even kicking off black friday sales right now. like target. up to 40% off appliances at lowe's and home depot. and $1,000 off this 55-inch

samsung tv at walmart. >> big ticket items like apple products are going to be sold at a deeper discount on thanksgiving day and black friday. >> reporter: adobe analytics crunching the numbers to find the best days for deals. black friday still reigns supreme for electronics from tablets to tvs to computers. ihe sunday before cyber monday the time to shop for clothing and alliance compliances. on cyber monday, the biggest discount for toys. one of the biggest changes will hopefully be a more seamless checkout experience. retailers like walmart and target are giving their employees handheld devices so you can scan those purchases anywhere and hopefully skip the wait. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> thank you to rebecca for those tips. coming up, barbra streisand opens up about her new music. >> she hasn't recorded a new album in more than a decade so what was her inspiration? had to be love, right? we'll tell you coming up. had to be love, right? we'll tell you coming up.

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a little barbra streisand for you on your friday morning. she has -- >> a disco version. >> yes. she has certainly never been one to shy away from a fight. >> she's opening up about the inspiration behind her first album with new material for the first time in more than day decade. she sat down one-on-one with abc's chris connolly. >> reporter: why was this moment the moment where your activism and your art come together? >> well, it's when i found myself so sad and heartbroken after the 2016 election. i couldn't sleep nights. i found myself eating a lot as i tweeted about -- every time this president said something that wasn't true, i just had to eat pancakes, you know, and coffee ice cream and tweet and write. >> reporter: now from barbra streisand, strong words and images on "don't lie to me." >> i had a lot of things on my

mind. watching the children being pulled out of their mother's arms, it was a release to just put it down on paper, you know? then sing about it. >> reporter: throughout much of her new album "walls," her liberal advocacy and opposition to president trump gets expressed by that legendary voice. >> i thought to myself, how does someone who lies that much sleep at night? i mean, where is the guilt? you know, well, he's not jewish, but you must have a guilty conscience somewhere but he doesn't. one of the last lines in "what's on my mind" is "what happened to just being kind". >> reporter: with emotions from rage to hope, that unmistakable streisand sound comes through. much so in "lady liberty." >> i love america.

it was wonderful to try to sing that song. it was tough to sing that song. it had a lot of high notes. >> it really did. and you crushed them. >> thank you. thank you. it's funny because i'm reading some of the comments on instagram and they're like, oh, we love that song, especially your last note, that very high note, quiet note. and i tell you, it was just so wonderful to sing that and then come into the room where my team was, you know, and they're looking at me like, wow, huh? and i'm going, huh? >> what made "imagine" a song in 2018 that you needed to sing? >> yeah, i never would have touched it before because it was john lennon's song, but it was -- it's pure. it's about love and togetherness and it's what this country needs now. >> reporter: she's anticipating more love in her life as well as she'll soon be a grandmother again courtesy of stepson josh brolin. >> talk about the first time he ever called you mom.

what do you remember about that? >> well, i love him. i don't want to share his secrets, but it was thrilling, it was thrilling, and i always wanted more children and -- but i couldn't have more. so we're a closer family now. >> reporter: at 76, in a career that since the 1960s has been rich with achievement in music and film on both sides of the camera, her creativity continues to flower. >> you broke down the doors. part of how you did it was insisting on creative control. >> yeah. >> and you took a lot of grief for that, didn't you? >> i did. i did. i did. because it wasn't fashionable. it wasn't proper for women to be in control, and i'm strong in my views. i have a vision of things, the way they should be.

>> how proud are you for fighting and winning all those battles through 50 years in show business? >> well, it caused me pain. it caused me pain when i have to deal with the boys club at times. it probably annoys a lot of people. >> thank you for the encore, barbra. >> my pleasure. >> an encore courtesy of president trump. >> that, indeed. it was her 36th studio album. the "hollywood reporter" review of it says it hits this streisandian musical fader schmaltz, i guess is a thing. a bit bombastic. >> i guess across party lines people love barbra streisand. i'm curious to see how that will play out now with this, you know, i think it was called "walls," which is an interesting title. >> exactly. everything is partisan nowadays, so perhaps even babs' music will be reviewed as such. even babs' music will

be reviewed adds such. ♪harry's meeting clients...♪ ♪...from far away. but they only see his wrinkles.♪ ♪he's gotta play it cool to seal the deal.♪ ♪better find a way to smooth things over.♪ ♪if only harry used some... ♪...bounce, to dry. ♪yeah! ♪he would be a less wrinkly, and winning at life.♪

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it is time for "insomniac theaters," featuring two movies that will be beaten by "halloween" this weekend at the box office. >> that's your prediction. this morning we are kicking off the christmas season with the retelling of the nutcracker story. our parent company, disney's "the nutcracker and the four realms" stars mckenzie foy transported into a magical world where she and another must restore harmony. >> the land of snowflakes. the land of flowers and the land of sweets. but the fourth realm, this is where our troubles began. mother ginger started this war. >> don't you know it's dangerous here? >> i hope you'll be the one to finish it. >> this is also starring morgan freeman, helen mirren and kira

knightly, but the critics are mixed. john kapecki writes, pick up those tickets to your local ballet show and dodge this mediocrity. >> but visually looks great. >> interesting, yeah. it does. next to the highly anticipated film celebrating queen and lead singer, of course, freddy mercury. "bohemian rhapsody" follows the band's rise, their near implosion and the reunion on the eve of live aid in the '80s where mercury leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. >> no one will play us on the radio. >> we need to get experimental. ♪ >> do it again. >> one more. >> how many more galileos do you want? >> roger, there is only room in this band for one hysterical queen. ♪ ♪

>> mark these words, no one will play queen. >> fortune favors the bold. >> the critics overall, well, they're not impressed. giving "bohemian rhapsody" only about 60% on rotten tomatoes. one critic writes, "bohemian rhapsody" is not the freddy mercury biopic that we deserve. and a.o. scott of "the new york times" says you can do better with youtube and a stack of vinyl records. >> tough. >> "wane's world" is always my -- >> i think the first time i heard "bohemian rhapsody" was "wayne's world". >> that's extly what of. maybe they miscast for this one. who knows. we'll rock out for this friday. that's it for this half hour. w ♪ buddy you're a young man, hard man, shoutin in the street ♪ ♪ gonna take on the world some

this morning on "world news now," calling out the big guns with four days to go. >> the president gets ready for a weekend of campaigning ahead of the midterm elections that will decide who controls congress as democrat candidates get support from joe biden and oprah winfrey who goes door to door. the worldwide protests at google. thousands of employees walk out to demonstrate against the multimillion dollar payments to executives accused of sexual misconduct. panic and chaos -- a cruise liner dangerously tilting to one side, causing tables to slide and items to fall all over the place. some passengers are now speaking out. and with trick or treating behind us, we're learning just how depraved some people really are. giving out ramen noodles. that's not all. we'll explore some true halloween horrors on this

friday, november 2nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." i think that's somebody who just went through the pantry like, nope, we don't want this. do you want this? trick or treat? >> we didn't get to go to cvs. as we say good morning, everybody, on this friday, we're going to start this half hour with president trump raising the volume on his anti-immigrant message, vowing new restrictions on asylum. what really was a rambling white house speech. >> yeah, the president was back on the road last night sounding the alarm on the migrant caravans at a rally in missouri. with the election just days away, other power players are also hitting the campaign trail, including oprah. abc's stephanie ramos has the details. >> reporter: as election day gets closer, president trump is feverishly campaigning for republican candidates and in columbia, missouri, he's sticking with a key theme, immigration. >> and we're not letting them in

to our country. they're not coming in illegally. >> reporter: before hitting the road again, the president announced changes to the way migrants can request asylum. >> migrants seeking asylum will have to present themselves lawfully at a port of entry. >> reporter: as republicans use fear of migrants to gin up the base, democrats are pushing health care. the president speaking exclusively with abc's jonathan karl in florida. >> you've been saying that democrats want to take away pre-existing conditions. >> what the democrats are going to do is they're going to destroy our entire health care and you're not going to have any health care. >> reporter: but what if democrats win control of congress? >> can you work with them if the democrats win the house? >> well, we'd certainly try. i'm looking to unify. >> reporter: in this final stretch towards the midterms, the star power is emerging in georgia. >> i'm here today to support a change maker. >> reporter: oprah stumping for the democrat stacey abrams who hopes to become the nation's first female african-american governor, all while vice president pence campaigns for her opponent, brian kemp.

>> i'm kind of a big deal, too. >> reporter: right now the polls are really tight between abrams and kemp, but they're getting some major support this weekend. former president obama is scheduled to campaign for abrams on friday. president trump plans to rally in georgia over the weekend. kendis? linsey? >> thanks, stephanie. former vice president joe biden is calling for civility as he rallies support for north dakota senator heidi heitkamp, who is trailing her republican challenger. at an event in fargo, biden praised heitkamp for her courage and independence. she denounced the recent spate of hate-fueled incidents including the synagogue massacre and the mail bombs, two of which were addressed to him. speaking in a hushed voice due to laryngitis. >> our political opponents are not our enemies. the press is not the enemy of the people. before we're democrats -- before we're democrats -- it sounds corny, but before we're democrats and republicans and independents, we're americans first.

>> biden said words matter and it's up to our readers to dial down the temperature and reset the tone. only two years ago, heather was a host on fox news. now, the president says she's under serious consideration and that he'll make a decision next week. she'd replace nikki haley who is leaving at the end of the year. nauert worked for abc news as well as fox. the man accused of the pittsburgh synagogue massacre is pleading not guilty on all 44 counts. he walked into court with no help showing little signs of injury. meanwhile, the funeral for the last victim and the oldest is scheduled to take place today. this has been a deadly and tragic week for school bus accidents with at least five children killed this week alone. a second grader in franklin township, pennsylvania became the latest victim. he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident white waiting at the bus stop. on the same day in tampa, five

children and two adults were hit by a driver while waiting for their school bus. two of those kids were seriously injured. a witness describing the scene. >> there was a lady that was holding one of her -- the little boy and the little boy -- when she got hit, the little boy flew out of her hand. he hit the ground and she flipped and hit her face. >> wow. police are trying to figure out what caused that accident there in tampa. the driver is cooperating with the authorities. earlier this week, you'll recall those three siblings died in indiana while crossing the road to reach the school bus. in a dramatic show of solidarity, google employees around the world from new york to singapore walked off the job. they were protesting the tech giant's alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations. abc' kayna whitworth has all the details. >> reporter: in new york city, the sign "time's up, tech." across the country in san francisco, "don't be evil."

a reference to google's former motto. the scene repeated as the employees in the majority of offices around the world protested the company's handling of sexual misconduct allegations. >> if we don't lead the way no one else will. >> reporter: the walkout coming exactly one week after "the new york times" reported on a $90 million severance package for andy rubin, the creator of the android software. the report says the payout came after google concluded a sexual misconduct claim against him was credible. he denies all allegations and says "the new york times" story contains inaccuracies. protesters want the company to end pay inequity, issue reports on sexual harassment and create a better process for reporting complaints. google saying in a statement they support all their employees participating in the walkout, adding that they're taking in all the feedback so they can turn their ideas into action. kayna whitworth, abc news, los

angeles. >> our thanks to kayna. that severe storm system that we've been tracking is now bringing misery to the eastern u.s. the system stretches from the gulf coast all the way to the canadian border. it's bringing downpours, local damaging winds and even snow in some higher elevations. the storm system spawned tornadoes in the deep south, including this one in eastern alabama. no major damage reported here. overnight, the storm system is moving to the atlantic coast, as you can see there, bringing more rain and a few strong thunderstorms. and tomorrow it wi be a washout for new england. yay. the weekend's gone. >> good news. thank you for that. >> yeah. as we mentioned, a certain campaign worker is leaving some georgia voters speechless. >> yeah. she's quite the volunteer worker here. some surprise residents are opening their doors and finding themselves face-to-face with oprah winfrey. she went door-to-door campaigning for the democratic gubernatorial hopeful stacey

abrams, who is facing georgia secretary of state brian kemp. oprah may be winning over a few people. >> hi. >> oh, my god! >> hi, denise. >> hi, oprah. >> how are you? >> i'm wonderful. how are you? >> i'm good. surprise, surprise. >> surprised? i am shocked. >> surprise. >> denise was definitely surprised. many reacting saying, does oprah even know how to knock a door? >> oh, yes, how does that work? >> so it was interesting because stacey abrams, the candidate, had no idea that oprah wanted to be a part of her campaign. she got a phone call just last week with oprah saying, hey, stacey, it's oprah winfrey. she's like, girl, i need to pull over. >> that's great. you get a vote. you get a vote. you get a vote. polls apparently too close to call, potentially -- >> potentially close. >> talking about maybe even a run-off. >> it will likely end in a run-off next month there in georgia. all right.

coming up, twizzlers under fire. a man says his favorite candy made him sick. and as such, he's suing. but first, that scare at sea for passengers aboard a cruise ship. what the cruise line is saying about why the ship leaned violently to one side. >> make sure to find us on facebook at wnnfans.com and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." now." find us on facebook at wnnfans.com and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80% - medicare will pay for. what's left, you have to pay for that. that's where an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company comes in. this type of plan helps pay some of what medicare doesn't. and these are the only plans to carry the aarp endorsement for meeting their high standards of quality and service.

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investigators have begun investigators have begun downloading the data from one of the flight recorders on board the indonesian jetliner that crashed. it was recovered yesterday in about 100 feet of water. the american-made 737 disintegrated when it crashed into the sea at a high speed. the recorder could provide some crucial information about what went wrong. all 189 people on board were killed. turning now to some frightening moments for passengers aboard a carnival cruise ship. >> the carnival sunshine was just a few hours out of port canaveral, florida when it suddenly tilted to its side. here is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: drama on the high seas. these images coming in from a carnival cruise ship still at sea showing utter chaos in the

dining room. plates broken on the floor. bottles on the floor, too, in the ship's stores. passengers say it happened hours just after their caribbean cruise started. carnival cruise saying a technical issue causing the ship to list, that means it leaned to one side. passenger david cruz calling abc news from the ship. >> glasses flung off the tables. bottles of water. plates. everything is shattering and the ship is still leaning and people are now starting to get very chaotic, very scary, they're screaming, they're crying. so much goes through your mind in those 60 seconds, pretty much your life flashes before your eyes. >> reporter: carnival says the technical issue lasted for one minute and never affected the safe operation of the ship. they're saying everything is now working as it should. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> they're saying it was the fin stabilizer to blame. >> the fin stabilizer?

okay. >> never heard of that either. are you a cruise guy? >> i love doing cruises, but, man -- >> never had that happen? >> never had that happen. i would be tortured by doing that. the carnival sunshine is expected to return to port canaveral later on this morning. three st. louis area high school students are facing expulsion for allegedly beating and kicking a vice principal. >> the administrator was trying to break up a fight in the cafeteria. he is back at work, tweeting a picture of himself at school smiling. the video was posted on snapchat and alarmed some parents about the safety of their children. the case has been referred to family court. the family of chris cornell says a doctor is partly to blame for his suicide. cornell's widow and children are suing dr. robert coblin, they say he was negligent in repeatedly prescribing dangerous, mind-altering drugs to the singer. he hanged himself last year.

the anti-anxiety drug ativan along with other drugs were in his system. new research finds college football players are suffering lasting effects from head trauma and doctors in florida found biomarkers in players' blood, indicating traumatic brain injuries. those markers were elevated before the season. information one doctor called shocking. also players never diagnosed with concussions still showed reduced cognitive abilities. all right. this is an interesting one. a new york man is suing hershey, blaming their black licorice twizzlers for his heart disease. david goldberg says in the lawsuit, listen to this, he consumed a pound of the candy a week for years. >> well, okay. >> the 73-year-old alleges in the lawsuit that hershey knew the twisty, chewy ropes could cause heart problems but failed to warn consumers. in a statement, the candy maker says all of their products are

safe and comply with fda regulations. first of all, who knew anybody actually liked licorice? >> who likes licorice? >> not the cherry. it's just flavor of the black licorice i didn't know people liked, let alone consumed it weekly for years. a pound. >> first of all, don't consume that much of it. >> i wonder if a lawsuit like this would even have legs? we'll see. >> he is described as healthy and not obese, by the way, despite eating all of that for so many years. coming up in our next half hour, the two fishermen who took matters into their own hands in saving a humpback whale tangled in rope. but first, the lesson that one father is teaching us all about how to deal with bullies. what he did for a boy tormenting his own son, turning that bully into a friend. that's next on "world news now."

we're gonna replace candy with some healthy halloween treats today. these are called veggie fruit chews mine tasted like poopoo! mine tastes like broccoli, yuck! i want candy!

you can see some showers already starting here in new york city in the early morning hours. and it will be the case for much of the east coast, i think, today. >> yes, unfortunately a washout. yeah, in other news, it's estimated that 18 million children will be affected by bullying this school year. that's one child every seven minutes. >> this morning, we're hearing the story of one father in houston who took a very different tact when he found out his son was being bullied. he confronted the bully with kindness. here is abc's george stephanopoulos. >> reporter: it's the father

knows best teachable moment shared by millions of people across the country. aubrey sat down for a heartfelt conversation with the boy who was bullying his son. >> i really wanted to know what was wrong with him. >> reporter: aubrey's 8-year-old son jordan had been having problems with 11-year-old tamarian for months. >> i talked to the school several times about it. one day my son's phone came up missing. this is enough. what are you guys going to do about it because i'm upset? >> reporter: that's when aubrey learned that his son's bully was also being bullied. >> honestly, i saw myself. i just saw somebody who needed a young me, who just needed kind of that male guidance. >> reporter: the fifth grader told aubrey that he didn't have any clean clothes or shoes and was being teased for it. >> the more i felt he was opening up to me, i started taking him shopping and i just bought him a few things, just something to help him uplift his spirits, his self-confidence, his self-esteem, everything. >> reporter: then aubrey initiated a conversation between the two boys. >> simple sit-down.

you speak your mind, you speak your mind and we're going to come to some type of common ground, like men. even though they're boys one day they're going to be men, and i think a lot of violence can be avoided if you just have understanding. >> reporter: now they're close friends. >> ever since then we started going to school, playing on the playground. >> he's really cool. he helps a lot of people and stuff. he has my back and i have his. >> they really treat each other like brothers. i can't separate them. i can't get them to stop talking to each other. i can't. they're just two goofballs. >> that's a great moment. >> and a great lesson for all of us. >> yeah. >> you know? because i have a -- my son is only 4 1/2 but bullying already starts at this age, and i wouldn't know that i have the tools or whatever -- how i would respond. >> do you take the other tactic if you find out there is bullying? >> tell him to punch him and put some vaseline on his face? no, i actually tell him to take the -- >> high road.

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i presume there was no trick or treating for you? >> no, in my dreams. >> if you had perhaps you would have been one of the people who complained about it on twitter as one of the worst halloween hauls. there are some bad ones out there. we'll do the top four. tops baseball cards from 1988 that also included the gum from 1988. >> that's a good gift. >> maybe it's a treasure except for the gum. okay. then toothbrush -- >> the gum was chewed on already. >> the a-b-c gum, already been chewed gum. pineapple flavored golden raisons. number one, ramen noodles. >> that's whose house you egg. you egg that house. >> toilet paper the trees.

>> not encouraging it. really cool encounter here. a spear fisherman found the largest fish around, a whale sh ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the weather all the scores, that's the world news polka ♪ take it kermit ♪ if you're an insomniac and a good night's sleep you lack, do the world news polka ♪ ♪ a banjo and accordion the folks love every note ♪ ♪ when we sing it sounds like there is a frog in our throat ♪ ♪ do the world news polka ♪ even pepe gets up way before the dawn to do the world news polka ♪

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this morning on "world news now," one of the most watched races in the country ahead of election day, the georgia governor's race drawing oprah winfrey and mike pence on the same day. plus, the president's immigration message in these final days. telling u.s. troops on the border to shoot if rocks are thrown their way. a new health concern this morning. a study is out finding some link between cellphone use and cancer. find out who is more at risk, men or women. and new this half hour, the dramatic rescue at sea. >> a fisherman jumps on to the back of a humpback whale tangled in a rope to cut it free. the unbelievable video. and they were the couple of the summer. they got tattoos. she wrote a song about him but they didn't quite make it through fall. and now it's getting a little heated on twitter. kendis will break it all down

for us in "the skinny." >> i will? >> on this friday, november 2nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." they were such a cute couple. i thought it would last at least until fall but it didn't. looking at the monitor i just realized in case i get lost in the studio, linsey will point out the exits are over that way and the two nearest ones might be behind me. >> my sexy flight attendant outfit. >> oxygen mask -- >> put it on yourself first. >> before you put it on the child. thank you. looking good. let's start this half hour with the midterm showdown. the last-minute scramble for votes attracting heavy hitters. >> oprah winfrey went door to door in georgia hoping to convince democrats to put stacey abrams into the governor's mansion and also in the record books. and vice president mike pence

was also there to back the republican candidate. here is abc's deborah roberts. >> reporter: one of the biggest stars of all dropping in to this historic race. >> so i'm here today to support a change maker. >> reporter: oprah winfrey campaigning for democrat stacey abrams. >> this is the moment. 2018 is our time because we can't wait any longer. >> reporter: with republican candidate brian kemp, vice president mike pence. >> i'm kind of a big deal, too. i got a message for all stacey abrams' liberal hollywood friends. this ain't hollywood. this is georgia. >> reporter: i asked abrams about that criticism. >> are you running a state campaign or a national campaign? >> we are running a locally grounded campaign that is nationally known. >> reporter: kemp, too, has national backing from president trump. >> as you all know, this race is a battle for the soul of our state. >> reporter: as georgia's secretary of state charged with supervising elections, kemp is

facing accusations that he's trying to block votes from democrats. critics say kemp is stalling voter registrations of 53,000 georgia residents because applications don't exactly match their i.d.s, like a missing initial or a signature that looks slightly off. kemp declined a formal interview but i caught up with him at one of his rallies. i asked about the accusations. >> what about voter suppression? >> that's a myth. that is a myth that the democrats bring out every two years. >> reporter: with 70% of the tied up applicants belonging to black voters, i asked again. >> what do you say to people who say you're trying to suppress the vote. >> i'm not suppressing. the numbers do not lie about that fact. minority participation is up 23% in georgia. 23%. that's what you should report and not believe this bs about voter suppression. >> reporter: amidst the controversy, one thing's clear, voter enthusiasm in georgia is sky high and oprah working to

maintain the momentum. >> for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote wherever you are in this state, in this country, you are dishonoring your family. >> deborah, thank you. former president obama will campaign for abrams today and president trump heads to georgia sunday to support kemp. last night the president was in missouri focusing on immigration and railing against the caravans moving through mexico. earlier he announced he plans to sign an executive order aimed at cracking down on asylum seekers and that troops deployed to the border should react to rock-throwing migrants with bullets. >> we're not going to put up with that. they want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. i tell them consider it a rifle. when they throw rocks like they did at the mexico military police, i say consider it a rifle.

>> troops have a right to act in self-defense but a retired army general tweeted it would be unlawful for a soldier to shoot at someone throwing a rock. today the president is campaigns for republicans where red state democrats are locked in tight races. the biggest caravan heading to the u.s. has now dropped to about 4,000 people, down from 7,000. so far nearly 3,000 migrants have applied for refugee status in mexico. 1,500 will remain there for a new jobs program and more than 900 are returning home to central america. here at home, a new development this morning in the catholic church sex abuse scandal. the diocese of peoria, illinois, has forced three retired priests to step done over credible allegations involving the sexual abuse of minors. the alleged abuse occurred 30 to 55 years ago and has been reported to the state's attorney. the three can no longer function as priests in any public capacity, wear clerical garb or the roman collar.

the protest during the national anthem took on a new look thursday night. a san francisco 49ers cheerleader took a knee before the niners hosted oakland. it's believed this is the first time a cheerleader has knelt to protest racial injustice. colin kaepernick's protest started when he was a member of the 49ers during the 2016 season. the turmoil around the university of maryland football has cost another official his job. the chair of the school's board of regents has now resigned. the decision to reinstate dj durkin caused an uproar. he had been on leave after a player's death in june. this week durkin was fired just one day after he had been reinstated after campus protests. simone biles says she kind of bombed at the world gymnastics championships. if that's the case, we should all have bad days like that. >> she still finished with a

record setting and championship winning performance in qatar. here is abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: she is a 4'8" giant. simone biles is the definition of america strong. doing something no other female gymnast has done before, winning her fourth all-around world gymnastics international title at the championships still underway in doha. this is her favorite event, the floor. she's competing at worlds with a kidney stone that sent her here, to a middle east emergency room earlier in the competition. doctors weren't able to help but she still left smiling. she is so unmatched that on her way to gold the fell twice and still beat her closest competitor by one of her largest margins of victory. this was a demoralizing year for usa gymnastics with the sexual abuse scandal of their team doctor who is now serving time. biles not only won the all-around but the u.s. team won a gold medal, too. it's largely thanks to simone

biles who may have landed the title of greatest gymnast ever. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> our thanks to steve for that. a new emoji is generating a lot of wth responses on social media. >> and that's being nice. it's called the woozy face. according to emojipedia. that's a thing, apparently. it's supposed to represent the state of being tired or emotional or could just be the symbol for being drunk or high. >> there's been a large range of comments on what the woozy face looks like. the rock weighed in with two choices, either i'm bleeping awesome or excuse me, i have gas. >> it does look like constipation as an emoji. >> the face you make in third grade when your crush blesses your sneeze. >> that's it. >> i remember those days. >> when that probiotic hits. probiotic is part of a joke nowadays? all right. coming up, the dramatic rescue of a trapped whale.

the fisherman who jumped to its rescue. one of them getting on its back and cutting through the tangled ropes with a knife. and later in "the skinny," jimmy kimmel's annual, kids i ate all your hollywood -- your hollywood, your halloween candy challenge. we'll check out the funniest clips. you're watching "world news now." now."

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check out this video of the so-called highway hero in action. a busy houston freeway looked like a river due to a clogged storm drain, but the highway hero with water up to his waist unclogs the drain, even using her bare hands. moments later the road was all clear. thank you to him. >> bravo. a health alert this morning. a federal study confirms that, yes, radiation from cellphones can cause cancer. >> male rats in the test developed brain cancer but the national toxicology center explains the rats were exposed to more radiation exposure than the chattiest phone user. female rats did not develop tumors. the radio frequency tested isn't used much by today's cellphones. >> okay. interesting. a first of its kind study may settle the ongoing debates about the benefits of hot versus

cold coffee. study founlgd found hot coffee was healthier. researchers also busted the myth that ice coffee is less likely to cause heartburn. i didn't know this was a thing. >> i didn't either. >> the study found no difference between the ph levels. hot coffee can lower the risk of some cancers, diabetes as well as depression. >> are you a coffee drinker? >> no, not at all. so i have diabetes, cancer and depression. who knew it could help all of those. now to the heroic rescue of a humpback whale by two commercial fishermen off the coast of california. >> the two were heading back into the bfter aay on hey otteeh disess, tthof t boa anotr cr member lling him get, sam. jump on the whale right now and

cut it. >> reporter: he called the coast guard and was told there was nothing the coast guard could do. >> we saw a big whale and it was, like, getting cut with this line that was attached to the sea floor. >> reporter: so risking his life, synstelien goes for it. >> cut it. it's right there. sam, right there. get it! swim! swim. >> reporter: with the knife in his mouth he climbs on top of the whale. >> cut it. >> reporter: hanging on as the whale thrashes its tail. by then he's already cut the buoy line. >> did you get it? yeah! >> reporter: and freed the whale. >> this is total exhilaration, like, did we really just do that. >> reporter: really think about the risk of what he was doing. >> she was free and could feel it. she kicked up her fin and took off. >> did you get it? yeah! >> word to the wise, you're advised to call the coast guard, not try to cut the -- yes, slow clap for that. >> really. >> he did it.

>> jonah of the sea. modern day there. so the -- they tried to report it to the coast guard, who told them that they couldn't respond for several hours. which is why he jumped in there. but they also say wildlife experts say it could have been a dangerous move that could have ended up with his death. i mean, the whale dragged him under for a little bit. >> this is dangerous. don't try this at home or at sea. >> all right. yeah, true. when we come back, why kids hate jimmy kimmel. and the one song that's still a nearly $1 million a year money maker for vanilla ice. "the skinny" is coming up next. >> didn't he have one song, though? >> that's all he needed. >> that's it. t's it.

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♪ skinny ♪ skinny it is time for "the skinny," starting with the latest development in the ariana grande/pete davidson saga. >> they're still broken up. that is the headline. >> the tune you're hearing is the pete davidson song.

>> she dedicated a song to him? >> yeah, on her new album and it's called "pete davidson." >> that's serious -- a mistake. she's taking a jab at her ex-fiance after he appeared in a "saturday night live" promo. >> hey, maggie, i'm pete. >> hey, pete. >> you want to get married? >> no. >> 0 for 3. >> that was awkward. ariana was having none of that. she tweeted here, for somebody who claims to hate relevancy, you sure love clinging to it, huh? then she continued. thank you, next. >> the couple called it quits last month. they had gotten engaged in june after dating just a few weeks. >> who saw that one coming? >> you didn't? >> and she started covering up her tattoos that had pete's name. there was so many -- >> a lot of mis-steps in that one. you'll learn for the next time.

next, it was the night after halloween so, of course, that meant jimmy kimmel's annual, kids, i ate all your halloween candy prank. >> a lot of people think it's cruel. others think it's cute. we're checking out the highlights. >> mommy and daddy got really hungry last night and ate all your candy. >> but -- >> it's all gone. >> but it's -- it was in there! no! >> i'm so disappointed at you. >> i ate all the m & ms. >> aww, that's sad. >> we have some broccoli in the fridge. do you want broccoli? >> i don't like that. >> do you want carrots? >> no! >> do you still love me? >> well, not anymore because you ate all my candy. >> go to your room! go to your room!

>> you're not mad i ate all your candy? >> i'm not mad at all. i would never be mad at you because you're my mom. >> you're too sweet. it's gross. >> have you ever tried it with your kids? >> i have not. i don't know that i would be able to live to tell. if i told him that i ate all of the halloween candy, but i love that kid, no, i still love you. you're my mom. >> that kid is smart. next to a mind-blowing number for a nearly 30-year-old song. >> embroiled in a nasty divorce, court records obtained by "the daily mail" have revealed that 28 years after the release of "ice ice baby," vanilla ice is still raking in more than $800,000 a year from that one song. that one song he ever did. >> the one hit. that song came out 28 years ago? >> i didn't realize. >> wow. >> we're aging ourselves.

>> yes, we are. so ice is worth about $9 million. >> that's impressive for a one-hit wonder. >> exactly. his house flipping show called "vanilla ice project" just wrapped up its eighth season on the diy network. >> i did not even realize. >> yeah, he's created something for himself beyond just that, you know? the jersey shore just got a little more cozy. >> mike "the situation" sorrentino has tied the knot with his girlfriend lauren at the legacy castle. >> slow clap there. the cast of the mtv reality show was all there including snooki, jwoww, dj pauley d and ronnie. the wedding comes just before he is headed off to prison for tax evasion. nothing says let's get hitched like my prison sentence is coming up. >> i'm going. the cabs are here, is right. >> it's t-shirt time. >> to the pokey.

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♪ ♪ ♪ i think a lot of people in boston are happier this week as the week started with the world series and the parade. and of course madea made a visit. >> and we also covered another city dealing with the unthinkable. here is the friday rewind. the man who allegedly turned a quiet sabbath into a massacre. robert bowers charged with 29 federal crimes, including hate crimes. >> thousands gathered. you see them there. to remember and honor those victims of the deadliest attack on american jews in our nation's history. >> reporter: protesters pack the blocks around the tree of life synagogue. >> you don't belong here! this is our neighborhood!

>> reporter: as a somber president trump paid his respects -- >> the first of two black boxes from the doomed indonesian flight found. divers recovered the important data recorder which could explain why the lion air jet fell out of the sky just 13 minutes into its flight. major flooding in historic venice, italy. take a look at this video. 75% of the city is under water. strong winds formed a storm system leading to an unusually high tide, raising water levels by 5 feet. venice is accustomed to flooding but this is the worst flooding they have experienced in ten years. the red sox returning to a heros welcome in boston, beating the dodgers in game five. >> take a look at what happened to their trophy. it's going down the street for the parade and then it gets clocked by a beer. yeah, someone tosses a beer that breaks the trophy. we're told minor repairs are needed so it's not that big of a deal. leave it to boeyelra, n't they? how do you sit with this? >> don't point them at me.

>> what do you do? >> you got to just lift them up, babe. shift. adjust. there you go. oh, my word. so kendis couldn't be with us so madea is going to do "the mix" with us. >> madea or jamie foxx's character from "in living color." >> oh, my gosh. except you couldn't see the balloons in jamie foxx's outfit, but -- >> i'm told that they end like -- >> no, don't -- >> let's see. jeez. i actually poked myself. >> i haven't seen that. >> with that -- my mom hasn't seen that either. proud moment. >> she -- i don't know that that wo this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

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a great day. making news in america this morning, president trump proposing a major change at the border to crack down on asylum seekers while suggesting troops can shoot at migrants posing a danger. this morning the former chairman of the joint chiefs makes a rare rebuttal to the president. all this with the high-stakes election four days away. even oprah going door to door. the protest heard around the world. [ chanting ] google employees walk off the job over sexual harassment scandals. this morning their demands and the company's response. breaking overnight, what happened just before notorious