just a good old boy. just a good old boy. let's see how this works out. high-speed chase. robbery suspect. l.a. popo following him. oh, p.i.t. maneuver. what was that? he weaved in and out of traffic for more than an hour, both on highways and local streets. how are the streets that clear in l.a.? hit speeds of 85 miles an hour. narrowly missing pedestrians and bicyclists. how does it end? you know, i never know how these end. oh. >> gosh. >> he ran into the bus stop. >> what? >> wait, tid -- >> did you -- >> then he ran out. of course. they do. >> somebody in the back? two people got out. >> suspects fled -- >> what? >> on foot. they were captured eventually.

>> oh, imagine that. >> wow. but the bus stop. what did the bus stop ever do to you? well, police in oklahoma city are investigating a terrifying incident inside an elementary school that sent several children to the hospital. >> a pitbull found its way inside the school and started attacking third and fourth graders before one hero teacher saved the day. here is abc's kayna whitworth. >> is it in the school? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: this police body cam footage showing the frantic moments -- >> get in the classroom now! >> reporter: -- after a teacher tackled a pitbull in an oklahoma elementary school. it ran into the playground where about 30 students were outside for recess a week ago monday. >> this wild pitbull got loose and it's like attacking the kids. >> there's like four, maybe five kids that said they were bit. >> reporter: more than a dozen children were injured, five taken to the hospital by ambulance. 8-year-old alexander puentes bit in the leg. >> he was, like, kindful for a minute but then he got rough and he started biting people.

>> hold on. hold on. this slipped out. >> reporter: officers finally able to leash the pitbull and lead it out of the school. the dog being held by animal control. police still looking for its owner. we've learned that all of those children are expected to be okay. school officials think the pitbull got on to school grounds through a gate that had been left open. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to kayna. concern is growing over the mysterious polio-like illness that mostly targets children. >> the cdc reports ten more confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in the past week. the disease known as afm leads to sudden paralysis and more than 90% of the patients are children under the age of 4. afm has been confirmed in 31

states but only one or two children in a million are likely to get afm. and bruce springsteen is speaking candidly about his family's struggle with mental health issues. the boss tells "esquire" magazine that he and his first breakdown -- had his first breakdown in 1982. springsteen's father was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before his death 20 years ago. the rock legend believes his contentious relationship with his dad played a part in his own condition. bruce says he's on a variety of medications that keep him on an even keel. >> good for him. >> yeah. well, when we come back, spongebob's secrets revealed. and the brutally honest reason why a heavy metal band says it's breaking up. "the skinny's" next. brutally honest reason why a heavy metal band says it's breaking up.

♪ oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ♪ >> spongebob squarepants! ♪ absorbant and yellow and porous is he ♪ >> i get the syl-lables wrong with that. stephen hillenburg, the creator of the nickelodeon show,

has died at the age of 57. hillenburg died after a battle with a.l.s., known as lou gehrig's disease. >> this morning the tributes are understandably pouring in for hillenburg. celebrities we actually never even knew lent their voices to the show over its 19-year run. >> 19 years? >> yep. >> david bowie as lord royal highness. victoria beckham as queen amphitrite. even johnny depp as jack kahuna laguna. >> and don't forget mark hamill and dennis quaid. >> wow. a spongebob fun fact. it's nickelodeon's longest-running series of all time, even longer than "rugrats." >> we need to start a campaign to bring "rugrats" back. >> yeah, "rugrats" was awesome with an awesome theme song as well. >> you're right. >> so the other secret about spongebob and patrick, i guess we'll never find out.

you know. >> were they or weren't they? >> were they or weren't they? >> very bert and ernie. >> they totally were. bert and ernie. no i don't believe they were. next to our good friend gayle spoofing her niece on instagram. >> good morning, gayle. gayle king is showing the world her sense of humor by recreating some bikini snaps from her 22-year-old niece. gayle poses by her niece mackenzie during their family trip to puerto rico, including this shot leaning against a tree. okay. >> another shot involved a white hammock overlooking the water there at dorado. >> get it, ladies. >> then a third pose on the rocks gayle said, "so who did it best? swipe left. i can take it. wish i had a two-piece suit." she also pointed out in the post that her kids, her son and her daughter, who were both there at dorado beach with her wanted none of it. we don't want any part of this.

next to the bombshell news over the breakup of a beloved heavy metal band. >> so the real bombshell was the very candid reason for the breakup. toronto-based witchrot announced their untimely demise on their facebook page. >> in a brutally honest revelation, a band member who identified himself only as peter wrote -- get this -- "due to the unfortunate reality of our guitarist blanking my girlfriend of almost seven years, witchrot will be taking an extended hiatus. i, however, will continue the band in another space and time being ripe with hate. the music is slowly flowing." >> wow. >> "without a doubt will become the most devastating, torturous music i have ever created. thanks for the support. stay heavy." he ends with this. "also, our drummer died." >> you mad, bro? >> you mad, bro? >> the evidence of the breakup, a busted guitar in the trash. my goodness. >> there are many, many bands. do we feel as if, like, keith

richards and mick jagger have never shared a girlfriend? >> okay. they certainly have. the thing is, though -- >> i'm thinking that might be their next album -- the name of their next album, "busted guitar in the trash." >> yes. the best music always comes after breakups. like the best. >> i agree. >> so, i mean -- >> so, i'm a good songwriter. next to a major revelation from aquaman. >> jason momoa and co-star amber heard are suiting up as aquaman and mera. and they opened up to "entertainment weekly" about some of the challenges of those elaborate costumes. >> it looks like it's easy to pee in that, but really it's not. if you have the poopsies, it is very challenging to -- you've got to be really good at holding it, so some of those little fun facts you might want to know. >> i'm sorry, the what? >> the poopsies. >> huh? >> "aquaman" is set for release friday, december 21st. everybody poopsies.

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we're hearing some new details this morning about that terrifying hang gliding incident involving a man from florida. >> we're hearing him talk about his first-ever hang gliding ride and the instructor -- >> first-ever. >> -- who forgot to attach his safety harness. >> one job. >> here is abc's gio benitez. >> three, two, one, go. run, run, run. >> reporter: chris gursky of florida knew his first hang glide in switzerland would be memorable, but not like this. he and his instructor take off only to realize he's not attached to the glider.

he's holding on for dear life, one hand on the bar, the other tightly around that instructor. >> i was in survival mode. i just locked on and held as hard as i could. >> reporter: the instructor tries to make an emergency landing but he can't control it. >> just trying to hold on for dear life. i looked down once and i thought to myself, this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. i'm a goner. so after that it was just -- i was in survival mode. i just locked on and held on as hard as i could. >> reporter: the glider just goes higher and higher. gursky starts losing his grip. the instructor grabs gursky's hand all while flying the glider with one hand. >> i didn't have much grip left to me at all. my hand was opening. i was slipping. i had his pant leg. that was about it. i thought to myself, this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. i'm a goner. >> reporter: finally the instructor gets the glider closer to the ground and gursky let's go, breaking his wrist. >> i knew i was hurt. i sat up and i felt something was wrong and then the pilot came over. i stayed as calm as i could. he was afraid i would go into

shock and, you know, freak out, but i told him i was fine. so we got up and had to walk through a cow pasture and i had to crawl underneath two electric fences to get to the vehicle that they were going to take me to the hospital in. >> reporter: and gursky also tore his bicep from holding on. the swiss hang gliding association is now investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> so absolutely terrifying. of course they thought he would be in shock. >> yeah. >> he was holding on at 4,000 feet for four -- almost four minutes going 45 miles per hour. almost four minutes? >> yeah. that's insane. so after all of that, he had to go through that obstacle course to get to the vehicle. i'll tell you, these tough mudder competitions are getting even more intense these days. >> but he says he'd do it again. >> yep. you first. we're good. >> good luck. >> we're good. >> oh, goodness.

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good wednesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. good wednesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm janai norman. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." republican cindy hyde-smith will continue to serve as one of mississippi's senators after winning a special runoff election. she said she's ready to work for everyone in her state following a racially-tinged campaign. full details coming up. indonesian officials have released their report on a deadly crash of an american-made boeing jet. preliminary findings show the pilots struggled to control the aircraft from the moment it left the ground. three current and former chicago cops are on trial for allegedly covering up details of the fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald. the prosecutor says instead of serving the public, they protected the cop who killed the black teen.

a southern california businessman has given $1,000 each to the students and the staff of the high school in the burned-out town of paradise. he says he wants to restore to them some of the happiness he felt in high school. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, november 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." and we do say good morning, everyone. we will start this half hour overseas, beginning with the stark reminder of the dangers still facing many american forces in afghanistan. the military says it has just suffered its deadliest day of the year in that country. >> three soldiers were killed in the eastern part of afghanistan when there vehicle struck an ied. abc's ian pannell who has traveled extensively in that part of the world has the details. >> reporter: the american troops were traveling in a heavily-armored vehicle like this when it hit a roadside

bomb, killing three, wounding three more in the deadliest day for american forces this year. we traveled with the troops in these vehicles in afghanistan this summer. they're mine-resistant, not bombproof. out on patrol with u.s. special forces we showed you the dangers they face from ieds when they discovered one just a few feet away. >> that wooden stick is the pressure plate? >> yeah, that's the pressure plate. >> how common is it for you to come across one of these devices. >> every time we've come down to the valley we've found them so far. >> reporter: too big to dismantle, they decide to blow it up instead. the area where the troops died has come under increasing taliban attack, showing just how dangerous afghanistan remains for u.s. troops. despite the ongoing fighting, america is sitting down and trying to negotiate with the taliban. these latest deaths underline just how important that peace process really is. ian pannell, abc news, london. mississippi republican cindy hyde-smith says she'll be on a

plane to washington this morning after winning her state's runoff senate election. hyde-smith defeated democrat mike espy after a racially-tinged campaign that gained national attention because of her comments about attending a public hanging. her win gives republicans a 53-47 senate majority when the next session of congress begins in january. hyde-smith and espy say they are looking to the future in their speeches from last night. >> this victory, it's about our conservative values. it's about the things that mean the most to all of us mississippians, our faith, our family, but it's those things that i will take to washington, d.c. that i want to represent all of mississippians with these values, and i will fight for it. i assure you. every single day. >> this is a movement and this movement is not going to end for a new mississippi, a more united mississippi and a mississippi where everyone, regardless of

race or party or religion feels their worth. >> hyde-smith is the first woman elected to congress from mississippi. she will be up for re-election in two years. new details are emerging following the breakdown of a plea deal between former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and the special counsel. robert mueller has accused manafort of lying to the fbi and overnight, get this, rudy giuliani confirmed to "the new york times" that manafort's lawyer had repeatedly briefed the president's attorneys on manafort's discussions with mueller's team. the president slammed the special counsel's treatment of witnesses, tweeting that he's gone rogue. and now many are wondering if manafort is holding out for a pardon. >> given what the president said this morning, that robert mueller is ruining people's lives, is he considering a pardon? >> i'm not aware of any conversations for anyone's

rd>> wellii late the atn apopriate time. and in washington today, it's a big day on capitol hill for house democrats. they're about to vote for their next slate of leaders. >> nancy pelosi believes she will win enough support to become the house speaker for the second time. she's been doing a lot of work to make that happen. abc's brad mielke has the details. brad? >> hey, guys. yeah, nancy pelosi has wrangled tough votes before but she has been working behind the scenes for weeks now all in preparation for today. several progressives won their races on platforms of change, sometimes vowing to oppose pelosi, but in the last week she has picked up endorsements one by one. i asked abc's senior congressional correspondent mary bruce straight up, is this the day nancy pelosi effectively becomes the speaker? >> to be quite blunt, yes, i think she will. this is sort of a prevote, if you will.

the final vote doesn't happen for several more weeks, but what you have today is this vote amongst the democrats, right? so pelosi just needs to get a majority, and pelosi has, you know -- this has been an uphill battle for her. there has been a lot of elbow-twisting going on but we have seen this remarkable thing over the past couple of weeks that nancy pelosi has one by one been able to pick people off which is why nancy pelosi is, quite frankly, very good at this job and why many think she should hold this job because no one, no one whips votes like nancy pelosi, especially when it's votes for her. >> so what you're going to see today, guys, think of this like a primary. nancy pelosi will still need to win 218 votes on the house floor to become speaker in january, but this year is probably the biggest hurdle she will face. we will have a lot more on the congressional brinksmanship on "start here" later this morning. listen on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. kendis? janai. >> appreciate the update there, brad. thank you. an update on the naval destroyer the "uss john s.

mccain," which was heavily damaged off the coast of singapore more than a year ago. that collision killed ten sailors. the ship has been moved from a dry dock in japan back into the water. the repair work on "the mccain" is set to be done later next year. overnight there were winter storms on both coasts. the snow in new england has already caused numerous accidents including, look at this, this tour bus on its side in vermont near the canadian border. no major injuries were reported. lake-effect snow from a second storm is falling from ohio to maine. some areas may get more than a foot. meanwhile, a winter storm is battering the pacific northwest coast. the second storm arriving tonight that may do real damage. >> we'll keep an eye on that. and we're now hearing from the chinese scientists behind what may be the world's first gene-edited babies. he claims he altered the dna of

a pair of newborn twins during invitro fetalization. fellow scientists are outraged saying if true, he crossed a huge ethical line. he shared details at a summit in hong kong. >> so there are in total eight couples enrolled for this study. and one dropped out. the criteria requires the father to be hiv positive and the mother to be hiv negative. >> well, the scientist reportedly concealed information from colleagues and his bosses and took advantage of loosely-worded regulations. chinese officials have now launched an investigation into his research. well, speaking of babies. >> yeah. >> "parents" magazine has come out with what it thinks will be the hottest baby names for 2019. >> among the big names for the little ones next year, names connected to "game of thrones." >> oh.

>> expect to see a lot of little girls named for the characters including ariya, calessi and leanna. >> also hot, whatever harry and meghan name their baby. all right. just leave it open. "parents" magazine is leaning towards henry or arthur for a boy. >> okay. >> and either eleanor or alice for a girl. they really think those names will pick up steam? >> yeah. they're popular. in the meantime, speaking of babies, we have a big baby announcement! it's finally here! >> the baby is finally here. >> the baby is finally here. diane and her husband welcome a big healthy beautiful baby boy over the weekend. >> so precious. >> yep. he weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces. >> so small. >> i'm told that's a tiny baby. >> good for diane. >> they're doing great. we have a new viewer in these hours.

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this is the week wn this is the week when so many christmas light displays start popping up in neighborhoods across the country. >> one family is idaho is talking about the four-year legal battle over their own light display. here is abc's t.j. holmes. ♪ >> reporter: 'tis the season for over the top holiday displays. >> i'm always thinking how to make it bigger, brighter, better. >> reporter: and neighbors trying to one-up each other hoping to recreate that griswold glow. with 200,000 lights, dozens of carolers, even a real camel, the morris family of hayden, idaho hoped their holiday display would encourage everyone far and wide to deck their own halls. instead, they say their homeowner's association took a page right out of the grinch's

playbook. >> i hate christmas! >> reporter: demanding the morrises shut down the display in part because of the huge crowds that would gather in the five days before christmas. >> not only were our guests threatened and intimidated with violent language, our family was as well. >> reporter: the morrises fired back, claiming they were discriminated against based on their religion. a jury ruled in the morrises' favor. granting them $75,000 in damages. but the morrises still aren't happy. >> we just want to protect our first amendment rights and that's why we didn't want to back down. and if we don't fight for it then who will? >> reporter: so will the show go on? a big part of their event includes raising money for children dealing with cancer. so morris hopes he can find a new neighborhood where he can

continue this tradition in peace and where his camel named ollie won't upset the neighbors. t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> where did they get that camel? >> well, so, by the way, the family doesn't own the camel, it's a rental. where do you rent a camel? >> where do you rent a camel? >> camelrentals.com. >> best buy? i don't know. they won based on religious rights in the end. >> keep fighting the good fight. coming up, amanda bynes opens up about her drug addiction. >> now four years sober, she says she's ready to step back into the spotlight. you're watching "world news now."

♪ ooh, child, things are gonna get easier ♪ ♪ ooh, child, things will get brighter. how is it that there are no cars or people in times square? there are a few cars. >> new york, the city that sometimes sleeps. >> so things are getting a little easier for amanda bynes, once one of hollywood's most promising young actors. >> but then a public drug-fueled downward spiral. but now she's sober and opening

up to abc special correspondent will reeve. >> reporter: she was the squeaky-clean bubbly star of nickelodeon's "all that." she shined in blockbusters like "she's the man" and "hairspray." ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and even starred in her own sketch comedy series "the amanda show." >> my name is amanda and welcome to my show. >> but at the height of her career, amanda bynes endured a public fall from grace. now after several years out of the spotlight the 32-year-old former child star is opening up to "paper" magazine revealing the truth behind those dark years of what she says was drug abuse. saying it was like an alien hat literally invaded my body. her drug-fueled descent from the top, a story line so familiar in

young hollywood. bynes says she began using marijuana recreationally at age 16 then progressed to molly, ecstasy, even experimenting with cocaine use, but her substance of choice became adderall, an amphetamine used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ♪ now i've tasted chocolate and i'm never going back ♪ >> reporter: bynes said she learned of adderall when she was starring in "hairspray." she would chew the pills saying because she thought they made her more high that way. after her work in "easy a," the actress telling the magazine i saw it and i was convinced that i should never be on camera again and i officially retired on twitter. but saying she regretted it. saying, "it was really foolish and i see that now. i was young and stupid." she then went into a self-imposed exile from hollywood and says she fell into a dark hole.

>> she was really open and raw about how that time was not a happy period and was a very dark, sad place for her. >> reporter: her downward spiral starting in 2012 making headlines for all the wrong reasons. a series of driving violations, disturbing tweets, even a hospitalization under a psychiatric hold. after starting a fire in a neighbor's driveway, an eyewitness describing the unusual scene. >> i saw this girl laying down right here with her left pant leg on fire. when i look at her, i'm like, that's amanda bynes. >> reporter: that incident coming on the heels of another out of control episode involving allegations she tossed a marijuana bong out of her 36-floor manhattan apartment right in front of police officers. she was arrested. her now infamous mugshot exploding on social media. she appeared in court disheveled. >> are you planning on staying in manhattan? >> yes.

>> reporter: at one point sa seo st four yearand ady to get back into ain telling "paper" t idf e tghheor cameutnd it's only up from here. >> thisl her story, kind of close a chapter that was difficult, move on and start the next phase of her life and career. >> how important is it for celebrities to publicly share their stories of addiction? >> celebrities do have a massive platform that can be very powerful in a positive way, but at times where they're sharing their own personal crisis, their primary concern should be themselves. >> i'm will reeve in new york. >> thanks to will reeve there. so there was something else that she went into in the article. amanda bynes credits herself with launching channing tatum's career with "she's the man."

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like our levels of oxytocin skyrocket. that's like the love drug. so you feel all warm and cuddly inside. >> that is just weird. >> i mean, you said you didn't sleep well yesterday. get a dog. it's women, i'm sorry. >> it's women only. so what do men sleep with to -- a cat? >> it said cats aren't any good. >> all right. interesting. i do encourage you before you -- if you have any food nearby, if you have something to drink, pick it up, get a sip right now and a nibble while i tell you about this. scientists have found how long it takes for a lego toy to make its way from your mouth into your poop. >> oh. >> it's 1.71 days. so about two days. >> okay. >> so you had some volunteers, physicians and authors of the study, who intentionally swallowed a lego toy, specifically a lego toy, and

then they sifted through the excrement to see -- >> of their own or other people's. >> of their own, i hope. to see when the disembodied head would surface. >> what's the weird part? that someone wanted to do this? >> i guess. all of it is. >> it is all very weird. >> it is very weird. it also proves, like, lego toys aren't, like, biodegradable. >> maybe they should be. >> they should be. >> copyright it quick. >> you missed a large orange chunk in your feces was not elaborated upon. thank you for those notes. >> all right. from a quick poop to a giant cow. at least an enormous -- >> did you see this. >> in western australia. 6'4". >> whoa! >> and guess what? being that big saved that guy from the slaughterhouse. his handler said his name is snickers. he was just too heavy. he couldn't even go in the processing facility. 6'4". >> wow. look at that.

>> he's not even the biggest in the world. the biggest, 6'6" in italy. >> what?

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, the final senate race of the midterms has finally been decided. >> the racially-charged contest in mississippi attracted nationwide attention. the president held a pair of last-minute rallies there. we now know who won. mayhem and the big scare at walter reed medical center. the emergency alert that is now being blamed on a false alarm. plus, a businessman pained over the destruction to the town of paradise caused by the deadly camp fire in northern california is making a big difference. he's giving out $1,000 checks. and this is what happens when you have big dreams and a whole lot of money. a millionaire has built what's believed to be a life-size replica of noah's ark and he has big plans for it. that's ahead on this wednesday, november 28th.

from abc news, this is "world news now." i think they just -- carnival just recently announced they have the biggest cruise ship in the world. >> not anymore. not anymore. >> yeah. >> get the animals ready. we'll get to that later. but we begin this half hour with the breaking news. the last senate race of the midterm elections is a republican victory. >> in mississippi, incumbent cindy hyde-smith thanked president trump for his support after voters chose her over democrat mike espy. their racially-charged race intensified after hyde-smith praised a supporter by saying she'd attend a public hanging if he invited her. >> hyde-smith's win means republicans will have a 53-47 majority in the senate when the new congress begins in january. both she and espy looked to the future in their speeches last night. >> this victory, it's about our conservative values. it's about the things that mean the most to all of us

mississippians, our faith, our family, but it's those things that i will take to washington, d.c., that i want to represent all of mississippians with these values and i will fight for it, i assure you, every single day. >> this is a movement and this movement is not going to end for a new mississippi, a more united mississippi, and a mississippi where everyone, regardless of race or party or religion feels their worth. >> who was that, kirk franklin there in the background? did they go to church at the campaign headquarters? >> maybe it was. president trump tweeted his congratulations to hyde-smith. he visited mississippi and made two campaign stops last monday. she is the first woman to be elected from mississippi. >> she faces re-election in two years. now to the russia

investigation and the collapsed plea deal for former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. >> rudy giuliani tells "the new york times" that manafort's lawyer had repeatedly briefed the president's legal team after manafort agreed to cooperate with them. in another interview, giuliani said the president could consider pardoning manafort at an appropriate time. here is abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: with special counsel robert mueller expected to be nearing the end of his investigation, a major development. a cooperation deal with key witness paul manafort has broken down. mueller accusing the former trump campaign chairman of lying repeatedly to the fbi. manafort has already pled guilty to other charges and faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. could manafort now be hoping for a pardon from the president? hours after the deal broke down, the president offered some of his harshest attacks yet on the special counsel tweeting, "wait until it comes out how horribly

and viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie. mueller is a convicted prosecutor gone rogue." >> given what the president said this morning, that robert mueller is ruining people's lives, is he considering a pardon for paul manafort or for others who were prosecuted, have been prosecuted by mueller? >> i'm not aware of any conversations for anyone's pardon involving this process at all. >> reporter: but with a new acting attorney general, who has also criticized mueller, could the president finally pull the plug on the investigation? >> and if i can follow up, he also said this morning that mueller is doing tremendous damage to the criminal justice system. if that's true, is he considering picking up the phone, calling his acting attorney general and saying fire robert mueller? >> look, i think that the president has had robert mueller doing his job for the last two years and he could have taken action at any point and he hasn't.

>> is he ruling it out now? >> i'll let that speak for himself. >> reporter: we saw something tuesday that we have almost never seen, a public statement from the special counsel, a written statement saying even if there is a government shutdown the investigation will continue. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and speaking of government shutdown, president trump is reportedly considering a backup plan to avoid a government shutdown if congress denies him $5 billion to fund his border wall. he tells "the washington post" that he may have to continue using troops and fencing to keep migrant caravans out. border patrol officials say it could take up to two months to start processing central american migrants who recently arrived in tijuana. mexico signaled it's willing to house asylum seekers while they wait. the president is threatening general motors after the company announced major job cuts. trump says on twitter that his administration is looking at cutting all gm subsidies, including for electric cars. that tweet coming a day after gm said it is closing five north

american plants, most of them in the united states and slashing nearly 15,000 jobs. gm workers say the announcement is devastating. >> not my first rodeo. >> absolutely. >> with gm, but they can be cold, you know? it's just the way it is. the nature of the business. but i thought they could have told everybody awhile ago. >> just going, moving forward, business as usual. doing the best we can do. >> i'm looking at burger king again. >> wow. >> and that's bad. >> hey, no shade on burger king. the president cannot act on his own against general motors, by the way. congress would have to pass new legislation to end any subsidies that company receives. capitol hill sources say it's very unlikely that would happen. so it was a drill. it was only a drill. but it caused mass panic at the world's largest military medical center. the defense department says a false alarm about an active shooter put the walter reed complex in maryland on lockdown. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: details of that scare at walter reed medical center, early reports of an active shooter, people sent

scrambling. it was a large response of s.w.a.t. teams and police converging on the military hospital. it turns out a unit was preparing for an active shooter drill when someone activated a notification system. an alert going out without declaring that it was only a drill. security then notified local and state police. a member of congress among those inside the hospital sent into a panic. >> i'm going to check with the defense department and find out who is in charge of this. you know, why did it happen this way? because people could have been hurt. a lot of anxiety that we didn't need to have. >> reporter: the hospital was put on lockdown. patients and staff moved to secure locations. >> david kerley there in suburban washington. american forces in afghanistan have suffered their deadliest day of the year. three u.s. soldiers were killed when their heavily-armored week

like this one struck a roadside bomb. three other american service members and a contractor were wounded in the incident. the taliban claiming responsibility for the attack. it took place in a region that is seeing increased activity by that group. a report on the crash of a new american-made jet shows the pilots were fighting the aircraft from the time it took off. the lion air boeing 737 crashed into the java sea last month, killing all 189 people on board. flight data shows the on-board computers were pushing the plane's nose down then the pilots aimed the nose higher. that happened 26 times with the crew never following procedures to correct the problem. searchers are still looking for the cockpit voice recorder. well, most of the students and staff at paradise high school in northern california lost everything in the recent wildfire but they now have something to brighten their days. >> a little something here. a businessman from the other end of the state is giving each of them a check for $1,000. >> wow. >> that's more than 1,000 checks, by the way, totaling more than $1 million.

bob wilson is his name. he says it's their money and they can do whatever they want with it. >> this means so much. >> well, you're -- >> it means so much to everyone. >> you're very, very welcome. it's a little soon but do you have any idea what you might do with this money? >> i have no idea yet. >> that's all right. >> wilson says high school was one of the happiest times of his life and he wants to cheer up the students. he says taking their minds off the disaster for even a short time is more than enough compensation. >> he says he's often donated money and has no idea what happens with it. so -- >> that's not bad for those students. >> if you're feeling like in charitable, my bank account could do with a little -- >> pass the checks. >> exactly. coming up, new details about an alleged high school hazing incident. four football players now face decades in prison after a locker room attack described as astonishingly cruel. plus, the terrifying moments a condo complex went up in flames, trapping firefighters inside. you're watching "world news

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we're back with this image of a tour bus that skidded off interstate 91 in vermont, not far from the canadian border. thankfully only minor injuries were reported. the heavy, wet snow across the line in new hampshire was picturesque but also brought down power lines. some stunning allegations against four high school football players from the maryland suburbs of d.c. >> all four are 15-year-old sophomores. they're charged with rape and other counts in an alleged attack on younger players. prosecutors claim the suspects used a broom handle to sexually assault four freshmen players inside a locker room late last month. the students facing charges will be tried as adults. they could face life in prison. the fbi says a body has been found in the area where searchers have been looking for a missing north carolina teen, hania aguilar. the body has not been identified but aguilar's family has been notified. the 13-year-old was kidnapped in front of her home in lumberton a little more than three weeks ago. there is a $30,000 reward in this case. an untold number of people in dallas are homeless this

morning after a massive fire destroyed their apartment complex. >> more than 100 firefighters responded rescuing families before part of the building collapsed and several firefighters themselves needed rescuing. abc's marcus moore on the scene. >> reporter: it started at 9:15. >> we've got a lot of smoke inside. we've got a lot of people. we need to start evacuating these buildings. >> reporter: these dallas condos engulfed in an inferno. firefighters going door to door to get people to safety. >> things started imploding. you could see people's stuff going up in smoke. >> reporter: parts of the building collapsing. as more than 100 firefighters worked to douse the flames. >> there are times when the smoke is blinding and choking as this fight continues. at one point the roof collapsed and three firefighters had to be rescued when a floor fell in. >> fourth alarm on this spot. we have a mayday at this time. >> these firefighters were essentially trapped. >> they were trapped inside.

it was a floor above them that collapsed into the unit that they were in and it cut off their means of egress. >> reporter: a rapid intervention team finding those firefighters, finally pulling them from the building. >> all three firefighters were rushed to an area hospital and are expected to be okay. one official told me if it had not been for that rapid intervention team going in so quickly, this could have been far worse. marcus moore, abc news, dallas. >> our thanks to marcus. also in texas, a monumental visit in houston between two former presidents, barack obama dropping in on george h.w. bush. >> a spokesman for the elder bush said the two had a very pleasant and private visit and rekindled what was already a very warm friendship. obama later spoke at a gala where he praised his 94-year-old republican predecessor for his diplomacy saying he deserves enormous credit for navigating the end of the cold war. >> good to know that they're friends. >> a nice little bromance there. coming up in our next half hour, bruce springsteen opens up about his battle with mental illness.

hear what he's revealing about his first breakdown and what it takes to keep him on what he calls an even keel. but first, the new breakthrough cancer drug that is giving new hope to the family of a 9-year-old boy suffering from thyroid cancer. that's next on "world news now." t on "world news now."

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the fda has just approved a brand-new cancer drug that could bring new hope to thousands of brave cancer patients. >> the cutting edge treatment is already changing the lives of one family who thought they were out of options for their 9-year-old son. here is abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: looking at energetic, athletic 9-year-old ashton leads, you'd never know five years ago his chances of surviving cancer was bleak. >> when ashton was 4, i noticed a lump on his neck. ashton was sent for a biopsy where they found out he had stage four thyroid cancer. >> reporter: his diagnosis dire and devastating to his family. >> slowly we noticed his breathing changed and he kind of lost some weight. so we went back to see his doctor and they did another chest x-ray and it showed that the cancer had spread in his lungs. >> reporter: he would undergo surgeries and treatment but that didn't stop the disease from progressing. >> the worst moment was probably seeing him after he had his surgery and seeing him hooked up to all the machines. >> reporter: doctors said there was nothing more they could do. >> they did some testing and

they found out that the cancer had become resistant but we didn't know, you know, how long ashton had after that. >> reporter: until a phone call last spring about a trial for a cutting edge new cancer drug that changed everything. the medication's generic version just approved by the fda brought to the market by bayer. it targets a specific genetic mutation. >> it actually specifically targets a change in the dna of the tumor cells for these specific cancer types. >> reporter: the leeds driving 700 miles every month from their home in alberta, canada to seattle children's for the treatment. the results for ashton stark. >> this is his most recent scan and basically almost everything is totally gone but as you can see, the difference is night and day. >> when you find a patient that has the mutation that this drug targets, it works almost every time.

>> reporter: it could provide h >> tdition has been the best thing that's happened to us, you know, in the last couple years and it really does, you know, give us hope for ashton's future and that, you know, everything's going to be okay. >> you can just imagine the pain that those parents are going through and the hope that they have now. so while ashton is not considered completely cured, his prognosis we're told is very promising. >> and his family says his response to the treatment certainly reason to be hopeful. >> yeah, he's going to continue to take the drug as doctors monitor his progress. so we wish him the best. >> absolutely. in the meantime, coming up, the man who built a life-sized noah's ark. >> how do we know it's life-sized? >> how do we know it's -- because, that's what the good book says. the dimension. he read it and it told us. we'll tell you where this is. >> and how many animals he's going to put on it.

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it is time for "the mix" and we're going to throw it back here on a wednesday to, like -- >> way back wednesday. >> way back. b.c. times. because this dude in the netherlands has built a replica of noah's ark. what's believed like a replica of noah's ark. it's huge. he's been building it for years. he now wants to sail it there from amsterdam to what he called god's land to israel, so he's asking for money to pitch in. >> because it's going to cost him a lot. >> it's going to cost him more than $1.3 million to make the sail there to the middle east. >> how much are you donating? >> well, he has already spent $1.6 million of his own money to build this. it is larger than a football --

a soccer field. five floors. >> massive. for all the animals, obviously. >> yes, exactly. 410. he has some animals on board. or replicas of animals in two by two formation. >> two by two formation. >> two by two formation. once the sail begins, once the mega flood gets here then he'll start sailing. >> all right. >> he's raising the money. put in some money. >> five floors? >> five floors. >> man. >> that's huge. >> there is room for everyone on there. >> it's a tourist attraction right now. next up in "the mix," a guy in connecticut is paying a whole bunch for mcdonald's hash browns. usually they cost you a dollar, maybe two. he says a hash brown is costing him $300 for a distracted driving ticket. the guy, jason stiber, says the police officer saw the hash brown near his mouth and mistook that for his cellphone and gave him that $300 ticket.

stiber says he had no reason to put his cellphone up to his ear because he has bluetooth and even provided records when he went to court in august to fight the ticket, phone records showing he didn't make any calls during that time but it wasn't enough. a judge still found him guilty. he's still fighting it. >> what? >> he's going back to court next week, december 7th. so good luck to this guy. >> couldn't he have shown him the hash brown and said, that's what i had. >> yeah right. that was gone. usually with this sort of story it comes from the florida files, but, you know what? in this case, ohio is saying -- here. a shocked driver captured this on a road in ohio. a couch being moved on top of an suv. and a person perched atop of the vehicle to hold it still. >> very florida. >> so the person that was shooting it was saying, yeah, expressing shock at the scene. this was in dayton.

this morning on "world news now," president trump is still fuming over the general motors plan to lay off thousands of workers. he's now threatening the company and talking about it all with his frenemy canada's justin trudeau. breaking overnight, a new report is out this morning on that deadly crash of an american-made jet just last month. the plane only two months old. the report reveals how the pilots battled to keep the plane's nose up as the computers forced it down. and new this half hour, who could forget sister jean of march madness fame? >> loyola chicago's biggest fan got a very special honor and some bling. and he lives in a pineapple under the sea. >> spongebob squarepants! >> there is a lot you might not know about spongebob.

that's ahead in "the skinny." it's wednesday, november 28th. ♪ then drop on the deck and flop like a fish ♪ from abc news, this is "world news now." we'll get to "spongebob squarepants" and the news there in a few moments, but we begin with the president of the united states versus general motors. >> president trump and canadian prime minister justin trudeau shared their disappointment at gm's massive job cuts during a phone conversation. the president is also threatening to cut off all federal subsidies to the company. trump's top economic advisers saying the president feels betrayed by gm. here is abc's eva pilgrim from detroit. >> reporter: the president taking aim on gm with a threat after the largest automaker in the u.s. announced it was shutting down five plants and eliminating nearly 15,000 jobs.

the president tweeting, "very disappointed with general motors and their ceo mary barra for closing plants in ohio, michigan and maryland. nothing being closed in mexico and china. the u.s. saved general motors and this is the thanks we get? we are now looking at cutting all gm subsidies, including for electric cars." the threat comes after the president vented his frustration directly at ceo mary barra. >> i spoke to her and i expressed the fact that i am not happy with what she did. >> reporter: gm responding, saying it needs to support growth in trucks and suvs. that consumer demand forced them to eliminate low-selling cars. for workers here in detroit, shock and devastation. john sanker is a father of three. >> it's scary because a lot of jobs are going to be lost and everybody's -- everybody's afraid what they're going to do for their families. >> reporter: tara grass has worked with gm for 19 years. >> they just were -- we're just

a number now. >> reporter: this cutback undermining the promise president trump made on the campaign trail. >> let me tell you folks in ohio and in this area, don't sell your house. we're going to get those values up. we're going to get those jobs coming back and we're going to fill up those factories or break them down and build new ones. >> reporter: gm also profiting from the president's tax cut. the company saying they've gotten a benefit of $157 million this year. democrat tim ryan of ohio attacking the president. >> he does nothing but try to divide the country and start culture wars and behind the scenes the american worker's getting screwed by a company that got one of his huge tax cuts. >> reporter: the president cannot act on this issue without congress, and the idea that congress would pass legislation specifically targeting one company is highly unlikely. eva pilgrim, abc news, detroit. republican cindy hyde-smith is the winner of mississippi's

runoff senate election. hyde-smith defeated democrat mike espy by a comfortable margin in the deep-red state. their race took on racial overtones after smith mentioned attending a public hanging during the campaign. president trump appeared at rallies for hyde-smith on monday. last night she thanked him for his support and said she's ready to put the contentious campaign behind her. >> no matter who you voted for today, i'm going to always represent every mississippian. you deserve every ounce in me to go there and to make sure i can make the best decisions for every single mississippian that calls this great state home. >> hyde-smith's victory will give republicans a 53-47 senate majority when the new congress gets under way in january. over the midterm election season the gop picked up two senate seats overall. nancy pelosi is facing a key test today in her bid to reclaim her old job as house speaker. house democrats will vote this morning on whether pelosi will

be their candidate in january when they take control of the chamber. pelosi has already won over two of more than a dozen colleagues who signed a letter opposing her leadership. but a newly-elected representative from california announced that he will not support her. indonesian officials have released their findings on the deadly crash of lion air 10. they were in a life or death struggle with the new 737 safety system. a battle that ended with 189 people dead. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the data from this black box pulled from the 737 wreckage at the bottom of the java sea painting a picture of a battle in the sky between an indonesian crew and an added boeing safety system resulting in the crash that killed all 189 on board. right after takeoff, warning alarms of something wrong, but it was apparently a bad sensor and data telling the flight

computer there was a possibility of a dangerous stall. so the computer put the jet nose-down. the pilots correcting, pulling the nose back up. this happening more than two dozen times. nose down then pulled up until the jet falls out of the sky. there had been problems on this pacific jet on three previous flights but this lion air crew may not have followed procedures. >> what the crew should have done is disable the system and bring it back to land. they should have done that immediately. >> reporter: the indonesians are still looking for the cockpit voice recorder which could provide even more answers but time is running out. the battery on its pinger is only guaranteed for a couple more days. david kerley, abc news, washington. a refugee who lived in a malaysian airport for eight months has finally left that airport. hassan al kontar arrived in vancouver, canada after being granted asylum. he had to stay in the kuala lumpur airport or risk deportation to his native syria where he faced charges for refusing to join the army there.

kontar was recently arrested for loitering and was in danger of being returned to syria. a canadian nonprofit stepped in and sponsored his refugee status. there was a movie like that. was it "airport" with tom hanks? he was there forever. all right. the mexican government is awarding jared kushner with its highest honor for foreigners. kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, is being recognized for his contributions to renegotiating nafta into a new trade deal with the u.s., mexico and canada. he'll reportedly receive the award this week at the group of 20 summit in argentina. past recipients include walt disney, senator ted kennedy and bill gates. the nun who some feel provided a little divine intervention during this year's march madness now has some bling to remember the magical run. >> sister jean schmidt became a nation at celebrity during the loyola chicago men's basketball run to the final four.

the then 98-year-old was even immortalized with a bobblehead doll. >> last night the woman considered the rambler's biggest fan got a big reward. the team presented sister jean with her own final four ring. that's a huge ring. she turned 99, by the way, in august. >> man. >> since the final four run, she also threw out the first pitch at a cubs game. >> and her -- >> also met former president bill clinton and told him that she'd make him an honorary rambler. >> wow. and her bobblehead sold out in five days. >> she's popular. she's living her best life at 98, 99. >> however long it takes. >> imagine what she would have got if they won. >> it's true. it's true. >> come on. >> that's coming this year. >> try again next year. >> next year. >> good luck, guys. well, coming up, the dog attack inside an elementary school. what one brave teacher did that prevented more kids from getting hurt.

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just ad ol ed cjuw isor o. popo following him. oh, p.i.t. maneuver. what was that? he weaved in and out of traffic for more than an hour, both on highways and local streets. how are the streets that clear in l.a.? hit speeds of 85 miles an hour. narrowly missing pedestrians and bicyclists. how does it end? you know, i never know how these end. oh. >> gosh. >> he ran into the bus stop. >> what? >> wait, tid -- >> did you -- >> then he ran out. of course. they do. >> somebody in the back? two people got out. >> suspects fled -- >> what? >> on foot. they were captured eventually. >> oh, imagine that.

>> wow. but the bus stop. what did the bus stop ever do to you? well, police in oklahoma city are investigating a terrifying incident inside an elementary school that sent several children to the hospital. >> a pitbull found its way inside the school and started attacking third and fourth graders before one hero teacher saved the day. here is abc's kayna whitworth. >> is it in the school? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: this police body cam footage showing the frantic moments -- >> get in the classroom now! >> reporter: -- after a teacher tackled a pitbull in an oklahoma elementary school. it ran into the playground where about 30 students were outside for recess a week ago monday. >> this wild pitbull got loose and it's like attacking the kids. >> there's like four, maybe five kids that said they were bit. >> reporter: more than a dozen children were injured, five taken to the hospital by ambulance. 8-year-old alexander puentes bit in the leg. >> he was, like, kindful for a minute but then he got rough and he started biting people.

>> hold on. hold on. this slipped out. >> reporter: officers finally able to leash the pitbull and lead it out of the school. the dog being held by animal control. police still looking for its owner. we've learned that all of those children are expected to be okay. school officials think the pitbull got on to school grounds through a gate that had been left open. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to kayna. concern is growing over the mysterious polio-like illness that mostly targets children. >> the cdc reports ten more confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis in the past week. the disease known as afm leads to sudden paralysis and more than 90% of the patients are children under the age of 4. afm has been confirmed in 31 states but only one or two children in a million are likely to get afm. e spngsteen is

speaking candidly about his family's struggle with mental health issues. the boss tells "esquire" magazine that he and his first breakdown -- had his first breakdown in 1982. springsteen's father was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before his death 20 years ago. the rock legend believes his contentious relationship with his dad played a part in his own condition. bruce says he's on a variety of medications that keep him on an even keel. >> good for him. >> yeah. well, when we come back, spongebob's secrets revealed. and the brutally honest reason why a heavy metal band says it's breaking up. "the skinny's" next. brutally honest reason why a heavy metal band says it's breaking up.

♪ oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ♪ ♪ oh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea? ♪ >> spongebob squarepants! ♪ absorbant and yellow and porous is he ♪ >> i get the syl-lables wrong with that. stephen hillenburg, the creator of the nickelodeon show, has died at the age of 57.ttle

with a.l.s., known as lou gehrig's disease. >> this morning the tributes are understandably pouring in for hillenburg. celebrities we actually never even knew lent their voices to the show over its 19-year run. >> 19 years? >> yep. >> david bowie as lord royal highness. victoria beckham as queen amphitrite. amphitrite. even johnny depp as jack kahuna laguna. >> and don't forget mark hamill and dennis quaid. >> wow. a spongebob fun fact. it's nickelodeon's longest-running series of all time, even longer than "rugrats." >> we need to start a campaign to bring "rugrats" back. >> yeah, "rugrats" was awesome with an awesome theme song as well. >> you're right. >> so the other secret about spongebob and patrick, i guess we'll never find out.

you know. >> were they or weren't they? >> were they or weren't they? >> very bert and ernie. >> they totally were. bert and ernie. no i don't believe they were. next to our good friend gayle spoofing her niece on instagram. >> good morning, gayle. gayle king is showing the world her sense of humor by recreating some bikini snaps from her 22-year-old niece. gayle poses by her niece mackenzie during their family trip to puerto rico, including this shot leaning against a tree. okay. >> another shot involved a white hammock overlooking the water there at dorado. >> get it, ladies. >> then a third pose on the rocks gayle said, "so who did it best? swipe left. i can take it. wish i had a two-piece suit." she also pointed out in the post that her kids, her son and her daughter, who were both there at dorado beach with her wanted none of it. we don't want any part of this.

next to the bombshell news over the breakup of a beloved heavy metal band. >> so the real bombshell was the very candid reason for the breakup. toronto-based witchrot announced their untimely demise on their facebook page. >> in a brutally honest revelation, a band member who identified himself only as peter wrote -- get this -- "due to the unfortunate reality of our guitarist blanking my girlfriend of almost seven years, witchrot will be taking an extended hiatus. i, however, will continue the band in another space and time being ripe with hate. the music is slowly flowing." >> wow. >> "without a doubt will become the most devastating, torturous music i have ever created. thanks for the support. stay heavy." he ends with this. "also, our drummer died." >> you mad, bro? >> you mad, bro? >> the evidence of the breakup, a busted guitar in the trash. my goodness. >> there are many, many bands.

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we're hearing some new detail we're hearing some new details this morning about that terrifying hang gliding incident involving a man from florida. >> we're hearing him talk about his first-ever hang gliding ride and the instructor -- >> first-ever. >> -- who forgot to attach his safety harness. >> one job. >> here is abc's gio benitez. >> three, two, one, go. run, run, run. >> reporter: chris gursky of florida knew his first hang glide in switzerland would be memorable, but not like this. he and his instructor take off only to realize he's not attached to the glider. he's holding on for dear life, one hand on the bar, the other tightly around that instructor. >> i was in survival mode.he ins

tries to me ergency ndin >> just trying to hold on for dear life. i looked down once and i thought to myself, this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. i'm a goner. so after that it was just -- i was in survival mode. i just locked on and held on as hard as i could. >> reporter: the glider just goes higher and higher. gursky starts losing his grip. the instructor grabs gursky's hand all while flying the glider with one hand. >> i didn't have much grip left to me at all. my hand was opening. i was slipping. i had his pant leg. that was about it. i thought to myself, this is it, i'm going to fall to my death. i'm a goner. >> reporter: finally the instructor gets the glider closer to the ground and gursky let's go, breaking his wrist. >> i knew i was hurt. i sat up and i felt something was wrong and then the pilot came over. i stayed as calm as i could. he was afraid i would go into shock and, you know, freak out,

but i told him i was fine. so we got up and had to walk through a cow pasture and i had to crawl underneath two electric fences to get to the vehicle that they were going to take me to the hospital in. >> reporter: and gursky also tore his bicep from holding on. the swiss hang gliding association is now investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> so absolutely terrifying. of course they thought he would be in shock. >> yeah. >> he was holding on at 4,000 feet for four -- almost four minutes going 45 miles per hour. almost four minutes? >> yeah. that's insane. so after all of that, he had to go through that obstacle course to get to the vehicle. i'll tell you, these tough mudder competitions are getting even more intense these days. >> but he says he'd do it again. >> yep. you first. we're good. >> good luck. >> we're good. >> oh, goodness. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

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smile. >> makes us all smile. that's what's making news in america this morning. makingumlashing out pointing fingers. the man he's blaming for the stock market's downward slide. plus, his new pledge to retaliate against general motors for closing plants. >> i think it's shameful that, you know, we bailed them out a decade ago. >> but can the president really act alone to save jobs? the growing backlog at the border. just days after violence erupted and tear gas was fired, a dire new prediction about how desperate the situation may get, and we hear from this mother seen escaping the tear gas with her daughters. why she says she can't go home. an inspiration on the court