too. coming up, eddie murphy's big-screen comeback this weekend. but first the close call for a woman and a man when a car plowed into a storefront. see what happens next. plus in florida, the two close calls for two aircraft in the same spot just an hour apart from each other. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54. alex, what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? also $9.95 a month. i just turned 80.

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police believe it was an accident, but a terrifying one. >> fast footwork too. this morning we're hearing new details about two frightening close calls east of tampa. >> they involved a small plane and then a sheriff's helicopter. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: these two pilots literally fell from the florida sky and are alive to tell about it. this is the moment when the u.s. coast guard came to help and pued tm m mdy field in ft. meade east of tampa. one of them was flying a polk county sheriff's office helicopter. the other was flying this, a much smaller aircraft, a gyroplane. both aircraft are badly damaged. authorities are describing what happened as two separate hard landings.and s there called for

help. >> we have aisual on the pilot, and he looks --waving. >> witnesses say the sheriff's helicopter was above the scene an hour later when it went down as well. >> hey, we have mine guys telling us they have witnessed the chopper go down and it has crashed. >> reporter: one of them as he was being rescued was holding his leg in a great deal of pain. federal authorities are investigating both hard landings. it's an extremely rural and wet area, so their work won't be easy. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> our thanks to steve. also in florida, a birthday surprise turned deadly in the pensacola area. >> this is a wild story. a man shot and killed his son-in-law, who jumped out of the bushes to surprise him for his birthday. christopher bergen traveled from his home in norway to surprise richard dennis. police say dennis was totally startled and mistook bergen for a relative he'd argued with earlier. the sheriff is calling this a horrible accident. >> he turns on the back porch light, he steps out. mr. bergen jumps out of the shadows, scaring mr. dennis. mr. dennis gets off one round, striking mr. bergen, killing him

instantly. so our investigation has revealed that this was totally accidental. it was a really sad occurrence. and that no charges are warranted in this case. >> unbelievable story. the sheriff is asking people to pray for the family. also in florida, a high school football coach has been suspended for six weeks after helping a student who had nowhere to stay. >> state officials say robert weiner violated a rule preventing coaches from making living arrangements for players. weiner says the student moved from out of state and his guardian could no longer care for him. he plans to appeal the ban next week. just trying to help him out. coming up, the cherry on top of one couple's dream wedding. he's best known as sir rod stewart.

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♪ if you want my body and you think i'm sexy ♪ ♪ come on honey tell me so ♪ if you really need me just reach out and touch me ♪ ♪ come on sugar let me know i'm glad we let that breathe a little bit. >> yeah. >> rod stewart released that song in the fall of 1978, 41 years ago next month. >> but this morning there's a pair of newlyweds who aren't just calling sir rod stewart sexy, they're calling him awesome. maybe even sexy-awesome. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: sharon cook and

fiance andrew were planning their dream wedding and they wanted to come to america to do it. the british couple, their wedding party, were all booked. then that global travel agency abruptly shutting down, stranding travelers all over the world, including that wedding party. they were told they'd have to pay for new tickets. that's when caesars palace and delta airlines joined forces and helped sharon and andrew get their 14 guests to las vegas for that wedding. >> let me introduce as husband and wife for the first time to all your family and friends. we have a guest who wanted to personally come congratulate you. >> reporter: there was another brit who was also there, this one a bit more famous. >> oh my goodness. >> hi, darling, how are you? >> reporter: rod stewart, with a hug for the bride and groom. >> well done. i can't imagine how you must have felt, your disappointment -- >> reporter: but they were here, and rod stewart was about to serenade them.

>> let's do this one. i wish you all the luck in the world. come stand next to me. ♪ have i told you lately that i love you ♪ ♪ have i told you there's no one else above you ♪ >> reporter: then he turns to them. ♪ you fill my heart with gladness take away your sadness ♪ ♪ ease my troubles that's what you do ♪ >> our thanks to our david muir for that piece. after the performance, stewart invited the happy couple to come watch his show in las vegas, flew them, some friends out. >> delta, caesars palace, hooking them out, flying them first class all the way out there, met with a limousine -- >> a penthouse suite, not bad. >> yeah, pretty good. pretty sexy-awesome. >> i'd say.

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♪ time now for our "insomniac theater," previewing two movies opening at the box office. >> you all right? a little giggly? we're going to start this morning with a highly anticipated psychological thriller. joaquin phoenix starring in "joker" in the origin story for the iconic dc comic character set in gritty 1981 new york. it follows arthur fleck, a failed standup comic who turns to a life of chaos and crime in gotham city. >> think this is funny? this is a joke to you?

>> murray, one small thing. >> yeah? >> when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? >> that hooked janai. it's also starring robert de niro and francis conroy. "joker" scoring a decent 69% on rotten tomatoes. not every critic is impressed. "joker" will cling to you like the aftermath of an unfortunately realistic nightmare. resoundingly one note and punishingly dull. >> it felt creepy to me, and i'm not surprised at all. all right. and to the second movie that we're talking about. a biographical comedy starring eddie murphy, "dolomite is my name" pays tribute to filmmaker rudy ray moore best known for portraying the character of dolomite in both his standup routine and a series of black exploitation films in the '70s. >> all my life people have been telling me no. >> really?

>> sometimes our dreams just don't come true. a man slam a door in my face, i just find another door. i want the world to know i exist. >> this ain't funny and it ain't no brothers in it either. >> if i get up in that light with my own movie, i'll be everywhere all at once. let's bring dolomite to the screen. >> the actors we hire, you're a bit doughier than them. >> doughier? >> also starring wesley snipes and snoop dogg, this netflix film hits theaters this weekend and streams everywhere in three weeks. it's scoring a solid 98% certified fresh on rotten tomatoes. our producer said he could not find a negative review. a disco dandy period piece, ebullient comedy with an irresistibly inspirational message. can you dig it? consider it dug. >> ebullient, what's that mean?

>> you googled it, trevor.

this morning on "world news now," another trump phone call in question. >> just hours after he publicly encouraged china to investigate former vice president joe biden, a new report that he spoke to china's leader about biden months ago and angry president trump tweeting overnight. also this morning senator bernie sanders is getting better. his wife is sharing an update on his recovery. and when we could see him in public again. finally free. a man who spent 26 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted is now a free man. hear his emotional message when he walked out of prison. let's "taco about it." it's national taco day. it's "guac" and roll. we're here to celebrate with some tasty deals. it's friday, october 4th.

>> usually you save those for 20 minutes in. man, we got right into it. >> we did. happy friday. welcome back, trevor. >> thank you. >> how excited are you to be here? >> to the maximum, whatever's the highest on the scale, add one more to that. i get jack for the first time. jack was ducking me. i did a whole week and he was gone. we finally, after five shows, he trusts me enough to show up. >> lucky you, you got that slow clap and it's national taco day so it's a good day. we do begin with word of another highly controversial phone call involving president trump. details emerging hours after he publicly encouraged china to investigate joe biden. >> cnn is reporting the president had already raised the political prospects of biden and fellow candidate elizabeth warren in a conversation with chinese president xi jinping back in june, and that's even before the phone call to ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry. this latest revelation came the same day the former special envoy to ukraine testified on capitol hill for nearly 10 hours behind closed doors, and he

provided house lawmakers with december messages in which one top diplomat said, it's crazy to withhold aid to help a political campaign. >> the president tweeting late into the night claiming the democrats investigating him were the ones who were corrupt. >> reporter: president trump asked yet another foreign country to investigate his potential 2020 rival, joe biden. this time it was china. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with -- with ukraine. >> reporter: he even suggested he might make a direct request to the president of china. >> i haven't, but certainly something we can start thinking about. >> reporter: it comes as the u.s. and china are embroiled in a trade war. president trump says there will be talks in washington next week. >> china's coming in next week.

we're going to have a meeting with them. we'll see. i have a lot of options on china. but if they don't do what we want, we have tremendous -- tremendous power. >> reporter: joe biden's son hunter has had business dealings with china, but there's been no evidence of any wrongdoing. joe biden responded on twitter saying, you cannot extort foreign governments to help you win re-election, it's an abuse of power. the biden campaign called the president's words the equivalent of this from 2016. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. >> reporter: the president's words are especially remarkable because he is suggesting a foreign government investigate his political rival at the very moment he is facing possible impeachment for doing just that. asking the president of ukraine to do us a favor and investigate a debunked conspiracy theory about stolen democratic emails and joe biden and his son. >> i find once again the president inviting another

country to interfere in our presidential elections repugnant and a fundamental breach of his oath of office. >> reporter: in his defiance the president isn't even denying the central allegation against him. he's insisting that asking a foreign government to investigate a political rival is entirely proper. that means that this is turning out to be less a question of what the president did than a debate over what is right and what is wrong. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> our thanks to jonathan. as this is happening, we're learning about a second whistle-blower this time stemming from the battle over president trump's tax returns. >> the complaint filed by a career irs official alleges a political appointee in the treasury department attempted to improperly interfere with a mandatory irs audit program that's looking into the tax returns of the president or vice president. meanwhile, manhattan's district

attorney is accusing the justice department of trying to stop him from obtaining the president's tax records after the department tried to block a subpoena into trump's finances. breaking overnight, one person is dead and two injured after a gunman opened fire at a senior living apartment complex in vancouver, washington. that gunman lives in the building. he's now in police custody. he turned himself in after barricading himself inside the apartment for at least two hours. some residents were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place. there's no word yet on a possible motive. health officials are blaming 19 deaths in 16 states on the vaping epidemic and they say there is no sign of the outbreak slowing down. the cdc also confirms 1,080 vaping-related illnesses nationwide, up 200 from a week ago. a wisconsin teen who says he thought vaping was safer than smoking cigarettes ended up in the hospital hooked up to a ventilator and he has a message to vapors and potential users. >> if you don't smoke or vape now, please don't start. if you do, i urge you to stop

and get some help immediately. while quitting might seem really difficult, going through this is far worse. >> today the state of new york was set to begin enforcing a 90-day emergency ban on the sale of most flavored electronic cigarettes, but a vaping industry group that's suing the state has succeeded in convincing an appellate court to issue a temporary hold on enforcing that ban. a virginia doctor who illegally prescribed more than 500,000 doses of opioids has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. prosecutors say dr. joel smithers earned upwards of $700,000 from patients for those prescriptions including fentanyl and oxycodone. now to an update of candidate bernie sanders, doing well after emergency surgery for an artery blockage. the hospital is known for its cardiac care and rehab center. sanders' wife says doctors are pleased with his progress. >> he's doing great.

it's exciting that he's going to be out of here tomorrow or the next day, going to be home on the weekend. he's been spending the last couple of days just having a good time, talking to people, friends and family, so many well wishers that have called, his friends. >> sanders' campaign says he'll participate in the next debate that's on october 15th, but it's not clear when he plans to return to the campaign trail. a fourth parent has been sentenced to federal prison time in the so-called varsity blues scandal. gordon kaplan will serve a month behind bars. the former law firm chairman paid $75,000 for someone to change answers on his daughter's a.c.t. exam. kaplan was also fined $50,000 and will have to perform 250 hours of community service. this doesn't seem like something you could reschedule, but giving birth had to wait for some die-hard hockey fans in st. louis. >> john and melissa's daughter

was set to be induced wednesday. at about the same time the blues were set to raise the first stanley cup banner in club history. after a chat with their doctor, the inducement was pushed back three hours, giving them just enough time to attend the game and see the ceremony. that's a big deal down there in st. louis. >> what else have they got, you know? >> that's exactly right. that is exactly right, trevor, you tell them. >> you spent time in missouri. >> i did. >> as the only person on this anchor desk that's given birth, is there any event that you would have postponed giving birth to your son? >> i wasn't being induced, so i didn't have a choice. he just said, mom, i'm coming. >> now is the time? >> yeah. >> beyonce concert? >> oh, see, now we're talking. now we're talking. that could wait. >> a real struggle going on. >> sor, >>coming u erying you need to know about national taco day. plus geekdom at its finest for movies and tv shows to video

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million to settle claims from victims of the las vegas massacre and their families. >> there's no money that can, you know, have her back to me. >> reporter: gus castilla's daughter andrea one of 58 people killed when a gunman opened fire from his hotel room at the mandalay bay toward concertgoers below. chelsea romo was one of the hundreds injured. >> i still have shrapnel all through my forehead, i have it all throughout my brain. the fact that i can see out of my right eye they say is an absolute miracle. >> reporter: mgm, which owns the mandalay bay, initially faced criticism for suing hundreds of victims preemptively in an attempt to consolidate all lawsuits into one federal case. the company now saying in a statement, our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and the victims and their families can move forward in the healing process. >> they have stepped up and done the right thing now. that's the key. >> reporter: attorneys say it's still unclear exactly how the money will be divided. mgm says it expects the entire payout process to be completed by the end of next year. marci gonzalez, abc news, los

angeles. >> our thanks to marci. a new york man is free after spending 26 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. >> his name is carlos weeks. he was convicted of murdering a 21-year-old man and seriously injuring a 10-year-old girl president early '90s. two sisters had claimed they saw him commit that crime from their 12th floor apartment window in brooklyn. on thursday a judge overturned the conviction after one witness recanted her testimony and another said she couldn't remember what happened. >> i'm feeling good and happy to be out. i hope gonzales continues with his work because there's a lot of guys that need it. thank you very much. i feel great. i feel great. >> are you angry? >> oh -- i'm great. >> weeks is now 46. he was just 20 years old when he was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison. he spent much of his life trying to prove his innocence. there is no possibility of perjury charges. >> so the d.a. says the sisters

lied in this case in hopes of cutting a deal for a family member involved in a separate crime. so many years, so much of his life, his young life, spent behind bars. >> having to fight for it himself. >> absolutely. so brooklyn has the city's most active conviction review unit, exonerating 26 men and women since it was founded back in 2014. 26 people in just the last five years. >> right. just the ones that they've found. there could be many, many more who are still fighting that are in prison innocently. coming up next half hour, the escalating legal battle between robert de niro and his former assistant. why she's alleging gender discrimination as well as abusive behavior. what she's now released that she's using to bolster her claim. but first, get your costume ready. it is time for new york comic-con. rn. so you don't have to stash antacids here.... here... or here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc.

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why not? there's no labels. we're all here having fun with each other and it's a great event. >> reporter: where else can you see a 16-foot arcade game, a jelly bean voldemort, and fans dressed like this? >> you are an unemployed captain america from where? >> my own imagination. >> billy butcher from the boys, the amazon prime series. >> we've been doing it for a little while now. it's exciting. every year i think you get more and more into it. you develop your cosplay a little bit better. >> we've gotten better over the years. >> reporter: more than 250,000 people will pack the javits center this weekend, many sharing their love of these characters with family. >> to pass along the tradition. share the love with the family. >> he surprised me and i was so happy. >> reporter: san diego comic-con is considered the flagship annual event. more than 100 other cities hold some version of comic-con, a place for entertainment companies to connect with fans. >> we get to show off a lot of new things we have in the works from comics, video games, tv shows. >> new york is the hustle show just like the city. it's nonstop.

it keeps you on your toes. >> reporter: the new york event has its own unique challenges like how to take mass transit dressed like a dragon. >> i take the lirr. >> like that? >> i take the wings off and tail off. >> the lirr is the long island railroad. you've got to take your wings and tail off to fit, i guess. >> yeah, that's a good rule in general, i would say, for mass transit. >> right. yeah. because sometimes -- like the subway and stuff, it gets really packed. if someone has wings and you're like, excuse me. >> right. i feel people would just rip them down in new york. >> that very well could happen. so you think that new yorkers are rude and all of that, trevor? >> if you've got wings? >> trevor -- >> if you got up in my business with wings, i'm taking them down. >> so it's you who's rude. >> turns out i'm the new yorker in this scenario. >> all those people horsing around, that's exactly what one couple here in new york is doing literally.

>> magnificent transition, janai. abdul and wife have been keeping their pet horse morgie right outside their home on staten island. they initially kept morgie boarded at a stable in new jersey until they discovered there are no laws in new york city prohibiting them from keeping a horse. >> she's really taken well to the city vibe. we thought that she would get nervous in the cars if we ride her on the street but she is amazing. >> watch is the horse eat hay, that by itself is just very relaxing. it's like therapy. >> she's really taken well to the city vibe. >> an easily pleased man. morgie loves her new digs. the couple spent $5,000 building a custom stall in their driveway. they take morgie everywhere, including the drive-thru. >> that's impressive. i guess most of their neigh-bors are okay with morgie. they have a "colt" following.

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now," the impeachment battle is intensifying. pressure is facing even more scrutiny for urging china to investigate the bidens ahead of a report that he spoke to china's leader about biden. what's set to happen today on capitol hill. also this morning, a military investigation is under way. how 87 paratroopers who landed in a grove of pine trees are fog accident. and new this half hour, the woman who entered a lion exhibit has done it before. >> she did the same thing at the zoo's giraffe exhibit. poowce hw k they need help finding her. plus when taylor swift tried to shake off the anesthesia from

surgery, she just couldn't, and it wasn't the surgery that left her in tears but a banana. we'll explain in "the skinny" on this friday, october 4th. happy friday. trevor ault is back. we surprised him with his favorite t-swift song. you said that you loved that one, right? >> you said, what is my theme? the one with the horns. "shake it off." >> yeah? did she wear horns in the video. >> oh. ok at that. all the skills he's got. thank you for joining us this friday. we do begin this half hour with president trump boldly urging china to investigate joe biden even as he faces possible impeachment for asking ukraine to do the same thing. >> now sources tell cnn the president talked about joe biden and elizabeth warren, two political rivals, during a phone call with the chinese president back in june and the transcript secret server. the president is now facing a hr

issue, his tax returns. a career irs official complaining that a political appointee tried to interfere with an audit affecting the president or vice president. >> after the day-long testimony of the former u.s. envoy to to hear from the intelligence e thd ity inspector general who complaint credible and urgent. here's abc's rachel scott. >> reporter: it's the spark that lit the fiery debate over prenumivnginimac ieneshmtigate . iftential 2020 rival joe biden nghi td anhat call. ti they sh is ldoushinnvg es tchina to do the same, sending this message days before beijing officials arrive in the u.s. to resume trade talks. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: back on capitol hill, the former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, who stepped down last week, testifying behind closed doors, turning over what appears to be encrypted messages to congress obtained by abc news where a top

diplomat to ukraine tells a rin diplomats that it's quote crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. and the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, who has pushed ukrainian officials to investigate biden, says volker was in the know. kepo svo t times. they basically knew everything i was doing. pelosi says when she spoke to the president last week about his call with ukraine, he seemed shocked. she thought it violated his oath of office. >> so the surprise in his voice that he didn't understand that i thought what he did was wrong. >> rr: teorhuthnto ser, who had overs business dealings while his father helped carry out the obama administration's foreign policy as vice president. as for biden, there has been no finding of wrongdoing by either him or his son. his campaign says president's comments today ecaas rival,sia, if yo lreu'niteisng

i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.p pren ocha to't yet asked investigate the bidens but also didn't rule it out. rachel scott, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to rachel. russian president vladimir putin is heaping more praise on president trump after coming to his defense saying he sees nothing incriminating about the phone call to ukraine. >> now putin is complimenting trump on his foreign phe said r thpresolicent to holy.d s lk with north korea to defuse nuclear tensions. he made the comments as stalled talks are set to resume this weekend. for the first time we're hearing from the jurors who convicted a former dallas police officer of murdering her neighbor. >> two of them spoke exclusively with abc news about their deliberations and the decision sentence amber guyger to ten years in prison.uts' request for a 28-year sentence was too severe, especially since guyger was expressing remorse. they say botham jean was always in their thoughts.

>> you were realnking hily roum,hit utbo a you all were in that room? >> we had to. i mean, it was like -- a onho should still be here. >> coming up later this morning when jean's younger brother asked if he cod hug. out that world war ii bomber that crashed in connecticut, killing seven people. federal investigators have loada having a problem shortly after takeoff.james traficante helped passengers escape the burning we have new detas ilhaon wt could have been a tragic scene at a mississippi military post. the investigation is under way into why dozens of army national guard paratroopers missed their mark during a night traing

exer l ofhem ded cise i.n trees near camp shelby and more than >> reporter: it is one of the largest military parachute accidents in memor a nighttime training jump in leveneth pi from a c-130 that paratroopers from that aircraft drnding atop a gropif o ne on zope. with injuries. many left dangling from their chutes in the trees. one of the soldiers stuck for nearly 12 hours, all night, before he coulbe brought down. the weather was reportedly thclnds were calm.wir.ea >> the invtidegatiupil i wonn t >> reporter: jumping out of airplanes is inherently dangerous. >> i've got multiplentd ieatve s nt. >> reporter: some of the army's

elite golden knights collided last february, leaving sergeant first class richard young, who critically injured. s,brve shattered my pelvi okal left side, c-spine fracture, skull fracture. long way to go in his recovery. one with a broken back. the army says none of the injuries are life-threatening. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. there's an old saying where i come from, every zoo is a petting zoo if you believe in yourself.rkolice want to talk with the woman who climbed into the lion exhibit at the bronx zoo. >> where do you come from? >> not the bronx. >> apparently not. they're asking anyone with information about ma in the video she attempts to mpts to dance.temal watches. at

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african game reserve. it baffled guests by winding up. a rker into a natal the epnt likely ju the slope to find something to eat. they say it was never in any danger. >> mystery solved. turns out you can just walk up there. actor james franco is accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed by two former acting students. >> the actresses allege that the actor and his production company subjected them to sexually ploi auditions. in a statement franco's lawyer denied the accusations and called the lawsuit ill informed. robert de niro is facing a new onslaught in his escalating legal battle with a former assistant. >> she's accusing the actor sexist and abusive behavior. of now she's releasing the audio from a voice mail. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: graham chase robinson, a former assistant for

robert de niro, is fighting back with a $12 million lawsuit against the oscar-winning actor alleging gender discrimination. her attorneys posting this voice mail from 2012 she claims is de niro berating her for not answering his call. >> you're living in spain and you're [ bleep ] upset because you tell me how nice you have it, your life over there, and you [ bleep ] don't answer my call? >> reporter: robinson alleges the actor would ask her to scratch his back and button his shirt even as she rose through the ranks of his production company. >> how dare you [ bleep ] disrespect me, how much you did. you [ bleep ] another position, you want another position, say you want another position, go off somewhere. don't [ bleep ] get angry with me. af r epde r>> niro's company sued robinson for $6 million claiming robinson rang up hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenses on a company card and spent astronomical amounts of time binge watching netflix during work hours. de niro's attorneys calling robinson's accusations beyond absurd. robinson has taken issue with

his pay, but in de niro's lawsuit he says she was paid generously, as much as $300,000 in 2019. robinson said she was forced to resign over email back in april describing the work environment as unbearable. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to linsey. you can add claims of reprehensible behavior during a deposition to antonio brown's ledger. >> the free agent nfl wide receiver is being sued for allegedly causing nearly $100,000 in damages to a condo last year. the plaintiff's attorneys say brown showed up late, erupted in tirades, used profane language during a deposition last month. they want him hit with financial sanctions. this case is not connected to brown's civil lawsuit for rape. when we come back, why taylor swift cried over a banana. >> interesting. and the 7-year-old rap star. "the skinny" is next.

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time now for "the skinny." we're starting with taylor swift crying over a banana. >> the world now knows about this reportedly thanks to her own mother andrea swift. the singer appeared last night on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon who surprised her with video of swift recently recovering from lasik eye surgery and out of it from the anesthesia. check out the video. >> she found its neck. >> it isn't what i wanted. >> stop, you can't cry. that's not supposed to be what you're doing. >> i tried to get this one. >> let me get the other one for you. >> what do i do with this now? >> i'll leave it, i'll leave it, it's fine. >> it doesn't have a head. >> honey, it's fine. >> okay, i'm fine -- >> don't, you don't want to cry. >> so swift curled up in bed with the banana, telling her mom, i'm not asleep, my mind is alive. >> there it is.

>> my mind is alive, that's quite a catch phrase. >> yeah, i can see that on a t-shirt. swift's breakup song with the banana is already number one on itunes. coming up next -- not next, right now. the celebrity couple already planning for trick or treat night. >> so supermodel heidi klum reportedly plans to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of her legendary halloween party in couples style. >> she always does. the star tells "people" magazine she and new husband tom kaulitz are already planning their couples costume. she declined to provide clues other than it takes her ten hours to get ready. >> ten hours. last year the couple famously -- oh, this is good. dressed up as princess fiona and shrek. past costumes included eve with the apple of temptation. that's funny, yeah. she definitely goes all out. >> every year. >> we'll see what this year's going to be. are you dressing up for

halloween? >> no, i already dress up as an actual journalist five days a week, i don't really have another character to play. next to the 7-year-old rapper who's quickly turning into an overnight sensation. >> her name is mason mcmillan, aka mac-sauce. she writes her own lyrics to the beats of favorite hip-hop songs. ♪ it's a little kid fight you cannot get in ♪ ♪ we know that you're too old ♪ you know that you're not in see me playing ♪ ♪ make up with my friends first single was a hit now i'm doing it again ♪ >> not bad. her dad shared a video on twitter where it was retweeted 21,000 times and viewed by nearly 1 million people. very impressive. >> yeah, there's a lot of adults that are way worse at rapping than that, that was great. next to a former first couple celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary. >> the barack and michelle obama, former president, former first lady, celebrated their big day yesterday with a pair of social media posts sharing never before seen photos.

the former president showed this snap of the two of them facing away from the camera as they watched the sun rise in tanzania. >> the former first lady shared this photo of the two of them standing on a porch on martha's vineyard. she captioned it, here's to our next chapter of becoming empty nesters and discovering what's next. >> so exciting. >> love is in the air. >> 27 years, congratulations. for fans who can't get enough of dolly parton, hang on to your hats. >> the queen of country set to become the subject of a nine-part series in a podcast. >> "dolly parton's america" is scheduled to arrive later this fall. >> so that's great. they call her the great unifier. somebody calls her the great unifier. >> we've heard at least one person call her the great unifier. >> right, so she must be. >> she has a program where she gets parents books for free. you can sign up and she'll -- anywhere in america, she'll mail you a book every month. google. if trevor said it, it's true. >> double-check that, probably.

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♪ bad blood is ta ♪ bad blood is ♪ bad blood is taking you for a ride ♪ ♪ the only good thing about bad blood is letting it slide ♪ neil sedaka was topping the charts at number one in 1975 with elton john singing backup vocals. >> good company. meantime this week we were seeing quite a bit of bad blood in the nation's capital. here now is our weekly "friday rewind." >> president trump unleashing on twitter and in front of the cameras today after the democrats in congress said before the cameras themselves they are prepared to subpoena the white house for everything it knows about president trump's phone call with the president of ukraine saying they are quote not fooling around in their impeachment investigation. >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was just a follow-up of what i just asked you. >> listen, are you ready? we have the president of

finland, ask him a question -- >> i have one, i just wanted to follow up on the one i asked you -- >> did you hear me? ask him a question. >> i will, but -- >> i've given you a long answer, ask this gentleman a question, don't be rude. >> oh my gosh, she's crazy. >> parents in washington state getting a first look at their children's terrifying bus ride home from school. >> no, whoa, whoa -- >> police say the driver, 48-year-old katherine macaron, was under the influence while behind the wheel earlier this month. >> a much more subdued start on the royal tour. the late-night bombshell from prince harry hanging over the family's last day in africa. the prince releasing a statement slamming the british tabloids for how they're treating his wife, calling the behavior bullying which scares and silences people. the state announcing that the duchess is launching a lawsuit against "the mail" on sunday for publishing a private letter meghan wrote to her father. >> a woman is in trouble for this incident caught on camera. take a look at this bronx zoo here in new york, taunting a lion. yeah, that's crazy. the zoo calls this a serious

violation, warns it could have resulted in serious injury or death. >> we were getting ready for the show, we said, mm, i'm not really feeling chocolate candy right now. >> you can get rid of this candy corn right here. get that out of here. i like to take this and go -- eat it, uh-huh, uh-huh, yep, yep, yep. >> yes, eat that thing! >> sometimes i only do like half of it and the bottom and the chocolate nougat. >> you are a psychopath. >> then the top and then the nuts and the caramel for last, the best part. >> they told me i couldn't eat the tacos today. >> yeah? you could have tried if you wanted to. >> yeah, probably. >> any time we get food.

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>> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great day. making news in america this morning, the stunning suggestion from president trump now urging china to investigate the biden family even as he faces possible impeachment for asking ukraine to do the same. this morning, what we're now learning about the text messages provided by the former u.s. envoy to ukraine. do they show a quid pro quo? plus, the key figure testifying today on capitol hill. stunning new video of the military parachuting accident under the darkness of night. soldiers injured. some stranded in trees waiting hours to be rescued. what went wrong? abc news exclusive, the jurors who convicted former dallas police officer amber guyger of murdering her neighbor speaking out. what helped them reach their verdict?