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did you se did you see the stop sign? >> i stopped. >> you didn't stop, i got it on camera. >> we're back with this dramatic video of a police officer being

dragged during a traffic stop in lawrenceville, georgia. the driver is pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign. the officer's uniform was caught in the car as the suspect fled, dragging him on the ground for several feet. the suspect lain and is charged driving and attempting to elude police. the officer was treated for minor injuries. turning to the murder and deadly police shooting at the home of a legendary actor in southern california. >> police were called to the home of a man who played tarzan in the late '60s to find his wife stabbed to death. abc's kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: police trying to learn what sparked a deadly incident at the home of ron ely, the star best known for his role as tarzan. santa barbara authorities rushing to his residence after receiving a call about a family disturbance. >> we're going to get more people here, form up a team, clear the house and go from there. >> reporter: inside police making contact with the actor and finding his wife, valerie ely, stabbed to death. deputies immediately issuing a

shelter in place for the entire neighborhood. >> do we have an armed subject? >> unknown if armed. method was stabbing. >> reporter: police finding the alleged suspect, their son, cameron ely, on the property, who they say threatened them. deputies opening fire, killing him. no officers were injured in this incident, and authorities are now launching a criminal homicide investigation. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. thank you, kayna. this morning we're hearing from heroic high school students who jumped a classmate who brought a gun to school. >> la habra high school outside los angeles was placed on lockdown tuesday. police say a 14-year-old freshman brought a handgun to campus to either show it off or try to sell it. fellow students took matters into their own hands when they saw the gun. >> i grabbed him by his legs and pulled him down. three other of my friends came and topped on top of him to hold him stable. by then he was kind of flipped around and he said, grab his

gun. that's when i knew for sure he had a gun. >> police say the gun was not no word one faces any charges. in nebraska a man spent 24 hours trapped in a sewer, but he is expected to be okay. >> fire crews in lincoln rescued him tuesday evening. they say he'd been trapped without food or drinkable water when someone heard him screaming for help. crews found him in a four-foot-wide pipe. police are not sure how he got there. they say he had a backpack and a bicycle with him. coming up, the feminist revenge comedy cult classic that's getting a reboot. >> the new stars who are giving "the first wives club" a fresh take. ♪ tough as a knot ♪ rocking the stage ♪ and we never gonna stop ♪ just t♪ all strength. ♪ no sweat secret. all strength. no sweat.

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ivana? ivana? i want to thank you for coming so much. >> of course. >> thank you so much. again. >> ladies? we have to be strong and independent and remember. >> what? >> don't get mad, get everything. >> that was ivana trump making a classic cameo back in 1996 in "the first wives club," which 23 years later has now become a cult classic. >> now it's being remade into a tv series on "b.e.t. plus" with an updated cast. here's abc's marci gonzalez. ♪ you don't own me >> reporter: the iconic feminist anthem brought to the screen in the cult classic "the first wives club." ♪ you don't own me >> reporter: recently given new life in a series with the same

name with a noticeable distinction. all of the leading ladies are women of color. "the first wives club" reboot now streaming on b.e.t. plus stars soul singer jill scott, ryan michelle bathe, and michelle buteau. >> the bartender, he wants to give me the deets. >> reporter: with their takes on the original film's characters played by bette midler, diane keaton, and goldie hahn. the sassy new york women in the original story coming together to overcome some major life struggles. >> and remember. >> what? >> don't get mad, get everything. >> reporter: traded in for younger women. >> my, my. the bulimia certainly has paid off. >> reporter: a mother searching to find her voice. yet through their bond as best friends, they come out stronger, a theme repeated in the reprisal. >> no, that is not life.

we've got to start living our lives for ourselves. >> we are amazing. >> reporter: in the series, songstress jill scott's character's marriage crumbles in a public and embarrassing way. >> i knew derek was cheating. >> you knew and the only thing you did was throw your phone? >> reporter: like the movie she leans on her girlfriends. the mastermind behind this bingeable series, tracy oliver, knows a thing or two about strong women. she was also the creator of the $100 million blockbuster film "girls trip." the original was set in 1996. now more than 20 years later, the social contrasts are glaring. a very different representation of women in so-called midlife. >> we're going to show people that even after 40 you can still have fun, you can be beautiful

and sexy and fabulous. >> reporter: the project highlighting a historic moment now happening in hollywood with diversity on screen and off. >> i mean, it's a dream, honestly. when i was first starting out in the business, i didn't get those opportunities. i used to write about women of color, and then i would have people say to me, you're a good writer but this will never get made. because no one wants to see that story, no one's going to buy that story. >> reporter: on the show and in real life, these women own that message, putting a spotlight on the essential power of sisterhood. >> what do you hope the takeaway message is? >> you've got to laugh to keep from crying. there's room for the tears but it's like, okay, girl, let's get up. that's what friends are there for. >> i just hope that everybody realize is it's the people who live you up that you need to keep closest to you. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm marci gonzalez in west ts for that, that looks like it's going to be good. >> looks like a hit on b.e.t. plus and it's streaming right now. coming up, the robotic hand that solves a rubik's cube. >> wait, what? that's next on "world news now." ws now."

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♪ we always love to tell you when robots are taking steps to take over the world. it's part of our job here. >> they're a little bit closer. >> on early morning news. this is the latest example. this robot hand there, solving a rubik's cube with one hand. >> one hand. >> one hand. >> one hand, no brain, but it's got it all figured out. yeah, right. wait, what? solving a rubik's cube with one human-style hand. so this might not sound all that impressive but it becomes a lot more interesting when you learn that the bot's creators never actually told it how to accomplish its goal. >> wait, what? tne >> no. >> they didn't like program it? >> the robot was just like, i got it.

>> i got this. i don't believe it. >> i mean -- wait, what? it's in the notes right here. >> that's impossible. >> no. open a.i., the artificial intelligence research group behind this work of art, it says this type of work is crucial in the progress of multipurpose robots that will require dexterity on par with a human. >> so first the rubik's cube, next -- >> the world. >> yeah. how about a fact that plants can now take selfies. i'm waiting for your wait, what on this one. >> wait, what? >> yeah, thank you. apparently they've got this plant there taking the world's first -- >> wait, wait, wait what? >> a plant-powered selfie. >> what kind of plants are those? >> a green one there in london, london zoo. what it does is builds up enough energy to power a camera, then bam. >> oh, so that plant has -- >> not with the iphone 11, a little blurry there. >> i want a plant that waters itself. that opens the blinds so it gets the sun. i can't keep a plant alive to

save my life. >> just talk to it. breathe on it. >> you can do it, plant! that will not make a plant live. >> speaking of just trying to live. >> wait, what? a pelican waiting in line hoping to get something. >> some fish and chips. >> right. i'm saying it. i mean, that pelican does not know -- oh, yes, i would like fish and chips. >> that pelican obviously does know. it's not being rude. it's not stepping -- >> where's its purse? it's obviously being rude, how's it going to pay? excuse me, mr. pelican. >> it tells somebody outside the store, hold my purse. >> wait, what? >> that bird better get out of the way before it gets poked in the eye. that bird says, i'm going to get this fish and chips, i'm going to enjoy it. >> wait, what? >> it's going to be great. i'm going to take -- this is really the lazy way for this bird to get the fish because it should be diving into the ocean, right? >> and scooping it right out.

this morning on "world news now," the dramatic face-to-face meeting over syria. >> the president on one side, the house speaker on the other. democrats say trump had a meltdown but he's telling a different story. we have the heated war of words. deal reached. gm's 48,000 union members have agreed on a tentative labor contract after a month-long strike. some workers are skill skeptical about it. 30 years after one of the most devastating earthquakes in california's history, the major milestones and the new initiatives being launched today. plus it's national pasta day. you can celebrate with spaghetti, lasagna, linguini, rigatoni. just think of all the pasta-bilities. when olive garden says, when you're here, you're family. it's thursday, october 17th. oh, it's time to load up on the carbs.

>> it's national pasta today, national holiday indeed. we'll get to that in a few minutes. we begin this half hour with president trump blasting house speaker nancy pelosi after an explosive meeting at the white house focused on his sudden decision to pull u.s. troops from syria. >> the president posted photos of the meeting after democratic leaders walked out. this one captioned saying quote nervous nancy's unhinged meltdown. but democrats say it's the president who had a meltdown calling pelosi a third-rate politician. she suggested he was shaken up after so many house republicans voted to oppose his decision to leave kurdish allies to fend for themselves. >> the president also took a swipe at the kurds saying quote they're no angels and handed out copies of a bizarre letter he wrote to turkey's president

about the assault on the kurds. >> as the president defends his decision the vice president and secretary of state are arriving in turkey hoping to negotiate a cease-fire. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: at the white house president trump defended his decision to abandon the kurds. further distancing himself from america's allies in the fight against isis. >> the kurds know how to fight. and as i said, they're not angels. they're not angels. take a look. >> the yeas are 354 -- >> reporter: shortly after the president spoke, the house of representatives, democrats and republicans, overwhelmingly voted to condemn his decision to pull american troops from northern syria. later congressional leaders went to the white house to discuss syria, but democrats say they were so offended by the way the president spoke, they walked out of the meeting. >> what we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown, sad to say. >> he was insulting, particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely, but he called her a third-rate politician.

a nasty diatribe not focused on the facts, particularly the fact of how to curtail isis, a terrorist organization that aims to hurt the united states in our homeland. >> reporter: on syria, democrats and republicans in congress are largely united in opposition to the president. >> he will have american blood on his hands if he abandons kurds, because isis will come back. >> lindsey graham just said of your remarks that you made in the oval office that if you keep talking like that quote this will be a disaster worse than obama's decision to leave iraq. >> no, lindsey graham would like to stay in the middle east for the next thousand years with thousands of soldiers and fighting other people's wars. >> reporter: fox news obtained a short letter the president sent turkish president erdogan on the same day turkey launched its offensive against the kurds. let's work out a good deal, he wrote, you don't want to be

responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy. and i will. history will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen. don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. the white house offers a very different description of what happened at that meeting. according to white house press secretary stephanie grisham quote the president was measured, factual, and decisive. she says that the speaker's decision to walk out of the meeting was quote baffling and the white house points out that other democratic members of congress that were at the meeting stayed behind until it was over. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. from that to the impeachment showdown quickly moving forward with another key diplomat in the hot seat. >> u.s. ambassador to the european union is scheduled to testy today. gordon sondland was negotiating with ukraine along with rudy giuliani even though ukraine is not part of the eu. >> sondland texted another official saying there was no quid pro quo as the president withheld aid to ukraine while pressing for an investigation

into joe biden and his son. but he's expected to say those were the president's words, not his. abc news has learned the president's former adviser on russia testified this week that sondland was a potential national security risk. it was a wet commute for us into the office overnight, a nasty nor'easter is slamming the northeast this morning with drenching downpours and raging winds. >> the heaviest rain hit during the evening rush flooding streets and highways, knocking -- gusting winds have knocked out power to tens of thousands from new york to new hampshire. and the storm is blamed for a deadly crash outside philadelphia. three people were killed when a van rolled over on a slick wet r sws the storm on the move, intensifying as it takes aim at northern new england. high wind watches and warnings are in effect from eastern pennsylvania to maine. federal health officials say the dangerous and deadly effects of a mysterious vaping-related lung disease are increasing

every day. the latest numbers from the cdc show the illness has killed at least 31 people in 22 states, about 1,300 people have been affected. the victims have been as young as 17 and as old as 75. a top cdc official told congress yesterday those numbers are expected to be considerably worse when new figures come out this week. gm workers could soon be heading back to work after a 31-day strike. the automaker union leaders have reached a tentative deal for a new contract. details of the proposed four-year deal haven't been fully released but workers are expected to receive 3% to 4% raises or lump-sum bonuses. 49,000 united auto workers must also approve the deal. >> i'm a little apprehensive because i don't know what outcome it's going to be. >> i haven't heard anything about the temporary workers, anything about our jobs going to mexico and china. those are going to be two of the big sticking points. >> it will probably take two weeks to finalize the deal. this has been the union's longest work stoppage against gm

in nearly 50 years. a california businesswoman was sentenced to three weeks in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal. prosecutors say she paid $15,000 to manipulate her son's a.c.t. exam. she's also accused of falsely listing her son as black or hispanic on college applications. clapper is the ninth parent sentenced in the college admissions case and the eighth parent to get prison time. crews at the scene of last weekend's deadly building collapse in new orleans have moved from rescue into recovery mode. officials say all indications are the one worker still unaccounted for did not survive. one body was pulled from the rubble sunday, another has been located but not removed. investigators say no signs of life have inveion in murde an american lawyer in the island nation of micronesia southwest of hawaii. >> rochelle bergeron and her dog were gunned down in what the governor calls a senseless and heinous act.

abc's marci gonzalez has details. >> reporter: on the tranquil on called home, a horrifying and unexplained murder. the american lawyer returning from her daily run when she was shot three times. her husband simon inside their house in micronesia making brownies monday night when he says he heard the gunshots. >> three shots, pretty loud. i didn't see any of the -- like the shooter and stuff. i came out and i saw rochelle and our dog dead. i kind of fell by her, not really thinking about anything else. >> reporter: simon and a neighbor rushed the 33-year-old to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. bergeron, who grew up in wisconsin and moved to the tiny island of yap in 2015 where she was promoted to acting attorney general, was beloved there. the governor calling this a dark day in their history. >> the yap spirit is broken by this senseless and heinous act. >> reporter: bergeron's grieving

husband questioning whether her job prosecuting the island's toughest criminals may have made her a target. >> she really loved justice. >> reporter: right now there are no suspects and the fbi is joining local authorities in the investigation. janai and kenneth? >> our thanks to marci there. investigators continue to search for the cause of a massive explosion at a refinery in the san francisco area. >> atf, state, and local law enforcement served a search warrant at the facility in crockett. authorities say this is common. the fire burned for seven hours, triggered shelter in place orders, and shut down a major interstate. at least two tanks were destroy. >> two suspected cheese thieves have been nabbed in california. >> police say two men stole $50,000 in cheese from the food plant where they worked near fresno.

apparently the pair have been taking the merchandise for two years according to police, then selling it on social media, at flea markets, and door to door. police recovered what they say were large amounts of the stolen products, and we will hold the cheesy jokes on this one. unless you got one. >> i'm wondering who is buying cheese on social media. >> or people come to your door with cheese. >> you know what i think i do. >> brie? we don't know what kind, right? >> no. >> variety. the gouda kind? >> the gouda cheese. coming up, the 30-year surprise for a mom in wisconsin. what a cop gave her out of the goodness of his heart during a traffic stop. plus the controversial plea deal in which a former police officer will get no jail time for accidentally killing a woman. tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget,

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and you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. and it's yours just for calling. so call now. a plane that crashed near harrisburg, pennsylvania, has been raised from its watery resting place. yesterday a heavy-duty helicopter brought in from canada pulled it to the surface. the plane crashed nearly two weeks ago with two people on board who survived. a plea deal in a deadly officer-involved shooting

>> a 73-year-old retired librarian taking part in a community safety workshop was shot and killed by an officer doing a demonstration with a gun that he shot was loaded with blanks. that former officer will get no jail time. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: florida prosecutors agreed the officer seen here in street clothes during a community demonstration will serve no jail time for the accidental shooting death of this woman, 73-year-old mary knowlton. her family says it feels like authorities let them down. >> i don't know, it doesn't seem like we've got justice. >> reporter: in 2016 the retired librarian was randomly selected from the crowd for this use of force exercise in the parking lot of the police station where former police officer lee cole was pretending to be the criminal and she the police officer. this is the moment when he fires four shots. they were supposed to be blanks. but they weren't.

she died at the hospital. since the accident, police in the department have been blaming each other for the gun safety mistakes. in court cole had tears in his eyes. he agreed to ten years of probation, hugged and kissed his wife, then walked away. >> had we got an apology from the police or lee, that would have made a hell of a big difference in how we felt. >> reporter: a police captain resigned and the police chief was eventually fired, but a lieutenant who was also caught up in this remains on the force. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. a milwaukee mom got a pleasant surprise and a present during a traffic stop. >> officer kevin zimmerman pulled over andrela jackson because of a problem with her registration. he noticed her two young children didn't have car seats. instead of a ticket, officer zimmerman bought her two car seats and installed them. >> i see lots of accidents. seen kids get hurt, seen them get killed. something as simple as a car seat properly installed could have helped them out if not saved their life.

>> i'd like to show him my appreciation, show people in milwaukee, whatever, every cop's not bad. you can't lump all cops. >> the seats cost about $80. officer zimmerman said he has three kids of his own and his parents and the police academy instructors taught him to always try to do the right thing. when you hear numbers like 35% of children who died in car crashes were not buckled up, and the numbers are even higher for hispanic and black children, that means even more. >> that officer saying he was trained to do the right thing, everybody can appreciate that. coming up next half hour, the remarkable rescue by a state trooper. with only seconds to spare, how that trooper saved the life of a driver in distress stalled on train tracks with a train bearing down. first, 30 years after the deadly bay area earthquake this california, what more than 16

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♪ it was exactly 30 years ago today that one of the deadliest earthquakes in u.s. history rocked northern california. >> the magnitude 6.9 quake killed dozens, injured thousands, and cost billions of dollars in damage. will ganss is here with the sights and sounds plus what's happening today.

will, good morning. >> good morning. yeah, it was game three of the world series, the oakland a's taking on the giants at home in san francisco. thousands there in the stadium and millions more watching at home when one of the worst earthquakes in california and the united states' history struck. >> we interrupt our regular program scheduled to bring you a special report from abc news. >> i'm ted koppel. there has been a rather strong earthquake in northern california. >> reporter: october 17th, 1989. california's central coast rocked by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake just after 5:00 p.m. >> it's a frightening feeling, and up above us the lights are starting to shake a bit. we don't know what's happening outside the studio at this time. >> reporter: the damage devastating. >> you can see the fire down past me. what has happened is the natural gas lines have ruptured, and that is what has caused that fire. the water lines have ruptured. there is no water coming out of the fire hydrants. >> reporter: buildings burning

in san francisco. others collapsing just like they did in santa cruz. debris killing three people there. a section of the san fran-oakland bay bridge collapsing. >> two cars that were on the upper deck when the bridge collapsed, they fell below. >> reporter: in west oakland, 42 people losing their lives when a double-deck section of interstate 880 crumbled. president george h.w. bush surveying the devastation caused by what would forever be called the loma prieta earthquake. >> sad in some ways, yet genuine appreciation for the way this community is pulling together. >> reporter: in all, 63 people were killed and another 3,700 injured. experts saying that number would have been much worse had it not been for the world series game being played in san francisco. the giants taking on the oakland athletics, which meant at the time fans were more likely off of those bridges and roads that collapsed. 30 years later, that part of the bay bridge has been completely replaced. the damaged freeways and buildings rebuilt. and today, 16.4 million people

are set to take part in the great shakeout earthquake drill, the largest in history. also this afternoon, earthquake early warning alerts will become publicly available throughout all of california, marking the nation's first statewide quake warning system. those early earthquake cell phone warnings will function the same way as the wireless notification systems that issue amber alerts on our phone. e. i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about the colonial penn program. 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.

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♪ it's time for "the mix." >> guys, it is time for "the mix." go ahead and unbutton your pants because it is national pasta day. >> we are mixing it up with some spaghetti sauce, some spaghetti, and we got the meats in this sauce right here. >> this is straight out of the vending machine downstairs. but whatever. >> and guess what? on this national -- >> don't spill it on yourself, now. >> pasta -- wait, you're right. >> oh my gosh. you know, i usually love food days but i did just finish my cup o' noodles. >> i said pizza day just now. so there are deals, folks. romano's macaroni grills. >> olive garden. >> first responders, never-ending pasta bowl for

$10.99. >> there's no seasoning. >> mm. >> there you go, nice. >> can i have some salt, please? can i have some salt and pepper, please? could use a little seasoning. this was not prepared by my mother. definitely not. >> however you indulge today, make sure you do it and do it good. don't even think about the carbs. but if you are going to have other carbs, bread, don't put this butter on your bread. it is a butter sculpture of the boris johnson. >> oh. >> prime minister johnson there. it contains about 100,000 calories. >> oh! >> why did they do that? >> speaking of why would they do that, you know some people put just butter on noodles and eat

that. >> some people do. >> yeah. on pasta. >> it's like the wisconsin state fair only different. >> you've got to at least add the garlic and the parmesan. >> you do, you do. should we get right to this bear that says, this bear's going to do what it wants because it wants sushi out of this dumpster from this sushi restaurant? >> i smell some fish and i want some fish. >> i want it. i want it and i want it now. i need it in my life. maybe this bear could just have some pasta. >> these some are big old plates of pasta. >> going to get my salt yet? >> yeah, right. >> make sure you watch your salt intake, you know, obviously for those that are getting older. >> that is your public service announcement.

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this morning on "world news now," the impeachment showdown ramping up today. the ambassador to the european union, a trump mega donor, is headed to capitol hill to be grilled about a conversation with ukrainian officials. what we can expect. also this morning thousands of people are waking up in the dark as a nor'easter slams several major cities. winds are gusting up to 70 miles an hour and flood watches are in effect. we're tracking this major storm. and new this half hour, a remarkable rescue caught on camera. >> see the last-minute save a trooper made when a driver got stuck on the tracks. two years after its release, "despacito" is still breaking records. just what the hit song did to beat out both "uptown funk" and justin bieber later this half hour in "the skinny" this thursday, october 17th.

♪ >> from abc news in new york, this is "world news now" with janai norman and kenneth moton. good thursday morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us. we're more than halfway through october. l friday. >> one day till friday, here we go. we begin this half hour with the fast-moving impeachment investigation, lawmakers preparing to hear from another official embroiled in the ukraine scandal. european union is heading to capitol hill despite an attempt by the white house to block his testimony. >> gordon sondland is expected to be questioned about text messages to other diplomats that appear to show the president was trying to use military aid to ukraine as leverage to get dirt on joe biden.

we're getting new details about why a former aide was concerned about sondland's conduct. this morning a key figure in the impeachment inquiry preparing to testify. the ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, will appear before three house committees. now abc news has learned the president's former top russia adviser, fiona hill, believed sondland was a potential national security risk because of his inexperience. sondland is a trump mega donor with no diplomatic experience. hill told house investigators during her testimony that she was concerned about sondland's cell phone use, according to abc's mary bruce. >> hill said he would frequently use his personal cell phone for diplomatic affairs, potentially leaving him vulnerable and reportedly took it upon himself to invite foreign officials to the white house. david hill was so concerned that she reportedly raised this issue with white house intelligence officials. >> reporter: sondland defended the president against accusations that trump was withholding military aid to ukraine until the ukrainians agreed to investigate joe biden and his son. in text messages already turned over to house investigators, america's top diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, writes, i

think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland responds, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. according to the "washington post," sondland is expected to tell congress today that response was essentially dictated by the president. trump has cited ambassador sondland's text to clear himself. >> the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who's highly respected, was, there's no quid pro quo. he said that. >> you may remember sondland was expected to testify last week when he agreed to appear without a subpoena but the white house blocked him from testifying. president trump is questioning the mental stability of house speaker nancy pelosi, calling her a sick person after she walked out of a white house meeting on turkey's offensive against the kurds in syria. >> the president also tweeted photos from the meeting claiming pelosi had a meltdown, echoing the same words she used earlier to describe his behavior.

pelosi is using it as her twitter cover photo, clearly proud of the image. >> this was their first face-to-face meeting since pelosi launched the impeachment inquiry. they didn't discuss the investigation. pelosi said the president was a vote opposing his decision to abandon the kurds. >> what we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown. he was shaken up by it and that was why we couldn't continue in the meeting because he was just not relating it. >> he was insulting. particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely. but he called her a third-rate politician. >> democrats also said the president called former defense secretary jim mattis the world's most overrated general, and he took aim at the kurds saying they're no angels. a powerful nor'easter is bringing relentless rain and winds strong enough to knock out electricity to tens of thousands

of customer. >> the radar shows the storm growing stronger as it rumbles toward maine. airport delays and cancelations are likely for most of the day. >> forecasters warn that winds could gust as high as 80 miles an hour along the coast from massachusetts to maine. 50 to 60 miles an hour from philadelphia to new york. birmingham's police chief is making an urgent and passionate plea for help in locating a missing 3-year-old girl. the chief is asking for any information or video that could help bring camille "cupcake" mckinney home. police say she was kidnapped saturday night during a birthday party. investigators searched an apartment complex three hours on wednesday after receiving a tip, but found no signs of the toddler. >> if you know where camille is, that you contact us. that you please bring her to a safe location. and we will follow up from there. we need your help.

we believe that you know where she is, and we believe that someone has her. >> little camille's family is also begging for her return. detectives interviewed two persons of interest. they were not charged, they were charged however for unrelated counts. a reward totaling $25,000 is being offered. breaking overnight, for the second time this decade chicago teachers are set to go on strike. union members plan to walk off the job today in a battle over pay, class size, and support staff. yesterday mayor laurie lightfoot said the teachers' demands would cost $2.5 billion that the city doesn't have. the union says its members and the students have been cheated for too long. >> we went through point by point what's on the table so far, and our delegates overwhelmingly, unanimously reaffirmed that tomorrow will be the first day of a strike. because we have not, we have not achieved what we need to bring justice and high-quality schools to the children and teachers of chicago. >> chicago's public school

system is the third-largest in the nation, with 400,000 students. anticipation of the walkout. the last strike was back in 2012. animal experts are trying to figure out what caused a sad but incredible scene outside the nascar hall of fame in charlotte. about 300 birds slammed into the building's windows last night. at least 100 died from head trauma. dozens of others suffered broken bones. experts say the birds may have been startled and flew toward the lights in the building. looking for a new pickup truck? or belt? or a prosthetic eye? try heading to the pittsburgh international airport. >> those are some of the items lost or forgotten at the facility going up for auction saturday morning. about 10,000 abandoned pieces of property will be available, including the fake eye, lots of

laptops, books, and vehicles. that's just incredible. all of it was left behind by passengers apparently in a hurry. >> scuba gear, prosthetic eyeballs, wedding rings. all kinds of things people leave at the airport. >> everything is fair game? >> everything is fair game. we have really nice cars here. we have vehicles somebody paid a lot of money for and left behind here. >> the nicest of the 15 vehicles is a custom 2015 gmc denali pickup worth $35,000. look, when you're trying to make that flight, just leave it behind. >> the vehicles went unclaimed after being left in the parking lot for 45 days, owners never responded to outreach from the state. >> they're on foreign trips, international trips, they just didn't respond or didn't want the vehicle. >> i left a watch once, and i was mad. a car? >> i left 35 cents once and i ran back to get that. bling bling, ching ching. >> counting nickels.

coming up, the new milestone for the last living rosie the riveter. first, the dramatic last-second rescue caught on camera. the state trooper whose quick action has turned him into an overnight hero. later in "the skinny," ahear aniston tells jimmy kimmel what she learned during her visit to "gma." immel what she learned during her visit to "gma."

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in florida the search is on to find two women accused of drugging and robbing a 69-year-old tourist from the cayman islands. they approached the victim while playing poker. they were then caught on camera slipping something into the man's drink at the hard rock casino. police say the two women stole $1,000 and a rolex worth approximately $15,000. in utah a state trooper is being hailed a hero this morning for his quick action and a breathtaking rescue. >> a driver was unconscious behind the wheel, his car stalled on tracks with a train barreling down on him. here's abc's will carr. >> reporter: a life saved with seconds to spare. %-p ruben correia racing up that embankment.

he was making a traffic stop when a call came in for a car stuck on the tracks. the driver unconscious. the train's headlights racing toward the car. >> we've got to get out of here, we've got a train coming! >> he wasn't responding. then i heard the horn from a train. >> we've got a train coming! >> reporter: correia believes the collision threw the car 30 feet down the tracks. >> i got the driver out. >> within a second of that collision, so maybe just a second later, then it would have been a different outcome. >> reporter: that trooper being called a hero. that driver suffered an unknown medical condition at the time. the trooper says that he had no time to think, he was just doing his job. in los angeles, will carr, abc news. a california jury awarded more than $5 million to a woman accusing a billionaire of sexual battery and harassment on the job. >> lauren reeves worked as a writer and talent for a network and another company owned by

coca-cola bottling air alkey david. reeves testified david frequently propositioned her for sex and once put a hand around her throat, among other offenses. reeves is the third woman to take david to court over sexual harassment allegations. no word if david plans to appeal his verdict. now is your chance to buy some of celebrity chef anthony bourdain's prized possessions. >> bourdain's estate is auctioning his art, furniture, and other items. highest bid is $21,000 on a custom steel and meteorite chef's knife. proceeds will go to a culinary scholarship as well as his daughter and estranged wife. the online auction is open until october 30th. when we come back, two years after its release, "despacito" breaks another record. jennifer aniston opens up on "jimmy kimmel" about "gma." ♪ despacito

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♪ despacito ♪ despacito we knew he was going to pull out the moves. >> "the skinny" starting with a milestone for "despacito." >> two years after its release,

luis ponzi's hit featuring daddy yankee has broken a new record becoming the most-watched video in the 10-year history of the video-hosting service. >> racking up 6.4 billion views since its release in early 2017. coming in a distant second place with half as many views is mark ronson's "uptown funk." in a close third place justin bieber's "sorry." >> i love "uptown funk" and pretty much anything by bruno mars. i'm not familiar with this "despacito" song. >> how? it was on everything. >> i know, but i'm not. >> it's been in my head since 2017, and in my body. >> i don't even know how to bop along to it. i don't know where i was.

>> really? >> i know. lost on me. >> what were you doing in 2017? >> i was all pregnant. >> oh, that's true. you weren't listening to music. >> i was listening to music, i was just pregnant. >> the baby was kicking. you were reading a lot, i remember. i was your office mate. she read a lot, i did not. >> now i will read again. next, jennifer aniston on the morning show grind. >> the former "friends" star sat down with ji night dishing about her new show on apple tv that's close to our own hearts called "the morning show." >> the show spotlights the behind the scenes drama of a morning show. she got a firsthand schooling right here at abc. >> i went and i shadowed "gma." got there at 7:00 in the morning. it is a fascinating world. it's like an engine that revs up for two hours from 5:00 to 7:00 and it's just -- >> they go go go. >> it's like something you've never seen. the guy was like, i don't need adderall, this is my adderall. >> behind the scenes drama. she won't be needing adderall with her new weekly paycheck.

she and costar reese witherspoon will be pulling down 2 million bucks per episode. for a total of $20 million person. >> "the morning show" will debut on apple tv plus on november 1st. >> i'll be watching it. >> drama. meantime we have an update on jennifer's new foray into the world of instagram. >> poking fun about how she temporarily crashed the site on tuesday with her "friends" reunion snap, she posted a funny clip. from the first episode of "the morning show." just two posts in, she's already self-promoting, clearly she's already mastered the gram. >> she has, she's good on the gram. >> you go. is there a nickname for her? >> yeah, it's like -- there was when she was in a relationship -- >> now she's her own woman. do we have a nickname for her? you go, jen. you go, girl. >> it's called the aniston with the hair. remember? next to life imitating art. >> unfortunately for one fan of the movie "superbad," what started out as a hilarious and fictional scene wound up getting him arrested.

let's refresh your memory. >> who are you? all right, that's good. hard to trace, i guess. >> wait. you changed your name to mclovin? mclovin? what kind of a stupid name is that, what are you trying to be, an irish r&b singer? >> they let you pick any name you want when you get down there. >> you land on mclovin? >> yeah, it was between that and mohammad. >> 21-year-old daniel burleson from iowa there was approached by police at a bar when they suspected he was drinking underage. they spotted a fake i.d., an exact replica of the mclovin i.d. from the movie. >> he was charged with drinking underage and possession of a fake i.d. seth rogen's response? my work here is done. here's something else we're really mclovin. "mrs. doubtfire" is heading to broadway. >> the 1993 big-screen comedy is getting the big-stage makeover. producer kevin mccollum who won tonys for "in the heights" and

"avenue q" and "rent" told "the new york times" the family-friendly plot is ideal for broadway but admits filling the lead role owned by robin williams will be a challenge. >> would you like another drop? oh, there you go, there you go. "mrs. doubtfire" will run in seattle later this year before running in previews in march of next year here in new york. for an april 5th opening. love that movie. finally to a new milestone for a former nfl star turned philanthropist. >> former tampa bay buccaneers running back ward dunn has donated a home to a single mother in st. petersburg, florida. it's the 173rd home he's helped to provide to parents in need. >> really incredible. dunn's mother died when he was 17 years old, and he began his initiative to help single parents in conjunction with habitat for humanity as a way to honor his own mother and family. so great. 173 families hugely impacted by his good will. >> well, well done.

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♪ she works hard for the money ♪ she works hard for the money so hard for the money ♪ ♪ she works hard for the money so you better treat her right ♪ working hard for her money, the woman personified, the modern labor movement as the last rosie the riveter is about to hit a milestone. >> eleanor otto is about to turn 100 years old later this month on october 28th. friends and family are already gathering in her home in long beach, california, to celebrate. >> otto joined the war effort in 1942, working as a riveter at the roar air force corporation. over the years the company was taken over by boeing which shut the plant down five years ago. >> otto was still working as a riveter at age 95 when the plant closed. her secret to long life, keep your sense of humor. >> i mean, working hard for the money.

to a little lady on the opposite end of the age spectrum. >> hearts are melting over a video of a 5-year-old girl describing the first time she met her adoptive parents. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: this is 5-year-old gabby, adopted from china when she was 4. big sister lily also adopted from china. here she is talking to her mom about her adoption and about her sister, lily. >> little babies. >> reporter: this is the moment gabby tells her american mother how she felt the day they met in china. >> we was very excited to meet you and our daddy. and we love you guys. and we want to be here for you and daddy. >> aww. and i was very excited to meet you too. >> reporter: gabby then talking about what the adoption did for her heart. >> well, do you know what happened to my heart? >> what happened to your heart? >> well, for the first time i told you, well, i saw you, my

heart fell in love with you. >> your heart fell in love with me? oh, my heart fell in love with you too. >> reporter: now us too. the family telling us, we are thankful this precious message is spreading worldwide and our hope is that more hearts and homes are open to adoption because of precious gabby. >> when i saw you, my heart fell in love with you. >> and our heart is just filled this morning as well. our thanks to david muir there. that video has racked up nearly 500,000 views and i think it will get a few more. >> yes, easy to see why. all the love there from gabby to her new family. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> don't go anywhere, stay with us. run to the bathroom, ce ba, more news. >> wake and up then go to the bathroom.

making news in america this morning, the war of words at the white house. top democrats storming out of the meeting with the president over syria. >> he was insulting, particularly to the speaker. he called her a third-rate politician. >> president trump tweeting out this image calling it speaker pelosi's unhinged meltdown. what happened behind those closed doors. impeachment showdown. a key witness, ambassador gordon sondland expected to face house investigators in just hours. his testimony, a possible crucial moment in the inquiry. plus, new details about a white house adviser's concern that sondland is a potential national security risk. on strike. classes canceled this mornin