me down♪ good morning. i'm kenneth moton. >> i'm elizabeth hur in for janai norman. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." a tornado reportedly swept through northwestern dallas overnight. tens of thousands are without power and there are reports that a supermarket roof collapsed. and another storm system is on its way to the region. a full forecast straight ahead. the first landmark federal opioid trial is slated to start today in cleveland. an offer of $48 billion in cash was rejected during a last-minute settlement talk. attorneys clashed over distribution of the settlement. for the 34th time since last december, a race horse has died at santa anita park near los angeles. a race horse suffered a leg injury on saturday and was put down.

the rash of horse deaths at the track has animal rights advocates calling for an end to horse racing. my friend, my buddy, my pal jimmy kimmel is set to kick off his annual week in brooklyn with a star-studded guest list that will include bruce springsteen, alicia keys, and eddie murphy and surprises that as of this morning he's keeping a lid on. those are some of our top stories on this monday morning, october 21st. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we do need to get right to that breaking news, a possible tornado has hit northwest dallas. >> social media video shows a large funnel cloud over the city, the hardest-hit area was near love field. >> no deaths or serious injuries

are reported this morning but it was a close call for many people as we look at the force, wow, of this possible ef-2 tornado. you can hear the screams and the ye scentherju adamel rsot th and oth wth prob. adam, good morning. >> kenneth, elizabeth, good monday morning. we're tracking more severe weather across parts of the south. we had those tornados cross texas yesterday. that threat farther to the east across the lower mississippi river valley to start off the workweek. we're talking the threat for damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. flash flooding, can't rule out hail or isolated tornados once again. that front being pushed through by this area of low pressure which is actually moving across the northern plains into the great lakes region. we're tracking some showers and

a few storms across that region as well. out west it's a different story. it is dry, it is warm, and it is windy. and that means more of a fire threat across southern california from santa barbara all the way down to san diego. kenneth, elizabeth? >> adam, thank you. turning now to the acting white house chief of staff scrambling to walk back remarks admitting there was a quid pro quo in the administration's dealing with ukraine. >> meanwhile the president suddenly dropped plans to hold the g7 summit at his resort near miami amid criticism he's trying to profit from the presidency. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: at the white house a rare retreat. president trump tweeted next summer's g7 summit will not be held at his florida resort after all, blaming media and democrat crazed and irrational hostility. >> he was honestly surprised at the level of pushback. >> reporter: trump himself first proposed hosting foreign leaders at his doral resort. >> we have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. it's like -- it's like such a natural. >> reporter: trump promised to host the doral summit at cost, at his word, quickly signaling their plans to investigate. foreign leaders and some

republicans expressed reservations too. >> at the end of the day, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business. he wanted to put on a show. >> reporter: acting chief of staff mick mulvaney also sought to backpedal on another issue, admitting something the president has denied for weeks. >> there was no quid pro quo. there was no quid pro quo. there was no quid pro quo. at all. >> reporter: on thursday, mulvaney admitted the administration did withhold military aid to ukraine, in part to push ukraine to investigate democrats. >> which ultimately then flowed. >> to be clear what you just described is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. >> we do -- we do that all the time with foreign policy. >> i recognize that folks -- that i didn't speak clearly maybe on thursday, folks misinterpreted what i said. >> reporter: in his defense

mulvaney told fox news he didn't actually use the words quid pro quo. >> i never said there was a quid pro quo because there isn't. >> reporter: this week, house impeachment investigators expect to hear from another key witness. bill taylor was the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine after president trump recalled the ukrainian ambassador. he's the guy that back in september sent a text message saying he thought it was crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. taylor expected to testify tuesday. david wright, abc news, the white house. >> all right, david, we will see what this week brings. syria, the clock is ticking on a pause in turkey's offensive against the kurds. nearly.s. troops out of dered the country, "the new york times" now says he's now leaning in favor of a plan to keep some 200 special operations forces in eastern syria to combat isis. and a kurdish commander is slamming the cease-fire deal.

more now from abc's james longman. >> reporter: with reports of pockets of fighting raging on, it seems to have been a pause that never was. kurdish forces have withdrawn from a key town, the first pullout since the conflict began. this move required as part of the deal the u.s. struck with turkey last week in which a safe zone would be carved out along the border. president trump defending the deal. >> sometimes you have to go through some pain before you can get a good solution, but the kurds are very happy about it. >> reporter: the kurdish commander nazreen abdullah says with over 200 dead they're far from happy. >> donald trump says the kurds are happy. >> translator: i would tell mr. trump the kurds are not happy, they've killed all these people, so of course we are not happy. this agreement has allowed turkey to occupy our land and kill our p >> reporter: a major issue lies ead. turkey demanding kurdish forces leave the entire safe zone, something the kurds say they have not signed up for. >> the rest of northern syria,

you don't believe that's part of the agreement? >> translator: exactly, this is not included. they only told us rosaleen. >> reporter: the kurds fearful turkey's ultimate motive is ethnic cleansing, sparked by president trump's removal of u.s. forces. >> for many, many years turkey, in all fairness, they've had a legitimate problem with it. they had terrorists, they had a lot of people they couldn't have, they've suffered a lot of loss of lives also. and they had to have it cleaned out. >> reporter: on "this week" secretary of state mike pompeo was pressed on the issue. >> can you assure the kurdish people and the president's allies in congress that you will not be party to ethnic cleansing? >> george, we were very clear and the vice president could not have been more clear when we were speaking with president erdogan. in that turkish controlled space, that there wouldn't be attacked on minorities, that this was about getting a cease-fire, a secure area, and that this in fact will save lives. >> house speaker nancy pelosi leading a delegation of democrats and re withdrawal. no doubt her visit was intended

to send a message of congressional unity against the president. james longman, abc news in northern iraq. >> james, thank you. the brother of house speaker nancy pelosi has died. >> thomas d'alesandro was the former mayor of baltimore from 1967 to 1971. maryland's current governor says d'alesandro will be remembered for his efforts to root out discrimination and rebuild the city he loved. he died sunday from complications of a stroke. he was 90 years old. overseas chaos in hong kong as thousands of pro-democracy protesters defy a ban on gathering. demonstrators tossed fire bombs and vandalized businesses. they set barricades on fire and smashed subway stations. police used tear gas and a water cannon which sprayed protesters with a stinging blue dyed liquid. dozens were hurt and rushed to the hospital. a college student at morehouse university had a

special encounter with oprah. >> it started with a selfie and a little shade. the engineering major snapped a meone on oprah's team sayig the student a new phone. a short time later his new iphone 11 arrived in the mail with a note saying, we can't have you out here viewing the world through a cracked screen or a cracked cover. >> she gives you something material, and she gives it to you with a message there. >> yes. >> plus if you're going to give something to oprah, make sure your screen is not cracked. lens is perfect, shiny, ready to go. a new iphone 11 from queen o, that is very special. she didn't have to do that, and she did. also i hope she got him a cover as well for the phone. >> so this one stays intact?

>> yes. you not only need the phone, you need one more note, we know oprah does a lot of good for the community, but we should note here, at that event she also made news that she will be pledging an additional $13 million in donation to the program at that university, so it's not just this kid getting a new iphone. >> right. opra tt w abou aot that we don' about, and we applaud her. so coming up, the new images surfacing this morning from behind bars. >> we're getting our first look at former "desperate housewives" star felicity huffman in her prison uniform as she reaches the halfway point of her prison sentence. plus this. >> pet gadgets, two in one collar, and doggy leash, retractable. tiny, tiny water bowl you can carry anywhere. and a way to carry the dog poop conveniently. filled with soft surfaces

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a house fire north of los angeles almost cost a firefighter his life. he slipped off the roof and fell to the ground. luckily he suffered only a shoulder injury. firefighters quickly knocked down that fire and kept it from spreading in those high winds. also in california, we're getting our first look at actress felicity huffman behind bars. >> the former "desperate housewives" actress has been spotted in her prison uniform inside the federal correctional institution in dublin. here's abc's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: a rare look, actress felicity huffman inside the walls of this california prison halfway through her 14-day sentence. inmate 77806-112. in her green prison uniform and white hat greeting visitors. that's her husband william h. macy and one of her daughters visiting the federal jail outside san francisco. >> dublin is almost a camp. it is a place where minimum-security prisoners enjoy the luxury of being

minimum-security prisoners. >> reporter: in may the actress cheerfully pled guilty to federal charges in the varsity blues college admissions scandal. she admitted to paying $15,000 for a proctor to correct her daughter's s.a.t. answers. >> you're asking for a bribe? >> reporter: actress lori loughlin and her husband fashion designer mossimo giannulli preparing for trial to fight the charges accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into usc and could face up to 40 years in prison. >> if she's convicted, i don't think i'm giving away state secrets by saying we would probably ask for a higher sentence for her than we did for felicity huffman. >> after huffman's release she'll serve a year probation and 250 hours of community service. kaylee hartung, abc news, new york. >> kind of interesting to say, behind bars, behind walls, when she's free to roam there. >> she is getting kudos for admitting guilt. so we'll see what happens to everyone else. coming up this morning we are getting our hands on high-tech for your pets. >> our giz wiz is here with the season's hottest new pet

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♪ ♪ the leaves are changing, the air is chilling, and so many of us are looking for reasons to enjoy the crisp fall weather and that includes our pets. joining us with the season's hottest pet gadgets is our giz wiz, dick debartolo. dick, good morning. welcome back. >> thank you very much. we're going to start with a preview of a gadget coming spring 2020. this solves the problem of people who can't get their pets, mainly their cat, in a carrier because they know they're going to the vet. >> okay. >> so this guy's having a terrible time. but with the calm carrier -- >> that cat does not want to go in that carrier. >> the drawer slides out so it's easy to put the cat in. the inventor said when the drawer starts to slide, the instinct of the cat is to crouch, which makes it easier to slide down and then slide it out, and he can jump out. >> that's the smart one.

>> about $50, and that's spring. dooloop. this is a little guy that clips onto the leash. so when you go for your walk, you can take your little doggy bag, stick it in there, and have it. after the doggy does his stuff, make a little knot in it, carry it to the nearest trash bin. >> that's really smart. i don't have a pet but i am a frequent pet sitter. and so for my friends, when i take the dogs out, i'm always like -- >> yes, exactly. so you need a dooloop. they're 8 bucks. poop is sold separately, create your own. so this little guy, th g been very calm here. this is for dogs that are normally off the leash -- >> who do we have here by the way? >> this little guy is wearing what we're showing, which is the raddog two in one leash collar. >> i thought he had a name or something. >> oh, sandy.

>> oh, i thought his name was giz. >> oh, he should be the giz wiz pup. so this has a built-in leash. so if you need a quick way to walk a dog or harness a dog, this little guy. and he comes in different colors and different sizes and that's under $40. >> i like it. back in my day, you pulled like a string out of a stuffed animal like this, they would say something. like, feed me! you provide the voices, the sound effect. >> water pik has the pet one pro, easy way to bathe your dog and save some money, comes with an eight-foot flexible hose. this guy goes onto the shower so you can have both the shower and the pro hook hooked up. >> very smart. can help a lot of people. >> and that -- retail is like $50,ou$3 >> go online. >> any idea what that is?

>> so i think -- maybe a doggy tent? >> oh. that is one small dog. >> you pull it out there -- >> you're very close. it is a 16-ounce water bowl. so that even if you're jogging you can hook that onto your shorts or backpack or belt or whatever you want. >> if you're hiking or anything like that. >> yeah. this little guy is under 10 bucks. >> i like it. that's a great gadget as well. >> and that's also from raddog. >> that's cool. i love all these things. and you have shown us all so many amazing pet gadgets for people to make their lives a lot easier for those pet owners. >> next month i'm coming back with things you can put on a key chain. >> oh, can't wait for that. visit dick's website, gizwiz.biz, as well as wnnfans.com. giz wiz dick debartolo, thank you as always. thank you for joining us as always. thank you for these gadgets. there's nothing "ruff" about

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♪ on this edition of "this happened," you know how when you go to weddings, the bride and the groom, the bride and the bride, the groom and the groom, sometimes they don't get to eat. >> this is true. >> because they're talking to everyone. so there was a special maid of honor at this wedding, she wanted to make sure the bride was -- >> fed? >> hungry. she gave her a chicken nugget bouquet. >> yum. >> blair and hardy tyson got an extra surprise when the maid of honor, jenna, she gifted the bride with that just beautiful bouquet. she had to go through a lot of

work to get that done from -- by the way, the man she's married, last name there, tyson. tyson chicken nuggets, get it? >> you can't make this stuff up. >> you really can't. that's pretty cool. so they joined in on the fun apparently at tyson, they came up with this bouquet. she presented it to her at the wedding reception, so that happened. >> i think that was quite thoughtful. i would like one myself. this next one, i'm not sure when a ventriloquist doll is not scary. but this next one. the owner of this one thinks this one might be haunted. >> okay. >> this is why. ew, that does look scary. the doll's name is mr. fritz from the 1940s, given to michael diamond who lives in liverpool. the owner thought, there's something off about this doll. he set up a go pro camera to monitor it for 48 hours. when mr. diamond looked at the video footage, he claims he saw the cabinet door open. you're seeing it right there. open, and the doll's mouth and eyes moving.

>> wait. but like -- as in like -- i'm seeing it. oh no, that's freaky. no, no thank you. >> i'm going to pretend i didn't see that. so apparently the owner, instead of tossing it, he kept it in a locked cabinet and has covered it with a blanket. yeah. okay. >> halloween is really not my favorite time of the year. >> i can't look at this. >> followed by my favorite, thanksgiving. i loves to eat, as you guys know. >> it's over. >> so that happened. also this happened. >> okay. >> a corgi race. it was the corgi -- 2019 corgi cup. this happened at the seahawks game against the baltimore ravens yesterday. you see the cute little corgis running. guess which one won? dwayne "the rock" johnson, that's the name of the corgi, crowned as the fattest -- fastest corgi at century link field. >> i'm glad we're ending on this note.

>> not the ventriloquist doll?

this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, a severe weather outbreak affecting several states right now. >> a major storm is bringing heavy rains, powerful winds, and even tornados. millions of people are in the storm's dangerous path. accuweather has your forecast. deadly army training. three soldiers killed and three others were hurt at an army base in georgia when their armored vehicle rolled over. what investigators are looking this rng.t showdown as the white house tries to do some damage control on the acting chief of staff's acknowledgement of a quid pro quo with ukraine. house investigators are getting ready for another busy week to hear from a key witness in the impeachment inquiry. we have a bunch of surprises. don't even ask what they are. >> i'm not going to ask.

>> i will not tell you. go ahead and ask. >> i asked. so what did he tell? jimmy kimmel and i met up this weekend and we talk about why he keeps coming back to brooklyn. and hear what's the first thing he did when he landed in new york from l.a. it's monday, october 21st. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. great to have elizabeth hur in for janai norman. i had some fun with jimmy kimmel. >> i cannot wait to hear all about it. >> jimmy is back in brooklyn, the first show tonight. he's got a star-studded celebrity lineup ready to go. >> so he's here all week. >> he is here all week. we're hanging out. i think maybe three of those

days together. >> no way. >> we're not. we're not. we are hanging out tonight because i'm going to the show tonight in brooklyn. >> oh, you are? >> i managed to get a ticket. i interviewed the guy so the least he could do. >> he got you some. >> i'm going to go to the show tonight. >> one ticket? >> well, you know. i may have got more than one. i will say we got a fun, fun, fun week with jimmy because we sat down with him, and he reveals some things. we also had some fun about whether or not he really truly knows me. so we're going to talk about this this week as well. that's all parallel with jimmy's show. first we do begin with that severe weather in the south central states overnight. >> severe thunderstorms and tornados threatening the region. the greatest intensity is in north texas and oklahoma. >> and breaking overnight, one tornado has already torn through dallas causing heavy damage. tens of thousands of customers have no power. >> and the roof of one store collapsed. accuweather's adam del rosso has the latest forecast. >> elizabeth, kenneth, good morning. we're tracking this powerful cold front working into the southeast bringing more wet weather. we had those severe storms across texas last night. and there is going to be the threat for some more severe

storms through our monday across the lower miisriver valley. damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour possible, flash flooding as well. can't rule out hail or isolated tornados. it's all thanks to this area of northern plains into the great lakes region tracking some rain and some storms across the area as well. meanwhile out west, different story. it is dry but it is warm and it is windy. and that means a fire threat once again across southern california from santa barbara all the way down to san diego. elizabeth, kenneth? >> adam, thank you. now to the army's investigation of the deadly training accident at ft. stewart in georgia. >> it happened early sunday morning when an armored vehicle rolled over into water, killing three soldiers and injuring three others. abc's stephanie ramos has the details from ft. stewart, georgia. >> reporter: investigators are looking into a deadly army training exercise at ft. stewart in georgia that killed three soldiers. officials say all three died at the scene after the bradley

fighting vehicle they were riding in rolled over into water early sunday morning. officials say no other vehicles were involved. another three soldiers also in the bradley were injured and all of them part of the 1st armored brigade combat team stationed at ft. stewart. >> fortunately casualties in training mishaps are quite rare, but the real tragedy lies in they can almost always have been prevented. in this case, investigators go back and look at what were the circumstances? we know that it was very late at night. 3:30 a.m. was fatigue a factor? was with area factor? was there a problem with the machine itself? why didn't they see this water before it rolled into the water? >> reporter: the commanding general of the 3rd infantry division saying this is a heartbreaking day, we are extremely saddened by the loss of three dogface soldiers and injuries to three more. our hearts and prayers gouto all the families affected by this tragedy. two of the three soldiers injure wednesday treated at the army

hospital and released. the third soldier was transferred to a hospital off post and is expected to be okay. officials say they'll release the names of those who were killed once their families have been notified. stephanie ramos, abc news, ft. stewart, georgia. >> our thanks to stephanie. president trump is reportedly leaning in favor of keeping about 200 u.s. troops in eastern syria to combat isis. >> "the new york times" said the president is considering the new pentagon plan after ordering the withdrawal of nearly all american troops from syria. a u.s.-brokered cease-fire is set to expire today, but there have been reports of continued clashes between turkish forces and kurdish troops who were abandoned by the u.s. president trump's acting chief of staff is still trying to walk back those bombshell comments. he acknowledged the white house withheld nearly $400 million in military aid as leverage to push ukraine to investigate democrats. mick mulvaney's admission stunned reporters after weeks of denial from president trump. he's now insisting there was no quid pro quo and pointing out he

did not use the term. >> never used that language, because there was not a quid pro quo. >> you were asked by jonathan karl, you described a quid pro quo and you said, that happens all the time. >> again, reporters will use their language all the time. my language never said quid pro quo. >> democrats are pressing ahead with the impeachment inquiry centered around the president's interactions with ukraine. tomorrow they'll hear from william taylor, the top u.s. democrat in ukraine. he's the one who sent a text message saying it was crazy to hold up aid to help with a political campaign. meanwhile, president trump is looking for a new location for the next year's g7 summit after abruptly dropping plans to host the gathering of world leaders at his golf resort near miami. the decision not to use trump national doral was announced in a tweet after days of intense criticism suggesting he was using the presidency to enrich himself. camp david is now among the locations under consideration. alabama authorities are

desperately searching for a 3-year-old abducted more than a week ago. >> family and friends gathered to pray for camille "cupcake" mckinney's return. abc's kaylee hartung has more. >> reporter: for the first time, authorities releasing surveillance video showing the moment before 3-year-old camille mckinney was kidnapped in birmingham. police say camille and another child are seen here playing. as a man approaches the children and walks away. >> we want to see if he has additional information. >> reporter: police believe that witness, who's not considered a suspect, may hold key information about this second man who police believe is the kidnapper, seen here leading the children away. camille hasn't been seen since. >> to have a child of tender age, 3 years old, that's been missing a week. if someone has her, are they taking care of her? >> reporter: a surveillance

image released showing this blue suv speeding away led police to take two people into custody. they aren't accused but they're being held on unrelated charges. 39-year-old patrick stallworth, camille, known to family and friends as cupcake, attending a birthday party at a public housing community. >> i want her back bad. i'll do anything to have my baby back. >> reporter: the child last seen wearing a pink t-shirt with a leopard print minnie mouse design. she's believed to be in extreme danger. >> if you can hear me, we need your help. we really want to see this child back safely. >> reporter: kaylee hartung, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to kaylee. presidential candidate elizabeth warren says she will release her plan on how she intends to pay for medicare for >>he massaus s fer fire rom providing details r waenas notled n mileas hp fund payer system, in

big corporations but decrease for middle-class families. let's talk sports. fans of the houston astros and washington nationals will have to wait this will tomorrow night for the world series to start. >> the astros booked their place after beating the yankees with a walkoff home run. houston is considered the favorite against the nationals. the teams actually share the same spring training facility in west palm beach, florida. they did not play each other during the regular season, so we will see how that first game one, how the two will match up there. >> tomorrow, and then there was sunday night football which matched bitter rivals from the nfc east. i actually saw this one. the eagles and cowboys game was close. and then it started, ouch. >> that was when dallas completely overwhelmed philly in just about every part of the game. the cowboys were up by 17 points

at halftime. and went on to win 37-10. >> yeah. well, before we talk more about that game, the fanatical philly fan with lots of tattoos is probably not happy about that outcome. robert dunfee displayed some new ink. >> come on, give it to me, here it comes, wait for it, bam! >> whoa. dunfee first gained national attention showing off his philly-centric tattoos when the eagles played the packers in green bay. then did you see that move? wasn't ready for that. but okay. the game, did you catch it? >> i caught parts of the game. >> wasn't much of a game. >> ai-yi-yi. >> jack will tell you, wasn't much of a game, right, jack? >> no, it was not. >> it was a heartbreaker. >> what about -- we got to see that phillie phanatic on the belly, that was something positive. >> i'm sure he's going to be adding the tattoos. >> the belly roll and everything. >> it was a bit much.

>> for these philly folks who used to work in philly, we know how that hurts for the philly fans and we feel for you this morning. coming up, a "world news now" one on one with jimmy kimmel. we hung out with jimmy over the weekend in brooklyn, and just wait until you hear what he has in store for all of us this week. but first, the toppling of those construction cranes in new orleans. what officials are saying about the operation after the deadly collapse more than a week ago.

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down in a nearby state park. crews used strategically placed explosives to try to bring down those remaining craned perched precariously over downtown new orleans. >> it comes a week after the deadly collapse of a hard rock hotel that was under construction. construction cranes in new orleans demolished. officials using explosives to topple the two cranes looming dangerously over the city. the explosions setting off a massive cloud. when the dust cleared, one crane still hanging over the building while the other fell to the ground. >> it's way better than what it looks, okay? i know what it looks like, but remember, we talked about cutting the crane, remember, then it hooking on the building? exactly what it did. >> reporter: officials saying the demolition went exactly as planned with only minimal damage to a neighboring theater. >> three windows broken at the sanger theater. the utilities are intact at sanger and no information in terms of other buildings that have been damaged. >> reporter: the operation

coming just over a week after that deadly collapse of the hard rock hotel under construction. three workers killed. the remains of one victim recovered from the site but the other two still inside. >> we're way better than we were. if you remember, our objective was to get these down, make it safer so we can go to our next objective, which is recovery. >> reporter: the city brought in experts, including engineers, who worked on demolitions following the 9/11 terror attacks. >> the gas line we were worried about and the electric lines, we believe they are a-okay. >> reporter: an evacuation zone was set up and residents across a wider area were advised to stay indoors during the controlled demolition. as for that one crane still standing, officials say it is stable and will now be cut down piece by piece. we've got an incredible moment to show you from over the weekend in oklahoma's big victory over west virginia. >> the so-called sooner schooner

was out on the field after a touchdown. you will see it soon there. when it tipped over, throwing riders and everything else inside onto the field. the accident was blamed on incorrect weight distribution in the back of the wagon. thankfully no one was hurt. >> this was insane. i saw the people tumble right out of there. the horses kept going. the crowd was just shocked. and thankfully no one was hurt. the sooner schooner had to be scooped up, those people, after that, it's crazy. coming up next half hour, the rumored bad blood between prince william and his brother prince harry. >> hear what harry is now revealing about their relationship in the next half hour. first, the "world news now" sneak peek of jimmy kimmel in brooklyn.

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oh, i like it. >> i was going to say, wasn't that cute. welcome back, and i'm actually really excmewhat of a tradition now with jimmy kimmel packing up his late night show and heading east. >> for the fourth time jimmy is bringing his l.a.-based show to his native brooklyn, and this weekend he and i spent some time together to bring you "kenneth and kimmel." jimmy kimmel, welcome back to brooklyn. >> thank you. >> what's it like being back? >> it's exciting to be back. it's fun. brooklyn is fun, you know. there's a lot of energy here that we don't have in l.a. >> so what have you got planned for this week? >> we have great guests. we've got bruce springsteen and alicia keys to start things off. we've got eddie murphy is on the show. the sugar hill gang. the national. john krasinski. we've got a bunch of surprises, don't even ask what they are. >> i will not ask. >> i will not tell you. go ahead and ask. >> what's one of the surprises? >> i can't tell you. >> why do you keep coming back ?

excited. with this beautiful venue we're in, brooklyn academy of music, it's a great place to do a show and we get great guests and we eat like pigs. >> you eat your weight, your weight. >> at least my weight, yeah. >> in food. your pizza, i heard when you touch down here in new york, went straight to get some pizza. >> we went right to get pizza, yeah. we till the kids, wait till you have pizza in brooklyn. my son, who's only 2 years old, did something incredible last night, he folded his pizza in half and ate it, i've never been more proud. >> did you cry a little bit? >> a tear came, yeah. >> proud papa. >> i'm impressed, a 2-year-old. >> jimmy's in town, he's got a big show ahead. a lot of guests, a lot of surprl i talked fxt couplofaywe're

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she said she invited a few rats in, then they started to have babies, then it grew to 300. so the humane society made multiple trips to that van. they say the rats are healthy. >> oh. >> and available for adoption. >> oh, good to know. i was going to say, when this story was brought up, i wasn't sure i wanted to see the video. it wasn't too bad. >> we don't know what the invite looks like. if they're all healthy, there's things to munch on. over the weekend i actually saw a rat in the subway. i got some video of it. i don't know, they're cute. >> here in new york city, surprise, surprise. okay, we're going to stick with the animal theme here and head across the pond to this stray dog caught on camera. oh my goodness gracious, looks so sad. apparently this dog hopped on this bus and then for a while people didn't know what was

going on. is the dog alone? indeed the dog was alone. at one point tried to get off but it was a busy main road so people actually held on to the dog. but eventually the dog was taken off and a rescue charity kennel did take the dog in. >> okay. >> right now they are looking to see if the owner will come forward. not yet. >> a "home alone" situation? the dog was ju? >> to be determined. but one person said, whoever the owner is must not be missing her that much. that's the british reaction for you. >> hey, it was a big, big, big weekend for half moon bay, california, because the annual pumpkin fest kicked off featuring more than -- a lot of pumpkins, actually, including a big, big, big pumpkin. >> whoa. >> a 2,000-pound gourd. i think we mentioned this one last week. we showed a big pumpkin. >> is it the same pumpkin? look at it. >> i don't know. i mean, they got a lot of giant pumpkins. okay, this is a different one, we're being told. this year's winner, a napa, california, hobbyist took home $15,000.

>> then we're going to check out this house, also in california.

this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, a tornado outbreak. in the dead of night twisters touched down in the south-central part of the country leaving a trail of destruction. that same storm system on the move putting millions of people at risk. we're tracking it all for you. also this morning the syria cease-fire crisis is intensifying as the clock ticks on a u.s.-brokered cease-fire set to expire today. president trump reportedly changing his decision about leaving troops in syria. full details straight ahead. new this half hour, prince harry and duchess meghan opening up. >> what the new parents are saying about the rift between prince harry and prince william thstrugg bti tabloids while living in the spotlight. pack your bags, your snacks, plan your binge watch session.

the new longest flight in the world just completed its trip. it took off in new york city and landed in australia 19 hours later. what the passengers did to pass all that time up in the air. it's monday, october 21st. that was a long flight. >> 19 hours. >> 19 hours, i mean -- i could watch so many movies in a row, it would be great. >> hope i can sleep on that flight. >> we'll talk about that flight in just a moment. we need to get to that severe weather in the south and central plains. >> at least one tornado swept through dallas. the storm system also brought hail and lightning. >> the area around love field airport northwest of downtown was hardest hit.

at least oneui although everyone inside escaped safely. in fact, there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries anywhere in the city. watch have now expired, although a second storm system may be on its way. storms also extend into the upper midwest. >> we will keep watch on that. at the white house, which is on the lookout for a new place to host the g7 summit after president trump had a sudden change of heart. >> the president announced the gathering of world leaders will not be held at his golf resort near miami, scrapping plans amid widespread criticism and his acting chief of staff is backpedaling after admitting to a quid pro quo involving ukraine. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney insisted he never meant to suggest there was a quid pro quo with ukraine over investigating democrats. >> that's not what i said, that's what people said that i said. >> reporter: here's what mulvaney did say at a white house press briefing thursday. >> he also mentioned to me in the past the corruption related to the dnc server, absolutely, no question about about that, but that's it. that's why we held up the money.

>> reporter: prompting thi exith abs,un will not flow unless the ion in democratic s welll e time. it's forgnoly. i have nere's going to be cal inflnce in foreign policy. >> i recognize that folks -- that i didn't speak clearly maybe on thursday, folks misinterpreted what i said. >> reporter: on fox news mulvaney insisted -- >> my language never said quid pro quo. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo backed him up. >> i never saw that in the decision-making process that i was a part of, the conversation was always around what were the strategic implications? would that money get to the right place, would there be corruption in ukraine? >> reporter: the original goal of mulvaney's thursday briefing was to defend the administration's decision to host next year's g7 summit at a trump resort in miami. >> it's the best place. >> reporter: house democrats

immediately threatened to investigate the decision. foreign leaders expressed reservations. even some republicans did too. in a rare reversal, the president himself called off the idea, citing crazed and irrational hostility from the media and the democrats. david wright, abc news, the white house. >> our thanks to david there. ei beenreing out despite a . >> tl cd favable it toccup anthe rdidf fromhe hes fall turkey. meanwhile "the new york times" is reporting president trump is leaning in favor of a new plan to leave about 200 u.s. troops in eastern syria to combat isis. defense secretary mark esper says the trump administration will not abandon afghanistan, but he also says the u.s. can almost cut in half its personnel there. he was speaking to reporters traveling with him on a surprise visit to kabul. president trump abruptly ended talks with the taliban last month but esper says the

administration still hopes to reach a peace agreement with them. army investigators are looking into every possible scario as ey iesga a deadly training accident. it involved a bradley fighting vehicle like the one you see there which rolled over into water early sunday morning at ft. stewart in georgia. three soldiers were killed and three others injured. two of them were treated at a hospital on the base and released. a third was transported to another facility with nonlife-threatening injuries. now to a deadly home invasion in texas. police say a 29-year-old man was gunned down in his home protecting his wife and young children. his wife reveals the details in a chilling 911 call. investigators are searching for the suspects. abc's marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: detectives in texas searching for the home invaders who inexplicably killed this young father as he tried to defend his family. >> someone just broke in my house and shot my husband. >> reporter: the sound of

shattering glass in bren ton's house near houston waking him, his wife, and two young children up early thursday morning. he confronts two men and within moments is shot in the chest. >> the person that shot your husband, is he still there? >> no, i don't think so but i'm so scared. >> investigators say the men took nothing and drove off. surveillance video capturing what they believe is the getaway vehicle. brenton's family arriving from his native australia. >> still hasn't sunk in it's real. >> reporter: heartbroken and baffled by why this house the family lived in only six months was so violently targeted. >> the cars were in the driveway. anybody would know obviously there's children in that house. yet they still have the audacity to break a window and enter the home. they're going to pay for this. >> reporter: investigators are lookin haa irsuec involved. there's now a $25,000 reward for information leading to arrests in this case. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles.

>> marci, thank you. three parents are expected guilty to charges in that college admissions scandal. >> they're expected to admit participating in testing and athletic bribery schemes. this is the largest group of parents to cave to prosecutors. it could signal a major shift with other parents changing their pleas to guilty to avoid going to trial. meanwhile holdouts could face new charges as soon as this week, including bribery. in the time you'll be on board qantas' new flight from new york to sydney, you could binge watch two seasons of "friends," take a nap, and take a few laps around the shiny boeing 787-9 because it's now the longest commercial flight in the world. >> it was a test flight and it carried 49 passengers and crew around the world in just under a day. >> the first commercial airline is is pa oour fro sunrise." this is the first of three test flights that's going to come up with recommendations about how we manage pilot fatigue, how we

actually manage passenger jet and after 19 hours in flight, i think we've gotten this right. >> passengers got up and did the macarena to pass the time when they were in the sky above las vegas, we are told. qantas has plans for two more test flights this year. one in november from london to sydney, and another from new york to sydney flight in december. they hope to make them commercially available to everyone in 2020. >> so they had a small number of passengers on this plane for the research, and also to make sure it was light enough to make sure it actually made to it sydney. >> 19 hours, though. >> so it didn't have that much luggage, because they wanted to obviously not use that much gas or whatever, or fuel. which kind of scares me when it was like -- i read an article the plane documenting. like, oh, we were assured by the

pilot we still had 90 minutes' worth left. 90 minutes still seems like not that much. >> i did read that one article, i'm not sure it was the same one, this passenger said he's taken the same flight, had a layover in los angeles, actually after that experience compared to this, he would prefer this nonstop, 19-hour flight. >> i did take a flight, i think from l.a. to sydney, and it was like 13, 14, 16 hours or something. crazy or something, it was only a few extra hours there to get to that 19, 20. but that was quite -- i watched five movies in a row. so yeah. >> five movies, wow. coming up, harry, william, and the explosive new documentary. >> what we are learning this morning about the rumored rift between the two royal brothers and what harry's wife, meghan markle, is now revealing. but first a row of ten homes destroyed by a fire in allentown, pennsylvania. dozens of families now homeless.

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more than 30 families homeless after a devastating fire in row homes in allentown, pennsylvania. ten homes were destroyed. first reports said the blaze began with an explosion but it is not confirmed. most residents escaped with only their pajamas. no one was injured. one woman was hospitalized with a diabetes-related issue. across the pond, a brand-new british documentary is taking on a rumored royal rift between prince harry and his older brother prince william. >> will ganss sorting it all out for us. will, good morning. >> good morning, and good morning to all of you. they're one of the most high-profile families in the world but the royals are notoriously private, their public lives carefully scripted.

there was no script when harry mateook elged this see ofembers of the royal family. >> there's been a lot of talk in the press about rifts with your brother. how much of that is true? >> part of the -- part of this role and part of this job and this family being under the pressure that it's under, never to be, you know -- stuff happens, but we're brothers. we'll always be brothers. we're certainly on different paths at the moment. but i'll always be there for him as i know he'll always be there for me. >> reporter: prince harry opening up about the rumored bad blood in the royal family to itv in a new documentary. >> i love him dearly and the majority of stuff is created out of nothing. >> reporter: duchess meghan also revealing the stress she faces after marrying into the royal family two years ago and becoming a new mom. >> my british friend said to me, i'm sure he's great. but you shouldn't do it because the british tabloids will destroy your life. i get it. so yeah -- it's been complicated.

>> reporter: the documentary under way at the same time harry and meghan announced legal action against a british tabloid over privacy concerns. prince harry now saying he's focused on keeping his loved ones safe in the wake of his mother princess diana's death. >> i will always protect my family. now i have a family to protect. >> itv's new documentary "harry and meghan: an african journey" is scheduled to air in the u.s. on wednesday night at 10/9 central right here on abc. as for harry and meghan themselves, the royal couple are set to take six weeks of time off towards the end of this year. rumor has it they may be spending thanksgiving here in the united states. >> so revealing, so interesting, i can't wait to see this documentary right here on abc. will, thank you. >> thank you. when we come back, an update on lady gaga after her stunning fall off the stage. how justin bieber is staging his beverly hills mansion, hoping someone will make an offer. y cold symptoms so i can sleep great and wake up human. don't eat me i taste terrible. fight your worst symptoms so you can sleep great and wake up human. new mucinex nightshift cold and flu.

♪ skinny just gimme the skinny time now for "the skinny" starting with an update on lady gaga. >> the pop star is admitting on instagram that she's in quote a lot of pain after that terrifying tumble she took you see there off the stage at her

las vegas residency. >> yeah, it happened thursday night, ouch, after she straddled a fan on stage, they both took a five-foot drop off that stage. got up, returned, continued the concert, even bringing the fan back up to sing a song with him. >> gaga is now revealing she had to have x-rays done on nearly her entire body, insisting she was quote going to be okay. she apparently was okay enough to attend a friend's bachelorette dinner over the weekend. >> we saw that video last week, we were stunned, jaws dropped. she's a true performer, she jumped right back up. >> she's okay, fingers crossed. speaking of bachelorettes, we're hearing about one hollywood a-lister who's not a bachelorette anymore. >> jennir lawrence and art dealer cooke maroney are now officially married. the two got married and held a reception at the notorious belcourt mansion in newport. >> emma stone, ashley olsen, nicole richie, cameron diaz,

sienna miller. >> rounding out the celebrity guest list was amy schumer who revealed in a now-deleted instagram photo tilda swinton's white witch standing next to a serve vant dwarf saying quote, chris and i had the best time. >> it's not clear why schumer deleted that post but reports have revealed that there was a strict social media blackout at this wedding. >> the moment you hit the post button. >> it's game over. >> it's out there. >> exactly. >> speaking of mansions. justin bieber is going to great lengths to try to unload his in beverly hills. >> but he's not exactly staging it the way perhaps property brothers might recommend. the biebs is splashing his instagram feed with photos of the house decorated in a style that might best be described as early teenage game room. there is plenty of colorful comic book-style dolls, a collection of skateboards up the main staircase. bieber said on instagram quote i'll

sell it with all the furniture, make an offer. this five bedroom, seven bathroom home is worth about what he paid for when he bought it with his wife, hailey baldwin, almost a year ago for $8.5 million. >> what did you say, jack? >> it's for a specific type of person. >> oh, right. >> oh, this house. >> you mean a 21-year-old millionaire? pop star? >> right, yes. >> who likes little games and skateboards. >> so we need justin bieber-like. so if there's anyone who's justin bieber-like. shawn mendes. one of the jonas brothers. the youngest one, joe? nick? >> look at you, keeping up with the jonases. okay. as far as that house or that state of south carola,g veo thg

t rried there. >> nally, ating -- imatinart o >> it is intimidating because "joker" fans are flocking to that set of stairs in the bronx that played a pivotal role in the new movie when joaquin phoenix's character crosses over the point of no return into a life of violent crime. >> wow, now those stairs are getting the social media treatment. >> i'm so excited from this movie, i want to feel what he feels. >> goosebumps. >> why? >> five minutes ago when i was driving i was getting excited for this and i didn't know why. because i live in new york for a long time, you know, but this was -- something different. >> by the way, "joker" got knocked down from the number one spot at the box office this weekend by our parent company disney's "maleficent: mistress

of evil." >> that point, no spoiler, but that's an important part of the movie, those stairs. it's almost like "the exorcist." iconic stairs in d.c. iconic stairs in d.c.

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♪ take me to the river drop me in the water ♪ ♪ take me to the river dip me in the water washing me down ♪ bringing the soul on this monday morning. it's a story we've been following out of florida that's gone viral about a little boy making the catch of his life. >> adding to the cuteness factor is what he does with that fish after he catches it. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: when 10-year-old kamari cooper felt that bite, hh

somethinia, s d, who kept the camera rolling. >> oh my -- >> reporter: for the coopers, who live in tallahassee, florida, fishing is in their dna. >> i wanted to pass on the genes my father taught to me. he kept me out of trouble, kept me humble. fishing keep my patient. >> reporter: and patience helped kamari keep that fish on the line, and take a look. >> whoa! >> yes, sir! >> yes, sir, yes, sir! >> reporter: a seven-pound bass. kamari's personal best. even he can't believe it. >> is this your personal best? is that your personal best? >> reporter: but the best part of this fish story, what happened after the catch. kamari showing us all how much he's learned from his father. >> let's put this beauty back in the water. my personal best. i hope you grow bigger, baby. look at it.

so big and beautiful. i hope you grow back and be better. one day we're going to meet back again. >> that's right. >> i'll see you later. when i released it, it felt like it was queen of the pond and going back, reproducing. then i might catch bigger fish in the future. >> kamari, you are impressive. 13 million views for that video, it's going to go higher. that is quite a message there. >> his reaction. >> his reaction is priceless. i'm from south carolina, we would have caught it and ate it. fried it up. i know that. but he's a true sportsman there. >> how cute was it. talking to the fish saying, you get better. one day maybe we'll meet again. i don't know that the fish wanted to hear that part. >> but he's free now. >> yes. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> stay right there because we have more news coming up right after this.

>> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great day. breaking news in america this morning, violent storms on the march overnight. >> tornado in dallas. >> the dallas area hit hard. homes and businesses destroyed. some buildings flattened. many schools badly damaged. where the storms are moving now. also new this morning, staying in syria. word overnight that president trump may support a new plan from the pentagon to keep some troops in eastern syria after his controversial decision to withdraw. this as the impeachment showdown heats up in washington with more key figures set to testify this week. harry and meghan open up. the new documentary with a rare look at the royal couple's personal struggles.

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