breaking news in america this morning, reports that several american citizens have been shot and killed just across the border in mexico. children are reportedly among the victims. the details coming in this hour. also this morning, one of rudy giuliani's associates now coming forward saying he will cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. this as democrats release more transcripts from closed door depositions. the president lashing out overnight as voters head to the polls on this election day. the key races we're watching this morning. breaking overnight, deadly stabbing at popeyes. >> we are asking the person who did this to come forward. >> the argument over the restaurant's popular chicken sandwich that may have led to murder. plus, the new security alert affecting anyone with a smart speaker like amazon's alexa.

the flaw that could compromise your privacy. and from the hero behind this rescue on the rails -- >> you know, we're all human beings. and life is precious. >> -- to a cookie dough and wine experiment in outer space to the black cat interrupting monday night football. >> oh, there's a cat -- a black cat has taken the field. >> all the trending stories to kick off your tuesday. good tuesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. and we do begin with that breaking news from mexico where at least five members of an american family have reportedly been killed. >> the associated press reports the victims may include an adult and several children. relatives tell the ap it happened in a religious community in sonora state after the family left douglas, arizona, which is about 70 miles away. >> reuters obtained this video which it says showed a burned out vehicle that may belong to the family killed in the attack. relatives tell the ap the family was on their way to a wedding

when their cars were ambushed in what they say could be a case of mistaken identity. >> someone came upon the vehicle. one of the vehicles was burning, and so they went back to the community, and they went up there and discovered that it was my brother's suburban that was burning. >> many of the church's members were born in mexico and have dual u.s. citizenship. >> it's important to note that neither the u.s. government nor the mexican government confirmed any details of the attack overnight. we will keep you posted throughout the morning. but we do move on to the other big story this morning, it's election day, and president trump is taking aim at democrats and the impeachment process. >> it comes as we learn that one of rudy giuliani's associates arrested last month is now willing to cooperate with the impeachment investigation. and today democrats are set to release more transcripts from closed door depositions on capitol hill that could shed new light on where the investigation stands. >> abc's megan tevrizian has all the new details. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and kaylee.

those witness testimonies are set to be released are from kurt volker and gordon sondland, the eu ambassador. at a rally in kentucky monday night, the president directing fiery remarks at democrat. >> if the democrats get in you'll have a depression the likes of which you'll never seen. >> reporter: getting the most attention is what senator rand paul said about the whistle-blower at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. >> we also now know the name of the whistle-blower. the whistle-blower needs to come before congress as a material witness. i say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name. >> reporter: the fiery comments come amid growing demands from some republicans and the president himself to reveal the whistle-blower's identity as closed door hearings have produced damaging testimony about trump and his administration's dealings with ukraine. on monday the first witness

transcript the in the impeachment inquiry were released. former ukrainian ambassador marie yovanovitch describing a shadow campaign to oust her led by the president's attorney, rudy giuliani. according to the transcript, ukrainian officials told her giuliani and his associates had plans and that they were going to, you know, do things, including to me. the president now trying to distance himself from yovanovitch who was later removed from her post. >> i'm sure she's a very fine woman. i just don't know much about her. >> reporter: but on that call with the ukrainian leader president trump called yovanovitch bad news and said she was going to go through some things. and now there's also word rudy giuliani's associate lev parnas is ready to comply with the impeachment inquiry. parnas reportedly played a key role in assisting giuliani's roles to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. kaylee. >> megan, thank you. the governor's race in kentucky is among the races to watch on this election day. president trump's rally

there last night was meant to build momentum for republican governor matt bevin. he's locked this a tight race with kentucky's democratic attorney general andy beshear. there are also governor's races in mississippi and louisiana and every seat in virginia's general assembly is up for grabs. experts say control of that chamber could be decided by one or two seats. next to the breaking news overnight in maryland. police say a man was stabbed to death outside a popeyes after a fight over the restaurant's popular sandwich. >> hard to put into words. >> reporter: the sandwich craze at popeyes turning deadly in maryland. >> we have been able to determine that this is related to the release of the sandwich here at this restaurant. >> reporter: police in prince george's county say a 28-year-old man was stabbed to death after arguing with another man over the release of popeyes chicken sandwich. >> this individual was in line, a line specifically for the sale of the sandwich when another customer and he got into an altercation, and that ended with the victim being stabbed outside of the business.

>> reporter: when it first >> reporter: debuted in august, the popeyes chicken sandwich exploded in popularity and quickly sold out across the country and popeyes said to bring your own bun and buy the chicken tenders to form a sandwich. >> it's a meme craze going on. everybody has been talking about it. >> reporter: people started reselling the sandwich on line marking up the price by 600%. a tennessee man even took legal action demanding $5,000 in damages from the restaurant for emotional harm and wear and tear on his car from driving to various popeyes locations searching for the sandwich. >> thank you, jesus. thank you. god is good. >> reporter: amid the outcry the restaurant brought the sandwich back this week hiring 400 extra employees to handle the rush but the long lines started forming again. back in maryland overnight police are asking witnesses to come forward, and they're appealing to the killer to surrender. >> we are asking the person who did this to come forward. he knows what he did here

tonight, and he needs to do the right thing, and he needs to step up. >> and this morning police are not saying exactly how the argument began between the two men. a self-proclaimed white supremacist is under arrest in connection with a plot to bomb a colorado synagogue. the fbi says 27-year-old richard holzer was arrested during a sting when agents delivered what he thought were two pipe bombs and some dynamite. authorities say he was wearing a nazi armband. the synagogue's president says they've increased security since the mass shooting last year at the synagogue in pittsburgh. >> we take our security very seriously here. we have been since what happened in pittsburgh happened and also we're not victims, and we're not going to be victimized, and we're going to defend ourselves. >> temple emanuel is the second oldest synagogue in colorado and the arrest comes as anti-so mitting attacks have been on the rise across the country. we have a developing story out of south america where we know that protesters in chile

are ramping up their fight against income inequality and clashed with police in the capital. the civil unrest is now being blamed for more than $1 billion in damage to chile's economy. turning now to the weather, many americans are bracing for the first snowfall of the season. let's take a look at your tuesday forecast. good morning. we're tracking another blast of arctic air and snow across the northern tier of the nation from the dakotas into the great lakes. we're talking one to three inches of snow, especially around the great lakes as we head through tonight and into our day tomorrow. this system will be moving into the northeast, but generally we'll find rain showers for our tuesday across the region. by the time we get into the tail end of the workweek, that's when we get a blast of arctic air here and the threat for accumulating snows across northern new england. i'm accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso. and coming up, the

incredible story of a family heirloom, a special ring that survived two disasters in one house. but first a popular restaurant accused of asking customers to switch seats because of their skin color. the new fallout this morning. and chaos at the airport. the change for people taking

my gosh, she followed me. >> i got my mom back. >> a good day in oklahoma after more than 450 prisoners in the state are freed this morning. that's after what the governor calls the largest single day mass commutation in u.s. history. it's a product of prison reform efforts in oklahoma aimed at releasing low-level nonviolent offenders and saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

authorities in texas are now searching for two people in connection with the murder of a new hampshire couple. police call the man and woman in this surveillance image persons of interest who were driving the victims' rv across the border of mexico last month six days after the retired couple was last seen alive. the bodies of michelle and james butler who were on a road trip were found buried in the beach on padre island. police have not determined a motive for the killings. buffalo wild wings has fired two employees at a restaurant near chicago for how they allegedly handled a racist customer. the employees reportedly asked a group of black customers twice to move to a different seat because another customer sitting nearby objected to their presence. the manager reportedly claimed their tables had been reserved. buffalo wild wings says it has zero tolerance for racism. travelers at los angeles international airport say new rules on ride shares and taxis are a solution in a search of a problem. riders are calling the new pickup system at the airport a nightmare. it was supposed to reduce

traffic. instead travelers spent 90 minutes waiting for shuttles from the terminal and they've had enough. >> it's absolutely ludicrous. one of the worst examples i've seen of somebody trying to fix something. >> l.a.x. officials are now creating new lots for some ride share services in hopes of addressing the problem. other airports in big cities are also experimenting with new rules in lots. a ring that's proving to be indestructible is the focus of an amazing story in california. the jewelry was found wednesday after the getty fire in los angeles. it was in its box outside a home that had been destroyed. crews later found the homeowner. she was a woman who managed to escape with her mother. it turns out the ring was her mother's only possession remaining from a wildfire back in 1961, which destroyed her original home in that same location. >> some good luck there. coming up, some bad luck. the black cat that interrupted monday night football. but first the new security warning for people who use voice

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>> we can basically hijack the smart speaker and basically get full control over the smart speaker and the systems it's connected to. >> reporter: scientists say they were able to mimic sound waves allowing light to impersonate a person talking. when they pointed the light at a smart speaker's microphone, they were able to control devices licked to that speaker. >> we controlled the garage doors. we unlocked and started certain vehicles. >> reporter: video shows them duping speakers, effectively making the laser pointer say voice commands like, okay, google, open the garage door. >> okay, opening. >> reporter: scientists say they were able to control devices that were more than 300 feet away. in total, the researchers tested 17 devices. they say the laser based commands worked on all of them but at varying distances. google and amazon did not deny the flaw. they say they're reviewing the research. one expert recommends making sure your device is not near a window, and they say check the settings to limit what your device can do.

an urgent manhunt is under way for two murder suspects who escaped from a jail in monterey, california. authorities say the men got away by climbing through a 22-inch hole in the ceiling of a bathroom. then they snuck through the inner walls using an 11-inch crawl space. police say the men should be considered dangerous. a man who saved a stranger from an oncoming subway train says he only did what everyone should do. bay area transit worker john o'connor is being called a humble hero. he jumped into action sunday when a man fell onto the tracks after an oakland raiders football game. o'connor lifted the man to safety just in time. but he says he's no hero. >> police, fire, military, you got heroes on a daily basis. it really feels awkward to be called a hero because that's what we're supposed to do. and life is precious so thank

god he gets to see another day. >> he saved a life. o'connor was at the station to help with crowd control. the man was taken to the hospital for evaluation. in sports the cowboys overpowered the gs le ineimonda. dallas scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter including a sideline tapdance by refer mike gallop. the cowboys won it. a new report says the los angeles chargers could be moving to london on a full time basis reportedly being considered by the league amid concerns the team is not generating enough interest among fans in l.a. the rams making that hard for them to do. >> they sure did. up next in "the pulse," a new mission to outer space involving red wine. also we have an update on the college student who got in trouble reselling krispy kreme doughnuts. plus, the mansion from "the money pit" hits the market. would it live up to its big screen reputation?

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next a perfect case of life imitating art. >> the mansion used in the classic film "money pit" has finally sold but with a big loss for the owners. >> the 1986 comedy starred tom hanks and shelley long. you'll remember the couple found themselves in a never ending renovation nightmare. >> the mansion used in the movie is on long island, new york. it went on the market five years ago and it finally sold for $3 million, but that was after the owners spent 5 million on renovations. >> so we're saying they took a loss. >> yes. now for an update on the college student who had a side business selling krispy kreme. >> jason gonzalez had been buying hundreds to sell to his customers in minnesota where there are no krispy kreme locations and haven't been for awhile. we told you yesterday the company ordered him to stop but now a change of heart. the company is in talks to keep gonzalez in business. >> it was never my intent to make krispy kreme seem like the bad person or the bad company in this scenario, right? i mean it's pretty upsetting

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making news right now at 4:27, a possible motive in the orinda house party shootings. there may be a link to a mass shooting more than four years ago. and it is election day in the bay area. on the ballot in san francisco, the mayor, the d.a. and a vaping ban and housing. drivers could soon be zipping from sfo to san francisco in car-pool lanes. transportation leaders take the first step today to make that happen. good morning. 4:27 on this tuesday, november 5. st bay shelines.ng more t watch out for that as you head through the morning commute. it will be out there the entire time. temperatures about the same as yesterday, maybe a degree or two cooler. a lot of 40s out there, hayward at 50.

los gatos in the hills, 61. 50 at clover dale. one of our cool spots, santa rosa 40. look at mountain view, 42 degrees right now. our highs today, how about some 80s again in the east bay valleys around santa rosa, ukiah and morgan hill. mid to upper 70s inland. low to mid-70s around the bay including san francisco, 70. the clouds, just like yesterday, a little stubborn along the coast, 66 in half moon bay. here is jobina. good morning. thanks, mike. as he was mentioning about the fog, take a look at it at the golden gate bridge. there is a fog advisory so be aware. visibility is low as you head out the door. i want to take a live look at the san mateo bridge. heading to the peninsula, the closer you get to the coastline, a lot of fog as well on those roadways. be aware. i have another commuter alert, the ferries and trains are on

the winter schedule. there will be fewer ferries running to vallejo, alameda and oakland. schedules have been changed 5 to 15 minutes. the orinda city council will discuss the future of short-term rentals after the deadly halloween party shooting at an airbnb. >> it comes as the shooting may be linked to a quadruple murder in san francisco. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us live with details. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning. according to the "san francisco chronicle," orinda police are looking into whether last week's shootings here in orinda were possibly retaliation for a quadruple shooting that happened in san francisco's haze valley about four years ago. orinda police are checking the backgrounds of the victims from the shootings that happened here from last week's attack to see if that can help lead them to the shooter or shooters. meanwhile, family members arecr

time. calls about halloween party but it took them an hour and a half to respond, two minutes before shots were fired. >> i don't think no good can come from this. the police didn't do their job that night. what good can come from this? lives could have been saved. i'm past angry. but i deal with it in my own way. >> reporter: city officials say orinda police were busy on that night helping on a home invasion call in lafayette. that's why it took them so long erhe halloween party was rinda happening. five people were shot to death at that halloween party, and no arrests have been made. and at this time police have not identified any suspects. reporting live in orinda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thanks, amy.