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owner who rescued them. >> mary matthews and husband mark adopted the dogs two years ago. mark says one of them recently started acting aggressively, even biting him. investigators say the dogs attacked mary so severely, she died from her injuries. her husband says he hopes others learn from what happened to his family. there's a new development in that frightening zip line accident in florida we talked about yesterday. it seriously injured a 10-year-old boy. >> this morning we're hearing from that boy's mother. here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: the 10-year-old boy riding the zip line is about to plunge to the hard concrete floor below. we're freezing the security footage here. moments later workers at the urban air adventure park in lakeland, florida, rush over. the boy on the floor seriously hurt. >> do not move him. do not move him unless he is in danger and do not splint any injuries. reassure him that help is on the way. >> parents need to know these places are -- they're dangerous. >> reporter: his mother says he was airlifted to the hospital

where he stayed for five days, undergoing surgery for broken bones, a collapsed lung, and a brain injury. she's suing the adventure park. >> he wants to have his normal life back. it's a big struggle every day. it really is. >> reporter: her son fell more than 20 feet while riding the zip line, called the sky rider. the lawsuit alleges urban air employees failed to properly secure the boy's harness before the start of the ride. the company saying in a statement, all staffmembers have been retrained on all attractions and the employees in question are no longer with us. kimberly barnes was not at the park when her son fell. it's unclear if a waiver was signed. he's still recovering but thankfully out of the hospital and back at school. victor oquendo, abc news, coral gables, florida. >> our thanks to victor there. a group of fishermen made a life-saving catch in the waters off of maine. >> they reeled in a deer. swimming five miles from shore, the men spotted the animal off the coast of addison. they managed to grab it by its antlers and legs, dragged it into their boat, and took it to

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millions of social media users are going gaga over a brand-new app that they hope will give them that thing that they love, applause, applause, applause. >> but is there a dark side and even a threat to your personal data lingering behind those short and punchy videos? here's abc's will reeve. >> reporter: it's all part of a new digital landscape built one snappy video at a time. if you haven't heard of tik tok you're not alone. >> for all the moms out there, what is tik tok? >> reporter: reese witherspoon needed a tutorial from her 16-year-old son deacon to become a tik tok-er. she's just one of the millions of people who have discovered the app. ♪ i don't want >> reporter: ariel martin, aka babe ariel, has mastered the terrain of tik tok, perfecting the art of lip synching to songs like "all i want for christmas is you." or "who let the dogs out." creating innovative performance art. let's talk numbers, how big are

you? >> how big am i? i have my -- 29 million on tik tok. >> how does that make you feel? >> i guess it's like -- it's a beautiful thing. and i just want to express love and positivity and as much as i possibly can. >> reporter: she was one of the first to build a following on the platform back when it was still known as musically. she moved from florida to california as her tik tok fame opened doors for her in hollywood. she's just landed a role in disney channel's "zombies 2" and is launching a music career. she's directing herself in her cover of lou reed's "walk on the wild side," an ode to acceptance. ♪ take a walk on the wild side >> i want to direct movies. that's like my main goal. that's where i want to be in a few years. >> reporter: so much of the content on tik tok is created by

teenagers in their bedrooms that intimacy and exposure could be fertile ground for ogling eyes and predatory comments. tik tok says it's working to keep its young users safe and t by popular creators showing how to do things like filter comments, block people, or report inappropriate content. tik tok is adamant that the platform is a joyful place, but it is not immune to the perils of the digital world. as reported in "the wall street journal," tik tok recently had to take down anonymous accounts linked to isis. they're just the latest social media company targeted by the terror group. tik tok deleted the videos and permanently banned the accounts,

adding quote content promoting terrorist organizations has absolutely no place on tik tok. and the company itself, which is owned by chinese artificial intelligence startup bytedance, is now being investigated by congress over allegations of censorship and improper data collection and storage. tik tok would not answer our questions on camera about this, instead referring us to this statement on their website by tik tok's u.s. general manager. at tik tok we have no higher priority than earning and preserving the trust of our users, partners, and regulators. we store all u.s. user data in the united states with backup redundancy in singapore. the company adding that china does not control the content of tik tok in the united states. our u.s. team makes decisions that we see as best for the u.s. market, and we are given the independence to do so. none of this is scaring away the droves of teens and young adults who are flocking to tik tok, hoping to reach the same heights as creators like baby ariel, who's blazing her own path in this new digital world. >> well done. >> you killed it. >> reporter: i'm will reeve in los angeles. >> ha, all 6 foot tall of will reeve there dancing, i'm happy with that. >> do we get to see the product of that tik tok video? we need to find it. >> more of that, please. >> tik tok has reportedly been downloaded more than 750 million

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♪ time for "weird science." you know the saying, it's a free country. >> yep. >> now there's a report out that says when it comes to being free, social media really ain't that free at all. >> not allowing us to be free. >> 90% of the world's internet users are being monitored. >> this was a study done by an independent watchdog organization, freedom house. 40 out of 65 countries it studied they say instituted advanced surveillance programs. that gets us to that nearly 90% figure. nearly 3 billion people we're talking about fall under some sort of surveillance program. that is just a staggering number.

>> well, so we just did that story about tik tok and whatever. social media. when it comes to social media, we know that it's full of bad actors. people manipulating, trying to manipulate elections, everything else. so you've got to see it for what it is. but recognize it. that's the important thing. >> absolutely. >> recognize the dangers out there. how about, speaking of bad actors, russia. some russian star apparently has come up with trying to get people to clone themselves with robots. >> robots? yeah, they can make them look like any person on earth. the robot's face has 18 moving parts there. that allows it to make 600 different micro-expressions. and its artificial intelligence contains 100,000 speech modules. the good news here or the bad news depending how you look at it, this machine only has eight hours of battery life. >> that's it? >> so they can't completely take over the world. >> that's a little more than me, working this shift. >> especially at this hour. >> if you need more energy here on "weird science," running just once a week may help you outpace an early death. >> i'm in trouble.

>> by one day apparently. no, a new study finds that people who run as little as once a week have a lower risk of early death than people who don't run at all. >> but there is no evidence running more alters that number significantly. the concept here is just running once a week, maybe if you don't have a lot of time, you don't have to do much to lower your risk. >> i think there's other factors like that person who runs more is also just healthier in general, right? which means they're going to, you know, outlive -- >> any amount of running is better than none, apparently, and again i'm in trouble. >> this is pretty cool. we've got a chatty dog that knows how to talk. >> this is stella. her owner is a speech language pathologist. she wanted to find a way to give her dog a voice. >> she knows 29 words, she presses a button and she's able to talk.

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this morning on "world news now," the search is on to find the attackers who left nine americans dead. >> a family ambushed by an armed group in mexico, among the victims, young children. hear about the heroic actions one boy took to get surviving children to safety. new results of elections in three key states. democrats flip a seat for the first time in decades and another race too close so call. bitter blast. millions of people bracing for the coldest air of the season. meet the man on a mission to spend one hour with 10,000 different strangers. how he's using social media to make real connections with real people offline and how he's inspiring others on this wednesday, november 6th.

good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. great to have kaylee hartung back. i will say that when we had this breaking news yesterday about what happened in mexico, the details were still coming in. but as the hours went on, it was just really tough to hear the details. >> horrific. >> just horrific. >> and the images, to see the images. >> yes, and that is where we start this half hour. the cause to take on the drug cartels after the terrifying and deadly ambush of american in mexico. >> at least nine members of one family killed, part of a community of mormons living in the country for decades. more than 200 bullet casings were found near the vehicles. >> the convoy of three suvs was attacked by gunmen as they traveled between the states of sonora and chihuahua. abc's tom llamas reports from mexico. >> nita and four of my grandchildren are burnt, shot up.

>> reporter: this charred, bullet-ridden suv marks the massacre that a mexican drug cartel unleashed on an american family. three women and at least six children, including twin infants, ambushed and shot in a remote mountainous area south of the u.s. border. these images show some of the survivors, including at least five children, who were flown by helicopter to be treated for gunshot wounds in tucson, arizona. they somehow escaped the slaughter. >> oldest was 13, i believe. he hid them all under a bush on the side of the road. told them to stay, and he ran. >> reporter: the victims all part of a fundamentalist mormon group that lived in the border region for decades. victims' relatives say the group was traveling by caravan, picking up family members, preparing for an upcoming wedding. they were traveling in three separate suvs deep in narco territory amid an ongoing cartel war. mexican officials think the women's suvs may have been

mistaken by rival drug gangs. relatives say at one point one of the mothers got out of her vehicle with her hands up to show they were families. the gunmen shot her point blank in the chest. >> mexico's always been safe for us growing up, i always felt safe there. and just in the last few months it's gotten -- it's gotten a little scary. >> reporter: president trump reacting to the horrific news tweeting, if mexico needs or requests help in cleaning out these monsters, the united states stands ready, willing, and able to get involved and do the job quickly and effectively. but mexico's president saying their country will handle this alone, vowing justice. the drug violence getting worse in mexico. an american family that was ready to celebrate a wedding now preparing for several funerals. at least eight children survived this vicious attack because of the heroic work of one of the siblings. just 13 years old, he took his brothers and sisters and he hid them in some bushes, used branches to cover them. they were bleeding from gunshot

wounds. then he walked 14 miles to get help back home. because of him those kids are alive. i asked a former mexican intelligence officer why these vicious criminals would shoot and kill innocent women and children. his chilling response, "because they can." he says they are the law in that section of mexico, and there are no consequences, at least not right now. in mexico city, tom llamas, abc news. >> our thanks to tom. such disturbing details. one of the surviving children is 7-month-old baby faith. a relative says she was hidden under the car seat by her mother before she was killed. the baby was rescued several hours later. the results are in from election night around the country and this morning the closely watched governor's race in kentucky is too close to call but the democrat is claiming victory. >> democrat andy bashear holds a thin lead over incumbent governor matt bevin who says at this point he is not conceding. president trump held a rally for

bevin monday night. trump won the state by 20 points in 2016. >> democrats have won control of both chambers of virginia's legislature along with their democratic governor, the first time democrats have had full control in virginia for 25 years. now to the impeachment inquiry. the state department's third-highest ranking official is set to testify before investigators today a day before diplomat gordon sondland reversed him, updating his former testimony to acknowledge u.s. military aid was withheld from ukraine until it promised to investigate president trump's political rivals. abc's serena marshall has details. >> reporter: a stunning reversal from one of the president's point men on ukraine. gordon sondland, the eu ambassador, revised from this past monday there was a quid pro quo around the military aid to ukraine, and it was tied directly to a public investigation of president trump's political rivals. sondland adding, the public statement would need to come directly from president zelensky

himself, telling lawmakers his recollection was refreshed after the closed-door testimony from bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine, and tim morrison, former russia expert who worked in the white house. sondland, a trump mega donor, rewarded with the ambassadorship, told lawmakers when it came to those text messages he exchanged with taylor -- >> the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who's highly respected, was, there's no quid pro quo. he said that. >> reporter: he was just repeating what the president told him to say. and when it came to ukraine, the president just kept saying, talk to rudy, talk to rudy. that's his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. he says giuliani's demands of ukraine became increasingly quote insidious. kurt volker, former special envoy to ukraine, had also told lawmakers, according to his transcript released tuesday, giuliani was a problem that was impeding u.s. policy with ukraine, and he told giuliani the allegations he was pursuing about former vice president

biden were not credible. in a statement the white house argues the transcript shows even less evidence for impeachment than previously thought and the republican leader in the senate predicting -- >> if it were today, i don't think there's any question it would not lead to a removal. >> reporter: house democrats have also now requested a deposition from acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, but like the ones earlier this week, it's likely the white house will try to block it. >> our thanks to serena. it's not even thanksgiving yet, but it is about to feel like the middle of winter for millions of us. >> an arctic blast is coming down from canada with a small clipper system moving through the great lakes bringing a blast of snow. that area could see as much as 4 inches. a bigger storm system will develop tonight over the plains with a flood threat for the south. we are just the messengers. now to sports where college basketball has made its return. the top four men's teams started the season right here in new york city. >> i'll say. i was there. not to brag or anything like that.

number four duke began the post-zion williamson era in madison square garden. they were down late until stanley hit the drive and he's fouled. duke takes the lead for good and wins it 68-66. a lot of duke fans at madison square garden. kansas just crying on their bench. game two was number one michigan state against number two kentucky, a matchup we knew would be a good one. wildcats were hanging on late when tyrece maxim put it away. they take down the number one team in the country 69-62. all my love to big blue nation. those are some of the best fans in the country. >> i asked you what was it like there at madison square garden? >> it was an awesome environment. it was a sellout. almost 20,000 fans packing that arena. i've worked games there before,

i've gone to nba games there before, college games. this was as good an environment as i have seen. people are excited to have college basketball back. >> so much fun. i asked you earlier how many kentucky fans were in there? i was trying to make a political joke and a sports joke. because right now, talking about the governor's race earlier, razor-thin margin. one of those candidates, one of those losing, could have used -- >> could havus big blue nation support back in kentucky. coming up, the man who's trying to meet 10,000 new friends. later in "the mix," this isn't just any golden toilet. the thing that makes this hey-karat commode a contender for a guinness world record. we're hearing from a group of friends allegedly asked to switch seats at a restaurant because of their race. allegedly asked to switch seats at a restaurant because of their race. 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

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turning now to the new development in that alleged racial incident at a buffalo wild wings restaurant outside chicago. >> a group of parents and children who are multi-racial are speaking out after they say they were asked to move seats because a regular customer didn't want to sit near them. >> reporter: emotional and at times in tears, these illinois families say they were targeted at this buffalo wild wings because they're black. >> i was appalled. i was astonished. >> reporter: justin vale and his family had asked for a table for 18 to spend time with friends after a birthday party. >> the host asked what race we were. i asked why that mattered, he said because we have a regular customer who is racist and he does not want to be seated around black people. >> reporter: the group says they were told their seats were reserved and they'd have to move. they ended up leaving the restaurant.

the incident sparking outrage after justin's wife shared the story on facebook along with this photo of the man they say wanted them to move. >> you look at these people and they're all different. they need to know that's okay. >> reporter: buffalo wild wings apologizing to the families after firing the employees involved adding, we have banned the customer who exhibited the inappropriate behavior from all buffalo wild wings for life. the restaurant chain says they will be conducting sensitivity training. the families are demanding the company do more to prevent something like this from happening again. alex perez, abc news, naperville, illinois. >> the group there says they're not pursuing a lawsuit at this time against buffalo wild wings but they would like to meet with the owners of the restaurant group and discuss what sort of changes they can make moving forward. >> a dialogue is definitely needed. i think about this incident. the alleged racist i could care less about, it's the fact that he was allowed to exhibit this type of behavior. >> that they were aware and allowed it to persist. >> so that's the issue i have.

so the employees, obviously there is a debate whether or not they deserve to get fired, but we do know that you can't allow these things to happen and condone it. pretty famous black actor once said, the crippling poison of racism still persists and the struggle still continues, we must cat it out for what it is. coming up next half hour, the house seen dangling over the edge of a cliff. first, the man who's on a mission to meet 10,000 strangers.

♪ thank you for being a friend a rising social media star is saying, thank you for being a friend, again, and again, and again, in his quest to meet 10,000 brand-new friends. >> one of his newly minted friends is right here with us this morning, will. >> good morning to you guys. goodorning to all of you. rob lawless is using instagram to form friendships with people offline, and i was number 2,956 in his quest to turn 10,000 strangers into friends.

rob lawless has a lot of friends. pizzamakers in canada. musicians in l.a. acro-yogis in philly. and everyone in between. rob's a man on a mission, which he calls rob's 10k friends. rob's 10k friends is my mission to spend one hour one on one with 10,000 different people to see what comes of opening doors for no particular reason. >> reporter: rob doesn't write anything down or take physical notes but afterwards he manages to write a quote and a brief bio about each of his new friends. >> are there certain people that stand out in your mind, wow, i'll remember this person forever? >> the guy i talk about, i met this guy, chris. when he was 16, he was living in

romania, but he came here to go boating on the hudson with friends. he fell off of the boat and was actually run over by it, given a 12% chance of walking again, and a 15% chance of living. and he beat both those odds. i just think about him a lot because it shaped in my mind what a problem is versus an inconvenience. >> reporter: the project presenting rob with unexpected life experiences of his own. a san diego pilot offering to have his meeting with rob in an airplane. >> we drove to the plane, and he joked with me, he said, it's amateur built, so you don't have to fly with it if you want. that's when i learned he had literally built the plane himself. >> you went? >> i went, yeah. our hour getting to know each other was flying over the coast of san diego. >> reporter: ages 5 to 98. strangers setting up meetings very instagram, his website, or the old fashioned way, being referred by a friend. >> i think it's a great concept. and i'm always up for meeting someone new, making new friends. it was neat to be a part of it. >> reporter: what started as a passion project when rob worked in consulting has turned into his full-time gig. >> it's been a lot of building it where i could do it in the cheapest manner. a lot of getting to the point of

almost meeting 3,000 people was relying on my resources and the people who i'm close with who are willing to be generous to me. >> reporter: until companies began noticing rob's work. >> as the project has picked up, both in terms of an audience and in terms of press pieces, i've started to have more conversations. i don't think two years ago i would have been able to knock on the door of wework and have them listen to me. >> in terms of finances, are you fully supporting yourself with the project? >> i'm building to it. >> reporter: rob saying that eventually maybe the project will turn into a speaking gig at companies and schools. for now, though -- >> would you say the project has made your world bigger or smaller? smaller for sure. i think when you're walking past people who you recognize and whose backstories you know, it just makes everything feel like home. >> what is the best thing about the project? >> i'm starting to see people take on their own initiatives of meeting new people. i like that the project has this

air of good to it. if 10 people are trying to meet 10 new people this year as a result of it and they have a good experience, maybe 20 will do that next year. there's a lot of talk about loneliness driven by social media, driven by technology. and if i can have a small footprint in changing that, that is something i'd be really proud of. >> rob thinks it will be about 10 more years before he wraps up the project, but in the meantime, if you'd like to use your social media to take a break from social media, you can schedule a meeting with rob by reaching out on instagram. his handle is robs10kfriends. >> use your social media to take a break from social media. >> right? >> you asked him a good question of, what sort of boundaries does he put on these meetings when he is continually meeting with strangers? >> public places in broad daylight and that's it. that's how he keeps things safe, as if you're going on a date. >> this is cool. co-workers you can talk with, on elevators. 2,956 friends. time for "the mix." you see this beautiful tray up

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to? i hear there was a truck? >> it was just a truck, a truck here in new york city. that hopefully his a great sanitation record. >> why did you do that? >> it's new york, it's fine. it's fine. how is it? >> pretty delicious. a big fan. >> i can't see anything past all those jalapenos. >> it takes some digging, you need utensils for this. if you're not into these kinds of chips, how about turducken pringles? pringles is hyping up its latest flavor for thanksgiving. you see the turkey there. are you familiar with the turducken? the duck, the chicken, the turkey -- >> which goes in what? >> depends on the size of the duck and the chicken i guess -- >> after all that turdurken -- >> the turducken.

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th this morning on "world news now," the major impeachment headline. a top diplomat close to the president revising his testimony on ukraine to acknowledge a quid pro quo. what will happen today following this new revelation? new developments in the ambush of an american family living in mexico, nine people killed. a little baby is among the survivors. what the mexican president is vowing to do. new this half hour, a woman who famously flipped off president trump has a new job. >> you may remember this image, a cyclist giving the bird to president trump's motorcade. see what she's doing now. life was the bubbles last night on abc thanks to "the little mermaid live." queen latifah, john stamos, and

their fishy friends taking to the stage to belt out classic disney tunes. we'll have the high tide highlights in "the skinny" on this wednesday, november 6th. ♪ all the highlights are out and "little mermaid live" was a hit. queen latifah and others belting out some songs. >> truthfully i haven't seen a moment of it because i was there for the opening of college basketball season in madison square garden. but i'm looking forward to what i will get to see. >> also a hit. shaggy, where were his claws? >> that's what i heard. the audience had claws. >> they said, you're supposed to be a lobster, he said, it wasn't me. >> so good. >> had to get the line in there. let's begin with the impeachment battle. the white house is pushing back on newly released transcripts saying they prove president trump has been telling the truth since the congressional inquiry began. >> a look at capitol hill where a top state department official today is expected to tell investigators about the department's reaction to

president trump's removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. >> that comes a day after diplomat gordon sondland corrected his earlier sworn statement about the connection between u.s. military aid and a ukrainian investigation of the president's political rivals. abc's mary bruce reports. >> reporter: in an astounding reversal the president's handpicked point man in ukraine is now admitting he presented the ukrainian government with a quid pro quo. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu, says he told a top ukrainian official they would likely not receive nearly $400 million in military aid unless they publicly committed to investigating president trump's political rivals. sondland adding the public statement would need to come directly from ukrainian president zelensky himself. sondland did not acknowledge any of this when he testified last month, but now he's revised his account after his memory was quote refreshed by the explosive memory of bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, and tim morrison, the president's

top russia adviser. >> it's never too late to do the right thing. i don't want to be critical of anyone who comes forward. >> reporter: unlike others who have testified, sondland is not a career public servant, he's a trump mega donor whose loyalty was rewarded with ambassadorship and he has been quick to defend the president. shortly after sondland laid out that quid pro quo to ukraine, he received a text message from diplomat bill taylor who said, it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help in a political campaign. sondland replied, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. >> the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who's highly respected, was, there's no quid pro quo. he said that. >> reporter: but sondland says he was just repeating what the president told him in a phone call. sondland told investigators the president delegated ukraine policy to his personal attorney, rudy giuliani. that the president just kept

saying, talk to rudy, talk to rudy. he says giuliani's demands of ukraine became increasingly quote insidious, and when sondland discussed the role of the president's lawyer with secretary of state mike pompeo, pompeo rolled his eyes and said, yes, it's something we have to deal with. sondland initially said he could not recall many of these details but other witnesses did, raising questions here on the hill about whether sondland had told the truth. now sondland was facing mounting pressure and likely knew this transcript was going to be released, so yesterday he submitted his revised testimony. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. on to a horrific story this morning. we have new details on that violent and brazen highway ambush in mexico that killed nine americans, including three women and six children. authorities say the victims may have been mistaken for rival drug traffickers. some family members say the attackers knew they were

targeting civilians. >> the brutal slayings have rocked mexico, already struggling with record homicide rates and other drug-related violence. this charred, bullet-ridden suv marks the massacre a mexican drug cartel unleashed on an innocent american family, nine dead including six children. the attack happened in a remote mountainous area south of the u.s. border that has become more dangerous as cartels battle for territory. >> mexico's always been safe for us growing up. i always felt safe there. and just in the last few months it's gotten -- it's gotten a little scary. >> reporter: relatives say the group was traveling by caravan, picking up family members for an upcoming wedding, when they were attacked. one of the mothers got out of her vehicle with her hands up, but the gunman shot her in the chest. mexican officials say the gangs may have mistaken the group's suvs for rivals. these images show some of the surviving children who were flown to get treated for gunshot wounds in tucson, arizona. they escaped the slaughter thanks to their brave

13-year-old sibling. >> the oldest, who was 13, i believe, he hid them all under a bush on the side of the road, told them to stay, and he ran back all the way home. >> reporter: relatives say a 7-month-old who survived was found under a seat in one of the suvs. >> they think that maybe the mother tried to put the child, like, on the floor, under the seat in some way, to save her life. but -- baby faith is her name, she actually miraculously survived. >> reporter: president trump react together horrific news tweeting, if mexico need or requests help in cleaning out these monsters the united states stands ready, willing and able to get involved and do the job quickly and effective. mexico's president says his country will handle this alone, vowing justice. mexico's president called president trump to express his condolences. a relative says five of the children who survived the shooting are in stable condition this morning in an arizona hospital. authorities are searching for a person of interest in the murder of a new hampshire couple. adam curtis williams has been identified as the man seen driving james and michelle

butler's truck into mexico. the woman with him is also a person of interest. the butlers' bodies were discovered in a shallow grave in texas a week after their family reported them missing. at&t has been fined $60 million for misleading customers with unlimited data fans. the fine settles a federal trade commission complaint that says the company did not clearly tell customers web browsing speed would be slowed down significantly if they used a certain amount of data. millions of customers will get partial refunds. a virginia woman who lost her job after a one-finger salute to the president is now flashing a victory sign. >> two years ago julie briskman made an obscene gesture toward president trump's motorcade as she was biking past the line of suvs. a picture of the moment went viral and her employer, a federal contractor, told her she needed to resign. last night brisk man won a seat on the board of supervisors in loudoun county, beating the incumbent republican for the spot.

>> briskman sued her former employer after that. she won a severance judgment but her wrongful termination lawsuit was dismissed. >> she says one of her goals is to increase transparency in local government, so now she is part of government after that very viral incident going past the president's motorcade. coming up, your prescription drugs delivered by drone. plus the house that's been living on the edge literally for more than a year. later in "the skinny," our first peek at dolly parton's latest project. first a look at today's high temperatures, just 32 in the twin cities, that's colder than alaska.

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rushed inside, and put out the flames. it all happened less than a minute after the emergency call. next door in wisconsin a home outside milwaukee is no longer on the edge. the house had been dangling off a cliff over lake michigan since off. year when its deck fell parts of the foundation and basement fell into the lake last month. crews demolished the home yesterday. a deputy in florida is facing felony charges this morning after this disturbing surveillance video surfaced from inside a school for children with emotional issues. that deputy seen grabbing a 15-year-old girl by the neck and throwing her to the floor. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: on the left is broward county deputy willard miller, the school resource officer, seen texting on his phone. he was arrested. on the right is the 15-year-old girl, the student he's accused of physically abusing. >> the byproduct of his actions

were deplorable. they were uncalled for, and they violated multiple policies just on the optics. >> reporter: this is a school for children with emotional and behavioral issues. you see the student touch him with her foot, pushing the back of his leg. a minute later it appears they exchange words, then he walks across the room, grabs the girl by the neck, throws her to the ground, puts his knee in her back. he pulls her off the ground, throws her into a room, causing the victim's body to hit the ball, according to the police report. the charge, felony child abuse without great bodily harm. the sheriff is furious. >> i would hope that every cop in america would disagree with that type of response. >> reporter: the officer has been suspended and has not yet entered a plea. authorities tell us that school officials found this incident by accident while they were investigating something unrelated. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. for the first time, drones have delivered prescriptions to customers. >> u.p.s. says it made two deliveries for a cvs pharmacy in

a raleigh suburb. one was to a private home, the other to a retirement community. the drones didn't land but hovered 20 feet in the air and lowered the boxes to the ground. an operator did monitor the flights. >> walmart has been looking into using drones but for now has offered a deal for grocery delivery on the ground. a subscription service for groceries for 1,400 of its stores. customers will pay either $98 a year or $13 a month. by the end of the year walmart says the service will cover half the country. when we come back, queen latifah slayed it last night on "the little mermaid live." why hugh grant is being described this morning as a grinch who's trying to steal christmas. could be signs that your digestive system isn't working at its best? taking metamucil every day can help. metamucil supports your daily digestive health using a special plant-based fiber called psyllium. psyllium works by forming a gel in your digestive system to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down.

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♪ under the sea under the sea darling it's better down where it's wetter ♪ you know who that is? sebastian the lobster. i mean, the crab. at the top of this half hour i think i called him a lobster. i'm getting tweets already, i'm sure of it. these crustaceans are hard to

keep them together. >> real tough, man. >> the singing crustaceans especially. >> yeah, the animated ones, they're hard. >> i'm allergic to all of them. we are starting "the skinny" with our parent company disney's live presentation of "the little mermaid." >> it's been 30 years since "the little mermaid" first made a splash on the big screen. last night abc went back under the sea for "the little mermaid live," a special presentation of the classic animated film including these live performances of the movie's musical numbers. the star who made the most waves, queen latifah who played ursula. look at her sinking tentacles into the song "poor unfortunate souls." ♪ those poor unfortunate souls so sad so true ♪ ♪ they come flocking to my cauldron and i help them yes i do ♪ >> one fan tweeted, okay, so it's official, queen latifah is an actual goddess. the costume budget for this thing might have all gone

towards her, incredible costume. >> i think so, it is beautiful. i want to get to the nearest broadway show that has queen latifah headlining. >> is there one? >> i need to find out if there's one. >> she needs one if there's not. >> there needs to be, yes. fans also excited to see john stamos take the stage as chef louis. at one point stamos ad libbed he should have been cast as prince albert. the only problem, the character is prince eric. that part was played by graham phillips, who surprised fans by belting out a solo from the broadway musical version of "the little mermaid." ♪ and her voice it's sweet as angels sighing and her voice it's warm as summer sky ♪ >> so i love this kid. graham phillips. i've been following him since he was a little boy playing the son on "the good wife."

he's an amazing actor and i didn't know he could sing, now i know. now i know. >> isn't it fascinating, those actors, the triple threats as they call them? you can dance, you can act, you can sing. i'd be willing to bet -- >> i'm pretty sure he can dance, he can do it all. >> of course when everyone's favorite crab, sebastian, sang "under the sea," fans were ready with a round of "a-claws" or applause. although his costume made people think of britney spears' outfit from her "crazy" video, remember that one? or maybe michael jackson's red leather jacket from "thriller." and look. noticeably he didn't have any claws of his own. what kind of crab doesn't have claws? >> he's up there looking like eddie murphy's comedy special right now. that's what that really looks like. >> jack liked that one. >> he really did. i just want another "it wasn't me" joke, you got one? >> no.

>> all of this comes ahead of the live action remake of "the little mermaid" starring halle bailey and melissa mccarthy. i had to think about that. i want to say halle berry. >> legend. >> two legends there. >> we'll be on the lookout for that one. next, this is what i'm here for, our first glimpse of dolly parton's "heartstrings." >> netflix has released its first trailer of dolly parton's "heartstrings" which reimagines eight of parton's biggest hits as mini dramas spun into an anthology series, check it out. >> songs, they're stories put to music. songs that i've written, they're stories of my life. every trial. every struggle. every smile. every sorrow. it's the melody of my memories. it's the sound of my heartstrings. >> november 22nd this is going

on my calendar, i'm not even kidding when i say that. "heartstrings" will be on netflix then. dolly, my favorite. >> you love some dolly. >> i love some dolly. my mother could tell you, as a child, my hero. miss dolly parton. the first trip i ever asked my parents to take me on, to dollywood. ♪ do-do-do-dollywood >> is that a thing? >> yeah. it was a pigeon forge commercial. it was a competitive thing. ♪ do-do-do-dollywood ♪ pigeon forge people know it. next to the outing of an early christmas grinch hugh grant took to twitter to slam upscale chain pret a manger about the chain playing christmas music. and their staff wearing santa hats. christmas music. >> try it again in four weeks. it doesn't make us merrier and spend more money. >> the chain responded with a snap of grant from "love, actually" and the caption "we're hoping to see your famous dance

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♪ we are back with our "skinny bonus round." because why not? we're going to start with the high-powered matchup tonight on "jeopardy!." ♪ here comes "jeopardy!" james ♪ here comes "jeopardy!" james holzhauer ♪ who won $2.42 million across his winning streak earlier this year returning for this week's "tournament of champions." >> if things play out just right, he may even face off against the contestant who ended his epic run, university of chicago librarian emma boettcher. both have the chance to add to their existing winnings. >> i can't wait to see this matchup. >> you love it, you love james two it was a great era of "jeopardy!" tv. next to the startling revelation by woody harrelson. >> he recently admitted on a podcast he was supposed to

become a minister. >> hm. harrelson said, he said that while he was at andover college he studied theology and he was mentored by future vice president mike pence. >> who knew. >> who was two years ahead of him. he was quick to point out they were not buddies, it was just pence was the guy who led other students toward ministry. >> okay, quite a distinction. next from our "skinny celebrity real estate desk" that we have right here, the mega-deal just closed by oprah winfrey. >> when your existing 23,000 square foot mega-mansion surrounded by 65 acres simply isn't enough, you buy the neighbor's house. >> of course you do. oprah just reportedly bought the ranch next door. it was owned by actor jeff bridges and his wife susan. the santa barbara area spanish revival compound dates back to 1919. this picture doesn't do it

justice. it's beautiful, but there's that main house, a guesthouse, a pool house, a carriage house, an equestrian facility, all of this spread out over four acres. so oprah got the place for a cool $6.85 million. this expands her property -- i can't even -- 70 acres, 13 buildings, two swimming pools, and one tennis court. >> oprah, please, you've got room for me to just come visit. >> i'm available. finally, the holiday gift that the sticky bandits and everyone else want to get their hands on this year. >> macaulay culkin is announcing his brand-new line of holiday socks. the "home alone" star is sharing this quickie video swapping buzz's tarantula for a christmas iguana and showing off his festive holiday legwear spotlighting his collaboration with the happy socks brand. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com.

breaking news in america this morning, election upset. democrats declare victory in the red state of kentucky as the governor's comes down to the wire. while democrats take over virginia state government for the first time in a generation. does this spell trouble for president trump? how republicans are responding this morning. new stories of survival after a massacre in mexico. nine members of an american family including six children slaughtered on their way to a wedding. how a dying mother was able to save her baby from their attacker and the teenager who saved his siblings, hiding them with free branches. cancer scam arrest. how police say a woman lied about a cancer diagnosis to scam donors into giving her thousands. what finally led to r