in america this morning economy growing again, the new report, sparking debate across the country days before the midterm elections. conflicting messages as americans struggle with historically high inflation, but the treasury secretary is now saying about the months ahead. a developing story. a high rise building is suddenly evacuated in miami beach amid fears the building may be unsafe. the photo evidence and the concerns in the wake of that tragic building collapsed last year. twitter takeover elon musk, wasting no time already making his first move as owner of the influential social media platform. what could be coming next? 10 hour wait times in the er, the record spike in childhood respiratory illnesses , overwhelming more hospitals,

one facility at 200% capacity we hear from the father of twins in a coma from rsv. it's not the record he wanted to set the new distinction for tom brady as he suffers yetanother loss and later he's been called dad of the year. the kentucky coal miner who rushed from work to be with his son at the basketball game, no time to shower. hear what they're planning. now, after an outpouring of love. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone we begin with the economy and some news. many americans may find hard to believe. the government says the economy is growing and science claims there is no sign of a looming recession, at least not in the near term. democrats say this should boost their chancesin the midterm elections next month. but critics say inflation is a racing any progress in many analysts predict a mild recession in the next year. in the meantime, a hot mic revealed what democrats now think about their chances of

holding on to power in the senate and in arizona and arrest in a camp. pain office burglary is igniting backlash. abc is elizabeth scholesy has all the details beginning with the economy. elizabeth good morning . hey, rhiannon. good morning. the biden administration is celebrating after the u. s economy posted its first quarter of growth so far this year, but many americans are not so optimistic. overnight in a new interview, treasury secretary janet yellen said she sees no signs of a recession in the near term. we have unemployment at a 50 year low. there are two job vacancies for every, um american who's looking for work. we have% solid household finances. a new government report finds us gross domestic product grew 2.6% in the third quarter after six months of a shrinking economy report. nothing bad about the report. we've created more jobs were in a situation where and you look, the price of gasoline

is falling. the federal reserve is still expected to raise interest rates again next week in hopes of getting americans to cut back on their spending and bring down inflation. a key issue in the midterm elections. now just 11 days away, i can make the difficult decisions as you do in the operating room as a surgeon. i'll make them cutting our budget as well to make sure we don't have to raise taxes on the population already desperately in pain from the high inflation rate, president biden, visiting upstate new york claimed they will be double ahead for the economy if republicans take control of congress tax credits to lower energy bills. god. corporate minimum tax god. under the republican plan, some big corporations are going to go back to paint zero again, with polls showing republicans gaining ground, democrats are turning to former president obama was campaigning today in atlanta for senator rafael warnock, who's locked in a tight race against former football star herschel walker. and next weekend, obama will rally in pennsylvania for john fetterman

running for senate against dr mehmet oz in their debate tuesday, federman, who's recovering from a stroke, struggled to complete his answers. i do support fracking. and. i don't i don't. i support fracking and i stand and i do support fracking hot mic moment yesterday, senate majority leader chuck schumer could be heard telling president biden he does not believe the debate was a setback. meanwhile in arizona police have arrested this man in connection with the burglary at the campaign office of katie hobbs, the democrat running for governor. police say he took a computer mouse keyboard and a camera hobbs republican opponent kerry lake, slamming the habs campaign for suggesting lakes rhetoric may have inspired the break in. she's trying to deflect this campaign and the fact that you know, nobody even

knows where her campaign offices that burglary does not appear to be politically motivated. rhiannon elizabeth. thank you, and here's another challenge for election day. officials say a paper shortage could leave them running out of ballots. they worry there's little room for error. £30 million of paper expected to be used, turning now to a tragic scene near tulsa, oklahoma, eight people have been found dead after a house fire and police are investigating the deaths. as homicides, officials say a family with two adults and six children lived in the home in the town of broken arrow, but the victims have not yet been positively identified. the shortage of pediatric hospital beds is growing daily, with most facilities struggling to treat children suffering from respiratory viruses. seattle children's hospital is now set up a tent in the parking lot. it's emergency department is that 200% capacity one hospital in birmingham, alabama, says the wait time for its emergency room is 10 hours or more. and in

kansas city, eight month old twins suffering with rsv were placed in a coma. fingertips and his lips were turning blue and at that point, i told her call 911. it's very hard. i mean, they're they're so young. you i wish it was me lying in the bed instead of them. both boys are expected to recover but a broader warning from the white house winter is likely to bring what's being called a triple des mika combination of covid flu and rsv developing story in south florida. now an entire condo building has been evacuated. because of concerns it may not be structurally sound. everyone living at this miami beach high rise rushed to evacuate their building last night after the city declared the building unsafe having to pick up everything that i own and trying to like, figure out what was most important residents in tears, leaving the building, which some have called home for decades, you 20 years 20 years. it's unclear how many people live in this 15 story

building reportedly built in 1971 engineers say they found excessive damage in a main concrete beam in the garage. the engine here's reports, saying the beam might support the entire building structure are smart cash, says he noticed problems in the building dating back years ago. he shared these videos and photos with our miami station wplg cox in the column, cracks in the in the base. i mean in the garage and two storage garages, cracks in the beans everywhere. possible to fix this. i don't think so. residents of the building say crews were recently making repairs in the garage. miami dade county ordered an audit of all older high rises last year after the collapse of a condo building in surfside, florida, where 98 people were killed. since then, several buildings in south florida have been flagged as unsafe, forcing many residents to stay with family or in hotels until repairs are made. as for that building in miami beach engineers say repairs could take 10 days. musk is now officially the owner of twitter, he tweeted overnight.

the bird is freed, must reportedly closed the $44 billion deal ahead of today's deadline. sources say he immediately fired the company's ceo, cfo and its top lawyer. musk says he did not buy twitter to make money. in a message to advertisers, he wrote. it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner of twitter obviously cannot become a free for all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences. but observers say the job cuts the bus because reportedly planning could be problematic. twitter has struggled. for years to actually get control of some of the worst things that happen on its platform. and so the big question is. how can you expect as elon musk to cut back on moderation or cut down staff and not having this problem? just get worse? there is growing speculation that former

president trump will be allowed to return to the platform families of those killed in the val d texas school massacre finally had a chance to express their outrage to the state police chief during his first public updates since july. colonel steve mccraw said yesterday that he is not resigning because he says his department did not fail. you validate community that message and it didn't go over well with the audience. if you are a man of your word, then you would you would retire, but unfortunately , it doesn't seem like you're going to do that. because you keep talking in circles and doing all that mess and everything and listen, you can get irritated all you want your anger is not going to outmatch mine man has a criminal investigation into the police response to the valley attack. will be finished by the end of the year. a man accused of hijacking in new york city busses facing a slew of charges surveillance video shows him trying to flag down a bus. he later boarded one waving what turned out to be a bb gun while demanding the driver keep going

. the driver immediately opened the doors to let the passengers off. then, after a few blocks, the driver escaped by jumping out his window. the suspect, then took the wheel and hit a power pole where police arrested him. time now for a look at your friday weather. the snow near colorado springs gave these workers an excuse to get outside. some areas of the rockies got over a foot since wednesday. skies there will be clear today with morning lows in the thirties and on the radar. severe storms hit the texas coast this morning. damaging winds and hail or possible rain will also be following in the southern plains and in the northwest, and checking today's high temperatures. 56 in portland's and new york around 60 and clear near the great lakes mid eighties for south florida. coming up something we never knew about bumblebees, but first fourteens are killed in a tragic car crash was a tiktok

challenge to blame what police are now saying and a plane tries to fly through a severe storm. a passenger describes the white knuckle moments which left the nose of the plane crushed.

people like me tonight at 87, central on abc. back now, with a mountain lion on the loose in the brentwood neighborhood of los angeles, a school was locked down for hours while officials pursued the big cat. it was eventually tranquilized and relocated. and outside orlando, florida, this doorbell camera captured two bears wandering onto a porch. the homeowner says the bears empty the garbage cans. three climate activists have been arrested in europe after targeting another masterpiece. one protester glued his head to johannes vermeer's girl with the pearl earring at the museum in the hague. it is

protected by glass, though it follows recent attacks home works by monet and van gogh. police in new york are investigating whether a popular challenge on social media is to blame for a crash that killed four teenagers. the so called kia challenges already blamed for a huge spike in car thefts across the country. abc is injury, fuji explains. the 16 year old driver involved in this tragic crash and buffalo, new york, who police say may have been motivated by a challenge on social media is due in court today for passengers were killed ages 14 to 19 car was reported stolen. authorities say the teens may have been attempting to challenge popular on tiktok, which encourages people to steal kia and hyundai vehicles due to an alleged defect in the cars that allows them to be easily. hotwired i know kia's are widely publicized. the key challenges it's called. they're very easy. unfortunately to steal. honda is the parent company of kia k

america, acknowledging the problem, saying, while no car can be made completely theft proof key america has pledged to work closely with local law enforcement in their fight, but providing no cost steering wheel locks as an optional safeguard. many cities are seen in uptake in overall car thefts in buffalo car thefts are up 90% since 2020 with 253 key, as in handy stolen this year in los angeles, 1600. kias and hyundais have been stolen this year. tiktok challenge is just basically teaching people how to do it, which is pretty crazy if you drive a car or a hyundai i would be on the lookout in september, nearby orange county sued kia and hyundai, blaming older technology and the cars for the spike and thefts. city officials in st louis also threatening to sue. they're asking the company to issue a recall. it just needs to end its not victimless. it's not a simple joy reid. it's

hurting a lot of people. 16 year old driver and buffalo was ticketed for criminal possession of stolen property, but more charges are expected. as for those kids, and honda is being targeted, police say the models affected were from 2010 to 2021. canon andrew andrea. thank you coming up dubious distinction. tom brady sets a new record. also ahead with friends star matthew perry says he did at his matthew perry says he did at his lowest point to get drugs. the virus that causes shingles is sleeping... in 99% of people over 50. it's lying dormant, waiting... and could reactivate. shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. and it could wake at any time. think you're not at risk for shingles? it's time to wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention.

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night, the crew warning passengers to brace for impact. they gave us the instruction how to put our hands. ah our head and just wait for the impact by that moment, really soft was going today. i just started brain onboard 48 passengers screaming as lightning flashed outside the aircraft window crew should have been able to see the weather that was in front of them. so the question investigators will have was the radar working. did they see the storm? did they see the lightning? and why did they decide to continue through that? very very rough storm the plane , eventually making an emergency landing in asuncion, paraguay, the aircraft suffering heavy damage to its nose. and thankfully every one on that plane is okay. but now officials from chile and paraguay are investigating because they're going to want to know why that plane flew directly. into this store. geo benitez, abc news new york joe. thank you. friends

star matthew perry is revealing more about his struggle with addiction. he tells diane sawyer . he was barely holding things together on the show, losing so much weight when he was on pills that his clothes were hanging off of him. 55 like in a day, which is where i was 55. yeah. how did you get 55 a day? well, i had to wake up and i realized that i needed to get 55 of them or i was going to be really sick. so we go to open houses and go to the bathrooms in the sub in the open house and see what pills they had in there and steal them. and i think they thought, well, there's no way that chandler came in and stole from us much more on the interview later on good morning america and diane's 2020 special airs tonight at 88 eastern, coming up americans turning their back on beer. also reaction is pouring into this

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solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: what a quote, the bird is freed. elon musk tweeting about his takeover and is definitely making his presence felt. jobina: the family of a woman his body was found to face her alleged >> i think my legacy has a lot to do with serving the community. reggie: congressman jackie spear meeting with local supporters before she retires. we will talk about the candidates vying for her job. it is a good morning. jobina: we are ready. drew: we are in the 30's and 40's right now. 30's for solano county.