right now. in america this morning. president biden's new warning american democracy under attack is taking aim at election deniers ahead of the midterm elections and what we're now learning about the attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband and the growing concern about political violence. inflation with no end in sight, the fed raising interest rates and suggesting what could come in the future to bring down prices. meanwhile one supermarket chain is doing something unheard of as grocery prices skyrocket ahead of thanksgiving. criminals targeting your car, federal agents announcing a major bust a catalytic converter theft ring stretching from coast to coast how thieves allegedly made more than $500 million, leaving car owners high and dry. the anti

semitism scandal rocking the nba . what superstar kyrie irving is saying now overnight powerball fever growing hotter yet again and from history being made at the world series. series no hater, the latest cheating scandal and pro sports this time in corn hole it's thursday, november, 3rd. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone we begin with president biden's new warning, he says. democracy is in danger. midterm elections fast approaching, the president is taking aim at candidates who refused to accept election results, saying election deniers could set the country on a path to chaos comes amid growing concern about political violence after the attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. we're learning more about that attack and the security system inside pelosi's home, abc sm wind begins our coverage and good morning. good

morning, andrew with only five days into election day, president biden says americans can no longer take democracy for granted. this morning. president biden is warning about political violence ahead of the midterm elections take democracy for granted any longer, saying in a speech last night, voters are choosing between democracy and extremism. biden pointing the finger directly at former president trump democracy under attack because the defeated former president of the united states refused to accept the results. the 2020 election. biden then link the violence of the capital on january 6th to the recent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi is husband paul after the assailant entered the home, asking, where's nancy? where's nancy? cameras spotted speaker pelosi last night, leaving her home under heavy security in san francisco, where her husband, paul remains hospitalized. police say david cpap broke into the couple's home before knocking paul and conscious with a hammer.

investigators say to perhaps intent was to kidnap speaker pelosi. not only is this someone who engaged in a in a pre planned attack on the speaker in her in her home, and but someone who was willing to enact violence that was politically motivated. capitol police say they have access to 1800 cameras at their command center in washington, d c, including some outside of pelosi's home, but those cameras were not being actively monitored because the speaker was not home. at the time of the attack, capitol police only noticed a problem when they saw lights from local police cars in the video feed. sources say the pelosi home was equipped with a private security system, but it's not clear of the systems alarm was activated . now a top democrat, is demanding answers in a letter to the capitol police chief congresswoman zoloft and rights that targeted attack on pelosi raises significant questions about security protections for members of congress, particularly those in the presidential line of succession.

the pap is due back in court tomorrow and attempted murder and attempted kidnapping charges . andrew alright, m. thank you. civil rights groups are demanding a meeting with elon musk to discuss what they describe as a rise in racial and religious hatred on twitter since musk brought the company the urban league and national action network wants to know more about how musk plans to moderate content and protect against abuse. bloomberg reports. musk is planning to cut half of the jobs that twitter to cut costs, potentially major development in the mara lago document investigation, sources say. the justice department has offered former president trump's adviser cash patel, an immunity deal to testify about trump's handling of classified documents . patel repeatedly invoked the fifth amendment when he appeared before a grand jury last month. he has publicly criticized the fbi surgeon mara lago as unlawful. it's not clear if he will accept a deal turning now to the economy, the federal reserve's latest effort to bring down inflation may not be enough . there's a new signal that high

prices may be here to stay for a while. new figures out this morning show companies are still hiring despite looming concerns about an economic slowdown, private companies added 239,000 jobs last month while wages increased nearly 8% and right now there are two jobs available for every worker, meaning employers will likely need to keep raising salaries to attract workers. those higher labor costs are often passed on to customers, meaning higher prices, fueling more inflation. on wall street stocks tumbling yesterday after the federal reserve raised interest rates for the sixth time this year, trying to cool the economy and bring down spending. fed chairman jerome powell says it's too soon to speculate when the fed will pause interest rate hikes, suggesting rates could go even higher than expected. we think there's some ground to cover, but before we meet that test, and that's why we say that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate, we may ultimately moved to higher levels than we thought. meanwhile inflation is hitting food prices, especially hard in response grocery chain,

aldi is giving its customers an extra reason to be thankful this thanksgiving. it's resetting prices on thanksgiving staples, turning back the clock and selling them at 2019 prices, saying it wants to show its commitment to customers who may be struggling. as we mentioned yesterday, turkey prices are up more than 20% this year. vegetables are up nearly 10% north korea has fired three more missiles today, including an intercontinental ballistic missile launches, triggering evacuation alerts in japan. these latest tests followed yesterday's barrage of more than 20 missiles the most ever fired in one day, adding to concern that kim jong un may be preparing for his first nuclear test since 2017 and the white house says north korea has been sending ammunition to russia to use for the warning. ukraine. but white house officials won't confirm or deny in new york times report that russian military officials have discussed the potential use of a nuclear weapon in ukraine. meanwhile on the ground, the battle for carson is heating up . it is the largest city under

russian control. abc is james longman is near the front line. it's extraordinary, isn't it? seven months of this war and yet, basically, everywhere you go in ukraine. you meet people like to say. well, i'm not leaving. this is my home. he says this is my place. i will not give it to anyone. are things to james longman. for that russia has now reversed course and is allowing grain shipments to leave ukraine. observers say it shows the weakness of russia's position in the black sea. federal agents say they've uncovered a massive theft ring where the thieves targeted car owners stealing their catalytic converters. the owners were left with huge repair bills while the suspects cashed in big time. abc is energy, fuji explains. this morning, a nationwide takedown of a catalytic converter theft ring worth hundreds of millions of dollars. this ferrari, one of several cars seized from a home in new jersey, where agents say the suspects conspired with a

group in sacramento to extract precious metals from stolen converters and sell them to meadow refineries. those medals in some cases are worth more per ounce than gold. it takes less than 30 seconds to really take thesetalyconrters and makrotalin arrests after investigations in nine states from california to new jersey. every non electric car has a catalytic converter, which helps convert pollutant gasses into less harmful ones. if yours is stolen, it's an expensive headache. repairs can cost thousands and the damage can leave your car inoperable because of world events and supply chain issues. the price of those has skyrocketed in recent years. that's fueled a 230% spike and thefts in new york city and an average of 1600 thefts per month in california. the feds say the suspects in this scheme incentivized criminals to steal more by

advertising online and promising to pay for shipping. some car owners are now trying to deter thieves by using a cable locking device or etching their vehicles vin number onto the converter. all in all the suspects allegedly made $545 million off the sale of those precious metals. andrew rhiannon, andrea . thank you, the cbs television network and its former president , les moonves will now pay more than $30 million for allegedly covering up sexual assault allegations. the new york attorney general's office says the los angeles police captain tipped off network executives when an accuser filed a report against moonves in 2017. according to the agreement, most of the money will go to cbs shareholders who were kept in the dark about the allegations. cbs's parent company says there was no admission of wrongdoing on the company's part time now for a look at your thursday weather. heavy snow that fell in

the mountains off the northwest is now moving into the rockies. up to two ft could fall today and right behind that another storm system moves into the northwest. meanwhile severe storms are expected tonight in the plains and the texas panhandle will move across texas tomorrow, checking today's high temperatures more record highs in the midwest. some places will be 20 degrees above normal. and still mild in the northeast chili in the northwest. warm in miami 86 degrees 81 in new orleans. coming up a new argument against turning back the clocks every fall. also ahead. why prosecutors say two teens in iowa killed their spanish teacher and new questions about the evidence. the impostor at a prestigious university allegedly living on campus for nearly a forever. yt

want to miss this on abc. lawyers for two iowa teenagers charged with killing their spanish teacher want the judge to throw out most, if not all, of the evidence against them. they're accusing police of obtaining their search warrants illegally. court documents claim the boys ambushed and beat the teacher with a baseball bat last year after she gave one of them a bad grade. unusual story from stanford university and man reportedly lived on campus for months, but he didn't work there and he wasn't a student. this morning questions being raised after an imposter was found living at one of the country's most prestigious universities. i thought he was a student. he said. he was a student 20 year old william curry of alabama is accused of posing as a student on social media and living on stanford university's campus for nearly a year. he had a whole instagram page that many of my friends had already followed.

that sandy was stanford class of 25 that he was a coke scholar, um, that you transferred from duke. the school newspaper reports. curry had been squatting and at least five dorms since last year, the university says he was removed from campus last december, but reportedly returned several times. sometimes climb through windows. he sometimes was able to take a student id card, according to residents who lived with him last year. curry is not charged with the crime the school suggests he could be cited for press passing if he returns, stanford tells abc news. while there are safety protocols in place, the unique aspects of this case and mr curry's persistence and ability to ingratiate himself with our student community have made it clear that gaps exist in those protocols. i think a lot of people are still wondering about the unanswered questions, which is really? how did this happen? and why did it happen? coming up later on good morning america how curry was found living in the basement of a dorm this

weekend. we turn our clocks back one hour, but a new study finds not doing that would actually make our roads safer, researchers found. if we stayed with daylight saving time all year, we prevent thousands of deer collisions on the road and saved dozens of human lives, along with saving more than a billion dollars in car repairs. let's crashes are blamed on darkness falling before rush hour. first it was chest and fishing and now a cheating scandal in professional cornhole will explain, but first nba star kyrie irving changes his tune after promoting an anti semitic after promoting an anti semitic film. i tried everything to remove fabric odors, but my clothes still smelled. until i finally found new downy rinse and refresh! unlike many other products, downy rinse & refresh doesn't cover odors or leave residues... it helps remove them. it's safe on all fabrics and gentle on skin -- just add to your fabric softener tray. downy rinse & refresh helps remove odors up to 3 times better than detergent alone, so fabrics look and smell clean. try new downy rinse & refresh. guaranteed or your money back.

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online. after nearly a week of refusing to apologize. i'm not gonna stand down or anything that i believe in anything illegal. did i hurt anybody to harm anybody? irving overnight issued a joint statement with his team, the brooklyn nets and the anti defamation league, responding to irving's controversial tweet last week, in which he promoted a movie widely denounced as anti semitic , irving saying, i am aware of the negative impact of my post towards the jewish community and i take responsibility. i do not believe everything said in the documentary was true or reflects my more. rules and principles. i am a human being learning from all walks of life, and i intend to do so with an open mind and a willingness to listen. irving and the nets are also now pledging to donate $500,000 each towards quote causes and organizations that work to eradicate hate and intolerance in our communities. but for many , the statement is too little too late. i think the nba dropped the ball. in what way? thank you should have been suspended. they made a mistake. we have suspended people and

find people who have made homophobic slurs. well, and that was that was the right thing to do. barkley referring to players, including rajan rondo, who was suspended in 2015 after directing an anti gay slur at a referee, and meyers leonard, who was suspended and fined last year for using an anti semitic slur. irving's teammate kevin durant, was also fine for using homophobic and misogynistic language on twitter. critics are calling on nba commissioner adam silver to take action. first of all adam's jewish you got insult me. you have the right but i have the right to say no, you're not going to take my $40 million and insult my religion on the court. the nets have struggled. their head coach was fired this week. some critics claim he was just a scapegoat. meanwhile kyrie is expected to play again tomorrow. class of chemicals that's been linked to cancer has been found in a variety of baby products, including bibs, bedding and clothes. there are no established safe levels of pfcs, also known as forever chemicals, but experts say the

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that could become this year's souvenir, but it's not available nationwide. only those casting ballots in new york's ulster county will earn this spidery looking sticker. the winning design was by a teenager and local context. but how about this one local official like the design so much? she got a tattoo of it. you can't get the actual sticker, but you can get a tattoo. next the cheating scandal rocking professional cornhole. they're calling it bag gate judges at the american cornhole league world championships found at least two teams were using illegal beanbags, which are smaller than the regulation size, but the judges later determined the violations were not intentional . so the competition resumed for the $15,000 prize. the american cornhole league is now cracking down on bag size next, the new king and his teddy bear book about king charles claims the king loved his childhood teddy bear so much that he put a valet in charge of caring for it until he was in his forties, and he allowed only his childhood nanny

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describing what they know about him. >> catalytic converter bust. the california city where some suspects were arrested in a nationwide theft ring. >> a strike in the uc system, thousands of workers could walk off of the job. kumasi: a topic at the center of discussion over what to do after the destructive flooding. >> good morning, welcome to thursday. kumasi: it iskumasi: november 3. let's -- >> it is november 3. kumasi: let's check the forecast. drew: widespread low 40's around the bay shoreline. we expect these numbers to drop a few more degrees before the sun gets up. here is your frost advisory. this is until 9:00 a.m. tod