ting, inc. give this morning a shout fest at the second republican primary debate. >> we focus on the issues, the big winners and the response from former president trump who skipped the event on the brink of a shutdown. >> the chaos on capitol hill is a federal government shutdown looms just days away. how it

could affect everyone from our troops to border patrol to fema, disaster relief. >> breaking overnight, the. accused of brutally murdering a young tech ceo is captured as hundreds gathered to mourn her loss. the lingering mystery this morning. quarterback colin kaepernick controversial for kneeling during the national anthem, makes a new push to return to the nfl. >> the reaction after his appeal to the new york jets from colorado. >> a major development in the case of the mother of two missing for more than three years. >> the gold rush at costco. the response after the retailer begins selling bars of gold. just as a high ranking senator makes news for allegedly keeping gold bars at his house. >> the stunning video as a bear interrupts a family's picnic. we hear from the mother in this video trying to protect her son. >> and later, what we're now hearing about taylor swift's plans this weekend. >> from abc news in new york

this is america this morning. >> good thursday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we begin with last night's fiery republican primary debate. >> one observer called it a shout fest. seven presidential candidates took the stage, hurling insults and tackling everything from china to gas prices to school choice. >> but the man with a 40 point lead in the polls wasn't there. former president trump was speaking to autoworkers in michigan. >> chris christie was among the candidates slamming trump for missing the debate, calling him donald duck. but much of the debate focused on the seven candidates attacking each other over one of the more fiery moments of the second gop debate. last night came when vivek ramaswamy explained why he joined tiktok after once calling the social media platform digital fentanyl. >> i have a radical idea for the republican party. we need to win elections and part of how we win elections is reaching the next generation of young americans where they are. you see a young man who is in a bit of a hurry,

maybe a little ambitious, bit of a know it all. it seems at times. i'm here to tell you, you know, i don't know it all. >> tiktok is one of the most dangerous social media apps that we could have. and what you've got, i honestly every time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. >> heated back and forth between ramaswamy and nikki haley didn't end there just because putin is not an putin's an evil dictator does not mean that ukraine is good. >> this is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties, a win that has actually is a that is not true. we're driving russia for russia. >> excuse me. >> win for excuse me, nikki, you have a chance. >> you like china. >> that's why you'll have you'll have your chance in just a moment. the hurling personal insults isn't helping. china is the real enemy. and we're driving russia further into china's arms. >> seven candidates squared off at the reagan presidential library in california, debating a range of hot button issues, including the crisis at the border. >> we need to fix a broken immigration system, and i'll do that as well. >> and gun violence. >> i think that the liberal left is seems to be just completely bent on pressing shooting, law

abiding citizens that are gun owners. >> and then this moment when chris christie took a swipe at first lady dr. jill biden while discussing teachers unions, when you have the president of the united states sleeping with a member of the teachers union, there is no chance that you could take the stranglehold away from the teachers union every day by way of full disclosure, chris, you mentioned the president's situation. >> i'm my wife isn't a member of the teachers union. but i got to admit, i've i've been sleeping with a teacher for 38 years. it appears senator tim scott came prepared to take on ramaswami going after the political newcomer for something he said during the first debate. >> he said, we were all bought and paid for and i thought about that for a little while and said, you know, i can't imagine how you can say that knowing that you were just in business with the chinese communist party and the same people that funded hunter biden millions of dollars, this artificial division is unhelpful in our

party. >> scott's team emailed supporters before the debate even ended, highlighting how he took on ramaswami abc's political director rick klein says two of the strongest performances were from scott and haley. >> i think nikki haley showed a lot of fight. and speaking of a fighter, tim scott was almost like a different guy. he did a 180. he went out there and was was talking about how we didn't want a food fight. he was talking about how important it was to get along. last time he seemed to change everything from his pace of delivery to the tone. but in terms of something that really changes the trajectory of the race, it's hard to see that over this shout fest that happened here in simi valley, the candidates took several shots at former president trump for skipping the event as they try to narrow trump's commanding lead in the polls. >> you're ducking these things and let me tell you what's going to happen. you keep doing that. no one up here is going to call you donald trump anymore. we're going to call you donald duck. >> donald trump is missing in action. he should be on this stage. >> trump was in michigan speaking to autoworkers at a nonunion plant where he made only a quick mention of the debate. you know, we're

competing with the job candidates. >> they're all running for a job. you know, they're all job candidates. they want to be in the they want to do anything secretary of something. they even say vp. i don't know. does anybody see any vp in the group? i don't think so. >> while addressing auto workers, trump downplayed the fight for higher wages, saying the real issue is the transition to electric vehicles, which he says will cost union jobs. >> breaking overnight, the man accused of brutally killing a young tech ceo in baltimore has been captured. us marshals say convicted rapist jason billingsley was arrested in maryland. police are expected to release more information at a news conference later this morning. his arrest came hours after hundreds of people attended a vigil for 26 year old pavel perry. her body was found in an apartment building monday. police have not revealed any connection between the suspect and victim. but in addition to the perry's death, billingsley was also wanted for an attempted murder, rape and arson. just last week in baltimore. he's a repeated offender and was released early from prison last year.

>> a us soldier who spent months detained in north korea is back in us custody. army private travis king will now begin a reintegration process at a us military base. abc's em nguyen has more on king's case. good morning. >> andrew good morning. with king returning home, the big question is what happens to him now? overnight, us army private travis king returning to the us after spending two months detained in north korea back in july. the 23 year old was released from a south korean prison where he had served time for assault. he then joined a tour of the dmz, seen here dressed in black king, then willingly bolted into north korea, where he was detained. and 70 days later, north korea announced king had been found guilty of illegally intruding into its territory and expelled him. north koreans almost certainly ask king about his army unit, its capability is anything they could find out about the military mission of the us in south korea. >> but in the end, they seem to

feel that keeping him was less valuable than the diplomatic and public relations advantages of letting him go. >> us officials say north korea got nothing in return for king's release. king's mother said to be overjoyed to speak to her son yesterday. she had previously raised concerns about his mental health after his cousin's death in february. now, in the us, experts say king will likely be discharged from the army. >> i think we'll see an administrative discharge rather than pursuing a lengthy judicial process. >> meanwhile, the us has issued a rare statement of gratitude for the chinese government, who, along with sweden, helped facilitate king's departure from north korea. >> andrew am thank you. all signs point to a federal government shutdown this weekend with just three days for lawmakers to pass new funding bills. investment bank goldman sachs says the odds of a shutdown are 90. a bipartisan senate proposal to keep the government running until november has been rejected by

house speaker kevin mccarthy. he's focusing on tighter us border restrictions as part of his proposal, but far right house republicans want more spending cuts if the government shuts down border patrol officers could be among 4 million federal employees who won't get paid. that group also includes us service members and the white house says a shutdown could also affect fema by delaying various disaster relief projects. now a big story in the nfl quarterback colin kaepernick long the subject of controversy for kneeling during the national anthem is making a new push to return to the field. >> some making the case that one team could really use him right now. this morning, race in the nfl once again in the spotlight as colin kaepernick reveals he still wants back into the league projection breaks down and time runs out in a letter to the new york jets dated ten days after quarterback aaron rodgers suffered a season ending injury. kaepernick requests he be added to the jets practice squad,

writing worst case scenario, you see what i have to offer and you're not that impressed. best case scenario, you realize you have a real weapon at your disposal or the land kaepernick last played in the nfl in 2016 when he ignited a firestorm for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality. the nfl has said it encouraged teams to take a look at kaepernick. the raiders invited him to a team workout just last year and in 2019, the league offered him a close tryout in front of all 32 teams. but he was a no show, instead holding his own workout in front of cameras with only a handful of teams. >> our biggest thing with everything today was making sure we had transparency in what went on. we weren't getting that elsewhere, so we came out here. >> in his letter to the jets, kaepernick writing that his training schedule has remained the same for six years. but experts say the 35 year old kaepernick has been out of the league for too long. they won after 4 or 5 years.

>> it's over. you have kept him out of the league for so long. >> as of november 2019, when he had that tryout at the nfl organized and he elected not to show up. i said on first take the next morning it is over and he's done. >> kaepernick sued the nfl, claiming the league colluded against him. that lawsuit was settled in 2019 for an undisclosed amount. >> new talks are scheduled in hopes of ending the hollywood writers strike. the actors union and major studios will be back at the bargaining table on monday. the writers settled their strike earlier this week. >> it is time now for a look at your thursday weather. now. now now, it's really going well. check this out. a funnel cloud was seen about 35 miles north of miami. heavy rain from the same storm system prompted flood advisories and there's more rain and storms in the forecast for south florida through the

weekend. looking at the radar now, storms are expected to roll through the midwest today and it's another day of rain for the pacific northwest and along the gulf coast. check in today's high temperatures, unseasonal warm from denver to phenix 60s, from the great lakes to the northeast at 87in albuquerque, 62in seattle. >> coming up, it doesn't stop the news about taylor swift this weekend. >> but first, what we've now learned about this widespread looting in philly and the 52 people arrested and a major development in the case of a colorado mother of two missing for mo

morning on good morning america . new details about this looting at several stores in philadelphia. >> police say a social media influencer sparked tuesday night's mayhem. she was among 52

people who were arrested as crowds went from store to store in what investigators say were coordinated attacks. targeted businesses included 18 liquor stores, all 48 government run liquor stores in philadelphia were closed yesterday as a precaution. >> executives from hawaii's largest power company will be on capitol hill today to face questions about the maui wildfire disaster. the company is facing multiple lawsuits claiming its power lines are to blame. but the company has said its lines were powered down when the fire started. >> a major development in the case of a missing colorado mother whose husband was previously charged with murder. police have now found suzanne morphew's remains. here's abc's andrea fujii. this morning. >> the remains of the colorado mother of two has been missing since mother's day three years ago have finally been found. >> like literally our worst nightmare. in may 2020. >> suzanne morphew's husband reported his wife missing after she didn't return from a bike

ride. not long after her bike was found not far from the couple's home. but morphew's location remained a mystery until yesterday, when police identified her body about 50 miles away. while investigators were on an unrelated case in may 2021, barry morphew was arrested and charged with first degree murder, pleading not guilty. he and the couple's daughter spoke to abc news earlier this year. >> did you have anything to do with the disappearance of your wife? >> no, absolutely not. it's very hurtful all to lose your reputation and your integrity. >> but before his trial, the charges were dropped. the move came after the judge barred prosecutors from calling most of their key witnesses a punishment for not turning over evidence in the defendant's favor. morphew then filed a $15 million lawsuit claiming he was unjustly targeted by law enforcement. >> $15 million is a huge number , but i don't think that in my mind that covers any of the damage. that's happened to barry and the girls.

>> morphew has remained defiant. >> i was innocent the first time they arrested me, so i'm sure it's possible. but i don't have anything to worry about. i've done nothing wrong. >> police are not revealing the exact location of where they found suzanne morphew's remains . they've previously said her husband is still a suspect and are not ruling out future charges. rhiannon andrew. >> andrea, thank you. coming up, the gold rush at costco. >> also ahead, a bear crashing this family picnic. we hear from this family picnic. we hear from that mother protecting her son your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire

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car, the bike bursting into flames. the rider lost a toe but avoided other serious injuries. he was just fined for reckless driving. >> in new jersey, senator bob menendez will address his democratic colleagues today after pleading not guilty to bribery charges. menendez was freed on $100,000 bond. he has yet to explain the gold bars that were allegedly found at his home senate majority leader charles schumer has stopped short of calling for him to resign. meanwhile, with the menendez case in the news, costco is selling out of these. yes, those are gold bars the retailer has been selling one ounce gold bars online for about 2000 bucks. even with a two per customer limit, they're being snatched up as soon as they're listed for the first time. >> we're hearing from a major league baseball pitcher recovering from a devastating injury. ryan feltner of rockies suffered a skull fracture and concussion when he was hit by a line drive back in may. he tells good morning america his four month rehab was slow and steady . >> daily activities were pretty

tough in the beginning. i couldn't make breakfast, couldn't do anything really for myself. and then things gradually got easier. i think the biggest thing was balance issues. you know, there was vertigo in the beginning. >> later on good morning america , his return to the mound and how he explains his injury gave him a new perspective on life. >> now to the most dramatic video of the day. a bear crashing one family's picnic in the park. it was a very close encounter with a very hungry bear in the middle of the day, this woman at an ecological park in mexico shielding her son after a black bear jumped on their picnic table and started feasting on their enchiladas, fries and tacos. silvia macias held her son santiago, who has down syndrome close to her chest, covering his face. >> santiago. santiago tiene mucho miedo. los animales. >> she says santiago is afraid of animals, so she covered his

eyes so he wouldn't scream or run and scare the bear. mom and son appear frozen at one point, the bear coming just inches from his face. >> estaba muy cerca de nosotros. >> she says. they were so close they could hear him chew. after four agonizing minutes, macias held a plate of food up and threw it. finally getting the bear to leave the table. later, when asked if he was afraid. >> si mucho poquito, mucho santa diego saying yes, very afraid. >> also very brave. his mom says they had just played a game practicing what to do. if you see a bear was intense, intense video. >> they're coming up. >> the us senate dressing up again after a public uproar. >> plus, what travis kelce is now saying about taylor swift and the question everyone's asking, will she attend sunday's asking, will she attend sunday's game in new york my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose new neuriva ultra. unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicators,

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and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. living with type 2 diabetes? ask about the power of 3 with ozempic®. this morning on good morning america. days well, as glory days. >> sam, check the pulse for bruce springsteen. these aren't exactly the glory days. >> yeah, the boss is following doctor's orders. he's postponing the rest of his tour this year while he recovers from peptic ulcer disease. springsteen. springsteen by the way, just turned 74. the illness forced him to previously postpone shows with the e street band next multiple reports say taylor swift is expected to attend the kansas city chiefs game in new york on sunday night. andrews excited ticket sales are skyrocketing and so are rumors about swift's alleged romance with cheap star travis kelce.

after she cheered him on at sunday's game. tmz is now posted this photo. what do you think? this was at the post game after party? kelsey spoke about swift during the new heights podcast yesterday. >> i just thought it was awesome how everybody in the suite had nothing but great things to say about her. you know, the friends and family. she looked amazing. everybody was talking about her in a in great light. it was absolutely like to see the slow motion chest bumps, to see the high fives with mom to see how, you know, chiefs kingdom was all excited that she was there that it was absolutely hysterical and it was it was definitely a game i'll remember that's for sure. okay yeah yeah yeah. >> but still he won't say whether they're dating saying it's his personal life. he's right. and he respects both of their private lives. next, another powerball drawing. last night with no big winner. >> that means once again, the jackpot grows even larger. the saturday's drawing will be worth an estimated 925 million bucks next, the senate's brief experiment with a relaxed dress

code is already over, and it took a vote to make it official. >> members approved a resolution last night saying from now on, senators must wear a coat, tie and slacks on the senate floor. senator john fetterman, known for those hoodie and shorts, yeah, he might not be so happy. and finally, a different kind of noise under the hood. >> yeah, mechanics in south carolina found this an eight foot albino boa constrictor under the hood of this car. now, the snakes are not venomous, but they like warm, dark places to take a little nap. >> top headlines next

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getting help to those who need it most. now, at five, how san francisco will be implementing a court mandated treatment under the care act. and republican candidates for president back on the debate stage, this time in simi valley. >> the race for the party's nomination getting more contentious. but the front runner is staying out of the fight. >> and what's next for the american soldier who crossed into north korea? two months ago? he's now back in the us. this morning. >> good morning, everybody. it's thursday, september 28th. >> let's see what the day has in store. hi, drew. >> hi, good morning. so today is the warmest day of the week. it's even warmer than yesterday. it's going to feel very nice later on this afternoon. from this vantage point, sutro tower, we do have clear skies, but we have some patchy fog in parts of the east bay and the north bay. this morning. we are