>> right now on america. this morning, the security scare at a popular amusement park. a heavily armed man found dead. police say he could have staged a devastating attack. the weapons and explosives they found a new hope for the hundreds of hostages held by hamas. >> israeli forces rescuing one hostage now reunited with her family. and as we see new images of three others being held, what we're now learning about israel's ground incursion in gaza. as the prime minister responds to calls for a cease fire. >> the legal fight seeking to keep former president trump off

the ballot in 2024, claiming the 14th amendment prohibits him from taking office again. lawyers on both sides now speaking out, remembering matthew perry with the cast of friends is now saying, houston, we have a problem. nasa's struggle to open a jar containing a priceless space rock and on this halloween, a trick or treat dilemma for the age old question, how old is too old? >> why some overage trick or treaters could get some frightful news this year. >> from abc news in new york, this is america this morning. >> good tuesday morning and happy halloween, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally. >> i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with a security scare at a popular amusement park. a heavily armed man found dead. police say he could have staged a devastating attack. >> they say in addition to guns, he was also carrying several explosives. this morning, police in colorado are investigating the mister serious case of a

heavily armed man found dead at this amusement park. >> there is much more we do not know right now than we do know. >> a maintenance crew found the body of a 20 year old man inside the women's bathroom at glenwood caverns adventure park saturday. he had apparently entered the park before it opened. police say he was armed with an ar style rifle, a semiautomatic handgun and explosives wearing body armor and tactical clothing. police also say they found multiple improvised explosive devices in the man's vehicle. >> he was well intended to do something very heinous. again, why would you prep for that? and whatever he had intention. fortunately, he did not follow through with it. >> but investigators believe the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot, not carrying out whatever plans he may have had, given the preparation, given the amount of weapons and the amount of ordnance he had, it almost seemed very highly likely that he intended to use those against the community. >> he chose not to. >> authorities searched the rest of the park, including the rides

for other explosives, but found none. the weapons found on the man were ghost guns, which do not have serial numbers and therefore they cannot be traced. overnight, police identified that man as diego barajas. medina from the nearby town of carbondale. they say he had no criminal history. >> new details overnight about the missed warning signs before the mass shootings in maine last week. documents show the family of gunman robert card contacted the sheriff's office back in may over concerns about his mental health and his access to guns as an army reservist. then in september, the army reserves requested a welfare check on card after another soldier expressed concern that card wanted to commit a mass shooting. the documents show the army reserves wanted to err on the side of caution with regards to cards, since he is a capable marksman in the sheriff's office conducted the welfare check, but card wasn't home. that's when an alert was sent to local authorities. that alert was canceled earlier this month after police spoke with his family. 18 people died in last week's mass shooting. the

sheriff now says that the office will evaluate its policies and procedures. >> overseas, we are now seeing more of the hostage is being held by hamas in gaza after the militant group released a new video. another hostage has also been rescued. comes as israel expands its ground incursion deeper into gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is rejecting calls for a cease fire. up to 600 american citizens are believed to be trapped in gaza. and abc's justin finch is here now with more. justin, good morning. >> ryan and good morning. the israel defense forces identifying a newly freed hostage as an israeli captured october 7th as hamas wages terrorist attack on israel. the israeli government releasing new video of a heartfelt reunion showing israeli military private ori, now home with her family after clearing a medical examination. the israel defense forces say was rescued during an idf ground operation in gaza, where she was held captive for

more than three weeks in chicago , israeli american natalie raanan has returned home. she and her mother were among the first hamas hostages freed when we celebrating the return of natalie back to her home in chicago, we have to remember that there's still 239 hostage bodies in the hands of hamas in the gaza strip. on the war front , a relentless exchange of rocket fire between israel and hamas. israel rejecting calls for a cease fire just as the united states would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 911. >> israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with hamas. >> the white house supporting israel. >> but what we have said should be considered and explored are temporary, localized humanitarian pauses to allow aid across gaza civilian suffering. >> unicef reporting more than 400 children in gaza are killed

or injured daily. the palestinian red crescent says 26 more aid trucks crossed into gaza monday amid concerns about worsening sanitarian conditions. and meantime, the pentagon reports iran backed militants launched three new attacks on us military sites in recent days. no injuries or damage reported. andrew. >> all right, justin, thank you. a las vegas man has been arrested, accused of making anti-semitic threats against a us senator. he's due back in court next month. anti-semitic hate crimes, meanwhile, in the us were already on the rise before the israel hamas war in recent days, the fbi began investigating online threats against jews at cornell university, and harvard has now created an anti-semitism advisor board. >> the senate judiciary committee is preparing to issue subpoenas as the panel investigates ethics at the supreme court committee. democrats plan to call three major players in conservative politics to capitol hill, including billionaire harlan

crow. crow has financed vacations and other gifts for justice clarence thomas. crow is calling the subpoena politically motivated. >> now to a lawsuit that seeks to keep former president trump off the ballot in 2024. those bringing the case argue that under the constitution, trump's conduct on january 6th, 2021 prohibits him from taking office again this morning, lawyers for former president trump appear confident they can beat an unprecedented lawsuit which could determine whether trump is ineligible to hold office again. >> their case is incredibly weak and they don't prove much of anything except they dislike him. that's really what they proved. >> a group of voters in colorado filed a lawsuit arguing trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, leading to the january six riot at the capitol should prohibit him from becoming president again. trump incited a violent mob to attack our capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power under our constitution. the lawsuit invokes the 14th amendment, written after the civil war,

aimed at people who fought for the confederacy, disqualifying anyone who engaged in insurrection or rebellion from serving in government to make their case. lawyers for the plaintiffs yesterday played trump's message to his supporters. >> on january 6th, we're going to walk down and i'll be there with you. >> but trump's lawyers argue the former president never called for violence and did not walk down to the capitol as he said he would. the best they have is trying to be a mini me january 6th report. >> that's the best they've got sort of a pretty slick movie production and that's not real evidence. that's a partizan witch hunt. >> the lawsuit is one of several trying to remove trump from the ballot under the 14th amendment. a case in minnesota is set to begin thursday. other lawsuits are filed in new hampshire and michigan. >> ultimately, the issue seems destined for the us supreme court, with its conservative majority. though in the past, that's not necessarily been a guarantee of rulings in favor of donald trump. >> the hearing in colorado is expected to wrap up on friday. a

judge will decide the case not a jury. >> maui police have released dramatic body camera video showing officers responding to that deadly wildfires in august. video shows officers evacuating neighborhoods directing traffic, even trying to put out fires with garden hoses. i want to throw this in there. >> you got a go? >> it go. hurry up. go >> at one point, several people who were trapped at a coffee shop were stuffed into the back of patrol cars to flee. >> time now for your halloween weather. >> good morning and happy halloween. it's going to be a chilly day for trick or treaters across much of the nation, whether you're in dallas, texas or minneapolis, it's going to be a little bit cool out there. some rain across the carolinas and we've got to watch out across the great lakes. there'll be some snow showers mixing with rain at times from chicago, detroit, buffalo, could be some

problems on the roads. and chilly for the trick or treaters into this evening, folks. accuweather real field temperatures for trick or treaters in the 20s and 30s bundle up those little ones. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin cosgrove and. food chain now issuing a warning about a caffeinated drink itself. >> also ahead a family demands answers after a man was allegedly killed in a police crash and then buried for months before his family was even notified. and the questions being raised. >> and later, caught on camera, britney spears roadside encounter

monday night football game of their dreams. this morning on gma. >> we're back with new video of migrants headed toward the united states. about 3500 people from central and south america, cuba and haiti set out from

mexico's southern border yesterday. >> now to mississippi and one family demanding justice after a man was allegedly killed in a police crash. he was then buried without his family being notified. here's abc's lionel moise with more. >> justice for dexter wade. >> this morning, the family of dexter wade is demanding answers . the 37 year old was allegedly hit and killed by a jackson, mississippi, police patrol car back in march and was buried without his family being notified. only this poll and the number 670 to mark his grave. >> he was my only son and i will never thought this had happened to him. >> wade's mother says she reported him missing on march 14th, but she says it wasn't until five months later that she was told he was hit and killed by an off duty officer. as he was walking across a highway. >> they could have came in, knocked on the door. >> family attorney ben crump says the coroner's office

identified wade using fingerprints and alerted jackson police four days after wade's death. the coroner also found wade's name on a pill bottle in his pocket. but the mayor says when police contacted the medical provider, they were given a contact number that was not accurate. but crump says the coroner contacted jackson police seven times between march and june to inquire if wade's family had been notified that he was in the morgue. the family now speculating whether a previous case involving wade's uncle played a role in how police handled wade's death. wade's uncle was killed in 2019 after prosecutor say he was assaulted and body slammed by jackson police officers. one officer was convicted in that case. what other reason would you think that we go through six months and they don't tell me who my son is? >> is it is it hard? >> jackson police denied our request for comment. the local district attorney is investigating the delay in

wade's family being notified about his death. waits family wants his body exhumed for an in-depth pendent autopsy and to give him a proper burial. rhiannon andrew, lionel, thank you. >> panera bread is now warning customers about the caffeine in one of its drinks. it follows a lawsuit filed by the family of a college student who died. sarah katz went into cardiac arrest after drinking panera's charged lemonade. the suit claims the lemonade had three times more caffeine than red bull, but was not advertised as an energy drink. >> coming up, nasa's tiny little problem with the asteroid that it plucked out of space. >> but first, remembering matthew perry. the cast of known as a passionate artist. matthew perry. the cast of friends now speaking out known for loving the outdoors. known for getting everyone together. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer. fda-approved for 16 types of cancer,

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this unfathomable loss. memorials to the beloved star have popped up at the iconic friend's apartment in new york. fans are also packing into the restaurant below, remembering perry's remarkable ability to make us laugh. >> i've had a very long, hard day. >> new details are emerging about his final hours. sources say perry's assistant found him unresponsive in his jacuzzi after reportedly enjoying his favorite game. pickleball earlier that day. an autopsy came back inconclusive. investigators are now waiting for a toxicology report, which could take weeks. i'm chandler. >> i make jokes when i'm uncomfortable. >> the actor's legacy transcending sitcom stardom. in a 2022 memoir, he opened up about his vicious battle with addiction, becoming an advocate and resource for others. telling our diane sawyer just how dire things became. >> 55 i cannot a day, which is where i was 55. i would go to

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