making news in america this morning, republican showdown. more evidence that ben carson is surging passing donald trump in important polls just one day before the next debate. we're live in washington with the latest. breaking overnight, budget deal. a milestone agreement between the white house and congress just announced. has it diverted a looming government shutdown? caught on camera. a student flipped off a desk and thrown across the floor. the police officer's auctions being questioned this morning. dangerous display. a house goes up in flames setting off the huge amount of

and we do say good tuesday morning to you, everybody. we'll get started of course with the race for the white house getting more heated by the day you might say as republicans gear up for their next debate. >> donald trump losing ground in iowa now trailing ben carson in the latest polls by double digits and trump making more comments on religion. this time about muslim women. abc's bazi kanani is in washington. morning to you, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, kendis. the latest ap poll showed donald trump is not faring well with critical hispanic voters but among most republicans he is viewed as their strongest candidate for the general election. just ahead of the third republican debate, donald trump is talking religion. on muslim women and their veils. >> they want to. what the hell are we getting involved for? the fact is it's easier. you don't have to put up makeup. wouldn't it be easier, right?

to apologize for questioning ben carson's seventh day adventist faith. >> i said exactly i don't know about it so, you know. >> ben carson has -- >> that's not an insult. >> reporter: polls show him surge surging over ben carson. jeb bush is down in the polls and frustrated. >> i got a lot of really cool things that i could do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonize and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. >> reporter: bush met privately with his family and big donors at this hotel strategizing after being forced to cut campaign staff and salaries. on the democratic side hillary clinton is riding a new wave of support following vice president joe biden's decision to stay out of the race. bernie sanders now going after her more aggressively but to the ladies of "the view" he saved

his attacks for republicans. >> we have a very right wing extremist republican party. >> reporter: the republican candidates will gather in boulder, colorado, for tomorrow night's debate where this time donald trump will be joined by ben carson in that center stage position. reena, kendis. >> bazi kanani, thanks so much, bazi. also from washington, overnight developing congressional leaders and the white house have reached a budget deal which would avoid a government default. the agreement would also lower the chances of a government shutdown. it would fund increases for the pentagon and domestic programs while cutting social security as well as medicare. a vote could come as early as tomorrow. heavy rain left over from hurricane patricia is soaking the tennessee valley this morning and moving north. the stormy weather triggered major flash flooding across louisiana. more than 8 inches of rain came down from new orleans to baton rouge and the water in same

here's a look at where the storm is moving now moving into a wide area of the southeast with downpours from louisville to the florida panhandle as it makes its way north. here's more from accuweather's molly cochran. good morning, molly. >> thanks, kendis and reena. good news for dallas, houston area on tuesday. going to be staying dry. so any of those cleanup efforts still under way, going to be greeted with some sunshine, but unfortunately more wet weather to come for the later half of the week. dallas into the houston area friday into the start of the weekend. we could be looking at three to four additional inches of rainfall, definitely could reinforce the threat for flooding problems. alsoing look at wet weather across the deep south on tuesday from atlanta to raleigh. >> molly cochran, thank you. next, the investigation into the sinking of a whale watching

the bow of the boat is still sticking out and search for one person still is missing a local fishermen went toward a flare fired by a crew member. >> i seen the life raft with some people in there waving their hands and the guy was directing me over there. there's people in the water. there's people in the water. >> another witness claims a sudden wave was what caused the boat to capsize. the tour company says the boat had operated for 20 years without incident. authorities say their investigation into what went wrong could take several months. oklahoma judge ordered the suspect in that deadly homecoming parade crash to be held on $1 million bond. it was the first court appearance for adacia chambers who faces four counts of second degree murder. the prosecutor said chambers purposely drove around a barricade before plowing into spectators.

mental illness and is sue aid. overseas rescue operations under way in south asia after that powerful earthquake we told you about first yesterday. more than 300 are confirmed dead so far with most of the victims in pakistan and afghanistan. but that toll is expected to rise as rescuers reach remote mountainous areas. residents being warned about the possibility of more strong aftershocks much the magnitude 7.5 quake was the strongest to hit in recent years. the mississippi state flag is no longer at ole miss much the university of mississippi ordered campus police to remove the flag which contains the controversial confederate battle emblem. university leaders agreed to take it down after the student body, faculty and staff voted in favor of removing it. the flag will be blow served in the university archives. we're getting a dire new warning about the dangers of global warming. scientists say by the end of the century humans won't be able to tolerate the heat and humidity

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display. the house was destroyed and three people were injured. an important warning for airline passengers. e-cigarettes will soon be banned from all checked bags. they can still carry them on board but can't recharge them while on board. they have sparked at least 26 explosions or fires since 2009. the rule takes effect in about two weeks. a new government report being released this morning aims to shed new light on the issue of tire safety. the ntsb says 33,000 accidents a year in the u.s. are related to defective tires. many of them are old and many drivers are unaware their tires may have been roo recalled years earlier as unsafe. the report coming out today looking into the tire recall system and addresses the age of tires. walmart has joined amazon in exploring the use of drones for delivery. walmart may use the drones to fly online orders to customers'

orders out to parking lots at their stores and may provide aerial surveillance at distribution centers. fedex which still delivers the old fashioned way using humans with legs is predicting a record holiday season much the company says it expects to ship 317 million packages. up about 12% over last year much the busiest shipping days the monday after shotgun and the first two mondays in december. mondays. >> avoid mondays and note 59 more days left. >> wow. >> till christmas. >> scaring me. >> it's getting here. when we come back a dramatic end to a bank robbery. the suspect tossing cash in the air before the takedown. carjacked by a bear? opening the vehicle's door and hopping in.

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airport delays possible in atlanta, chicago, detroit as well as charlotte. there is new recombrakz to an alarming scene inside a high school classroom caught on camera. >> shows a school resource officer struggling with a student who police say refused to leave class. the officer you see here tipping her desk backward until she nauls on the floor and tossed her several feet across the floor. overnight a top district official saying the video appears excessive and unnecessary to him. the sheriff now demanding answers. we don't want everyone to rush to judgment but feel the video was very, very disturbing, the sheriff was not happy with what he saw. he's very disturbed and wants answers as to what happened and what took place. >> an army vet erin tells this morning's new york "daily news" he was manhandled by the same officer ten years ago and reverend jesse jackson is calling for the officer to be fired and a lawsuit to be filed against the police department. a sheriff's department truck

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and he was in a lot of pain. he was his face was completely bloody. >> he had to be removed from the cockpit with the jaws of life. the two passengers on board were able to walk away but, wow, quick thinking by juan rodriguez. well done. >> glad that he stopped. all right. in los angeles, the bizarre ending to a bank robbery. the suspect seen tossing cash out of a suitcase before being hit with a bean bag by police. since a production crew was working down the treat some people thought it was part of a tv show or a movie. it was the real deal. >> all right. it is l.a. let's talk about sports much the starting pitchers for tonight's game, one of the world series are matt hi very for the mets and edinson volquez for the royals. >> from our guys at espn. >> john buccigross and john anderson in the beautiful studios at "sportscenter."

all right, time to check "the pulse" stories, of course, you'll be talking about today starting with a happy hour that is out of this world. >> that's right. you see it here, the comet lovejoy boozing it up in space

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taking a look at our top stories a u.s. navy destroyer entered the south china sea near a chain of islands china claims are within its territory. china calling the navy action illegal and a threat to its sovereignty. the suspect in that deadly homecoming parade crash will officially be charged next month. she's accused of plowing into a crowd killing four people. a judge has granted a psychological evaluation. louisiana is starting to dry out today as the remnants of hurricane patricia move into the southeast. the drenching rain triggered widespread flooding that led to dozens of water rescues. the worst of that rain hitting the tennessee valley today, also wet from chicago to detroit and in the northern rockies, a storm moves into northern california overnight. and finally this morning, for us, putting some expertise to extremely good use.

the employees at seaworld in san diego. >> they came to the rescue of a humpback whale that was struggling in the water. vanessa van hefty of our station in san diego has the story. >> right there is the last one we saw. >> reporter: these images show a very risky rescue under the surface at 20,000-pound humpback whale in big trouble. >> you could tell that it was very much in distress. >> reporter: seaworld's keith yip is trained for this. few has his level of expertise through noaa. >> reporter: he had line wrapped around its peduncle or forward of the flutes or what someone calls tails. >> reporter: one was attached to the floats. another to a lobster trap. >> you could tell that it was very much in distress and very encumbered by this anchor it was pulling along as it was swimming. >> reporter: the first order of business, attaching this

>> it's attached to the whale right here. >> reporter: but this 0-foot whale had other plans. >> so every time the boat approached the whale would tuck and roll and that was the problem. >> reporter: another problem, seaworld's specially designed boat with propellers that protect the lines conked out. the coast guard's boat sucked up the nylon lines in the motor. what could have been the whale. >> and it's a great feeling when everybody works together and something good is accomplished. we saved a life yesterday and that's important much that's a good day. >> doing some good work out there. >> so good to see them taking care of them. >> hayes got booted off "dancing with the stars" but the good news they'll be on "good morning america" later on today. >> look forward to that interview and that's what's making news in america this

emily: good morning. it's tuesday, october 27. i'm emily riemer. randy: i'm randy price. stories we're following on the eyeopener right now. more trouble for boston's traffic tunnels. the inspections that raised red flags months ago. emily: breaking overnight, a avoid a federal budget crisis. the last-minute agreement and the trouble that still looms. >> i said, "oh, my god! "oh, my god! "oh, my god! "i lost it." randy: a dramatic rescue after a the interview you'll see only on 5. stories. first though cindy is back with your forecast for today. definitely a cold start today. cindy: it is a cold start. the coldest start we've had on cape cod and martha's vineyard where there is a freeze warning