it's wednesday, october 21st. coming up on "early today." congressman ryan is talking up the perfect position while joe biden is giving more hints that he's going to challenge hillary clinton clinton. we've got the brand new consumer reportser vase on the best and worst cars and suvs. news involving a shoot out in harlem. and what no air traveller should attempt if they miss their flight.

"early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. we saw them go head-to-head for the title of vice president in 2012, now both men could be on their way to major political fights of their own. tracie potts is in washington. he laid out a set of conditions. sglrks >> reporter: elwith, well, he did. after boehner announced he was stepping down and paul ryan's name came up and he said he wasn't considering this and in a meeting with the republican cong r conference he said there was a call to leadership and said it would be a mistake not to run. and his conditions are first of all, that they need to be a proposition party not an opposition party.

it's not so easy for smaller groups within the party to get rid of the house speaker. he says they need to unify now and not after an election for a speaker and he's not going to give up family time. so, ryan, heeding the call from republicans as speaker but going into this somewhat reluctantly. >> this is not a job i've ever wanted, sought. i'm in the job i've always wanted in congress. i came to the clungz conclusion that this is a dire situation. >> reporter: jason of utah announcing that he will drop out and support ryan, so the next question becomes when are they going to v these elections. because everything was in such disarray. >> we'll see how it plays out.

president where joe biden isn't exactly stomping out rumors. and nbc's has our report. >> reporter: at an event honoring former vice president, walter mondale, the current vice president, sounded a lot like a presidential candidate. >> president obama and i have ideologically have had no disagreement. none. i mean, zero. >> to illustrate the point, biden says he and the president were in lock step when it came to authorizing the raid to osama bin laden. but that account differs from biden's description to nbc news during an interview taped for the 2012 special, the situation room when he said he urged the president to get more information. biden also took a swipe at

said at last week's debate when asked about enemies she's most proud of. >> i still have a lot of republican friends. i don't think my chief enemy is the republican party. >> reporter: but biden, whose initial support came from democrats concerned with clinton's weaknesses has an uphill battle. clinton has been gaining strength and now 38 to 30% say they don't want biden to get in. he was blunt about biden. >> just makeup your mind. if you want to do it, for god's sake, you certainly deserve to take a shot here. we have breaking news overnight in new york city. a police officer has been killed in a shootout in harlem. thav arer been called to the area for reports of shots fired.

the suspect and was shot in the head. mayor praised officer holderality a press conference. >> when the call comes, he ran toward danger. it was the last time he will respond to that call. >> our hearts are heavy. we offer our thoughts and our prayers to his family. >> reporter: officer holder is the fourth police officer killed in new york in the last 11 months. a new deal between the pentagon and moscow has a memorandum of understanding. the u.s. count urrently leads an against islamic state and they called the agreement a positive step that carries important practical meaning.

cooperation or shared target information. and it does not constitute support for russian policy in syria. all right, so here's something you should never do, even if you've seen it done in the movies, back in august, 58-year-old mark ray mar was late for his flight and saw the plane pulling down the ramp to lead and forced open the emergency exit. he was on his way to a high school reunion and he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service but has quite a story for that next reunion. now to a major shift to the american cancer society for breast cancer screening. it contradicts what some other groups recommend and could cause confusion. we good get more now. sfwlrks

society moved the mammagram starting line. without genetic mutations or risk of breast cancer and at 55, they should transition to screening every other yooer if they have a life expect taens of 20 years or longer. >> by 45, the benefits clearly out weigh the drawbacks. >> it is also no longer recommending clinical breast exams at any age. >> the life saving detection is found in regular ma'amography. that's the test that can find cancer before anybody knows. >> reporter: a federal task force says it should be age 50. and american gynecology is

sticking with 40. and they treat uninsured women in new york city. is this just going to add to the confusion? >> without a doubt. our women are usually low income, low information consumers. >> reporter: as women and their doctors struggle with when to get screened, there may be comfort in this. federal law requires insurance to cover it from 40 on to protect them from the second deadliest form of cancer. we're going to shift gears and talk about extreme weather in western texas as a fast moving storm dropped rain and quarter sized hail on el paso. within minutes, the ground was blanketed in white. in arizona flash flooding that trapped a woman in her suv. they fought a swift moving

and in arizona a funnel cloud was captured west of phoenix. that is ominous looking. >> it's a tornado. it would be considered a tornado if it actually made contact with the ground. that was a close one. this storm system was going to plague us again and definitely a flood threat over the next three days. and this will slowly be tracking across west texas during the day and linger over texas for the next three days. this is the same one that plagued california like three days ago. it took a slow jog across the southwest. and amarillo and san angelo. i don't think we'll see many tornados. but we will have more pictures of what we just showed you of the large hail and possibility of damaging wind gusts. the european model is predicting a texas sized soaker.

i say good rain because this area's been in a drought so we'll take a good two to five inches and hopefully the flooding won't be too bad. st. louis to d.c. to new york, enjoy these. there's not many of these left. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, there's all the showers and thunderstorms. it will be late in the day for san antonio. your rain will come tomorrow and as far as the beautiful weather, look that ohio valley. bottle it up. nice weather out there pr for most. straight ahead, the case of road rage that claimed the liech fe of a young child. the consumer report best and worst worst ng...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad...

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memphis, tennessee last night. a transmission shop was engulfed in flames. it took at hours to contain the blaze. the kouz of cause is still being investigated. a four-year-old girl was a victim of road rage. she was apparently killed when a car pulled up and started firing round into the vehicle. several witnesses have come forward. but conflicting accounts made it difficult to investigate. >> we're in desperate need of information to help us resolve the conflicting information we're getting right now. los angeles, a body was found in a suv that was buried in six feet of mud from the last week's mud slides. the vehicle was found upside down and tilted sideways in a

retension basin. it's consumer reports annual auto survey. and here how today's models stack up. >> reporter: the list is compiled from 740,000 report subscribers detailing how reliable their existing cars are but new technology is proving to be a hang up for several big name auto makers. it's amove moving naster than the cars can keep up. if you have a smart phone that's saechb 7 years old, it's basically garbage. toyota and lexus are on top and the only amarron can in the top 10, buttic e buick. among the least reliable,

chevrolet. >> the struggle continues. it produced five of a the worst seven brand. ram, jeep and fiat. the worst among the subscribers. >> jeep rated as the second worst brand because of reliability but because of the look of the jeep models, sale have never been stronger. >> reporter: tesla, the consumer reports calls it the best car ever tested gets a worse reliability. they say they are able to fix problems remotely and accura say they're listening to the customers and looking to improve. >> that was good information there. just ahead, guess what star athlete is being paid not to premier in a martin skor zazy

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good morning, everybody. officially wednesday. middle of the week. we have lots to get to here on "7 news today in new england." >> jadiann: good morning to you. here are some of the stories we're working on. overnight, a new york city police officer shot and killed on duty. the commissioner says he was chasing a suspect who stole a bike when he was shot in the head. >> christa: a quincy couple on the run suspected in a series of bank robberies along the east coast. police across the country are looking for them. they've hit banks in at least three states. >> jadiann: the vatican is strongly denying a report in an italian newspaper that pope francis has a brain tumor.

small and curable but the vatican calls the entire report irresponsible. >> christa: a wreck on 495 in lawrence destroys a couple's camper. two tires falling off a truck, one of them slamming into it. no serious injuries but can you imagine how frightening that must have been? >> jadiann: terrifying and happy nobody was seriously hurt. >> christa: it's milder. did you notice the change? >> jadiann: totally. i was very excited about it, too, j.r., hoping this continues for the rest of the day. >> jeremy: we're talking about a mild morning. i think this afternoon the temps won't jump out of control. that happens tomorrow but it's certainly better than where we were on just a couple of days ago, monday morning. a lot of clouds through the day. a couple of sprinkles as well. temps will bounce back and forth and then seattle -- settle into a cool pattern. look at the change, temps 5-15 degrees warmer than yesterday morning.

50s at this time. it feels like a spring morning. boston 57 right now. norwood 53. worcester 57, even across southern new hampshire, close to 50 degrees. there are a lot of clouds. heading out for the morning routine, no rain at this time but there's a weather system draped across southern new ute. fronts are producers of clouds and occasionally showers. today, a lot of clouds, a few peeks of sunshine. between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. will may be a couple springs and isolated showers but both can commutes look dry. temps this afternoon near 60. "7 news today in new england" >> christa: we have breaking news in from overnight, killed in the line of duty. a new york police officer dies after getting shot. >> jadiann: police are trying to track down a quincy couple on the run after hitting banks around the country.