story. making news in america this morning -- fbi director james comey is facing criticism for reopening the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails days before the election. one lawmaker says comey may have broken the law. the fbi obtains a search warnt in the investigation. and donald trump thanks anthony weiner. the search for a fugitive ends. the double murder suspect posting about his killings on facebook. and on the run for a week. how it all ended overnight. passengers evacuate a plane after a bomb threat. we have video from inside the cabin. and next year could still be this year. baseball season is heading into november. the cubs coming up big in game five.

and a good monday morning. happy halloween to you all. we begin with the fbi obtaining a search warrant to move forward with the newly reopened investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails. >> fbi director james comey is coming under fire. for alerting congress about the new e-mails that are linked to one of hillary clinton's most trusted advisers. senate minority leader harry reid wrote a scathing letter to james comey. accusing him of breaking the law by announcing the review so close to the election. >> the investigation is giving donald trump new ammunition as hillary clinton faces a dwindling lead in the polls. stephanie ramos has the latest. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. there are eight days until election day. here's proof that the race is not slowing down. the fbi has now obtained a warrant to review those newly found e-mails. after the fbi dropped that e-mail inquiry bombshell. hillary clinton was on the campaign trail, trying to shake it off. >> there's a lot of noise and distraction. but it really comes down to what

>> reporter: over the weekend, clinton taking on her opponent, donald trump. >> it's always donald trump first and everyone else last. >> reporter: and fbi director james comey. >> some of you may have heard about a letter that the fbi director sent out yesterday. [ crowd booing ] >> reporter: that letter sent to lawmakers friday, where comey says newly flagged e-mails were discovered on the laptop of disgraced former congressman anthony weern, the estranged husband of clinton's top aide, huma abedin. he's under investigation for allegedly sexting a teen. comey says the e-mails should be looked at to determine if they contain any classified information. comey making the review public, even though there is no evidence of wrongdoing by clinton. >> it's pretty strange to put

before an election. >> reporter: this morning, abc news has obtained a letter by former attorney general eric holder and dozens of other former prosecutors and high-ranking officials, including republicans and democrats, criticizing fbi director james comey, saying many of us have worked with director comey. all of us respect him. but his unprecedented decision to publicly comment on evidence in what may be an ongoing inquiry 11 days before a presidential election leaves us astonished and perplexed. the fbi director this weekend began briefing lawmakers who were demanding new details about the new batch of e-mails. justice department officials advised against alerting congress. citing tradition of not talking about ongoing investigations. and not doing anything that would be seen as influencing an election in its final days. >> we never thought we were going to say thank you to anthony weiner. >> reporter: as for president obama's response, white house deputy press secretary eric schultz says nothing has surfaced to change the

of secretary clinton. the president did not address the news in his campaign speech for clinton on friday night. kendis, diane? >> all right. stephanie ramos. many questions, the questions, democrats hope, are answered quickly. stephanie, thanks. >> some hoping for today. stephanie mentioned the letter. the former attorney general went farther than that. >> eric holder posted an op ed in "the washington post." in it he calls james comey a good man of integrity and honor but says, good men make mistakes. long-standing justice department policies and tradition. on the proper way to conduct investigations in an election season. and on the campaign trail today, hillary clinton is attending two early voting events in the key battleground state of ohio. while tim kaine heads to north carolina. donald trump is holding back-to-back rallies in michigan while mike pence campaigns in florida. let's move on now to the breaking news from overnight from oklahoma. a week-long manhunt for an armed

michael vance was killed in a shootout with police after being spotted in western oklahoma earlier on sunday. he was suspected of killing his aunt and uncle and shooting at four people, including four police officers. he seemed to relish in the notoriety as a fugitive by streaming on facebook live before being killed in the overnight shootout. vance shot at a sheriff's deputy. that deputy is expected to survive. and breaking overnight, a bomb scare forced the evacuation of a flight in ft. lauderdale. the spirit airlines flight to dallas was just about to take off last night when that threat came in. one passenger posted several videos to facebook describing the experience. she said a man sitting behind her starting screaming for a flight attendant saying he saw the passenger sitting next to him texting about a bomb being on a plane. she said police officers grabbed the man from his seat and quote dragged him off the plane. no word if anyone was arrested. the plane did eventually take off after it was checked and cleared. thousands of people in italy in the quake zone are spending the night in hotels and

weekend. the drone video taken by fire crews shows the destruction in the town of pescara del tronto. sunday's 6.6 quake was the third powerful quake in just the past two months. the italian prime minister says the nation's soul is disturbed by the series of quakes, he's now vowing to rebuild. and in iraq, a special forces commander says his troops are aiming to enter the outskirts of the city of mosul today. also, thousands of new fighters have joined that battle. they have all reinforced shiite militias heading to the city. a wave of bombings in shiite areas yesterday was seen as retaliation by isis. those blasts killed at least 17 people. back here in the u.s. on october 31st, it appears the weather is playing trick-or-treat this halloween. two storms are moving onto the west coast, putting a damper on tonight's trick-or-treating, especially in the northwest. and now, your halloween forecast. nothing too spooky here.

the west coast will be the trouble spot for trick-or-treaters as the rain comes off the pacific. highs in the 40s and 50s on the east coast. warm in the south. 85 in dallas. diane doing her "thriller" dance. >> how can you resist with this song? >> no matter how bad -- >> my body just starts moving. i'm not very good. >> just own it. cub fans this morning, no doubt breathing a sigh of relief because of last night's world series game. the team got a solo home run in the foth that tied the score at 1-1. >> the cubbies weren't done. they added two more home runs in the frame, in the same inning to take a 3-1 lead. in the end, the cubs held on to win, forcing game six in cleveland tomorrow night. full highlights in sports later. congrats, cubbies. still ahead, several people injured after a nascar race when an out-of-control car rams into a crowd. and a motorcyclist nearly killed in a crash unable to move in the woods for more than 24

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he demonstrated by reroofing four of the houses on the old "desperate housewives" set. and tom hanks' new movie was done up in flames this weekend. done in by madea and the world series. "boo! a madea halloween" was in first. with $17 million. "inferno" came in second. with $15 million. "jack reacher, never go back," came in third with $10 million. >> it doesn't help that the critics hated "inferno." >> that's true. people scrambling for safety at an airport. after a man goes on a machete rampage. and a massive wave crashes right on to traffic. alright, did you know i was the mommy slam dunk champion? really? yes, really! don't sound so surprised. let's see it! -oh you're ready. alright, here we go. let's hear the crowd. ahhhh! i go to the right. i go to the left. fake 'em out. mama go up, up, up! she did it. -again? you can't avoid gravity.

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tons of debris and wrecked fishing boats and a few vehicles. driving in the pacific northwest won't be that bad. roads will be wet in northern california, idaho, and the dakotas. everywhere else the roads should be dry. airport delays are most likely in san francisco. we want to get to now an incredible story of survival. a motorcyclist beating the odds, staying alive following a crash during his long wait for help to arrive, he reached out using his phone, but the phone didn't work. as gio benitez reports, he then recorded farewells to his family. >> reporter: one motorcyclist's terrifying brush with death. kevin diepenbrock fell more than 100 feet down a hill after a horrifying bike collision that took the life of his 29-year-old friend. >> just want to say i love you,

but -- you know, that's what i do. >> reporter: the 41-year-old motorcyclist recording a message for his wife and parents. too.are of the puppies for me, i miss you guys. i [ bleep ] up. that's all i can really say. >> reporter: diepenbrock waiting for help for 30 hours. we watch with him as day turns to night. >> oh. i don't know what to say. >> reporter: he yelled and yelled until finally, another motorcyclist heard him. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> and later on "good morning america," hear from diepenbrock from his hospital all about his rescue. a crash at the martinsville speedway injured more than 20 fans. it wasn't during the race. it was afterwards. in a parking lot. a convertible tried to cut into the line leaving the lot. he hit a jeep and plowed into pedestrians. there were no fatalities. the driver is in custody but has not yet been charged. we're just now getting a look at a dangerous attack in the new orleans airport. this is from last year, however.

approaching and spraying officers with wasp spray. you see that right there in his hand? that's a machete. passengers were running for their lives. that attacker shot by officers and later died of his injuries. well, those enclosures at zoos are meant on keep animals in and spectators out. despite that, a man in eastern china climbed into a panda enclosure and began to tease an adult panda. officials say he was trying to impress a woman. the panda thought it was a game and started to rough-house. panda 1, show-off, 0. luckily, both were uninjured in this incident. >> apparently, the guy is going to try tinder next time. nfl week eight wraps up with the vikings visiting the bears. >> we'll excuse the fans in the windy city if they're exhausted from a weekend of world series action. let's get highlights now from espn. good morning, america. i'm john anderson, he, of course

that's because the cubbies came alive in game five. of the world series sunday night. final game of the season at wrigley. and the cubby fans didn't want to let it go. 1-0 in the fourth. kris bryant, solo home run. that ties the game. a crooked number in the fourth. went up 3-1. it was 3-2 into the seventh, into the eighth. into the ninth. aroldis chapman getting an eight-out save. six. we fly the "w." chapman four ks in his outing. sunday night football. dak prescott and the cowboys. looking to go 6-1. against the eagles. they trailed much of this game. three minutes left, the cowboys rally up. prescott finds dez bryant. back in the lineup for the cowboys. extra point's good. we're tied at 23-23. into overtime. first possession, cowboys, fourth and one. jason garrett. let's ride the horse. prescott pushes through for the

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? i was working in the lab late one night ? all right. time to check "the tuls." the stars are wasting no timesharing their chilling alter-egos on social immediate yoo. >> can you guess? here's a hint. not only does she take the cake, she bax it as well. >> ah. >> yes, martha stewart in the flesh and blood as nurse from yo >> not quite as gory and a little more recognizable. bette midler resurrected her character from hoe us the copus. >> katy perry became hillary clinton. >> and her boyfriend, orlando bloom, was bill clinton as well. so amy schumer and her boyfriend nailed it with their costumes as 11 and dusting, from stranger things.

>> and these next costumes are not quite as elaborate. they're more about the message that they're intended to send. >> on the right is a daughter of a sports writer, jefl pearlman. her friend is on the left. he wrote this, my daughter is jewish. her best friend and pal is muslim. for halloween, they created a super duper hero team. the juslims have rarely been more troud. >> he says the girls are not ng statement. it's all about having fewer divisions in our society. what a positive message for them to send. not only at halloween but throughout the year. and halloween can be a time of scary monsters. what if you spotted a real, real one in alaska? i'm one of the truthers on this one. could it be the loch ness monster?

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checking our top stories, the fbi has a warrant to sift through thousands of e-mails linked to hillary clinton's long-time aid. harry reid says fbi director james comey may have broken the law. michael vance was shot and killed by police i w oklahoma. spirit airline passengers in florida were evacuated from their plane after a bomb threat. nothing was found. taking a look at today's halloween weather. a new storm swoops into the northwest coast. bringing rain, wins, and some snow. for the rest of the the country, not a ghost of a chance of rain. 60 degrees in chicago and tampa turn off the oven at 87. >> a ghost of a chance of rain.

something spook-tacular. >> we sent will ganz to a museum that focuses on life's morbid side. >> reporter: we're here in new york at the morbid amatmy museum. phoenix are dieing to get in. >> it's alive, it's alive, it's alive! >> reporter: for most of us, skeletons and pookky stories are a halloween thing. at the museum of is a year-long them. >> what we love year round everyone else loves in october. >> reporter: joanna ebenstein has done more than her fair share of digging. her fas nigs with death began a long time ago. >> i was very lucky that my dad kind of wanted me to be a science geek. he encouraged this love for me.

kit. when i was 14 or 15. what i hope people take way from visiting is to question our own attitudes about death. >> reporter: i began questioning my own attitudes about death. probably when joanna put a real human skull into my hands. safe to say, there's something for every maturity level. including those with an affinity for art work made of human hair and human teeth for sale. i koumdn't look away. but why? why especially this time of year do we dare examine things we find so spooky. >> i think there's a sense of mystery. of pleasure in the dark side. a sense of laughing at death. >> reporter: from the museum of

ganss, abc news. >> i can tell you ben: a wisconsin sheriff's deputy shot and killed on the job. the phone call that helped lead authorities to the man who allegedly pulled the trigger. melinda: plus, swapping your car for a bike. the international leaders heading to milwaukee today in hopes of changing the city's transportation system. as we take a live look outside. a creepily chilly start to halloween. we're breaking down the forecast as you get ready to head out the door. good morning and welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm ben wagner. melinda: and i'm melinda davenport. it's 4:30 on this monday, october 31st. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist sally severson is in the weather center! good morning, sal. sally: good morning. no tricks, only treats with this halloween forecast. we close out october.